1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778748103321

Titolo

Statistics, testing, and defense acquisition : new approaches and methodological improvements / / editors, Michael L. Cohen, John E. Rolph,  Duane L. Steffey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1998

ISBN

0-309-17419-8

0-309-51964-0

0-585-00227-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CohenMichael L

RolphJohn E

SteffeyDuane L

Disciplina

358.4/1807/0973

Soggetti

United States Armed Forces Weapons systems Testing Statistical methods

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-220).

Nota di contenuto

""Front  Matter""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Operational Testing and System Acquisition""; ""3 A New Paradigm for Testing and Evaluation in Defense Acquisition""; ""4 Upgrading Statistical Methods for Testing and Evaluation""; ""5 Improving Operational Test Planning and Design""; ""6 Analyzing and Reporting Test Results""; ""7 Assessing Operational Suitability""; ""8 Testing Software-Intensive Systems""; ""9 Using Modeling and Simulation in Test Design and Evaluation""

""10 Increasing Access to Statistical Expertise for Operational Testing""""APPENDIX A Case Studies and System Descriptions""; ""APPENDIX B Abstracts of Background Papers""; ""APPENDIX C A Potential Taxonomy for Operational Tests""; ""APPENDIX D Elements ISO 9000""; ""APPENDIX E Glossary and Acronyms""; ""References""; ""Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff""

Sommario/riassunto

In the milestone process used by US Department of Defense to answer the basic acquisition question, one component near the end of the process is operational testing. This book examines the milestone



process, as well as the DOD's entire approach to testing and evaluating defense systems.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910817824403321

Autore

Sheppard Alice (Alice Juanita)

Titolo

Families of the king : writing identity in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle / / Alice Sheppard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2004

©2004

ISBN

1-4875-0677-5

1-281-99276-3

9786611992767

1-4426-7479-2

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Collana

Toronto Old English Series

Disciplina

942.01

Soggetti

Geschichtsbild

König

HISTORY / Medieval

History

Electronic books.

Great Britain Kings and rulers

Great Britain History Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 Historiography

Great Britain History Norman period, 1066-1154 Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : reading the Chronicle's past -- ; 1. Writing identity in Chronicle history -- ; 2. Making Alfred king -- ; 3. Proclaiming Alfred's kingship -- ; 4. Undoing AEthelred -- ; 5. Unmaking AEthelred but making Cnut -- ; 6. Writing William's kingship -- ; 7. Conclusion : after lives.

Sommario/riassunto

"In Families of the King, Alice Sheppard explicitly addresses the larger



interpretive question of how the manuscripts function as history. She shows that what has been read as a series of disparate entries and peculiar juxtapositions is in fact a compelling articulation of collective identity and a coherent approach to writing the secular history of invasion, conquest, and settlement."--Jacket.

"The annals of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle are fundamental to the study of the language, literature, and culture of the Anglo-Saxon period. Ranging from the ninth to the twelfth century, the Chronicle's five primary manuscripts offer a virtually contemporary history of Anglo-Saxon England, contribute to the body of Old English prose and poetic texts, and enable scholars to document how the Old English language changed."