Statistics, testing, and defense acquisition : background papers / / Michael L. Cohen, Duane L. Steffey, and John E. Rolph, editors ; Panel on Statistical Methods for Testing and Evaluating Defense Systems, Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910826245403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c1999
• ISBN: 0-309-18408-8; 1-280-18578-3; 9786610185788; 0-309-55710-0; 0-585-14492-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: x, 170 p. : ill
• Altri autori (Persone): CohenMichael L; SteffeyDuane L; RolphJohn E
• Soggetti: Defensive (Military science); United States Armed Forces Weapons systems Testing Statistical methods
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: Statistics, Testing, and Defense Acquisition -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Strategic Information Generation and Transmission: the Evolution of Institutions in DoD Operational Testing -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF OT&amp -- E -- 3. RELATED LITERATURE -- 4. THE MODELING FRAMEWORK -- 5. DECISION PROBLEMS AND GAMES -- Decision Problem 1 -- Decision Problem 2 -- Game 3 -- Game 4 -- Game 5 -- 6. WELFARE RESULTS -- 7. QUALITATIVE TESTING RESULTS -- 8. CONCLUSION -- Appendix A: Proposition Proofs -- Appendix B: Second Order Conditions -- REFERENCES -- 2 On the Performance of Weibull Life Tests Based on Exponential Life Testing Designs -- 1. EXPONENTIAL LIFE TESTING -- 2. WEIBULL CONSIDERATIONS -- 3. WEIBULL LIFE TESTING-PART I -- 4. ; WEIBULL LIFE TESTING-PART 2 -- 5. DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- 3 Application of Statistical Science to Testing and Evaluating Software Intensive Systems -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. FAILURES IN THE FIELD -- 3. UNDERSTANDING THE SOFTWARE INTENSIVE SYSTEM AND ITS USE -- First Principles -- Statistical Testing Process -- Building Usage Models -- Software Architecture -- Assigning Transition Probabilities -- 4. MODEL VALIDATION WITH CUSTOMER AND USER -- Operational Profiles -- Operational Realism -- Source Entropy -- Specification Complexity -- Simulation -- Model Revision and Revalidation -- 5. REPRESENTING USAGE MODELS WITH CONSTRAINTS -- Structural Constraints -- Usage Constraints -- Test Management Constraints -- Objective Functions -- 6. THE BENEFITS OF USAGE MODELING -- Testing Scripts -- Recording Testing Experience -- Support for Experimental Design -- Guiding Special Test Situations -- Generating Random Samples of Test Cases -- Importance Sampling -- Test Automation -- Testing -- Simulation -- 7. PRODUCT AND PROCESS IMPROVEMENT -- Certification -- Incremental Development.; Reliability Growth Modeling -- Combining Testing Information -- Development -- Reuse -- Reengineering -- Maintenance -- Porting -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.