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200 00$aStatistical methods for testing and evaluating defense systems  /$fPanel on Statistical Methods for Testing and Evaluating Defense Systems, Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council
210   $aWashington, D.C. $cNational Academy Press$dc1995
215   $a1 online resource (x, 84 pages) $cillustrations
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references.
327   $a""Statistical Methods for Testing and Evaluating Defense Systems""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Executive Summary""; ""KEY ISSUES""; ""Experimental Design""; ""Testing of Software-Intensive Systems""; ""System Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability""; ""Use of Modeling and Simulation in Operational Testing""; ""TOPICS FOR FURTHER STUDY""; ""1 Introduction""; ""STUDY CONTEXT""; ""The Defense Acquisition Process""; ""Operational Testing as Part of the Acquisition Process""; ""PANEL OBJECTIVES""; ""STATISTICS AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT IN DEFENSE TESTING""
327   $a""Operational Testing of Complex Systems"" ""Overview""; ""A Continuum of Information Gathering""; ""Complex Testing Conditions""; ""Effects of Constrained Test Resources""; ""Testing and Evaluation in Nonmilitary Applications""; ""Conclusion""; ""THIS REPORT AND FUTURE WORK""; ""2 Use of Experimental Design in Operational Testing""; ""CASE STUDY #1: APACHE LONGBOW HELICOPTER""; ""Some Issues and Concerns""; ""Choice of Test Scenarios""; ""Uncertain Scoring Rules, Measurement Inefficiencies""; ""Testing Only Inside the Envelope?""; ""CASE STUDY #2: THE ATACMS/BAT SYSTEM""
327   $a""Plans for Operational Testing"" ""Important Test Factors and Conditions""; ""Possible Statistical Methods and Aspects for Further Consideration""; ""FUTURE WORK""; ""3 Testing of Software-Intensive Systems""; ""ROLE FOR STATISTICAL METHODS""; ""ACTIVITIES TO DATE""; ""FUTURE WORK""; ""4 System Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability""; ""RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, AND MAINTAINABILITY TESTING AND EVALUATION IN THE MILITARY SERVICES""; ""VARIABILITY IN RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, AND MAINTAINABILITY POLICY AND PRACTICE""; ""INDUSTRIAL (NONMILITARY) STANDARDS""; ""FUTURE WORK""
327   $a""5 Use of Modeling and Simulation in Operational Testing""" "SCOPE, PROCEDURES, AND PROGRESS TO DATE""; ""CONCERNS""; ""Rigorous Validation of Simulations Is Infrequent""; ""Little Evidence Is Seen for Use of Statistical Methods in Simulations""; ""DoD Literature on Use of Simulations Often Lacks Statistical Content""; ""Distributed Interactive Simulation Raises Additional Concerns""; ""Simulations Cannot Identify the Unknown Unknowns?""; ""FUTURE WORK""; ""6 Efforts Toward a Taxonomic Structure of DoD Systems for Operational Testing""; ""PRELIMINARY WORK TOWARD A TAXONOMIC STRUCTURE""
327   $a""FUTURE WORK"" ""Appendices""; ""APPENDIX A""; ""The Organizational Structure of Defense Acquisition""; ""APPENDIX B""; ""A Short History of Experimental Design, with Commentary for Operational Testing""; ""THE VALUE OF CONTROLS, BLOCKING, AND RANDOMIZATION""; ""VARYING MORE THAN ONE FACTOR AT A TIME""; ""OPTIMAL EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS""; ""RESPONSE SURFACE DESIGNS""; ""BAYESIAN AND SEQUENTIAL EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS""; ""APPENDIX C""; ""Selecting a Small Number of Operational Test Environments""; ""DUBIN'S CHALLENGE AS A SAMPLING PROBLEM""; ""AN APPROACH TO MODELING THE SCENARIO STRUCTURE""
327   $a""ISSUES AND ALTERNATIVES""
606   $aWeapons systems
607   $aUnited States$xArmed Forces$xWeapons systems$xTesting$xStatistical methods
615  0$aWeapons systems.
712 02$aNational Research Council (U.S.).$bPanel on Statistical Methods for Testing and Evaluating Defense Systems.
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