LEADER 03922nam 2200565Ia 450 001 9910826245403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-309-18408-8 010 $a1-280-18578-3 010 $a9786610185788 010 $a0-309-55710-0 010 $a0-585-14492-3 035 $a(CKB)110986584752824 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000251213 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11216568 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000251213 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10247902 035 $a(PQKB)10766231 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3376908 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3376908 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10062737 035 $a(OCoLC)923266868 035 $a(EXLCZ)99110986584752824 100 $a19991005d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aStatistics, testing, and defense acquisition $ebackground papers /$fMichael 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 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cNational Academy Press$dc1999 215 $ax, 170 p. $cill 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 1 $a0-309-06627-1 327 $aStatistics, 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& -- 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. 327 $aReliability Growth Modeling -- Combining Testing Information -- Development -- Reuse -- Reengineering -- Maintenance -- Porting -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES. 606 $aDefensive (Military science) 607 $aUnited States$xArmed Forces$xWeapons systems$xTesting$xStatistical methods 615 0$aDefensive (Military science) 701 $aCohen$b Michael L$027662 701 $aSteffey$b Duane L$01652994 701 $aRolph$b John E$0104047 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826245403321 996 $aStatistics, testing, and defense acquisition$94016896 997 $aUNINA