Reliability issues for DoD systems [[electronic resource] ] : report of a workshop / / Committee on National Statistics, Francisco Samaniego and Michael Cohen, editors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (103 p.) |
Disciplina | 355.6/212/0973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SamaniegoFrancisco
CohenMichael L |
Soggetto topico |
Reliability (Engineering) - Statistical methods
Computer programs - Reliability |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-18310-1
9786610183104 0-309-50515-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456143603321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2002 | ||
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Reliability issues for DoD systems : report of a workshop / / editors, Francisco Samaniego, Michael Cohen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : National Academies Press, , 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 94 pages) |
Disciplina | 355.6/212/0973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SamaniegoFrancisco J
CohenMichael L |
Soggetto topico |
Reliability (Engineering) - Statistical methods
Computer programs - Reliability |
ISBN |
0-309-16880-5
1-280-18310-1 9786610183104 0-309-50515-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Matter Preface and Acknowledgments Contents1 Introduction and Overview 2 The Measurement and Management of Reliability Growth 3 Current Research in Reliability Modeling and Inference 4 Further Discussion and Next Steps References Appendix WORKSHOP AGENDA AND PARTICIPANTS Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780301003321 |
Washington, D.C. : , : National Academies Press, , 2002 | ||
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Reliability issues for DoD systems : report of a workshop / / Committee on National Statistics, Francisco Samaniego and Michael Cohen, editors |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 94 pages) |
Disciplina | 355.6/212/0973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SamaniegoFrancisco
CohenMichael L |
Soggetto topico |
Reliability (Engineering) - Statistical methods
Computer programs - Reliability |
ISBN |
0-309-16880-5
1-280-18310-1 9786610183104 0-309-50515-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Matter Preface and Acknowledgments Contents1 Introduction and Overview 2 The Measurement and Management of Reliability Growth 3 Current Research in Reliability Modeling and Inference 4 Further Discussion and Next Steps References Appendix WORKSHOP AGENDA AND PARTICIPANTS Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811554903321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2002 | ||
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Statistical methods for testing and evaluating defense systems [[electronic resource] /] / 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 |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c1995 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (94 p.) |
Soggetto topico | Weapons systems |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-309-59163-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""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""
""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"" ""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"" ""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"" ""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"" ""ISSUES AND ALTERNATIVES"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456545003321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c1995 | ||
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Statistical methods for testing and evaluating defense systems / / 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 |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c1995 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 84 pages) : illustrations |
Soggetto topico | Weapons systems |
ISBN | 0-309-59163-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""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""
""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"" ""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"" ""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"" ""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"" ""ISSUES AND ALTERNATIVES"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781382703321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c1995 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Statistical methods for testing and evaluating defense systems / / 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 |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c1995 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 84 pages) : illustrations |
Soggetto topico | Weapons systems |
ISBN | 0-309-59163-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""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""
""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"" ""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"" ""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"" ""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"" ""ISSUES AND ALTERNATIVES"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818964503321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c1995 | ||
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Statistics, testing, and defense acquisition [[electronic resource] ] : 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 |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c1999 |
Descrizione fisica | x, 170 p. : ill |
Altri autori (Persone) |
CohenMichael L
SteffeyDuane L RolphJohn E |
Soggetto topico | Defensive (Military science) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-18578-3
9786610185788 0-309-55710-0 0-585-14492-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456137303321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c1999 | ||
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Statistics, testing, and defense acquisition : background papers / / editors, Michael L. Cohen, Duane L. Steffey, John E. Rolph |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c1999 |
Descrizione fisica | x, 170 p. : ill |
Altri autori (Persone) |
CohenMichael L
SteffeyDuane L RolphJohn E |
Soggetto topico | Defensive (Military science) |
ISBN |
0-309-18408-8
1-280-18578-3 9786610185788 0-309-55710-0 0-585-14492-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778746803321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c1999 | ||
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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 |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c1999 |
Descrizione fisica | x, 170 p. : ill |
Altri autori (Persone) |
CohenMichael L
SteffeyDuane L RolphJohn E |
Soggetto topico | Defensive (Military science) |
ISBN |
0-309-18408-8
1-280-18578-3 9786610185788 0-309-55710-0 0-585-14492-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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& -- 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826245403321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c1999 | ||
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Statistics, testing, and defense acquisition [[electronic resource] ] : new approaches and methodological improvements / / Michael L. Cohen, John E. Rolph, and Duane L. Steffey, 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 |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1998 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
Disciplina | 358.4/1807/0973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
CohenMichael L
RolphJohn E SteffeyDuane L |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-309-51964-0
0-585-00227-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456104303321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1998 | ||
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