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The TSCSTFCF Procedure for Reliability Demonstration

Amos E. Gera

CONTENTS

8.1      Introduction

8.2      Basic Quantities

8.3      Auxiliary Functions

8.4      Solution by Generating Functions

8.5      Statistical Sampling

8.6      The TSCSTFCF Procedure

8.7      Planar Set of Tests

8.8      The Number of Runs

8.9      An Optimization Problem

8.10    Numerical Results

8.11    Concluding Remarks

References

8.1      Introduction

Start-up demonstration tests are set up for proving the reliability of different kinds of equipment such as lawn mowers, batteries, and power generators. A whole bunch of procedures have been developed during recent decades for this purpose. In general, the results of these tests lead to the decision whether to accept ...

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