Search Results - "Bierbaum, Rene L."
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A conceptual model for "inherent reliability" for nuclear weapons
Published in 2010 Proceedings - Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS) (01-01-2010)“…Many people, when thinking about different stages of a particular device's life vis-a¿-vis defectiveness, use the notion of the ¿bathtub curve¿ as a model…”
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Model-based reliability analysis
Published in IEEE transactions on reliability (01-06-2002)“…Testing has typically been a key means of detecting anomalous performance and of providing a foundation for estimating reliability for weapon systems. The…”
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Reliability assessment methodology for 1-shot systems
Published in Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium Proceedings (2002)“…Much of the reliability literature focuses on analysis of continuously operating systems. However, there are many applications for which the system is a 1-shot…”
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A framework and taxonomy for the design and analysis of margins
Published in 2017 Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS) (2017)“…There are many statistical challenges in the design and analysis of margin testing for product qualification. To further complicate issues, there are multiple…”
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Defect types and surveillance strategies for one-shot items
Published in 2013 Proceedings Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS) (01-01-2013)“…This paper will describe some of the challenges and strategies for sampling and testing of complex one-shot systems. A taxonomy for defect types will be…”
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