Curriculum>Courses>Reliability Data
ENRE 640 -
Collection/Analysis of Reliability Data (3 sem. hrs)
Topics include definition of
reliability data, types of data, definition of failure, success and other
reliability performance measures, data collection and data reporting
systems, classification and characterization of field and test data and
development of statistical evidence from data. Classical and Bayesian
methods of data analysis are discussed including graphical techniques of
reliability parameter estimation, best fit, regression methods, test of
hypothesis, maximum likelihood estimator, extrapolation techniques,
foundation of Bayesian methods, Bayesian techniques for estimation of
reliability parameter distributions, treatment of homogeneous and
non-homogeneous data, analysis of imprecise data, and elicitation and use
of expert opinion and engineering judgment.
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