Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/49317 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
Technical Report No. 2003,43
Publisher: 
Universität Dortmund, Sonderforschungsbereich 475 - Komplexitätsreduktion in Multivariaten Datenstrukturen, Dortmund
Abstract: 
Design reliability at the beginning of a product development program is typically low and development costs can account for a large proportion of total product cost. We consider how to conduct development programs (series of tests and redesigns) for one-shot systems (which are destroyed at first use or during testing). In rough terms, our aim is to both achieve high final design reliability and spend as little of a fixed budget as possible on development. We employ multiple-state reliability models. Dynamic programming is used to identify a best test-and-redesign strategy and is shown to be presently computationally feasible for at least 5-state models. Our analysis is flexible enough to allow for the accelerated stress testing needed in the case of ultra-high reliability requirements, where testing otherwise provides little information on design reliability change.
Subjects: 
development programs
one-shot systems
multiple-state design reliability
test
redesign
optimal programs
dynamic programming
accelerated testing
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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