Category Archives: Elective Tutorials

Achieving Availability Cost-Effectively in Complex Systems

By Admin | Published: September 6, 2009
Session: 1B, Monday 8:00-10:00 How to accommodate today’s ever higher demands on complex system availability targets, while remaining mindful of life-cycle cost (LCC)? A method will be presented to assess the impact of testability strategies, maintenance policies, and redundancy management on system availability and LCC. Markov diagrams and Petri nets are used to that end. Impact [...]
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Accelerated Reliability Demonstration, RD and Assurance Tests, SPRT

By Admin | Published: September 6, 2009
Session: 2B, Monday 10:15-12:15 This paper explains the technical and mathematical methodology for acceleration of reliability qualification (fixed duration with and without replacement) and reliability assurance tests (SPRT) using physics and engineering rationale along with appropriately modified mathematical approach in the test design and data analysis. This approach is with the intent to obtain meaningful and [...]
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Dynamic Approach to Risk and Reliability in Design and Operations

By Admin | Published: September 6, 2009
Session: 4B, Monday 15:45-17:45 This tutorial provides an overview of current state of the art in system risk, reliability, and maintenance modeling using dynamic methods. The target audience of the tutorial is engineers who are familiar with the basic concepts of static (Boolean-based) system reliability modeling (RBD and/or FT) and who are unsure when (if at [...]
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DOD Invited Papers Session on Implementation of new RAM initiatives within the Department of Defense

By Admin | Published: September 6, 2009
Session: 4C, Monday 15:45-17:45 This session describes actions being taken within the Department of Defense to implement new RAM initiatives directed by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology. Information is presented on the use of reliability engineering design practices; the concept, definition, and rationale for Materiel Availability (Am); and guidelines for Army [...]
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Accelerated Degradation Testing and Analysis

By Admin | Published: September 6, 2009
Session: 5B, Tuesday 8:00-10:00 For many products, accelerated degradation testing is more efficient than accelerated life testing. This tutorial presents accelerated degradation test methods, degradation models, estimation of model parameters, relationships between degradation and reliability, and estimation of reliability. Several practical examples are presented for illustration.
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Risk Management Principles and Techniques

By Admin | Published: September 6, 2009
Session: 6B, Tuesday 10:15-12:15 Even though risk management is not a new topic in life, science, or business, there has been a growing emphasis on applying formal risk-based methods to decision-making. This tutorial provides a foundation for scientists, engineers, and business executives to explicitly apply risk-based approaches to help solve problems in their disciplines. The emphasis [...]
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Design of Experiments and Data Analysis

By Admin | Published: September 6, 2009
Session: 7B, Tuesday 13:30-15:30 This tutorial will teach attendees how to plan and conduct experiments effectively and efficiently, and more importantly how to analyze data correctly. Properties of different design types will be discussed. Methodologies for modeling and analyzing different data obtained from designed experiments will be introduced. The appropriate approach for investigating censored data obtained [...]
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An Introduction to Optimization Methods in Reliability and Maintainability

By Admin | Published: September 6, 2009
Session: 8B, Tuesday 15:45-17:45 The purpose of this tutorial is to introduce the basic concepts of optimization in R&M. We review the fundamentals of optimization theory, then explore various optimization techniques, including specific optimization models for R&M problems, methods for s_olving them, and provide some examples for understanding the application. This is an advanced tutorial and [...]
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Introduction to Markov-Chain Modeling, Analysis & Optimization

By Admin | Published: September 6, 2009
Session: 9A, Wednesday 8:00-10:00 Markov chains are a class of stochastic processes that can be used to model a wide variety of issues related to reliability and maintainability. This tutorial covers the fundamental concepts of discrete-time and continuous-time Markov chains.
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Empirical Methods for Process and Equipment Prognostics

By Admin | Published: September 6, 2009
Session: 9B, Wednesday 8:00-10:00 The purpose of this tutorial is to introduce attendees to empirical modeling techniques for process and equipment monitoring, detection, diagnostics, and prognostics. The tutorial will provide a brief background and an overview of the theoretical foundations. The course will be applications oriented in that the assumptions inherent in the techniques will be [...]
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