• DocumentCode
    2272197
  • Title

    Probabilities associated with a built-in-test system, focus on false alarms

  • Author

    Allen, Duane

  • Author_Institution
    Corona Div., Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    22-25 Sept. 2003
  • Firstpage
    643
  • Lastpage
    645
  • Abstract
    This paper shows that some built-in-test (BIT) systems have an intrinsic 50 percent false alarm rate. The paper also shows how Bayes´ theorem can be used to analyze how variation of BIT characteristics can increase or decrease the intrinsic false alarm rate.
  • Keywords
    Bayes methods; built-in self test; probability; BIT systems; Bayes theorem; built-in-test system; false alarm probability; intrinsic false alarm rate; Aircraft; Condition monitoring; Corona; Costs; IEEE members; Life testing; Personnel; System testing; Test equipment; Transfer functions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    AUTOTESTCON 2003. IEEE Systems Readiness Technology Conference. Proceedings
  • ISSN
    1080-7725
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7837-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/AUTEST.2003.1243644
  • Filename
    1243644