The Bellcore Reliability Prediction Procedure (RPP); 1988 edition

The authors describe the 1988 edition of the Bellcore Reliability Prediction Procedure for electronic equipment (RPP), with particular emphasis on additions and improvements incorporated in the last four year. They also describe a software system developed by Bellcore to mechanize generation of RPP predictions. The RPP and its automated version, the ARPP, include formulas for both steady-state and infant mortality reliability prediction. In addition to generic reliability prediction, the RPP/ARPP includes methods for reliability prediction using laboratory life test data and field reliability data