Title :
Statistical Analysis of Step Stress Measurements in Hardness Assurance
Author_Institution :
Naval Research Laboratory Washington DC 20375
Abstract :
The technique of maximum likelihood analysis can solve previously unresolved problems which arise in step stress measurements where the failure levels for each device can only be bounded between two often widely separated limits. The proposed analysis would be necessary in correctly computing means, standard deviations and safe survival limits.
Keywords :
Distribution functions; Failure analysis; Histograms; Laboratories; Maximum likelihood estimation; Probability distribution; Statistical analysis; Stress measurement; Testing; Uncertainty;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.1984.4333518
