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8D
- Team-based Problem Solving Methods and XFRACAS [Knowledge Base Article]
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Accelerated Degradation Analysis
- Accelerated Degradation Analysis Using ALTA [HotWire Issue 110 (April 2010)]
- Degradation Analysis in ALTA [HotWire Issue 121 (March 2011)]
- Using Degradation Data for Life Data Analysis [Knowledge Base Article]
- Using Extrapolated Intervals in ALTA Degradation Analysis [HotWire Issue 134 (April 2012)]
Accelerated Test Planning
- Accelerated Testing Data Analysis Without a Known Physical Failure Model [Knowledge Base Article]
- Accelerated Testing with the Inverse Power Law [Knowledge Base Article]
- Accelerated Test Planning in ALTA [HotWire Issue 124 (June 2011)]
Accelerated Testing Life Data Analysis
- Accelerated Life Testing...Why? [HotWire Issue 18 (August 2002)]
- Accelerated Testing Data Analysis Without a Known Physical Failure Model [Knowledge Base Article]
- Accelerated Testing with the Inverse Power Law [Knowledge Base Article]
- An Accelerated Life Testing Model Involving Performance Degradation[HotWire Issue 38 (April 2004)]
- Analysis of Accelerated Life Tests with Competing Failure Modes [HotWire Issue 67 (September 2006)]
- Analyzing Accelerated Test Data with Unrelated Failures [HotWire Issue 30 (August 2003)]
- Analyzing Step Stress Data [HotWire Issue 4 (June 2001)]
- Basic Concepts of Accelerated Life Testing Analysis [HotWire Issue 43 (September 2004)]
- Bathtub Curve and Product Failure Behavior Part 2, The [HotWire Issue 22 (December 2002)]
- Calculating Equivalent Acceleration Factors for Random Stresses [HotWire Issue 144 (February 2013)]
- Calibrated Accelerated Life Testing (CALT) with Time Varying Stress Profiles [Knowledge Base Article]
- Criticality Analysis [Knowledge Base Article]
- Degradation Analysis in ALTA [HotWire Issue 121 (March 2011)]
- Degradation Analysis in Step-Stress Accelerated Testing [HotWire Issue 65 (July 2006)]
- Determining the Reliability of a System with Load Sharing [HotWire Issue 20 (October 2002)]
- Expanded Models for Accelerated Life Test Analysis with Time-Varying Stresses [HotWire Issue 75 (May 2007)]
- Fatigue and Reliability Analysis with Time-Varying Stress Using the Cumulative Damage Model [HotWire Issue 200 (October 2017)]
- Introduction to Accelerated Testing Types [Knowledge Base Article]
- Introduction to the Generalized Eyring Life-Stress Relationship [HotWire Issue 74 (April 2007)]
- Let the Data Speak About Activation Energy [HotWire Issue 17 (July 2002)]
- Looking at Thermal Cycling Data in Quantitative Accelerated Life Testing [HotWire Issue 19 (September 2002)]
- Modeling Interactions Between Variables in Accelerated Life Testing or Life-Stress Analysis [HotWire Issue 53 (July 2005)]
- Reliability Testing [HotWire Issue 41 (July 2004)]
- Residual Plots in Accelerated Life Testing Data Analysis [HotWire Issue 105 (November 2009)]
- Using Accelerated Life Testing Analysis to Characterize "Shelf Life" [HotWire Issue 34 (December 2003)]
- Using Categorical Variables in Accelerated Life Testing and Life-Stress Analysis [HotWire Issue 53 (July 2005)]
- Using the General Log-Linear Model in ALTA PRO for Thermal Cycling [HotWire Issue 184 (June 2016)]
- Utilizing Residual Plots in Accelerated Life Testing Data Analysis [HotWire Issue 51 (May 2005)]
- Verifying the Assumption of a Constant Shape Parameter in Accelerated Life Testing Data [HotWire Issue 16 (June 2002)]
Acceleration Factor
- Calculating Equivalent Acceleration Factors for Random Stresses [HotWire Issue 144 (February 2013)]
- Let the Data Speak About Activation Energy [HotWire Issue 17 (July 2002)]
Activation Energy
- Let the Data Speak About Activation Energy [HotWire Issue 17 (July 2002)]
Allowable Failures
- Design of Reliability Tests [HotWire Issue 24 (February 2003)]
- Accelerated Degradation Analysis Using ALTA [HotWire Issue 110 (April 2010)]
- Accelerated Test Planning in ALTA [HotWire Issue 124 (June 2011)]
- Analyzing Accelerated Test Data with Unrelated Failures [HotWire Issue 30 (August 2003)]
- Analyzing Step-Stress Data [HotWire Issue 4 (June 2001)]
- Applying Reliability DOE Techniques to Investigate Effects on Product Life [Knowledge Base Article]
- Basic Concepts of Accelerated Life Testing Analysis [HotWire Issue 43 (September 2004)]
- Can the Likelihood Value be Greater Than 0? [HotWire Issue 92 (October 2008)]
- Common Shape Parameter Likelihood Ratio Test [HotWire Issue 45 (November 2004)]
- Considering a Use Stress Distribution in a Quantitative Accelerated Life Testing Analysis [HotWire Issue 172 (June 2015)]
- Degradation Analysis in ALTA [HotWire Issue 121 (March 2011)]
- Degradation Analysis in Destructive Testing: Part I and II [HotWire Issue 85 (March 2008)] [HotWire Issue 86 (April 2008)]
- Degradation Analysis in Step-Stress Accelerated Testing [HotWire Issue 65 (July 2006)]
- Determining the Connection Between Test and Field Reliability [HotWire Issue 54 (August 2005)]
- Estimating Reliability Based on Multiple Random Stress Types [HotWire Issue 82 (December 2007)]
- Expanded Models for Accelerated Life Test Analysis with Time-Varying Stresses [HotWire Issue 75 (May 2007)]
- Field Data [HotWire Issue 42 (August 2004)]
- Fatigue and Reliability Analysis with Time-Varying Stress Using the Cumulative Damage Model [HotWire Issue 200 (October 2017)]
- How to Define a Complicated Stress Profile [HotWire Issue 87 (May 2008)]
- Introduction to Accelerated Testing Types [Knowledge Base Article]
- Introduction to the Generalized Eyring Life-Stress Relationship [HotWire Issue 74 (April 2007)]
- Introduction to the Temperature-Humidity Model [HotWire Issue 50 (April 2005)]
- Let the Data Speak About Activation Energy [HotWire Issue 17 (July 2002)]
- Life Data Analysis of Load Sharing Units [HotWire Issue 81 (November 2007)]
- Look Under the Hood at the Cumulative Damage Model, A [HotWire Issue 23 (January 2003)]
- Miner’s Rule and Cumulative Damage Models [HotWire Issue 116 (October 2010)]
- Modeling Interactions Between Variables in Accelerated Life Testing or Life-Stress Analysis [HotWire Issue 53 (July 2005)]
- Reliability Prediction Methods for Electronic Products [Knowledge Base Article]
- Residual Plots in Accelerated Life Testing Data Analysis [HotWire Issue 105 (November 2009)]
- Two Methods for Analyzing Time-Varying Stress Data in ALTA [HotWire Issue 182 (April 2016)]
- Using Accelerated Life Testing Analysis to Characterize "Shelf Life" [HotWire Issue 34 (December 2003)]
- Using ALTA to Model Destructive Degradation Data [HotWire Issue 149 (July 2013)]
- Using ALTA with Multi-Stress Physics of Failure Models [HotWire Issue 90 (August 2008)]
- Using Categorical Variables in Accelerated Life Testing and Life-Stress Analysis [HotWire Issue 53 (July 2005)]
- Using Extrapolated Intervals in ALTA Degradation Analysis [HotWire Issue 134 (April 2012)]
- Using the General Log-Linear Model in ALTA PRO for Thermal Cycling [HotWire Issue 184 (June 2016)]
- Using Reliability Block Diagrams to Analyze Dependent and Independent Failure Modes [HotWire Issue 27 (May 2003)]
- Utilizing Residual Plots in Accelerated Life Testing Data Analysis [HotWire Issue 51 (May 2005)]
Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
- Analysis of Variance [HotWire Issue 95 (January 2009)]
- Applying Reliability DOE Techniques to Investigate Effects on Product Life [Knowledge Base Article]
- An Example of Using Reliability DOE for Life Testing [HotWire Issue 88 (June 2008)]
- Using DOE++ to Analyze Unbalanced Designs [HotWire Issue 94 (December 2008)]
ANOVA (see Analysis of Variance)
Asset Performance Management (APM)
- Asset Performance Management Using Orion eAPI [HotWire Issue 124 (June 2011)]
- Asset Performance Management Supported by Reliability Engineering [Knowledge Base Article]
Availability Estimation
- Availability and the Different Ways to Calculate It [HotWire Issue 79 (September 2007)
- Estimating Availability Through Simulation [HotWire Issue 8 (October 2001)]
- Relationship Between Availability and Reliability [HotWire Issue 2 6 (April 2003)]
- Using Simulation to Determine the Required Spare Parts for Fielded Systems [HotWire Issue 129 (November 2011)]
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Backlog
- Throughput Analysis (Part I and Part II) [HotWire Issue 27 (May 2003)] [HotWire Issue 28 (June 2003)]
Balanced/Unbalanced Designs
- Using DOE++ to Analyze Unbalanced Designs [HotWire Issue 94 (December 2008)]
Baseline Reliability Prediction
- Baseline Reliability Prediction at the Early Product Design Stage [HotWire Issue 160 (June 2014)]
Bayesian Statistics
- Applications of the Weibull-Bayesian Distribution in Life Data Analysis [HotWire Issue 55 (September 2005)]
- Bayesian Confidence Bounds [HotWire Issue 60 (February 2006)]
- Bayesian Reliability Demonstration Test Design [HotWire Issue 136 (June 2012)]
- Introduction to the Weibull-Bayesian Distribution [HotWire Issue 55 (September 2005)]
- You Have a Small Data Set: What Do You Do? [HotWire Issue 72 (February 2007)]
Bellcore/Telcordia Reliability Prediction Standards
- Bellcore/Telcordia Reliability Prediction in Lambda Predict [HotWire Issue 152 (October 2013)]
Beta
- A High Value of Beta is Not Necessarily Cause For Concern [Knowledge Base Article]
- Another Look at the Shape Parameter of the Weibull Distribution (Beta) [HotWire Issue 110 (April 2010)]
- Determining the Sample Size for a Life Test Based on the Shape Parameter of the Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 126 (August 2011)]
- Verifying the Assumption of a Constant Shape Parameter in Accelerated Life Testing Data [HotWire Issue 16 (June 2002)]
- Understanding the Effect of the Beta Parameter on Demonstration Testing [HotWire Issue 165 (November 2014)]
Beta Factor Method
- Beta Factor Method, The [HotWire Issue 115 (September 2010)]
Biased Parameters
- Understanding Biasedness [HotWire Issue 25 (March 2003)]
BlockSim Software
- Ability to Edit Item Properties in Separate Worksheets [HotWire Issue 33 (November 2003)]
- Advanced RBD Modeling Using State Change Triggers [HotWire Issue 134 (April 2012)]
- Analysis and Modeling of Grouped and Opportunistic Preventive Maintenance [HotWire Issue 78 (August 2007)]
- Analyzing Excess System Downtime Through System Modeling [HotWire Issue 80 (October 2007)]
- An Application of BlockSim’s Log of Simulations [HotWire Issue 97 (March 2009)]
- A Pro-rata Warranty Model for Non-Repairable Products [HotWire Issue 100 (June 2009)]
- Availability and the Different Ways to Calculate It [HotWire Issue 79 (September 2007)
- Avoiding a Common Mistake in the Analysis of Repairable Systems [Knowledge Base Article]
- Baseline Reliability Prediction at the Early Product Design Stage [HotWire Issue 160 (June 2014)]
- Beta Factor Method, The [HotWire Issue 115 (September 2010)]
- Comparison of RBD and Fault Tree Simulation [HotWire Issue 44 (October 2004)]
- Complex Risk Analysis of System-Level Effects [HotWire Issue 133 (March 2012)]
- Component Reliability Importance in System Reliability Analysis [HotWire Issue 62 (April 2006)]
- Conditional Reliability for a System [HotWire Issue 193 (March 2017)]
- Determining the Reliability of a System with Load Sharing [HotWire Issue 20 (October 2002)]
- Determining Reliability for Complex Systems: Part 1 and Part II [HotWire Issue 2 (April 2001)] [HotWire Issue 3 (May 2001)]
- Don’t Let Your Event/Maintenance Log Data Go to Waste [HotWire Issue 68 (October 2006)]
- Effect of Inspection Intervals, The [HotWire Issue 28 (June 2003)]
- Estimating Availability Through Simulation [HotWire Issue 8 (October 2001)]
- Estimating Failures for a Fleet of Vehicles with Different Configurations [HotWire Issue 198 (August 2017)]
- Estimating Mean Time Between Maintenance (MTBM) Using BlockSim [HotWire Issue 147 (May 2013)]
- Estimating the Expected Number of Failures for Items with Minimal or Perfect Repair [HotWire Issue 90 (August 2008)]
- Expanded Algebraic Solutions for RBDs and FTDs [HotWire Issue 33 (November 2003)]
- How Long Should You Burn In a System? (Parts I and II) [HotWire Issue 69 (November 2006)] [HotWire Issue 103 (September 2009)]
- How to Simplify Complex RBDs with a Commonly Used Distribution [HotWire Issue 68 (October 2006)]
- Imperfect Repair [HotWire Issue 24 (February 2003)]
- Incorporating Recurrent Event Data Analysis in Reliability Block Diagrams [HotWire Issue 170 (April 2015)]
- Life Cycle Cost Analysis [HotWire Issue 47 (January 2005)]
- Life Data Analysis of Load Sharing Units [HotWire Issue 81 (November 2007)]
- Maintenance Policies in BlockSim [Hotwire Issue 89 (July 2008)]
- A Method for Estimating Bounds on System Reliability in the Absence of Times-to-Failure Data [HotWire Issue 195 (May 2017)]
- Minimal Cut Sets [HotWire Issue 63 (May 2006)]
- Modeling a Complex Maintenance Scenario in BlockSim [HotWire Issue 89 (July 2008)]
- Modeling a Ring Network Topology in BlockSim [HotWire Issue 188 (October 2016)]
- Modeling Maintenance-induced Failures During the Scheduled Maintenance of a Component Using Reliability Block Diagrams (RBDs) [HotWire Issue 174 (August 2015)]
- Modeling Nonlinear Systems in Reliability Phase Simulation [HotWire Issue 135 (May 2012)]
- Modeling Periodical Inspection and Early Failure Detection in BlockSim [HotWire Issue 62 (April 2006)]
- Modeling Specific Functions of a Ring Network Topology in BlockSim [HotWire Issue 189 November 2016)]
- MTTF, MTBF, Mean Time Between Replacements and MTBF with Scheduled Replacements [HotWire Issue 94 (December 2008)]
- On-Condition Maintenance Using P-F Interval or Failure Detection Threshold (FDT) [HotWire Issue 76 (June 2007)]
- Opportunity Maintenance in BlockSim [Blueprint Issue 2 (August 2018)]
- Optimum Preventive Maintenance Replacement Time for a Single Component [Knowledge Base Article]
- Optimum Preventive Maintenance Replacement Time in Clusters Using BlockSim [HotWire Issue 156 (February 2014)]
- Overview of BlockSim 6 Containers in Simulation [HotWire Issue 31 (September 2003)]
- Overview of Fault Tree Gates (Part I and II) [HotWire Issue 37 (March 2004)] [HotWire Issue 38 (April 2004)]
- Parametric Models for Common Cause Failure Analysis [HotWire Issue 125 (July 2011)]
- Preventive Maintenance and the Cost Per Unit Time Equation [HotWire Issue 96 (February 2009)]
- Relationship Between Availability and Reliability [HotWire Issue 2 6 (April 2003)]
- Reliability Allocation and Optimization Using BlockSim [HotWire Issue 99 (May 2009)]
- Reliability Growth Analysis and Plots [Knowledge Base Article]
- Reliability Importance Measures of Components in a Complex System - Identifying the 20% in the 80/20 Rule [HotWire Issue 66 (August 2006)]
- Reliability of Standby Systems with a Switching Device [HotWire Issue 22 (December 2002)]
- Restoration Factors in BlockSim [HotWire Issue 77 (July 2007)]
- Sensitivity Analysis Using Simulation Worksheets in BlockSim and DOE++ [HotWire Issue 158 (April 2014)]
- Throughput Analysis (Part I and II) [HotWire Issue 27 (May 2003)] [HotWire Issue 28 (June 2003)]
- Time Varying and Multi-Phase Throughput Analysis [HotWire Issue 79 (September 2007)]
- Treating Common Cause Failures in Fault Trees [HotWire Issue 54 (August 2005)]
- Using BlockSim 6 for Planning Just-In-Time Ordering of Spare Parts [HotWire Issue 70 (December 2006)]
- Using BlockSim for System Capability Analysis [HotWire Issue 91 (September 2008)]
- Using BlockSim to Analyze a Non-Repairable Standby Function Unit [HotWire Issue 150 (August 2013)]
- Using BlockSim to Analyze Systems that Do Not Operate 24 Hours per Day [HotWire Issue 48 (February 2005)]
- Using Duty Cycles in System Reliability Analysis [HotWire Issue 74 (April 2007)]
- Using Maintenance Policies [HotWire Issue 31 (September 2003)]
- Using Markov Diagrams in BlockSim for Availability Analysis [HotWire Issue 183 (May 2016)]
- Using Markov Diagrams in BlockSim for Reliability Analysis [HotWire Issue 177 (November 2015)]
- Using Off-Site Spare Part Stocks to Maintain Systems [HotWire Issue 75 (May 2007)]
- Using Pools and Crews in System Analysis (Part I and II) [HotWire Issue 29 (July 2003)] [HotWire Issue 30 (August 2003)]
- Using Reliability Allocation Analysis to Set Component Specifications [HotWire Issue 139 (September 2012)]
- Using Reliability Block Diagrams to Analyze Dependent and Independent Failure Modes [HotWire Issue 27 (May 2003)]
- Using Simulation to Determine the Required Spare Parts for Fielded Systems [HotWire Issue 129 (November 2011)]
- Using State Change Triggers to Model Dependent Events with Delay in BlockSim 8 [HotWire Issue 140 (October 2012)]
- Using the Fault Tree Method for Dependent and Independent Failure Modes [HotWire Issue 29 (July 2003)]
- Using Weibull++ and BlockSim to Calculate t0 [HotWire Issue 46 (December 2004)]
Bounds (see Confidence Bounds)
Burn-In
- Bathtub Curve and Product Failure Behavior Part 1, The [HotWire Issue 21 (November 2002)]
- How Long Should You Burn In a System? (Part I and II) [HotWire Issue 69 (November 2006)] [HotWire Issue 103 (September 2009)]
- Guidelines for Burn-in Justification and Burn-in Time Determination [Knowledge Base Article]
- Truncation of the Integral Used in the Comparison Wizard in Weibull++: Part I and II [HotWire Issue 125 (July 2011)] [HotWire Issue 127 (September 2011)]
- Quantifying Optimum Burn-in Period [HotWire Issue 58 (December 2005)]
- Reliability Testing [HotWire Issue 41 (July 2004)]
- Sources of Reliability Data: Reliability Testing Basics [HotWire Issue 5 (July 2001)]
BX Life
- Comparing Two Products Using a Single Metric [HotWire Issue 96 (February 2009)]
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Categorical Variables
- Using Categorical Variables in Accelerated Life Testing and Life-Stress Analysis [HotWire Issue 53 (July 2005)]
Censored Data
- An Example of Using Reliability DOE for Life Testing [HotWire Issue 88 (June 2008)]
- Life Data Classifications [Knowledge Base Article]
- A Simple Method for Analyzing a Data Set with Unknown Suspension Times [HotWire Issue 176 (October 2015)]
Change Point Analysis
- Change Point Analysis and DRBFM: A Winning Combination [Knowledge Base Article]
- Risk Discovery Analysis in Xfmea [HotWire Issue 111 (May 2010)]
Change of Slope Methodology
- Change of Slope Methodology in Reliability Growth Analysis, The [Knowledge Base Article]
Change Tracking
- Using the New Change Log Utility in Xfmea or RCM++ [HotWire Issue 69 (November 2006)]
Chart Wizard
- Failure Rate of a Series System Using Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 108 (February 2010)]
- Using the Chart Wizard to Create a Custom Plot [HotWire Issue 108 (February 2010)]
Chi-Squared Test
- Chi-Squared Distribution and Reliability Demonstration Test Design [HotWire Issue 116 (October 2010)]
- How Good Is Your Assumed Distribution's Fit? [HotWire Issue 71 (January 2007)]
Common Cause Failures
- Beta Factor Method, The [HotWire Issue 115 (September 2010)]
- Parametric Models for Common Cause Failure Analysis [HotWire Issue 125 (July 2011)]
- Treating Common Cause Failures in Fault Trees [HotWire Issue 54 (August 2005)]
Competing Failure Modes Analysis
- Analysis of Accelerated Life Tests with Competing Failure Modes [HotWire Issue 67 (September 2006)]
- Analyzing Competing Failure Modes Using Batch Auto Run [HotWire Issue 167 (January 2015)]
- Analyzing Failure Modes Using RBDs in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 128 (October 2011)]
- Multimodal Analysis [HotWire Issue 12 (February 2002)]
Complete Data
- Life Data Classifications [Knowledge Base Article]
Complex Systems
- Complex Risk Analysis of System-Level Effects [HotWire Issue 133 (March 2012)]
- Determining Reliability for Complex Systems: Part 1 and 2 [HotWire Issue 2 (April 2001)] [HotWire Issue 3 (May 2001)]
- Expanded Algebraic Solutions for RBDs and FTDs [HotWire Issue 33 (November 2003)]
Conditional Reliability
- Financial Applications for Weibull Analysis [HotWire Issue 35 (January 2004)]
- Conditional Reliability for a System [HotWire Issue 193 (March 2017)]
Confidence Bounds
- Bayesian Confidence Bounds [HotWire Issue 60 (February 2006)]
- Beta Binomial Confidence Bounds on the Mixed Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 48 (February 2005)]
- Bounds on System Reliability [HotWire Issue 102 (August 2009)]
- Confidence Bounds in Reliability Growth Planning [HotWire Issue 143 (January 2013)]
- Contour Plots and Confidence Bounds on Parameters (Part I and II) [HotWire Issue 18 (August 2002)] [HotWire Issue 19 (September 2002)]
- Differences Between Type I (Time) and Type II (Reliability) Confidence Bounds [HotWire Issue 17 (July 2002)]
- Individual and Joint Parameter Bounds in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 101 (July 2009)]
- Likelihood Ratio Confidence Bounds [HotWire Issue 42 (August 2004)]
- A Method for Estimating Bounds on System Reliability in the Absence of Times-to-Failure Data [HotWire Issue 195 (May 2017)]
- Statistical Intervals [HotWire Issue 194 (April 2017)]
- What Are Confidence Bounds? [HotWire Issue 34 (December 2003)]
- Which Analysis Settings Should I Use? [HotWire Issue 1 (March 2001)]
Contour Plots
- Comparing Two Data Sets [HotWire Issue 23 (January 2003)]
- Contour Plots and Confidence Bounds on Parameters (Part I and II) [HotWire Issue 18 (August 2002)] [HotWire Issue 19 (September 2002)]
- Relating Distribution Parameters to Real-World Applications [HotWire Issue 120 (February 2011)]
- Verifying the Assumption of a Constant Shape Parameter in Accelerated Life Testing Data [HotWire Issue 16 (June 2002)]
Corrective Maintenance
- Maintenance Policies in BlockSim [Hotwire Issue 89 (July 2008)]
- Modeling a Complex Maintenance Scenario in BlockSim [HotWire Issue 89 (July 2008)]
Correlation Coefficient
- How Good Is Your Assumed Distribution's Fit? [HotWire Issue 71 (January 2007)]
- Rank Regression Parameter Estimation [HotWire Issue 10 (December 2001)]
Cost of Replacements
- Choosing the Optimum Maintenance Interval with Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 145 (March 2013)]
- Optimum Preventive Maintenance Replacement Time for a Single Component [Knowledge Base Article]
- Optimum Preventive Maintenance Replacement Time in Clusters Using BlockSim [HotWire Issue 156 (February 2014)]
- Preventive Maintenance and the Cost Per Unit Time Equation [HotWire Issue 96 (February 2009)]
Covariates
- Hands On: Reliability DOE with Covariates [HotWire Issue 99 (May 2009)]
Criticality Analysis
- Criticality Analysis [Knowledge Base Article]
- Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis [Knowledge Base Article]
Crow-AMSAA Reliability Growth Model
- Analyzing Success/Failure Data Using the Crow Discrete Reliability Growth Model [HotWire Issue 81 (November 2007)]
- Analyzing Warranty Data of Repairable Systems [HotWire Issue 64 (June 2006)]
- Change of Slope Methodology in Reliability Growth Analysis, The [Knowledge Base Article]
- Forecasting Underground Electric Cable Faults Using the Crow-AMSAA Model [HotWire Issue 115 (September 2010)]
- Introduction to the Crow-AMSAA Reliability Growth Model [HotWire Issue 49 (March 2005)]
- Unbiasing Beta for the Crow-AMSAA NHPP Model [HotWire Issue 141 (November 2012)]
Cumulative Damage Model
- Analyzing Step-Stress Data [HotWire Issue 4 (June 2001)]
- Expanded Models for Accelerated Life Test Analysis with Time-Varying Stresses [HotWire Issue 75 (May 2007)]
- Fatigue and Reliability Analysis with Time-Varying Stress Using the Cumulative Damage Model [HotWire Issue 200 (October 2017)]
- Look Under the Hood at the Cumulative Damage Model, A [HotWire Issue 23 (January 2003)]
- Miner’s Rule and Cumulative Damage Models [HotWire Issue 116 (October 2010)]
- Two Methods for Analyzing Time-Varying Stress Data in ALTA [HotWire Issue 182 (April 2016)]
Cumulative Density Function (cdf)
- Maximum Likelihood Estimation [HotWire Issue 9 (November 2001)]
- Maximum Likelihood Function [HotWire Issue 33 (November 2003)]
- Reliability Function, The [HotWire Issue 7 (September 2001)]
- Risks of Using Failure Rate to Calculate Reliability Metrics, The [HotWire Issue 196 (June 2017)]
Customer Usage Data
- Customer Usage Profiling [HotWire Issue 11 (January 2002)]
- Life estimation based on customer usage using a virtual model [Blueprint Issue 1 (May 2018)]
- Reliability Estimation for Products with Random Usage [HotWire Issue 168 (February 2015)]
- Reliability Testing [HotWire Issue 41 (July 2004)]
- Sources of Reliability Data: Reliability Testing Basics [HotWire Issue 5 (July 2001)]
Cut Sets
- Minimal Cut Sets [HotWire Issue 63 (May 2006)]
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Dashboard
- Data Collection [HotWire Issue 43 (September 2004)]
Data Types (Classifications)
- Life Data Classifications [Knowledge Base Article]
DCOV
- Team-based Problem Solving Methods and XFRACAS [Knowledge Base Article]
Decomposition Method
- Determining Reliability for Complex Systems [HotWire Issue 2 (April 2001)]
Degradation Analysis
- An Accelerated Life Testing Model Involving Performance Degradation [HotWire Issue 38 (April 2004)]
- Degradation Analysis in ALTA [HotWire Issue 121 (March 2011)]
- Degradation Analysis in Destructive Testing (Part I and II) [HotWire Issue 85 (March 2008)] [HotWire Issue 86 (April 2008)]
- Degradation Analysis in Step-Stress Accelerated Testing [HotWire Issue 65 (July 2006)]
- Degradation Model Selection in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 112 (June 2010)]
- Destructive Degradation Analysis in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 178 (December 2015)]
- Modeling Periodical Inspection and Early Failure Detection in BlockSim [HotWire Issue 62 (April 2006)]
- Using ALTA to Model Destructive Degradation Data [HotWire Issue 149 (July 2013)]
- Using Degradation Data for Life Data Analysis [Knowledge Base Article]
- Using Extrapolated Intervals in ALTA Degradation Analysis [HotWire Issue 134 (April 2012)]
Deming, W. Edwards
- Key Factors for Effective FMEAs [Knowledge Base Article]
- What Would Deming Do? [HotWire Issue 67 (September 2006)]
Design for Reliability (DFR)
- Applying Reliability DOE Techniques to Investigate Effects on Product Life [Knowledge Base Article]
- Asset Performance Management Supported by Reliability Engineering [Knowledge Base Article]
- Design for Reliability: Overview of the Process and Applicable Techniques [Knowledge Base Article]
- Interaction Between the House of Quality (within Design for Six Sigma) and the FMEA (within Design for Reliability) [HotWire Issue 93 (November 2008)]
- Reliability Requirements and Specifications [HotWire Issue 80 (October 2007)]
- Using FMRA to Estimate Baseline Reliability [HotWire Issue 135 (May 2012)]
Design of Experiments
- Analysis of Variance [HotWire Issue 95 (January 2009)]
- Applying Reliability DOE Techniques to Investigate Effects on Product Life [Knowledge Base Article]
- Box-Behnken Designs for Optimizing Product Performance [HotWire Issue 130 (December 2011)]
- Determining Significant Effects in 2k Designs with a Single Replicate [HotWire Issue 113 (July 2010)]
- Discussion of the Residual Sum of Squares in DOE [HotWire Issue 86 (April 2008)]
- An Example of Using Reliability DOE for Life Testing [HotWire Issue 88 (June 2008)]
- Hands On: Reliability DOE with Covariates [HotWire Issue 99 (May 2009)]
- Importing Data from Excel Files to DOE++ [HotWire Issue 107 (January 2010)]
- Improving Product Reliability Using Design of Experiments [HotWire Issue 155 (January 2014)]
- Introduction to Design of Experiments (DOE) [HotWire Issue 84 (February 2008)]
- Introduction to Design of Experiments (DOE) - DOE Types [HotWire Issue 85 (March 2008)]
- Replicated Runs and Repeated Runs [HotWire Issue 95 (January 2009)]
- Residual Plots for Lifetime Distributions [HotWire Issue 87 (May 2008)]
- A Response Surface Approach for Robust Parameter Design [HotWire Issue 136 (June 2012)]
- Screening Experiments Using Plackett-Burman Design [HotWire Issue 166 (December 2014)]
- Taguchi Orthogonal Array Designs [HotWire Issue 131 (January 2012)]
- Taguchi Robust Design for Product Improvement: Part I and II [HotWire Issue 122 (April 2011)] [HotWire Issue 123 (May 2011)]
- Using Central Composite Design for Process Optimization [HotWire Issue 146 (April 2013)]
- Using DOE++ to Analyze Unbalanced Designs [HotWire Issue 94 (December 2008)]
- Using Mixture Designs in DOE++ [HotWire Issue 180 (February 2016)]
Design of Reliability Tests
- Bayesian Reliability Demonstration Test Design [HotWire Issue 136 (June 2012)]
- Demonstration Test Design Using the DRT Tool in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 98 (April 2009)]
- Design for Reliability: Overview of the Process and Applicable Techniques [Knowledge Base Article]
- Design of Reliability Tests [HotWire Issue 24 (February 2003)]
- New Features in RGA 7 for Reliability Growth Analysis and Fielded Repairable System Analysis [HotWire Issue 104 (October 2009)]
- Type I and Type II Errors and Their Applications [HotWire Issue 88 (June 2008)]
- Using OC Curves in Design of Reliability Tests [HotWire Issue 93 (November 2008)]
- Sequential Probability Ratio Test for Reliability Demonstration [HotWire Issue 162 (August 2014)]
- Using Simulation to Design Reliability Demonstration Tests [HotWire Issue 60 (February 2006)]
- Using SimuMatic in RGA [HotWire Issue 129 (November 2011)]
- see also Accelerated Test Planning, Design of Experiments
Design Review Based on Failure Mode (see DRBFM)
Destructive Testing
- Degradation Analysis in Destructive Testing: Part I and II [HotWire Issue 85 (March 2008)] [HotWire Issue 86 (April 2008)]
- Destructive Degradation Analysis in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 178 (December 2015)]
- Using ALTA to Model Destructive Degradation Data [HotWire Issue 149 (July 2013)]
Distributions
- Beta Binomial Confidence Bounds on the Mixed Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 48 (February 2005)]
- Characteristics of the Lognormal Distribution [HotWire Issue 47 (January 2005)]
- Characteristics of the Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 14 (April 2002)]
- Chi-Squared Distribution and Reliability Demonstration Test Design [HotWire Issue 116 (October 2010)]
- Cumulative Binomial for Test Design and Analysis [Knowledge Base Article]
- Defining Distributions-Part 1: The Probability Density Function [HotWire Issue 12 (February 2002)]
- Extreme Value Distributions [HotWire Issue 128 (October 2011)]
- Generalized Gamma Distribution and Reliability Analysis, The [HotWire Issue 15 (May 2002)]
- Introduction to the Weibull-Bayesian Distribution [HotWire Issue 55 (September 2005)]
- Limitations of the Exponential Distribution for Reliability Analysis [Knowledge Base Article]
- Location Parameter of the Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 15 (May 2002)]
- Overview of the Gumbel, Logistic, Loglogistic and Gamma Distributions [HotWire Issue 56 (October 2005)]
- Relating Distribution Parameters to Real-World Applications [HotWire Issue 120 (February 2011)]
- Residual Plots for Lifetime Distributions [HotWire Issue 87 (May 2008)]
DMAIC, DMEDI
- Team-based Problem Solving Methods and XFRACAS [Knowledge Base Article]
DOE++ Software
- Analysis of Variance [HotWire Issue 95 (January 2009)]
- Applying Reliability DOE Techniques to Investigate Effects on Product Life [Knowledge Base Article]
- Box-Behnken Designs for Optimizing Product Performance [HotWire Issue 130 (December 2011)]
- Determining Significant Effects in 2k Designs with a Single Replicate [HotWire Issue 113 (July 2010)]
- Discussion of the Residual Sum of Squares in DOE [HotWire Issue 86 (April 2008)]
- An Example of Using Reliability DOE for Life Testing [HotWire Issue 88 (June 2008)]
- Hands On: Reliability DOE with Covariates [HotWire Issue 99 (May 2009)]
- Importing Data from Excel Files to DOE++ [HotWire Issue 107 (January 2010)]
- Improving Product Reliability Using Design of Experiments [HotWire Issue 155 (January 2014)]
- Introduction to Design of Experiments (DOE) [HotWire Issue 84 (February 2008)]
- Introduction to Design of Experiments (DOE) - DOE Types [HotWire Issue 85 (March 2008)]
- Measurement Systems Analysis in DOE++ [HotWire Issue 153 (November 2013)]
- Replicated Runs and Repeated Runs [HotWire Issue 95 (January 2009)]
- Residual Plots for Lifetime Distributions [HotWire Issue 87 (May 2008)]
- A Response Surface Approach for Robust Parameter Design [HotWire Issue 136 (June 2012)]
- Sensitivity Analysis Using Simulation Worksheets in BlockSim and DOE++ [HotWire Issue 158 (April 2014)]
- Screening Experiments Using Plackett-Burman Design [HotWire Issue 166 (December 2014)]
- Taguchi Orthogonal Array Designs [HotWire Issue 131 (January 2012)]
- Taguchi Robust Design for Product Improvement: Part I and II [HotWire Issue 122 (April 2011)] [HotWire Issue 123 (May 2011)]
- Using Central Composite Design for Process Optimization [HotWire Issue 146 (April 2013)]
- Using DOE++ for Product and Process Optimization [HotWire Issue 100 (June 2009)]
- Using DOE++ to Analyze Unbalanced Designs [HotWire Issue 94 (December 2008)]
- Using Mixture Designs in DOE++ [HotWire Issue 180 (February 2016)]
- Variability Analysis in DOE++ and its Application [HotWire Issue 101 (July 2009)]
Downing Event Criticality
- Reliability Importance Measures of Components in a Complex System - Identifying the 20% in the 80/20 Rule [HotWire Issue 66 (August 2006)]
DRBFM
- Change Point Analysis and DRBFM: A Winning Combination [Knowledge Base Article]
Durability
- Reliability Test Design: Linking Fatigue and Reliability [HotWire Issue 197 (July 2017)]
Duty Cycles
- Using Duty Cycles in System Reliability Analysis [HotWire Issue 74 (April 2007)]
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Early Failure Detection
- Modeling Periodical Inspection and Early Failure Detection in BlockSim [HotWire Issue 62 (April 2006)]
Effectiveness Factor
- Developmental Testing with Corrective Actions Implemented During the Test and Delayed Fixes [HotWire Issue 36 (February 2004)]
- Reliability Growth Test Planning and Management [HotWire Issue 65 (July 2006)]
Enterprise-wide Systems
- Challenges in Selecting an Integrated Enterprise-wide Reliability Solution: An IT Perspective [HotWire Issue 132 (February 2012)]
- Is Enterprise-wide, Web-based Software Right for You? It Depends on the Application! [Knowledge Base Article]
Environmental Testing
- Sources of Reliability Data: Reliability Testing Basics [HotWire Issue 5 (July 2001)]
Equivalent Single Systems
- Build Equivalent Single System During Reliability Growth Testing [HotWire Issue 112 (June 2010)]
Error
- Discussion of the Residual Sum of Squares in DOE [HotWire Issue 86 (April 2008)]
- Type I and Type II Errors and Their Applications [HotWire Issue 88 (June 2008)]
Event Logs
- Analyzing Maintenance Data with the Event Log Folio in Weibull++[HotWire Issue 130 (December 2011)]
- Don’t Let Your Event/Maintenance Log Data Go to Waste [HotWire Issue 68 (October 2006)]
Event Space Method
- Determining Reliability for Complex Systems Part 1 [HotWire Issue 2 (April 2001)]
Event Trees
- Beyond Event Trees – Using RENO for Static and Dynamic Event Graphs [HotWire Issue 159 (May 2014)]
- Modeling Event Trees in RENO [HotWire Issue 63 (May 2006)]
- Quantitative Risk Analysis Using Simulation [HotWire Issue 154 (December 2013)]
Exponential Distribution
- Generating Random Numbers from an Exponential Distribution [HotWire Issue 201 (November 2017)]
- Limitations of the Exponential Distribution for Reliability Analysis [Knowledge Base Article]
- MLE Solution for the Location Parameter of the 2-Parameter Exponential Distribution, The [HotWire Issue 123 (May 2011)]
- You Have a Small Data Set: What Do You Do? [HotWire Issue 72 (February 2007)]
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Failure Analysis Data
- Analyzing Accelerated Test Data with Unrelated Failures [HotWire Issue 30 (August 2003)]
- Source of Reliability Data: Field Data [HotWire Issue 6 (August 2001)]
Failure Behavior
- Bathtub Curve and Product Failure Behavior Part 1 and 2 [HotWire Issue 21 (November 2002)] [HotWire Issue 22 (December 2002)]
Failure Criticality Index
- Reliability Importance Measures of Components in a Complex System - Identifying the 20% in the 80/20 Rule [HotWire Issue 66 (August 2006)]
Failure Definitions
- Specifications and Product Failure Definitions [HotWire Issue 35 (January 2004)]
Failure Detection Threshold (FDT)
- On-Condition Maintenance Using P-F Interval or Failure Detection Threshold (FDT) [HotWire Issue 76 (June 2007)]
Failure Modes and Reliability Analysis
- Using FMRA to Estimate Baseline Reliability [HotWire Issue 135 (May 2012)]
Fault Avoidance
- Reliability Allocation and Optimization [HotWire Issue 6 (August 2001)]
Fault Tolerance
- Reliability Allocation and Optimization [HotWire Issue 6 (August 2001)]
Fault Trees
- Complex Risk Analysis of System-Level Effects [HotWire Issue 133 (March 2012)]
- Comparison of RBD and Fault Tree Simulation [HotWire Issue 44 (October 2004)]
- Expanded Algebraic Solutions for RBDs and FTDs [HotWire Issue 33 (November 2003)]
- Minimal Cut Sets [HotWire Issue 63 (May 2006)]
- Overview of Fault Tree Gates (Part I and II) [HotWire Issue 37 (March 2004)] [HotWire Issue 38 (April 2004)]
- Treating Common Cause Failures in Fault Trees [HotWire Issue 54 (August 2005)]
- Using the Fault Tree Method for Dependent and Independent Failure Modes [HotWire Issue 29 (July 2003)]
Field Data
- Accelerated Testing Data Analysis Without a Known Physical Failure Model [Knowledge Base Article]
- Bringing It All Together [HotWire Issue 45 (November 2004)]
- Customer Usage Profiling [HotWire Issue 11 (January 2002)]
- Data Collection [HotWire Issue 43 (September 2004)]
- Determining the Connection Between Test and Field Reliability [HotWire Issue 54 (August 2005)]
- Field Data [HotWire Issue 42 (August 2004)]
- Fielded Systems in Reliability Growth (Part I and II) [HotWire Issue 40 (June 2004)] [HotWire Issue 41 (July 2004)]
- New Features in RGA 7 for Reliability Growth Analysis and Fielded Repairable System Analysis [HotWire Issue 104 (October 2009)]
- Source of Reliability Data: Field Data [HotWire Issue 6 (August 2001)]
- Using Multiple Reliability Tools to Augment Limited Data [HotWire Issue 97 (March 2009)]
- Using Reliability Information Throughout the Organization [HotWire Issue 13 (March 2002)]
Fisher Matrix Confidence Bounds
- Comparison of Fisher Matrix and Likelihood Ratio Confidence Bound Methods [HotWire Issue 106 (December 2009)]
- Which Analysis Settings Should I Use? [HotWire Issue 1 (March 2001)]
Fleet Analysis
- Analyzing Warranty Data of Repairable Systems [HotWire Issue 64 (June 2006)]
- Crow Extended Fleet Analysis [HotWire Issue 109 (March 2010)]
Flowchart Simulation
- Beyond Event Trees – Using RENO for Static and Dynamic Event Graphs [HotWire Issue 159 (May 2014)]
- Quantitative Risk Analysis Using Simulation [HotWire Issue 154 (December 2013)]
- RENO to Enhance Traditional Engineering Analysis [ HotWire Issue 114 (August 2010)]
FMEA/FMECA
- Basic Concepts of FMEA and FMECA [HotWire Issue 46 (December 2004)]
- The Case for Generic FMEAs and Strategies for How to Use Them in Xfmea [HotWire Issue 202 (December 2017)]
- Criticality Analysis [Knowledge Base Article]
- Enterprise Level Management of FMEAs — A Fictional Case Study [HotWire Issue 111 (May 2010)]
- Examining Risk Priority Numbers in FMEA [Knowledge Base Article]
- Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis [Knowledge Base Article]
- FMEA Success Factors [Knowledge Base Article]
- Gathering Information [HotWire Issue 167 (January 2015)]
- Gathering Information for Effective Design and Process FMEAs [HotWire Issue 117 (November 2010)]
- Good FMEAs, Bad FMEAs - What's the Difference? [HotWire Issue 137 (July 2012)]
- How to effectively plan for FMEA challenges to improve quality and save costs [Blueprint Issue 2 (August 2018)]
- Improve corporate-wide FMEA collaboration with SEP website [Blueprint Issue 2 (August 2018)]
- Key Factors for Effective FMEAs [Knowledge Base Article]
- New Ancestry Functionality offered in XFMEA 2018 [Blueprint Issue 1 (May 2018)]
- Practice Auditing an Actual FMEA [HotWire Issue 138 (August 2012)]
- Using FMEA Templates to Speed Up and Improve the Quality of FMEA or RCM Analyses [HotWire Issue 77 (July 2007)]
- Using Risk Ranking Logic in FMEAs [HotWire Issue 192 (February 2017)]
FMEA Accelerator®
- Using FMEA Templates to Speed Up and Improve the Quality of FMEA or RCM Analyses [HotWire Issue 77 (July 2007)]
FMEA Corner (A Reliability HotWire series created by Carl Carlson)
- FMEA Corner: FMEA Functions [HotWire Issue 152 (October 2013)]
- FMEA Corner: FMEA Failure Modes [HotWire Issue 153 (November 2013)]
- FMEA Corner: Effects [HotWire Issue 154 (December 2013)]
- FMEA Corner: Causes [HotWire Issue 155 (January 2014)]
- FMEA Corner: Controls [HotWire Issue 156 (February 2014)]
- FMEA Corner: FMEA Recommended Actions [HotWire Issue 157 (March 2014)]
- FMEA Corner: Severity [HotWire Issue 158 (April 2014)]
- FMEA Corner: Occurrence [HotWire Issue 159 (May 2014)]
- FMEA Corner: Detection [HotWire Issue 160 (June 2014)]
- FMEA Corner: RPN [HotWire Issue 161 (July 2014)]
- FMEA Corner: Philosophy of Effective FMEAs [HotWire Issue 162 (August 2014)]
- FMEA Corner: Preliminary Risk Assessment [HotWire Issue 163 (September 2014)]
- FMEA Corner: Determining the Scope of the FMEA [HotWire Issue 164 (October 2014)]
- FMEA Corner: Making the FMEA Scope Visible [HotWire Issue 165 (November 2014)]
- FMEA Corner: FMEA Ground Rules and Assumptions [HotWire Issue 166 (December 2014)]
- FMEA Corner: Gathering Information [HotWire Issue 167 (January 2015)]
- FMEA Corner: Assembling the Correct FMEA Team [HotWire Issue 168 (February 2015)]
- FMEA Corner: Function Types [HotWire Issue 169 (March 2015)]
- FMEA Corner: Use of Failure Mechanisms in FMEA [HotWire Issue 170 (April 2015)]
- FMEA Corner: Five Whys [HotWire Issue 171 (May 2015)]
- FMEA Corner: Actions Strategies to Reduce Severity Risk [HotWire Issue 172 (June 2015)]
- FMEA Corner: Actions Strategies to Reduce Occurrence Risk [HotWire Issue 173 (July 2015)]
- FMEA Corner: Actions Strategies to Reduce Detection Risk [HotWire Issue 174 (August 2015)]
- FMEA Corner: Common Facilitation Problems [HotWire Issue 175 (September 2015)]
- FMEA Corner: Application Tips - Begin with Concerns [HotWire Issue 176 (October 2015)]
- FMEA Corner: Discussing the Controversial Issue of FMEA Pre-population [HotWire Issue 177 (November 2015)]
- FMEA Corner: Using Design FMEAs to Improve Design Verification Plans [HotWire Issue 178 (December 2015)]
- FMEA Corner: Using Process FMEAs to Improve Process Control Plans [HotWire Issue 179 (January 2016)]
- FMEA Corner: Common FMEA Mistakes [HotWire Issue 180 (February 2016)]
- FMEA Corner: Using FMEA Quality Objectives to Audit FMEAs [HotWire Issue 181 (March 2016)]
- FMEA Corner: Parameter Diagrams (P-Diagrams) [HotWire Issue 182 (April 2016)]
- FMEA Corner: Functional Block Diagrams) [HotWire Issue 183 (May 2016)]
- FMEA Corner: Interface Matrix [HotWire Issue 184 (June 2016)]
- FMEA Corner: Can You Anticipate Everything? [HotWire Issue 185 (July 2016)]
- FMEA Corner: What is Unique About a System FMEA? [HotWire Issue 186 (August 2016)]
- FMEA Corner: Using "Mode of Operation" in FMEA Applications [HotWire Issue 187 (September 2016)]
- FMEA Corner: Software FMEA [HotWire Issue 188 (October 2016)]
- FMEA Corner: Hazard Analysis [HotWire Issue 189 (November 2016)]
- FMEA Corner: FMEA and Robust Design [HotWire Issue 190 (December 2016)]
- FMEA Corner: Decomposing System Functions to Lower Levels [HotWire Issue 191 (January 2017)]
- FMEA Corner: Essential FMEA Facilitation Skills [HotWire Issue 192 (February 2017)]
- FMEA Corner: Achieving Balanced Participation in FMEA Meetings [HotWire Issue 193 (March 2017)]
- FMEA Corner: Brainstorming [HotWire Issue 194 (April 2017)]
- FMEA Corner: How to Manage Conflict in FMEAs [HotWire Issue 195 (May 2017)]
- FMEA Corner: Using Design FMEAs to Identify Key Product Characteristics [HotWire Issue 196 (June 2017)]
- FMEA Corner: Using Process FMEAs to Identify Key Process Characteristics [HotWire Issue 197 (July 2017)]
- FMEA Corner: To Scribe or Not to Scribe [HotWire Issue 198 (August 2017)]
- FMEA Corner: Pugh Analysis [HotWire Issue 199 (September 2017)]
- FMEA Corner: Legal Guidelines for FMEAs [HotWire Issue 200 (October 2017)]
- FMEA Corner: How to Get Better Results with FMEAs, in Less Time [HotWire Issue 201 (November 2017)]
- FMEA Corner: Is there a better way than RPN? [HotWire Issue 202 (December 2017)]
Fractional Failure Analysis
- Fractional Failure Analysis in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 175 (September 2015)]
- Median Ranks Calculation for Fractional Failures [HotWire Issue 187 (September 2016)]
Forecasting Data
- Source of Reliability Data: Field Data [HotWire Issue 6 (August 2001)]
Function Wizard
- Building a Composite Function in the Weibull++ Function Wizard [HotWire Issue 120 (February 2011)]
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Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility (R&R)
- Measurement Systems Analysis in DOE++ [HotWire Issue 153 (November 2013)]
Gamma Distribution
- Overview of the Gumbel, Logistic, Loglogistic and Gamma Distributions [HotWire Issue 56 (October 2005)]
Gamma Parameter
- Location Parameter of the Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 15 (May 2002)]
Gap Analysis
- Reliability Growth Analysis with Missing or Erroneous Data [HotWire Issue 78 (August 2007)]
General Log Linear Model (GLL)
- Using ALTA with Multi-Stress Physics of Failure Models [HotWire Issue 90 (August 2008)]
- Using the General Log-Linear Model in ALTA PRO for Thermal Cycling [HotWire Issue 184 (June 2016)]
General Renewal Process Model (GRP)
- Parametric Recurrent Event Data Analysis and the GRP Model [HotWire Issue 59 (January 2006)]
Generalized Gamma
- Generalized Gamma Distribution and Reliability Analysis, The [HotWire Issue 15 (May 2002)]
Gompertz Models
- Software Reliability Growth Modeling Using the Standard and Modified Gompertz Models [HotWire Issue 84 (February 2008)]
Goodness of Fit
- How Good Is Your Assumed Distribution's Fit? [HotWire Issue 71 (January 2007)]
- Verifying the Assumption of a Constant Shape Parameter in Accelerated Life Testing Data [HotWire Issue 16 (June 2002)]
Growth Planning (see Reliability Growth)
GRP Model (see General Renewal Process Model)
Gumbel Distribution
- Extreme Value Distributions [HotWire Issue 128 (October 2011)]
- Overview of the Gumbel, Logistic, Loglogistic and Gamma Distributions [HotWire Issue 56 (October 2005)]
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Histograms
- Defining Distributions-Part 1: The Probability Density Function [HotWire Issue 12 (February 2002)]
Hypothesis Tests
- Type I and Type II Errors and Their Applications [HotWire Issue 88 (June 2008)]
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Imperfect Repair
- Imperfect Repair [HotWire Issue 24 (February 2003)]
- Restoration Factors in BlockSim [HotWire Issue 77 (July 2007)]
Importance Measures (see Reliability Importance Measures)
Indicator Variables
- Determining the Connection Between Test and Field Reliability [HotWire Issue 54 (August 2005)]
- Field Data [HotWire Issue 42 (August 2004)]
Infant Mortality
- Bathtub Curve and Product Failure Behavior Part 1 [HotWire Issue 21 (November 2002)]
In-House Testing
- Data Collection [HotWire Issue 43 (September 2004)]
- Determining the Connection Between Test and Field Reliability [HotWire Issue 54 (August 2005)]
- Field Data [HotWire Issue 42 (August 2004)]
- Reliability Testing [HotWire Issue 41 (July 2004)]
- Using Reliability Information Throughout the Organization [HotWire Issue 13 (March 2002)]
Inspections (Maintenance)
- Effect of Inspection Intervals, The [HotWire Issue 28 (June 2003)]
- Maintenance Policies in BlockSim [Hotwire Issue 89 (July 2008)]
- Modeling a Complex Maintenance Scenario in BlockSim [HotWire Issue 89 (July 2008)]
- On-Condition Maintenance Using P-F Interval or Failure Detection Threshold (FDT) [HotWire Issue 76 (June 2007)]
Interval Censored Data
- An Example of Using Reliability DOE for Life Testing [HotWire Issue 88 (June 2008)]
- Life Data Classifications [Knowledge Base Article]
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Just-In-Time Philosophy
- Using BlockSim 6 for Planning Just-In-Time Ordering of Spare Parts [HotWire Issue 70 (December 2006)]
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K-out-of-N Redundancy
- Using Reliability Block Diagrams to Analyze Dependent and Independent Failure Modes [HotWire Issue 27 (May 2003)]
Kaplan-Meier Estimator
- Nonparametric Analysis [HotWire Issue 11 (January 2002)]
- Which Analysis Settings Should I Use? [HotWire Issue 1 (March 2001)]
Kolmogorov-Smirnov (KS) Test
- Distribution Wizard in Weibull++ 7, The [HotWire Issue 91 (September 2008)]
- How Good Is Your Assumed Distribution's Fit? [HotWire Issue 71 (January 2007)]
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Lab Reliability
- Bringing It All Together [HotWire Issue 45 (November 2004)]
- Determining the Connection Between Test and Field Reliability [HotWire Issue 54 (August 2005)]
- Field Data [HotWire Issue 42 (August 2004)]
- Using Reliability Information Throughout the Organization [HotWire Issue 13 (March 2002)]
Lambda Predict Software
- Baseline Reliability Prediction at the Early Product Design Stage [HotWire Issue 160 (June 2014)]
- Bellcore/Telcordia Reliability Prediction in Lambda Predict [HotWire Issue 152 (October 2013)]
- Derating for Electronic Components [HotWire Issue 92 (October 2008)]
- Failure Rate of Redundant Configurations in Lambda Predict [HotWire Issue 181 (March 2016)]
- Reliability Allocation Using Lambda Predict [HotWire Issue 98 (April 2009)]
- Reliability Prediction for Components in Fatigue [Knowledge Base Article]
- Reliability Prediction Methods for Electronic Products [Knowledge Base Article]
- Standards Based Reliability Prediction: Applicability and Usage to Augment RBDs - Part I: Introduction to Standards Based Reliability Prediction and Lambda Predict [HotWire Issue 50 (April 2005)]
- Standards Based Reliability Prediction: Applicability and Usage to Augment RBDs - Part II: The Standards for Reliability Prediction [HotWire Issue 51 (May 2005)]
- Standards Based Reliability Prediction: Applicability and Usage to Augment RBDs - Part III: Completing the Picture: Using Lambda Predict to Augment your BlockSim RBDs [HotWire Issue 52 (June 2005)]
- Standards Based Reliability Prediction in a Nutshell [HotWire Issue 70 (December 2006)]
Least Squares Method
- The Importance of Looking at the Probability Plot When Fitting a Model Using Least Squares Regression [HotWire Issue 185 (July 2016)]
- Rank Regression Parameter Estimation [HotWire Issue 10 (December 2001)]
Life-Stress Models
- Introduction to the Generalized Eyring Life-Stress Relationship [HotWire Issue 74 (April 2007)]
- Introduction to the Temperature-Humidity Model [HotWire Issue 50 (April 2005)]
- Look Under the Hood at the Cumulative Damage Model, A [HotWire Issue 23 (January 2003)]
- Miner’s Rule and Cumulative Damage Models [HotWire Issue 116 (October 2010)]
Likelihood Function
- Can the Likelihood Value be Greater Than 0? [HotWire Issue 92 (October 2008)]
- Maximum Likelihood Function [HotWire Issue 33 (November 2003)]
Likelihood Ratio Method
- Common Shape Parameter Likelihood Ratio Test [HotWire Issue 45 (November 2004)]
- Comparison of Fisher Matrix and Likelihood Ratio Confidence Bound Methods[HotWire Issue 106 (December 2009)]
- Contour Plots and Confidence Bounds on Parameters (Part I and II) [HotWire Issue 18 (August 2002)] [HotWire Issue 19 (September 2002)]
- Likelihood Ratio Confidence Bounds [HotWire Issue 42 (August 2004)]
Likelihood Value
- Can the Likelihood Value be Greater Than 0? [HotWire Issue 92 (October 2008)]
- Distribution Wizard in Weibull++ 7, The [HotWire Issue 91 (September 2008)]
- How Good Is Your Assumed Distribution's Fit? [HotWire Issue 71 (January 2007)]
Lloyd-Lipow Model
- Analyzing Growth Success/Failure and Reliability Data Using the Lloyd Lipow Model [HotWire Issue 83 (January 2008)]
- Introduction to Developmental Test Analysis with the Lloyd-Lipow Model [HotWire Issue 52 (June 2005)]
Load Sharing
- Determining the Reliability of a System with Load Sharing [HotWire Issue 20 (October 2002)]
- Life Data Analysis of Load Sharing Units [HotWire Issue 81 (November 2007)]
- Using Reliability Block Diagrams to Analyze Dependent and Independent Failure Modes [HotWire Issue 27 (May 2003)]
Load-Strength Interference
- Derating for Electronic Components [HotWire Issue 92 (October 2008)]
Location Parameter
- Location Parameter of the Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 15 (May 2002)]
Logistic Distribution
- Overview of the Gumbel, Logistic, Loglogistic and Gamma Distributions [HotWire Issue 56 (October 2005)]
Logistic Model
- Analyzing Success/Failure and Reliability Data Using the Logistic Model [HotWire Issue 82 (December 2007)]
Loglogistic Distribution
- Overview of the Gumbel, Logistic, Loglogistic and Gamma Distributions [HotWire Issue 56 (October 2005)]
Lognormal Distribution
- Characteristics of the Lognormal Distribution [HotWire Issue 47 (January 2005)]
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Maintainability
- Availability and the Different Ways to Calculate It [HotWire Issue 79 (September 2007)
- Estimating Availability Through Simulation [HotWire Issue 8 (October 2001)]
- Estimating Mean Time Between Maintenance (MTBM) Using BlockSim [HotWire Issue 147 (May 2013)]
- Opportunity Maintenance in BlockSim [Blueprint Issue 2 (August 2018)]
- Optimum Preventive Maintenance Replacement Time for a Single Component [Knowledge Base Article]
- Optimum Preventive Maintenance Replacement Time in Clusters Using BlockSim [HotWire Issue 156 (February 2014)]
- Relationship Between Availability and Reliability [HotWire Issue 26 (April 2003)]
Maintenance Crews
- Using Pools and Crews in System Analysis (Part I and II) [HotWire Issue 29 (July 2003)] [HotWire Issue 30 (August 2003)]
Maintenance Logs
- Analyzing Maintenance Data with the Event Log Folio in Weibull++[HotWire Issue 130 (December 2011)]
- Don’t Let Your Event/Maintenance Log Data Go to Waste [HotWire Issue 68 (October 2006)]
Maintenance Plans
- Analysis and Modeling of Grouped and Opportunistic Preventive Maintenance [HotWire Issue 78 (August 2007)]
- Choosing the Optimum Maintenance Interval with Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 145 (March 2013)]
- Comparing Maintenance Strategies Based on Cost and Availability [Knowledge Base Article]
- Modeling Maintenance-induced Failures During the Scheduled Maintenance of a Component Using Reliability Block Diagrams (RBDs) [HotWire Issue 174 (August 2015)]
- On-Condition Maintenance Using P-F Interval or Failure Detection Threshold (FDT) [HotWire Issue 76 (June 2007)]
- Preventive Maintenance and the Cost Per Unit Time Equation [HotWire Issue 96 (February 2009)]
- RCM Perspective on Maintenance, The [HotWire Issue 71 (January 2007)]
Maintenance Policies
- Maintenance Policies in BlockSim [Hotwire Issue 89 (July 2008)]
- Using Maintenance Policies [HotWire Issue 31 (September 2003)]
Markov Analysis
- Using Markov Diagrams in BlockSim for Availability Analysis [HotWire Issue 183 (May 2016)]
- Using Markov Diagrams in BlockSim for Reliability Analysis [HotWire Issue 177 (November 2015)]
Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE)
- Can the Likelihood Value be Greater Than 0? [HotWire Issue 92 (October 2008)]
- Comparison of Fisher Matrix and Likelihood Ratio Confidence Bound Methods[HotWire Issue 106 (December 2009)]
- Comparison of MLE and Rank Regression When the Data Set Contains Suspensions [HotWire Issue 16 (June 2002)]
- Discussion of Maximum Likelihood Estimation for the 3-Parameter Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 148 (June 2013)]
- Likelihood Ratio Confidence Bounds [HotWire Issue 42 (August 2004)]
- Maximum Likelihood Function [HotWire Issue 33 (November 2003)]
- MLE Solution for the Location Parameter of the 2-Parameter Exponential Distribution, The [HotWire Issue 123 (May 2011)]
- Unbiasing Beta for the Crow-AMSAA NHPP Model [HotWire Issue 141 (November 2012)]
- Understanding Biasedness [HotWire Issue 25 (March 2003)]
- Which Analysis Settings Should I Use? [HotWire Issue 1 (March 2001)]
Mean Life Function
- Characteristics of the Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 14 (April 2002)]
- Limitations of Using the MTTF as a Reliability Specification [HotWire Issue 32 (October 2003)]
Mean Time Between Maintenance (MTBM)
- Estimating Mean Time Between Maintenance (MTBM) Using BlockSim [HotWire Issue 147 (May 2013)]
Mean Time Between Replacements
- MTTF, MTBF, Mean Time Between Replacements and MTBF with Scheduled Replacements [HotWire Issue 94 (December 2008)]
Measurement Systems Analysis
- Measurement Systems Analysis in DOE++ [HotWire Issue 153 (November 2013)]
Mission Profiles
- New Features in RGA 7 for Reliability Growth Analysis and Fielded Repairable System Analysis [HotWire Issue 104 (October 2009)]
- Operational Mission Profile Testing in RGA 7 [HotWire Issue 105 (November 2009)]
Mixed Weibull Analysis
- Beta Binomial Confidence Bounds on the Mixed Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 48 (February 2005)]
- Multimodal Analysis [HotWire Issue 12 (February 2002)]
Mixture Designs
- Using Mixture Designs in DOE++ [HotWire Issue 180 (February 2016)]
MLE (see Maximum Likelihood Estimation)
Monte Carlo Simulation
- A Case Study Using Monte Carlo Simulation for Risk Analysis [HotWire Issue 164 (October 2014)]
- Determining Reliability for Complex Systems Part 2 [HotWire Issue 3 (May 2001)]
- Estimating Availability Through Simulation [HotWire Issue 8 (October 2001)]
- Estimating Reliability Based on Multiple Random Stress Types [HotWire Issue 82 (December 2007)]
- Generating Random Numbers from an Exponential Distribution [HotWire Issue 201 (November 2017)]
- New Features in RGA 7 for Reliability Growth Analysis and Fielded Repairable System Analysis [HotWire Issue 104 (October 2009)]
- A Simple Method for Analyzing a Data Set with Unknown Suspension Times [HotWire Issue 176 (October 2015)]
- Solving Complex Probabilistic Problems Through Simulation [Knowledge Base Article]
- Using Weibull++ 7 and Monte Carlo Simulation for Probabilistic Design [HotWire Issue 56 (October 2005)]
MSG-3
- Creating Initial Scheduled Maintenance Plans: Using the MSG-3 Aircraft Systems and Powerplant Analysis Process to Develop an Initial Scheduled Maintenance Plan [Knowledge Base Article]
MTBF/MTTF
- Avoiding a Common Mistake in the Analysis of Repairable Systems [Knowledge Base Article]
- Bathtub Curve and Product Failure Behavior Part 2, The [HotWire Issue 22 (December 2002)]
- Characterizing Your Product's Reliability [HotWire Issue 32 (October 2003)]
- Crow Extended Fleet Analysis [HotWire Issue 109 (March 2010)]
- Developmental Testing with Corrective Actions Implemented During the Test and Delayed Fixes [HotWire Issue 36 (February 2004)]
- Limitations of the Exponential Distribution for Reliability Analysis [Knowledge Base Article]
- Limitations of Using the MTTF as a Reliability Specification [HotWire Issue 32 (October 2003)]
- MTTF, MTBF, Mean Time Between Replacements and MTBF with Scheduled Replacements [HotWire Issue 94 (December 2008)]
- Reliability Growth Test Planning and Management [HotWire Issue 65 (July 2006)]
- Specifications and Product Failure Definitions [HotWire Issue 35 (January 2004)]
Multi-Phase Reliability Growth Analysis
- New Features in RGA 7 for Reliability Growth Analysis and Fielded Repairable System Analysis [HotWire Issue 104 (October 2009)]
- Operational Mission Profile Testing in RGA 7 [HotWire Issue 105 (November 2009)]
- Statistical Tests for Effectiveness of Corrective Actions in RGA 7 [HotWire Issue 107 (January 2010)]
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Non-Homogeneous Poisson Process (NHPP)
- Introduction to the Crow-AMSAA Reliability Growth Model [HotWire Issue 49 (March 2005)]
- New Features in RGA 7 for Reliability Growth Analysis and Fielded Repairable System Analysis [HotWire Issue 104 (October 2009)]
Nonparametric Analysis
- An Application of BlockSim’s Log of Simulations [HotWire Issue 97 (March 2009)]
- Applications of Non-Parametric Recurrent Event Data Analysis in Reliability Engineering [HotWire Issue 57 (November 2005)]
- Data Analysis and Reporting [HotWire Issue 44 (October 2004)]
- Introduction to Non-Parametric Recurrent Event Data Analysis [HotWire Issue 57 (November 2005)]
- Nonparametric Analysis [HotWire Issue 11 (January 2002)]
- You Have a Small Data Set: What Do You Do? [HotWire Issue 72 (February 2007)]
Normal Life Period
- Bathtub Curve and Product Failure Behavior Part 2 [HotWire Issue 22 (December 2002)]
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One-Shot Systems
- Analyzing Success/Failure Data Using the Crow Discrete Reliability Growth Model [HotWire Issue 81 (November 2007)]
Operating Characteristic Curves
- Using OC Curves in Design of Reliability Tests [HotWire Issue 93 (November 2008)]
Optimization (Maintenance Planning)
- Optimum Overhaul Time Calculation in RGA, The [HotWire Issue 179 (January 2016)]
- Optimum Preventive Maintenance Replacement Time for a Single Component [Knowledge Base Article]
- Optimum Preventive Maintenance Replacement Time in Clusters Using BlockSim [HotWire Issue 156 (February 2014)]
Optimization (Reliability Allocation)
- Bringing It All Together [HotWire Issue 45 (November 2004)]
- Design for Reliability: Overview of the Process and Applicable Techniques [Knowledge Base Article]
- Reliability Allocation and Optimization [HotWire Issue 6 (August 2001)]
- Reliability Allocation and Optimization Using BlockSim [HotWire Issue 99 (May 2009)]
- Using Reliability Information Throughout the Organization [HotWire Issue 13 (March 2002)]
Optimization (Reliability Target)
- Calculating Optimal Reliability Using Weibull++'s Target Reliability Tool [HotWire Issue 142 (December 2012)]
Optimization (Throughput)
- Analysis and Modeling of Grouped and Opportunistic Preventive Maintenance [HotWire Issue 78 (August 2007)]
- Economical Life Model for Repairable Systems [HotWire Issue 64 (June 2006)]
- Preventive Maintenance and the Cost Per Unit Time Equation [HotWire Issue 96 (February 2009)]
Orion eAPI Software
- Asset Performance Management Using Orion eAPI [HotWire Issue 124 (June 2011)]
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P-F Intervals
- On-Condition Maintenance Using P-F Interval or Failure Detection Threshold (FDT) [HotWire Issue 76 (June 2007)]
Parameter Bounds
- Individual and Joint Parameter Bounds in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 101 (July 2009)]
Parameter Diagrams
- Parameter Diagrams [HotWire Issue 199 (September 2017)]
Parameter Estimation
- Contour Plots and Confidence Bounds on Parameters (Part I and II) [HotWire Issue 18 (August 2002)] [HotWire Issue 19 (September 2002)]
- Comparison of MLE and Rank Regression When the Data Set Contains Suspensions [HotWire Issue 16 (June 2002)]
- Discussion of Maximum Likelihood Estimation for the 3-Parameter Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 148 (June 2013)]
- Maximum Likelihood Function [HotWire Issue 33 (November 2003)]
- Median Ranks Calculation for Fractional Failures [HotWire Issue 187 (September 2016)]
- Nonparametric Analysis [HotWire Issue 11 (January 2002)]
- Probability Plotting [HotWire Issue 8 (October 2001)]
- Rank Regression Parameter Estimation [HotWire Issue 10 (December 2001)]
- ReliaSoft's Ranking Method [HotWire Issue 26 (April 2003)]
- Understanding Biasedness [HotWire Issue 25 (March 2003)]
- Using the Cumulative Binomial Equation for Reliability Demonstration Test Design and for Estimating the Parameters of a Data Set with Zero Failures [HotWire Issue 118 (December 2010)]
- Which Analysis Settings Should I Use? [HotWire Issue 1 (March 2001)]
Parametric Analysis
- An Application of BlockSim’s Log of Simulations [HotWire Issue 97 (March 2009)]
- Data Analysis and Reporting [HotWire Issue 44 (October 2004)]
- Parametric Recurrent Event Data Analysis and the GRP Model [HotWire Issue 59 (January 2006)]
Path-Tracing Method
- Determining Reliability for Complex Systems Part 1 [HotWire Issue 2 (April 2001)]
PDCA
- Team-based Problem Solving Methods and XFRACAS [Knowledge Base Article]
Peck Model
- Using ALTA with Multi-Stress Physics of Failure Models [HotWire Issue 90 (August 2008)]
Periodical Inspection
- Modeling Periodical Inspection and Early Failure Detection in BlockSim [HotWire Issue 62 (April 2006)]
Phase Diagrams (See Reliability Phase Diagrams)
Physics of Failure Methods
- Using ALTA with Multi-Stress Physics of Failure Models [HotWire Issue 90 (August 2008)]
- Reliability Prediction Methods for Electronic Products [Knowledge Base Article]
Plots
- The Importance of Looking at the Probability Plot When Fitting a Model Using Least Squares Regression [HotWire Issue 185 (July 2016)]
- Using the Chart Wizard to Create a Custom Plot [HotWire Issue 108 (February 2010)]
Power Law Model
- Accelerated Testing with the Inverse Power Law [Knowledge Base Article]
- Optimum Overhaul Time Calculation in RGA, The [HotWire Issue 179 (January 2016)]
- Practical Methods for Analyzing the Reliability of Repairable Systems [Knowledge Base Article]
- Using the Power Law Model for Data Analysis in RGA [HotWire Issue 131 (January 2012)]
Preventive Maintenance (PM)
- Analysis and Modeling of Grouped and Opportunistic Preventive Maintenance [HotWire Issue 78 (August 2007)]
- Choosing the Optimum Maintenance Interval with Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 145 (March 2013)]
- Limitations of the Exponential Distribution for Reliability Analysis [Knowledge Base Article]
- Maintenance Policies in BlockSim [Hotwire Issue 89 (July 2008)]
- Modeling Periodical Inspection and Early Failure Detection in BlockSim [HotWire Issue 62 (April 2006)]
- On-Condition Maintenance Using P-F Interval or Failure Detection Threshold (FDT) [HotWire Issue 76 (June 2007)]
- Optimum Maintenance Intervals in RCM++ [HotWire Issue 113 (July 2010)]
- Optimum Preventive Maintenance Replacement Time for a Single Component [Knowledge Base Article]
- Optimum Preventive Maintenance Replacement Time in Clusters Using BlockSim [HotWire Issue 156 (February 2014)]
- Preventive Maintenance and the Cost Per Unit Time Equation [HotWire Issue 96 (February 2009)]
Probabilistic Design
- Using Weibull++ 7 and Monte Carlo Simulation for Probabilistic Design [HotWire Issue 56 (October 2005)]
Probability Density Function (pdf)
- Characteristics of the Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 14 (April 2002)]
- Defining Distributions-Part 1: The Probability Density Function [HotWire Issue 12 (February 2002)]
- Generating Random Numbers from an Exponential Distribution [HotWire Issue 201 (November 2017)]
- Reliability Function, The [HotWire Issue 7 (September 2001)]
- Risks of Using Failure Rate to Calculate Reliability Metrics, The [HotWire Issue 196 (June 2017)]
Probability Plots
- How Good Is Your Assumed Distribution's Fit? [HotWire Issue 71 (January 2007)]
- Probability Plotting [HotWire Issue 8 (October 2001)]
- When is it Appropriate to Use/Trust the Distribution Wizard? [HotWire Issue 186 (August 2016)]
Probability Theory
- Introduction to Probability Theory [HotWire Issue 25 (March 2003)]
Problem Solving Methods
- Team-based Problem Solving Methods and XFRACAS [Knowledge Base Article]
- FRACAS: An Essential Ingredient for Reliability Success [HotWire Issue 122 (April 2011)]
- FRACAS: From Data Collecting to Problem Solving [HotWire Issue 169 (March 2015)]
Process Optimization
- Using DOE++ For Product and Process Optimization [HotWire Issue 100 (June 2009)]
- Using Central Composite Design for Process Optimization [HotWire Issue 146 (April 2013)]
Proportional Hazards Model
- Determining the Connection Between Test and Field Reliability [HotWire Issue 54 (August 2005)]
- Field Data [HotWire Issue 42 (August 2004)]
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Quality and Reliability
- Interaction Between the House of Quality (within Design for Six Sigma) and the FMEA (within Design for Reliability) [HotWire Issue 93 (November 2008)]
Quantitative Accelerated Life Tests (QALT) (see Accelerated Life Testing Data Analysis)
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Random Stresses
- Estimating Reliability Based on Multiple Random Stress Types [HotWire Issue 82 (December 2007)]
Random Variables
- Reliability Function, The [HotWire Issue 7 (September 2001)]
Ranks and Rank Regression
- Comparison of MLE and Rank Regression When the Data Set Contains Suspensions [HotWire Issue 16 (June 2002)]
- Median Rank Based on Mean Order Number [HotWire Issue 104 (October 2009)]
- Median Ranks Calculation for Fractional Failures [HotWire Issue 187 (September 2016)]
- Rank Regression Parameter Estimation [HotWire Issue 10 (December 2001)]
- Which Analysis Settings Should I Use? [HotWire Issue 1 (March 2001)]
RBI Software
- Design Comparison Using Risk Based Inspection (RBI) [HotWire Issue 161 (July 2014)]
- Introduction to Risk Based Inspection (RBI) [HotWire Issue 151 (September 2013)]
RCM++ Software
- Basic Steps of Applying Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) – Part I, II and III [HotWire Issue 72 (February 2007)] [HotWire Issue 73 (March 2007)] [HotWire Issue 76 (June 2007)]
- Comparing Maintenance Strategies Based on Cost and Availability [Knowledge Base Article]
- On-Condition Maintenance Using P-F Interval or Failure Detection Threshold (FDT) [HotWire Issue 76 (June 2007)]
- Optimum Maintenance Intervals in RCM++ [HotWire Issue 113 (July 2010)]
- Preventive Maintenance and the Cost Per Unit Time Equation [HotWire Issue 96 (February 2009)]
- RCM Perspective on Maintenance, The [HotWire Issue 71 (January 2007)]
- Using FMEA Templates to Speed Up and Improve the Quality of FMEA or RCM Analyses [HotWire Issue 77 (July 2007)]
- Using FMRA to Estimate Baseline Reliability [HotWire Issue 135 (May 2012)]
- Using the New Change Log Utility in Xfmea or RCM++ [HotWire Issue 69 (November 2006)]
Recurrent Events Data Analysis
- Applications of Non-Parametric Recurrent Event Data Analysis in Reliability Engineering [HotWire Issue 57 (November 2005)]
- Incorporating Recurrent Event Data Analysis in Reliability Block Diagrams [HotWire Issue 170 (April 2015)]
- Introduction to Non-Parametric Recurrent Event Data Analysis [HotWire Issue 57 (November 2005)]
- Parametric Recurrent Event Data Analysis and the GRP Model [HotWire Issue 59 (January 2006)]
Reliability Allocation
- Reliability Allocation and Optimization [HotWire Issue 6 (August 2001)]
- Reliability Allocation and Optimization Using BlockSim [HotWire Issue 99 (May 2009)]
- Reliability Allocation Using Lambda Predict [HotWire Issue 98 (April 2009)]
- Using Reliability Allocation Analysis to Set Component Specifications [HotWire Issue 139 (September 2012)]
Reliability Block Diagrams
- Advanced RBD Modeling Using State Change Triggers [HotWire Issue 134 (April 2012)]
- Analyzing Failure Modes Using RBDs in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 128 (October 2011)]
- Comparison of RBD and Fault Tree Simulation [HotWire Issue 44 (October 2004)]
- Determining the Reliability of a System with Load Sharing [HotWire Issue 20 (October 2002)]
- Determining the Reliability of a System with Standby Redundancy [HotWire Issue 21 (November 2002)]
- Determining Reliability for Complex Systems Part 1 [HotWire Issue 2 (April 2001)]
- Determining Reliability for Complex Systems Part 2 [HotWire Issue 3 (May 2001)]
- Difference Between Physical and Reliability-Wise Arrangement [HotWire Issue 20 (October 2002)]
- Estimating Availability Through Simulation [HotWire Issue 8 (October 2001)]
- Expanded Algebraic Solutions for RBDs and FTDs [HotWire Issue 33 (November 2003)]
- Failure Rate of a Series System Using Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 108 (February 2010)]
- How to Simplify Complex RBDs with a Commonly Used Distribution [HotWire Issue 68 (October 2006)]
- How Long Should You Burn In a System? (Part II) [HotWire Issue 103 (September 2009)]
- Minimal Cut Sets [HotWire Issue 63 (May 2006)]
- Modeling Maintenance-induced Failures During the Scheduled Maintenance of a Component Using Reliability Block Diagrams (RBDs) [HotWire Issue 174 (August 2015)]
- Parametric Models for Common Cause Failure Analysis [HotWire Issue 125 (July 2011)]
- Reliability of Standby Systems with a Switching Device [HotWire Issue 22 (December 2002)]
- Sensitivity Analysis Using Simulation Worksheets in BlockSim and DOE++ [HotWire Issue 158 (April 2014)]
- Throughput Analysis (Part I and II) [HotWire Issue 27 (May 2003)] [HotWire Issue 28 (June 2003)]
- Using Pools and Crews in System Analysis (Part I) [HotWire Issue 29 (July 2003)]
- Using Pools and Crews in System Analysis (Part II) [HotWire Issue 30 (August 2003)]
- Using Reliability Allocation Analysis to Set Component Specifications [HotWire Issue 139 (September 2012)]
- Using Reliability Block Diagrams to Analyze Dependent and Independent Failure Modes [HotWire Issue 27 (May 2003)]
- Using the Fault Tree Method for Dependent and Independent Failure Modes [HotWire Issue 29 (July 2003)]
Reliability Centered Maintenance
- Basic Steps of Applying Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) – Part I, II and III [HotWire Issue 72 (February 2007)] [HotWire Issue 73 (March 2007)] [HotWire Issue 76 (June 2007)]
- Comparing Maintenance Strategies Based on Cost and Availability [Knowledge Base Article]
- On-Condition Maintenance Using P-F Interval or Failure Detection Threshold (FDT) [HotWire Issue 76 (June 2007)]
- RCM Perspective on Maintenance, The [HotWire Issue 71 (January 2007)]
- Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) - A Cost Saving Measure [HotWire Issue 126 (August 2011)]
Reliability Data Warehouse (RDW)
- Using the Synthesis API to Transfer Data to a Synthesis Repository [HotWire Issue 157 (March 2014)]
Reliability Demonstration Tests
- Demonstrating a Difference in Life Using the Difference Detection Matrix [HotWire Issue 137 (July 2012)]
- Reliability Demonstration Tests for Repairable Systems [HotWire Issue 106 (December 2009)]
- Sequential Probability Ratio Test for Reliability Demonstration [HotWire Issue 162 (August 2014)]
- Understanding the Effect of the Beta Parameter on Demonstration Testing [HotWire Issue 165 (November 2014)]
- Using the Cumulative Binomial Equation for Reliability Demonstration Test Design and for Estimating the Parameters of a Data Set with Zero Failures [HotWire Issue 118 (December 2010)]
Reliability DOE
- An Example of Using Reliability DOE for Life Testing [HotWire Issue 88 (June 2008)]
- Applying Reliability DOE Techniques to Investigate Effects on Product Life [Knowledge Base Article]
- Hands On: Reliability DOE with Covariates [HotWire Issue 99 (May 2009)]
- Improving Product Reliability Using Design of Experiments [HotWire Issue 155 (January 2014)]
- Residual Plots for Lifetime Distributions [HotWire Issue 87 (May 2008)]
Reliability Function
- Characteristics of the Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 14 (April 2002)]
- Characterizing Your Product's Reliability [HotWire Issue 32 (October 2003)]
- Reliability Function, The [HotWire Issue 7 (September 2001)]
- Risks of Using Failure Rate to Calculate Reliability Metrics, The [HotWire Issue 196 (June 2017)]
Reliability Growth
- Analyzing Growth Success/Failure and Reliability Data Using the Lloyd Lipow Model [HotWire Issue 83 (January 2008)]
- Analyzing Success/Failure Data Using the Crow Discrete Reliability Growth Model [HotWire Issue 81 (November 2007)]
- Analyzing Success/Failure and Reliability Data Using the Logistic Model [HotWire Issue 82 (December 2007)]
- Build Equivalent Single System During Reliability Growth Testing [HotWire Issue 112 (June 2010)]
- Bringing It All Together [HotWire Issue 45 (November 2004)]
- Change of Slope Methodology in Reliability Growth Analysis, The [Knowledge Base Article]
- Common Beta Hypothesis Test In Reliability Growth and Repairable Systems Analysis [HotWire Issue 61 (March 2006)]
- Confidence Bounds in Reliability Growth Planning [HotWire Issue 143 (January 2013)]
- Developmental Testing with Corrective Actions Implemented During the Test and Delayed Fixes [HotWire Issue 36 (February 2004)]
- Fielded Systems in Reliability Growth (Part I and II) [HotWire Issue 40 (June 2004)] [HotWire Issue 41 (July 2004)]
- Foundations of Reliability [HotWire Issue 39 (May 2004)]
- Introduction to Reliability Growth [HotWire Issue 39 (May 2004)]
- New Features in RGA 7 for Reliability Growth Analysis and Fielded Repairable System Analysis [HotWire Issue 104 (October 2009)]
- Operational Mission Profile Testing in RGA 7 [HotWire Issue 105 (November 2009)]
- Reliability Demonstration Tests for Repairable Systems [HotWire Issue 106 (December 2009)]
- Reliability Growth Analysis and Plots [Knowledge Base Article]
- Reliability Growth Analysis with Missing or Erroneous Data [HotWire Issue 78 (August 2007)]
- Reliability Growth Planning [HotWire Issue 119 (January 2011)]
- Reliability Growth Test Planning and Management [HotWire Issue 65 (July 2006)]
- Software Reliability Growth [HotWire Issue 37 (March 2004)]
- Software Reliability Growth Modeling Using the Standard and Modified Gompertz Models [HotWire Issue 84 (February 2008)]
- Unbiasing Beta for the Crow-AMSAA NHPP Model [HotWire Issue 141 (November 2012)]
- Using Reliability Information Throughout the Organization [HotWire Issue 13 (March 2002)]
- Using the Power Law Model for Data Analysis in RGA [HotWire Issue 131 (January 2012)]
Reliability Importance Measures
- Reliability Importance Measures of Components in a Complex System - Identifying the 20% in the 80/20 Rule [HotWire Issue 66 (August 2006)]
Reliability of Electronic Products
- Reliability Prediction Methods for Electronic Products [Knowledge Base Article]
Reliability Phase Diagrams
- Modeling Nonlinear Systems in Reliability Phase Simulation [HotWire Issue 135 (May 2012)]
- Phase Analysis with Complex Diagrams [HotWire Issue 118 (December 2010)]
- Time Varying and Multi-Phase Throughput Analysis [HotWire Issue 79 (September 2007)]
Reliability Prediction (see Standards Based Reliability Prediction)
Reliability Program
- Bringing It All Together [HotWire Issue 45 (November 2004)]
- Challenges in Selecting an Integrated Enterprise-wide Reliability Solution: An IT Perspective [HotWire Issue 132 (February 2012)]
- Characterising the Reliability of a Blower System for Medical Devices [HotWire Issue 190 (December 2016)]
- Design for Reliability: Overview of the Process and Applicable Techniques [Knowledge Base Article]
- Fostering a Culture of Reliability [HotWire Issue 10 (December 2001)]
- Introduction to Reliability Growth [HotWire Issue 39 (May 2004)]
- Starting a Reliability Journey: A Guide to Initiating Reliability Within Your Organization [HotWire Issue 173 (July 2015)]
- Using Reliability Information Throughout the Organization [HotWire Issue 13 (March 2002)]
Reliability Specifications
- Bathtub Curve and Product Failure Behavior Part 2, The [HotWire Issue 22 (December 2002)]
- Cumulative Binomial for Test Design and Analysis [Knowledge Base Article]
- Developing Good Reliability Specifications [HotWire Issue 3 (May 2001)]
- Limitations of Using the MTTF as a Reliability Specification [HotWire Issue 32 (October 2003)]
- Reliability Allocation and Optimization [HotWire Issue 6 (August 2001)]
- Reliability Function, The [HotWire Issue 7 (September 2001)]
- Reliability Requirements and Specifications [HotWire Issue 80 (October 2007)]
- Specifications and Product Failure Definitions [HotWire Issue 35 (January 2004)]
Reliability Testing
- Bayesian Reliability Demonstration Test Design [HotWire Issue 136 (June 2012)]
- Cumulative Binomial for Test Design and Analysis [Knowledge Base Article]
- Demonstrating a Difference in Life Using the Difference Detection Matrix [HotWire Issue 137 (July 2012)]
- Determining the Sample Size for a Life Test Based on the Shape Parameter of the Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 126 (August 2011)]
- Reliability Test Design: Linking Fatigue and Reliability [HotWire Issue 197 (July 2017)]
- Sources of Reliability Data: Field Data [HotWire Issue 6 (August 2001)]
- Sources of Reliability Data: Reliability Testing Basics [HotWire Issue 5 (July 2001)]
- Using Simulation to Design Reliability Demonstration Tests [HotWire Issue 60 (February 2006)]
- Using SimuMatic in RGA [HotWire Issue 129 (November 2011)]
RENO Software
- A Case Study Using Monte Carlo Simulation for Risk Analysis [HotWire Issue 164 (October 2014)]
- Beyond Event Trees – Using RENO for Static and Dynamic Event Graphs [HotWire Issue 159 (May 2014)]
- Estimating Failures for a Fleet of Vehicles with Different Configurations [HotWire Issue 198 (August 2017)]
- A Method for Estimating Bounds on System Reliability in the Absence of Times-to-Failure Data [HotWire Issue 195 (May 2017)]
- Modeling Event Trees in RENO [HotWire Issue 63 (May 2006)]
- Probabilistic Event and Risk Analysis with RENO [HotWire Issue 61 (March 2006)]
- Quantitative Risk Analysis Using Simulation [HotWire Issue 154 (December 2013)]
- Solving Complex Probabilistic Problems Through Simulation [Knowledge Base Article]
- Truncation of the Integral Used in the Comparison Wizard in Weibull++: Part I and II [HotWire Issue 125 (July 2011)] [HotWire Issue 127 (September 2011)]
- Using Spreadsheets in RENO [HotWire Issue 102 (August 2009)]
- Using RENO to Enhance Traditional Engineering Analysis [HotWire Issue 114 (August 2010)]
- Using RENO to Examine Interval Width [HotWire Issue 127 (September 2011)]
Repair Data
- Reliability Growth Analysis and Plots [Knowledge Base Article]
Repairable Systems
- Analyzing Excess System Downtime Through System Modeling [HotWire Issue 80 (October 2007)]
- Analyzing Warranty Data of Repairable Systems [HotWire Issue 64 (June 2006)]
- Common Beta Hypothesis Test In Reliability Growth and Repairable Systems Analysis [HotWire Issue 61 (March 2006)]
- Economical Life Model for Repairable Systems [HotWire Issue 64 (June 2006)]
- Incorporating Recurrent Event Data Analysis in Reliability Block Diagrams [HotWire Issue 170 (April 2015)]
- Modeling Maintenance-induced Failures During the Scheduled Maintenance of a Component Using Reliability Block Diagrams (RBDs) [HotWire Issue 174 (August 2015)]
- New Features in RGA 7 for Reliability Growth Analysis and Fielded Repairable System Analysis [HotWire Issue 104 (October 2009)]
- Parametric Recurrent Event Data Analysis and the GRP Model [HotWire Issue 59 (January 2006)]
- Practical Methods for Analyzing the Reliability of Repairable Systems [Knowledge Base Article]
- Predicting the Number of Failures for Repairable Systems [HotWire Issue 132 (February 2012)]
- Reliability Demonstration Tests for Repairable Systems [HotWire Issue 106 (December 2009)]
- Reliability Importance Measures of Components in a Complex System - Identifying the 20% in the 80/20 Rule [HotWire Issue 66 (August 2006)]
- Unbiasing Beta for the Crow-AMSAA NHPP Model [HotWire Issue 141 (November 2012)]
Replacement Times
- Optimum Preventive Maintenance Replacement Time for a Single Component [Knowledge Base Article]
- Optimum Preventive Maintenance Replacement Time in Clusters Using BlockSim [HotWire Issue 156 (February 2014)]
Residual Plots
- Residual Plots for Lifetime Distributions [HotWire Issue 87 (May 2008)]
- Residual Plots in Accelerated Life Testing Data Analysis [HotWire Issue 105 (November 2009)]
- Utilizing Residual Plots in Accelerated Life Testing Data Analysis [HotWire Issue 51 (May 2005)]
Restoration Factor
- Imperfect Repair [HotWire Issue 24 (February 2003)]
- Restoration Factors in BlockSim [HotWire Issue 77 (July 2007)]
Revision Control
- Using the New Change Log Utility in Xfmea or RCM++ [HotWire Issue 69 (November 2006)]
RGA Software
- Analyzing Growth Success/Failure and Reliability Data Using the Lloyd Lipow Model [HotWire Issue 83 (January 2008)]
- Analyzing Success/Failure Data Using the Crow Discrete Reliability Growth Model [HotWire Issue 81 (November 2007)]
- Analyzing Success/Failure and Reliability Data Using the Logistic Model [HotWire Issue 82 (December 2007)]
- Analyzing Warranty Data of Repairable Systems [HotWire Issue 64 (June 2006)]
- Build Equivalent Single System During Reliability Growth Testing [HotWire Issue 112 (June 2010)]
- Common Beta Hypothesis Test In Reliability Growth and Repairable Systems Analysis [HotWire Issue 61 (March 2006)]
- Confidence Bounds in Reliability Growth Planning [HotWire Issue 143 (January 2013)]
- Crow Extended Fleet Analysis [HotWire Issue 109 (March 2010)]
- Developmental Testing with Corrective Actions Implemented During the Test and Delayed Fixes [HotWire Issue 36 (February 2004)]
- Economical Life Model for Repairable Systems [HotWire Issue 64 (June 2006)]
- Fielded Systems in Reliability Growth (Part I) [HotWire Issue 40 (June 2004)]
- Fielded Systems in Reliability Growth (Part II) [HotWire Issue 41 (July 2004)]
- Forecasting Underground Electric Cable Faults Using the Crow-AMSAA Model [HotWire Issue 115 (September 2010)]
- Introduction to Developmental Test Analysis with the Lloyd-Lipow Model [HotWire Issue 52 (June 2005)]
- Introduction to Reliability Growth [HotWire Issue 39 (May 2004)]
- Introduction to the Crow-AMSAA Reliability Growth Model [HotWire Issue 49 (March 2005)]
- MTTF, MTBF, Mean Time Between Replacements and MTBF with Scheduled Replacements [HotWire Issue 94 (December 2008)]
- New Features in RGA 7 for Reliability Growth Analysis and Fielded Repairable System Analysis [HotWire Issue 104 (October 2009)]
- Operational Mission Profile Testing in RGA 7 [HotWire Issue 105 (November 2009)]
- Optimum Overhaul Time Calculation in RGA, The [HotWire Issue 179 (January 2016)]
- Predicting the Number of Failures for Repairable Systems [HotWire Issue 132 (February 2012)]
- Reliability Growth Analysis and Plots [Knowledge Base Article]
- Reliability Growth Analysis with Missing or Erroneous Data [HotWire Issue 78 (August 2007)]
- Reliability Growth Planning [HotWire Issue 119 (January 2011)]
- Software Reliability Growth [HotWire Issue 37 (March 2004)]
- Software Reliability Growth Modeling Using the Standard and Modified Gompertz Models [HotWire Issue 84 (February 2008)]
- Statistical Tests for Effectiveness of Corrective Actions in RGA 7 [HotWire Issue 107 (January 2010)]
- Change of Slope Methodology in Reliability Growth Analysis, The [Knowledge Base Article]
- Unbiasing Beta for the Crow-AMSAA NHPP Model [HotWire Issue 141 (November 2012)]
- Using the Power Law Model for Data Analysis in RGA [HotWire Issue 131 (January 2012)]
Right Censored Data
- Life Data Classifications [Knowledge Base Article]
Risk Analysis
- A Case Study Using Monte Carlo Simulation for Risk Analysis [HotWire Issue 164 (October 2014)]
- Beyond Event Trees – Using RENO for Static and Dynamic Event Graphs [HotWire Issue 159 (May 2014)]
- Complex Risk Analysis of System-Level Effects [HotWire Issue 133 (March 2012)]
- Modeling Event Trees in RENO [HotWire Issue 63 (May 2006)]
- Probabilistic Event and Risk Analysis with RENO [HotWire Issue 61 (March 2006)]
- Quantitative Risk Analysis Using Simulation [HotWire Issue 154 (December 2013)]
Risk Based Inspection
- Design Comparison Using Risk Based Inspection (RBI) [HotWire Issue 161 (July 2014)]
- Introduction to Risk Based Inspection (RBI) [HotWire Issue 151 (September 2013)]
Risk Discovery
- FMEA Corner: Preliminary Risk Assessment [HotWire Issue 163 (September 2014)]
- Risk Discovery Analysis in Xfmea [HotWire Issue 111 (May 2010)]
Risk Priority Numbers
- Examining Risk Priority Numbers in FMEA [Knowledge Base Article]
- Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis [Knowledge Base Article]
- Using Risk Ranking Logic in FMEAs [HotWire Issue 192 (February 2017)]
Robust Design
- A Response Surface Approach for Robust Parameter Design [HotWire Issue 136 (June 2012)]
- Taguchi Robust Design for Product Improvement: Part I and II [HotWire Issue 122 (April 2011)] [HotWire Issue 123 (May 2011)]
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Safety Margin
- Derating for Electronic Components [HotWire Issue 92 (October 2008)]
Scheduled Maintenance Plans
- Creating Initial Scheduled Maintenance Plans: Using the MSG-3 Aircraft Systems and Powerplant Analysis Process to Develop an Initial Scheduled Maintenance Plan [Knowledge Base Article]
- Comparing Maintenance Strategies Based on Cost and Availability [Knowledge Base Article]
Sensitivity Analysis
- Sensitivity Analysis Using Simulation Worksheets in BlockSim and DOE++ [HotWire Issue 158 (April 2014)]
SEP Website
- Improve corporate-wide FMEA collaboration with SEP website [Blueprint Issue 2 (August 2018)]
Sequential Probability Ratio Test
- Sequential Probability Ratio Test for Reliability Demonstration [HotWire Issue 162 (August 2014)]
Series Configuration
- Failure Rate of a Series System Using Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 108 (February 2010)]
Simple Actuarial Method
- Nonparametric Analysis [HotWire Issue 11 (January 2002)]
Simulation
- A Case Study Using Monte Carlo Simulation for Risk Analysis [HotWire Issue 164 (October 2014)]
- Determining Reliability for Complex Systems Part 2 [HotWire Issue 3 (May 2001)]
- Estimating Availability Through Simulation [HotWire Issue 8 (October 2001)]
- Overview of BlockSim 6 Containers in Simulation [HotWire Issue 31 (September 2003)]
- Sensitivity Analysis Using Simulation Worksheets in BlockSim and DOE++ [HotWire Issue 158 (April 2014)]
- Steps in a System Reliability, Availability and Maintainability Simulation Analysis [HotWire Issue 103 (September 2009)]
- Throughput Analysis (Part I and II) [HotWire Issue 27 (May 2003)] [HotWire Issue 28 (June 2003)]
- Using Maintenance Policies [HotWire Issue 31 (September 2003)]
- Using Simulation to Design Reliability Demonstration Tests [HotWire Issue 60 (February 2006)]
- Using Simulation to Determine the Required Spare Parts for Fielded Systems [HotWire Issue 129 (November 2011)]
- Using SimuMatic in RGA [HotWire Issue 129 (November 2011)]
- Using Weibull++ 7 and Monte Carlo Simulation for Probabilistic Design [HotWire Issue 56 (October 2005)]
- see also Flowchart Simulation
SimuMatic
- Determining the Sample Size for a Life Test Based on the Shape Parameter of the Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 126 (August 2011)]
- Evaluation of Life Test Plans with Different Censoring Schemes [HotWire Issue 191 (January 2017)]
- New Features in RGA 7 for Reliability Growth Analysis and Fielded Repairable System Analysis [HotWire Issue 104 (October 2009)]
- Sources of Reliability Data: Reliability Testing Basics [HotWire Issue 5 (July 2001)]
- Sources of Reliability Data: Field Data [HotWire Issue 6 (August 2001)]
- Sources of Reliability Data: Reliability Testing Basics [HotWire Issue 5 (July 2001)]
- Understanding Biasedness [HotWire Issue 25 (March 2003)]
- Using Simulation to Design Reliability Demonstration Tests [HotWire Issue 60 (February 2006)]
- Using SimuMatic in RGA [HotWire Issue 129 (November 2011)]
- Which Analysis Settings Should I Use? [HotWire Issue 1 (March 2001)]
Six Sigma
- Interaction Between the House of Quality (within Design for Six Sigma) and the FMEA (within Design for Reliability) [HotWire Issue 93 (November 2008)]
- Team-based Problem Solving Methods and XFRACAS [Knowledge Base Article]
Small Data Sets
- Using Multiple Reliability Tools to Augment Limited Data [HotWire Issue 97 (March 2009)]
- You Have a Small Data Set: What Do You Do? [HotWire Issue 72 (February 2007)]
Software Reliability
- Software Reliability Growth [HotWire Issue 37 (March 2004)]
- Software Reliability Growth Modeling Using the Standard and Modified Gompertz Models [HotWire Issue 84 (February 2008)]
Spare Part Pools
- Sensitivity Analysis Using Simulation Worksheets in BlockSim and DOE++ [HotWire Issue 158 (April 2014)]
- Using BlockSim 6 for Planning Just-In-Time Ordering of Spare Parts [HotWire Issue 70 (December 2006)]
- Using Off-Site Spare Part Stocks to Maintain Systems [HotWire Issue 75 (May 2007)]
- Using Pools and Crews in System Analysis (Part II) [HotWire Issue 30 (August 2003)]
- Using Simulation to Determine the Required Spare Parts for Fielded Systems [HotWire Issue 129 (November 2011)]
SPC (see Statistical Process Control)
Specifications (see Reliability Specifications)
Standard Actuarial Method
- Nonparametric Analysis [HotWire Issue 11 (January 2002)]
Standards Based Reliability Prediction
- Bellcore/Telcordia Reliability Prediction in Lambda Predict [HotWire Issue 152 (October 2013)]
- Reliability Prediction for Components in Fatigue [Knowledge Base Article]
- Reliability Prediction Methods for Electronic Products [Knowledge Base Article]
- Standards Based Reliability Prediction: Applicability and Usage to Augment RBDs - Part I: Introduction to Standards Based Reliability Prediction and Lambda Predict [HotWire Issue 50 (April 2005)]
- Standards Based Reliability Prediction: Applicability and Usage to Augment RBDs - Part II: The Standards for Reliability Prediction [HotWire Issue 51 (May 2005)]
- Standards Based Reliability Prediction: Applicability and Usage to Augment RBDs - Part III: Completing the Picture: Using Lambda Predict to Augment your BlockSim RBDs [HotWire Issue 52 (June 2005)]
- Standards Based Reliability Prediction in a Nutshell [HotWire Issue 70 (December 2006)]
Standby Redundancy
- Determining the Reliability of a System with Standby Redundancy [HotWire Issue 21 (November 2002)]
- Reliability of Standby Systems with a Switching Device [HotWire Issue 22 (December 2002)]
- Using BlockSim to Analyze a Non-Repairable Standby Function Unit [HotWire Issue 150 (August 2013)]
- Using Reliability Block Diagrams to Analyze Dependent and Independent Failure Modes [HotWire Issue 27 (May 2003)]
- Using State Change Triggers to Model Dependent Events with Delay in BlockSim 8 [HotWire Issue 140 (October 2012)]
State Change Triggers
- Advanced RBD Modeling Using State Change Triggers [HotWire Issue 134 (April 2012)]
- Using BlockSim to Analyze a Non-Repairable Standby Function Unit [HotWire Issue 150 (August 2013)]
- Using State Change Triggers to Model Dependent Events with Delay in BlockSim 8 [HotWire Issue 140 (October 2012)]
Statistical Intervals
- Statistical Intervals [HotWire Issue 194 (April 2017)]
Statistical Process Control (SPC)
- Monitoring Warranty Returns Using Statistical Process Control (SPC) [HotWire Issue 58 (December 2005)]
Step-Stress Profile
- Analyzing Step-Stress Data [HotWire Issue 4 (June 2001)]
- Degradation Analysis in Step-Stress Accelerated Testing [HotWire Issue 65 (July 2006)]
- Introduction to Accelerated Testing Types [Knowledge Base Article]
- Look Under the Hood at the Cumulative Damage Model, A [HotWire Issue 23 (January 2003)]
- Looking at Thermal Cycling Data in Quantitative Accelerated Life Testing [HotWire Issue 19 (September 2002)]
Stress Profiles
- Analyzing Step-Stress Data [HotWire Issue 4 (June 2001)]
- Calibrated Accelerated Life Testing (CALT) with Time Varying Stress Profiles [Knowledge Base Article]
- How to Define a Complicated Stress Profile [HotWire Issue 87 (May 2008)]
- Introduction to Accelerated Testing Types [Knowledge Base Article]
- Look Under the Hood at the Cumulative Damage Model, A [HotWire Issue 23 (January 2003)]
- Looking at Thermal Cycling Data in Quantitative Accelerated Life Testing [HotWire Issue 19 (September 2002)]
- Two Methods for Analyzing Time-Varying Stress Data in ALTA [HotWire Issue 182 (April 2016)]
Stress-Strength Interference Analysis
- Confidence Intervals on Stress-Strength Analysis in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 163 (September 2014)]
- Reliability Estimation for Products with Random Usage [HotWire Issue 168 (February 2015)]
Success/Failure Data
- Analyzing Growth Success/Failure and Reliability Data Using the Lloyd Lipow Model [HotWire Issue 83 (January 2008)]
- Analyzing Success/Failure Data Using the Crow Discrete Reliability Growth Model [HotWire Issue 81 (November 2007)]
- Analyzing Success/Failure and Reliability Data Using the Logistic Model [HotWire Issue 82 (December 2007)]
Sudden Death Testing Data
- Analyzing Sudden Death Testing Data [HotWire Issue 5 (July 2001)]
Suspension Data
- Comparison of MLE and Rank Regression When the Data Set Contains Suspensions [HotWire Issue 16 (June 2002)]
- Life Data Classifications [Knowledge Base Article]
- Maximum Likelihood Estimation [HotWire Issue 9 (November 2001)]
- Maximum Likelihood Function [HotWire Issue 33 (November 2003)]
- A Simple Method for Analyzing a Data Set with Unknown Suspension Times [HotWire Issue 176 (October 2015)]
- Unbiasing Parameters in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 109 (March 2010)]
Synthesis Platform
- Complex Risk Analysis of System-Level Effects [HotWire Issue 133 (March 2012)]
- Using the Synthesis API to Transfer Data to a Synthesis Repository [HotWire Issue 157 (March 2014)]
System Analysis (Reliability, Availability, etc.)
- Complex Risk Analysis of System-Level Effects [HotWire Issue 133 (March 2012)]
- Component Reliability Importance in System Reliability Analysis [HotWire Issue 62 (April 2006)]
- Determining the Reliability of a System with Load Sharing [HotWire Issue 20 (October 2002)]
- Determining the Reliability of a System with Standby Redundancy [HotWire Issue 21 (November 2002)]
- Determining Reliability for Complex Systems Part 1 [HotWire Issue 2 (April 2001)]
- Determining Reliability for Complex Systems Part 2 [HotWire Issue 3 (May 2001)]
- Estimating Failures for a Fleet of Vehicles with Different Configurations [HotWire Issue 198 (August 2017)]
- Introduction to Probability Theory [HotWire Issue 25 (March 2003)]
- A Method for Estimating Bounds on System Reliability in the Absence of Times-to-Failure Data [HotWire Issue 195 (May 2017)]
- Phase Analysis with Complex Diagrams [HotWire Issue 118 (December 2010)]
- Reliability Allocation and Optimization [HotWire Issue 6 (August 2001)]
- Reliability Requirements and Specifications [HotWire Issue 80 (October 2007)]
- Sensitivity Analysis Using Simulation Worksheets in BlockSim and DOE++ [HotWire Issue 158 (April 2014)]
- Using Duty Cycles in System Reliability Analysis [HotWire Issue 74 (April 2007)]
- Using BlockSim for System Capability Analysis [HotWire Issue 91 (September 2008)]
- Using Pools and Crews in System Analysis (Part I and II) [HotWire Issue 29 (July 2003)] [HotWire Issue 30 (August 2003)]
- Using Maintenance Policies [HotWire Issue 31 (September 2003)]
System Throughput (see Throughput Analysis)
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Tangible Asset Valuation
- Financial Applications for Weibull Analysis [HotWire Issue 35 (January 2004)]
Telcordia Reliability Prediction Standards (See Bellcore/Telcordia Reliability Prediction Standards)
Terminal Servers
- Challenges in Selecting an Integrated Enterprise-wide Reliability Solution: An IT Perspective [HotWire Issue 132 (February 2012)]
- Is Enterprise-wide, Web-based Software Right for You? It Depends on the Application! [Knowledge Base Article]
Throughput Analysis
- Throughput Analysis (Part I and II) [HotWire Issue 27 (May 2003)]
- Time Varying and Multi-Phase Throughput Analysis [HotWire Issue 79 (September 2007)]
- Using BlockSim for System Capability Analysis [HotWire Issue 91 (September 2008)]
Time-Varying Stress Profiles
- Analyzing Step-Stress Data [HotWire Issue 4 (June 2001)]
- Expanded Models for Accelerated Life Test Analysis with Time-Varying Stresses [HotWire Issue 75 (May 2007)]
- Looking at Thermal Cycling Data in Quantitative Accelerated Life Testing [HotWire Issue 19 (September 2002)]
- Introduction to Accelerated Testing Types [Knowledge Base Article]
- Two Methods for Analyzing Time-Varying Stress Data in ALTA [HotWire Issue 182 (April 2016)]
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Unbalanced Designs
- Using DOE++ to Analyze Unbalanced Designs [HotWire Issue 94 (December 2008)]
Usage Data
- Reliability Estimation for Products with Random Usage [HotWire Issue 168 (February 2015)]
- Usage-Based Warranty Analysis [HotWire Issue 73 (March 2007)]
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Valuation of Intangible Assets
- Financial Applications for Weibull Analysis [HotWire Issue 35 (January 2004)]
Variability
- An Application of BlockSim’s Log of Simulations [HotWire Issue 97 (March 2009)]
- Variability Analysis in DOE++ and its Application [HotWire Issue 101 (July 2009)]
- Using RENO to Enhance Traditional Engineering Analysis [HotWire Issue 114 (August 2010)]
Variable Throughput
- Time Varying and Multi-Phase Throughput Analysis [HotWire Issue 79 (September 2007)]
Variations in Process
- Process Variation and Capability Assessment [HotWire Issue 66 (August 2006)]
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Warranty Analysis
- Analysis of Non-Homogeneous Warranty Data [HotWire Issue 59 (January 2006)]
- Analysis of Automotive Warranty Data in the Mileage Domain [Knowledge Base Article]
- A Pro-rata Warranty Model for Non-Repairable Products [HotWire Issue 100 (June 2009)]
- Determine Lab Test Target Based on Warranty Reliability Requirement [HotWire Issue 171 (May 2015)]
- Estimating Failures for a Fleet of Vehicles with Different Configurations [HotWire Issue 198 (August 2017)]
- Life Data Analysis with Zero-Time (Out-Of-The-Box) Failures [HotWire Issue 83 (January 2008)]
- Monitoring Warranty Returns Using Statistical Process Control (SPC) [HotWire Issue 58 (December 2005)]
- Predicting Warranty Returns [HotWire Issue 36 (February 2004)]
- Predicting Warranty Returns in Weibull++ 7 [HotWire Issue 119 (January 2011)]
- Reliability Estimation for Products with Random Usage [HotWire Issue 168 (February 2015)]
- Sources of Reliability Data: Field Data [HotWire Issue 6 (August 2001)]
- Truncation of the Integral Used in the Comparison Wizard in Weibull++: Part I and II [HotWire Issue 125 (July 2011)] [HotWire Issue 127 (September 2011)]
- Usage-Based Warranty Analysis [HotWire Issue 73 (March 2007)]
- Using RENO to Examine Interval Width [HotWire Issue 127 (September 2011)]
- Using Warranty Return Data to Compare Different Product Designs [HotWire Issue 49 (March 2005)]
Wearout
- Bathtub Curve and Product Failure Behavior Part 2, The [HotWire Issue 22 (December 2002)]
- Economical Life Model for Repairable Systems [HotWire Issue 64 (June 2006)]
Web-based Software
- Challenges in Selecting an Integrated Enterprise-wide Reliability Solution: An IT Perspective [HotWire Issue 132 (February 2012)]
- Is Enterprise-wide, Web-based Software Right for You? It Depends on the Application! [Knowledge Base Article]
Weibull-Bayesian Distribution
- Applications of the Weibull-Bayesian Distribution in Life Data Analysis [HotWire Issue 55 (September 2005)]
- Introduction to the Weibull-Bayesian Distribution [HotWire Issue 55 (September 2005)]
Weibull Distribution
- A High Value of Beta is Not Necessarily Cause For Concern [Knowledge Base Article]
- Analyzing Excess System Downtime Through System Modeling [HotWire Issue 80 (October 2007)]
- Another Look at the Shape Parameter of the Weibull Distribution (Beta) [HotWire Issue 110 (April 2010)]
- Characteristics of the Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 14 (April 2002)]
- Determining the Sample Size for a Life Test Based on the Shape Parameter of the Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 126 (August 2011)]
- Discussion of Maximum Likelihood Estimation for the 3-Parameter Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 148 (June 2013)]
- Extreme Value Distributions [HotWire Issue 128 (October 2011)]
- Financial Applications for Weibull Analysis [HotWire Issue 35 (January 2004)]
- Location Parameter of the Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 15 (May 2002)]
- Process Variation and Capability Assessment [HotWire Issue 66 (August 2006)]
- You Have a Small Data Set: What Do You Do? [HotWire Issue 72 (February 2007)]
- A Simple Method for Analyzing a Data Set with Unknown Suspension Times [HotWire Issue 176 (October 2015)]
- Analysis of Automotive Warranty Data in the Mileage Domain [Knowledge Base Article]
- Analysis of Non-Homogeneous Warranty Data [HotWire Issue 59 (January 2006)]
- Analyzing Competing Failure Modes Using Batch Auto Run [HotWire Issue 167 (January 2015)]
- Analyzing Failure Modes Using RBDs in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 128 (October 2011)]
- Analyzing Maintenance Data with the Event Log Folio in Weibull++[HotWire Issue 130 (December 2011)]
- Applications of the Weibull-Bayesian Distribution in Life Data Analysis [HotWire Issue 55 (September 2005)]
- Bayesian Reliability Demonstration Test Design [HotWire Issue 136 (June 2012)]
- Bounds on System Reliability [HotWire Issue 102 (August 2009)]
- Building a Composite Function in the Weibull++ Function Wizard [HotWire Issue 120 (February 2011)]
- Calculating Optimal Reliability Using Weibull++'s Target Reliability Tool [HotWire Issue 142 (December 2012)]
- Can the Likelihood Value be Greater Than 0? [HotWire Issue 92 (October 2008)]
- Chi-Squared Distribution and Reliability Demonstration Test Design [HotWire Issue 116 (October 2010)]
- Choosing the Optimum Maintenance Interval with Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 145 (March 2013)]
- Comparing Two Data Sets [HotWire Issue 23 (January 2003)]
- Comparing Two Products Using a Single Metric [HotWire Issue 96 (February 2009)]
- Confidence Intervals on Stress-Strength Analysis in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 163 (September 2014)]
- Considering a Use Stress Distribution in a Quantitative Accelerated Life Testing Analysis [HotWire Issue 172 (June 2015)]
- Degradation Analysis in Destructive Testing - Part I and II [HotWire Issue 85 (March 2008)] [HotWire Issue 86 (April 2008)]
- Degradation Model Selection in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 112 (June 2010)]
- Demonstrating a Difference in Life Using the Difference Detection Matrix [HotWire Issue 137 (July 2012)]
- Demonstration Test Design Using the DRT Tool in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 98 (April 2009)]
- Design of Reliability Tests [HotWire Issue 24 (February 2003)]
- Destructive Degradation Analysis in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 178 (December 2015)]
- Determine Lab Test Target Based on Warranty Reliability Requirement [HotWire Issue 171 (May 2015)]
- Discussion of Maximum Likelihood Estimation for the 3-Parameter Weibull Distribution [HotWire Issue 148 (June 2013)]
- Distribution Wizard in Weibull++, The [HotWire Issue 91 (September 2008)]
- Don’t Let Your Event/Maintenance Log Data Go to Waste [HotWire Issue 68 (October 2006)]
- Estimating the Expected Number of Failures for Items with Minimal or Perfect Repair [HotWire Issue 90 (August 2008)]
- Evaluation of Life Test Plans with Different Censoring Schemes [HotWire Issue 191 (January 2017)]
- Extreme Value Distributions [HotWire Issue 128 (October 2011)]
- Failure Rate of a Series System Using Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 108 (February 2010)]
- Financial Applications for Weibull Analysis [HotWire Issue 35 (January 2004)]
- Fractional Failures in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 175 (September 2015)]
- Generating Random Numbers from an Exponential Distribution [HotWire Issue 201 (November 2017)]
- How Good Is Your Assumed Distribution's Fit? [HotWire Issue 71 (January 2007)]
- How to Simplify Complex RBDs with a Commonly Used Distribution [HotWire Issue 68 (October 2006)]
- Incorporating Recurrent Event Data Analysis in Reliability Block Diagrams [HotWire Issue 170 (April 2015)]
- Individual and Joint Parameter Bounds in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 101 (July 2009)]
- Interpretation of the Integral Used in the Weibull++ Comparison Wizard [HotWire Issue 114 (August 2010)]
- Life Data Analysis with Zero-Time (Out-Of-The-Box) Failures [ HotWire Issue 83 (January 2008)]
- Life estimation based on customer usage using a virtual model [Blueprint Issue 1 (May 2018)]
- Likelihood Ration Confidence Bounds [HotWire Issue 42 (August 2004)]
- MLE Solution for the Location Parameter of the 2-Parameter Exponential Distribution, The [HotWire Issue 123 (May 2011)]
- Monitoring Warranty Returns Using Statistical Process Control (SPC)[ HotWire Issue 58 (December 2005)]
- Multimodal Analysis [HotWire Issue 12 (February 2002)]
- Nonparametric Analysis Utility [HotWire Issue 11 (January 2002)]
- Parametric Recurrent Event Data Analysis and the GRP Model [HotWire Issue 59 (January 2006)]
- Predicting Warranty Returns [HotWire Issue 36 (February 2004)]
- Predicting Warranty Returns in Weibull++ 7 [HotWire Issue 119 (January 2011)]
- Preventive Maintenance and the Cost Per Unit Time Equation [HotWire Issue 96 (February 2009)]
- Quantifying Optimum Burn-in Period [HotWire Issue 58 (December 2005)]
- Relating Distribution Parameters to Real-World Applications [HotWire Issue 120 (February 2011)]
- Reliability Estimation for Products with Random Usage [HotWire Issue 168 (February 2015)]
- ReliaSoft's Ranking Method [HotWire Issue 2 6 (April 2003)]
- Test Design Using the Expected Failure Times Plot [HotWire Issue 138 (August 2012)]
- The Importance of Looking at the Probability Plot When Fitting a Model Using Least Squares Regression [HotWire Issue 185 (July 2016)]
- Truncation of the Integral Used in the Comparison Wizard in Weibull++: Part I and II [HotWire Issue 125 (July 2011)] [HotWire Issue 127 (September 2011)]
- Type I and Type II Errors and Their Applications [HotWire Issue 88 (June 2008)]
- Unbiasing Parameters in Weibull++ [HotWire Issue 109 (March 2010)]
- Understanding the Effect of the Beta Parameter on Demonstration Testing [HotWire Issue 165 (November 2014)]
- Understanding Updated Life Data Results [HotWire Issue 117 (November 2010)]
- Using Multiple Reliability Tools to Augment Limited Data [HotWire Issue 97 (March 2009)]
- Using OC Curves in Design of Reliability Tests [HotWire Issue 93 (November 2008)]
- Using RENO to Examine Interval Width [HotWire Issue 127 (September 2011)]
- Using Simulation to Design Reliability Demonstration Tests [HotWire Issue 60 (February 2006)]
- Using the Chart Wizard to Create a Custom Plot [HotWire Issue 108 (February 2010)]
- Using the Weibull SPRT Template [HotWire Issue 162 (August 2014)]
- Usage-Based Warranty Analysis [HotWire Issue 73 (March 2007)]
- Using Warranty Return Data to Compare Different Product Designs [ HotWire Issue 49 (March 2005)]
- Using Weibull++ 7 and Monte Carlo Simulation for Probabilistic Design [HotWire Issue 56 (October 2005)]
- Using Weibull++ and BlockSim to Calculate t0 [HotWire Issue 46 (December 2004)]
- When is it Appropriate to Use/Trust the Distribution Wizard [HotWire Issue 186 (August 2016)]
- You Have a Small Data Set: What Do You Do? [HotWire Issue 72 (February 2007)]
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Xfmea Software
- Basic Concepts of FMEA and FMECA [HotWire Issue 46 (December 2004)]
- The Case for Generic FMEAs and Strategies for How to Use Them in Xfmea [HotWire Issue 202 (December 2017)]
- Complex Risk Analysis of System-Level Effects [HotWire Issue 133 (March 2012)]
- Enterprise Level Management of FMEAs — A Fictional Case Study [HotWire Issue 111 (May 2010)]
- Examining Risk Priority Numbers in FMEA [Knowledge Base Article]
- Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis [Knowledge Base Article]
- FMEA Success Factors [Knowledge Base Article]
- Gathering Information for Effective Design and Process FMEAs [HotWire Issue 117 (November 2010)]
- Good FMEAs, Bad FMEAs - What's the Difference? [HotWire Issue 137 (July 2012)]
- Improve corporate-wide FMEA collaboration with SEP website [Blueprint Issue 2 (August 2018)]
- Interaction Between the House of Quality (within Design for Six Sigma) and the FMEA (within Design for Reliability) [HotWire Issue 93 (November 2008)]
- Is Enterprise-wide, Web-based Software Right for You? It Depends on the Application! [Knowledge Base Article]
- Key Factors for Effective FMEAs [Knowledge Base Article]
- New Ancestry Functionality offered in XFMEA 2018 [Blueprint Issue 1 (May 2018)]
- Parameter Diagrams [HotWire Issue 199 (September 2017)]
- Practice Auditing an Actual FMEA [HotWire Issue 138 (August 2012)]
- Risk Discovery Analysis in Xfmea [HotWire Issue 111 (May 2010)]
- Using FMEA Templates to Speed Up and Improve the Quality of FMEA or RCM Analyses [HotWire Issue 77 (July 2007)]
- Using FMRA to Estimate Baseline Reliability [HotWire Issue 135 (May 2012)]
- Using Risk Ranking Logic in FMEAs [HotWire Issue 192 (February 2017)]
- Using the New Change Log Utility in Xfmea or RCM++ [HotWire Issue 69 (November 2006)]
XFRACAS
- Is Enterprise-wide, Web-based Software Right for You? It Depends on the Application! [Knowledge Base Article]
- Team-based Problem Solving Methods and XFRACAS [Knowledge Base Article]
- FRACAS: An Essential Ingredient for Reliability Success [HotWire Issue 122 (April 2011)]
- FRACAS: From Data Collecting to Problem Solving [HotWire Issue 169 (March 2015)]
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Zero-Time Failures
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