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Abstract #301811

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Activity Number: 432
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Thursday, August 12, 2004 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences
Abstract - #301811
Title: Some Comments on "Staircase Method" Stress Tests
Author(s): Robert Kushler*+
Companies: Oakland University
Address: Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, Rochester, MI, 48309-4485,
Keywords: reliability ; experimental design
Abstract:

The "staircase method" involves decreasing the stress level for the next test unit if the current unit failed, and increasing the stress level otherwise. The goal of the study is to estimate the parameters and selected quantiles of the underlying strength or "tolerance" distribution. Some issues involved in the use of this method will be discussed, and some recommendations for the design of such studies will be given.

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