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Activity Number: 125
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Monday, July 30, 2012 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences
Abstract - #305654
Title: Reliability Experiments with Random Blocks and Subsampling
Author(s): Jennifer Kensler*+ and Laura Freeman and G. Geoffrey Vining
Companies: Virginia Tech and Institute for Defense Analyses and Virginia Tech
Address: 400 Fairfax Rd J75, Blacksburg, VA, 24060, United States
Keywords: Reliability ; Weibull Distribution ; Random Blocks ; Subsampling ; Regression with Life Data
Abstract:

Reliability experiments provide important information regarding the life of a product, including how various factors affect product life. Current analyses of reliability data usually assume a completely randomized design. However, reliability experiments frequently contain subsampling which is a restriction on randomization. A typical experiment involves applying treatments to test stands, with several items placed on each test stand. In addition, raw materials used in experiments are often produced in batches. In some cases one batch may not be large enough to provide materials for the entire experiment and more than one batch must be used. These batches represent an additional restriction on randomization. This paper provides a method for analyzing a reliability experiment with random blocks and subsampling


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