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Establishing Reliability Goals for Naval Major‐Caliber Ammunition
Author(s) -
Bailey Michael P.,
Bartroli Marcelo C.,
Kang Keebom,
Callahan Alexander J.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
naval research logistics (nrl)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.665
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1520-6750
pISSN - 0894-069X
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6750(199212)39:7<877::aid-nav3220390702>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - ammunition , reliability (semiconductor) , caliber , process (computing) , component (thermodynamics) , computer science , reliability engineering , discrete event simulation , event (particle physics) , measure (data warehouse) , operations research , engineering , simulation , data mining , mechanical engineering , power (physics) , physics , thermodynamics , archaeology , history , operating system , quantum mechanics
We describe a decision process for establishing the threshold reliabilities for components of naval major‐caliber ammunition. We present a measure of reliability performance, called ef *, which relates directly to the weapons system's performance in a naval gunfire support environment. We use a simulation model to establish this relationship, a regression metamodel to estimate its parameters, and a simple decision process to specify component reliability thresholds which ensure that the ammunition is mission effective. We present this article as an example of the integration of discrete event dynamic system analysis within a decision process. © 1992 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.