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Grouped per Configuration
This example compares the results for grouped per configuration data.
Reference Case
MIL-HDBK-189C, Section 6.2.3.2, pg. 86, 2011.
For this example, the Crow-AMSAA (NHPP) model parameters will be calculated.
Data
The following table shows the data.
Configuration Number
Number of Failures in Configuration
Number of Trials in Configuration
1
5
14
2
3
19
3
4
15
4
4
20
Result
The book has the following results:
Beta = 0.780, Lambda = 0.595
Configuration i
Reliability for Configuration i
1
0.667
2
0.766
3
0.794
4
0.810
Results in RGA
In RGA, the Crow-AMSAA (NHPP) model with the maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) method was used to calculate the results.