Statistics, Testing, and Defense Acquisition: Background Papers - Softcover

Panel On Statistical Methods For Testing And Evaluating Defense Systems; National Research Council; National Academy Of Sciences

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309066271 ISBN 13: 9780309066273

Publisher: National Academies Press, 1999

Synopsis

The Panel on Statistical Methods for Testing and Evaluating Defense Systems had a broad mandate-to examine the use of statistics in conjunction with defense testing. This involved examining methods for software testing, reliability test planning and estimation, validation of modeling and simulation, and use of modem techniques for experimental design. Given the breadth of these areas, including the great variety of applications and special issues that arise, making a contribution in each of these areas required that the Panel's work and recommendations be at a relatively general level. However, a variety of more specific research issues were either brought to the Panel's attention by members of the test and acquisition community, e.g., what was referred to as Dubin's challenge (addressed in the Panel's interim report), or were identified by members of the panel. In many of these cases the panel thought that a more in-depth analysis or a more detailed application of suggestions or recommendations made by the Panel would either be useful as input to its deliberations or could be used to help communicate more individual views of members of the Panel to the defense test community. This resulted in several research efforts. Given various criteria, especially immediate relevance to the test and acquisition community, the Panel has decided to make available three technical or background papers, each authored by a Panel member jointly with a colleague. These papers are individual contributions and are not a consensus product of the Panel; however, the Panel has drawn from these papers in preparation of its final report: Statistics, Testing, and Defense Acquisition. The Panel has found each of these papers to be extremely useful and they are strongly recommended to readers of the Panel's final report.

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Michael L. Cohen, Duane L. Steffey, and John E. Rolph, Editors; Panel on Statistical Methods for Testing and Evaluating Defense Systems, National Research Council

Edition details

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309066271
• ISBN 13: 9780309066273
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 180
• Editor: Michael L. Cohen, Duane L. Steffey, John E. Rolph