The effectiveness of an actual combat tank system is analyzed. A measure of effectiveness (called pseudo-reliability) which is the reliability of a system weighted by the relative-performance is introduced. It appears to be a more practical measure of the system effectiveness than reliability whenever the level of performance is of primary concern as is the case for the combat tank system. A model is used to optimize the design of the system in which the system pseudo-reliability is maximized subject to a cost constraint. This model involves nonlinear programming and is solved by the sequential unconstrained minimization technique (SUMT). A numerical example with actual data from the test evaluation of five combat tanks illustrates the model.
Analysis of pseudo-reliability of a combat tank system and its optimal design
Analyse der Pseudozuverlaessigkeit eines Kampfpanzer Systems und sein optimaler Entwurf
IEEE Transactions on Reliability ; R-25 , 4 ; 239-242
1976
4 Seiten, 3 Quellen
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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