Life Testing
Analyzing Software as a Black Box
- n specimens put on test
- Test until r failures have been observed
- Choose n and r to obtain the desired statistical errors
- As r and n increase, statistical errors decrease
The expected time on test is
where
is the mean failure time of the test specimen.
Curator and Responsible NASA Official:
Ricky W. Butler
last modified: 10 September 1998 (15:57:28)