Ballpark Reliability Estimation Techniques
Florence Winter · 1984
This report analyzes data obtained from the RADC Computer Program ORACLE, a program which performs failure rate predictions of electronic equipment according to MIL-HDBK-217, in order to develop a 'ballpark' failure rate estimation technique. Simplified formulas based on average parameters provided by the data and an average failure rate per part are developed to provide a fast and easy method to approximate the reliability of electronic systems.