How to Plan an Accelerated Life Test: Some Practical Guidelines, Volume 10

This book develops and critiques a standard accelerated test plan and statistically optimal test plans. Shortcomings are overcome by procedures that provide flexibility without sacrificing too much statistical efficiency.

Foreword

Chapter 1.0. : Introduction
Chapter 2.0. : Originally Proposed Standard Accelerated Test Plan
Chapter 3.0. : An Alternative Accelerated Test Plan
Chapter 4.0. : A “Statistical Optimum” Test Program
Chapter 5.0. : Graphical Analysis of The Accelerated Life Test Data
Chapter 6.0. : Restatement of Basic Concept for Development of Accelerated Test Plan
Chapter 7.0. : Guidelines for Planning Accelerated Life Tests
Chapter 8.0. : Application to Adhesive Bond Power Element Problem
Chapter 9.0. : Comments on Proposed Guidelines
Chapter 10.0. : Generalization of Plans
Chapter 11.0. : Concluding Remarks

Appendix 1 : Further Comments on Test Plans in tables 8 and 9
Appendix 2 : Maximum Likelihood Estimates for the Simulated Power Element Example
Appendix 3 : The Accelerated Time to Failure Model : Some Further Details
Appendix 4 : Summary Notation
References