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 Publications
   
 Blueprints for Product Reliability
    Reliability Guidelines
    START Sheets
    The Journals of The Reliability Information Analysis Center
      
 1998
         
 1st Quarter
                Some Observations on Demonstrating Availability
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 2nd Quarter
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 3rd Quarter
                Reliability Growth
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 1999
         
 1st Quarter
                Feasibility Of A Common Quality Certification System
                More Significant Papers in Reliability Physics
                SIDAC Insert
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 2nd Quarter
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 3rd Quarter
                A Tutorial: 217Plus™
                Reliability Prediction Methods - An Overview
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 4th Quarter
       2000
         
 1st Quarter
                A Discussion of Software Reliability Modeling Problems
                Tutorial: Testing for MTBF
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 2nd Quarter
                217Plus™ in Ten Easy Steps
                Reliability-Centered Maintenance: A Success Story for the Engine Repair Process
                Supportability and the RAC
                The Problem with Aviation COTS
                Tutorial: The Central Limit Theorem
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 3rd Quarter
                ISO 9000 Takes a New Approach
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 4th Quarter
                Achieving High Reliability
                Demonstrating ORD Capabilities: A New Approach
                Human Interface Technology
                Tutorial: Test Risks, Confidence and OC Curves
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 2001
         
 1st Quarter
                New Guidance for Using Performance-Based Standards
                Non-Government Standards Adopted
                Statistical Analysis of Reliability Data, Part 1: Random Variables, Distributions, Parameters, and Data
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 2nd Quarter
                Non-Normal Distributions in the Real World
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 3rd Quarter
                Calculating Probability of Failure of Electronic and Electrical System (Markov vs. FTA)
                Statistical Analysis of Reliability Data, Part 2: On Estimation and Testing
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 4th Quarter
                Real-Time Prognostic Condition-Based Maint. for High Value Systems
                Statistical Analysis of Reliability Data, Part 3: On Statistical Modeling of Reliability Data
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 2002
         
 1st Quarter
                A Method for Achieving an Enhanced Mission Capability
                TRW Automotive Assesses PRISM Methodology for Internal Use
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 2nd Quarter
                Statistics - A Reliability Engineer's Tool, Not Reliability Engineering
                The Facts About Predicting Software Defects and Reliability
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 3rd Quarter
                Additional Sources for Supply Chain Management
                Competing through Supply Chains: The Rise of Integrated Supply Chain Management
                ISO 9000: Examples of Converting and Tailoring International and National Quality Standards to Industry-Specific Standards
                Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM)
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 4th Quarter
                Program Managers Handbook - Common Practices to Mitigate the Risk of Obsolescence
                Reliability of Fault-Tolerant Computing Systems and Networks
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 2003
         
 1st Quarter
                217Plus™ Column
                Is Probabilistic Risk Assessment the Answer?
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 2nd Quarter
                Five Key Ways to Improve Reliability
                Methods for Reducing the Cost to Maintain a Fleet of Repairable System
                Reliability Testing of Printed Wiring Boards with Interconnect Stress Testing Technology (IST)
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 3rd Quarter
                217Plus™ Column
                A Beginners Guide to HALT
                Markov Analysis
                Military Systems Sustainability: A Lean Model
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 4th Quarter
                217Plus™ Column
                Applying RCM Analysis to EA-6B Corrosion Failure Modes
                Biomedical Survival Analysis vs. Reliability: Comparison, Crossover, and Advances
                Mechanical Stress/Strength Interference Theory
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 2004
         
 1st Quarter
          2nd Quarter
                A Strategy for Simultaneous Evaluation of Multiple Objectives
                Not All Lessons Learned Systems Are Created Equal
                Product Assurance Capability (PAC) Quantified
                The Reliability Implications of Emerging Human Interface Technologies
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 3rd Quarter
                217Plus™ Column
                An Introduction to Task Analysis
                Hazardous Events
                New DoD Supportability Guidebook
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 4th Quarter
                217Plus™ Column
                Improving Mission Performance & Reducing Total Ownership Cost
                Random Vibration & Mechanical Shock Excite All Resonances
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 2005
         
 1st Quarter
          2nd Quarter
                217Plus™ Column
                New DoD RAM Guide
                Practical Considerations in Calculating Reliability of Fielded Product
                Risk Management and Reliability
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 3rd Quarter
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 2006
       2007
         
 1st Quarter
                An Introduction to the RIAC 217Plus Component Failure Rate Models
                Engelmaier Model for Leadless Ceramic Chip Devices / Pb-free Solder
                Ensuring Reliability for Product Lifetime Success
                Repair of CH-46 Transmission Gears by Superfinishing
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 2nd Quarter
                Implementintg Unique Identification (UID) at Depot Maintenance Activities
                Reliability Engineering: An Opportunity to Create a New Paradigm in Corrosion Prevention and Control
                Reliability of pHEMTS Affected by Substrate Defects and Interfacial Stress
                The RIAC 217PlusTM Capacitor and Diode Failure Rate Models
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 3rd Quarter
                Agent Autonomy Approach to Reliability Assessment of Complex Dynamic Systems
                Déjà Vu - Can We Stop It From Happening Again
                RCM and Risk Management (Part 1)
                The RIAC 217PlusTM Integrated Circuit and Inductor Failure Rate Models
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 4th Quarter
                217Plus Transformer & Optoelectronic Device Failure Rate Models
                Grand Re-Opening and 40th Anniversary of the DoD Reliability Information Analysis Center
                RCM and Risk Management (Part 2)
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 2008
         
 1st Quarter
                Predicting Reliability of MMICs Using Monte Carlo Analytical Techniques (Part 1)
                RCM and Risk Management (Part 3)
                System Reliability and Condition-Based Maintenance
                The RIAC 217PlusTM Switch and Relay Failure Rate Models
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 2nd Quarter
                Predicting Reliability of MMICS Using Monte Carlo Analytical Techniques (Part 2 of 3)
                The Key To Weapons That Work
                The RIAC 217plus™ Connector and Resistor Failure Rate Models
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 3rd Quarter
                Highlighting the New RIAC Website
                Predicting Reliability of MMICs Using Monte Carlo Analytical Techniques (Part 3 of 3)
                Spares Optimization Algorithm for Calculating Recommended Spares
                The RIAC 217PlusTM Transistor and Thyristor Failure Rate Models
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 4th Quarter
                Air Force C-130 Rainbow Fitting Diagnostic Technology Development
                Customer-Facing Reliability Growth Modeling to Improve Customer Satisfac tion (Par t 1 of 2)
                The RIAC 217Plus™ Sof tware Failure Rate Model
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 2009
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       2012

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