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 Publications
   
 Blueprints for Product Reliability
    Reliability Guidelines
          Army Systems Engineering Policy
          DoD Guide For Achieving Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability
          Guide for Integrating Systems Engineering into DoD Acquisition Contracts
          Policy Addendum for Systems Engineering
          Reduction of Total Ownership Costs (R-TOC) Best Practices Guide
          Systems Engineering Guide: Considerations for Systems Engineering in a System of Systems Environment
   
 START Sheets
    The Journals of The Reliability Information Analysis Center
      
 1998
       1999
       2000
       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
          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
          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
          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
                217Plus™ Column
                Multivariable Testing (MVT)
                Petri Nets: An Alternative to Markov Chains
                Raytheon Assessment of PRISM As A Field Failure Prediction Tool
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 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
          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
                217Plus™ Column
                Form, Fit, Function, and Interface - An Element of an Open System Strategy
                Reliability Analysis of Avionics in the Commercial Aerospace Industry
                Reliability Theory Explains Human Aging and Longevity
                System Level Clues for Detailed Part Issues
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 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
         
 1st Quarter
                Demo of Embedded Health Management Technology for HEMTT LHS
                Finding Bearing Failure Through Filter Debris Analysis
                Information Management for Systems Design for Reliability, Maintainability, Quality, Supportability and Interoperability
                Probabilistic Airframe Structural Integrity Management
                PROTOCOL to Provide AMRDEC a New Reliability Enviroment
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 2nd Quarter
                Evaluate Soldering Irons for Pb-Free Assembly -A Quantitative Approach
                Reliability of Leadless Interconnects in GaAs ASICs
                Tin Whisker Risk Assesment for Electronic Products
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                Working To Get the Lead Out
         
 3rd Quarter
                A Process For Developing Highly Reliable and Safe Devices
                The RIAC "Handbook of 217Plus Reliability Prediction Models."
                The Story Behind the Red Phosphorus Mold Coompound Device Failures
                Transition to Pb-free Allows in Capacitor Filter Assemblies
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 4th Quarter
                An Overview of 217Plus System Reliability Assessment Methodolog
                Electronic Component Failure Rate Prediction Analysis
                Reducing Reliability Risks for Reconfigurable Computing
                Semiconductor Device Qualification with Multiple Failure Mechanisms
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 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
       2008
       2009
       2010
       2011
       2012

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