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MAT 4830 Mathematical Modeling. 05 Mean Time Between Failures. http://myhome.spu.edu/lauw. Reading for Next Wednesday. MCM Contest Rules, Registration and Instructions http://www.comap.com/undergraduate/contests/mcm/instructions.php. Preview.
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MAT 4830Mathematical Modeling 05 Mean Time Between Failures http://myhome.spu.edu/lauw
Reading for Next Wednesday • MCM Contest Rules, Registration and Instructions • http://www.comap.com/undergraduate/contests/mcm/instructions.php
Preview • Use Monte Carlo Method to estimate the life of products
Mean Time Between Failures Suppose that we make a product composed of n components where the ith component is guaranteed by its manufacturer to possess a time before failure that is normally distributed about the mean i with standard deviation i.
Mean Time Between Failures Assume that our product will fail when any one of its components fail. Questions: What guarantee can we offer our customers for our product? What is our product's mean time between failures (MTBF)?
Monte Carlo Solution • 3 components
Monte Carlo Solution • 3 components • Let us watch this product fail over and over by simulation
Sample Output > MTBF(1000); The mean is approximately 10.138361 The standard deviation is approximately 1.355540
Classwork • Individual (Each of you need to think through the process)
Problem 1 The example above
Problem 1 Maple Commands:
HW Problem 1 A manufactured product consists of three components. Suppose the time before failure for the parts are given by
HW Problem 1 The first component is a backup for the second; i.e., either both must fail or the third component must fail before the construct fails.
HW Problem 1 • Write a program to estimate the mean and standard deviation of the life of the product. • Briefly explain the key underlying methodology of your program.