Logistic Model - Auto Transmission Example

This example appears in the Reliability Growth and Repairable System Analysis Reference book.

The following table presents the reliabilities observed monthly for an automobile transmission that was tested for one year.


 * 1) Find a Logistic reliability growth curve that best represents the data.
 * 2) Plot it comparatively with the raw data.
 * 3) If design changes continue to be incorporated and the testing continues, when will the reliability goal of 99% be achieved?
 * 4) If design changes continue to be incorporated and the testing continues, what will be the attainable reliability at the end of January the following year?

Solution   The next figure shows the estimated parameters.  The next figure displays the Reliability vs. Time plot.  Using the QCP, the next figure displays when the reliability goal of 99% will be achieved.  The last figure shows the reliability at the end of January the following year (i.e., after 20 months of testing and development).  