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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;where  &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;{{r}_{U}}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;  and  &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;{{r}_{L}}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;  can be obtained from Eqn. (GPR).&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Nicolette Young: Created page with &#039;===Bounds on Growth Potential MTBF=== ====Fisher Matrix Bounds==== ::&lt;math&gt;\begin{align}   &amp; MTB{{F}_{G{{P}_{L}}}}= &amp; \frac{1}{{{r}_{U}}} \\   &amp; MTB{{F}_{G{{P}_{U}}}}= &amp; \frac{1}…&#039;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;#039;===Bounds on Growth Potential MTBF=== ====Fisher Matrix Bounds==== ::&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\begin{align}   &amp;amp; MTB{{F}_{G{{P}_{L}}}}= &amp;amp; \frac{1}{{{r}_{U}}} \\   &amp;amp; MTB{{F}_{G{{P}_{U}}}}= &amp;amp; \frac{1}…&amp;#039;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;===Bounds on Growth Potential MTBF===&lt;br /&gt;
====Fisher Matrix Bounds====&lt;br /&gt;
::&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\begin{align}&lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;amp; MTB{{F}_{G{{P}_{L}}}}= &amp;amp; \frac{1}{{{r}_{U}}} \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; MTB{{F}_{G{{P}_{U}}}}= &amp;amp; \frac{1}{{{r}_{L}}}  &lt;br /&gt;
\end{align}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
where  &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;{{r}_{U}}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;  and  &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;{{r}_{L}}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;  can be obtained from Eqn. (GPR).&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
====Crow Bounds====&lt;br /&gt;
The Crow bounds for the growth potential MTBF are the same as the Fisher Matrix bounds.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Example 3&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Calculate the 2-sided 90% confidence bounds on the demonstrated, projected and growth potential failure intensity for the data in Table 9.1.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Solution&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The estimated demonstrated failure intensity is  &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;{{\widehat{\lambda }}_{D}}(T)=\tfrac{{{N}_{A}}+{{N}_{B}}}{T}=0.1050&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; . Based on this value, the Fisher Matrix confidence bounds for the demonstrated failure intensity at the 90% confidence level are: &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\begin{align}&lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;amp; {{[{{\lambda }_{D}}(T)]}_{L}}= &amp;amp; {{{\hat{\lambda }}}_{D}}(T)+\frac{{{C}^{2}}}{2}-\sqrt{{{{\hat{\lambda }}}_{D}}(T){{C}^{2}}+\frac{{{C}^{4}}}{4}} \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; = &amp;amp; 0.08152  &lt;br /&gt;
\end{align}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\begin{align}&lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;amp; {{[{{\lambda }_{D}}(T)]}_{U}}= &amp;amp; {{{\hat{\lambda }}}_{D}}(T)+\frac{{{C}^{2}}}{2}+\sqrt{{{{\hat{\lambda }}}_{D}}(T){{C}^{2}}+\frac{{{C}^{4}}}{4}} \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; = &amp;amp; 0.13525  &lt;br /&gt;
\end{align}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Crow confidence bounds for the demonstrated failure intensity at the 90% confidence level are: &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\begin{align}&lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;amp; {{[{{\lambda }_{D}}(T)]}_{L}}= &amp;amp; {{\widehat{\lambda }}_{D}}(T)\frac{\chi _{(2N,1-\alpha /2)}^{2}}{2N} \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; = &amp;amp; 0.07985 \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; {{[{{\lambda }_{D}}(T)]}_{U}}= &amp;amp; {{\widehat{\lambda }}_{D}}(T)\frac{\chi _{(2N,\alpha /2)}^{2}}{2N} \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; = &amp;amp; 0.13299  &lt;br /&gt;
\end{align}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The projected failure intensity is   . Based on this value, the Fisher Matrix confidence bounds at the 90% confidence level for the projected failure intensity are: &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\begin{align}&lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;amp; {{[{{{\hat{\lambda }}}_{P}}(T)]}_{L}}= &amp;amp; {{{\hat{\lambda }}}_{P}}(T){{e}^{{{z}_{\alpha }}\sqrt{Var({{{\hat{\lambda }}}_{P}}(T))}/{{{\hat{\lambda }}}_{P}}(T)}} \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; = &amp;amp; 0.04902  &lt;br /&gt;
\end{align}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\begin{align}&lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;amp; {{[{{{\hat{\lambda }}}_{P}}(T)]}_{U}}= &amp;amp; {{{\hat{\lambda }}}_{P}}(T){{e}^{-{{z}_{\alpha }}\sqrt{Var({{{\hat{\lambda }}}_{P}}(T))}/{{{\hat{\lambda }}}_{P}}(T)}} \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; = &amp;amp; 0.08915  &lt;br /&gt;
\end{align}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Crow confidence bounds for the projected failure intensity are: &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\begin{align}&lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;amp; {{[{{\lambda }_{P}}(T)]}_{L}}= &amp;amp; {{{\hat{\lambda }}}_{P}}(T)+\frac{{{C}^{2}}}{2}-\sqrt{{{{\hat{\lambda }}}_{P}}(T)\cdot {{C}^{2}}+\frac{{{C}^{4}}}{4}} \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; = &amp;amp; 0.04807 \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; {{[{{\lambda }_{P}}(T)]}_{U}}= &amp;amp; {{{\hat{\lambda }}}_{P}}(T)+\frac{{{C}^{2}}}{2}+\sqrt{{{{\hat{\lambda }}}_{P}}(T)\cdot \ \,{{C}^{2}}+\frac{{{C}^{4}}}{4}} \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; = &amp;amp; 0.09090  &lt;br /&gt;
\end{align}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The growth potential failure intensity is &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\widehat{r}_{GP} (T) = \left (\frac{N_A}{T} + \sum_{i=1}^M (1-d_i) \tfrac{N_i}{T} \right ) = 0.04455 &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Based on this value, the Fisher Matrix and Crow confidence bounds at the 90% confidence level for the growth potential failure intensity are:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\begin{align}&lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;amp; {{r}_{L}}= &amp;amp; {{{\hat{r}}}_{GP}}+\frac{{{C}^{2}}}{2}-\sqrt{{{{\hat{r}}}_{GP}}{{C}^{2}}+\frac{{{C}^{4}}}{4}} \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; = &amp;amp; 0.03020 \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; {{r}_{U}}= &amp;amp; {{{\hat{r}}}_{GP}}+\frac{{{C}^{2}}}{2}+\sqrt{{{{\hat{r}}}_{GP}}{{C}^{2}}+\frac{{{C}^{4}}}{4}} \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; = &amp;amp; 0.0656  &lt;br /&gt;
\end{align}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Figure extendedpic7 shows the Fisher Matrix confidence bounds at the 90% confidence level for the demonstrated, projected and growth potential failure intensity. Figure extendedpic8 shows these bounds based on the Crow method.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:rga9.8.png|thumb|center|400px|Fisher Matrix confidence bounds for the failure intensity.]]&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:rga9.9.png|thumb|center|400px|Crow confidence bounds for the failure intensity.]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Example 4&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Calculate the 2-sided confidence bounds at the 90% confidence level on the demonstrated, projected and growth potential MTBF for the data in Table 9.3.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Solution&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
For this example, there are A, BC and BD failure modes, so the estimated demonstrated failure intensity,  &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;{{\hat{\lambda }}_{D}}(T)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; , is simply the Crow-AMSAA model applied to all A, BC, and BD data. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;{{\hat{\lambda }}_{D}}(T)={{\widehat{\lambda }}_{CA}}=\widehat{\lambda }\widehat{\beta }{{T}^{\widehat{\beta }-1}}=0.12744&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Therefore, the demonstrated MTBF is: &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;MTB{{F}_{D}}={{[{{\hat{\lambda }}_{D}}(T)]}^{-1}}=7.84708&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Based on this value, the Fisher Matrix confidence bounds for the demonstrated failure intensity at the 90% confidence level are: &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\begin{align}&lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;amp; {{[{{\lambda }_{D}}(T)]}_{L}}= &amp;amp; {{{\hat{\lambda }}}_{CA}}(T){{e}^{{{z}_{\alpha }}\sqrt{Var({{{\hat{\lambda }}}_{CA}}(T))}/{{{\hat{\lambda }}}_{i}}(T)}} \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; = &amp;amp; 0.09339  &lt;br /&gt;
\end{align}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
::&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\begin{align}&lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;amp; {{[{{\lambda }_{D}}(T)]}_{U}}= &amp;amp; {{{\hat{\lambda }}}_{CA}}(T){{e}^{-{{z}_{\alpha }}\sqrt{Var({{{\hat{\lambda }}}_{CA}}(T))}/{{{\hat{\lambda }}}_{i}}(T)}} \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; = &amp;amp; 0.17390  &lt;br /&gt;
\end{align}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Fisher Matrix confidence bounds for the demonstrated MTBF at the 90% confidence level are: &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\begin{align}&lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;amp; MTB{{F}_{{{D}_{L}}}}= &amp;amp; \frac{1}{{{[{{\lambda }_{D}}(T)]}_{U}}} \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; = &amp;amp; 5.75054 \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; MTB{{F}_{{{D}_{U}}}}= &amp;amp; \frac{1}{{{[{{\lambda }_{D}}(T)]}_{L}}} \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; = &amp;amp; 10.70799  &lt;br /&gt;
\end{align}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Crow confidence bounds for the demonstrated MTBF at the 90% confidence level are: &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\begin{align}&lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;amp; MTB{{F}_{{{D}_{L}}}}= &amp;amp; \frac{1}{{{[{{\lambda }_{D}}(T)]}_{U}}} \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; = &amp;amp; \frac{1}{{{\widehat{\lambda }}_{D}}(T)\tfrac{{{\chi }^{2}}(2N,\alpha /2)}{2N}} \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; = &amp;amp; 5.6325 \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; MTB{{F}_{{{D}_{U}}}}= &amp;amp; \frac{1}{{{[{{\lambda }_{D}}(T)]}_{L}}} \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; = &amp;amp; \frac{1}{{{\widehat{\lambda }}_{D}}(T)\tfrac{{{\chi }^{2}}(2N,1-\alpha /2)}{2N}} \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; = &amp;amp; 10.8779  &lt;br /&gt;
\end{align}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The projected failure intensity is &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\hat{\lambda}_P (T) = \widehat{\lambda}_{CA} - \widehat{\lambda}_{BD} + \sum_{i=1}^M (1-d_i) \tfrac{N_i}{T} + \bar{d}\widehat{h}(T|BD) = 0.0885 &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;. Based on this value, the Fisher Matrix confidence bounds at the 90% confidence level for the projected failure intensity are: &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\begin{align}&lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;amp; {{[{{\lambda }_{P}}(T)]}_{L}}= &amp;amp; {{{\hat{\lambda }}}_{P}}(T){{e}^{{{z}_{\alpha }}\sqrt{Var({{{\hat{\lambda }}}_{P}}(T))}/{{{\hat{\lambda }}}_{P}}(T)}} \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; = &amp;amp; 0.0681  &lt;br /&gt;
\end{align}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
::&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\begin{align}&lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;amp; {{[{{\lambda }_{P}}(T)]}_{U}}= &amp;amp; {{{\hat{\lambda }}}_{P}}(T){{e}^{-{{z}_{\alpha }}\sqrt{Var({{{\hat{\lambda }}}_{P}}(T))}/{{{\hat{\lambda }}}_{P}}(T)}} \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; = &amp;amp; 0.1152  &lt;br /&gt;
\end{align}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
The Fisher Matrix confidence bounds for the projected MTBF at the 90% confidence level are: &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\begin{align}&lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;amp; MTB{{F}_{{{P}_{L}}}}= &amp;amp; \frac{1}{{{[{{\lambda }_{P}}(T)]}_{U}}} \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; = &amp;amp; 8.6818 \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; MTB{{F}_{{{P}_{U}}}}= &amp;amp; \frac{1}{{{[{{\lambda }_{P}}(T)]}_{L}}} \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; = &amp;amp; 14.6926  &lt;br /&gt;
\end{align}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Crow confidence bounds for the projected failure intensity are: &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\begin{align}&lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;amp; {{[{{\lambda }_{P}}(T)]}_{L}}= &amp;amp; {{{\hat{\lambda }}}_{P}}(T)+\frac{{{C}^{2}}}{2}-\sqrt{{{{\hat{\lambda }}}_{P}}(T)\cdot \ \,{{C}^{2}}+\frac{{{C}^{4}}}{4}} \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; = &amp;amp; 0.0672 \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; {{[{{\lambda }_{P}}(T)]}_{U}}= &amp;amp; {{{\hat{\lambda }}}_{P}}(T)+\frac{{{C}^{2}}}{2}+\sqrt{{{{\hat{\lambda }}}_{P}}(T)\cdot {{C}^{2}}+\frac{{{C}^{4}}}{4}} \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; = &amp;amp; 0.1166  &lt;br /&gt;
\end{align}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Crow confidence bounds for the projected MTBF at the 90% confidence level are: &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\begin{align}&lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;amp; MTB{{F}_{{{P}_{L}}}}= &amp;amp; \frac{1}{{{[{{\widehat{\lambda }}_{P}}(T)]}_{U}}} \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; = &amp;amp; 8.5743 \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; MTB{{F}_{{{P}_{U}}}}= &amp;amp; \frac{1}{{{[{{\widehat{\lambda }}_{P}}(T)]}_{L}}} \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; = &amp;amp; 14.8769  &lt;br /&gt;
\end{align}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The growth potential failure intensity is  &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\widehat{\lambda}_{GP} = \widehat{\lambda}_{CA} - \widehat{\lambda}_{BD} + \sum_{i=1}^M (1-d_i) \tfrac{N_i}{T} = 0.0670 &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\hat{\lambda}_P (T) = \widehat{\lambda}_{CA} - \widehat{\lambda}_{BD} + \sum_{i=1}^M (1-d_i) \tfrac{N_i}{T} + \bar{d}\widehat{h}(T|BD) = 0.0885 &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.Based on this value, the Fisher Matrix and Crow confidence bounds at the 90% confidence level for the growth potential failure intensity are:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\begin{align}&lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;amp; {{r}_{L}}= &amp;amp; {{{\hat{r}}}_{GP}}+\frac{{{C}^{2}}}{2}-\sqrt{{{{\hat{r}}}_{GP}}{{C}^{2}}+\frac{{{C}^{4}}}{4}} \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; = &amp;amp; 0.0488 \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; {{r}_{U}}= &amp;amp; {{{\hat{r}}}_{GP}}+\frac{{{C}^{2}}}{2}+\sqrt{{{{\hat{r}}}_{GP}}{{C}^{2}}+\frac{{{C}^{4}}}{4}} \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; = &amp;amp; 0.0919  &lt;br /&gt;
\end{align}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Fisher Matrix and Crow confidence bounds for the growth potential MTBF at the 90% confidence level are: &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::&amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\begin{align}&lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;amp; MTB{{F}_{G{{P}_{L}}}}= &amp;amp; \frac{1}{{{r}_{U}}} \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; = &amp;amp; 10.8790 \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; MTB{{F}_{G{{P}_{U}}}}= &amp;amp; \frac{1}{{{r}_{L}}} \\ &lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;amp; = &amp;amp; 20.4855  &lt;br /&gt;
\end{align}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Figure extendedpic9 shows the Fisher Matrix confidence bounds at the 90% confidence level for the demonstrated, projected and growth potential MTBF. Figure extendedpic10 shows these bounds based on the Crow method.&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:rga9.10.png|thumb|center|400px|Fisher Matrix confidence bounds on MTBF.]]&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:rga9.11.png|thumb|center|400px|Crow confidence bounds on MTBF.]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Nicolette Young</name></author>
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