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<li>Given the data in the second and third columns of the above table, the cumulative MTBF, <math>{{\hat{m}}_{c}}\,\!</math>, values are calculated in the fourth column. The information in the second and fourth columns are then plotted. The first figure below shows the cumulative MTBF while the second figure below shows the instantaneous MTBF. It can be seen that a straight line represents the MTBF growth very well on log-log scales.
<li>Given the data in the second and third columns of the above table, the cumulative MTBF, <math>{{\hat{m}}_{c}}\,\!</math>, values are calculated in the fourth column. The information in the second and fourth columns are then plotted. The first figure below shows the cumulative MTBF while the second figure below shows the instantaneous MTBF. It can be seen that a straight line represents the MTBF growth very well on log-log scales.


[[Image:rga4.2.png|center|400px|Cumulative MTBF plot]]
[[Image:rga4.2.png|center|450px]]
<center>Cumulative MTBF plot</center>
<center>Cumulative MTBF plot</center>


[[Image:rga4.3.png|center|400px|Instantaneous MTBF plot]]
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<center>Instantaneous MTBF plot</center>
<center>Instantaneous MTBF plot</center>


By changing the x-axis scaling, you are able to extend the line to <math>T=1\,\!</math>. You can get the value of <math>b\,\!</math> from the graph by positioning the cursor at the point where the line meets the y-axis. Then read the value of the y-coordinate position at the bottom left corner. In this case, <math>b\,\!</math> is approximately 14 hours. The next figure illustrates this.
By changing the x-axis scaling, you are able to extend the line to <math>T=1\,\!</math>. You can get the value of <math>b\,\!</math> from the graph by positioning the cursor at the point where the line meets the y-axis. Then read the value of the y-coordinate position at the bottom left corner. In this case, <math>b\,\!</math> is approximately 14 hours. The next figure illustrates this.


[[Image:rga4.4.png|center|400px|Cumulative MTBF plot for <math>b\approx 14\,\!</math> at <math>T=1\,\!</math>.]]
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<center>Cumulative MTBF plot for <math>b \approx 14\,\!</math> at <math>T=1\,\!</math></center>
<center>Cumulative MTBF plot for <math>b \approx 14\,\!</math> at <math>T=1\,\!</math></center>


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Averaging these two <math>\alpha \,\!</math> values yields a better estimate of <math>\hat{\alpha }=0.3733\,\!</math>.
Averaging these two <math>\alpha \,\!</math> values yields a better estimate of <math>\hat{\alpha }=0.3733\,\!</math>.
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<li>Now the equation for the cumulative MTBF growth curve is:  
<li>Now the equation for the cumulative MTBF growth curve is:  
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<li>Using the following equation for the instantaneous MTBF, or  
<li>Using the following equation for the instantaneous MTBF, or  


:<math>{{m}_{i}} = \frac{1}{1-\alpha }{{{\hat{m}}}_{c}},:\ \ \alpha \not{=}1  \,\!</math>
:<math>{{m}_{i}} = \frac{1}{1-\alpha }{{{\hat{m}}}_{c}},:\ \ \alpha \not{=}1  \,\!</math>


:the equation for the instantaneous MTBF growth curve is:
The equation for the instantaneous MTBF growth curve is:


:<math>\begin{align}
:<math>\begin{align}

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This example appears in the Reliability growth reference.


A complex system's reliability growth is being monitored and the data set is given in the table below.

Cumulative Test Hours and the Corresponding Observed Failures for the Complex System
Point Number Cumulative Test Time(hours) Cumulative Failures Cumulative MTBF(hours) Instantaneous MTBF(hours)
1 200 2 100.0 100
2 400 3 133.0 200
3 600 4 150.0 200
4 3,000 11 273.0 342.8

Do the following:

  1. Plot the cumulative MTBF growth curve.
  2. Write the equation of this growth curve.
  3. Write the equation of the instantaneous MTBF growth model.
  4. Plot the instantaneous MTBF growth curve.

Solution

  1. Given the data in the second and third columns of the above table, the cumulative MTBF, [math]\displaystyle{ {{\hat{m}}_{c}}\,\! }[/math], values are calculated in the fourth column. The information in the second and fourth columns are then plotted. The first figure below shows the cumulative MTBF while the second figure below shows the instantaneous MTBF. It can be seen that a straight line represents the MTBF growth very well on log-log scales.
    Rga4.2.png
    Cumulative MTBF plot
    Rga4.3.png
    Instantaneous MTBF plot

    By changing the x-axis scaling, you are able to extend the line to [math]\displaystyle{ T=1\,\! }[/math]. You can get the value of [math]\displaystyle{ b\,\! }[/math] from the graph by positioning the cursor at the point where the line meets the y-axis. Then read the value of the y-coordinate position at the bottom left corner. In this case, [math]\displaystyle{ b\,\! }[/math] is approximately 14 hours. The next figure illustrates this.

    Rga4.4.png
    Cumulative MTBF plot for [math]\displaystyle{ b \approx 14\,\! }[/math] at [math]\displaystyle{ T=1\,\! }[/math]

    Another way of determining [math]\displaystyle{ b\,\! }[/math] is to calculate [math]\displaystyle{ \alpha \,\! }[/math] by using two points on the fitted straight line and substituting the corresponding [math]\displaystyle{ {{\hat{m}}_{c}}\,\! }[/math] and [math]\displaystyle{ T\,\! }[/math] values into:

    [math]\displaystyle{ \alpha =\frac{\ln \left( {{{\hat{m}}}_{{{c}_{2}}}} \right)-\ln \left( {{{\hat{m}}}_{{{c}_{1}}}} \right)}{\ln \left( {{T}_{_{2}}} \right)-\ln \left( {{T}_{_{1}}} \right)}\,\! }[/math]

    Then substitute this [math]\displaystyle{ \alpha \,\! }[/math] and choose a set of values for [math]\displaystyle{ {{\hat{m}}_{{{c}_{1}}}}\,\! }[/math] and [math]\displaystyle{ {{T}_{_{1}}}\,\! }[/math] into the cumulative MTBF equation, [math]\displaystyle{ {{\hat{m}}_{c}}=b{{T}^{\alpha }}\,\! }[/math], and solve for [math]\displaystyle{ b\,\! }[/math]. The slope of the line, [math]\displaystyle{ \alpha \,\! }[/math], may also be found from the linearized form of the cumulative MTBF equation, or :

    [math]\displaystyle{ \alpha =\frac{\ln \left( {{{\hat{m}}}_{c}} \right)-\ln (b)}{\ln (T)-\ln (1)}\,\! }[/math]

    Using the cumulative MTBF plot for the example, at [math]\displaystyle{ {{T}_{_{1}}}=200\,\! }[/math] hours, [math]\displaystyle{ {{\hat{m}}_{{{c}_{1}}}}=100\,\! }[/math] hours, and [math]\displaystyle{ {{T}_{_{2}}}=3,500\,\! }[/math] hours, [math]\displaystyle{ {{\hat{m}}_{{{c}_{2}}}}=300\,\! }[/math] hours. From the cumulative MTBF plot for [math]\displaystyle{ b=14\,\! }[/math] hours when [math]\displaystyle{ T=1\,\! }[/math], substituting the first set of values, [math]\displaystyle{ b=14\,\! }[/math] hours and [math]\displaystyle{ \ln 1=0\,\! }[/math], into the equation yields:

    [math]\displaystyle{ \begin{align} {{\alpha }_{1}}= & \frac{\ln (100)-\ln (14)}{\ln (200)-\ln (1)} \\ = & 0.3711 \end{align}\,\! }[/math]
  2. Substituting the second set of values, [math]\displaystyle{ b=14\,\! }[/math] hours and [math]\displaystyle{ \ln 1=0,\,\! }[/math] into the equation yields:
    [math]\displaystyle{ \begin{align} {{\alpha }_{2}}= & \frac{\ln (300)-\ln (14)}{\ln (3,500)-\ln (1)} \\ = & 0.3755 \end{align}\,\! }[/math]
    Averaging these two [math]\displaystyle{ \alpha \,\! }[/math] values yields a better estimate of [math]\displaystyle{ \hat{\alpha }=0.3733\,\! }[/math].
  3. Now the equation for the cumulative MTBF growth curve is:
    [math]\displaystyle{ {{\hat{m}}_{c}}=14\cdot {{T}^{\text{ }0.3733}}\,\! }[/math]
  4. Using the following equation for the instantaneous MTBF, or
    [math]\displaystyle{ {{m}_{i}} = \frac{1}{1-\alpha }{{{\hat{m}}}_{c}},:\ \ \alpha \not{=}1 \,\! }[/math]
    The equation for the instantaneous MTBF growth curve is:
    [math]\displaystyle{ \begin{align} {{\hat{m}}_{i}}=\frac{1}{1-0.3733} \cdot {{14T}^{0.3733}} \end{align}\,\! }[/math]
    The above equation is plotted in the instantaneous MTBF plot shown in the example and in the cumulative and instantaneous MTBF vs. Time plot. In the following figure, you can see that a parallel shift upward of the cumulative MTBF, [math]\displaystyle{ {{\hat{m}}_{c}}\,\! }[/math], line by a distance of [math]\displaystyle{ \tfrac{1}{1-\alpha }\,\! }[/math] gives the instantaneous MTBF, or the [math]\displaystyle{ {{\hat{m}}_{i}}\,\! }[/math], line.
    Cumulative and Instantaneous MTBF vs. Time plot.
    Cumulative and Instantaneous MTBF vs. Time plot