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Formulation of the drift reliability optimization problem
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It is shown that it is possible to formulate the DR optimization problem in such a way that some measures of both the yield and the average time to failure can be maximized, and different trade-off situations investigated.About:
This article is published in Microelectronics Reliability.The article was published on 1991-01-01. It has received 26 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Optimization problem & Maximization.read more
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Set theoretic formulation of performance reliability of multiple response time‐variant systems due to degradations in system components
Young Kap Son,Gordon J. Savage +1 more
TL;DR: The work herein sets the foundation for an optimization method to control both quality and performance reliability and thus, for example, estimate warranty costs and product recall and the potential of the approach is set.
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Dependability-Based Design Optimization of Degrading Engineering Systems
Gordon J. Savage,Young Kap Son +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a methodology that helps select the distribution parameters in degrading multiresponse systems to improve dependability at the lowest lifetime cost, which includes costs of scrap, rework, and warrantee work.
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Assessing changeability under uncertain exogenous disturbance
Nathan D. Niese,David J. Singer +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors introduce metrics derived from application of a Markov decision process to evaluate a design's changeability, which is known to improve product performance if conscientious early-stage design decisions are matched with structured management of the system in response to exogenous disturbances such as environmental, market, technological, and political in nature.
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The set-theory method for systems reliability of structures with degrading components
Gordon J. Savage,Young Kap Son +1 more
TL;DR: A method for assessing systems reliability where failure events may be described by time-variant parallel and/or series systems and set theory establishes the true incremental failure region that emerges from a safe region is presented.
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Strategic life cycle decision-making for the management of complex Systems subject to uncertain environmental policy
Nathan D. Niese,David J. Singer +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors demonstrate the application of a non-stationary Markov decision process (MDP) to the design and maintenance decisions of a ship that must consider ballast water exchange and treatment policy changes.
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Algorithms and Software Tools for IC Yield Optimization Based on Fundamental Fabrication Parameters
TL;DR: Algorithms, software tools and the relevant methodology for production yield optimization with respect to fundamental technological parameters of the IC manufacturing process (such as diffusion times and temperatures) and element layout mask dimensions are discussed.
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Design centering by yield prediction
K. Antreich,R. Koblitz +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a new approach to design centering is presented, which starts at the initial nominal values of the circuit parameters and improves these nominal values by maximizing the circuit yield step by step with the aid of a yield prediction formula.
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Yield maximization and worst-case design with arbitrary statistical distributions
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe a method by which a variety of statistical design problems can be solved by a linear program, which is based on the correspondence between the level contours of a given probability density function and a particular norm, which they call a pdf-norm.
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