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August 1996
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 | Reliability engineering |
22 | 23 | 24 |
| 25 | Failure rate, exponential distribution |
27 | Weibull, Gumbel, and other distributions |
29 | 30 | 31 |
September 1996
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 | Labor day: No classes |
3 | Simple data analytics methods: no censoring |
5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | Data analysis methods: Q-Q plots |
10 | Data analysis methods: right censoring |
12 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | Competing risks |
17 | Maximum likelihood estimation |
19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | MLE: computations | 24 | MLE: delta method |
26 | 27 | 28 |
| 29 | Likelihood ratio: tests and confidence regions |
October 1996
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 | Likelihood methods based on the variance-covariance matrix | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | Class Rescheduled for Friday | 8 | Probability (PP) and Stabilized Probability (SP) plots | 10 | Maximizing likelihood functions using JMP's Nonlinear Fit platform | 12 |
| 13 | Nonlinear programing: multivariate optimization without constraints | 15 | MIDTERM EXAM |
Fall Break | Fall Break | 19 |
| 20 | Optimization techniques used in JMP's Nonlinear Fit platform | 22 | Accelerated life models | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | Review Class: Midterm exam, Rewritten rat report, Appliance report |
29 | Proportional hazards model and proportional odds model | 31 |
November 1996
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | Models based on the Weibull distribution. I |
5 | Models based on the Weibull distribution. II |
7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | Generalized residuals and diagnostic plots | 12 | Model fitting guided by physical theory | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | Using JMP's Nonliner Fit platform | 19 | Weibull Anova | 21 | Class project due | 23 |
| 24 | Analysis of Accelerated Life Tests | 26 | Models of System Reliability | Thanksgiving Holiday |
Thanksgiving Closing day |
30 |
December 1996
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 | Availability | 3 | Expected Number of System Failures | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | FINAL EXAM 2:45 p.m. Final exam information |
13 | 14 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 29 | 30 | 31 |