ECS526 Industrial Stats Course Schedule (Optimal):
Class Week* Ch.W/M Ch.R/G Topics
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1 8/29 1 - 2 1 Intro/Probability/Descriptive
2 9/5 3 - 4 2 Distributions/Parameters/RandVars
3 9/12 5 - 6 3 Discrete/Continuous Distributions
4 9/19 7 3 Transformations. Sampling distr.
5 9/26 1 - 7 3 CLT Theorem. First Test (Ch. 1-7)
6 10/3 9 4 Confidence Interval derivation.
7 10/10 17 4 Cases in CI. Quality Control.
8 10/17 10 4 Intro/One Sample Hypothesis Tests.
9 10/24 10 4 Two Sample Tests; Cases; NonPar.
10 10/31 8 - 10 4 Second Test (Chs. 8-10 & 3-4)
11 11/7 11 - 12 5 Intro to Correlation/Regression
12 11/14 13 5 Regression/ANOVA Extensions
13 11/21 12 - 13 7 Modeling in Regression/ANOVA
14 11/28 12 - 13 6 Case Studies in Regression/ANOVA
15 12/5 8 - 17 3 - 7 Project Presentation/Discussion
E-Readings by (*approximate) Week:
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(more E-Readings information in http://lcs.syr.edu/faculty/romeu/urls.html)
Week 1: Intro to Probability/Descriptive
Statistical Education of American Engineers
http://www.theriac.org/DeskReference/viewDocument.php?id=367
Teaching Engineering Statistics to Practicing Engineers
http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/publications/17/4A1_ROME.pdf
Data Quality and Pedigree. Romeu, J. L. AMPTIAC Newsletter.
http://ammtiac.alionscience.com/pdf/1999MaterialEase9.pdf
Week 2: Distributions/Parameters/Random Variables
Reliability Statistics I: Random Variables and Distributions
Jour. of the Reliability Analysis Ctr. Vol. 9, No. 1 (Page 9).
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/1ST_Q2001.pdf
Statistics I: Random Variables and Distributions (Alternative)
http://ammtiac.alionscience.com/pdf/1998MaterialEase5.pdf
Week 3: Discrete/Continuous Distributions
Empirical Assessment of Normal and Lognormal Distribution Assumptions
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/NLDIST.pdf
Statistical Assumptions of an Exponential Distribution
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/E_ASSUME.pdf
Week 4: Transformations and Sampling distributions.
Empirical Assessment of the Weibull Distribution
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/WEIBULL.pdf
Graphical Comparisons of Two Populations
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/2POP.pdf
Week 5: CLT Theorem. First Test (Probability)
Reliability Statistics II: On Estimation and Testing (Page 4)
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/3q2001.pdf
Statistics II: Hypothesis Tests and Confidence Intervals (Alternative)
http://ammtiac.alionscience.com/pdf/1998MaterialEase6.pdf
Week 6: Confidence Interval derivation.
Statistical Confidence
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/STAT_CO.pdf
Reliability Estimation for the Exponential Life
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/R_EXP.pdf
Censored Data.
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/CENSOR.pdf
Week 7: Aplications of CI. Quality Control.
Quality Control Charts
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/QCCHARTS.pdf
OC Functions and Acceptance Sampling Plans
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/OC_Curves.pdf
Week 8: Intro to One Sample Hypothesis Tests.
The Chi-Square: a Large-Sample Goodness of Fit Test
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/Chi_Square.pdf
The Anderson-Darling: a Small-Sample Goodness of Fit Test
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/A_DTest.pdf
The Kolmogorov-Smirnov: a Small-Sample Goodness of Fit Test
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/K_STest.pdf
Week 9: Two Sample Tests; NonParametrics.
Determining the Experimental Sample Size
Newsletter of the SPES/QP/ASA. page
http://lcs.syr.edu/faculty/romeu/Q&PSPESSummer2011.pdf
MINITAB and Pizza: A Workshop Experiment
http://www.minitab.com/uploadedFiles/Shared_Resources/Documents/Articles/pizza.pdf
NIST Engineering Statistics Handbook:
http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/
Week 10: Second Test (Inferential).
Reliability Statistics III: On Statistical Modeling of Reliability Data
Journal of the Reliability Analysis Center. Vol. 9, Number 4.
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/4q2001.pdf
Statistics III: Modeling with Regression and ANOVA (Alternative)
http://ammtiac.alionscience.com/pdf/1999MaterialEase7.pdf
NIST Handbook: Statistical Modeling
http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/pmd/section1/pmd1.htm
Week 11: Intro to Correlation and Regression.
On Regression Analysis. RIAC. Vol. 1, No. 1
http://theriac.org/pdfs/RelTIQUES/RELTIQUES_V1N1.pdf
Measuring Cost Avoidance in the Face of Messy Data.
Proc. of the 2004 Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS).
NIST Engineering Statistics Sample Case Studies:
http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/eda/section4/eda42.htm
Week 12: Regression and ANOVA Model Assumptions.
Combining data
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/COMBINE.pdf
Beam Deflection Study:
http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/eda/section4/eda425.htm
Ceramic Strength Study:
http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/eda/section4/eda42a.htm
Week 13: Modeling in Regression and ANOVA.
A regression application in Reliability. Chance Magazine, ASA.
http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v10n3/datasets.caroni.html
Fractional Factorial Designs./QSI
http://quanterion.com/ReliabilityQues/V5N2.html
Heat Flow Meter Study:
http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/eda/section4/eda428.htm
Load Cell Calibration Study:
http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/pmd/section6/pmd61.htm
Week 14: Case Studies in Regression and ANOVA.
Design and Evaluation of Aquatic Ecosystems
via Discrete Event Simulation (with PPT Presentation)
http://www.fcsm.gov/03papers/Romeu.pdf
http://www.hws.edu/fli/conference/2005/romeu.pdf
Filter Transmittance Study:
http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/eda/section4/eda426.htm
Week 15: More Case Studies and Project Presentation.
Discussion on Software Reliability Models
Journal of the Reliability Analysis Center. Vol. 8, Number 1.
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/1ST_Q2000.pdf
Operations Research and Statistics Techniques:
a Key to Quantitative Data Mining
http://www.fcsm.gov/01papers/Romeu.pdf
Extra Readings:
Understanding Series and Parallel Systems Reliability
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/S&PSYSREL.pdf
System Availability
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/AVAILSTAT.pdf
Understanding Logistics in Systems Analysis
ASA/SPES Newsletter. Summer of 2010
Understanding Binomial Sequential Tests
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/BINSEQ.pdf
http://www.amstat.org/sections/SPES/Newsletter.html
Understanding Exponential Sequential Tests
RIAC RELTIQUE/Start SHeet
http://www.theriac.org/riacapps/startsheets/?category=RelTIQUES
Use of Bayesian Techniques for Reliability
http://src.alionscience.com/pdf/BAYES.pdf
Updated II/2013