Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 1990. / Thesis Advisor(s): Woods, W. Max. Second Reader: Whitaker, Lyn R. "September 1990." Description based on title screen viewed on December 17, 2009. DTIC Descriptor(s): Computer programs, intervals, confidence limits, accuracy, theses, Monte Carlo method, cycles, fortran, reliability, yield, standardization, statistical distributions, equations, confidence level, poisson density functions, failure, coherence, binomials, computerized simulation. Author(s) subject terms: Reliability, lower confidence limit, coherent systems, cyclic components. Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-122). Also available in print.