Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 1990. / Thesis Advisor(s): Wood, W. Max. Second Reader: Larson, Harold J. "September 1990." Description based on title screen viewed on December 16, 2009. DTIC Descriptor(s): Methodology, coherence, accuracy, Monte Carlo method, cycles, estimates, reliability, approximation(mathematics), statistical distributions, equations, confidence level, confidence limits, intervals, poisson density functions, binomials. DTIC Identifier(s): Statistical inference, estimates, theses, chi square tests, binomials. Author(s) subject terms: Binomial, system reliability, Chosquare statistic. Includes bibliographical references (p. 73). Also available in print.