Published April 1982 | Version v1
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Accelerated life tests and information

Creators

  • 1. Univ. of California, Berkeley

Description

This is a partly philosophical discussion of the problems of conducting accelerated life tests experiments and analyzing data from such experiments. The objective is to predict life at a specified stress level or radiation dose. The concept of information is presented, and its quantification via entropy is discussed

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Radiat. Res.
Journal Volume
90
Journal Issue
1
Series
Radiat. Res.
Journal Page Range
90-97
ISSN
0033-7587

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
13699060
Subject category
S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
Descriptors DEI
ACCELERATION; BIOLOGICAL STRESS; ENTROPY; FORECASTING; INFORMATION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; PLANNING; RADIATION DOSES; RADIOBIOLOGY; TESTING
Descriptors DEC
BIOLOGY; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATIONS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES