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Coursewaretoaccompanythetext:
Ebeling,CharlesE.,AnIntroductiontoReliabilityandMaintainabilityEngineering,2ndEd.
WavelandPress,Inc.
ThisCDcontainsreliabilityandmaintainabilitysoftwareforuseonaPersonalComputer(PC).The
softwarewaswrittenandcompiledinVisualBasic(VB)6.0withservicepack3.VisualBasicisdesigned
torunonMSWindowsbasedoperatingsystems.SinceMicrosoftnolongersupportsVB,thereisno
guaranteethatthesoftwarewillinstallsuccessfullyonnewerversionsofWindowsPC.
Toinstallthesoftware,runsetup.exefollowingthedirectionsprovided.Youwillneedadministrative
privilegestoinstallthesoftware.Unlessdirectedelsewhere,thesoftwarewillbeinstalledbydefaultin
C:\ProgramFiles\RelAnalysis.Iftheinstallationprocedureattemptstoreplaceanewerfilewithan
olderone,respondwithano.
Onceinstalled,datamaybeenteredfromthekeyboard,fromtheclipboardsuchascopyingdatafrom
anExcelspreadsheet,orfromacompatible(.dat)filecreatedbytheapplication.Onceyouhaveentered
data,itmaybesavedinafileforsubsequentuse.Censoredtimesareenteredasnegativevalues.Once
thedatahasbeenentered,thedataanalysisoptionsdescribedbelowareavailable.Groupdatausing
lifetablesandtheDuanegrowthcurverequireenteringdataseparately.Inputdatafilescarrythefile
extension.datwhichissuppliedbytheprogram.Exampledatasetsareprovidedaspartofthenormal
installationprocess.