Applications abound in which investigators seek to make inferences about the lifetime characteristics of a ''system'' of interest from data on the failure times of prototypical systems placed on test.

Ultrasound and microbubble enhanced treatment of inoperable pancreatic adeonocarcinoma.

When products start failing, management wants answers. Are they failing because of manufacturing problems? Or is the design to blame? One of the most widely regarded methods for ferreting out the ...