Comment Comment by nemild From the article:>“Only one computer was used in the past, because Boeing was able to prove statistically that its system was reliable, the person said.”Years back, my father co-wrote a paper on the Space Shuttle Challenger showing issues with the statistical thinking at NASA:http://www.math.montana.edu/shancock/courses/stat401/Dalal_e...I wonder what statistical techniques Boeing used, and how defensible those techniques were. parent nemild 7 years ago
>“Only one computer was used in the past, because Boeing was able to prove statistically that its system was reliable, the person said.”
Years back, my father co-wrote a paper on the Space Shuttle Challenger showing issues with the statistical thinking at NASA:
http://www.math.montana.edu/shancock/courses/stat401/Dalal_e...
I wonder what statistical techniques Boeing used, and how defensible those techniques were.