Download or read book Analytical Enhancement of Automotive Sensory System Reliability written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The technical issues that must be addressed to assure reliable sensor systems include the following: validation (is the sensor properly functioning and/or has the component/system deteriorated); failure accommodation (can the system adequately function with a degraded sensor); and system diagnostics (what has failed, what probabilities of missed positives and false positives are acceptable and is real-time on-board response needed). Clearly, the essential activity is the development of sensors to meet the accuracy and reliability requirements in the anticipated operational environment of a vehicle over it's useful life. However, it is equally important that the data generated by these sensors be processed to extract the information needed to assure that the sensors and the systems they are monitoring and/or controlling remain within their intended operating specifications. The purpose of this paper is to report on an analytical method used to address the above technical issues and to illustrate particular applications of this method.