In attempting to improve munition reliability it is important to appreciate that the cost improvement ratio is not linear and as such costs will tend to increase significantly as higher levels of reliability are sought.

Often, developing country firms tend to compete on the basis of price and reliability at the lower or middle levels of product markets.

Reliability

Reliability of electronic signatures

Data on opium production were not consistent and it was impossible to quantify changes in illicit cultivation levels with any reliability.

(f) Relaxed reliability owing to the shorter lifetime or agreed, lower levels of product assurance or lower quality parts as appropriate to lower development costs

3.3.2.4 Reliability

The cost of improving reliability

Reliability and integrity of information

These things acting singly or in combination can cause damage to munitions that may reduce the reliability of the item and may result in increased levels of duds.

Reliability and Use of Cluster Munitions

(ii) an understanding by all States of their own munitions inventory to determine which items pose the greatest threat .i.e. the elements known to have lower levels of reliability.

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Draft paragraph 3 (b) placed undue emphasis on the technology used and focused on reliability of method rather than on reliability of essence.

Reliability check of personnel (point 13 of the matrix)

If public policy requires reliability for a particular purpose, it has to set a more precise standard of reliability for that purpose.

Improved accuracy or reliability of financial or management information

Implementing mitigation measures may alter the reliability of spacecraft.

2. Verification of the reliability and accuracy of the personal data.

(b) To adduce evidence of the non reliability of an electronic signature.

Matching the reliability, base load is actually irrelevant.

The success of the programme depended largely on the reliability of financial support.

Traditionally, that notion does not include a reliability test.

(c) Difficulties in applying the reliability test in practice

The involvement of Governments should be a guarantee of quality and reliability for tourists.

Microstructures of surfaces and interfaces control the performance and reliability of many advanced materials.

They will be driven by the demands of the armed forces who will operate with the weapons, and they will also be driven by the requirement to present high reliability levels as a sales feature for the munition.

This can lead to reliability problems, safety problems, and dudding.

(b) The issue the reliability test is not sufficiently flexible

(a) To take reasonable steps to verify the reliability of an electronic signature or

Another area of concern was the reliability test contained in draft paragraph 3 (b).

As a result, the Panel considers the reliability of the EHS to be uncertain.

In terms of a low medium high cost rating it depends on what each break point might be in dollar terms, but annual cost increases to achieve the increased reliability levels could be anywhere in the order of magnitude from 10 50 .

In all cases, the estimates were reported as having low reliability.

Auditors' independence is a prerequisite for the reliability and credibility of the audit of financial statements.

. Accuracy and reliability of Earth observation data also depended on the performance of optical imaging instruments.

To ignore those commitments would undermine the credibility and reliability of the international negotiating process.

The complainant criticized the reliability of the information concerning Sri Lanka that was before RRT.

Ascertains the adequacy and reliability of internal controls to manage petroleum contracts and fuel usage.

Apart from the reliability of the information, there is a problem of the validity of the sample.

Its basic objection was that there was no requirement of reliability in the general law of signatures.

UNICEF has completed an assessment of the reliability and accuracy of the Supply Division key performance indicators.

Microscopy, the standard WHO procedure, reaches from 40 to 60 percent reliability.

Lastly, France is highly committed to improving the production of its munitions, and especially their reliability.

(i) Better design including the inclusion of self destruct features, better explosive fill and increased reliability