Demonstratable lifetime of different RDTs - simulation and calculation

The dataset file contains data of different reliability demonstration tests (RDTs). For this dataset, an RDT is a failure-based test for a product with Weibull distributed failure times (due to a single failure mechanism), which are load-dependent according to the inverse power law, and which are evaluated using maximum likelihood estimation. Each RDT is capable of demonstrating a particular lifetime t_RCS for a given required reliability and confidence, and with probability of test success of 80 %. t_RCS is obtained from both a classical simulative approach, including MLE and Fisher confidence bounds, and from an analytic approximation. The error of the latter, as well as the indices of a reduced dataset are given.