TABLE OF CONTENTS System Effectiveness, as a concept, had its beginning in the early sixties. Two major pioneering efforts were those of WSEIAC and of the ARINC Corporation, which are detailed next.
The concept of System Effectiveness as developed by the Weapons System Effectiveness Industry Advisory Committee (WSEIAC), involved the totality of the requirements associated with the system's availability, dependability and capability, as well as reliability. It must be pointed out that reliability is directly a component of availability and of dependability. Furthermore, reliability has to be designed into a system. It affects its design and in turn its performance or capability. WSEIAC task groups prepared and published six reports in eleven volumes. Their titles and Defense Technical Information Center numbers are as follows:
| AFSC-TR-65-1 | Final Report of Task Group 1 "Requirements (AD 458-453) Methodology." |
| AFSC-TR-65-1 | Final Report of Task Group 1 "Requirements" |
| (AD 458-453) | Methodology. |
| (AD 458-454) | Vol. I. |
| (AD 458-455) | Vol. II. |
| (AD 458-456) | Vol. III. |
| AFSC-TR-65-3 | Final Report of Task Group 3 "Data Collection and Management Reports." |
| AFSC-TR-65-4 | Final Report of Task Group 4 "Cost Effectiveness Optimization." |
| (AD 458-595) | Vol. I. |
| (AD 462-398) | Vol. II. |
| (AD 458-586) | Vol. III. |
| AFSC-TR-65-5 | Final Report of Task Group 5 "Management Systems." |
| (AD 461-171) | Vol. I. |
| (AD 461-172) | Vol. II. |
| AFSC-TR-65-6 | Chairman's Final Report "Integrated Summary" January, 1965. |
Another set of System Effectiveness concepts have been developed by ARINC Research Corporation, 2552 Riva Rd., Annapolis, MD 21401. A...
