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Accelerated life testing (ALT)

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Decision Type: Measurement
Method Category: Assurance, Verify that reliability requirements are met
Categories: Methods

An experiment conducted to ascertain the time-to-failure characteristics of an item attributable to a specific failure mechanism. ALT shortens the time to failure by using more stressful conditions or higher use rates.

Synonyms:
life testing, accelerated life test, accelerated testing, accelerated test
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