Handbook of Reliability Engineering -

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Résumé :
This book will sell because all engineers should be interested in limiting faults and increasing the reliability of the process or system with which they are working....

Sommaire:
System Reliability and Optimization.- Multi-state k-out-of-n Systems.- Reliability of Systems with Multiple Failure Modes.- Reliabilities of Consecutive-k Systems.- Multi-state System Reliability Analysis and Optimization (Universal Generating Function and Genetic Algorithm Approach).- Combinatorial Reliability Optimization.- Statistical Reliability Theory.- Modeling the Observed Failure Rate.- Concepts of Stochastic Dependence in Reliability Analysis.- Statistical Reliability Change-point Estimation Models.- Concepts and Applications of Stochastic Aging in Reliability.- Class of NBU-t0 Life Distribution.- Software Reliability.- Software Reliability Models: A Selective Survey and New Directions.- Software Reliability Modeling.- Software Availability Theory and Its Applications.- Software Rejuvenation: Modeling and Applications.- Software Reliability Management: Techniques and Applications.- Recent Studies in Software Reliability Engineering.- Maintenance Theory and Testing.- Warranty and Maintenance.- Mechanical Reliability and Maintenance Models.- Preventive Maintenance Models: Replacement, Repair, Ordering, and Inspection.- Maintenance and Optimum Policy.- Optimal Imperfect Maintenance Models.- Accelerated Life Testing.- Accelerated Test Models with the Birnbaum-Saunders Distribution.- Multiple-steps Step-stress Accelerated Life Test.- Step-stress Accelerated Life Testing.- Practices and Emerging Applications.- Statistical Methods for Reliability Data Analysis.- The Application of Capture-Recapture Methods in Reliability Studies.- Reliability of Electric Power Systems: An Overview.- Human and Medical Device Reliability.- Probabilistic Risk Assessment.- Total Dependability Management.- Total Quality for Software Engineering Management.- Software Fault Tolerance.- Markovian Dependability/Performability Modeling of Fault-tolerant Systems.- Random-request Availability.