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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454074903321

Titolo

System and Bayesian reliability [[electronic resource] ] : essays in honor of Professor Richard E. Barlow on his 70th birthday / / editors, Yu Hayakawa, Telba Irony, Min Xie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

River Edge, NJ, : World Scientific, c2001

ISBN

1-281-94833-0

9786611948337

981-279-954-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (438 p.)

Collana

Series on quality, reliability & engineering statistics ; ; 5

Altri autori (Persone)

HayakawaYu

IronyTelba

XieM (Min)

BarlowRichard E

Disciplina

620.00452

620/.00452

Soggetti

Reliability (Engineering)

System failures (Engineering)

Bayesian statistical decision theory

Mathematical statistics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents               ; Foreword by Dennis V. Lindley                                    ; Foreword by Asit P. Basu                               ; Preface              ; Acknowledgements                       ; PART 1 SYSTEM RELIABILITY ANALYSIS                                         ; Chapter 1 ON REGULAR RELIABILITY MODELS                                              ; 1. Introduction                      ; 2. F Reliability Models and G Reliability Models

3. Efficient Reliability Algorithms for Regular Models                                                             4. Applications                      ; 5. Further Research                          ; References                 ; Chapter 2 BOUNDING SYSTEM RELIABILITY                                            ; 1. Introduction                      ; 2. Using the Conditional Expectation Inequality to Bound the Reliability Function


3. Bounds When Component States Are Dependent                                                    4. Summary                 ; Acknowledgements                       ; References                 ; Chapter 3 LARGE EXCESSES FOR FINITE-STATE MARKOV CHAINS                                                              ; 1. Summary                 ; 2. The Rate                  ; 3. Example                 ; References                 ; Chapter 4 HARDWARE-SOFTWARE RELIABILITY PERSPECTIVES                                                           ; 1. Introduction

2. Software Development Process                                      3. Software Reliability Modeling                                       ; 4. Generalized Models with Environmental Factors                                                       ; 5. Hardware & Software Systems                                     ; 6. Cost Modeling                       ; 7. Further Reading                         ; Acknowledgements                       ; References

Chapter 5 INSPECTION-AGE-REPLACEMENT POLICY AND SYSTEM AVAILABILITY                                                                          1. Introduction                      ; 2. Model and Preliminary Results                                       ; 3. Optimal Inspection Policy                                   ; 4. Estimation of Optimal Inspection Policy                                                 ; 5. Possible Model Extension                                  ; References

Chapter 6 BEHAVIOR OF FAILURE RATES OF MIXTURES AND SYSTEMS

Sommario/riassunto

This volume is a collection of articles on reliability systems and Bayesian reliability analysis. Written by reputable researchers, the articles are self-contained and are linked with literature reviews and new research ideas. The book is dedicated to Emeritus Professor Richard E Barlow, who is well known for his pioneering research on reliability theory and Bayesian reliability analysis. <br><i>Contents:</i><ul><li><i><i>System Reliability Analysis:</i></i><ul><li>On Regular Reliability Models <i>(J-C Chang et al.)</i></li><li>Bounding System Reliability <i>(J N Hagstrom & S M Ross)</i></li>