1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910583470003321

Autore

Nair N. Unnikrishnan

Titolo

Reliability modelling and analysis in discrete time / / N. Unnikrishnan Nair, P. G. Sankaran, N. Balakrishnan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Academic Press, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

0-12-802006-7

0-12-801913-1

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (510 pages)

Disciplina

620.00452

Soggetti

Reliability (Engineering) - Mathematical models

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Reliability Modelling and Analysis in Discrete Time provides an overview of the probabilistic and statistical aspects connected with discrete reliability systems. This engaging book discusses their distributional properties and dependence structures before exploring various orderings associated between different reliability structures. Though clear explanations, multiple examples, and exhaustive coverage of the basic and advanced topics of research in this area, the work gives the reader a thorough understanding of the theory and concepts associated with discrete models and reliability structures. A comprehensive bibliography assists readers who are interested in further research and understanding. Requiring only an introductory understanding of statistics, this book offers valuable insight and coverage for students and researchers in Probability and Statistics, Electrical Engineering, and Reliability/Quality Engineering. The book also includes a comprehensive bibliography to assist readers seeking to delve deeper. Includes a valuable introduction to Reliability Theory before covering advanced topics of research and real world applications Features an emphasis on the mathematical theory of reliability modeling Provides many illustrative examples to foster reader understanding



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910953558803321

Autore

Rebenich Stefan

Titolo

Jerome / / Stefan Rebenich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2002

ISBN

1-134-63843-4

0-585-45625-9

0-203-45682-3

1-280-31736-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Early church fathers

Classificazione

11.51

Disciplina

270.2

Soggetti

Christian saints

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

Front Cover; Jerome; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Part I Introduction; 1 From Stridon to Aquileia: Between Career and Conversion; 2 Antioch and Chalcis: The Making of an Ascetic Champion; 3 Constantinople: The Formation of a Christian Writer; 4 Rome: High-Flying Hopes and Deep Fall; 5 Bethlehem (I): The Origenist Controversy; 6 Bethlehem (II): The Biblical Scholar; Part II Translations; 7 The Novelist: Letter 1 to lnnocentius; 8 The Theologian: Letter 15 to Damasus; 9 The Chronographer: Preface to the Chronicle of Eusebius; 10 The Epistolographer: Letter 31 to Eustochium

11 The Satirist: Letter 40 to Marcella concerning Onasus 12 The Biographer: The Life of Malchus the Captive Monk; 13 The Biblical Scholar: Preface to the Book of Hebrew Questions; 14 The Literary Historian: Lives of Famous Men; 15 The Translator: The Preface to the Vulgate version of the Pentateuch; 16 The Controversialist: A ainst Vigilantius; 17 The Threnodist: Letter 127 to Principia; 18 The Ascetic Expert: Letter 128 to Pacatula; Part III Bibliography; Jerome's Works; Secondary Literature; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book assembles a representative selection of Jerome's voluminous output. It will help readers to a balanced portrait of a brilliant and complex man who was a major intellectual force in the early church.