LEADER 03512nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910459080303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a90-420-3223-5 024 7 $a10.1163/9789042032231 035 $a(CKB)2670000000060157 035 $a(EBL)617746 035 $a(OCoLC)695009764 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000459529 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12169467 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000459529 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10461510 035 $a(PQKB)10700640 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC617746 035 $a(OCoLC)701240103$z(OCoLC)842878555$z(OCoLC)978103871 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789042032231 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL617746 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10432582 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000060157 100 $a20101220d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun| uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aNegotiating Afropolitanism$b[electronic resource] $eessays on borders and spaces in contemporary African literature and folklore /$fedited by Jennifer Wawrzinek and J.K.S. 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Individually they investigate such themes as identity, diaspora, hybridity, translation, the space between, textual frontiers, translocation and multilocalities, migration, nomadology, polylingualism, and multiculturalism. Together they map the rich terrain of culture, literature and folklore in contemporary Africa, from the works of writers such as Idris Chraibi, Wole Soyinka, Ben Okri, E. B. Dongala, Calixthe Beyala, Patrice Nganang, Nuruddin Farah and Abdulrazak Gurnah, to those of Pepetela, Goretti Kyomuhendo, Jamal Mahjoub, Yusuf Dawood, M. G. Vassanji, and J. M. Coetzee, as well as Afrophone oral artists and radio performers. 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Barlow on his 70th birthday /$feditors, Yu Hayakawa, Telba Irony, Min Xie 210 $aRiver Edge, NJ $cWorld Scientific$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (438 p.) 225 1 $aSeries on quality, reliability & engineering statistics ;$v5 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a981-02-4865-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents ; 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 327 $a3. 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 327 $a3. 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 327 $a2. 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 327 $aChapter 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 327 $aChapter 6 BEHAVIOR OF FAILURE RATES OF MIXTURES AND SYSTEMS 330 $a 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.
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