Reliability: Modeling, Prediction, and Optimization

CONTEXT OF RELIABILITY ANALYSIS.

An Overview.

Illustrative Cases and Data Sets.

BASIC RELIABILITY METHODOLOGY.

Collection and Preliminary Analysis of Failure Data.

Probability Distributions for Modeling Time to Failure.

Basic Statistical Methods for Data Analysis.

RELIABILITY MODELING, ESTIMATION, AND PREDICTION.

Modeling Failures at the Component Level.

Modeling and Analysis of Multicomponent Systems.

Advanced Statistical Methods for Data Analysis.

Software Reliability.

Design of Experiments and Analysis of Variance.

Model Selection and Validation.

RELIABILITY MANAGEMENT, IMPROVEMENT, AND OPTIMIZATION.

Reliability Management.

Reliability Engineering.

Reliability Prediction and Assessment.

Reliability Improvement.

Maintenance of Unreliable Systems.

Warranties and Service Contracts.

Reliability Optimization.

EPILOGUE.

Case Studies.

Resource Materials.

Appendices.

References.

Indexes.