http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
New trends in system reliability evaluation
1 online resource (xvi, 715 pages) : illustrations
The subject of system reliability evaluation has never been so extensively and incisively discussed as in the present volume. The book fills a gap in the existing literature on the subject by highlighting the shortcomings of the current state-of-the-art and focusing on on-going efforts aimed at seeking better models, improved solutions and alternative approaches to the problem of system reliability evaluation. The book's foremost objective is to provide an insight into developments that are likely to revolutionize the art and science in the near future. At the same time it will help serve as a benchmark for the reader not only to understand and appreciate the newer developments but to profitably guide him in reorienting his efforts. This book will be valuable for people working in various industries, research organizations, particularly in electrical and electronics, defence, nuclear, chemical, space and communciation systems. It will also be useful for serious-minded students, teachers, and for the laboratories of educational institutions.
Front Cover; New Trends in System Reliability Evaluation; Copyright Page; Acknowledgments; Forewords; Preface; Table of Contents; Part I : Future Trends; Chapter 1. Part I : Reliability Engineering for the Future; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Product and Process Assurance Management; 1.3 Areas for Improving the State-of-Art; 1.4 Real Causes of Unreliability; 1.5 System Description and Modeling; 1.6 Conclusions; Appendix; Chapter 1. Part II : New Trends in System Reliability Evaluation; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Organization; 1.3 Towards Improved Techniques; 1.4 Towards Improved Analyses.
1.5 Towards Better Tools1.6 Towards Better Models; 1.7 Towards Alternative Approaches; 1.8 Towards Development of Non-Specialist's Aid; 1.9 Conclusions; References; Part II : Towards Improved Techniques; Chapter 2. Multiple Variable Inversion Techniques; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Preliminaries; 2.3 Algorithms; 2.4 Comparisons; 2.5 Conclusions; References; Chapter 3. Part I : Decomposition and Reduction Techniques; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Stochastic Networks; 3.3 Network Decomposition; 3.4 Network Reduction; 3.5 Conclusions; References; Chapter 3. Part II: Probabilistic Graph-Reduction Techniques.
3.1 Introduction3.2 Previous Contributions; 3.3 Basic Graph Reductions; 3.4 Advanced Graph Reductions; 3.5 Approximate Graph Reductions; 3.6 Graph-Reduction Algorithms; 3.7 Test Problems; 3.8 Results; 3.9 Future Developments; References; Chapter 4. Parallel Algorithms and Implementations; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Butterfly Parallel Machine; 4.3 Sequential Algorithms: Review; 4.4 Parallel Algorithms; 4.5 Performance Comparison; 4.6 Conclusions; References; Part Ill: Towards Improved Analyses; Chapter 5. Reliability of k-out-of-n Systems; 5.1 Introduction.
5.2 Assumptions, Notation, and Nomenclature5.3 Systems with Components of Equal Reliabilities; 5.4 Approximate Methods; 5.5 Conventional Methods : Inclusion-Exclusion and Disjoint Products; 5.6 Recursive Techniques; 5.7 Iterative Algorithms Based on a Generating Function: the BH Algorithms; 5.8 An Iterative Algorithm Based on Binary Recursion: The AR Algorithm; 5.9 Comparison of Various Algorithms; 5.10 New Trends and Developments; References; Appendix 5.1; Appendix 5.2; Appendix 5.3; Appendix 5.4; Appendix 5.5; Appendix 5.6; Chapter 6. Consecutive-k-out-of-n Systems; 6.1 Introduction.
6.2 Recursive Formulae6.3 Exact Formulae; 6.4 Limits and Bounds; 6.5 Optimization Problems; 6.6 Conclusions; References; Chapter 7. Fault Tree Analysis; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Risk and Decision; 7.3 Safety Goals; 7.4 Accident Causation Mechanisms; 7.5 Risk Management; 7.6 Automated Fault Tree Synthesis; References; Part IV: Towards Better Tools; Chapter 8. Digraphs and Causal Trees; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Digraph Approach; 8.3 Causal Tree Approach; 8.4 Interactive Method for Obtaining Minimal Cut Sets; 8.5 Conclusions; References; Appendix.
Includes bibliographical references and index.