Recent Advances in Reliability and Quality in Design [Hardcover]

This book presents the latest theories and methods of reliability and quality, with emphasis on reliability and quality in design and modelling. Each chapter is written by active researchers and professionals with international reputations, providing material which bridges the gap between theory and practice to trigger new practices and research challenges. The book therefore provides a state-of-the-art survey of reliability and quality in design and practices.

Recent Advances in Reliability and Quality in Design presents the latest theories and methods of reliability and quality, with emphasis on reliability and quality in design and modelling. Each chapter is written by active researchers and professionals with international reputations, providing material which bridges the gap between theory and practice to trigger new practices and research challenges.

Postgraduates, researchers, and practitioners in reliability engineering, maintenance engineering, quality engineering, operations research, industrial and systems engineering, mechanical engineering, computer engineering, management, and statistics will find this book a state-of-the-art survey of reliability and quality in design and practices.

Central Limit Theorem for a Family of Reliability Measures Modeling and Reliability Evaluation of Multi-state k-out-of-n Systems On Weighted Least Squares Estimation for the Parameters of Weibull Distribution Periodic and Sequential Imperfect Preventive Maintenance Policies for Cumulative Damage Models Some Alternative Approaches to System Reliability Modeling The Optimal Burn-in: State of the Art and New Advances for Cost Function Formulation Optimum Threshold Level of Degrading Systems based on Sensors Observation Weibull Data Analysis with Few or No Failures A Load-weighted Statistical Average Model of Fatigue Reliability under Cyclic Load with Random Amplitude Performance Evaluation for SoftwarelS¥