Mathematical Reliability: An Expository Perspective: 67 (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 67) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1402076975 ISBN 13: 9781402076978

Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003

Synopsis

In this volume consideration was given to more advanced theoretical approaches and novel applications of reliability to ensure that topics having a futuristic impact were specifically included.

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Synopsis

In this volume, consideration was given to more advanced theoretical approaches and novel applications of reliability to ensure that topics having a futuristic impact were specifically included. The topics like finance, forensics, information, and orthopedics, as well as the more traditional reliability topics were purposefully undertaken to make this collection different from the existing books in reliability. The entries have been categorized into seven parts, each emphasizing a theme that seems poised for the future development of reliability as an academic discipline with relevance. The seven parts are networks and systems; recurrent events; information and design; failure rate function and burn-in; software reliability and random environments; reliability in composites and orthopedics, and reliability in finance and forensics. Embedded within the above are some of the other currently active topics such as causality, cascading, exchangeability, expert testimony, hierarchical modeling, optimization and survival analysis. These topics, when linked with utility theory, constitute the science base of risk analysis.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1402076975
• ISBN 13: 9781402076978
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 354
• Editor: Soyer R., Mazzuchi T.A., Singpurwalla N.D.