System Reliability Theory (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics - Applied Probability and Statistics Section): Models and Statistical Methods and Applications
A thoroughly updated and revised look at system reliability theory\ Since the first edition of this popular text was published nearly a decade ago, new standards have changed the focus of reliability engineering and introduced new concepts and terminology not previously addressed in the engineering literature. Consequently, the Second Edition of System Reliability Theory: Models, Statistical Methods, and Applications has been thoroughly rewritten and updated to meet current standards.\ To...
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A textbook for a course on the theory, for students who have some knowledge of calculus and elementary probability theory and statistics. The first five chapters can be covered in a one-semester senior undergraduate course: three lectures in each of 14 weeks. The remaining nine chapters are more advanced, and suitable for a graduate course. The second edition is informed by classroom experience; no date is mentioned for the first, which cites Hoyland's name first. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Preface to the Second EditionPreface to the First EditionAcknowledgments1Introduction12Failure Models153Qualitative System Analysis734Systems of Independent Components1475Component Importance1836Dependent Failures2077Counting Processes2318Markov Processes3019Reliability of Maintained Systems36110Reliability of Safety Systems41911Life Data Analysis46512Accelerated Life Testing52513Bayesian Reliability Analysis53914Reliability Data Sources561App. AThe Gamma and Beta Functions573App. BLaplace Transforms577App. CKronecker Products581App. EMaximum Likelihood Estimation587App. FStatistical Tables591Acronyms595Glossary599References605Author Index625Subject Index629
\ From the Publisher"Students will like this well-written book, and statisticians with interest in distribution theory will find it thought provoking." (Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, June 2005)\ “The second edition has been thoroughly rewritten and updated to meet current standards.” (Zentralblatt Math, Vol.1052, No.3, 2005)\ "The authors have done a good job creating a rich resource for a wide variety of readers interested in this important area of research." (Journal of the American Statistical Association, December 2004)\ "If you like and own the 1E, I expect that you would want to purchase this second edition. Overall, it is 20% larger and considerably enhanced with new material and new topics." (Technometrics, November 2004)\ "…a useful reference and handbook for both industrial statisticians and system reliability engineers. It can be used as a text for senior undergraduate and graduate students..." (Mathematical Reviews, 2004k)\ "...perfect for engineers in design, process and quality to help build a more robust product or process.” (Quality Progress, October 2004)\ “…provides a comprehensive treatment of system reliability theory” (Short Book Reviews, August 2004)\ \ \
