Reliability engineering (Q2889237)

Reliability is the probability that a product, a software will operate or a service will be provided properly for a specified period of time under the design operating conditions without failure. This engineering textbook is organized according to the procedure followed when designing a product or service. The book consists of three parts:NEWLINENEWLINEPart I focuses on the basic definitions of reliability, its metrics, and methods for its calculations.NEWLINENEWLINEPart II presents the concept of constructing the likelihood function and its use in estimating the parameters of a failure time distribution.NEWLINENEWLINEPart III discusses how the reliability objectives can be ensured by providing preventive and scheduled maintenance and warranty policies.NEWLINENEWLINEThe material is then partitioned into the following ten chapters: Reliability and hazard functions; System reliability evaluation; Time- and failure- dependent reliability; Estimation methods of the parameters of failure-time distributions; Parametric reliability models; Models for accelerated life testing; Renewal processes and expected number of failures; Preventive maintenance and inspection; Warranty models; Case studies. In addition, certain mathematical tools and tables are given in the appendix. Each chapter contains many examples and illustrating figures. Moreover, to each chapter several exercises are given, where solutions of selected problems are provided in the appendix. Each chapter contains also a list of references. The well written book may be used as a reference work for practitioners and as a textbook for courses in reliability engineering, where knowledge in probability calculus and statistics is presumed.