Quantile-Based Reliability Analysis

N. Unnikrishnan Nair obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Kerala, India and was conferred the degree of Doctor of Human Letters (honoris causa) by the Juniata College, USA. He was Professor and Chair, Department of Statistics, Dean, Faculty of Science and the Vice-Chancellor of the Cochin University of Science and Technology in India. He is a Fellow and past President of the Indian Society for Probability and Statistics, as well as an elected member of the International Statistical Institute. Dr. Nair has published 120 peer reviewed research papers and is an author, editor, or contributor of several books for publishers including Birkhauser Boston and Education Book Distributors (and others in foreign languages). P.G. Sankaran received his Ph.D. from Cochin University of Science and Technology, India. He was awarded BOYSCAST Fellowship of the Department of Science and Technology by the Government of India in 2000. He is a member of the International Statistical Institute and the Executive Council of International Society for Business and Industrial Statistics. His commendations include the Young Researcher Award of International Indian Statistical Association (IISA) in 2010, and his output encompasses 62 research papers and two edited books published by Education Book Distributors and the Department of Statistics at Cochin.