Reliability Modeling in Industry 4.0

Prof. Mangey Ram is Professor at Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun, India. He is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering, and Management Sciences; Journal of Reliability and Statistical Studies; Journal of Graphic Era University; Series Editor of six book series with Elsevier, CRC Press-A Taylor and Frances Group, Walter De Gruyter Publisher Germany, River Publisher and Guest Editor and Associate Editor for various journals. His fields of research are reliability theory and applied mathematics. He is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering, and Management Sciences; Journal of Reliability and Statistical Studies; Journal of Graphic Era University; Series Editor of six book series with Elsevier, CRC Press-A Taylor and Frances Group, Walter De Gruyter Publisher Germany, River Publisher and Guest Editor and Associate Editor for various journals.

His fields of research are reliability theory and applied mathematics.

Prof. Ram is a Senior Member of the IEEE, Senior Life Member of the Operational Research Society of India, the Society for Reliability Engineering, Quality and Operations Management in India, the Indian Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics. He is a member of the organizing committee of several international and national conferences, seminars, and workshops. He was conferred the "Young Scientist Award? by the Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology, Dehradun, in 2009, and given the "Best Faculty Award? in 2011; "Research Excellence Award? in 2015; and "Outstanding Researcher Award? in 2018 for his significant contributions in academics and research at Graphic Era (deemed to be University), Dehradun, India. Most recently, he received the "Excellence in Research of the Year-2021 Award? from the Honourable Chief Minister of the Uttarakhand State, India.

Liudong Xing is currently a professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, United States. Her research interests include reliability and resilience modeling, analysis, and optimization of complex systems and networks (e.g., IoT and wireless sensor networks). Prof. Xing has received multiple teaching and scholar awards and was corecipient of the Best (Student) Paper Award at several international conferences and journals. She has published over 290 journal articles, and 2 books titled Binary Decision Diagrams and Extensions for System Reliability Analysis and Dynamic System Reliability: Modeling and Analysis of Dynamic and Dependent Behaviors. She has served as an associate editor or editorial board member of multiple journals, including Reliability Engineering & System Safety, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Access, and International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences. She is a fellow of the International Society of Engineering Asset Management and a senior member of IEEE.