Handbook of Reliability Engineering
Published on 6. May 1994
Book
Hardback
704 pages
978-0-471-57173-5 (ISBN)
Description
Handbook for the computation and empirical estimation of reliability. Introduces an incomparable volume of easily applicable, cutting-edge results originated by prominent Russian reliability specialists. Completely covers probabilistic reliability, statistical reliability and optimization with simple, step-by-step, numerical examples. Offers a broad range of applications in engineering, operations research, cost analysis and project management. Explores reliability software extensively. Includes appendices with summary reviews of mathematical and statistical fundamentals.
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Edition
Updated, American edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 42 mm
Weight
1200 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-57173-5 (9780471571735)
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Person
IGOR A. USHAKOV, DSc, is the chief scientist at SOTAS, Inc. He is a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Operations Research at George Washington University. He has served on the editorial boards of numerous journals, including Management Sciences, European Journal on Operations Research, and Kubernetes. Dr. Ushakov has published hundreds of papers and more than twenty books on operations research and reliability theory, including Handbook of Reliability Engineering, published by Wiley in 1994.
Content
Partial table of contents:
PROBABILITY.
Basic Concepts, Measures, and Definition.
Units.
Unrenewable Equipment.
Renewable Systems.
Repairable Dual Systems.
Systems with Network Structures.
Evaluation of System Effectiveness.
Systems with Time Redundancy.
Queuing Systems with Unreliable Service Channels.
Mechanical Equipment.
STATISTICS.
Estimation of Equipment Reliability from Tests.
Acceptance-Rejection Tests.
Accelerated Tests.
Reliability Growth.
Monte Carlo Simulations.
OPTIMIZATION.
Optimal Redundancy.
Optimal Supply of Spare Parts.
Optimal Control of Inventories of Spare Parts.
Optimal Maintenance.
Appendices.
References.
Index.
PROBABILITY.
Basic Concepts, Measures, and Definition.
Units.
Unrenewable Equipment.
Renewable Systems.
Repairable Dual Systems.
Systems with Network Structures.
Evaluation of System Effectiveness.
Systems with Time Redundancy.
Queuing Systems with Unreliable Service Channels.
Mechanical Equipment.
STATISTICS.
Estimation of Equipment Reliability from Tests.
Acceptance-Rejection Tests.
Accelerated Tests.
Reliability Growth.
Monte Carlo Simulations.
OPTIMIZATION.
Optimal Redundancy.
Optimal Supply of Spare Parts.
Optimal Control of Inventories of Spare Parts.
Optimal Maintenance.
Appendices.
References.
Index.