Recent Advances in Reliability and Quality in Design / Edition 1

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Overview

"Recent Advances in Reliability and Quality in Design" presents the latest theories and methods of reliability and quality, with emphasis on reliability and quality in design and modelling. Each chapter is written by active researchers and professionals with international reputations, providing material which bridges the gap between theory and practice to trigger new practices and research challenges.

Postgraduates, researchers, and practitioners in reliability engineering, maintenance engineering, quality engineering, operations research, industrial and systems engineering, mechanical engineering, computer engineering, management, and statistics will find this book a state-of-the-art survey of reliability and quality in design and practices.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781848001121
  • Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
  • Publication date: 9/11/2008
  • Series: Springer Series in Reliability Engineering
  • Edition description: 2008
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 547
  • Product dimensions: 1.19 (w) x 9.21 (h) x 6.14 (d)

Meet the Author

Dr Hoang Pham is a professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Before joining Rutgers, he was a senior engineering specialist at the Boeing Company, Seattle, and the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho Falls. His research interests include software reliability, system reliability modeling, maintenance, fault-tolerant computing, and biological systemability-risk assessment.

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Table of Contents

Pt. I System Reliability Computing

1 Central Limit Theorem for a Family of Reliability Measures Panlop Zeephongsekul Zeephongsekul, Panlop 3

2 Modeling and Reliability Evaluation of Multi-state k-out-of-n Systems Zhigang Tian Tian, Zhigang Wei Li Wei, Li Ming J. Zuo Ming, J. Zuo 31

3 On Weighted Least Squares Estimation for the Parameters of Weibull Distribution Lifang Zhang Zhang, Lifang M. Xie Xie, M. L. C. Tang Tang, L. C. 57

4 Periodic and Sequential Imperfect Preventive Maintenance Policies for Cumulative Damage Models Toshio Nakagawa Nakagawa, Toshio Satoshi Mizutani Mizutani, Satoshi 85

5 Some Alternative Approaches to System Reliability Modeling Jerzy K. Filus Filus, Jerzy K. Lidia Z. Filus Filus, Lidia Z. 101

6 The Optimal Burn-in: State of the Art and New Advances for Cost Function Formulation Xin Liu Xin, Liu Thomas A. Mazzuchi Mazzuchi, Thomas A. 137

Pt. II Reliability Engineering in Design

7 Optimum Threshold Level of Degrading Systems Based on Sensor Observation Elsayed A. Elsayed Elsayed, Elsayed A. Hao Zhang Hao, Zhang 185

8 Weibull Data Analysis with Few or no Failures Ming-Wei Lu Lu, Ming-Wei Cheng Julius Wang Cheng, Julius Wang 201

9 A Load-weighted Statistical Average Model of Fatigue Reliability Liyang Xie Xie, Liyang Zheng Wang Zheng, Wang 211

10 Markovian Performance Evaluation for Software System Availability with Processing Time Limit Masamitsu Fukuda Fukuda, Masamitsu Koichi Tokuno Tokuno, Koichi Shigeru Yamada Yamada, Shigeru 225

11 Failure Probability Estimation of Long Pipeline Liyang Xie Xie, Liyang Zheng Wang Zheng, Wang Guangbo Hao Hao, Guangbo Mingchuan Zhang Zhang, Mingchuan 239

Pt. III Software Reliability and Testing

12Software Fault Imputation in Noisy and Incomplete Measurement Data Andres Folleco Folleco, Andres Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar Khoshgoftaar, Taghi M. Jason Van Hulse Van Hulse, Jason 255

13 A Linearized Growth Curve Model for Software Reliability Data Analysis Mitsuhiro Kimura Kimura, Mitsuhiro 275

14 Software Reliability Model Considering Time-delay Fault Removal Seheon Hwang Hwang, Seheon Hoang Pham Pham, Hoang 291

15 Heuristic Component Placement for Maximizing Software Reliability Michael W. Lipton Lipton, Michael W. Swapna S. Gokhale Gokhale, Swapna S. 309

16 Software Reliability Growth Models Based on Component Characteristics Takaji Fujiwara Fujiwara, Takaji Shinji Inoue Inoue, Shinji Shigeru Yamada Yamada, Shigeru 331

Pt. IV Quality Engineering in Design

17 Statistical Analysis of Appearance Quality for Automotive Rubber Products Shigeru Yamada Yamada, Shigeru Kenji Takahashi Takahashi, Kenji 345

18 Present Worth Design of Engineering Systems with Degrading Components Young Kap Son Son, Young Kap Gordon J. Savage Savage, Gordon J. 361

19 Economic-statistical Design of a Logarithmic Transformed S[superscript 2] EWMA Chart P. Castagliola Castagliola, P. G. Celano Celano, G. S. Fichera Fichera, S. 375

20 Risk Management Techniques for Quality Software Development and Its Quantitative Evaluation Toshihiko Fukushima Fukushima, Toshihiko Shigeru Yamada Yamada, Shigeru 407

Pt. V Application in Engineering Design

21 Recent Advances in Data Mining for Categorizing Text Records W. Chaovalitwongse Chaovalitwongse, W. H. Pham Pham, H. S. Hwang Hwang, S. Z. Liang Liang, Z. C. H. Pham Pham, C. H. 423

22 Quality in Design: User-oriented Design of Public Toilets for Visually Impaired People Kin Wai Michael Siu Siu, Kin Wai Michael 441

23 Assurance Cases for Reliability: Reducing Risks to Strengthen ROI for SCADA Systems Ann Miller Miller, Ann Rashi Gupta Gupta, Rashi 465

24 Detecting Driver's Emotion: A Step Toward Emotion-based Reliability Engineering Shuichi Fukuda Fukuda, Shuichi 491

25 Mortality Modeling Perspectives Hoang Pham Pham, Hoang 509

About the Editor 517

Index 519

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