Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition.
Preface to the First Edition.


Acknowledgments.


1. Introduction.


2. Failure Models.


3. Qualitative Systems Analysis.


4. Systems of Independent Components.


5. Component Importance.


6. Dependent Failures.


7. Counting Processes.


8. Markov Models.


9. Reliability of Maintained Systems.


10. Reliability of Safety Systems.


11. Life Data Analysis.


12. Accelerated Life Testing.


13. Bayesian Reliability Analysis.


14. Reliability Data Sources.


Appendix A. The Gamma and Beta Functions.


Appendix B. Laplace Transforms.


Appendix C. Kronecker Products.


Appendix D. Distribution Theorems.


Appendix E. Maximum Likelihood Estimation.


Appendix F. Statistical Tables.


Acronyms.


Glossary.


References.


Author Index.


Subject Index.

About the Author

MARVIN RAUSAND is a Professor in the Department of
Production and Quality Engineering at the Norwegian University of
Science and Technology.
The late ARNLJOT HØYLAND, PhD, was a Professor in
the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the Norwegian University
of Science and Technology. Dr. Høyland died in December 2002
at the age of 78.

Reviews

"Students will like this well-written book, and statisticians with
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(Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, June
2005)
?The second edition has been thoroughly rewritten and
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