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Zusatztext This book contains a nice collection of practical problems, their solutions, and the theory behind them ........... The book contains a large number of exercises with detailed solutions given in an appendix. These may be found to be very useful for any engineer who studies the ideas of reliability analysis from this book Klappentext In ordinary life "reliability" is an ephemeral but desirable property of a machine or service that is generally judged in a very subjective manner. But for an engineer! reliability has large financial implications in terms of maintenance policies! running costs! and spares stockholding. In safety critical situations (transport or military equipment)! the implications are wider; therefore! it is very important to be able to quantify reliability. This book is an introduction to reliability analysis. Since it is aimed at engineers! it begins by assuming no prior statistical knowledge. It teaches by example taken from engineering problems. Exercises are built around real machines and events! and the solutions given illuminate the subject. It is the first book of its kind aimed at those for whom reliability analysis has far-reaching consequences. Zusammenfassung This book presents the elementary statistics of reliability analysis to an engineering audience. It is paced quite gently and starts by assuming no previous familiarity with statistics. The book contains many practical examples aimed at an engineering audience as well as problems and solutions. It is a text for a first course in reliability analysis for engineers. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1.: Initial definitions 2.: Elementary statistics 3.: Reliability activities at the design stage 4.: Reliability data 5.: Advanced statistics 6.: Some advanced techniques Appendix Statistical tables Solutions to exercises References Index
