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1 |
Performability Engineering: An Essential Concept in the 21st Century
Krishna B. Misra, India |
1 |
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2 |
Engineering Design: A Systems Approach
Krishna B. Misra, India |
13 |
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3 |
A
Practitioner’s View of Quality, Reliability and Safety
Patrick D.T. O’Connor, U.K. |
25 |
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4 |
Product Design Optimization
Masataka Yoshimura, Japan |
41 |
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5 |
Constructing a Product Design for the Environmental Process
Daniel P. Fitzgerald, Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Peter A. Sandborn, Linda
C. Schmidt and H. Gogoll Thornton, U.S.A. |
57 |
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6 |
Dependability Considerations in the Design of a System
Krishna B. Misra, India |
71 |
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7 |
Designing Engineering Systems for Sustainability
Peter Sandborn and Jessica Myers, U.S.A. |
81 |
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8 |
The Management of Engineering
Patrick D.T. O’Connor, U.K. |
105 |
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9 |
Engineering
Versus
Marketing: An Appraisal in a Global Economic Environment
Hwy-Chang Moon, South Korea |
117 |
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10 |
The Performance Economy: Business Models for the Functional Service
Economy
Walter R. Stahel, Switzerland |
127 |
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11 |
Cleaner Production and Industrial Ecology: A Dire Need for 21st
Century Manufacturing
Leo Baas, The Netherlands |
139 |
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12 |
Quality Engineering and Management
Krishna B. Misra, India |
157 |
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13 |
Quality Engineering: Control, Design and Optimization
Qianmei Feng and Kailash C. Kapur, U.S.A. |
171 |
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14 |
Statistical Process Control
V.N.A. Naikan, India |
187 |
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15 |
Engineering Process Control: A Review
V.K. Butte and L.C. Tang, Singapore |
203 |
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16 |
Six Sigma: Status and Trends
U. Dinesh Kumar, India |
225 |
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17 |
Computer Based Robust Engineering
Rajesh Jugulum and Jagmeet Singh, U.S.A. |
235 |
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18 |
Integrating a Continual Improvement Process with the Product
Development Process
Vivek “Vic” Nanda, U.S.A. |
245 |
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19 |
Reliability Engineering: A Perspective
Krishna B. Misra, India |
253 |
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20 |
Tampered Failure Rate Load-sharing Systems: Status and Perspectives
Suprasad V. Amari,,U.S.A., Krishna B. Misra, India and Hoang Pham,
U.S.A. |
291 |
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21 |
O(kn)
Algorithms for Analyzing Repairable and Non-repairable k-out-of-n:G
Systems
Suprasad V. Amari,U.S.A. Ming J. Zuo, Canada and Glenn Dill, U.S.A. |
309 |
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22 |
Imperfect Coverage Models: Status and Trends
Suprasad V. Amari, Albert Myers,U.S.A., Antoine Rauzy, France, and
Kishor Trivedi, U.S.A. |
321 |
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23 |
Reliability of Phased-mission Systems
Liudong Xing and Suprasad V. Amari, U.S.A. |
349 |
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24 |
Reliability of Semi-Markov Systems in Discrete Time: Modeling and
Estimation
Vlad Stefan Barbu and Nikolaos Limnios, France |
369 |
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25 |
Binary Decision Diagrams for Reliability Studies
Antoine B. Rauzy, France |
381 |
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26 |
Field Data Analysis for Repairable Systems: Status and Industry
Trends
David Trindade and Swami Nathan, U.S.A. |
397 |
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27 |
Reliability Degradation of Mechanical Components and Systems
Liyang Xie, and Zheng Wang, China |
413 |
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28 |
New Models and Measures for Reliability of Multi-state Systems
Yung-Wen Liu, and Kailash C. Kapur, U.S.A. |
431 |
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29 |
A
Universal Generating Function in the Analysis of Multi-state Systems
Gregory Levitin, Israel |
447 |
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30 |
New Approaches for Reliability Design in Multistate Systems
Jose Emmanuel Ramirez-Marquez, U.S.A. |
465 |
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31 |
New Approaches to System Analysis and Design: A Review
Hong-Zhong Huang and Liping He, China |
477 |
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32 |
Optimal Reliability Design of a System
Bhupesh Lad, M.S. Kulkarni, and Krishna B. Misra, India |
499 |
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33 |
MIP: A Versatile Tool for Reliability Design of a System
S.K. Chaturvedi and Krishna B. Misra, India |
521 |
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34 |
Reliability Demonstration in Product Validation Testing
Andre Kleyner, U.S.A. |
533 |
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35 |
Quantitative Accelerated Life Testing and Data Analysis
Pantelis Vassiliou, Adamantios Mettas and Tarik El-Azzouzi, U.S.A. |
543 |
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36 |
HALT and HASS Overview: The New Quality and Reliability Paradigm
Gregg K. Hobbs, U.S.A. |
559 |
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37 |
Modeling Count Data in Risk and Reliability Engineering
Seth D. Guikema and Jeremy P. Coffelt, U.S.A. |
579 |
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38 |
Fault Tree Analysis
Liudong Xing and Suprasad V. Amari, U.S.A. |
595 |
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39 |
Common Cause Failure Modeling: Status and Trends
Per Hokstad and Marvin Rausand, Norway |
621 |
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40 |
A
Methodology for Promoting Reliable Human–System Interaction
Joseph Sharit, U.S.A |
641 |
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41 |
Risk Analysis and Management: An Introduction
Krishna B. Misra, India |
667 |
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42 |
Accidents Analysis of Complex Systems Based on System Control for
Safety
Takehisa Kohda, Japan |
683 |
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43 |
Probabilistic Risk Assessment
Mohammad Modarres, U.S.A. |
699 |
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44 |
Risk Management
Terje Aven, Norway |
719 |
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45 |
Risk Governance: An Application of Analytical-deliberative Policy
Making
Ortwin Renn, Germany |
743 |
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46 |
Maintenance Engineering and Maintainability: An Introduction
Krishna B. Misra, India |
755 |
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47 |
System Maintenance: Trends in Management and Technology
Uday Kumar, Sweden |
773 |
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48
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Maintenance Models and Optimization
Lirong Cui, China |
789 |
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49 |
Replacement and Preventive Maintenance Models
Toshio Nakagawa, Japan |
807 |
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50 |
Effective Fault Detection and CBM Based on Oil Data Modeling and
DPCA
Viliam Makis and Jianmou Wu, Canada |
825 |
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51 |
Sustainability: Motivation and Pathways for Implementation
Krishna B. Misra, India |
843 |
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52 |
Corporate Sustainability: Some Challenges for Implementing and
Teaching Organizational Risk Management in a Performability Context
Rod S. Barratt, U.K. |
857 |
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53 |
Towards Sustainable Operations Management
Alison Bettley and Stephen Burnley, U.K |
875 |
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54 |
Indicators for Assessing Sustainability Performance
P. Zhou and B.W. Ang, Singapore |
905 |
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55 |
Sustainable Technology
Ronald Wennersten, Sweden |
919 |
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56 |
Biotechnology: Molecular Design in a Globalizing World
M.C.E. van Dam-Mieras, The Netherlands |
933 |
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57 |
Nanotechnology: A New Technological Revolution in the 21st Century
Ronald Wennersten, Jan Fidler and Spitsyna Anna, Sweden |
943 |
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58 |
An
Overview of Reliability and Failure Modes Analysis of
Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMs)
Zhibin Jiang and Yuanbo Li, China |
953 |
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59 |
Amorphous Hydrogenated Carbon Nanofilm
Dechun Ba and Zeng Lin, China |
967 |
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60 |
Applications of Performability Engineering Concepts
Krishna B. Misra, India |
985 |
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61 |
Reliability in the Medical Device Industry
Vaishali Hegde, U.S.A |
997 |
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62 |
A
Task-based Six Sigma Roadmap for Healthcare Services
L.C. Tang, Shao-Wei Lam and Thong-Ngee Goh, Singapore |
1011 |
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63 |
Status and Recent Trends in Reliability for Civil Engineering
Problems
Achintya Haldar, U.S.A. |
1025 |
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64 |
Performability Issues in Wireless Communication Network
S. Soh, Australia, Suresh Rai, and R.R. Brooks, U.S.A. |
1047 |
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65 |
Performability Modeling and Analysis of Grid Computing
Yuan-Shun Dai, U.S.A. and Gregory Levitin, Israel |
1069 |
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66 |
Status and Trends in the Performance Assessment of Fault Tolerant
Systems
John Kontoleon, Greece |
1087 |
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67 |
Prognostics and Health Monitoring of Electronics
Nikhil Vichare, Brian Tuchband and Michael Pecht, U.S.A. |
1107 |
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68 |
RAMS Management of Railway Tracks
Narve Lyngby, Per Hokstad, Jorn Vatn, Norway |
1123 |
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69 |
Cost-Benefit Optimization Including Maintenance for Structures by a
Renewal Model
Rüdiger Rackwitz and Andreas Joanni, Germany |
1147 |
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70 |
Reliability and Price Assessment and the Associated Risk Control for
Restructured Power Systems
Y. Ding, Ming Zuo and Peng Wang, Canada |
1163 |
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71 |
Probabilistic Risk Assessment for Nuclear Power Plants
Peter Kafka, Germany |
1179 |
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72 |
Software Reliability and Fault-tolerant Systems: An Overview and
Perspectives
Hoang Pham, U.S.A. |
1193 |
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73 |
Application of the Lognormal Distribution to Software Reliability
Engineering
Swapna S. Gokhale and Robert E. Mullen, U.S.A. |
1209 |
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74 |
Early-stage Software Product Quality Prediction Based on Process
Measurement Data
Shigeru Yamada, Japan |
1227 |
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75 |
On
the Development of Discrete Software Reliability Growth Models
P.K. Kapur, P.C. Jha and V.B. Singh, India |
1239 |
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76 |
Epilogue
Krishna B. Misra, India |
1257 |
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About
the Editor |
1271 |
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About the
contributors |
1273 |
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Index |
1295 |
