Probabilistic Reliability Models

Featuring practical approaches to various reliability theory applications, this book–the first of three in a series–helps readers to understand and properly utilize statistical methods and optimal resource allocation to solve everyday engineering problems. It contains many illustrative numerical examples and explanatory figures, numerous exercises with solutions and explanations, and detailed case studies related to real-world technical projects. Topical coverage includes an overview of reliability; unrecoverable objects; recoverable systems; Markov models; heuristic models; time redundancy; aging units; methods of direct enumeration; performance effectiveness; system survivability; and multistate systems.