Advances in Stochastic Models for Reliability, Quality and Safety - Kahle, Waltraud; Collani, Elart von 1944-2017 (Birkhäuser Boston, 1998)
Fast technological development produces systems of ever-increasing complexity. The demand for reliable functioning of these systems has become more and more important. Thus, there is a need for highly reliable technical devices and systems, for monitoring and controlling their functioning and for planning maintenance and corrective actions to fulfill given requirements considering economic limitations. These tasks reflect the wide field of engineering activities that are accompanied by and based on a wide range of stochastical models. The book presents the main contributions to a workshop on Stochastic Models of Reliability, Quality, and Safety held in Schierke near Magdeburg, Germany. This workshop was part of a series of meetings that take place every two years organized by the Society of Reliability, Quality and Safety. The basic idea of these workshops is to bring together theorists, applied statisticians, and practitioners to exchange experiences and ideas of common interest. The book contains recent results in reliability and related fields. The presentation aims at making at least a part of the results accessible to engineers