Developments in Reliability Engineering

Modern systems have become increasingly complex to design and build, while the demand for reliability and cost-effective enhancement continues. Robust international competition has further intensified the need for all designers, managers, practitioners, scientists, and engineers to ensure a level of reliability of their products and processes before release at the lowest cost.Developments in Reliability Engineering equips its audience with the necessary information to keep up with the latest original research and state-of-the-art advances in reliability engineering. The volume offers an excursus from historical theories and methods to the present-world practical utility of these concepts with worked-out examples.



- Guides readers through reliability topics from an historical perspective to new research results, advancements, and latest developments

- Draws on the authors' experience of reliability analysis in a range of industries and disciplines, showing the need for reliability from the product design stage right through to aftercare

- Provides methods throughout, making this title a good source of actionable information