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Some ideas and models in reliability theory
Author(s) -
Cohen J. W.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
statistica neerlandica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1467-9574
pISSN - 0039-0402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9574.1974.tb00229.x
Subject(s) - weibull distribution , reliability (semiconductor) , meaning (existential) , reliability engineering , government (linguistics) , reliability theory , computer science , management science , epistemology , risk analysis (engineering) , mathematics , engineering , statistics , philosophy , failure rate , business , linguistics , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
Summary Some questions about the meaning of reliability for the design of complex systems are discussed. Should the ideas of reliability be put in a broader framework, becoming applicable also to nontechnical systems, like a government organisation? In the mnd chapter some rather new failure models are reviewed and an interesting derivation of the Weibull distribution is discussed.