Open AccessSome current problems in reliability theory
Author(s) -
Frank Beichelt
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
orion/orion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2224-0004
pISSN - 0259-191X
DOI - 10.5784/13-0-438
Subject(s) - reliability (semiconductor) , reliability theory , computer science , mathematical theory , reliability engineering , work (physics) , operations research , mathematics , engineering , physics , failure rate , mechanical engineering , power (physics) , quantum mechanics
Reliability work occupies an increasingly important place in engineering practice. Although the details differ depending on whether mechanical, electrical, chemical, or other systems are under analysis, the reliability concepts and the mathematical foundations cut across the specific fields of application. Over the past 50 years thousands of papers and dozens of books on mathematical models of reliability have been published. A comprehensive survey alone on the current developments in the mathematical theory of reliability would fill a voluminous book. Based on importance both for theory and application and taking into account the interests of the author, current investigations in four important branches of reliability theory are considered: coherent systems, stochastic networks, software reliability, and maintenance theory