Stochastic Models in Reliability

Units or systems can fail when they suffer shock and when the total damage exceeds a failure level. Shock and damage models describe catastrophic and degradation failures of units or systems and these reliability models are analyzed using the theory of stochastic processes. Shock and Damage Models in Reliability Engineering is the first book to describe the reliability properties and maintenance policies associated with shock and damage models. The author is a leading researcher in this field with over thirty years’ experience.

Provides current results in mathematical theory of reliability. The text contains results in lifetime analysis including a description of damage by stochastic processes, calculation of the resulting lifetime distribution, and analysis of technical systems and process control.

Fast technological development produces systems of ever-increasing complex­ ity. The demand for reliable functioning of these systems has become more and more important.

Reliability theory and applications become major concerns of engineers and managers engaged in making high quality products and designing highly reliable systems.