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About the Companion Website |
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1.1.1 Service Reliability |
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1.1.2 Past and Future Reliability |
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1.2 The Importance of Reliability |
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1.2.1 Related Applications |
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1.3 Basic Reliability Concepts |
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1.3.2 Maintainability and Maintenance |
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1.3.6 Safety and Security |
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1.4.1 Reliability Metrics for a Technical Item |
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1.4.2 Reliability Metrics for a Service |
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1.5 Approaches to Reliability Analysis |
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1.5.1 The Physical Approach to Reliability |
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1.5.2 Systems Approach to Reliability |
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1.6 Reliability Engineering |
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1.6.1 Roles of the Reliability Engineer |
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1.6.2 Timing of Reliability Studies |
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1.7 Objectives, Scope, and Delimitations of the Book |
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1.8 Trends and Challenges |
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1.9 Standards and Guidelines |
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1.10 History of System Reliability |
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2 The Study Object And Its Functions |
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2.2 System and System Elements |
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32 | (1) |
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2.3.1 Closed and Open Systems |
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2.5 Functions and Performance Requirements |
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2.5.2 Performance Requirements |
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2.5.3 Classification of Functions |
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2.5.4 Functional Modeling and Analysis |
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2.1 Simple, Complicated, and Complex Systems |
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42 | (2) |
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2.8 System Structure Modeling |
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44 | (7) |
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2.8.1 Reliability Block Diagram |
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44 | (2) |
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2.8.7 More Complicated Structures |
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2.8.8 Two Different System Functions |
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2.8.9 Practical Construction of RBDs |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (3) |
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3.1.1 States and Transitions |
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56 | (1) |
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57 | (3) |
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3.2.1 Failures in a State |
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3.2.2 Failures During Transition |
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3.5 Failure Causes and Effects |
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3.5.2 Proximate Causes and Root Causes |
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3.5.3 Hierarchy of Causes |
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3.6 Classification of Failures and Failure Modes |
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3.6.1 Classification According to Local Consequence |
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3.6.2 Classification According to Cause |
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3.7 Failure/Fault Analysis |
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72 | (4) |
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3.7.1 Cause and Effect Analysis |
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3.7.2 Root Cause Analysis |
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4 Qualitative System Reliability Analysis |
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79 | (1) |
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4.1.1 Deductive Versus Inductive Analysis |
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4.2.2 Objectives of FMECA |
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83 | (4) |
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87 | (1) |
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4.3.1 Fault Tree Symbols and Elements |
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4.3.2 Definition of the Problem and the Boundary Conditions |
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4.3.3 Constructing the Fault Tree |
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4.3.4 Identification of Minimal Cut and Path Sets |
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4.3.6 Qualitative Evaluation of the Fault Tree |
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4.3.7 Dynamic Fault Trees |
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103 | (6) |
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4.4.3 Event Tree Construction |
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4.4.4 Description of Resulting Event Sequences |
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106 | (3) |
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4.5 Fault Trees versus Reliability Block Diagrams |
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109 | (2) |
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111 | (1) |
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111 | (3) |
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112 | (1) |
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113 | (1) |
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4.7 System Structure Analysis |
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4.7.1 Single Points of Failure |
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115 | (1) |
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4.7.2 Coherent Structures |
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4.7.3 General Properties of Coherent Structures |
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4.7.4 Structures Represented by Paths and Cuts |
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119 | (4) |
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4.7.5 Pivotal Decomposition |
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123 | (1) |
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4.7.6 Modules of Coherent Structures |
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127 | (4) |
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4.8.1 Illustrative Examples |
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128 | (3) |
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131 | (7) |
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138 | (3) |
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5 Probability Distributions In Reliability Analysis |
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141 | (2) |
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142 | (1) |
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142 | (1) |
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143 | (2) |
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5.2.1 Relative Frequency Distribution |
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143 | (1) |
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5.2.2 Empirical Distribution and Survivor Function |
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144 | (1) |
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5.3 General Characteristics of Time-to-Failure Distributions |
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145 | (2) |
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147 | (1) |
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5.3.2 Failure Rate Function |
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148 | (5) |
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5.3.3 Conditional Survivor Function |
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153 | (1) |
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5.3.4 Mean Time-to-Failure |
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154 | (1) |
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5.3.5 Additional Probability Metrics |
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155 | (2) |
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5.3.6 Mean Residual Lifetime |
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157 | (3) |
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5.3.7 Mixture of Time-to-Failure Distributions |
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160 | (1) |
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5.4 Some Time-to-Failure Distributions |
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161 | (1) |
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5.4.1 The Exponential Distribution |
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5.4.2 The Gamma Distribution |
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5.4.3 The Weibull Distribution |
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5.4.4 The Normal Distribution |
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180 | (3) |
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5.4.5 The Lognormal Distribution |
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183 | (5) |
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5.4.6 Additional Time-to-Failure Distributions |
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188 | (1) |
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5.5 Extreme Value Distributions |
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188 | (5) |
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5.5.1 The Gumbel Distribution of the Smallest Extreme |
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190 | (1) |
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5.5.2 The Gumbel Distribution of the Largest Extreme |
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191 | (1) |
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5.5.3 The Weibull Distribution of the Smallest Extreme |
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191 | (2) |
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5.6 Time-to-Failure Models With Covariates |
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193 | (5) |
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5.6.1 Accelerated Failure Time Models |
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194 | (1) |
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5.6.2 The Arrhenius Model |
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195 | (3) |
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5.6.3 Proportional Hazards Models |
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198 | (1) |
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5.7 Additional Continuous Distributions |
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198 | (2) |
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5.7.1 The Uniform Distribution |
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198 | (1) |
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5.7.2 The Beta Distribution |
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199 | (1) |
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5.8 Discrete Distributions |
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200 | (5) |
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5.8.2 The Binomial Distribution |
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201 | (1) |
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5.8.3 The Geometric Distribution |
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201 | (1) |
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5.8.4 The Negative Binomial Distribution |
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202 | (1) |
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5.8.5 The Homogeneous Poisson Process |
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5.9 Classes of Time-to-Failure Distributions |
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205 | (4) |
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5.9.1 IFR and DFR Distributions |
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206 | (2) |
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5.9.2 IFRA and DFRA Distributions |
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208 | (1) |
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5.9.3 NBU and NWU Distributions |
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208 | (1) |
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5.9 A NBUE and NWUE Distributions |
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209 | (1) |
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5.10 Summary of Time-to-Failure Distributions |
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210 | (1) |
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218 | (3) |
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6 System Reliability Analysis |
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221 | (78) |
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221 | (1) |
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222 | (1) |
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6.2.1 Reliability of Series Structures |
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223 | (1) |
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6.2.2 Reliability of Parallel Structures |
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224 | (1) |
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6.2.3 Reliability of koon Structures |
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225 | (1) |
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6.2.4 Pivotal Decomposition |
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226 | (1) |
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227 | (1) |
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228 | (9) |
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6.3.1 Nonrepayable Series Structures |
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228 | (2) |
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6.3.2 Nonrepairable Parallel Structures |
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230 | (4) |
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6.3.3 Nonrepairable 2003 Structures |
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6.3.5 Nonrepairable koon Structures |
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237 | (5) |
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6.4.1 Passive Redundancy, Perfect Switching, No Repairs |
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238 | (2) |
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6.4.2 Cold Standby, Imperfect Switch, No Repairs |
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240 | (1) |
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6.4.3 Partly Loaded Redundancy, Imperfect Switch, No Repairs |
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241 | (1) |
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6.5 Single Repairable Items |
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242 | (10) |
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243 | (1) |
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6.5.2 Average Availability with Perfect Repair |
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244 | (2) |
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6.5.3 Availability of a Single Item with Constant Failure and Repair Rates |
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246 | (1) |
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6.5.4 Operational Availability |
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247 | (1) |
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6.5.5 Production Availability |
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248 | (1) |
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6.5.7 Failure Rate of Repairable Items |
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249 | (3) |
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6.6 Availability of Repairable Systems |
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252 | (10) |
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6.6.1 The MUT and MDT of Repairable Systems |
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253 | (5) |
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6.6.2 Computation Based on Minimal Cut Sets |
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258 | (2) |
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6.6.3 Uptimes and Downtimes for Reparable Systems |
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260 | (2) |
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6.7 Quantitative Fault Tree Analysis |
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262 | (13) |
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6.7.1 Terminology and Symbols |
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263 | (1) |
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6.7.2 Delimitations and Assumptions |
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263 | (1) |
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6.7.3 Fault Trees with a Single AND-Gate |
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264 | (1) |
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6.7.4 Fault Tree with a Single OR-Gate |
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265 | (1) |
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6.7.5 The Upper Bound Approximation Formula for Q0(t) |
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265 | (2) |
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6.7.6 The Inclusion-Exclusion Principle |
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267 | (4) |
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6.7.7 ROCOF of a Minimal Cut Parallel Structure |
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271 | (1) |
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6.7.8 Frequency of the TOP Event |
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271 | (2) |
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6.7.9 Binary Decision Diagrams |
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273 | (2) |
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275 | (2) |
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277 | (7) |
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6.9.1 Influence and Cause |
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278 | (1) |
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6.9.2 Independence Assumptions |
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278 | (1) |
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6.9.3 Conditional Probability Table |
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279 | (1) |
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6.9.4 Conditional Independence |
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280 | (2) |
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6.9.5 Inference and Learning |
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282 | (1) |
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6.9.6 BN and Fault Tree Analysis |
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282 | (2) |
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6.10 Monte Carlo Simulation |
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284 | (7) |
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6.10.1 Random Number Generation |
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285 | (2) |
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6.10.2 Monte Carlo Next Event Simulation |
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287 | (2) |
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6.10.3 Simulation of Multicomponent Systems |
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289 | (2) |
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291 | (5) |
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296 | (3) |
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7 Reliability Importance Metrics |
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299 | (38) |
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299 | (3) |
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7.1.1 Objectives of Reliability Importance Metrics |
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300 | (1) |
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7.1.2 Reliability Importance Metrics Considered |
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300 | (1) |
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7.1.3 Assumptions and Notation |
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301 | (1) |
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302 | (2) |
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7.3 Birnbaum's Metric for Structural Importance |
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304 | (1) |
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7.4 Birnbaum's Metric of Reliability Importance |
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305 | (8) |
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7.4.1 Birnbaum's Metric in Fault Tree Analysis |
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307 | (1) |
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7.4.2 A Second Definition of Birnbaum's Metric |
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308 | (2) |
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7.4.3 A Third Definition of Birnbaum's Metric |
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310 | (2) |
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7.4.4 Computation of Birnbaum's Metric for Structural Importance |
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312 | (1) |
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7.4.5 Variants of Birnbaum's Metric |
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312 | (1) |
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7.5 Improvement Potential |
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313 | (2) |
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7.5.1 Relation to Birnbaum's Metric |
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314 | (1) |
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7.5.2 A Variant of the Improvement Potential |
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314 | (1) |
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7.6 Criticality Importance |
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315 | (2) |
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7.7 Fussell--Vesely's Metric |
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317 | (6) |
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7.7.1 Derivation of Formulas for Fussell--Vesely's Metric |
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317 | (3) |
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7.7.2 Relationship to Other Metrics for Importance |
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320 | (3) |
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7.8 Differential Importance Metric |
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323 | (3) |
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323 | (1) |
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324 | (2) |
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7.9 Importance Metrics for Safety Features |
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326 | (5) |
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7.9.1 Risk Achievement Worth |
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327 | (2) |
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7.9.2 Risk Reduction Worth |
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329 | (1) |
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7.9.3 Relationship with the Improvement Potential |
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330 | (1) |
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7.10 Barlow--Proschan's Metric |
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331 | (2) |
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333 | (2) |
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335 | (2) |
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337 | (3) |
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8.1.1 Dependent Events and Variables |
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337 | (1) |
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8.1.2 Correlated Variables |
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338 | (2) |
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340 | (1) |
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340 | (2) |
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342 | (1) |
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8.4 Common-Cause Failures |
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342 | (4) |
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8.4.1 Multiple Failures that Are Not a CCF |
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344 | (1) |
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344 | (1) |
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8.4.3 Defenses Against CCF |
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345 | (1) |
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8.5 CCF Models and Analysis |
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346 | (3) |
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347 | (1) |
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348 | (1) |
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349 | (1) |
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8.6 Basic Parameter Model |
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349 | (3) |
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8.6.1 Probability of a Specific Multiplicity |
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350 | (1) |
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8.6.2 Conditional Probability of a Specific Multiplicity |
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351 | (1) |
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352 | (8) |
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8.7.1 Relation to the BPM |
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354 | (1) |
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8.7.2 Beta-Factor Model in System Analysis |
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354 | (4) |
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8.7.3 Beta-Factor Model for Nonidentical Components |
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358 | (2) |
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360 | (1) |
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8.8 Multi-parameter Models |
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360 | (6) |
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8.8.1 Binomial Failure Rate Model |
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360 | (2) |
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8.8.2 Multiple Greek Letter Model |
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362 | (2) |
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364 | (1) |
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8.8.4 Multiple Beta-Factor Model |
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365 | (1) |
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366 | (2) |
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368 | (3) |
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9 Maintenance And Maintenance Strategies |
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371 | (30) |
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371 | (1) |
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9.1.1 What is Maintenance? |
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372 | (1) |
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372 | (2) |
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9.3 Maintenance Categories |
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374 | (4) |
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9.3.1 Completeness of a Repair Task |
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377 | (1) |
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9.3.2 Condition Monitoring |
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377 | (1) |
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378 | (4) |
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9.4.1 Downtime Caused by Failures |
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379 | (2) |
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9.4.2 Downtime of a Series Structure |
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381 | (1) |
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9.4.3 Downtime of a Parallel Structure |
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381 | (1) |
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9.4.4 Downtime of a General Structure |
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382 | (1) |
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9.5 Reliability Centered Maintenance |
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382 | (14) |
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383 | (1) |
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9.5.2 Main Steps of an RCM Analysis |
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384 | (12) |
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9.6 Total Productive Maintenance |
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396 | (2) |
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398 | (1) |
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399 | (2) |
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401 | (72) |
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401 | (9) |
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10.1.1 Counting Processes |
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401 | (5) |
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406 | (2) |
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408 | (1) |
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10.1.4 Four Types of Counting Processes |
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409 | (1) |
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10.2 Homogeneous Poisson Processes |
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410 | (7) |
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10.2.1 Main Features of the HPP |
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411 | (1) |
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10.2.2 Asymptotic Properties |
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412 | (1) |
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10.2.3 Estimate and Confidence Interval |
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412 | (1) |
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10.2.4 Sum and Decomposition of HPPs |
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413 | (1) |
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10.2.5 Conditional Distribution of Failure Time |
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414 | (1) |
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415 | (2) |
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417 | (1) |
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417 | (1) |
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10.3.2 The Distribution of Sn |
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418 | (2) |
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10.3.3 The Distribution of N(t) |
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420 | (1) |
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10.3.4 The Renewal Function |
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421 | (2) |
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10.3.5 The Renewal Density |
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423 | (4) |
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10.3.6 Age and Remaining Lifetime |
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427 | (4) |
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10.3.7 Bounds for the Renewal Function |
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431 | (2) |
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10.3.8 Superimposed Renewal Processes |
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433 | (1) |
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10.3.9 Renewal Reward Processes |
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434 | (2) |
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10.3.10 Delayed Renewal Processes |
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436 | (2) |
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10.3.11 Alternating Renewal Processes |
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438 | (9) |
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10.4 Nonhomogeneous Poisson Processes |
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447 | (8) |
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10.4.1 Introduction and Definitions |
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447 | (2) |
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449 | (3) |
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10.4.3 Parametric NHPP Models |
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452 | (2) |
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10.4.4 Statistical Tests of Trend |
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454 | (1) |
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10.5 Imperfect Repair Processes |
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455 | (9) |
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10.5.1 Brown and Proschan's model |
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456 | (2) |
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10.5.2 Failure Rate Reduction Models |
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458 | (3) |
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10.5.3 Age Reduction Models |
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461 | (1) |
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10.5.4 Trend Renewal Process |
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462 | (2) |
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464 | (2) |
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466 | (4) |
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470 | (3) |
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473 | (72) |
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473 | (3) |
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475 | (1) |
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476 | (11) |
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11.2.1 Procedure to Establish the Transition Rate Matrix |
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479 | (3) |
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11.2.2 Chapman--Kolmogorov Equations |
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482 | (1) |
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11.2.3 Kolmogorov Differential Equations |
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483 | (1) |
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484 | (3) |
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487 | (8) |
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11.3.1 System Performance Metrics |
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492 | (3) |
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11.4 Parallel and Series Structures |
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495 | (6) |
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11.4.1 Parallel Structures of Independent Components |
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495 | (2) |
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11.4.2 Series Structures of Independent Components |
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497 | (2) |
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11.4.3 Series Structure of Components Where Failure of One Component Prevents Failure of the Other |
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499 | (2) |
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11.5 Mean Time to First System Failure |
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501 | (6) |
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501 | (3) |
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504 | (1) |
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11.5.3 Mean Time to the First System Failure |
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505 | (2) |
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11.6 Systems with Dependent Components |
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507 | (5) |
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11.6.1 Common Cause Failures |
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508 | (2) |
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11.6.2 Load-Sharing Systems |
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510 | (2) |
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512 | (7) |
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11.7.1 Parallel System with Cold Standby and Perfect Switching |
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513 | (2) |
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11.7.2 Parallel System with Cold Standby and Perfect Switching (Item A is the Main Operating Item) |
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515 | (2) |
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11.7.3 Parallel System with Cold Standby and Imperfect Switching (Item A is the Main Operating Item) |
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517 | (1) |
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11.7.4 Parallel System with Partly Loaded Standby and Perfect Switching (Item A is the Main Operating Item) |
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518 | (1) |
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11.8 Markov Analysis in Fault Tree Analysis |
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519 | (2) |
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11.8.1 Cut Set Information |
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520 | (1) |
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11.8.2 System Information |
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521 | (1) |
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11.9 Time-Dependent Solution |
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521 | (3) |
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11.9.1 Laplace Transforms |
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522 | (2) |
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11.10 Semi-Markov Processes |
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524 | (2) |
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11.11 Multiphase Markov Processes |
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526 | (2) |
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11.11.1 Changing the Transition Rates |
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526 | (1) |
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11.11.2 Changing the Initial State |
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527 | (1) |
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11.12 Piecewise Deterministic Markov Processes |
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528 | (4) |
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11.12.1 Definition of PDMP |
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529 | (1) |
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11.12.2 State Probabilities |
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529 | (1) |
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530 | (2) |
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11.13 Simulation of a Markov Process |
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532 | (4) |
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536 | (7) |
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543 | (2) |
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12 Preventive Maintenance |
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545 | (60) |
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545 | (1) |
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12.2 Terminology and Cost Function |
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546 | (2) |
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12.3 Time-Based Preventive Maintenance |
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548 | (16) |
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549 | (4) |
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553 | (4) |
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557 | (7) |
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564 | (10) |
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12.4.1 Remaining Useful Lifetime |
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565 | (2) |
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12.4.2 Trend Models; Regression-Based Models |
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567 | (2) |
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12.4.3 Models with Increments |
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569 | (2) |
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571 | (2) |
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12.4.5 Stochastic Processes with Discrete States |
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573 | (1) |
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12.4.6 Failure Rate Models |
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574 | (1) |
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12.5 Condition-Based Maintenance |
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574 | (13) |
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575 | (1) |
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12.5.2 Continuous Monitoring and Finite Discrete State Space |
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576 | (5) |
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12.5.3 Continuous Monitoring and Continuous State Space |
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581 | (2) |
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12.5.4 Inspection-Based Monitoring and Finite Discrete State Space |
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583 | (3) |
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12.5.5 Inspection-Based Monitoring and Continuous State Space |
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586 | (1) |
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12.6 Maintenance of Multi-Item Systems |
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587 | (8) |
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587 | (2) |
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12.6.2 Maintenance Models |
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589 | (2) |
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12.6.3 An Illustrative Example |
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591 | (4) |
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595 | (6) |
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601 | (4) |
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13 Reliability Of Safety Systems |
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605 | (50) |
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605 | (1) |
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13.2 Safety-Instrumented Systems |
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606 | (5) |
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13.2.1 Main SIS Functions |
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607 | (1) |
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13.2.2 Testing of SIS Functions |
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608 | (1) |
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13.2.3 Failure Classification |
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609 | (2) |
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13.3 Probability of Failure on Demand |
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611 | (11) |
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13.3.1 Probability of Failure on Demand |
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612 | (5) |
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13.3.2 Approximation Formulas |
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617 | (1) |
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13.3.3 Mean Downtime in a Test Interval |
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618 | (1) |
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13.3.4 Mean Number of Test Intervals Until First Failure |
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619 | (1) |
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620 | (1) |
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13.3.6 Nonnegligible Repair Time |
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621 | (1) |
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13.4 Safety Unavailability |
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622 | (5) |
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13.4.1 Probability of Critical Situation |
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623 | (1) |
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623 | (2) |
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13.4.3 Failures Detected by Diagnostic Self-Testing |
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625 | (2) |
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13.5 Common Cause Failures |
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627 | (4) |
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13.5.1 Diagnostic Self-Testing and CCFs |
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629 | (2) |
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13.6 CCFs Between Groups and Subsystems |
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631 | (1) |
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13.6.1 CCFs Between Voted Groups |
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632 | (1) |
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13.6.2 CCFs Between Subsystems |
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632 | (1) |
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632 | (6) |
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633 | (1) |
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13.7.2 Safety Integrity Level |
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634 | (1) |
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13.7.3 Compliance with IEC 61508 |
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635 | (3) |
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638 | (1) |
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639 | (5) |
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13.9.1 All Failures are Repaired After Each Test |
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643 | (1) |
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13.9.2 All Critical Failures Are Repaired after Each Test |
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|
644 | (1) |
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13.9.3 Imperfect Repair after Each Test |
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644 | (1) |
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644 | (8) |
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652 | (3) |
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14 Reliability Data Analysis |
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655 | (84) |
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655 | (1) |
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14.1.1 Purpose of the Chapter |
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656 | (1) |
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656 | (7) |
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657 | (1) |
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658 | (2) |
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14.2.3 Categories of Censored Datasets |
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660 | (2) |
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14.2.4 Field Data Collection Exercises |
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662 | (1) |
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663 | (1) |
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14.3 Exploratory Data Analysis |
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663 | (11) |
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14.3.1 A Complete Dataset |
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664 | (1) |
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665 | (4) |
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669 | (1) |
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670 | (1) |
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14.3.5 Empirical Survivor Function |
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671 | (2) |
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673 | (1) |
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14.4 Parameter Estimation |
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674 | (22) |
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14.4.1 Estimators and Estimates |
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675 | (1) |
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14.4.2 Properties of Estimators |
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675 | (2) |
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14.4.3 Method of Moments Estimation |
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677 | (3) |
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14.4.4 Maximum Likelihood Estimation |
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680 | (6) |
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14.4.5 Exponentially Distributed Lifetimes |
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686 | (6) |
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14.4.6 Weibull Distributed Lifetimes |
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692 | (4) |
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14.5 The Kaplan-Meier Estimate |
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696 | (5) |
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14.5.1 Motivation for the Kaplan-Meier Estimate Based a Complete Dataset |
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|
696 | (1) |
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14.5.2 The Kaplan-Meier Estimator for a Censored Dataset |
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697 | (4) |
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14.6 Cumulative Failure Rate Plots |
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701 | (7) |
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14.6.1 The Nelson-Aalen Estimate of the Cumulative Failure Rate |
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|
703 | (5) |
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14.7 Total-Time-on-Test Plotting |
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|
708 | (15) |
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14.7.1 Total-Time-on-Test Plot for Complete Datasets |
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|
708 | (13) |
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14.7.2 Total-Time-on-Test Plot for Censored Datasets |
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|
721 | (1) |
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14.7.3 A Brief Comparison |
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722 | (1) |
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14.8 Survival Analysis with Covariates |
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723 | (7) |
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14.8.1 Proportional Hazards Model |
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723 | (3) |
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|
726 | (1) |
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14.8.3 Estimating the Parameters of the Cox Model |
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727 | (3) |
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730 | (6) |
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736 | (3) |
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15 Bayesian Reliability Analysis |
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|
739 | (28) |
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|
739 | (3) |
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15.1.1 Three Interpretations of Probability |
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|
739 | (2) |
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741 | (1) |
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15.2 Bayesian Data Analysis |
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742 | (7) |
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15.2.1 Frequentist Data Analysis |
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743 | (1) |
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15.2.2 Bayesian Data Analysis |
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|
743 | (2) |
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15.2.3 Model for Observed Data |
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745 | (1) |
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15.2.4 Prior Distribution |
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745 | (1) |
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746 | (1) |
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15.2.6 Likelihood Function |
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|
746 | (1) |
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15.2.7 Posterior Distribution |
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747 | (2) |
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15.3 Selection of Prior Distribution |
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749 | (9) |
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|
749 | (3) |
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15.3.2 Exponential Model - Single Observation |
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752 | (1) |
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15.3.3 Exponential Model - Multiple Observations |
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|
753 | (2) |
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15.3.4 Homogeneous Poisson Process |
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755 | (2) |
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15.3.5 Noninformative Prior Distributions |
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757 | (1) |
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|
758 | (3) |
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15.4.1 Bayesian Point Estimation |
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|
758 | (2) |
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15.4.2 Credible Intervals |
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760 | (1) |
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15.5 Predictive Distribution |
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|
761 | (1) |
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15.6 Models with Multiple Parameters |
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|
762 | (1) |
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15.7 Bayesian Analysis with R |
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|
762 | (2) |
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|
764 | (2) |
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|
766 | (1) |
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16 Reliability Data: Sources And Quality |
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767 | (22) |
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|
767 | (2) |
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16.1.1 Categories of Input Data |
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|
767 | (1) |
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16.1.2 Parameters Estimates |
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|
768 | (1) |
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16.2 Generic Reliability Databases |
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|
769 | (6) |
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|
770 | (2) |
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772 | (1) |
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|
773 | (1) |
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|
773 | (1) |
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16.2.5 NPRD, EPRD, and FMD |
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|
773 | (1) |
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|
774 | (1) |
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|
774 | (1) |
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|
775 | (1) |
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16.2.9 Failure Event Databases |
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|
775 | (1) |
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16.3 Reliability Prediction |
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|
775 | (3) |
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16.3.1 MIL-HDBK-217 Approach |
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|
776 | (2) |
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|
778 | (1) |
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16.4 Common Cause Failure Data |
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|
778 | (2) |
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|
779 | (1) |
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|
779 | (1) |
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16.5 Data Analysis and Data Quality |
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|
780 | (5) |
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16.5.1 Outdated Technology |
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|
780 | (1) |
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|
781 | (1) |
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16.5.3 Constant Failure Rates |
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|
781 | (2) |
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|
783 | (2) |
|
16.5.5 Data From Manufacturers |
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|
785 | (1) |
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16.5.6 Questioning the Data Quality |
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|
785 | (1) |
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|
785 | (2) |
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|
785 | (2) |
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|
787 | (2) |
Appendix A Acronyms |
|
789 | (4) |
Appendix B Laplace Transforms |
|
793 | (1) |
B.1 Important Properties of Laplace Transforms |
|
794 | (1) |
B.2 Laplace Transforms of Some Selected Functions |
|
794 | (3) |
Author Index |
|
797 | (6) |
Subject Index |
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