Optimal Reliability Design

Download or read book Optimal Reliability Design written by Way Kuo and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Optimal Reliability Design provides a detailed introduction to systems reliability and reliability optimization. State-of-the-art techniques for maximizing system reliability are described, focusing on component reliability enhancement and redundancy arrangement. The authors present several case studies and show how optimization techniques are applied in practice. They also pay particular attention to finding methods that give the optimal trade-off between reliability and cost. The book is suitable for use on graduate-level courses in reliability engineering and operations research. It will also be a valuable reference for practising engineers.