Advanced reliability modeling II : reliability testing and improvement : proceedings of the 2nd Asian International Workshop (AIWARM 2006), Busan, Korea, 24-26 August 2006

The 2006 Asian International Workshop on Advanced Reliability Modeling (AIWARM) is the second symposium in a series of biennial workshops for the dissemination of state-of-art research and the presentation of practice in reliability and maintenance engineering in Asia. It brings together researchers and engineers from not only Asian countries but also all over world to discuss the state of research and practice in dealing with both reliability issues at the system design phase and maintenance issues at the system operation phase. The theme of AIWARM 2006 is "reliability testing and improvement". The contributions in this volume cover all the main topics in reliability and maintenance engineering, providing an in-depth presentation of theory and practice. CONTENTS......Page 8 Preface......Page 6 I. System and Network Reliability......Page 19 Optimal Burn-in for Minimizing Total Warranty Cost......Page 21 An Efficient Approach to Enumerate SCG Arising in CRNR Evaluation......Page 29 System Reliability Prediction Model using Truncated Weibull Distribution for Manufacturing System Design......Page 42 Integrated Performance Model for Facility Design System Performance-RAM-LCC......Page 50 Reliability Analysis of a Network Server System with Illegal Access......Page 58 Reliability Analysis of a Repairable System with Warm Standbys and Imperfect Coverage......Page 66 Enhancing Internet Network Reliability by Integrated Framework of Multi-objective Genetic Algorithm and Monte Carlo Simulation......Page 74 In Heuristics for the Access Network Design Problem in UMTS Mobile Communication Networks......Page 82 Two Stage Burn-in Policy......Page 90 Reliability Analysis of a Repairable System with Standby Switching Failures and Reboot Delay......Page 98 Quantitative Analysis of a Fault Tree with Priority AND Gates......Page 107 A Consecutive-k1 and k2-out-of-n System and Its Reliability......Page 115 II. Optimization in Reliability Engineering......Page 123 Efficient Algorithm for the System State Distribution of Multi-State k-out-of-n System......Page 125 Decision Support System for Reliability Analysis of Process Plant Shutdowns......Page 134 Evaluating Ability of a Branch and Bound Method Designed for Solving Bi-Objective NVP Design Problem......Page 142 Optimality of k-out-of-n Systems for Condition Monitoring Maintenance using Dependent Information......Page 150 Redundancy Allocation Problems with Multiple Component Choices using Simulated Annealing Algorithm......Page 160 Globally Solving the Redundancy Allocation Problem for the Case of Series-Parallel Systems......Page 168 Reliability Allocation with or without Cost Consideration......Page 176 A Multiobjective Genetic Algorithm for Solving Reliability Optimization Problem of a Communication Network System......Page 184 Genetic Algorithm for Solving Optimal Component Arrangement Problem of Circular Consecutive-k-out-of-n: F System......Page 194 Redundancy Optimization in Multi-level System with SA Algorithm......Page 203 III. Maintenance......Page 211 A Near Optimal Preventive Maintenance Policy with the Effect of Age Reduction Factor......Page 213 The Optimal Periodic Preventive Maintenance Policy with Reliability Limit for the Case of Degradation Rate Reduction......Page 221 An Inventory with Partial Replenishment Subject to Compound Poisson Demands......Page 229 Optimal (T S)-Policies in a Discrete-Time Opportunity-based Age Replacement: An Empirical Study......Page 237 A Maintenance and Inventory Control in a Connected-(p r)-out-of-(m n): F System......Page 245 Optimal Maintenance Policy for a System with Damage Repair......Page 253 Discrete Repair-cost Limit Replacement Policies......Page 261 Aperiodic Optimal Checkpoint Sequence under Steady-state System Availability Criterion......Page 269 Optimal Periodic Preventive Maintenance Policies Based on ARI1 and ARIoo Models......Page 277 A Continuous-wear Limit Replacement-policy with Random Threshold under Periodic Inspections......Page 285 A Maintenance Model for Manufacturing Lead Time in a Production System with BMAP Input and Bilevel Setup Control......Page 293 Optimal Inspection Policy with Alive Message......Page 303 Optimal Checkpoint Intervals for Error Detection by Multiple Modular Redundancies......Page 311 Optimal Maintenance Policy of the System Considering External Environment Preventive Maintenance......Page 319 Approximately Optimal Testing Policies for Series Systems......Page 328 Optimal Preventive-maintenance Policy for Lease Products under a Threshold Value on Failure Rate......Page 336 IV. Advanced Warranty Modeling......Page 345 Optimum Production Run Length and Warranty Period Setting for the Imperfect Production System......Page 347 Optimal Age-replacement Policy for Repairable Products under Renewing Free-replacement Warranty......Page 355 Spare Ordering Policy for Replacement under the Rebate Warranty......Page 363 A Repair Cost Limit Policies with Fixed Warranty Period......Page 371 Two-dimensional Warranty: Minimal/Complete Repair Strategy......Page 379 Optimal Production Run-length and Warranty Period for Items Sold with Rebate Combination Warranty......Page 387 Analysis of Warranty Data with Covariates......Page 395 Imperfect Repair Policies under Two-dimensional Warranty......Page 403 V. Software Reliability......Page 411 Bivariate Extension of Software Reliability Modeling with Number of Test Cases......Page 413 Nonhomogeneous Poisson Processes Based on Beta-mixtures in Software Reliability Models......Page 421 Simulation Methods for Parameter Estimation of Inflection S-shaped Software Reliability Growth Model......Page 429 A Study on Bootstrap Confidence Intervals of Software Reliability Measures Based on an Incomplete Gamma Function Model......Page 437 Software Reliability Modeling Based on Mixed Poisson Distributions......Page 445 Coverage Growth Functions for Software Reliability Modeling......Page 453 Estimating the Optimal Software Rejuvenation Schedule with Small Sample Data......Page 461 Incorporating Dynamic Software Metrics Data in Software Reliability Assessment......Page 469 A User-oriented Reliability Assessment Method for Open Source Software......Page 477 Performance Analysis for Software System with Processing Time Limit Based on Reliability Growth Model......Page 485 VI. Accelerated Testing and Failure Analysis......Page 493 Planning Accelerated Tests-A Review......Page 495 Failure Analysis and Accelerated Degradation Test for AC Fan Motor......Page 504 An Analysis of Accelerated Performance Degradation Test Assuming the Arrhenius Stress-relationship......Page 512 Optimum Design of Accelerated Life Tests under Two Failure Modes......Page 520 Analyses of Accelerated Life Tests from General Limited Failure Population......Page 528 Degradation Characteristics of Polymeric Humidity Sensors under High Temperature and Humidity......Page 536 The Reliability Estimation of Pipeline using FAD FORM and SORM......Page 543 Reliability Evaluation of High Precision Oil Cooler......Page 551 Design of Accelerated Life Test Sampling Plans with a Nonconstant Shape Parameter......Page 559 A Study on the Lifetime Prediction of the Rubber Materials for Refrigerator Component......Page 567 VII. Statistical Analysis and Reliability Modeling......Page 575 Mixture Failure Rates: Ordering and Asymptotic Theory......Page 577 Bayesian Estimation of Hazard Rate of a Mixture Model with Censored Lifetimes......Page 587 A Note on Parameter Estimation for Phase-type Distribution in Canonical Form......Page 595 Fuzzy Variable Reliability Modeling Based on Credibility Theory......Page 603 Small Sample Asymptotic Distribution of Cost-related Reliability Risk Measure......Page 613 Estimation of Failure Intensity and Maintenance Effect under Two Different Environments......Page 621 Characterizing a Negative Binomial Process for a Gamma Distributed Failure Rate......Page 628 On Nonparametric Testing Equality of Residual Life Times......Page 636 Parameter Estimation of the Shape Parameter of the Gamma Distribution Free from Location and Scale Information......Page 644 Comparison of Two Information Structures with Noise in Bayesian Decision Analysis......Page 652 VIII. Stochastic Models......Page 661 Grey Reliability Analysis under L1 Norm......Page 663 Statistical Analysis of Intensity for a Queueing System......Page 672 Application for Market Impact of Stock Price Using a Cumulative Damage Model......Page 678 Some Results on a Markovian Deteriorating System with Multiple Imperfect Repair......Page 686 Transient Analysis of Internet-worm Propagation Based on Simple Birth and Death Processes......Page 694 IX. Statistical Quality Control......Page 703 Improved Inspection Schedule for a Batch Mode Production System......Page 705 Evaluation of Multi-process Capability by a Fuzzy Inference Method......Page 711 A New Process Improvement Capability Index of Considering Cost to Select Supplier......Page 721 Joint Optimization of Process Mean and Tolerance Limits for Multi-class Screening......Page 727 Separate Response Surface Modeling for Multiple Response Optimization......Page 735 A Global Criterion Approach to Multiple Response Optimization......Page 742 Determination of Mean Value for a Production Process with Multiple Products......Page 749 Some Advanced Control Charts for Monitoring Weibull-distributed Time between Events......Page 757 The Relationship between PCIs and 6 Sigma......Page 765 Confidence Intervals for Measures of Variability in Balanced Mixed Gauge R&R Study......Page 770 Therapeutic Decision Making for Uncertainty Averse Patient......Page 778 The Autocorrelated GWMA Control Chart......Page 786 An Extended Exponentially Weighted Moving Average Control Chart for Monitoring Poisson Observations......Page 794 Build up the Product Satisfaction Performance Measurement by Using 6-Sigma Methodology and S/N Ratio Approach - An Example of PDA......Page 801 Author Index......Page 811