Stochastic Reliability and Maintenance Modeling: Essays in Honor of Professor Shunji Osaki on his 70th Birthday (Springer Series in Reliability Engineering Book 9)

In honor of the work of Professor Shunji Osaki, __Stochastic Reliability and Maintenance Modeling__ provides a comprehensive study of the legacy of and ongoing research in stochastic reliability and maintenance modeling. Including associated application areas such as dependable computing, performance evaluation, software engineering, communication engineering, distinguished researchers review and build on the contributions over the last four decades by Professor Shunji Osaki. Fundamental yet significant research results are presented and discussed clearly alongside new ideas and topics on stochastic reliability and maintenance modeling to inspire future research. Across 15 chapters readers gain the knowledge and understanding to apply reliability and maintenance theory to computer and communication systems. __Stochastic Reliability and Maintenance Modeling__ is ideal for graduate students and researchers in reliability engineering, and workers, managers and engineers engaged in computer, maintenance and management works. Front Matter....Pages i-xxii Generalized Logit-Based Proportional Hazards Models and Their Applications in Survival and Reliability Analyses....Pages 1-16 Design of Reliability Test Plans: An Overview....Pages 17-39 Maintenance Outsourcing: Issues and Challenges....Pages 41-62 Warranty/Maintenance: On Modeling Non-zero Rectification Times....Pages 63-99 Repair-Time Limit Replacement Policies....Pages 101-121 Repair Strategies in an Uncertain Environment: Stochastic Game Approach....Pages 123-140 Maintenance Modeling and Policies....Pages 141-158 Reliability of Systems Subjected to Imperfect Fault Coverage....Pages 159-177 Replacement and Maintenance Policies of Devices: A Review....Pages 179-189 Dynamical Systems with Semi-Markovian Perturbations and Their Use in Structural Reliability....Pages 191-218 Customer-Perceived Software Reliability Predictions: Beyond Defect Prediction Models....Pages 219-249 Recent Developments in Software Reliability Modeling and its Applications....Pages 251-284 Application of EM Algorithm to NHPP-Based Software Reliability Assessment with Ungrouped Failure Time Data....Pages 285-313 Closed-Form Approach for Epistemic Uncertainty Propagation in Analytic Models....Pages 315-332 Generational Garbage Collection Policies....Pages 333-360 1.Generalized Logit-based Proportional Hazards Models and their Applications in Survival and Reliability Analyses 2.Design of Reliability Test Plans: an overview 3.Maintenance outsourcing: issues and challenges 4.Warranty/Maintenance: on modelling non-zero rectification times 5.Repair-time Limit Replacement policies 6.Repair Strategies in an Uncertain Environment: stochastic game approach 7.Maintenance Modeling and Policies 8.Reliability of Systems Subjected to Imperfect Fault Coverage 9.Replacement and Maintenance Policies of Devices: a review 10. Semi-Markov Perturbed Dynamical Differential Systems and their Use in Structural Reliability 11.Customer-perceived Software Reliability Predictions: beyond defect prediction models 12.Recent Developments in Software Reliability Modeling and its Applications 13.Application of EM Algorithm to NHPP-based Software Reliability Assessment 14.Closed-form Approach for Epistemic Uncertainty Propagation in Reliability Models 15.Generational Garbage Collection Policies.