System and Bayesian Reliability: Essays in Honor of Professor Richard E. Barlow on his 70th Birthday (Series on Quality, Reliability and Engineering Statistics)

This volume is a collection of articles on reliability systems and Bayesian reliability analysis. Written by reputable researchers, the articles are self-contained and are linked with literature reviews and new research ideas. The book is dedicated to Emeritus Professor Richard E Barlow, who is well known for his pioneering research on reliability theory and Bayesian reliability analysis. Contents: System Reliability Analysis: On Regular Reliability Models (J-C Chang et al.); Bounding System Reliability (J N Hagstrom & S M Ross); Large Excesses for Finite-State Markov Chains (D Blackwell); Age Pt. 1. System reliability analysis. ch. 1. System reliability analysis / J.-C. Chang, R.-J. Chen and F.K. Hwang -- ch. 2. Bounding system reliability / J.N. Hagstrom and S.M. Ross -- ch. 3. Large excesses for finite-state Markov chains / D. Blackwell -- ch. 4. Hardware-software reliability perspectives / H. Pham -- ch. 5. Inspection-age-replacement policy and system availability / J. Mi and H. Zahedi -- ch. 6. Behavior of failure rates of mixtures and systems / H.W. Block, Y. Li and T.H. Savits -- ch. 7. A general maximal precedence test / N. Balakrishnan and H.K.T. Ng -- ch. 8. Total time on test processes and their application to maintenance problem / T. Dohi, N. Kaio and S. Osaki -- pt. 2. Ageing properties. ch. 9. Nonmonotonic failure rates and mean residual life functions / R.C. Gupta -- ch. 10. The failure rate and the mean residual lifetime of mixtures / M.S. Finkelstein -- ch. 11. On some discrete notions of aging / C. Bracquemond [und weitere] -- ch. 12. On generalized orderings and ageing properties with their implications / T. Hu, A. Kundu and A.K. Nanda -- ch. 13. Dependence and multivariate ageing: The role of level sets of the survival function / B. Bassan and F. Spizzichino -- ch. 14. Dependence and ageing properties of bivariate lomax distribution / C.D. Lai, M. Xie and I.G. Bairamov -- ch. 15. Physical foundations for lifetime distributions / J.F. Shortle and M.B. Mendel -- pt. 3. Bayesian analysis. ch. 16. On the practical implementation of the Bayesian paradigm in reliability and risk analysis / T. Aven -- ch. 17. A Weibull wearout test: Full Bayesian approach / T.Z. Irony [und weitere] -- ch. 18. Bayesian nonparametric estimation of a monotone hazard rate / M.-w. Ho and A.Y. Lo -- ch. 19. Bayesian sensitivity analysis / R. Cooke and D. Lewandowski -- ch. 20. Bayesian sampling allocations to select the best normal population with different sampling costs and known variances / S.E. Chick, M. Hashimoto and K. Inoue -- ch. 21. Bayes estimates of flood quantiles using the generalised gamma distribution / J.M. van Noortwijk -- ch. 22. Bayesian operational approach for regression models in finite populations / H. Bolfarine, P. Iglesias and L. Gasco -- ch. 23. Bayesian nonparametric testing of constant versus nondecreasing hazard rates / Y. Hayakawa [und weitere]