Reliability Engineering and Risk Analysis: A Practical Guide (Quality and Reliability, 55)

An introduction and explanation of pragmatic methods and techniques for reliability and risk studies, and a discussion of their uses and limitations. It features computer software that illustrates numerous examples found in the book, offering to help engineers and students solve problems. There is a module on Bayesian estimation. The computer disk is written in Visual Basic and is compatible with Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. "This up-to-date text/reference thoroughly investigates the interface between the technical literature's theoretical results and the problems that practicing engineers face - and engineering students will face - every day on the job. The treatment avoids theorems, corollaries, theoretical lemmas, and other abstruse mathematical devices, while demonstrating the extensive applications of Quantitative Feedback Theory (QFT) and successfully bridging the gap between theory and practice."--BOOK JACKET. "Containing over 500 equations, useful appendices with case studies, ample end-of-chapter problems, and a comprehensive glossary of QFT symbols and terminology, Quantitative Feedback Theory is an indispensable reference for electrical, electronics, mechanical, chemical, astronautical, and aeronautical engineers, and an ideal text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines."--BOOK JACKET. System requirements for computer data disk: File Manager or Windows Explorer. Engineering systems, components and devices are not perfect.