TY - BOOK AU - Todinov, M. T. TI - Reliability and risk models setting reliability requirements SN - 9781118873328 (cloth) AV - TA 169 .T65 2016 PY - 2016///] CY - Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom PB - John Wiley and Sons, Inc. KW - Reliability (Engineering) KW - Risk assessment N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-412) and index N2 - methods for improving reliability at no extra cost and building reliability networks for engineering systems. Includes: ΓÇóA unique set of 46 generic principles for reducing technical risk; methods for optimal allocation of limited resources to achieve a maximum risk reduction; ΓÇóA powerful equation for determining the probability of failure controlled by defects in loaded components with complex shape; ΓÇóComparative methods for improving reliability which do not require reliability data; ΓÇóImproving system reliability based solely on a permutation of interchangeable components. --Amazon.co.uk; ΓÇóMethods for setting reliability requirements based on the cost of failure; ΓÇóMonte Carlo simulation algorithms for improving reliability and reducing risk; ΓÇóNew reliability measures based on a minimal separation of random events on a time interval; ΓÇóOptimal allocation of limited resources to achieve a maximum risk reduction; ΓÇóOverstress reliability integral for determining the time to failure caused by overstress failure modes; A comprehensively updated and reorganized new edition. The updates include comparative methods for improving reliability ER -