Systems Reliability and Failure Prevention

This book was written for engineering and management professionals who need a concise, yet comprehensive, introduction to the techniques and practice of system reliability. It uses equations where the clarity of that notation is required, but the mathematics is kept simple and generally does not require calculus. Also, the physical or statistical reasoning for the mathematical model is supplied. Approximations are used where these are customary in typical system reliability practice. References point to more detailed or more advanced treatment of important topics.