Chapter
Chapter 1 Reliability Theory
Abstract
In this chapter, we provide a brief account of the background materials that are required for the discussions in the ensuing chapters. The meaning, objectives and importance of reliability theory, as a discipline, is discussed. We then point out why reliability modelling and analysis in discrete time is separately viewed in this work. Life distributions play an important role in reliability modelling. Accordingly, various properties of life …
Authors
Nair NU; Sankaran PG; Balakrishnan N
Book title
Reliability Modelling and Analysis in Discrete Time
Pagination
pp. 1-42
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
2018
DOI
10.1016/b978-0-12-801913-9.00001-4