TY - BOOK AU - Kaminskiy,Mark TI - Reliability models for engineers and scientists SN - 9781466565920 AV - TA169 .K36 2013 PY - 2013/// CY - Boca Raton, Fla. PB - CRC Press KW - Reliability (Engineering) KW - Mathematics KW - Science KW - Data processing N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-132) and index; 1. Time-to-failure distributions and reliability measures -- 2. Probabilistic models for nonrepairable objects -- 3. Probabilistic models for repairable objects; Also available as an electronic resource N2 - "A discussion of the basic reliability concepts and models, this book is suitable for students of reliability engineering as well as for those who wish a supplement on applied survival data analysis. The models discussed in the book are used in reliability, risk analysis, physics of failure, fracture mechanics, biological, pharmaceutical and medical studies. It is an up- to-date, concise, and informative handbook on reliability models, which does not require any special mathematical background. It also introduces a new concept of the Gini-type index"-- ER -