"System and Bayesian Reliability" ed. by Yu Hayakawa, Telba Irony, Min Xie (Repost)

This volume is a collection of articles on system and Bayesian reliability analysis. The book is dedicated to Emeritus Professor Richard E. Barlow, who is well known for his pioneering research on reliability theory and Bayesian reliability analysis.

Written by reputable researchers from many different countries, the articles are self-contained and are linked with literature reviews and new research ideas.

Brief Contents:
Foreword by D. V. Lindley & A. P. Basu
Part I: System Reliability Analysis
Part II: Ageing Properties
Part III: Bayesian Analysis

Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
PART 1 SYSTEM RELIABILITY ANALYSIS
1 ON REGULAR RELIABILITY MODELS
2 BOUNDING SYSTEM RELIABILITY
3 LARGE EXCESSES FOR FINITE-STATE MARKOV CHAINS
4 HARDWARE-SOFTWARE RELIABILITY PERSPECTIVES
5 INSPECTION-AGE-REPLACEMENT POLICY AND SYSTEM AVAILABILITY
6 BEHAVIOR OF FAILURE RATES OF MIXTURES AND SYSTEMS
7 A GENERAL MAXIMAL PRECEDENCE TEST
8 TOTAL TIME ON TEST PROCESSES AND THEIR APPLICATION TO MAINTENANCE PROBLEM
PART 2 AGEING PROPERTIES
9 NONMONOTONIC FAILURE RATES AND MEAN RESIDUAL LIFE FUNCTIONS
10 THE FAILURE RATE AND THE MEAN RESIDUAL LIFETIME OF MIXTURES
11 ON SOME DISCRETE NOTIONS OF AGING
12 ON GENERALIZED ORDERINGS AND AGEING PROPERTIES WITH THEIR IMPLICATIONS
13 DEPENDENCE AND MULTIVARIATE AGING: THE ROLE OF LEVEL SETS OF THE SURVIVAL FUNCTION
14 DEPENDENCE AND AGEING PROPERTIES OF BIVARIATE LOMAX DISTRIBUTION
15 PHYSICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR LIFETIME DISTRIBUTIONS
PART 3 BAYESIAN ANALYSIS
16 ON THE PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BAYESIAN PARADIGM IN RELIABILITY AND RISK ANALYSIS
17AWEIBULL WEAROUTTEST: FULL BAYESIAN APPROACH
18 BAYESIAN NONPARAMETRIC ESTIMATION OF A MONOTONE HAZARD RATE
19 BAYESIAN SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
20 BAYESIAN SAMPLING ALLOCATIONS TO SELECT THE BEST NORMAL POPULATION WITH DIFFERENT SAMPLING COSTS AND KNOWN VARIANCES
21 BAYES ESTIMATES OF FLOOD QUANTILES USING THE GENERALISED GAMMA DISTRIBUTION
22 BAYESIAN OPERATIONAL APPROACH FOR REGRESSION MODELS IN FINITE POPULATIONS
23 BAYESIAN NONPARAMETRIC TESTING OF CONSTANT VERSUS NONDECREASING HAZARD RATES