Reliability and Availability Engineering

Do you need to know what technique to use to evaluate the reliability of an

engineered system? This self-contained guide provides comprehensive coverage of
all the analytical and modeling techniques currently in use, from classical non-state
and state space approaches, to newer and more advanced methods such as binary
decision diagrams, dynamic fault trees, Bayesian belief networks, stochastic Petri nets,
non-homogeneous Markov chains, semi-Markov processes, and phase type expansions.
You will quickly understand the relative pros and cons of each technique, as well as
how to combine different models together to address complex, real-world modeling
scenarios. Numerous examples, case studies, and problems provided throughout help
you put knowledge into practice, and a solutions manual and Powerpoint slides for
instructors accompany the book online.
This is the ideal self-study guide for students, researchers, and practitioners in
engineering and computer science.

Kishor S. Trivedi is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke

University, and a Life Fellow of the IEEE and a recipient of the IEEE Computer
Society’s Technical Achievement Award.

Andrea Bobbio is a Professor of Computer Science in the Dipartimento di Scienze e

Innovazione Tecnologica at the Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale, Italy, and
a senior member of IEEE.

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 Reliability and Availability
Engineering
Modeling, Analysis, and Applications
KISHOR S. TRIVEDI
Duke University, North Carolina

ANDREA BOBBIO
Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale

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Names: Trivedi, Kishor Shridharbhai, 1946– author. |
Bobbio, Andrea (Professor of computer science), author.
Title: Reliability and availability engineering : modeling, analysis, and
applications / Kishor Trivedi, Duke University, North Carolina,
Andrea Bobbio, Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale.
Description: New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2017. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017003111 | ISBN 9781107099500 (hardback)
Subjects: LCSH: Reliability (Engineering) | Systems availability.
Classification: LCC TA169.T76 2017 | DDC 620/.00452–dc23
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