List of papers

List of papers

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Updated through June 15, 2002.


Author(s)Paper title
O. O. Aalen and H. K. Gjessing Understanding the shape of the hazard rate: A process point of view
S. Adhikari and R. S. Langley Reduction of random variables in structural reliability analysis
S. Adjabi, K. Lagha and A. Aissani Application of Nonparametric Laws to Queuing Systems and Renewal Theory
S. Adjabi, M. Bouraine and A. Aissani On Statistical Tests for Non Parametric Life Distributions
D. Aissani, S. Adjabi, M. S. Ibrahim and B. Ousman Application of non parametric reliability distributions and test for analizing MV energy distribution network's failures: case of Niamey's 20 Mv network
A. Aissani, S. Tale and G. Saidi Ageing distributions: Classification and arithmetical properties
T. Akiba and H. Yamamoto Approximate values of reliability of the 2-dimensional rectangular k-within-consecutive-(r,s)-out-of-(m,n):F system
S. Alvarez and L. Bordes Nonparametric quantile estimation under progressive censoring
E. Andries and K. Croes Analytical bounds for the MLE of the Weibull shape paramter
E. Andries and K. Croes The use of random effects in modelling non-linear hot-carrier degradation data
A. Andronov On resampling approach to a construction of approximate confidence intervals for system reliability
M. A. Arcones, P. Kvam and F. Samaniego Estimating Distribution Functions Subject to a Stochastic Precedence Constraint
R. Argiento, A. Pievatolo, F. Ruggeri, E. Cagno, F. Caron and M. Mancini Seasonal patterns and double measurment scale in modelling failures in underground trains
T. Aven On the Implementation of the Bayesian Approach in Reliability and Risk Analyses
J. Averous Hazard rate ordering between two life distributions and SI ordering between bivariate vectors of their order statistics
I. C. Bacivarov Optimal Communications Systems Reliability Evaluation
V. Bagdonavicius, A. Bikelis and V. Kazakevicius Estimation in degradation models with multiple failure modes
N. Balakrishnan Nonparametric tests for reliability based on early failures
N. Balakrishnan and C.-T. Lin Exact Inference based on exponential distribution for censored and progressively censored samples
U. Balasooriya and N. Balakrishnan Reliability Sampling Plans Under Progressive Censoring
R. E. Barlow Mathematical Reliability Theory: From the Beginning to the Present Time
A. Barros, C. Berenguer and A. Grall Maintenance policy for a two-components system with stocastic dependences and imperfect monitoring
B. Bassan Copulae and residual lifetimes in time transformed exponential models
T. Bedford Interactive expert assignment of minimally-informative copulae
F. Belzunce, J.-A. Mercader and J.-M. Ruiz Stochastic comparisons of random vectors with conditionally independent components
F. Belzunce, E. M. Ortega and J.-M. Ruiz On renewal process and replacement policies from NBUC and NBU(2) units
B. Bergman The Evolution of the Quality Movement and its Challenges to the Reliability Community
M. Bhattacharjee, E. Arjas and U. Pulkkinen Modelling heterogeneity in nuclear power plant valve failure data
H. W. Block Behavior of Failure Rates of Mixtures
P. J. Boland Challenges in Software Reliability and Testing
P. J. Boland, F. J. Samaniego and E. M. Vestrup Linking dominations and signatures in network reliability
J.-L. Bon Exponential Approximations of Geometric Sums for Reliability
L. Bordes and C. Breuils Sequential confidence sets for the proportional hazards model
R. E. Borges P. and P. Amair Survival analysis applied to continous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) and hemodialysis (HD) data
C. Bracquemond and O. Gaudoin The empirical failure rate of discrete reliability data
C. Bunea, R. Cooke and B. Lindqvist Competing risk perspective over reliability databases
C. Caroni, M. Crowder and A. Kimber Discrete frailty
B. Castanier, C. Berenguer and A. Grall A (n, M) maintenance strategy with non-periodic inspections for a multi-component system
I. T. Castro and E. L. Sanjuan A delayed repair model
Y. Q. Chen, M.-C. Wang and Y. Huang Regression Analysis of Recurrent Event Data: Inference Based on Reduced Risksets
O. Chryssaphinou Increasing Sequences and Applications to Reliability Systems
R. Cooke Competing risk in reliability: Beyond independence
F. P. A. Coolen and K. J. Yan The use of right-censored data in nonparametric predictive inference
P. Coolen-Schrijner and P. Craig Bayesian analysis of a capture-recapture-recovery model for birds
V. Couallier and L. Gerville-Reache Statistical modelization and simulation for degradation processes with covariates and traumatic events applied to survival data
E. Cramer, U. Krams and T. Rychlik Moments of generalized order statistics
K. Croes and E. Andries Planning type I singly censored reliability experiments with variable test times
L. Cui, M. Xie and W. Kuo On (f, g)-out-of-((i,j),n) Systems and its Reliability
D. Dascalu and D. C. Ionescu Optimizing the Maintenance Strategy of Multi-State Systems with Several Failure Modes
D. Dascalu and D. C. Ionescu A Realistic Approach of Reliability Modeling for Optimizing the Maintenance Strategy of Power Equipment of Power Equipment
J. V. Deshpande Inconditional Tests for Models of Repairable Systems
I. Dewan, J. S. Deshpande and S. B. Kulathinal On the dependence structure between the time of failure and the cause of failure in the competing risk model
A. Di Crescenzo and B. Martinucci Some results on degradation processes with repairs and catastrophes
A. Di Crescenzo and F. Pellerey Convex ordering of integrated telegrapher's process
B. Dimitrov, V. Rykov and P. Stanchev On multi-state reliability systems
K. Doksum Empirical Hazard Rates
L. Doyen and O. Gaudoin Models for assessing maintenance efficiency
T. Duchesne and J. S. Rosenthal A Stochastic Justification of Some Simple Reliability Models
J.-F. Dupuy, I. Grama and M. Mesbah Time-dependent Cox-model with incomplete covariate measurements: A joint modelling approach
N. Ebrahimi Semi-Parametric Estimation of Reliability with Stochastic Covariate Processes
C. Elegbede Structural reliability assessment based on bHL-search by particles swarm optimization
D. Elmakis, G. Levitin, A. Lisnianski Optimal scheduling for replacement of power system equipment within new-type one
G. Elvebakk and B. Lindqvist The trend-renewal process for statistical analysis of repairable systems
D. Enachescu and C. Enachescu Comparison techniques in reliability modelling
H. B. Fang, J. Sun, and M.-L. T. Lee Nonparametric survival comparisons for interval censored continuous data
D. Ferger Boundary estimation based on set-indexed empirical processes
M. S. Finkelstein A model of aging and a shape of the observed hazard rate
I. Frenkel and I. Gertsbakh Maintenance decision based on parameter monitoring: a case study
J. Gaasemyr and B. NatvigBayesian inference based on partial monitoring of components with applications to preventive system maintenance
D. P. Gaver, P. A. Jacobs and E. A. Seglie Balancing "Test-Fix-Test" and Released System Reliability Under a Fixed Budget
G. Gopal Schur property of the performance function for the multistate coherent system
M. Grottke A Markov model for software code construct coverage and fault detection
M. Guida and G. Pulcini Bayesian Reliability-Growth Modeling of Repairable Mechanical Systems
O. Guilbaud Exact non-parametric confidence intervals for quantiles with progressive Type II censoring
H. Gutierrez-Pulido, V. Aguirre-Torres and J. Andres Christen Model Selection in Reliability: a Bayesian Approach
M. A. Hafdi A simulation study in accelerated life testing
F. Haghighi On goodness-of-fit test for the Weibull distribution against generalized Weibull distributions
B. Harlamov Continuous monotone model of wear
T. Herberts and U. Jensen Detecting change-points on different information levels
N. Heutte, C. Huber and O. Pons Semi-markovian models applied to AIDS with censoring
Y. Hong, H. Guohua, L. Changchun and X. Min Numerical reliability simulation based on minimal cut sets
Y. Hong, D. Jianming, Z. Yufang and W. Xiaobo Research on the calculation method and software package for ship reliability analysis
C. Huber Two competitors among semi-Markov models for multi-state survival data analysis
A. B. Huseby and M. Naustdal Improved Simulation Methods for System Reliability Estimation
A. V. Huzurbazar Bayesian analysis for Semi-Markov processes using flowgraph models
M. Ingleby and M. West Causal Influence Coefficients: A localised maximum entropy approach to Bayesian inference
D. C. Ionescu and A. P. Ulmeanu Efficient computational techniques fopr power systems reliability assessment
J. Janssen, A. Blasi and R. Manca Discrete Time Homogeneous and non-Homogeneous semi-Markov Reliability Models.
R. A. Johnson and Li-Fei Huang Some Exact and Approximate Confidence Regions For The Ratio Of Percentiles From Two Distributions.
C. Jones The Skew t and Other Families of Order Statistic Distributions
W. Kahle and C. E. Love Modelling the influence of maintenance actions
N. Kannan, N. Balakrishnan and D. Kundu Inference for the competing risk model under progressive censoring
A. Kazemnejad, M. Mohebbi and M. Sanagoo A corraction of misspecisication modeling due to unmeasured confounders in observational studies
S. Keller-McNulty Reliability for the 21st Century
R. S. Kenett The Impact of Classification Errors on Assessing Software Inspection Processes with STAM
V. S. Kharchenko, O. M. Trasyuk and V. V. Sklyar The matrix-graph method of choice and verification of software reliability models
A. Klausner and M. Pollak Comparative reliability of verdicts
M. V. Koutras, D. L. Antzoulakos and S. Bersimis On the distribution of the total number of run lengths
A. Krolo, B. Rzepka and B. Bertsche Considering Prior Information for Accelerated Tests with a Lifetime-Ratio
J. T. Kvaløy and B. H. Lindqvist A class of tests for renewal process versus monotonic and nonmonotonic trend in repairable system data
H. Langseth and B. H. Lindqvist Modelling imperfect maintenance and repair of components under competing risk
A. Lannoy A survey of methods and tools used for reliability evaluation of SSCs
H. Lauter Estimation in the partly additive Cox model
J. Ledoux Littlewood reliability model for modular software and Poisson approximation
Y. Lefebvre Approximate aggregation and applications to reliability
C. Lefevre, M. Denuit and S. Utev Impact of dependency between risk occurrences
A. Lehmann Degradation based reliability models with imperfect repair
G. Levitin Linear multi-state sliding window systems
H. Li and S. H. Xu On the Markov block replacement policy in multivariate repairable systems
X. Li an Z. Mingjian Behaviors of some aging properties based on the residual life of k-out-of-n systems
H. Liero Nonparametric tests in survival models
N. Limnios The invariance principle for the Pyke-Schaufele's functional with applications in reliability
A. Linka and P. Volf Statistical models of classification of textures and quality control of textile material
A. Lisnianski Continuous-state system reliability models as an extension of multi-state models
W. Long, T. L. Zhang and M. Oshima Quantitative evaluation of safety-related systems
M. LuValle Evanescent Process Mapping in accelerated testing, and the modelling error problem
M. T. Madi and M. Z. Raqab Bayesian prediction for the shifted exponential distribution using doubly censored data
D. D. Mari Some measures of extremal dependence in bivariate distibutions
R. Marie, E. Arbaretier and F. Pelliccia Heuristics for the computation of the availability / reliability for passive r/n redundancy with potential breakdowns on solicitation
H. Martz, M. S. Hamada, C. S. Reese and A. G. Wilson Using genetic algorithms to design Bayesian reliability experiments
M. Marseguerra, E. Zio and F. Bosi Direct Monte Carlo availability assessment of a nuclear safety system with time-dependent failure characteristics
M. Marseguerra, E. Zio and L. Podofillini Modelling spare parts dynamics by multistate Monte Carlo simulations
M. S. McNulty Applied Risk Analysis of Complex Systems
R. Medjoudj and D. Aissani Economic Aspects of Distribution Power System Reliability. Application to a 30KV network of Bejaia, Algeria
V. A. Melnikov Model of reliability for structural-complicated systems, including multystate elements
S. Mercier and M. Roussignol Asymptotic failure rate of Markov dereriorating system with preventive maintenance
M. Mesbah, J-F. Dupuy and Z. Ying Joint analysis of multidimensional latent quality of life and survival: Models and strategies
Jie MiSystem availability and maintenance policy
B. Milczek Limit Reliability Functions of Two-State Series-"m out of k" Systems with Large m
M. Mirvaliev Rao's generalized chi-square statistics for homogenous problem of several samples
N. R. Mohan and S. Ravi On compound distributions in reliability
Z. Mrabet and D. Giles Reliability analysis of earth fills using stochastic estimation methods
G. S. Mudholkar and G. E. Wilding Diverse applications of two Weibull extensions
A. Muller and B. Klar The L-class and the M-class of life distributions
A. Naess The reliability of quadratic dynamic systems
V. Nair Degradation based models for reapairable systems reliability
J. Navarro, F. Belzunce, J. M. Ruiz and Y. del Aguila Some results on residual entropy function
M. Newby and R. Dagg Optmal Inspection and Maintenance for Stochastically Deterioriating Systems
M. Nikulin Some recent results on goodness-of-fit for accelerated life models
G. V. Orman, N. Barsan-Pipu and V. G. Voda On some properties of the homographic hazard rate variable
B. Ouhbi and N. Limnios The rate of occurrence of failures estimation in semi-Markov systems
Y. M. Paramonov and A. S. Kuznetsov Fattigue crack growth parameter estimation by processing inspection results
A. Y. Paramonova, M. A. Kleinhof and Y. M. Paramonov The use of Markov chains theory for approximation of fattigue curve of composite material
C. Paroissin Asymptotic law of failure time for large systems with independent components
E. A. Pena and D. Garrison Goodness-of-Fit Tests with Right-Censored Discrete Data
D. F. Percy Prior predictive elicitation for subjective reliability analysis
R. Perez-Ocon, J. E. Ruiz-Castro, D. Montoro-Cazorla An approach to reliability systems using PH-distributions
V. P. Polesskii and V. G. Krivoulets Efficiently computable bounds on stochastic monotone binary system reliability
O. Pons Estimation in a semi-Markov model with right-censored data
P. Pozsgai, W. Neher and B. Bertsche Models to consider dependence in reliability calculations for systems consisting of mechanical components
P. V. N. Prasad and K. R. M. Rao Age replacement policy of censored data using TTT plots
N. Y. Pya, V. G. Voinov The non-uniqueness of a non-negative integer solution of a system of linear diophantine equations with applications to integer programming, genetics, reliability, etc.
J. Quigley and L. Walls Point process model for reliability analysis of evolutionary designs
M. F. Ramalhoto Reliability as part of a trans-diciplinary research area
M. Z. Raqab and M. T. Madi Bayesian prediction of the total time on test using doubly censored Rayleigh data
M. C. Ruiz, M. Franco and J. M. Ruiz Some comparisons between generalized order statistics
L. L. Sakalauskas On application of importance sampling to probabilistic dynamics
N. Sanjari Farsipour and A. Asgharzadeh On the admissibility of estimators of the common mean of two normal populations under an asymmetric loss functions
N. Sanjari Farsipour Estimation of the zero class in poisson population using entropy loss function
T. H. Savits Behavior of Failure Rates Under Various Reliability Operations
S. F. Sekirkin and P. J. Boland Fault causing characteristics in software development
C. Sempi Copulae and their uses
J. Sethuraman and M. Hollander Bayesian methods for repair models
M. Shaked Stochastic Ordering of Order Statistics
C. P. Shing, N. H. T. Tony and N. Balakrishnan EM Algorithm and Optimal Sampling Plan under Progressively Type II Censoring
D. Silvestrov Lifetimes for Semi-Markov Stochastic Systems
N. D. Singpurwalla Probability measures of fuzzy sets
S. Y. Sohn and K. Y. Oh Simulation study for the optimal repair capacity of an IT maintenenca center based on LRD failure distribution
F. Spizzichino Exchangable models of hetrogeneity, mixtures, and multivariate aging propoerties
U. Stadtmuller Detecting change-points in nonparametric regression
Jianguo SunNonparametric Tests for Event History Data
F. Suter Model of software reliability based on time lags between failures and fault corrections
K. Suzuki, L. Wang, W. Yamamoto and K. Kaneko Field Failre Data Analysis With Discard Rate
J. Sztrik Asymptotic reliability analysis of complex telecommunication systems with bursty arrivals and service
Y. Tang, M. Xie and T. N. Goh On the change points of mean residual life and failure rate for some extended Weibull distributions
M. S. Tikhov Estimation of reliability parameter based on censored samples
S. Tsitmidelis, M. V. Koutras and V. Zissimopoulos Evaluation of reliability bounds by genetic algorithms
I. Ushakov, G. Levitin and A. Lisnianski Multi-state system reliability: from theory to practice
L. V. Utkin and I. O. Kozine A Reliability Model of Multi-State Units under Partial InformaTION
L. V. Utkin and I. O. Kozine Structural reliability modelling under partial source information
P. Volf Random point processes and models of cummulated damage
O. Wantz and P.-E. Labeau Delays and uncertainties in the delineation of accident sequences. An illustrative dynamic reliability test-case
A. G. Wilson Information Integration Using Belief Functions
G. Wilson and L. J. Zucker A Knowledge Topology for Imprecise Probabilities
S. Wilson and F. Samaniego Non-Parametric Methods in Software Reliability
H. Wu and W. Q. Meeker Early detection of reliability problems using information from warranty databases
A. I. Yashin Correlated frailty models in the analysis of dependent failure times
T. Yuge, M. Dehare and S. Yanagi Exact and approximated reliability of a 2-dimensional consecutive k-out-of-n:F system
S. Zacks Sequential methods in software reliability
E. N. Zaitseva and V. G. Levashenko New dynamic reliability indicies for multi-state system
A. Zerbet Bolshev’s Outliers Test in the Exponential Case
M. J. Zuo, J. Huang and W. Kuo Dominant and binary imaged multi-state systems