Statistical Methods for Reliability Engineering
Course Outline

Section 1:   Introduction  
Reading:   Browse through the Reliability Internet Links provided. And also through Chapters 1 and 14, Text. Moreover, please read through the papers by Rueda and Pawlak and by Korver available in the course paper collection .

Section 2:   Failure Models  
Reading:   Chapter 2, Text. You may also find useful the study of the
"Gallery of Distributions" (Sec. 1.3.6.6) of the NIST/SEMATECH Engineering Statistics Handbook.
Homework 1:  

Section 3:   Qualitative System Analysis  
Reading:   Chapter 3, Text. You may also find useful the study of the SEMATECH FMEA Guide and the NASA FTA Handbook .
Homework 1 (contd):  

Section 4:   Reliability Apportionment  
Reading:   Chapter 4, Text. Also, browse through (and perform some computer experiments with) the Raptor Tutorial Workbook
Homework 2:  

Section 5:   Component Importance  
Reading:   Chapter 5, Text.
Homework 2 (contd):  

Section 6:   Reliability Modeling: Monte Carlo Simulation; Markov Processes  
Reading:   Chapter 8, Text.
Homework 3:  

Section 7:   Redundancy; Dependent Failures  
Reading   Chapters 4 & 6, Text.
Homework 3 (contd):  

Section 8:   Reliability of Maintained Systems  
Reading:   Chapter 9, Text.
Homework 4:  

Section 9:   Final Exam - In Class -  

 

Updated: 2008-07-21, 16:18