System and Bayesian Reliability : Essays in Honor of Professor Richard E Barlow on His 70th Birthday.

Chapter 3 LARGE EXCESSES FOR FINITE-STATE MARKOV CHAINS1. Summary; 2. The Rate; 3. Example; References; Chapter 4 HARDWARE-SOFTWARE RELIABILITY PERSPECTIVES; 1. Introduction; 2. Software Development Process; 3. Software Reliability Modeling; 4. Generalized Models with Environmental Factors; 5. Hardware & Software Systems; 6. Cost Modeling; 7. Further Reading; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 5 INSPECTION-AGE-REPLACEMENT POLICY AND SYSTEM AVAILABILITY; 1. Introduction; 2. Model and Preliminary Results; 3. Optimal Inspection Policy; 4. Estimation of Optimal Inspection Policy.

5. Possible Model ExtensionReferences; Chapter 6 BEHAVIOR OF FAILURE RATES OF MIXTURES AND SYSTEMS; 1. Introduction; 2. Failure Rate Behavior of Mixtures; 3. Failure Rate Behavior of Systems; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 7 A GENERAL MAXIMAL PRECEDENCE TEST; 1. Introduction; 2. Review of the Precedence Test; 3. Maximal Precedence Test; 4. Exact Power under Lehmann Alternative; 5. Monte Carlo Simulation and Power Comparison under Location-Shift Alternative; 6. Possible Future Research; References; Chapter 8 TOTAL TIME ON TEST PROCESSES AND THEIR APPLICATION TO MAINTENANCE PROBLEM.

1. Introduction2. Scaled TTT Transform; 3. Scaled TTT Statistics; 4. Application to Maintenance Problem; Acknowledgements; References; PART 2 AGEING PROPERTIES; Chapter 9 NONMONOTONIC FAILURE RATES AND MEAN RESIDUAL LIFE FUNCTIONS; 1. Introduction; 2. Background and Glaser's Procedure; 3. Some Examples; 4. Some Special Cases; 5. Extension of Glaser's Result; 6. Mixture of Gamma Distributions; 7. Mean Residual Life Function and its Reciprocity with the Failure Rate; References; Chapter 10 THE FAILURE RATE AND THE MEAN RESIDUAL LIFETIME OF MIXTURES; 1. Introduction; 2. Basic Notions.