Optimal Reliability Design Fundamentals and Applications Kuo Prasad Tillman

Optimal Reliability DesignFundamentals and Applications\nAuthor(s): Way Kuo, V. Rajendra Prasad, Frank A. Tillman, Ching-Lai Hwang\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521031912, 978-0521031912\nSynopsis\nOptimal Reliability Design, first published in 2000, provides a detailed introduction to systems reliability and reliability optimization. Techniques for maximizing system reliability are described, focusing on component reliability enhancement and redundancy arrangement. The authors present several case studies and show how optimization techniques are applied in practice. They also pay particular attention to finding methods that give the optimal trade-off between reliability and cost. The book begins with a review of key background material, and a discussion of a range of optimization models. The authors go on to cover optimization tools, such as heuristics, discrete optimization, nonlinear pro.