Engineering Reliability.

From: Journal of the American Statistical Association | Date: June 1, 2000| Author: BUTLER, RONALD W. | Copyright information

Richard E. BARLOW. Philadelphia: ASA-SIAM 1998. ISBN 0-89871-405-2. xx + 199 pp. $48.

This excellent introductory text on the subject of reliability will be appreciated by both engineering and statistics students. The general academic level is beginning graduate, but this could also include many undergraduate engineers of upper division standing. The book is innovative in its content, well written, and highly suitable as a textbook for a one-semester introductory course ...

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