This book provides engineers and scientists with a single source introduction to the concepts, models, and case studies for making credible reliability assessments. It satisfies the need for thorough discussions of several fundamental subjects.

Section I contains a comprehensive overview of assessing and assuring reliability that is followed by discussions of:
Concept of randomness and its relationship to chaos
Uses and limitations of the binomial and Poisson distributions
Relationship of the chi-square method and Poisson curves
Derivations and applications of the...