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1 Failure Modes: Building Reliability Networks |
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1 | (20) |
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1 | (4) |
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1.2 Series and Parallel Arrangement of the Components in a Reliability Network |
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5 | (1) |
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1.3 Building Reliability Networks: Difference between a Physical and Logical Arrangement |
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6 | (4) |
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1.4 Complex Reliability Networks Which Cannot Be Presented as a Combination of Series and Parallel Arrangements |
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10 | (1) |
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1.5 Drawbacks of the Traditional Representation of the Reliability Block Diagrams |
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11 | (10) |
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1.5.1 Reliability Networks Which Require More Than a Single Terminal Node |
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11 | (2) |
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1.5.2 Reliability Networks Which Require the Use of Undirected Edges Only, Directed Edges Only or a Mixture of Undirected and Directed Edges |
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13 | (3) |
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1.5.3 Reliability Networks Which Require Different Edges Referring to the Same Component |
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16 | (1) |
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1.5.4 Reliability Networks Which Require Negative-State Components |
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17 | (4) |
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21 | (26) |
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2.1 Reliability (Survival) Function, Cumulative Distribution and Probability Density Function of the Times to Failure |
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21 | (2) |
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2.2 Random Events in Reliability and Risk Modelling |
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23 | (10) |
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2.2.1 Reliability and Risk Modelling Using Intersection of Statistically Independent Random Events |
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23 | (2) |
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2.2.2 Reliability and Risk Modelling Using a Union of Mutually Exclusive Random Events |
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25 | (2) |
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2.2.3 Reliability of a System with Components Logically Arranged in Series |
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27 | (2) |
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2.2.4 Reliability of a System with Components Logically Arranged in Parallel |
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29 | (2) |
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2.2.5 Reliability of a System with Components Logically Arranged in Series and Parallel |
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31 | (1) |
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2.2.6 Using Finite Sets to Infer Component Reliability |
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32 | (1) |
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2.3 Statistically Dependent Events and Conditional Probability in Reliability and Risk Modelling |
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33 | (3) |
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2.4 Total Probability Theorem in Reliability and Risk Modelling. Reliability of Systems with Complex Reliability Networks |
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36 | (7) |
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2.5 Reliability and Risk Modelling Using Bayesian Transform and Bayesian Updating |
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43 | (4) |
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43 | (1) |
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44 | (3) |
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3 Common Reliability and Risk Models and Their Applications |
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47 | (40) |
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3.1 General Framework for Reliability and Risk Analysis Based on Controlling Random Variables |
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47 | (1) |
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48 | (5) |
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3.2.1 Application: A Voting System |
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52 | (1) |
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3.3 Homogeneous Poisson Process and Poisson Distribution |
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53 | (3) |
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3.4 Negative Exponential Distribution |
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56 | (2) |
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3.4.1 Memoryless Property of the Negative Exponential Distribution |
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57 | (1) |
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58 | (3) |
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3.5.1 Difference between Failure Density and Hazard Rate |
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60 | (1) |
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3.5.2 Reliability of a Series Arrangement Including Components with Constant Hazard Rates |
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61 | (1) |
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61 | (2) |
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63 | (2) |
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3.8 Uncertainty Associated with the MTTF |
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65 | (2) |
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3.9 Mean Time between Failures |
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67 | (1) |
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3.10 Problems with the MTTF and MTBF Reliability Measures |
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67 | (1) |
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68 | (1) |
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3.12 Minimum Failure-Free Operation Period |
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69 | (1) |
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70 | (2) |
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3.13.1 Availability on Demand |
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70 | (1) |
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3.13.2 Production Availability |
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71 | (1) |
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3.14 Uniform Distribution Model |
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72 | (1) |
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3.15 Normal (Gaussian) Distribution Model |
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73 | (4) |
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3.16 Log-Normal Distribution Model |
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77 | (2) |
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3.17 Weibull I Distribution Model of the Time to Failure |
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79 | (2) |
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3.18 Extreme Value Distribution Model |
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81 | (1) |
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3.19 Reliability Bathtub Curve |
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82 | (5) |
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4 Reliability and Risk Models Based on Distribution Mixtures |
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87 | (16) |
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4.1 Distribution of a Property from Multiple Sources |
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87 | (2) |
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4.2 Variance of a Property from Multiple Sources |
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89 | (2) |
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4.3 Variance Upper Bound Theorem |
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91 | (2) |
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4.3.1 Determining the Source Whose Removal Results in the Largest Decrease of the Variance Upper Bound |
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92 | (1) |
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4.4 Applications of the Variance Upper Bound Theorem |
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93 | (10) |
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4.4.1 Using the Variance Upper Bound Theorem for Increasing the Robustness of Products and Processes |
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93 | (4) |
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4.4.2 Using the Variance Upper Bound Theorem for Developing Six-Sigma Products and Processes |
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97 | (2) |
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Appendix 4.1 Derivation of the Variance Upper Bound Theorem |
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99 | (2) |
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Appendix 4.2 An Algorithm for Determining the Upper Bound of the Variance of Properties from Sampling Multiple Sources |
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101 | (2) |
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5 Building Reliability and Risk Models |
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103 | (16) |
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5.1 General Rules for Reliability Data Analysis |
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103 | (4) |
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107 | (6) |
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5.2.1 Testing for Consistency with the Uniform Distribution Model |
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109 | (1) |
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5.2.2 Testing for Consistency with the Exponential Model |
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109 | (1) |
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5.2.3 Testing for Consistency with the Weibull Distribution |
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110 | (1) |
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5.2.4 Testing for Consistency with the Type I Extreme Value Distribution |
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5.2.5 Testing for Consistency will? the Normal Distribution |
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111 | (2) |
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5.3 Estimating Model Parameters Using the Method of Maximum Likelihood |
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113 | (1) |
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5.4 Estimating the Parameters of a Three-Parameter Power Law |
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114 | (5) |
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5.4.1 Some Applications of the Three-Parameter Power Law |
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116 | (3) |
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6 Load--Strength (Demand-Capacity) Models |
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119 | (20) |
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6.1 A General Reliability Model |
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119 | (1) |
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6.2 The Load--Strength Interference Model |
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120 | (2) |
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6.3 Load--Strength (Demand-Capacity) Integrals |
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122 | (2) |
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6.4 Evaluating the Load--Strength Integral Using Numerical Methods |
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124 | (1) |
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6.5 Normally Distributed and Statistically Independent Load and Strength |
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125 | (5) |
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6.6 Reliability and Risk Analysis Based on the Load-Strength Interference Approach |
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130 | (9) |
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6.6.1 Influence of Strength Variability on Reliability |
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130 | (4) |
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6.6.2 Critical Weaknesses of the Traditional Reliability Measures `Safety Margin' and `Loading Roughness' |
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134 | (2) |
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6.6.3 Interaction between the Upper Tail of the Load Distribution and the Lower Tail of the Strength Distribution |
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136 | (3) |
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7 Overstress Reliability Integral and Damage Factorisation Law |
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139 | (8) |
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7.1 Reliability Associated with Overstress Failure Mechanisms |
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139 | (4) |
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7.1.1 The Link between the Negative Exponential Distribution and the Overstress Reliability Integral |
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141 | (2) |
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7.2 Damage Factorisation Law |
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143 | (4) |
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8 Solving Reliability and Risk Models Using a Monte Carlo Simulation |
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147 | (22) |
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8.1 Monte Carlo Simulation Algorithms |
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147 | (4) |
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8.1.1 Monte Carlo Simulation and the Weak Law of Large Numbers |
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147 | (2) |
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8.1.2 Monte Carlo Simulation and the Central Limit Theorem |
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149 | (1) |
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8.1.3 Adopted Conventions in Describing the Monte Carlo Simulation Algorithms |
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149 | (2) |
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8.2 Simulation of Random Variables |
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151 | (18) |
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8.2.1 Simulation of a Uniformly Distributed Random Variable |
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151 | (1) |
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8.2.2 Generation of a Random Subset |
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152 | (1) |
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8.2.3 Inverse Transformation Method for Simulation of Continuous Random Variables |
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153 | (1) |
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8.2.4 Simulation of a Random Variable following the Negative Exponential Distribution |
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154 | (1) |
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8.2.5 Simulation of a Random Variable following the Gamma Distribution |
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154 | (1) |
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8.2.6 Simulation of a Random Variable following a Homogeneous Poisson Process in a Finite Interval |
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155 | (1) |
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8.2.7 Simulation of a Discrete Random Variable with a Specified Distribution |
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156 | (1) |
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8.2.8 Selection of a Point at Random in the N-Dimensional Space Region |
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157 | (1) |
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8.2.9 Simulation of Random Locations following a Homogeneous Poisson Process in a Finite Domain |
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158 | (1) |
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8.2.10 Simulation of a Random Direction in Space |
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158 | (2) |
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8.2.11 Generating Random Points on a Disc and in a Sphere |
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160 | (2) |
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8.2.12 Simulation of a Random Variable following the Three-Parameter Weibull Distribution |
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162 | (1) |
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8.2.13 Simulation of a Random Variable following the Maximum Extreme Value Distribution |
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162 | (1) |
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8.2.14 Simulation of a Gaussian Random Variable |
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162 | (1) |
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8.2.15 Simulation of a Log-Normal Random Variable |
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163 | (1) |
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8.2.16 Conditional Probability Technique for Bivariate Sampling |
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164 | (1) |
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8.2.17 Von Neumann's Method for Sampling Continuous Random Variables |
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165 | (1) |
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8.2.18 Sampling from a Mixture Distribution |
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166 | (1) |
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166 | (3) |
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9 Evaluating Reliability and Probability of a Faulty Assembly Using Monte Carlo Simulation |
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169 | (12) |
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9.1 A General Algorithm for Determining Reliability Controlled by Statistically Independent Random Variables |
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169 | (1) |
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9.2 Evaluation of the Reliability Controlled by a Load--Strength Interference |
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170 | (3) |
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9.2.1 Evaluation of the Reliability on Demand, with No Time Included |
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170 | (1) |
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9.2.2 Evaluation of the Reliability Controlled by Random Shocks on a Time Interval |
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171 | (2) |
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9.3 A Virtual Testing Method for Determining the Probability of Faulty Assembly |
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173 | (4) |
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9.4 Optimal Replacement to Minimise the Probability of a System Failure |
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177 | (4) |
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10 Evaluating the Reliability of Complex Systems and Virtual Accelerated Life Testing Using Monte Carlo Simulation |
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181 | (8) |
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10.1 Evaluating the Reliability of Complex Systems |
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181 | (2) |
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10.2 Virtual Accelerated Life Testing of Complex Systems |
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183 | (6) |
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10.2.1 Acceleration Stresses and Their Impact on the Time to Failure of Components |
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183 | (2) |
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10.2.2 Arrhenius Stress--Life Relationship and Arrhenius-Type Acceleration Life Models |
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185 | (1) |
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10.2.3 Inverse Power Law Relationship and Inverse Power Law-Type Acceleration Life Models |
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185 | (1) |
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10.2.4 Eyring Stress--Life Relationship and Eyring-Type Acceleration Life Models |
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185 | (4) |
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11 Generic Principles for Reducing Technical Risk |
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189 | (46) |
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11.1 Preventive Principles: Reducing Mainly the Likelihood of Failure |
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191 | (26) |
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11.1.1 Building in High Reliability in Processes, Components and Systems with Large Failure Consequences |
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191 | (1) |
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11.1.2 Simplifying at a System and Component Level |
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192 | (1) |
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11.1.2.1 Reducing the Number of Moving Parts |
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193 | (1) |
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11.1.3 Root Cause Failure Analysis |
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193 | (1) |
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11.1.4 Identifying and Removing Potential Failure Modes |
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194 | (1) |
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11.1.5 Mitigating the Harmful Effect of the Environment |
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194 | (1) |
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11.1.6 Building in Redundancy |
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195 | (2) |
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11.1.7 Reliability and Risk Modelling and Optimisation |
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197 | (1) |
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11.1.7.1 Building and Analysing Comparative Reliability Models |
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197 | (1) |
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11.1.7.2 Building and Analysing Physics of Failure Models |
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198 | (1) |
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11.1.7.3 Minimising Technical Risk through Optimisation and Optimal Replacement |
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199 | (1) |
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11.1.7.4 Maximising System Reliability and Availability by Appropriate Permutations of Interchangeable Components |
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199 | (1) |
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11.1.7.5 Maximising the Availability and Throughput Flow Reliability by Altering the Network Topology |
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199 | (1) |
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11.1.8 Reducing Variability of Risk-Critical Parameters and Preventing them from Reaching Dangerous Values |
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199 | (1) |
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11.1.9 Altering the Component Geometry |
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200 | (1) |
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11.1.10 Strengthening or Eliminating Weak Links |
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201 | (1) |
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11.1.11 Eliminating Factors Promoting Human Errors |
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202 | (1) |
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11.1.12 Reducing Risk by Introducing Inverse States |
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203 | (1) |
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11.1.12.1 Inverse States Cancelling the Anticipated State with a Negative Impact |
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203 | (1) |
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11.1.12.2 Inverse States Buffering the Anticipated State with a Negative Impact |
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203 | (1) |
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11.1.12.3 Inverting the Relative Position of Objects and the Direction of Flows |
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204 | (1) |
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11.1.12.4 Inverse State as a Counterbalancing Force |
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205 | (1) |
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11.1.13 Failure Prevention Interlocks |
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206 | (1) |
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11.1.14 Reducing the Number of Latent Faults |
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206 | (2) |
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11.1.15 Increasing the Level of Balancing |
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208 | (1) |
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11.1.16 Reducing the Negative Impact of Temperature by Thermal Design |
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209 | (2) |
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211 | (1) |
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11.1.18 Maintaining the Continuity of a Working State |
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212 | (1) |
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11.1.19 Substituting Mechanical Assemblies with Electrical, Optical or Acoustic Assemblies and Software |
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212 | (1) |
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11.1.20 Improving the Load Distribution |
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212 | (1) |
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11.1.21 Reducing the Sensitivity of Designs to the Variation of Design Parameters |
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212 | (4) |
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11.1.22 Vibration Control |
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216 | (1) |
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11.1.23 Built-in Prevention |
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216 | (1) |
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11.2 Dual Principles: Reduce Both the Likelihood of Failure and the Magnitude of Consequences |
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217 | (12) |
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11.2.1 Separating Critical Properties, Functions and Factors |
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217 | (1) |
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11.2.2 Reducing the Likelihood of Unfavourable Combinations of Risk-Critical Random Variables |
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218 | (1) |
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11.2.3 Condition Monitoring |
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219 | (1) |
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11.2.4 Reducing the Time of Exposure or the Space of Exposure |
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219 | (1) |
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11.2.4.1 Time of Exposure |
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219 | (1) |
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11.2.4.2 Length of Exposure and Space of Exposure |
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220 | (1) |
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11.2.5 Discovering and Eliminating a Common Cause: Diversity in Design |
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220 | (2) |
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11.2.6 Eliminating Vulnerabilities |
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222 | (1) |
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11.2.7 Self-Reinforcement |
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223 | (1) |
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11.2.8 Using Available Local Resources |
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223 | (1) |
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224 | (1) |
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11.2.10 Selecting Appropriate Materials and Microstructures |
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225 | (1) |
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225 | (1) |
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11.2.11.1 Segmentation Improves the Load Distribution |
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225 | (1) |
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11.2.11.2 Segmentation Reduces the Vulnerability to a Single Failure |
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225 | (1) |
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11.2.11.3 Segmentation Reduces the Damage Escalation |
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226 | (1) |
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11.2.11.14 Segmentation Limits the Hazard Potential |
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226 | (1) |
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11.2.12 Reducing the Vulnerability of Targets |
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226 | (1) |
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11.2.13 Making Zones Experiencing High Damage/Failure Rates Replaceable |
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227 | (1) |
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11.2.14 Reducing the Hazard Potential |
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227 | (1) |
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11.2.15 Integrated Risk Management |
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227 | (2) |
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11.3 Protective Principles: Minimise the Consequences of Failure |
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229 | (6) |
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11.3.1 Fault-Tolerant System Design |
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229 | (1) |
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11.3.2 Preventing Damage Escalation and Reducing the Rate of Deterioration |
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229 | (1) |
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11.3.3 Using Fail-Safe Designs |
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230 | (1) |
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11.3.4 Deliberately Designed Weak Links |
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231 | (1) |
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11.3.5 Built-in Protection |
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231 | (1) |
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11.3.6 Troubleshooting Procedures and Systems |
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232 | (1) |
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11.3.7 Simulation of the Consequences from Failure |
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232 | (1) |
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11.3.8 Risk Planning and Training |
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233 | (2) |
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12 Physics of Failure Models |
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235 | (34) |
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235 | (16) |
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12.1.1 Fast Fracture: Driving Forces behind Fast Fracture |
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235 | (6) |
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12.1.2 Reducing the Likelihood of Fast Fracture |
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241 | (1) |
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12.1.2.1 Basic Ways of Reducing the Likelihood of Fast Fracture |
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242 | (2) |
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12.1.2.2 Avoidance of Stress Raisers or Mitigating Their Harmful Effect |
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244 | (1) |
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12.1.2.3 Selecting Materials Which Fail in a Ductile Fashion |
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245 | (2) |
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12.1.3 Reducing the Consequences of Fast Fracture |
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247 | (1) |
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12.1.3.1 By Using Fail-Safe Designs |
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247 | (3) |
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12.1.3.2 By Using Crack Arrestors |
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250 | (1) |
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251 | (14) |
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12.2.1 Reducing the Risk of Fatigue Fracture |
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257 | (1) |
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12.2.1.1 Reducing the Size of the Flaws |
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257 | (1) |
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12.2.1.2 Increasing the Final Fatigue Crack Length by Selecting Material with a Higher Fracture Toughness |
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257 | (1) |
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12.2.1.3 Reducing the Stress Range by an Appropriate Design |
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257 | (1) |
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12.2.1.4 Reducing the Stress Range by Restricting the Springbuck of Elastic Components |
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258 | (1) |
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12.2.1.5 Reducing the Stress Range by Reducing the Magnitude of Thermal Stresses |
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259 | (2) |
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12.2.1.6 Reducing the Stress Range by Introducing Compressive Residual Stresses at the Surface |
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261 | (1) |
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12.2.1.7 Reducing the Stress Range by Avoiding Excessive Bending |
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262 | (1) |
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12.2.1.8 Reducing the Stress Range by Avoiding Stress Concentrators |
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263 | (1) |
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12.2.1.9 Improving the Condition of the Surface and Eliminating Low-Strength Surfaces |
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263 | (1) |
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12.2.1.10 Increasing the Fatigue Life of Automotive Suspension Springs |
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264 | (1) |
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265 | (4) |
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12.3.1 Influence of the Design on Early-Life Failures |
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265 | (1) |
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12.3.2 Influence of the Variability of Critical Design Parameters on Early-Life Failures |
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266 | (3) |
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13 Probability of Failure Initiated by Flaws |
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269 | (14) |
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13.1 Distribution of the Minimum Fracture Stress and a Mathematical Formulation of the Weakest-Link Concept |
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269 | (5) |
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13.2 The Stress Hazard Density as an Alternative of the Weibull Distribution |
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274 | (2) |
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13.3 General Equation Related to the Probability of Failure of a Stressed Component with Complex Shape |
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276 | (2) |
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13.4 Link between the Stress Hazard Density and the Conditional Individual Probability of Initiating Failure |
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278 | (1) |
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13.5 Probability of Failure Initiated by Defects in Components with Complex Shape |
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279 | (1) |
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13.6 Limiting the Vulnerability of Designs to Failure Caused by Flaws |
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280 | (3) |
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14 A Comparative Method for Improving the Reliability and Availability of Components and Systems |
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283 | (10) |
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14.1 Advantages of the Comparative Method to Traditional Methods |
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283 | (2) |
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14.2 A Comparative Method for Improving the Reliability of Components Whose Failure is Initiated by Flaws |
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285 | (4) |
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14.3 A Comparative Method for Improving System Reliability |
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289 | (1) |
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14.4 A Comparative Method for Improving the Availability of Flow Networks |
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290 | (3) |
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15 Reliability Governed by the Relative Locations of Random Variables in a Finite Domain |
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293 | (14) |
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15.1 Reliability Dependent on the Relative Configurations of Random Variables |
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293 | (1) |
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15.2 A Generic Equation Related to Reliability Dependent on the Relative Locations of a Fixed Number of Random Variables |
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293 | (4) |
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15.3 A Given Number of Uniformly Distributed Random Variables in a Finite Interval (Conditional Case) |
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297 | (1) |
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15.4 Probability of Clustering of a Fixed Number Uniformly Distributed Random Events |
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298 | (4) |
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15.5 Probability of Unsatisfied Demand in the Case of One Available Source and Many Consumers |
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302 | (2) |
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15.6 Reliability Governed by the Relative Locations of Random Variables following a Homogeneous Poisson Process in a Finite Domain |
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304 | (3) |
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305 | (2) |
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16 Reliability and Risk Dependent on the Existence of Minimum Separation Intervals between the Locations of Random Variables on a Finite Interval |
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307 | (20) |
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16.1 Applications Requiring Minimum Separation Intervals and Minimum Failure-Free Operating Periods |
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307 | (2) |
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16.2 Minimum Separation Intervals and Rolling MFFOP Reliability Measures |
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309 | (1) |
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16.3 General Equations Related to Random Variables following a Homogeneous Poisson Process in a Finite Interval |
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310 | (2) |
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16.4 Application Examples |
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312 | (5) |
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16.4.1 Setting Reliability Requirements to Guarantee a Specified MFFOP |
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312 | (1) |
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16.4.2 Reliability Assurance That a Specified MFFOP Has Been Met |
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312 | (2) |
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16.4.3 Specifying a Number Density Envelope to Guarantee Probability of Unsatisfied Random Demand below a Maximum Acceptable Level |
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314 | (1) |
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16.4.4 Insensitivity of the Probability of Unsatisfied Demand to the Variance of the Demand Time |
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315 | (2) |
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16.5 Setting Reliability Requirements to Guarantee a Rolling MFFOP Followed by a Downtime |
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317 | (3) |
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16.6 Setting Reliability Requirements to Guarantee an Availability Target |
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320 | (3) |
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16.7 Closed-Form Expression for the Expected Fraction of the Time of Unsatisfied Demand |
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323 | (4) |
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17 Reliability Analysis and Setting Reliability Requirements Based on the Cost of Failure |
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327 | (18) |
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17.1 The Need for a Cost-of-Failure-Based Approach |
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327 | (1) |
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328 | (2) |
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17.3 Setting Reliability Requirements Based on a Constant Cost of Failure |
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330 | (2) |
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17.4 Drawbacks of the Expected Loss as a Measure of the Potential Loss from Failure |
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332 | (1) |
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17.5 Potential Loss, Conditional Loss and Risk of Failure |
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333 | (3) |
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17.6 Risk Associated with Multiple Failure Modes |
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336 | (2) |
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17.6.1 An Important Special Case |
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337 | (1) |
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17.7 Expected Potential Loss Associated with Repairable Systems Whose Component Failures Follow a Homogeneous Poisson Process |
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338 | (3) |
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17.8 A Counterexample Related to Repairable Systems |
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341 | (1) |
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17.9 Guaranteeing Multiple Reliability Requirements for Systems with Components Logically Arranged in Series |
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342 | (3) |
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18 Potential Loss, Potential Profit and Risk |
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345 | (12) |
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18.1 Deficiencies of the Maximum Expected Profit Criterion in Selecting a Risky Prospect |
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345 | (1) |
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18.2 Risk of a Net Loss and Expected Potential Reward Associated with a Limited Number of Statistically Independent Risk-Reward Bets in a Risky Prospect |
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346 | (2) |
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18.3 Probability and Risk of a Net Loss Associated with a Small Number of Opportunity Bets |
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348 | (3) |
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18.4 Samuelson's Sequence of Good Bets Revisited |
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351 | (1) |
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18.5 Variation of the Risk of a Net Loss Associated with a Small Number of Opportunity Bets |
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352 | (1) |
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18.6 Distribution of the Potential Profit from a Limited Number of Risk--Reward Activities |
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353 | (4) |
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19 Optimal Allocation of Limited Resources among Discrete Risk Reduction Options |
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357 | (16) |
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19.1 Statement of the Problem |
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357 | (2) |
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19.2 Weaknesses of the Standard (0-1) Knapsack Dynamic Programming Approach |
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359 | (10) |
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359 | (1) |
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19.2.2 The New Formulation of the Optimal Safety Budget Allocation Problem |
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360 | (1) |
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19.2.3 Dependence of the Removed System Risk on the Appropriate Selection of Combinations of Risk Reduction Options |
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361 | (4) |
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19.2.4 A Dynamic Algorithm for Solving the Optimal Safety Budget Allocation Problem |
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365 | (4) |
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19.3 Validation of the Model by a Recursive Backtracking |
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369 | (4) |
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373 | (18) |
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373 | (2) |
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375 | (1) |
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A.3 Intersection of Events |
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376 | (2) |
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378 | (1) |
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A.5 Probability of a Union and Intersection of Mutually Exclusive Events |
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379 | (1) |
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A.6 Conditional Probability |
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380 | (3) |
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A.7 Probability of a Union of Non-disjoint Events |
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383 | (1) |
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A.8 Statistically Dependent Events |
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384 | (1) |
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A.9 Statistically Independent Events |
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384 | (1) |
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A.10 Probability of a Union of Independent Events |
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385 | (1) |
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A.11 Boolean Variables and Boolean Algebra |
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385 | (6) |
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391 | (8) |
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B.1 Random Variables: Basic Properties |
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391 | (1) |
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B.2 Boolean Random Variables |
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392 | (1) |
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B.3 Continuous Random Variables |
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392 | (1) |
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B.4 Probability Density Function |
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392 | (1) |
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B.5 Cumulative Distribution Function |
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393 | (1) |
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B.6 Joint Distribution of Continuous Random Variables |
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393 | (1) |
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B.7 Correlated Random Variables |
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394 | (1) |
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B.8 Statistically Independent Random Variables |
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395 | (1) |
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B.9 Properties of the Expectations and Variances of Random Variables |
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396 | (1) |
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B.10 Important Theoretical Results Regarding the Sample Mean |
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397 | (2) |
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Appendix C Cumulative Distribution Function of the Standard Normal Distribution |
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399 | (2) |
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Appendix D Χ2 Distribution |
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401 | (6) |
References |
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407 | (6) |
Index |
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