Reliability analysis for engineers

the long version

This text presents the elementary and most-used analytic techniques found in Reliability Engineering. It is written for engineers and other non-statisticians and explains the techniques with their applications firmly in mind. Examples taken from engineering practice introduce and illustrate techniques, then the theory behind the examples is carefully explained. The coverage is dictated by what most engineers will ever realistically encounter: there are pointers to the study of more advanced topics for those who might need them. As well as students, practising engineers will find this book useful as an introduction or pocket guide to explain the statistics they are likely to meet during a development project.