Reliability
WHAT IS RELIABILITY?
Reliability has three facets (Wikipedia; Weibull.com; NIST)
The ability of a system or component to perform its required function(s) (measured in terms of probability)
Under stated conditions (environment)
For a specified period of time (or number of cycles)
Useful online resources:
ASQ Reliability Division
ReliaSoft
Weibull.com (ReliaSoft)
ReliaWiki (ReliaSoft)
Open Reliability
http://r-forge.r-project.org/R/?group_id=1558 (R Forge project abernethy reliability methods)
Dr. Bill Meeker at Iowa State University
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~wqmeeker (general info)
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~wqmeeker/other_pages/wqm_software.html (specialized software)
SPLIDA (S-Plus Life Data Analysis)
Statistics 533 (Reliability) homepage (includes a link for RSPLIDA)
Reliability Information Analysis Center (RIAC)
RIAC Repertoire - Online Training for ASQ CRE Exam
RIAC's set of five on-line interactive reliability engineering training courses developed around the American Society for Quality (ASQ) body of knowledge for the Certified Reliability Engineer's (CRE) exam.
Ops A La Carte (Reliability Consultants and Trainers)
NIST - Assessing Product Reliability
Introduction [8.1.]
Why is the assessment and control of product reliability important? [8.1.1.]
Assumptions/Prerequisites [8.2.]
Reliability Data Collection [8.3.]
Reliability Data Analysis [8.4.]
Empirical model fitting - distribution free (Kaplan-Meier) approach [8.2.1.5]
Useful texts include:
ASQ Volume 06: How To Analyze Reliability Data
ASQ Volume 10: How To Plan An Accelerated Life Test
Manufacturing Solutions for Consistent Quality and Reliability (Traver)
Nonparametric Statistical Methods for Complete and Censored Data (Desu)
Reliability Maintainability Availability (Locks)
Reliability Statistics (Dovich)
SAS Survival Analysis Techniques for Medical Research (Cantor)
Statistical Methods for Reliability Data (Meeker)
Survival Analysis Using SAS - A Practical Guide (Allison)
Survival Analysis Using the Proportional Hazards Model (SAS)