Optimal Reliability Design: Fundamentals and Applications

List of figures List of tables Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction to reliability systems 2. Analysis and classification of reliability optimization models 3. Redundancy allocation by heuristic methods 4. Redundancy allocation by dynamic programming 5. Redundancy allocation by discrete optimization methods 6. Reliability optimization by nonlinear programming 7. Metaheuristic algorithms for optimization in reliability systems 8. Reliability-redundancy allocation 9. Component assignment in reliability systems 10. Reliability systems with multiple objectives 11. Other methods for system-reliability optimization 12. Burn-in optimization under limited capacity 13. Case study on design for software reliability optimization 14. Case study on an optimal scheduled-maintenance policy 15. Case studies on reliability optimization Appendices References Index.