10th Advances in Reliability Technology Symposium

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
The Importance of Reliability in Health and Safety....Pages 1-12
Expert Opinion in Probabilistic Safety Assessment....Pages 13-26
A Method for Identification and Tracing of Potential Incident Causes in Proces Industry....Pages 27-31
The Compatibility of Reliability Models with the Underlying Data Structure....Pages 32-39
An Electronic Component Reliability Data Base....Pages 40-53
The Reliability Assessment of Offshore Structures under the Influence of Fatigue Crack Growth....Pages 54-67
Statistical Approaches to Fatigue Crack Growth Models....Pages 68-78
Predicting Pipeline Reliability Using Discriminant Analysis....Pages 79-92
Aspects of Mechanical System Reliability....Pages 93-102
Human Factors Analysis of Automation Requirements — A Methodology for Allocating Functions....Pages 103-113
Minimising the Cause of Human Error....Pages 114-128
Achieving Consistency in the Use of Human Factors Analytic Methods for Reliability Assessment....Pages 129-134
Interval and Bayesian Availability Modelling....Pages 135-148
Monte Carlo Simulation Applied to Power System Reliability Evaluation....Pages 149-162
Fault Tree Uncertainty Analysis Using a Monte Carlo Method....Pages 163-172
System Availability Synthesis....Pages 173-188
A Software System for ARMCO Simulation of Conceptual Plant....Pages 189-196
Power Generation Systems Availability Maintainability Assessment....Pages 197-210
Static Analysis — A Technique for Software Verification....Pages 211-222
Notes on the Security of Programming Languages....Pages 223-235
Software — Correct Beyond Reasonable Doubt?....Pages 236-246
Comparative Reliability of Some Common Design and Specification Methods December 1987....Pages 247-251
A Framework for Dependent Failure Analysis....Pages 252-262
Assessing Environmental Effects....Pages 263-275
The Hardness of Semiconductor Devices Exposed to Simulated Electromagnetic Pulses....Pages 276-287
The Use of Possibility Concepts in Fuzzy Logic Reliability Applications....Pages 288-295
Probabilistic Risk Assessment Associated with Fire Spread in Segregated Structures....Pages 296-302
A Trigger-Coupling Mechanism Model for Dependent Failures....Pages 303-315
Benefits of Reliability and Quality Assurance Programmes in U.K. Manufacturing Industry....Pages 316-327
The Taguchi Approach to Designing for Reliability....Pages 328-334
Overhaul Cost Escalation Due to Mechanical Wear-Out....Pages 335-344
Calculation of Reliability Characteristics in the Case of Corrosion Using the RCP-Based Approach....Pages 345-352
A Modified GO Methodology for System Availability Assessment....Pages 353-366
Geometric Transform Method for Numerical Evaluation of Instantaneous Availability....Pages 367-377
Hazard Rates and Generalized Beta Distributions....Pages 378-386