Quality Control and Reliability.

Abstract

Transformation of Western Style of Management (W. Edwards Deming). Software Reliability (F.B. Bastani, C.V. Ramamoorthy). Stress-Strength Models for Reliability (R.A. Johnson). Approximate Computation of Power Generating System Reliability Indexes (M. Mazumdar). Software Reliability Models (T.A. Mazzuchi, N.D. Singpurwalla). Dependence Notions in Reliability Theory (N.R. Chaganty, K. Joag-Dev). Application of Goodness-of-Fit Tests in Reliability (B. Woodruff, A.H. Moore). Multivariate Nonparametric Classes in Reliability (H.W. Block, T.H. Savits). Selection and Ranking Procedures in Reliability Models (S.S. Gupta, S. Panchapakesan). The Impact of Reliability Theory on Some Branches of Mathematics and Statistics (P.J. Boland, F. Proschan). Reliability Ideas and Applications in Economics and Social Sciences (M.C. Bhattacharjee). Mean Residual Life: Theory and Applications (F. Guess, F. Proschan). Life Distribution Models and Incomplete Data (R.E. Barlow, F. Proschan). Piecewise Geometric Estimation of a Survival Function (G.M. Mimmack, F. Proschan). Applications of Pattern Recognition in Failure Diagnosis and Quality Control (L.F. Pau). Nonparametric Estimation of Density and Hazard Rate Functions when Samples are Censored (W.J. Padgett). Multivariate Process Control (F.B. Alt, N.D. Smith). QMP/USP - A Modern Approach to Statistical Quality Auditing (B. Hoadley). Review about Estimation of Change Points (P.R. Krishnaiah, B.Q. Miao). Nonparametric Methods for Changepoint Problems (M. Csorgo, L. Horvath). Optimal Allocation of Multistate Components (E. El-Neweihi, F. Proschan, J. Sethuraman). Weibull, Log-Weibull and Gamma Order Statistics (H.L. Harter). Multivariate Exponential Distributions and their Applications in Reliability (A.P. Basu). Recent Developments in the Inverse Gaussian Distribution (S. Iyengar, G. Patwardhan).