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1. Introduction
The Study of Reliability and Maintainability / Concepts, Terms, and Definitions / Applications / A Brief History / Reliability Engineering as a Profession

Part I: BASIC RELIABILITY MODELS

2. The Failure Distribution
The Reliability Function / Mean Time to Failure / Hazard Rate Function / Bathtub Curve / Conditional Reliability / Summary

3. Constant Failure Rate Model
The Exponential Reliability Function / Failure Modes / Applications / The Two-Parameter Exponential Distribution / Poisson Processes / Redundancy and the CFR Model

4. Time-Dependent Failure Models
The Weibull Distribution / The Normal Distribution / The Lognormal Distribution / The Gamma Distribution

5. Reliability of Systems
Serial Configuration / Parallel Configuration / Combined Series-Parallel Systems / System Structure Function, Minimal Cuts, and Minimal Paths (Optional) / Common-Mode Failures / Three-State Devices

6. State-Dependent Systems
Markov Analysis / Load-Sharing System / Standby Systems / Degraded Systems / Three-State Devices / Simulating Dependent Systems

7. Physical Reliability Models
Covariate Models / Static Models / Dynamic Models / Physics-of-Failure Models

8. Design for Reliability
Reliability Specification and System Measurements / Reliability Allocation / Design Methods / Failure Analysis / System Safety and Fault Tree Analysis

9. The Repair Process
Analysis of Downtime / The Repair-Time Distribution / Stochastic Point Processes / System Repair Time / Reliability under Preventive Maintenance / State-Dependent Systems with Repair

10. Design for Maintainability
Maintenance Requirements / Design Methods / Human Factors and Ergonomics / Maintainability Prediction and Demonstration

11. Availability
Concepts and Definitions / Exponential Availability Model / System Availability / Inspection and Repair Availability Model

Part II: THE ANALYSIS OF FAILURE DATA

12. Data Collection and Empirical Methods
Data Collection / Empirical Methods / Static Life Estimation / Nonparametric Confidence Intervals

13. Identifying Failure and Repair Distributions
Identifying Candidate Distributions / Probability Plots and Least-Squares Curve-Fitting / Parameter Estimation / Confidence Intervals / Parameter Estimation for Covariate Models

14. Statistical Tests
Chi-Square Goodness-of-Fit Test / Bartlett's Test for the Exponential Distribution / Mann's Test for the Weibull Distribution / Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test for Normal and Lognormal Distributions / Anderson-Darling Test / Estimation and Tests for the Nhpp / On Fitting Distributions

15. Reliability Testing
Product Testing / Reliability Life Testing / Test Times Calculations / Burn-In Testing / Acceptance Testing / Accelerated Life Testing / Reliability Growth Testing

Part III: APPLICATION

16. Reliability Estimation and Application
Case 1: Redundancy / Case 2: Burn-In Testing / Case 3: Preventive Maintenance Analysis / Case 4: Reliability Allocation / Case 5: Reliability Growth Testing / Case 6: Repairable System Analysis / Case 7: Multiply Censored Data / Case 8: Multiple Failure Modes / Case 9: Availability (Renewal Process) / Case 10: Availability (Minimal Repair Process)

17. Implementation
Objectives, Functions, and Processes / The Economics of Reliability and Maintainability and System Design / Organizational Considerations / Data Sources and Data Collection Methods / Product Liability, Warranties, and Related Matters / Software Reliability