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    <dateIssued>c2004</dateIssued>
    <dateIssued encoding="marc">2004</dateIssued>
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  <tableOfContents>What is reliability? Definition and purpose of reliability. Benefits of reliability -- Basic concepts. Probability of success. Failure rate. Mean time to failure. Mean time between failures. Failure mode. Failure mode and effects analysis. Risk priority number. Test validity. Availability, maintainability, capability. Mean time to repair. Mean cost of repair. -- Sampling. Choosing a sampling plan. Feasibility study sampling. Sampling to verify reliability. Sampling to determine reliability. Sampling complex devices with multiple failure modes. Transposing time and quantity in. Summary of reliability sampling -- Measuring reliability. Specifying and recording reliability. Measuring process reliability. Measuring product reliability. MTF and MTBF testing. Failure rate (FR) testing. Capability, availability, and maintainability -- Interpreting test results -- Improving reliability</tableOfContents>
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  <note type="statement of responsibility">Ronald Blank</note>
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