Bauer, Eric. <br/><br/>
Practical system reliability / 
Eric Bauer, Xuemei Zhang, Douglas A. Kimber 
 - Piscataway, NJ :  Hoboken, N.J. :  IEEE Press ;  Wiley,  c2009 
 - xiii, 287 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- System availability -- Conceptual model of reliability and availability -- Why availability varies between customers -- Modeling availability -- Estimating parameters and availability from field data -- Estimating input parameters from lab data -- Estimating input parameters in the architecture/design stage -- Prediction accuracy -- Connecting the dots -- Summary -- Appendix A: System reliability report outline -- Appendix B: Reliability and availability theory -- Appendix C: Software reliability growth module -- Appendix D: Acronyms and abbreviations -- Appendix E: Bibliography 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780470408605 047040860X 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Reliability (Engineering)