2. Edition - July 2006
87.90 Euro
2006. 472 Pages, Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0-471-74491-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-471-74491-7 - John Wiley & Sons








Short description
Assurance Technologies Principles and Practices is based on the assertion that safety is not a cost, but an excellent investment. The text is dedicated to uniting the gamut of disciplines that are essential for effective design applying assurance technology principles, including system safety, reliability, maintainability, human engineering, quality, logistics, software integrity, and system integration. The Second Edition of a classic in its field features a host of new examples, methods, techniques, and best practices to bring the text fully up to date with the state of the art in assurance technology.

From the contents
Chapter 1. Assurance Technologies, Profits, and Managing Safety-Related Risks.

Chapter 2. Introduction to Statistical Concepts.

Construction of a histogram and the empirical distribution.

Failure rate and hazard function.

Chapter 3. Reliability Engineering and Safety-related Applications.

Chapter 4. Maintainability Engineering and Safety-related Applications.

Chapter 5. System Safety Engineering.

Chapter 6. Quality Assurance Engineering and Preventing Latent Safety Defects.

Chapter 7. Logistics Support Engineering and System Safety Considerations.

Chapter 8. Human Factors Engineering and System Safety Considerations.

Chapter 9. Software Performance Assurance.

Chapter 10. System Effectiveness.

Chapter 11. Managing Safety-Related Risks.

Chapter 12. Statistical Concepts, Loss Analysis, and Safety-Related Applications.

Chapter 13. Models, Concepts and Examples: Applying Scenario-Driven Hazard Analysis.

Additional Reading and Reference Sources.

Chapter 14. Automation, Computer, and Software Complexities.

Additional References.