Screen LibraryAssurance technologies principles and practices : a product, process, and system safety perspective /
The Second Edition features new content, examples, methods, techniques, and best practicesAssurance Technologies Principles and Practices is based on the assertion that safety is not a cost, but an excellent investment. According to the authors, more than sixty percent of problems in complex systems...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/047000942X |
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The Second Edition features new content, examples, methods, techniques, and best practicesAssurance Technologies Principles and Practices is based on the assertion that safety is not a cost, but an excellent investment. According to the authors, more than sixty percent of problems in complex systems arise from incomplete, vague, and poorly written specifications. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xx, 472 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
0470009411 9780470009413 047000942X 9780470009420 |
| Index Number: | TS156 |
| CLC: | TB497 |
| Contents: | Cover CONTENTS PREFACE CHAPTER 1 ASSURANCE TECHNOLOGIES, PROFITS, AND MANAGING SAFETY-RELATED RISKS 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Cheaper, Better, and Faster Products 1.3 What Is System Assurance? 1.4 Key Management Responsibilities 1.4.1 Integration 1.4.2 Budget Consistent with Objectives 1.4.3 Managing Risk 1.5 Is System Assurance a Process? 1.6 System Assurance Programs References Further Reading CHAPTER 2 INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL CONCEPTS 2.1 Probabilistic Designs 2.2 Probability Computations for Reliability, Safety, and Maintainability 2.2.1 Construction of a Histogram and the Empirical Distr |