IIE Transactions articles from June 2006

IIE Transactions archives from June 2006

Designing experiments for robust-optimization problems: the [V.sub.s]-optimality criterion.
June 1, 2006... 1. Introduction In the last three decades, the Taguchi method of robust design has been widely applied to the design of various systems. In many cases, the exact underlying relationship between the design factors and the system response is...

Maintenance policies for systems with condition monitoring and obvious failures.
June 1, 2006... 1. Introduction Most industrial systems degrade randomly over time and, unless some action is taken, eventually they fail. Maintenance managers decide when to perform maintenance activities, such as observations and replacements, with the...

A generalized multistate-based path vector approach to multistate two-terminal reliability.
June 1, 2006... 1. Introduction System-reliability evaluation can be understood as the computation of the probability that a system is functioning for a given amount of time under specified conditions (Elsayed, 1996). In the mathematical theory of...

A change-point analysis for modeling incomplete burn-in for light displays.
June 1, 2006... 1. Introduction Degradation modeling has a rich history in the electronics industry and other engineering fields. Not only can degradation measurements lead to an improved reliability analysis (compared with a standard failure time...

Performance distribution of a fault-tolerant system in the presence of failure correlation.
June 1, 2006... 1. Introduction The reliability and performance of computing systems can be improved by the incorporation of redundancy or fault tolerance into the system. Two of the best known fault-tolerant software design methods are N-version...

Reliability measures for dynamic multistate nonrepairable systems and their applications to system performance evaluation.
June 1, 2006... 1. Introduction A reliability measure for traditional binary reliability models can be defined as the probability that the system is functioning perfectly at some point in time t = [t.sub.0] [member of] (0, [infinity]). It can be denoted...

Experiments: Planning, Analysis, and Parameter Design Optimization.(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Experiments: Planning, Analysis, and Parameter Design Optimization C. F. Jeff Wu and Michael Hamada John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 2000, S125.00, ISBN: 0-471-25511-4 There are numerous books on the design of experiments....

Image Processing and Jump Regression Analysis.(Book review)
June 1, 2006... Image Processing and Jump Regression Analysis Peihua Qiu John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York 2005, ISBN 0-471-42099-9, 305 pp. This recent book by Qiu gives an updated account of research developments in areas generally related to...