Journal: Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Found 699 papers in total
Automotive reliability prediction based on early field failure warranty data
Automotive reliability prediction based on early field failure warranty data
1998,
This paper provides a reliability prediction method to identify vehicle components...
Effective application of Q(R) charts in low-volume manufacturing
Effective application of Q(R) charts in low-volume manufacturing
1999,
Q charts provide means for statistical process control in low-volume processes and...
Automotive demands for quality and reliability in microelectronics
Automotive demands for quality and reliability in microelectronics
1999,
This paper describes the automotive electronics market with its pressures to increase...
Optimal burn-in decision making
Optimal burn-in decision making
1998,
This paper presents a conceptual model of burn-in decision making which gives an...
Improving the lifetime of an automatic welding system
Improving the lifetime of an automatic welding system
1999,
In an industrial development project an automatic welding system for multilayer steel...
A risk-informed methodology for parts selection and management
A risk-informed methodology for parts selection and management
1999,
This paper presents an overview of a ‘risk-informed’ methodology for...
Improving the performance of the multivariate exponentially weighted moving average control chart
Improving the performance of the multivariate exponentially weighted moving average control chart
1999,
Multivariate statistical process control (SPC) procedures are useful in cases where...
Optimal initial production control period based on a quality growth model
Optimal initial production control period based on a quality growth model
1999,
The initial production phase of new products or the initial installation phase of new...
Maintenance-free operating periods – the designer's challenge
Maintenance-free operating periods – the designer's challenge
1999,
It is generally accepted that a major hurt for the aerospace industry is the need for...
Reliability growth – a new graphical model
Reliability growth – a new graphical model
1999,
A new reliability growth model is presented which is simpler to plot and fits the data...
Tool replacement policy for probabilistic tool life and random wear process
Tool replacement policy for probabilistic tool life and random wear process
1999,
This study presents a tool replacement model which determines the optimal initial tool...
Reliability optimization of complex systems using modified random-to-pattern search algorithm
Reliability optimization of complex systems using modified random-to-pattern search algorithm
1999,
The modified random-to-pattern search (MRPS) algorithm, developed by the authors for...
Reliability assessment of aerospace electronic equipment
Reliability assessment of aerospace electronic equipment
1999,
Reliability assessment has been discussed extensively in the commercial aerospace and...
Optimal design of systems with standby dependencies
Optimal design of systems with standby dependencies
1999,
The technique of fault tree analysis is commonly used to assess the probability of...
Sampling plans for vehicle component reliability verification
Sampling plans for vehicle component reliability verification
1999,
Today's vehicle customers' demand for better quality and reliability is increasing. A...
The challenge of quantitative reliability
The challenge of quantitative reliability
1998,
After examining the need of the equipment/system user to receive, collect, analyse and...
A Petri net approach to early failure detection and isolation for preventive maintenance
A Petri net approach to early failure detection and isolation for preventive maintenance
1998,
To improve preventive maintenance, this study uses a hybrid Petri net modelling method...
Reliability worth assessments of electrical distribution networks
Reliability worth assessments of electrical distribution networks
1999,
Reliability evaluation techniques have reached a stage at which they can be applied to...
Measuring the effectiveness of reliability growth testing
Measuring the effectiveness of reliability growth testing
1999,
Assessing the effectiveness of reliability growth testing allow decisions to be made...
Guidelines for corrective replacement based on low stochastic structure assumptions
Guidelines for corrective replacement based on low stochastic structure assumptions
1997,
This paper presents corrective replacement decisions, e.g. for machines in a...
Analysing event data from a repairable machine subject to imperfect preventive maintenance
Analysing event data from a repairable machine subject to imperfect preventive maintenance
1997,
A machine is minimally repaired on failure and imperfect preventive maintenance (PM)...
A full history proportional hazards model for preventive maintenance scheduling
A full history proportional hazards model for preventive maintenance scheduling
1997,
This paper is concerned with the development of a realistic preventive maintenance...
Dynamic influences in multi-component maintenance
Dynamic influences in multi-component maintenance
1997,
Most maintenance-optimisation models assume an infinite planning horizon and suppose...
A modelling procedure to optimize component safety inspection over a finite time horizon
A modelling procedure to optimize component safety inspection over a finite time horizon
1997,
In this paper a model of a safety inspection process is proposed for the expected...
Papers per page: