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This chapter presents some basic theory of reliability, including complex system theory and properties of lifetime distributions. Basic availability theory and models for maintenance optimization are included in Chaps. 4 and 5, respectively.
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Aven, T., Jensen, U. (2013). Basic Reliability Theory. In: Stochastic Models in Reliability. Stochastic Modelling and Applied Probability, vol 41. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7894-2_2
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