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The most important problem in reliability theory is to estimate statistically at what time an operating unit will fail in the near future. From such reliability viewpoints, failure distributions and their parameters have been estimated statistically, and some reliability quantities have been well defined and obtained. Systems with high reliability have been designed, and maintenance policies to prevent failures have been discussed analytically, collecting a large amount of information on failure times of object units. We call such times in the future forward times. Most problems in reliability are to solve practical problems concerning forward times. Reliability theory has been developed greatly through probabilistic investigation on forward times [1, 2, 73, 104].
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(2008). Forward and Backward Times in Reliability Models. In: Advanced Reliability Models and Maintenance Policies. Springer Series in Reliability Engineering. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-294-4_5
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