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This chapter provides a framework for the RCM engineering techniques (given in Chapter 4) and provides a brief summary of basic R&M concepts upon which the techniques are based. Hardware reliability-age characteristics are described, followed by a description of reliability degradation and growth; basic reliability, maintainability and availability analysis concepts; and life-cycle RCM activities.
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Anderson, R.T., Neri, L. (1990). R&M Theory and Fundamental Concepts. In: Reliability-Centered Maintenance: Management and Engineering Methods. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0757-7_3
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