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In this book, the definitions of terms used conform generally to those given in the British Standards BS4778 ‘Glossary of terms used in quality assurance (including reliability and maintainability terms)’, BS5532 ‘Statistics — Vocabulary and symbols’, and BS3811 ‘Glossary of maintenance terms in terotechnology’.
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Sherwin, D.J., Bossche, A. (1993). Definitions, terminology and basics. In: The Reliability, Availability and Productiveness of Systems. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1582-7_1
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