• DocumentCode
    1149691
  • Title

    Commentary: getting real about reliability, through wit and humor

  • Author

    Connor, John A.

  • Volume
    52
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    3/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    10
  • Lastpage
    13
  • Abstract
    Just as an analogy is the "soul of wit," intellectual honesty is the "soul of real-world reliability engineering." This claim is illustrated using 13 cases-in-point; recognizing humor as a factor in gaining appropriate pragmatic insight.
  • Keywords
    reliability; MTBF; humor; mean time between failures; pragmatic insight; reliability engineering; Art; Cultural differences; Design engineering; Extraterrestrial measurements; Humans; Logic; Mice; Product design; Reliability engineering; Shafts;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9529
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TR.2002.804732
  • Filename
    1179790
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1149691