Title :
Commentary: reliability-past, present, and future
Author :
O´Connor, Patrick D T
Abstract :
The paper reviews the nature of reliability in relation to the causes of failures of engineering products, explains how most of the methods that have been developed and applied by reliability and quality specialists have been misleading and ineffective, and makes suggestions for the way ahead.
Keywords :
ISO standards; engineering; failure analysis; quality control; reliability; reviews; engineering product failure causes; production quality; quality specialists; reliability; Automata; Books; Education; Humans; Production; Productivity; Quality management; Reliability engineering; Structural rings; Writing;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
