Research Papers

Publications in Reliability Engineering & Related Disciplines by ReliaSoft's R&D Team Members

This page presents a summary of research papers and presentations that have been authored or co-authored by ReliaSoft R&D personnel and affiliated consultants. When applicable, the document is available for download in *.pdf format.

2012
	"Design of Experiments and Data Analysis" by Huairui Guo and Adamantios Mettas (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (Reno, Nevada - January 23 - 26, 2012). NEW!
	"Design of Reliable System Based on Dynamic Bayesian Networks and Genetic Algorithm" by Dingzhou Cao, (ReliaSoft), Shaobai Kan (John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY) and Yu Sun (Wayne State University). Presented at RAMS (Reno, Nevada - January 23 - 26, 2012). NEW!
	"Introduction to R & M Management" by Duane L. Dietrich (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (Reno, Nevada - January 23 - 26, 2012). NEW!
	"Lessons Learned for Effective FMEAs" by Carl Carlson (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (Reno, Nevada - January 23 - 26, 2012). NEW!
	"On Planning Accelerated Life Tests for Comparing Two Product Designs" by Huairui Guo, Pengying Niu, Adamantios Mettas and Doug Ogden (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (Reno, Nevada - January 23 - 26, 2012). NEW!
	"Reliability Analysis for Components under Thermal Mechanical Loadings" by Julio Pulido (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (Reno, Nevada - January 23 - 26, 2012). NEW!
2011
	"Modeling of Accelerated Degradation Tests with Interval Failure Time Data" by Haitao Liao (University of Tennessee) and Huairui Guo (ReliaSoft). Presented at MMR 2011 (June 20 - 24, in Beijing, China).
	"Failure Process Modeling For Systems With General Repairs" by Huairui Guo (ReliaSoft), Haitao Liao (University of Tennessee) and Julio Pulido (Ingersoll Rand). Presented at MMR 2011 (June 20 - 24, in Beijing, China).
	"Designing Reliability Demonstration Tests for One-Shot Systems Under Zero Component Failures" by Huariui Guo (ReliaSoft), Tongdan Jin (State University of Texas) and Adamantios Mettas (ReliaSoft). Published in IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Volume 60, Issue 1, March 2011.
	"Design of Experiments and Data Analysis" by Huairui Guo and Adamantios Mettas (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (January 24 - 27, in Lake Buena Vista, FL).
	"Design of Reliability Demonstration Testing for Repairable Systems" by Huairui Guo (ReliaSoft), Haitao Liao (University of Tennessee), Athanasios Gerokostopoulos (ReliaSoft) and Adamantios Mettas (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (January 24 - 27, in Lake Buena Vista, FL).
	"Special Topics for Consideration in a Design for Reliability Process" by Georgios Sarakakis, Athanasios Gerokostopoulos and Adamantios Mettas (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (January 24 - 27, in Lake Buena Vista, FL).
	"Introduction to R & M Management" by Duane Dietrich (ReliaSoft) and Fred Schenkelberg (Ops A La Carte, LLC). Presented at RAMS (January 24 - 27, in Lake Buena Vista, FL).
	"Lessons Learned for Effective FMEAs" by Carl Carlson (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (January 24 - 27, in Lake Buena Vista, FL).
	"Planning a Reliability Growth Program Utilizing Historical Data" by Larry H. Crow (Instructor and Consultant for ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (January 24 - 27, in Lake Buena Vista, FL).
	"Reliability Growth Planning, Analysis and Management" by Larry H. Crow (Instructor and Consultant for ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (January 24 - 27, in Lake Buena Vista, FL).
2010
	"Reliability Estimation for One-Shot Systems with Zero Component Test Failures" by Huairui Guo, Sharon Honecker, Adamantios Mettas and Doug Ogden (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (January 25 - 28, in San Jose, CA). Winner of the 2010 RAMS Stan Oftshun Award!
	"Piecewise NHPP Models with Maximum Likelihood Estimation for Repairable Systems " Huairui Guo, Adamantios Mettas, Georgios Sarakakis and Pengying Niu (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (January 25 - 28, in San Jose, CA).
	"Best Practices for Effective Reliability Program Plans" by Carl Carlson, Georgios Sarakakis, David Groebel and Adamantios Mettas (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (January 25 - 28, in San Jose, CA).
	"Temperature Acceleration Models in Reliability Predictions: Justification & Improvements" by Franck Bayle (Thales Aeronautics Division) and Adamantios Mettas (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (January 25 - 28, in San Jose, CA).
	"Introduction to RAM Management" by Duane Dietrich (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (January 25 - 28, in San Jose, CA).
	"The Extended Continuous Evaluation Reliability Growth Model" by Larry H. Crow (Instructor and Consultant for ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (January 25 - 28, in San Jose, CA).
	"Lessons Learned for Effective FMEAs" by Carl Carlson (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (January 25 - 28, in San Jose, CA).
	"Design of Experiments and Data Analysis" by Huariui Guo and Adamantios Mettas (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (January 25 - 28, in San Jose, CA).
	"Pathological behaviors of fisher confidence bounds for Weibull distribution" by Huairui Guo (ReliaSoft), Haitao Liao (University of Tennessee), Rong Pan (Arizona State University), Alexander Aron (ReliaSoft) and Adamantios Mettas (ReliaSoft). Published in Computers & Industrial Engineering, Volume 58, Issue 4, May 2010.
	"Bias Correction For The Shape Parameter Of Weibull Distribution In Generalized Linear Model" by Huariui Guo and Adamantios Mettas (ReliaSoft). Presented at ISSAT (August 5 - 7, in Washington, DC).
	"Asset Management Supported by Reliability Engineering" by Adamantios Mettas and Claudio Caiani Spanό (ReliaSoft). Presented at SMRP (October 18 - 21, in Milwaukee, WI).
	"Design for Reliability: Overview of the Process and Applicable Techniques" by Adamantios Mettas (ReliaSoft). Published in International Journal of Performability Engineering, Volume 6, Number 6, November 2010.
2009
	"Applications of Discrete-Event Simulation to Reliability and Availability Assessment in Civil Engineering Structures" by Angel A. Juan (Open University of Catalonia), Arai Monteforte (ReliaSoft), Albert Ferrer and Carles Serrat (Technical University of Catalonia) and Javier Faulin (Public University of Navarre). Presented at WSC (December 13 - 16, in Austin, TX).
	"Improving the 1-Parameter Weibull: A Bayesian Approach" by Alexander Aron, Huairui Guo, Adamantios Mettas and Doug Ogden (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (January 26-29, in Fort Worth, TX).
	"Warranty Prediction for Products with Random Stresses and Usages" by Huairui Guo, Arai Monteforte, Adamantios Mettas and Doug Ogden (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (January 26-29, in Fort Worth, TX).
	"Reliability from Design Inception to Product Retirement" by Duane Dietrich (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (January 26-29, in Fort Worth, TX).
2008
	"Reliability Evaluation and Application for Systems with Different Phases" by Huairui Guo, Adamantios Mettas and Arai Monteforte (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (January 28-31, in Las Vegas, NV).
	"Reliability from Design Inception to Product Retirement" by Duane Dietrich (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (January 28-31, in Las Vegas, NV).
	"A Methodology for Managing Reliability Growth during Operational Mission Profile Testing" by Larry H. Crow (Instructor and Consultant for ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (January 28-31, in Las Vegas, NV).
	"Lessons Learned for Effective FMEAs" by Carl Carlson (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (January 28-31, in Las Vegas, NV).
	"On Determining Sample Size and Testing Duration of Repairable System Test" by Huairui Guo (ReliaSoft) and Rong Pan (Arizona State University). Presented at RAMS (January 28-31, in Las Vegas, NV).
2007
	"D-Optimal Reliability Test Design for Two-Stress Accelerated Life Tests" by Huairui Guo (ReliaSoft) and Rong Pan (Department of Industrial Engineering, ASU). Presented at IEEM (December 2-5, 2007 in Singapore).
	"Optimal Design of Reliability Tests for Multiple Stresses" by Rong Pan (Department of Industrial Engineering, ASU) and Huairui Guo (ReliaSoft). Presentation at INFORMS (November 3-7, 2007 in Seattle, WA).
	"Time-Varying Multi-Stress ALT for Modeling Life of Outdoor Optical Products" by Chung F. Lam (Corning Cable Systems), Huairui Guo (ReliaSoft) and Lance Larson (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (January 22-25, 2007 in Orlando, FL).
	"Improved Reliability Using Accelerated Degradation & Design of Experiments" by Huairui Guo and Adamantios Mettas. Presented at RAMS (January 22-25, 2007 in Orlando, FL).
	"PER: A Process Control Methodology for Development Testing" by Larry H. Crow. Presented at RAMS (January 22-25, 2007 in Orlando, FL).
	"Lessons Learned for Effective FMEAs" by Carl S. Carlson. Presented at RAMS (January 22-25, 2007 in Orlando, FL).
2006
	"Reliability from Product Design Inception to Product Retirement" by Duane L. Dietrich. Presented at RAMS (January 23-26, 2006 in Newport Beach, CA).
	"Useful Metrics for Managing Failure Mode Corrective Action" by Larry H. Crow. Presented at RAMS (January 23-26, 2006 in Newport Beach, CA).
	"Practical Methods for Modeling Repairable Systems with Time Trends and Repair Effects" by Huairui Guo, Wenbiao Zhao and Adamantios Mettas. Presented at RAMS (January 23-26, 2006 in Newport Beach, CA).
	"Lessons Learned for Effective FMEAs" by Carl S. Carlson. Presented at RAMS (January 23-26, 2006 in Newport Beach, CA).
2005
	"Studies and Methods for Improving the Effectiveness of Reliability Tasks" by Larry H. Crow. Presented at RAMS (January 24-27, 2005 in Alexandria, VA).
	"Reliability Predictions Based on Customer Usage Stress Profiles" by Adamantios Mettas. Presented at RAMS (January 24-27, 2005 in Alexandria, VA).
	"Modeling and Analysis of Repairable Systems with General Repair" by Adamantios Mettas and Wenbiao Zhao. Presented at RAMS (January 24-27, 2005 in Alexandria, VA).
	"Reliability Prediction using Multivariate Degradation Data" by Di Xu (American Express) and Wenbiao Zhao (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (January 24-27, 2005 in Alexandria, VA).
2004
	"Reliability Block Diagram Simulation Techniques Applied to the IEEE Std. 493 Standard Network" by W. Wang (GE), J. Loman (GE), R. Arno (RAC), P. Vassiliou (ReliaSoft), E. Furlong (GE) and D. Ogden (ReliaSoft). IEEE Transactions on Industrial Applications, May/June 2004.
	"Application of Quantitative Accelerated Life Models on Load Sharing Redundancy" by Adamantios Mettas and Pantelis Vassiliou.
	"An Accelerated Life Testing Model Involving Performance Degradation" by Wenbiao Zhao (ReliaSoft) and E.A. Elsayed (Rutgers University).
	"An Extended Reliability Growth Model For Managing And Assessing Corrective Actions" by Larry H. Crow.  [updated after the Symposium to correct typos]
	"Reliability Importance of Components in a Complex System" by Wendai Wang (GE Global Research Center), Jim Loman (GE Global Research Center) and Pantelis Vassiliou (ReliaSoft).
2002
	"Modeling and Analysis of Time-Dependent Stress Accelerated Life Data" by Adamantios Mettas and Pantelis Vassiliou. Presented at RAMS (January 28-31, 2002 in Seattle, WA).
	"Intellectual Capital: Using the Web for Knowledge Management and Data Utilization in Reliability Engineering" [4,566 KB] by Adamantios Mettas and David Rock. Presented at RAMS (January 28-31, 2002 in Seattle, WA).
	"Understanding Accelerated Life-Testing Analysis." Tutorial by Pantelis Vassiliou and Adamantios Mettas RAMS (January 28-31, 2002 in Seattle, WA).
2001
	"Determination & Interpretation of Activation Energy Using Accelerated-Test Data" by David Groebel, Adamantios Mettas, and Dr. Feng-Bin Sun (Principal Reliability Engineer, Quantum Corporation). Presented at RAMS (January 22-25, 2001 in Philadelphia, PA).
	"System Reliability Analysis: The Advantages of Using Analytic Methods to Analyze Non-Repairable Systems" by Adamantios Mettas and Marios Savva. Presented at RAMS (January 22-25, 2001 in Philadelphia, PA)
	"Warranty Calculations for Missiles with Only Current-Status Data, Using Bayesian Methods" by Dr. David Olwell (Director of ReliaSoft Professional Services) and Anthony Sorrell (Naval Postgraduate School). Presented at RAMS (January 22-25, 2001 in Philadelphia, PA).
	"Reliability Leadership" by Dr. David Olwell (Director of ReliaSoft Professional Services). Presented at RAMS (January 22-25, 2001 in Philadelphia, PA).
2000
	"Modeling & Analysis for Multiple Stress-Type Accelerated Life Data" by Adamantios Mettas, Senior Scientist, ReliaSoft Corporation. Presented at RAMS (January 24-27, 2000 in Los Angeles, CA).
	"Reliability Allocation and Optimization for Complex Systems" by Adamantios Mettas, Senior Scientist, ReliaSoft Corporation. Presented at RAMS (January 24-27, 2000 in Los Angeles, CA).
	"Field Data is Reliability Information: Implementing an Automated Data Acquisition and Analysis System" by James Jauw, Amway Corporation and Pantelis Vassiliou, ReliaSoft Corporation. Presented at RAMS (January 24-27, 2000 in Los Angeles, CA).