ReliaSoft Research Papers
Publications by ReliaSoft's R&D Team Members
These research papers and presentations were authored or co-authored by ReliaSoft R&D personnel and affiliated consultants. When applicable, the document is available for download in *.pdf format.
| 2020 |
| "Life Data Analysis with a Joint Probability Density Function" by Umur Yenal and David Jimenez (HBM Prenscia). Presented at RAMS (Palm Springs, California - January 27 - 30, 2020). NEW! |
| 2018 |
| "A General Formula for Expected Numbers of Failures " by Miklós Szidarovszky (HBM Prenscia), Ferenc Szidarovszky (Ridgetop Group Inc), and Sharon L. Honecker (HBM Prenscia). Presented at RAMS (Reno, Nevada - January 22 - 25, 2018). |
| 2017 |
| "Design requirements driven approach to highly automated Failure Mode Effects Analysis" by Jacek Kalowski (ReliaSoft). Presented at the European Safety and Reliability (ESREL) Conference (Portoroz, Slovenia - June 18 - 22, 2017). |
| "An Introduction to R & M Management" by Carl S. Carlson (ReliaSoft Consultant) and Fred Schenkelberg (FMS Reliability). Presented at RAMS (Orlando, Florida - January 23 - 26, 2017). |
| "Quantifying the Effect of a Potential Corrective Action on Product" by Sharon L. Honecker and Umur Yenal (HBM Prenscia). Presented at RAMS (Orlando, Florida - January 23 - 26, 2017). |
| "Understanding and Applying the Fundamentals of FMEAs" by Carl S. Carlson (ReliaSoft Consultant). Presented at RAMS (Orlando, Florida - January 23 - 26, 2017). |
| "Warranty Prediction for Parts with Design Changes" by Miklós Szidarovszky (HBM Prenscia), Huairui Guo (FCA LLC), Ferenc Szidarovszky (Ridgetop Group Inc) and Mohammad Hijawi (FCA LLC). Presented at RAMS (Orlando, Florida - January 23 - 26, 2017). |
| 2016 |
| "Practical Methods for Analyzing Reliability Test Data in the Presence of an Unexpected Failure Mode" by Sharon L. Honecker, David J. Groebel, and Adamantios Mettas (ReliaSoft). Presented at the SAE 2016 World Congress and Exhibition (Detroit, Michigan - April 12 - 14, 2016). |
| "Introduction to R & M Management" by Fred Schenkelberg (FMS Reliability) and Carl S. Carlson (ReliaSoft Consultant). Presented at RAMS (Tucson, Arizona - January 25 - 28, 2016). |
| "Optimal Maintenance Policies under Changing Technology and Environment" by Miklós Szidarovszky, Harry Guo and Ferenc Szidarovszky (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (Tucson, Arizona - January 25 - 28, 2016). Winner of the 2016 RAMS Stan Oftshun Award! |
| "Practical Approaches for Reliability Evaluation Using Degradation Data" by Huairui Guo (ReliaSoft) and Haitao Liao (University of Arkansas). Presented at RAMS (Tucson, Arizona - January 25 - 28, 2016). |
| "Understanding and Applying the Fundamentals of FMEAs" by Carl S. Carlson (ReliaSoft Consultant). Presented at RAMS (Tucson, Arizona - January 25 - 28, 2016). |
| 2015 |
| "An Application of Physics of Failure Analysis within a DFR Framework" by Adamantios Mettas (ReliaSoft). Presented at the Computational Reliability Engineering (CRE) Symposium in Product Development and Manufacturing (Dusseldorf, Germany - October 21 - 23, 2015). |
| "Reliability Through Customizable Computerized Monte Carlo Simulation" by John Leavitt and Miklós Szidarovszky (ReliaSoft). Published in The Journal of Reliability, Maintainability & Supportability in Systems Engineering, Spring 2015. |
| "Determining the Right Sample Size for Your Test: Theory and Application" by Athanasios Gerokostopoulos (ReliaSoft), Huairui Guo (ReliaSoft) and Edward Pohl (University of Arkansas). Presented at RAMS (Palm Harbor, Florida - January 26 - 29, 2015). |
| "Introduction to R & M Management" by Fred Schenkelberg (FMS Reliability) and Carl S. Carlson (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (Palm Harbor, Florida - January 26 - 29, 2015). |
| "Life Data Analysis Using the Competing Failure Modes Technique" by Julio Pulido (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (Palm Harbor, Florida - January 26 - 29, 2015). |
| "On Determining Optimal Inspection Interval for Minimizing Maintenance Cost" by Huairui Guo, Ferenc Szidarovszky, Athanasios Gerokostopoulos and Pengying Niu (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (Palm Harbor, Florida - January 26 - 29, 2015). |
| "Practical Approaches for Reliability Evaluation Using Degradation Data" by Huairui Guo (ReliaSoft) and Haitao Liao (University of Arizona). Presented at RAMS (Palm Harbor, Florida - January 26 - 29, 2015). |
| "Reliability Growth Planning Curves Based on Multi-Phase Projections" by Larry H. Crow (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (Palm Harbor, Florida - January 26 - 29, 2015). |
| "Understanding and Applying the Fundamentals of FMEAs" by Carl S. Carlson (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (Palm Harbor, Florida - January 26 - 29, 2015). |
| 2014 |
| "Profitable Condition Monitoring* *Conditions Apply" by S. Saravanan, Mohammed Altaf and Muthukumar Udaiappan (ReliaSoft). Presented at the National Conference on Condition Monitoring (NCCM) (Chennai, India - December 12 - 13, 2014). |
| "On Optimal Replacement Decision of Non-repairable systems" by Akio Matsumoto (Chuo University, Tokyo), Huairui Guo, Ferenc Szidarovszky, and Umur Yenal (ReliaSoft). Presented at the Western Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting (Nappa, California - April 1 - 4, 2014). |
| "A Game-Theoretic Model for Outsourcing Maintenance Services" by Maryam Hamidi (University of Arizona), Haitao Liao (University of Arizona) and Ferenc Szidarovszky (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (Colorado Springs, Colorado - January 27 - 30, 2014). |
| "A Method for Reliability Allocation with Confidence Level" by Huairui Guo (ReliaSoft), Mingxiao Jiang (Medtronic, Inc.) and Wendai Wang (Thoratec Corporation). Presented at RAMS (Colorado Springs, Colorado - January 27 - 30, 2014). |
| "Analysis for Locomotive Wheels’ Degradation" by Jing Lin (Luleå University of Technology), Julio Pulido (ReliaSoft) and Matthias Asplund (Luleå University of Technology). Presented at RAMS (Colorado Springs, Colorado - January 27 - 30, 2014). |
| "Determining the Right Sample Size for Your Test: Theory and Application" by Huairui Guo (ReliaSoft), Edward Pohl (University of Arkansas) and Athanasios Gerokostopoulos (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (Colorado Springs, Colorado - January 27 - 30, 2014). |
| "Field Repairable System Modeling with Missing Failure Information" by Huairui Guo, Athanasios Gerokostopoulos, Ferenc Szidarovszky and Pengying Niu (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (Colorado Springs, Colorado - January 27 - 30, 2014). Winner of the 2014 RAMS Stan Oftshun Award! |
| "Introduction to RAM Management" by Fred Schenkelberg (FMS Reliability) and Carl S. Carlson (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (Colorado Springs, Colorado - January 27 - 30, 2014). |
| "Understanding and Applying the Fundamentals of FMEAs" by Carl S. Carlson (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (Colorado Springs, Colorado - January 27 - 30, 2014). |
| "Using Accelerated Life Testing Techniques for Preventive Maintenance Scheduling" by Julio Pulido (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (Colorado Springs, Colorado - January 27 - 30, 2014). |
| 2013 |
| "More Pitfalls of Accelerated Tests" by William Q. Meeker (Iowa State University), Georgios Sarakakis (Tesla Motors) and Athanasios Gerokostopoulos (ReliaSoft). Published in the Journal of Quality Technology, Volume 45, Issue 3, July 2013. Winner of the 2014 ASQ Brumbaugh Award! |
| "An Analytical Approach to Failure Prediction for Systems Subject to General Repairs" by Qiuze Yu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China), Huairui Guo (ReliaSoft) and Haitao Liao (University of Arizona). Published in the IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Volume 62, Issue 3, September 2013. |
| "On Optimal Replacement Decisions for Non-repairable Systems" by Akio Matsumoto (Chuo University, Tokyo), Huairui Guo and Ferenc Szidarovszky (ReliaSoft). Presented at The Eighth International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Reliability (MMR2013) - Theory, Methods and Applications (Stellenbosch, South Africa - July 1 - 4, 2013). |
| "Reliability Availability and Maintainability Study: A Business Perspective" by Mohamed Altaf Jaffer, Muthukumar Udaiappan, Tarun Kumar Taisum and Saravanan Srinivasan (ReliaSoft). Published in the International Journal of Performability Engineering, Volume 9, Issue 4, July 2013. |
| "A Generic Method for Modeling Accelerated Life Testing Data" by Haitao Liao (University of Arizona) and Huairui Guo (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (Orlando, Florida - January 28 - 31, 2013). Winner of the 2014 William A. Golomski Award! |
| "Determining the Right Sample Size for Your Test: Theory and Application" by Huairui Guo (ReliaSoft), Edward Pohl (University of Arkansas) and Athanasios Gerokostopoulos (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (Orlando, Florida - January 28 - 31, 2013). |
| "Effective Implementation of an Enterprise Reliability Program with Suppliers" by Julio Pulido (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (Orlando, Florida - January 28 - 31, 2013). |
| "Estimating Component Reliabilities from Incomplete System Failure Data" by Huairui Guo, Ferenc Szidarovszky and Pengying Niu (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (Orlando, Florida - January 28 - 31, 2013). |
| "Modeling and Analysis for Degradation with an Initiation Time" by Huairui Guo (ReliaSoft), Athanasios Gerokostopoulos (ReliaSoft), Haitao Liao (University of Arizona) and Pengying Niu (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (Orlando, Florida - January 28 - 31, 2013). |
| "Optimizing Maintenance Policies based on Discrete Event Simulation and the OCBA Mechanism" by Dingzhou Cao (ReliaSoft), Yu Sun (Siena College) and Huairui Guo (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (Orlando, Florida - January 28 - 31, 2013). |
| 2012 |
| "A Simple Method on Power Calculation in Experiments for Treatment Comparison" by Huairui Guo, Pengying Niu and Ferenc Szidarovszky (ReliaSoft). Presented at The IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (Hong Kong, China - December 10 - 13, 2012). |
| "Optimum RCM Strategies Based on Quantitative Reliability Analysis" by Huairui Guo, Athanasios Gerokostopoulos and Yuhai Liang (ReliaSoft). Published in The Journal of Reliability, Maintainability, & Supportability in Systems Engineering, Winter 2012. |
| "Efficient Exact Optimization of Multi-objective Redundancy Allocation Problems in Series-Parallel Systems" by Dingzhou Cao (ReliaSoft), Alper Murat (Wayne State University) and Ratna Babu Chinnam (Wayne State University). Published in Reliability Engineering & System Safety, In Press. |
| "Managing Wind Turbine Reliability and Maintenance via Performance-Based Contract" by Tongdan Jin (Texas State University-San Marcos), Yi Ding (Technical University of Denmark), Huairui Guo (ReliaSoft) and Naveen Nalajala (Texas State University-San Marcos). Presented at 2012 Power & Energy Society General Meeting (July 22 - 26, in San Diego, California). |
| "Methods of Reliability Demonstration Testing and Their Relationships" by Huariui Guo (ReliaSoft) and Haitao Liao (University of Tennessee). Published in IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Volume 61, Issue 1, March 2012. |
| "Multiscale monitoring of autocorrelated processes using wavelets analysis" by Huariui Guo (ReliaSoft), Kamran Paynabar (The University of Michigan) and Jionghua Jin (The University of Michigan). Published in IIE Transactions, Volume 44, Issue 4, February 2012. |
| "Demonstrating Reliability Growth Requirements with Confidence" by Larry H. Crow (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (Reno, Nevada - January 23 - 26, 2012). Winner of the 2012 RAMS Stan Oftshun Award! |
| "Design of Experiments and Data Analysis" by Huairui Guo and Adamantios Mettas (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (Reno, Nevada - January 23 - 26, 2012). |
| "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). |
| "Introduction to R & M Management" by Duane L. Dietrich (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (Reno, Nevada - January 23 - 26, 2012). |
| "Lessons Learned for Effective FMEAs" by Carl Carlson (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (Reno, Nevada - January 23 - 26, 2012). |
| "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). |
| "Reliability Analysis for Components under Thermal Mechanical Loadings" by Julio Pulido (ReliaSoft). Presented at RAMS (Reno, Nevada - January 23 - 26, 2012). |
| 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). |
| "Some Properties of Confidence Bounds on Reliability Estimation for Parts under Varying Stress" by Wenbiao Zhao (American Express), Rong Pan (University of Texas, El Passo), Alexander Aron (ReliaSoft) and Adamantios Mettas (ReliaSoft). Published in the IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Volume 55, Issue 1, March 2006. |
| 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). |
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