Description
The second edition of a bestseller, this book demonstrates how to implement and operate a practical reliability program using carefully designed experiments to provide information quickly, efficiently, and cost effectively, emphasizing real solutions to daily problems. A special expanded section explains how to combine accelerated testing with design of experiments for immediate improvement. Tracing the transition from reliability assurance by compliance with standards to good design and manufacturing practices, the book covers concurrent product design, process development, deterministic methods, reliability data bases, constant and variable failure rates, Taguchi methods, and more.
