Evaluating Control Systems Reliability: Techniques and Applications (Resources for measurement & control)

This manual applies reliability and safety evaluation techniques to control systems, presenting modelling methods in a systematic manner. Examples are used throughout the text to underline the concepts, and each mathematical formula is explained in detail. Early chapters introduce the sources, modes and causes of failure, and present methods for the translation of test data into reliability matrices. Quantitative system evaluation techniques such as Markov models and failure trees are explored. Advanced topics covered include common cause failures, multiple failure modes, software reliability and life cycle costing, all in the context of control systems.