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In building reliability into a system, engineers must address a number of practical needs that will enable them to quantify and compare reliability in engineered systems. (1) One is to be able to compare the reliability of one system to another system. (2) Another practical need is to compare alternate system designs for the purpose of engineering a particular optimal system. The practical, standardized, technical tool for characterizing reliability in systems is system signatures which was created in 1985 and since has developed into a powerful tool for qualifying reliability. It is used in all physical structures and stochastic systems where reliability is an important consideration (e.g., automobiles, bridges, electronic networks, airplanes, etc.) Since the introduction of system signatures in Francisco Samaniego’s 1985 paper, the properties of this technical concept have been examined, tested and proven in a wide variety of systems applications. Based on the practical and research success in building reliability into systems with system signatures, this is the first book treatment of the approach. It is, therefore, the purpose of this book to provide guidance on how reliability problems might be structured, modeled and solved. Over the past ten years the broad applicability of system signatures has become apparent and the tool’s utility in coherent systems and communications networks firmly established. The book compared actual system lifetimes where the tool has been and has not been used. These comparisons—which have been done over the years—demonstrate the practical, feasible and fruitful use of the tool in building reliable systems. Finally, new results and future directions for system signatures are also explored. .

Reliability (Engineering) --- Engineering systems --- Fiabilité --- Systèmes d'ingénierie --- Engineering systems. --- Maintainability (Engineering). --- Reliability (Engineering) -- Statistical methods. --- Reliability (Engineering). --- Distribution (Probability theory) --- Industrial & Management Engineering --- Technology - General --- Materials Science --- Chemical & Materials Engineering --- Mechanical Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Statistical methods. --- Fiabilité --- Systèmes d'ingénierie --- EPUB-LIV-FT LIVINGEN SPRINGER-B --- Engineering. --- Operations research. --- Decision making. --- System theory. --- Probabilities. --- Statistics. --- Quality control. --- Reliability. --- Industrial safety. --- Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk. --- Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences. --- Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes. --- Operation Research/Decision Theory. --- Systems Theory, Control. --- Mathematical statistics --- Engineering

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Since 1979, when it was ?rst established by the Technical Committee on Re- ability, Safety and Security of the European Workshop on Industrial Computer Systems (EWICS TC7), the SAFECOMP Conference series has regularly and continuously contributed to improving the state of the art of highly depe- able computer-based systems, since then increasingly applied to safety-relevant industrial domains. Inthisexpandingtechnical?eldSAFECOMPo?ersaplatformforknowledge andtechnologytransferbetweenacademia,industry,researchandlicensingins- tutions, providing ample opportunities for exchanging insights, experiences and trends in the areas of safety, reliability and security regarding critical computer applications. In accordance with the growing spread of critical infrastructures involving both safety and security threats, this year’s SAFECOMP program included a considerable number of contributions addressing technical problems and engineering solutions across the border between safety-related and securi- related concerns. Thereactiontoourcallforpaperswasparticularlygratifyingandimpressive, including 136 full papers submitted by authors representing 29 countries from Europe,Asia, North and South America aswell asAustralia. The selection of 33 fullpapersand16shortpapersforpresentationandpublicationwasachallenging task requiring a huge amount of reviewing and organizational e?ort. In view of the particularly high number of articles submitted, obvious practical constraints led – to our regret – to the rejection of a considerable amount of high-quality work. To all authors, invited speakers, members of the International Program Committee and external reviewers go our heartfelt thanks! The local organization of SAFECOMP 2007, hosted in Nuremberg, is also gratefully acknowledged.

Computer software --- Electronic digital computers --- Computer security --- Logiciels --- Ordinateurs --- Sécurité informatique --- Reliability --- Congresses. --- Fiabilité --- Congrès --- Industrial safety --- Computer Science --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Computer science. --- Special purpose computers. --- Software engineering. --- Coding theory. --- Computer logic. --- Management information systems. --- Computer Science. --- Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems. --- Coding and Information Theory. --- Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems. --- Logics and Meanings of Programs. --- Management of Computing and Information Systems. --- Computer-based information systems --- EIS (Information systems) --- Executive information systems --- MIS (Information systems) --- Sociotechnical systems --- Information resources management --- Management --- Computer science logic --- Logic, Symbolic and mathematical --- Data compression (Telecommunication) --- Digital electronics --- Information theory --- Machine theory --- Signal theory (Telecommunication) --- Computer programming --- Computer software engineering --- Engineering --- Special purpose computers --- Computers --- Informatics --- Science --- Communication systems --- Logic design. --- Information Systems. --- Design, Logic --- Design of logic systems --- Electronic circuit design --- Logic circuits --- Switching theory --- Information theory. --- Communication theory --- Communication --- Cybernetics

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Reliable Software Technologies is an annual series of international conferences devoted to the promotion and advancement of all aspects of reliable software technologies. The objective of this series of conferences, initiated and sponsored by Ada-Europe, the European federation of national Ada societies, is to provide a forum to promote the development of reliable softwares both as an industrial technique and an academic discipline. Previous editions of the Reliable Software Technologies conference were held in: Porto (Portugal) in 2006, York (UK) in 2005, Palma de Mallorca (Spain) in 2004,Toulouse (France) in 2003,Vienna (Austria) in 2002,Leuven (Belgium) in 2001,Potsdam(Germany)in2000,Santander(Spain)in1999,Uppsala(Sweden) in 1998, London (UK) in 1997 and Montreux (Switzerland) in 1996. The 12th International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies took place in Geneva, Switzerland, June 25-29, 2007, under the continued sponsoring ofAda-Europe,incooperationwithACMSIGAda.Itwasorganizedbymembers of the University of Applied Sciences, Western Switzerland (Engineering School of Geneva), in collaboration with colleagues from various places in Europe. The 13th conference, in 2008, will take place in Venice, Italy.

Computer software --- Logiciels --- Reliability --- Congresses. --- Fiabilité --- Congrès --- Computer Science --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Information Technology --- Computer Science (Hardware & Networks) --- Software Engineering --- Computer systems --- ADP systems (Computer systems) --- Computing systems --- Systems, Computer --- Computer science. --- Computer communication systems. --- Special purpose computers. --- Computer programming. --- Software engineering. --- Programming languages (Electronic computers). --- Application software. --- Computer Science. --- Computer Applications. --- Software Engineering. --- Programming Techniques. --- Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters. --- Computer Communication Networks. --- Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems. --- Application computer programs --- Application computer software --- Applications software --- Apps (Computer software) --- Computer languages --- Computer program languages --- Computer programming languages --- Machine language --- Electronic data processing --- Languages, Artificial --- Computer software engineering --- Engineering --- Computers --- Electronic computer programming --- Electronic digital computers --- Programming (Electronic computers) --- Coding theory --- Special purpose computers --- Communication systems, Computer --- Computer communication systems --- Data networks, Computer --- ECNs (Electronic communication networks) --- Electronic communication networks --- Networks, Computer --- Teleprocessing networks --- Data transmission systems --- Digital communications --- Electronic systems --- Information networks --- Telecommunication --- Cyberinfrastructure --- Network computers --- Informatics --- Science --- Programming --- Distributed processing

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This book covers the recent applications of computational intelligence techniques in reliability engineering. This volume contains a survey of the contributions made to the optimal reliability design literature in the resent years and chapters devoted to different applications of a genetic algorithm in reliability engineering and to combinations of this algorithm with other computational intelligence techniques. Genetic algorithms are one of the most widely used metaheuristics, inspired by the optimization procedure that exists in nature, the biological phenomenon of evolution.

Reliability (Engineering) --- Computational intelligence. --- Fiabilité --- Intelligence informatique --- Electronic books. -- local. --- Reliability (Engineering). --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Applied Mathematics --- Civil Engineering --- Computational intelligence --- Mechanical Engineering --- Industrial & Management Engineering --- Intelligence, Computational --- Reliability of equipment --- Systems reliability --- Engineering. --- Artificial intelligence. --- Applied mathematics. --- Engineering mathematics. --- Quality control. --- Reliability. --- Industrial safety. --- Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering. --- Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics). --- Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk. --- Applications of Mathematics. --- Computational Intelligence. --- Artificial intelligence --- Soft computing --- Industrial accidents --- Industries --- Job safety --- Occupational hazards, Prevention of --- Occupational health and safety --- Occupational safety and health --- Prevention of industrial accidents --- Prevention of occupational hazards --- Safety, Industrial --- Safety engineering --- Safety measures --- Safety of workers --- Accidents --- System safety --- Dependability --- Trustworthiness --- Conduct of life --- Factory management --- Industrial engineering --- Sampling (Statistics) --- Standardization --- Quality assurance --- Quality of products --- Engineering --- Engineering analysis --- Mathematical analysis --- AI (Artificial intelligence) --- Artificial thinking --- Electronic brains --- Intellectronics --- Intelligence, Artificial --- Intelligent machines --- Machine intelligence --- Thinking, Artificial --- Bionics --- Cognitive science --- Digital computer simulation --- Electronic data processing --- Logic machines --- Machine theory --- Self-organizing systems --- Simulation methods --- Fifth generation computers --- Neural computers --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Prevention --- Mathematics --- Maintainability (Engineering) --- Probabilities --- Systems engineering --- Plant performance --- Safety factor in engineering --- Structural failures --- System safety. --- Mathematics. --- Mathematical and Computational Engineering. --- Artificial Intelligence. --- Math --- Science --- Safety, System --- Safety of systems --- Systems safety --- Industrial safety

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Fault-tolerant computing --- Electronic digital computers --- Tolérance aux fautes (Informatique) --- Ordinateurs --- Congresses. --- Reliability --- Congrès --- Fiabilité --- Computer Science --- Electrical Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Electrical & Computer Engineering --- Computer science. --- Logic design. --- Computer communication systems. --- Special purpose computers. --- Computer system failures. --- Software engineering. --- Coding theory. --- Computer Science. --- Computer Communication Networks. --- Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems. --- System Performance and Evaluation. --- Software Engineering. --- Logic Design. --- Coding and Information Theory. --- Data compression (Telecommunication) --- Digital electronics --- Information theory --- Machine theory --- Signal theory (Telecommunication) --- Computer programming --- Computer software engineering --- Engineering --- Computer failures --- Computer malfunctions --- Computer systems --- Failure of computer systems --- System failures (Engineering) --- Special purpose computers --- Computers --- Communication systems, Computer --- Computer communication systems --- Data networks, Computer --- ECNs (Electronic communication networks) --- Electronic communication networks --- Networks, Computer --- Teleprocessing networks --- Data transmission systems --- Digital communications --- Electronic systems --- Information networks --- Telecommunication --- Cyberinfrastructure --- Electronic data processing --- Network computers --- Design, Logic --- Design of logic systems --- Electronic circuit design --- Logic circuits --- Switching theory --- Informatics --- Science --- Failures --- Distributed processing --- Computer system performance. --- Information theory. --- Communication theory --- Communication --- Cybernetics --- Computer networks. --- Computers, Special purpose. --- Electronic digital computers—Evaluation.