Reliability Modelling A Statistical Approach

"This is a lucid introduction to many important ideas in reliability. In describing the various models and techniques the author includes plenty of practical advice about their usuage. Frequent and well-developed examples illustrate and extend the techniques and there are two brief case studies at the end of the book. By studying these examples carefully, the student will learn much about the difficult art of formulating useful models."
--Biometrics, June 2000