This book provides a comprehensive up-to-date presentation of some of the classical areas of reliability, based on a more advanced probabilistic framework using the modern theory of stochastic processes. This framework allows analysts to formulate general failure models, establish formulae for computing various performance measures, as well as determine how to identify optimal replacement policies in complex situations.

In this second edition of the book, two major topics have been added to the original version: copula models which are used to study the effect of structural dependencies on the system reliability; and maintenance optimization which highlights delay time models under safety constraints.

Terje Aven is Professor of Reliability and Risk Analysis at University of Stavanger, Norway. Uwe Jensen is working as a Professor at the Institute of Applied Mathematics and Statistics of the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany.

Review of first edition:

"This is an excellent book on mathematical, statistical and stochastic models in reliability. The authors have done an excellent job of unifying some of the stochastic models in reliability. The book is a good reference book but may not be suitable as a textbook for students in professional fields such as engineering. This book may be used for graduate level seminar courses for students who have had at least the first course in stochastic processes and some knowledge of reliability mathematics. It should be a good reference book for researchers in reliability mathematics."

--Mathematical Reviews (2000)

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This book provides a comprehensive up-to-date presentation of some of the classical areas of reliability, based on a more advanced probabilistic framework using the modern theory of stochastic processes. This framework allows analysts to formulate general failure models, establish formulae for computing various performance measures, as well as determine how to identify optimal replacement policies in complex situations. In this second edition of the book, two major topics have been added to the original version: copula models which are used to study the effect of structural dependencies on the system reliability; and maintenance optimization which highlights delay time models under safety constraints. Terje Aven is Professor of Reliability and Risk Analysis at University of Stavanger, Norway. Uwe Jensen is working as a Professor at the Institute of Applied Mathematics and Statistics of the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany. Review of first edition: "This is an excellent book on mathematical, statistical and stochastic models in reliability. The authors have done an excellent job of unifying some of the stochastic models in reliability. The book is a good reference book but may not be suitable as a textbook for students in professional fields such as engineering. This book may be used for graduate level seminar courses for students who have had at least the first course in stochastic processes and some knowledge of reliability mathematics. It should be a good reference book for researchers in reliability mathematics." --Mathematical Reviews (2000)

This volume contains the papers and posters contributed to the International Conference "Systematics and Evolution of the Ranunculiflorae" held on 10/11 September 1994 at Bayreuth/Germany. These contributions deal, on different systematic level s and in different contexts, with virtually all taxa contained in the group, explore a wide array of characters employed for the classification of higher plants, and also discuss aspects of the biology of the plants in question. After the consideration of the entire Ranunculiflorae, emphasis is place d on the Papaveraceae s. l. , Lardizabalaceae, Ranunculaceae and Berberidaceae including various segregate genera. Unfortunately little new information was presented for the M enispermaceae apart from their possible phylogenetic position within the group. This certainly illustrates our unbalanced knowledge of reasonably small temperate versus large tropical flowering plant families, and emphasizes the need for intensified research in the latter. The particular strength of this volume is the combination ofmorphological and molecular evidence used for the understanding of the phylogeny of the Ranunculi- fiorae and its constituent famihes. On a theoretieal basis the issue of data combina- tion is addressed by BANDELT. Following an introduction into the history of the concept of the Ranunculiflorae (Ranunculidae, Ranunculanae) and its problems by KUBITZKI, comparative interpre- tations of wood anatomy (CARLQUIST), sieve-element plastids and phloem proteins (BEHNKE), epicuticular wax structure (BARTHLOTT & THEISEN), floral structure and floral biology (ENDRESS), structure of the androecium (RONSE DECRAENE & SMETS), palynology (BLACKMORE & al.

Klausuren und deren Losungen zur Vorbereitung der Klausur - ein besseres Mittel zur Klausurbewaltigung gibt es nicht "

Das Buch behandelt die Zuverlassigkeitsbewertung mechatronischer Systeme - speziell in fruhen Entwicklungsphasen. Herausforderung hierbei ist vor allem die ganzheitliche Betrachtung der Domanen Mechanik, Elektronik und Software sowie der unsicheren bzw. unvollstandigen Daten. Neben der domanenubergreifenden Betrachtungsweise vertiefen die Autoren einzelne Themenaspekte, die der Zuverlassigkeitsbewertung in fruhen Entwicklungsphasen dienen."

Umfassendes Lehrbuch der Mathematik fur Volks- und Betriebswirte. Der Autor vermittelt die wesentlichen Grundlagen der Mathematik fur Okonomen. Der Stoff wird ausfuhrlich dargestellt und durch viele Beispiele transparent gemacht. Die meisten Teilgebiete werden zuerst im zwei- oder dreidimensionalen Raum behandelt. Erst danach folgt die Ubertragung auf den allgemeinen n-dimensionalen Raum. Am Ende jeden Kapitels werden dem Leser Aufgaben gestellt. Durch seine klare Strukturierung eignet sich das Buch auch als Nachschlagewerk."

Diese Klausursammlung enthalt 16 Klausuren zur Analysis und 8 Klausuren zur Linearen Algebra, die jeweils zur Halfte mit ausfuhrlichen Musterlosungen versehen sind. Da die Aufgaben nicht thematisch, sondern in Klausuren angeordnet sind, ist den Studenten die Moglichkeit gegeben unter Klausurbedingungen zu trainieren. Jede Klausur sollte in 2 Zeitstunden gelost werden. Die Gliederung des Buches ist folgende: Analysis-Klausuren mit Losungen. Analysis-Klausuren ohne Losungen. Losungen zu den Analysis-Klausuren. Lineare-Algebra-Klausuren mit Losungen. Lineare-Algebra-Klausuren ohne Losungen. Losungen zu Lineare-Algebra-Klausuren."

Der Inhalt des Buches ist im Wesentlichen der Standardstoff eines ausfuhrlichen Kurses zur Mathematik fur Wirtschaftswissenschaftler, der in sechs Semesterwochenstunden bewaltigt zu bewaltigen ist. Es enthalt also alle Definitionen, Satze und Bemerkungen und dazu mathematische Veranschaulichungen und okonomische Motivation. Das Buch umfasst folgende Themengebiete: Grundlagen; Funktionen einer Variablen; Elementare Funktionen; Folgen, Reihen, Grenzwerte, Stetigkeit; Differentialrechnung; Vektorrechung; Matrizenrechnung; Lineare Gleichungssysteme; Eigenwertprobleme; Differenzierbare Funktionen; Optimierung sowie Integralrechnung."