ASME Standards and Certification Practical Application of Dependability Engineering: An Effective Approach to Managing Dependability in Technological and Evolving Systems

By Thomas Van Hardeveld & David Kiang "The book represents a modern encyclopedia of knowledge about dependability engineering." Péter Kesselyák, HungarianTelecommuni cations Administration, IEC/TC56 Representative and Ex-Board Member of ETSI. "Very interesting approach of balancing business perspective and hard core engineering!" Chee Wee Tng, P.Eng. Chief Quality Officer, Canadian Solar Solutions Inc. For the eBook edition in the ASME Digital Collection, go to: http://ebooks.asmedi gitalcollection.asme .org/book.aspx?booki d=579 This book provides a wealth of practical knowledge and industry best practices to address dependability management and engineering issues with helpful guidance and checklists from a system life cycle perspective, hence making this book a valued asset as a comprehensive desk-top reference. The topics presented in this book highlight the essence of life cycle management practices and systematic cost-effective solutions focusing on dependability performance characteristics for project risk avoidance and failure prevention. The dedicated chapters of relevant dependability topics are organized and structured to facilitate easy comprehension that would appeal to educators to use this as an instructional textbook to train new dependability engineers. This book is intended for engineers and practitioners who need to solve problems and find answers to achieve dependability performance of technological and evolving systems. Click here to view the table of contents. Hardcover