Ageing and dependence are two important characteristics in reliability and survival analysis, and they affect significantly the decision people make with regard to maintenance, repair/replacement, price setting, warranties, medical studies, and other areas. There are many papers published at different technical levels. This book aims at providing a state-of-the-art review of the subject so the interested readers may have a panoramic view of the theory and applications of the two areas.

"Ageing and dependence are two important characteristics in reliability and survival analysis, and they affect significantly the decision people make with regard to maintenance, repair/replacement, price setting, warranties, medical studies, and other areas. There are many papers published at different technical levels. This book aims at providing a state-of-the-art review of the subject so the interested readers may have a panoramic view of the theory and applications of the two areas.This book serves as reference book for professors and researchers involved in reliability and survival analysis. Students with basic probability and statistics knowledge interested in applications will also find the book useful. TOC:Introduction.- Concepts and applications of stochastic aging.- Bathtub shaped failure rate life distributions.- Mean residual life-concepts and applications in reliability analysis.- Weibull related distributions.- An introduction to discrete failure time models.- Tests of stochastic ageing.- Bivariate and multivariate ageing.- Concepts and measures of dependence in reliability.- Reliability of systems with dependent components.- Failure time data."

Concepts and Applications of Stochastic Ageing.- Bathtub Shaped Failure Rate Life Distributions.- Mean Residual Life - Concepts and Applications in Reliability Analysis.- Weibull Related Distributions.- An Introduction to Discrete Failure Time Models.- Tests of Stochastic Ageing.- Bivariate and Multivariate Ageing.- Concepts and Measures of Dependence in Reliability.- Reliability of Systems with Dependent Components.- Failure Time Data.