International Journal of Performability Engineering 

Volume 6, Number 2, March 2010

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Editorial Krishna B. Misra Paper 1 - pp. 109 - 121 An Analytically Tractable Approximation to the Renewal Function R. JIANG Faculty of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410114, China   Paper 2 - pp. 123- 136 Performability-Based Design Optimization of Dynamic systems TURUNA S. SEECHARAN and GORDON J. SAVAGE Department of Systems Design Engineering University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1 Paper 3 - pp. 137-148 An Expert Based Methodology for Cost Oriented Analysis of Machine Tool Reliability BHUPESH KUMAR LAD and MAKARAND S. KULKARNI Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi- 110 016, India. Paper 4 - pp. 149 - 158 Risk of Operational Consequences of Aircraft System Failure A. AHMADI , U. KUMAR and P. SÖDERHOLM Division of Operation and Maintenance Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden Paper 5 - pp. 159 - 170 Screening Criteria for Selection of New Products in the Electronic Component Distribution Industry C. L. CHUI Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Management, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Paper 6 - pp. 171 - 179 Effect of Creep on Failure of Distribution Transformers: An Experimental Evaluation N. S. BENIWAL1, H. O. GUPTA1 and D. K. DWIVEDI2 1  Electrical Engineering Department 2  Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department     Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee - 247 667, Uttarakhand, India. Paper 7 - pp. 181 - 190 The Failure Phenomenon: A Critique D. VALIS1 and L. M. BARTLETT2 1  University of Defence, Brno, Czech Republic 2  Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom Paper 8 - pp. 190 - 200 Integrating Wastewater Reclamation into Sustainable Water Use: A Feasibility Analysis for a Canadian City THIRUVENKATACHARI VIRARAGHAVAN1, ASHREF DARBI2 and YEE-CHUNG JIN1 1 Faculty of Engineering, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, S4S 0A2 2 KGS Group, Consulting Engineers, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.