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BOOK REVIEWS COMPLETED IN 2009
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Publishers:
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John Wiley & Sons,Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey
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Author:
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M. Rausand and A. Høyland
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Title:
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System Reliability Theory; Models, Statistical Methods and Applications
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Year of Publication:
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2004
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Pages:
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664
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ISBN:
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9780471471332
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Reviewer:
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Krishna B. Misra
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Review complete
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Review:
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This book presents the theory of reliability in very lucid and comprehensive manner. The very fact that the publisher had gone for the second edition proves its popularity with the readers, although before the second edition could be produced, the second author had died......(This review is being published in the IJPE Vol. 5, No. 3, April 2009 issue on page 218)
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Publishers:
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World Scientific Publishing Co. Inc., Singapore
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Author:
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Enrico Zio, Italy
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Applied Reliability and Quality: Fundamentals, methods and An Introduction to the Basics of Reliability and Risk Analysis
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Year of Publication:
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2007
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Pages:
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222
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ISBN:
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9789812706393
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Reviewer:
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Krishna B. Misra
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Review complete
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Review:
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The author of this book has had a background in nuclear engineering and has been engaged in the safety and reliability area for several years. Besides, being Vice Chairman of the European Safety and Reliability Association and Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Risk, Decision and Policy, the author has published widely in the area.......(This review is being published in the IJPE Vol. 5, No. 3, April 2009 issue on page 299)
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Publishers:
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Industrial Press, New York
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Author:
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Don Nyman
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The 15 Most Common Obstacles to World Class Reliability: A Roadmap for Managers
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Year of Publication:
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2009
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Pages:
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152
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ISBN:
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9780831133818
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Reviewer:
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Krishna B. Misra
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Review complete
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Review:
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The author of this hardbound (5.13"x 7.25") book has been an experienced plant engineer, corporate executive and management consultant and during his 50 years career had helped several organizations improve maintenance......(This review is being published in Vol. 5, No. 3, April 2009 on page 300)
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Publishers:
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World Scientific Publishing Co. Inc., Singapore
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Author:
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Hoang Pham
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Title:
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Reliability Modeling, Analysis and Optimization
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Year of Publication:
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2006
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Pages:
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487
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ISBN:
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9812563881
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Reviewer:
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Krishna B. Misra
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Review complete
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Review:
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The book as can be seen from the table of contents (TOC) comprises 23 chapters or articles collected from various authors trying to define the state-of-art of reliability modelling......
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Publishers:
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World Scientific Publishing Co. Inc., Singapore
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Author:
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Jayant V. Deshpande and Sudha G. Purohit
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Title:
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Life Time Data: Statistical Models and Methods
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Year of Publication:
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2005
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Pages:
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247
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ISBN:
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9812566074
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Reviewer:
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Krishna B. Misra
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Review complete
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Review:
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This book, coming from experienced teachers of University of Pune, India, presents a very good background in the analysis of life time data in reliability studies in very lucid and comprehensive manner. The authors have been using the material......
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Publishers:
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World Scientific, Singapore
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Author:
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Sung H. Park and Jiju Antony
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Robust Design for Quality Engineering and Six Sigma
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Year of Publication:
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2008
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Pages:
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545
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ISBN:
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9789812778673
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Reviewer:
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Krishna B. Misra
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Review complete
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Review:
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This is a good book and authors must be congratulated to have chosen the subject to bring out a book on. As the authors, who have been consultants to industries for quality management .......
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Publishers:
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Springer, U..
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Author:
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Rudolph Frederick Stapelberg
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Title:
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Handbook of Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety in Engineering Design
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Year of Publication:
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2009
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Pages:
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827
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ISBN:
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9781848001749
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Reviewer:
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Krishna B. Misra
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Review complete
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Review:
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This is one of the books, which covers major constituents of dependability, namely, reliability, availability, maintainability and safety, including risk, in totality as far as design of complex system......
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Publishers:
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Chapman & Hall/CRC , Boca Raton, U.S.A
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Author:
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Frank Beichelt
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Stochastic Processes in Science, Engineering and Finance
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Year of Publication:
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2006
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Pages:
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417
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ISBN:
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9781584884934
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Reviewer:
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Yuanshun Dai, University of Tennessee
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Review complete
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Review:
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The author of this book has 7 books to his credit. Five of these have been in German and is currently Professor of Operations Research at University of Witwatersrand, South Africa and has published widely in reputed journals on reliability, and maintenance policies.
The book fulfills the author's aim in providing a comprehensive treatment of introducing stochastic process, with special emphasis on their applications in science, engineering, finance, computer science and operations research.......(This review is being published in the IJPE Vol. 6, No. 1, January 2010 issue on page 34).
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Publishers:
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World Scientific, Singapore
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Author:
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Mario Tokoro and Ken Mogi
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Title:
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Creativity and the Brain
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Year of Publication:
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2007
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Pages:
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143
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ISBN:
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9789812700193
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Reviewer:
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Krishna B. Misra
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Status:
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Review complete
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Review:
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The editors of the book from Sony Computer Science Laboratory must be complimented in producing a book that comprises the presentations made by world's leading scientists and researchers in the area of creativity at a workshop held in a castle near Bologna, Italy from April 27-30, 2004. In the world of globalizations, nations and individuals leading in creativity shall rule the roost. Human creativity is a process of brain activity.......(This review is being published in the IJPE Vol. 6, No. 1, January 2010 issue on page 62).
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Publishers:
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Imperial College Press, London
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Author:
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Federico Rosei and Tudor Johnston
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Title:
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Survival Skills for Scientists
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Year of Publication:
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2006 and reprinted in 2007
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Pages:
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205
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ISBN:
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9781860946417
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Reviewer:
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Krishna B. Misra
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Status:
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Review complete
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Review:
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The authors of this book –one young scientist and the other an experienced and elderly professor – offer a recipe for young budding scientists who are in the stage of planning their own career in science and technology and wish to be successful in their profession. The authors have very been thorough in their analysis and should be used as a guide book in formulating the objectives as well as the pathway to come up in one's professional goals and achievements........(This review is being published in the IJPE Vol. 6, No. 1, January 2010 issue on page 88).
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Publishers:
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World Scientific, Singapore
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Author:
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Jean-Luc Lebrun
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Title:
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When The Scientist Presents: An Audio and Video Guide to Science Talk
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Year of Publication:
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2010
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Pages:
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252
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ISBN:
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9789812839190
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Reviewer:
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Krishna B. Misra
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Review complete
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This book is intended for those who write papers and are invited to make presentations at national or international gathering of researchers or scientists for dissemination of the idea contained in the paper among peers. The author of the book has been a trainer of researchers and scientists from A*STAR Research Institutes, Singapore and a former Director of Apple-ISS Research Centre, Singapore. He deserves to be complimented in producing a book that explains in great detail how scientist and researchers must prepare, design and present their scientific research and make presentation of their papers before an audience of learned people.......(This review is being published in the IJPE Vol. 6, No. 2, March 2010 issue on page 122).
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