Reliability and Safety of Complex Technical Systems and Processes

Krzysztof Kołowrocki is a professor and the Head of the Mathematics Department at the Faculty of Navigation of Gdynia Maritime University. His field of interest is the mathematical modeling of the safety and reliability of complex systems and processes. He has published over 300 scientific works. He is the Chairman of the Polish Safety and Reliability Association. Joanna Soszyńska-Budny is an assistant professor in Department of Mathematics at the Faculty of Navigation of Gdynia Maritime University. Her field of interest is the mathematical modeling of the safety and reliability of complex systems at variable operation conditions. She has published over 80 papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings.

• 1. Modeling Reliability and Safety of Multistate Systems with Ageing Components.- 2. Modeling Complex Technical Systems Operation Processes.- 3. Complex Technical Systems Reliability, Availability and Safety Evaluation and Prediction.- 4. Complex Technical System Operation Processes Identification.- 5. Complex Technical System Components Reliability and Safety Identification.- 6. Complex Technical Systems Operation, Reliability, Availability, Safety and Cost Optimization.- 7. Additional Applications.

From the reviews: "The book presents general reliability, availability and safety analytical models of complex non-repairable and repairable multi-state technical systems related to their operation processes and applies them to real industrial systems and processes. ... The book contains complete solutions of the formulated problems in case of exponential multi-state reliability functions of their components. ... It can be recommended to researchers and industry practioners." (Laszlo Lakatos, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1226, 2012) "The authors address the safety and risk functions, although their meaning is strictly related to reliability theory. Another distinguishing feature of this book is that the authors focus on systems with multiple reliability states and not only on binary partitioning ... . the work can be treated as a useful source of illustrating examples. ... aimed at a mathematical readership or specialists who are well acquainted with reliability theory and just need a refresher or a source of theorems and examples for lectures." (Piotr Cholda, ACM Computing Reviews, March, 2012)