Reliability Theory and Applications in Complicated and Smart Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Modern systems and equipment tend to be much more complicated than ever before, facilitated by advancements in new technologies, such as(not limited to) materials and computer sciences, and also by the surge of new technology demand by humans in the most recent years. Systems reliability is a combination of several effective and practical techniques including reliability modeling, reliability analysis, reliability evaluation, reliability prediction, reliability allocation, reliability testing, and so on. It supports the overall performance of systems and equipment as well as the scientific decision-making of stakeholders by analyzing and then avoiding the occurrence of unexpected failures.

This Special Issue is arranged for the collection of original research papers that deal with newly emerged system reliability problems of complicated and smart systems in order to report innovative ideas of system reliability theory or the most recent interesting applications. In collaboration with Applied Sciences (MDPI), up to 20 high-quality papers will be published in this carefully prepared Special Issue after a strict peer-review process. Submissions dealing with the following topics (but not limited to these) are very much welcomed:

• System reliability modeling, analysis, evaluation, prediction, allocation, testing;
• Maintenance and warranty management;
• Quality engineering, availability, and cost issues;
• Product reliability and safety (including software reliability);
• Fault diagnosis, prognosis, condition monitoring, and PHM;
• System analysis, simulation, and optimization;
• State-of-the-art applications in complicated and smart systems’ reliability.

Prof. Dr. Hong-Zhong Huang
Prof. Dr. Yan-Feng Li
Dr. He Li
Guest Editors

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