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Highlights from the early (and pre-) history of reliability engineering

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  • Saleh, J.H.
  • Marais, K.

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Reliability is a popular concept that has been celebrated for years as a commendable attribute of a person or an artifact. From its modest beginning in 1816-the word reliability was first coined by Samuel T. Coleridge-reliability grew into an omnipresent attribute with qualitative and quantitative connotations that pervades every aspect of our present day technologically intensive world.

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  • Saleh, J.H. & Marais, K., 2006. "Highlights from the early (and pre-) history of reliability engineering," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Elsevier, vol. 91(2), pages 249-256.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:reensy:v:91:y:2006:i:2:p:249-256
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2005.01.003
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