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by Lam Ngok. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 111-114). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Overview --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Organization outline --- p.2 / Chapter 2 --- Fundamentals of reliability theory --- p.4 / Chapter 2.1 --- State vector --- p.4 / Chapter 2.2 --- Minimal path sets --- p.4 / Chapter 2.3 --- Minimal cut sets --- p.7 / Chapter 2.4 --- Structure functions --- p.7 / Chapter 2.5 --- The structure functions and the systems reliability --- p.10 / Chapter 3 --- Literature review --- p.12 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.12 / Chapter 3.2 --- Approximation schemes --- p.13 / Chapter 3.3 --- Heurisitic search schemes --- p.14 / Chapter 3.4 --- Exact solution schemes --- p.16 / Chapter 3.5 --- Software reliability --- p.17 / Chapter 4 --- Characteristics of Series-parallel network --- p.18 / Chapter 4.1 --- Series-parallel network problem formulation --- p.18 / Chapter 4.2 --- Characteristics of series-parallel networks --- p.19 / Chapter 4.3 --- Some further properties of Maximal Monotonicity --- p.20 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Definitions and the background --- p.20 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- The proper and the improper MMPs --- p.22 / Chapter 4.4 --- Examples --- p.37 / Chapter 4.5 --- Computational results --- p.39 / Chapter 4.6 --- New progress --- p.40 / Chapter 5 --- Extensions for the series-parallel reducible networks --- p.43 / Chapter 5.1 --- Some new notations for computation --- p.44 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Notation --- p.44 / Chapter 5.2 --- Problem formulation --- p.46 / Chapter 5.3 --- The series-parallel reducible networks --- p.46 / Chapter 5.4 --- The algorithm --- p.54 / Chapter 6 --- "On ""Successive Solution Scheme For Constrained Redun- dancy Optimization In Reliability Networks"" [1]" --- p.56 / Chapter 6.1 --- Introduction --- p.56 / Chapter 6.2 --- The contents --- p.56 / Chapter 6.2.1 --- The motivation --- p.56 / Chapter 6.2.2 --- The Successive Solution Scheme --- p.57 / Chapter 6.3 --- Illustrative examples --- p.62 / Chapter 6.3.1 --- Example 1 --- p.62 / Chapter 6.3.2 --- Example 2 --- p.67 / Chapter 7 --- Conclusions --- p.76 / Chapter 8 --- Appendix --- p.79 / Chapter 8.1 --- Computational results --- p.79 / Chapter 8.2 --- Programme codes --- p.97

Tse Yee Kit. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 55-58). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction / Chapter 1.1 --- Geometric Process and Maintenance Problem --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Warranty Problem --- p.5 / Chapter 1.3 --- An Outline of the Thesis --- p.8 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Multistate Deteriorative System / Chapter 2.1 --- The Multistate Model --- p.10 / Chapter 2.2 --- Long-run Average Cost Per Unit Time --- p.15 / Chapter 2.3 --- The Optimal Policy N* --- p.18 / Chapter 2.4 --- The Monotonicity of the Optimal Policy --- p.21 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Extended Warranty Model / Chapter 3.1 --- The Extended Warranty Model --- p.30 / Chapter 3.2 --- "The Expected Discounted Cost Over the Lifetime Cycle [0,T]" --- p.34 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Consumer's Discounted Cost --- p.34 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Manufacturer's Discounted Cost --- p.37 / Chapter 3.3 --- The Exponential Distribution Case --- p.40 / Chapter 3.4 --- Numerical Examples --- p.51 / Bibliography --- p.55

by Kit-ching To. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 64-67). / Abstract also in Chinese. / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Overview --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Geometric Process Model --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.6 / Chapter 2.2 --- Some Properties of Geometric Process --- p.7 / Chapter 2.3 --- Geometric Process Model for the Exponential Distribution --- p.13 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Analysis of Warranty Policy by a Geometric Process Model --- p.16 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.16 / Chapter 3.2 --- Consumer's Policy --- p.17 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- N-Repair Warranty Policy --- p.19 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- n-Renewal Warranty Policy --- p.23 / Chapter 3.2.2.1 --- Modified n-Renewal Warranty Policy --- p.25 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Optimal Policy to Consumer --- p.29 / Chapter 3.3 --- Manufacturer's Policy --- p.33 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Optimal Policy to Manufacturer --- p.36 / Chapter 3.4 --- Numerical Examples --- p.38 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Analysis of a Repairable M/M/l Queueing System by a Geometric Process Model --- p.45 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.45 / Chapter 4.2 --- Model --- p.46 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Some Reliability Indices --- p.53 / Chapter 4.2.1.1 --- Availability --- p.53 / Chapter 4.2.1.2 --- Rate of Occurrence of Failures (ROCOF) --- p.54 / Chapter 4.3 --- Numerical Method --- p.56 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Results --- p.58 / Bibliography --- p.64