Reliability Theory of Aging and Longevity

Long-Run Economic Perspectives of an Ageing Society Second LEPAS Workshop on The Economics of Ageing Reliability Theory of Aging and Longevity

Biodemographic (Reliability) Theory of Aging and Longevity

The quest for general theory of aging and longevity has become an important part of biodemographic studies (Carey & Judge, 2001). In this paper we suggest to include the reliability theory in the theoretical arsenal of biodemographic research for developing a comprehensive theory of aging and longevity. Reliability theory is a general theory about systems failure. It allows researchers to predi...

The Quest for the General Theory of Aging and Longevity

Gavrilov, Gavrilova, " The Quest for the General Theory of Aging and Longevity " 2 Abstract Extensive studies of aging phenomenon have produced many important and diverse findings, which require a general theoretical framework for them to be organized into a comprehensive body of knowledge. As demonstrated by the success of evolutionary theories of aging, based on a general idea of the declinin...

تئوری‌های بیوشیمیایی و ژنتیکی فرایند پیری

Aging is the outcome of the progressive accumulation of different alterations in the body which accompanied with gradual decrease of the efficiencies of normal physiological functions and the capacity to maintain homeostasis that lead to the increase in disease probability and the death of people. The researchers have done different experiments especially on animal models for the perception of ...

Total Quality Management: the Future of the Reliability Metaphor for Aging

A loose **classification** of longevity theories would separate the functional theories — how senescence proceeds in the individual organism — from the teleological theories, which seek to explain why a given pattern of senescence ought to be so, usually from the evolutionary perspective. We focus here on the loose class of functional theories allied to engineering reliability theory. The link ...