The critical reactions of Bentler (2009, doi:10.1007/s11336-008-9100-1), Green and Yang (2009a, doi:10.1007/s11336-008-9098-4; 2009b, doi:10.1007/s11336-008-9099-3), and Revelle and Zinbarg (2009, doi:10.1007/s11336-008-9102-z) to Sijtsma's (2009, doi:10.1007/s11336-008-9101-0) paper on Cronbach's alpha are addressed. The dissemination of psychometric knowledge among substantive researchers is ...

The structure function φ of a binary monotone system is assumed to be known and given in a disjunctive normal form, i.e. as the logical union of products of the indicator variables of the states of its subsystems. Based on this representation of φ, an improved Abraham algorithm is proposed for generating the disjoint sum form of φ. This form is the base for subsequent numerical reliability calc...

We introduce the entropy function in order to study the reliability and repairability of systems. In detail we establish the explicit relationships between reliability and repairability; then we calculate the decay of a system due to its regular running.

This paper deals with the use of Bayesian networks to compute system reliability. The reliability analysis problem is described and the usual methods for quantitative reliability analysis are presented within a case study. Some drawbacks that justify the use of Bayesian networks are identified. The basic concepts of the Bayesian networks application to reliability analysis are introduced and a ...

Most software-component research has been directed at functional specification of software components. The other, equally important, side of the coin is component quality. We present a foundational theory of reliability based on components. The theory describes in principle how component developers can make measurements that are later used by system designers to calculate — without implementati...

Quantitative measurement of software reliability remains an elusive goal. Simultaneously, there is an ever increasing critical dependency on software-based systems in the human infrastructure. There is a great deal of research in addition to well-intentioned methods and practices focused on improving the reliability of software-based systems. To date, most of which still only yields qualitative...

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