==== Program Details ==== ^Session ID |1A1(11) | ^Invited Session |Inequalities for Order Statistics and System Lifetimes | ^Organizer |Tomasz Rychlik | ^Chair |Tomasz Rychlik | |1A1-1 | | ^Author(s) |Agnieszka Goroncy and Tomasz Rychlik | ^Title |Bounds on the Expected Differences of Consecutive Order Statistics Based on the Increasing Failure Rate Samples | |1A1-2 | | ^Author(s) |Mariusz Bieniek | ^Title |Optimal Bounds on Total Time on Test for Distributions with Decreasing Density or Failure Rate | |1A1-3 | | ^Author(s) |Patryk Miziuła | ^Title |Moment Comparison of Ordered Mixtures, with Applications in Reliability Theory | ^Session ID |1B1(16) | ^Invited Session |Modeling and Analysis of Degradation Data | ^Organizer |William Q. Meeker | ^Chair |William Q. Meeker | |1B1-1 | | ^Author(s) |Houda Ghamlouch, Mitra Fouladirad, and Antoine Grall | ^Title |Residual Lifetime Estimation and Stochastic Volatility: A Case Study | |1B1-2 | | ^Author(s) |Chien-Yu Peng and Hsueh-Fang Ai | ^Title |A Study of Degradation Data with Measurement Errors | |1B1-3 | | ^Author(s) |Yili Hong and Jie Li | ^Title |Spatio-temporal Modeling of Degradation Data Collected Over a Spatial Region | ^Session ID |1C1(29) | ^Invited Session |Software System Reliability I | ^Organizer |Tadashi Dohi | ^Chair |Tadashi Dohi | |1C1-1 | | ^Author(s) |Hiroyuki Okamura and Tadashi Dohi | ^Title |A Note on Variational Bayes Approach for Software Reliability Growth Model with Normal Distribution | |1C1-2 | | ^Author(s) |Yasuhiro Saito and Tadashi Dohi | ^Title |Nonparametric Maximum Likelihood Estimator with Software Fault Count Data | |1C1-3 | | ^Author(s) |Xiao Xiao | ^Title |Haar Wavelet Regression Model for NHPP-based Software Reliability Assessment | ^Session ID |1D1(24) | ^Invited Session |Prognostic and Health Management (PHM) | ^Organizer |Ming-Jian Zuo and Zhiliang Liu | ^Chair |Zhiliang Liu | |1D1-1 | | ^Author(s) |Yaguo Lei, Naipeng Li, and Jing Lin | ^Title |Remaining Useful Life Prediction of Rolling Element Bearings Based on the Exponential Model Combination with Particle Filtering | |1D1-2 | | ^Author(s) |Xiaowang Chen, Zhipeng Feng, and Ming Liang | ^Title |Application of Synchrosqueezing Transform to Planetary Gearbox Fault Diagnosis Under Nonstationary Conditions | |1D1-3 | | ^Author(s) |Zhiliang Liu, Siyu Lei, Ming-Jian Zuo, Yong Qin, and Xinglin Li | ^Title |Feature Ranking Based on Multi-metric Fusion for Bearing Fault Diagnosis | ^Session ID |1E1(13) | ^Invited Session |Maintenance Modeling I | ^Organizer |Min Xie | ^Chair |Min Xie | |1E1-1 | | ^Author(s) |Laurent Doyen, Olivier Gaudoin, and Syamsundar Annamraju | ^Title |On Geometric Reduction of Age or Intensity Models for Imperfect Maintenance | |1E1-2 | | ^Author(s) |Bin Liu, Ruey-Huei Yeh, and Way Kuo | ^Title |Inspection Scheduling for Multi-component Systems with Hidden Failures | |1E1-3 | | ^Author(s) |Mitra Fouladirad, Christian Paroissin, and Antoine Grall | ^Title |Sensitivity Analysis for the Block Replacement Policy | ^Session ID |1F1(17) | ^Invited Session |Multi-state and Continuous-state System Reliability　I | ^Organizer |Anatoly Lisnianski and Gregory Levitin | ^Chair |Anatoly Lisnianski | |1F1-1 | | ^Author(s) |Yan-Hui Lin, Yan-Fu Li, and Enrico Zio | ^Title |Reliability Analysis of Systems with Multiple Dependent Competing Degradation Processes | |1F1-2 | | ^Author(s) |Shey-Huei Sheu, Chin-Chih Chang, and Zhe George Zhang | ^Title |Optimal Imperfect Preventive Maintenance Policy for a Multi-state System with Minimal Repair and Effective Age | |1F1-3 | | ^Author(s) |Anatoly Lisnianski and Ilia Frenkel | ^Title |On Sensitivity Analysis for Multi-state System by Using Lz-transform | ^Session ID |1G1(1) | ^Invited Session |Advanced Maintenance Strategy | ^Organizer |Yisha Xiang and Nan Chen | ^Chair |Yisha Xiang | |1G1-1 | | ^Author(s) |Nan Chen, Zhisheng Ye, Yisha Xiang, and Linmiao Zhang | ^Title |Condition-based Maintenance Using the Inverse Gaussian Degradation Model | |1G1-2 | | ^Author(s) |Jan Bredlich, Yisha Xiang, Tongdan Jin, and Edward Pohl | ^Title |Joint Planning for Preventive Maintenance and Multi-echelon Stocking | |1G1-3 | | ^Author(s) |Chao Fang | ^Title |Risk Clustering and Importance Ranking in Engineering Projects | ^Session ID |2A1(I-11) | ^Contributed Session |Stochastic Aging | ^Organizer |(MMR2015 PC) | ^Chair |Carmen Sangüesa | |2A1-1 | | ^Author(s) |Antonio Gómez-Arriaza, Félix Belzunce, Julio Mulero, and Alfonso Suárez-Llorens | ^Title |On a New Definition of the Multivariate IFR Notion Based on the Standard Construction | |2A1-2 | | ^Author(s) |Francisco Germán Badía and Carmen Sangüesa | ^Title |Negative Ageing Properties for Counting Processes Arising in Virtual Age Models | |2A1-3 | | ^Author(s) |Hai Ha Pham and Sophie Mercier | ^Title |A Bivariate Failure Time Model, with Dependence due to Shocks and Mixed Effect | ^Session ID |2A2(II-1) | ^Contributed Session |Statistical Inference | ^Organizer |(MMR2015 PC) | ^Chair |Uwe Jensen | |2A2-1 | | ^Author(s) |Beiqing Gu, Xiaoling Xu, and Ronghua Wang | ^Title |Statistical Analysis of Geometric Distribution for Masked Data | |2A2-2 | | ^Author(s) |Maurizio Guida, Fabio Postiglione, and Gianpaolo Pulcini | ^Title |A Bayesian Estimation Procedure for the Non-homogeneous Gamma Process | |2A2-3 | | ^Author(s) |Uwe Jensen, Hong Chen, Maik Döring, Sebastian Bobrowski, and Wolfgang Schinköthe | ^Title |Reliability Prediction Using Regression Models | ^Session ID |2A3(40) | ^Invited Session |Memorial Session in Honor of Moshe Shaked | ^Organizer |Haijun Li and Marco Scarsini | ^Chair |Haijun Li | |2A3-1 | | ^Author(s) |Nozer Singpurwalla | ^Title |Moshe Shaked's Excess Wealth: A Pathway to Prosperity | |2A3-2 | | ^Author(s) |Marco Scarsini | ^Title |Moshe Shaked and Game Theory | |2A3-3 | | ^Author(s) |Alfred Muller | ^Title |Between First and Second-order Stochastic Dominance | ^Session ID |2A4(34) | ^Invited Session |Stochastic Dependence in Reliability | ^Organizer |Maochao Xu | ^Chair |Maochao Xu | |2A4-1 | | ^Author(s) |Maochao Xu, Gaofeng Da, and Shouhuai Xu | ^Title |Cyber Epidemic Models with Dependences | |2A4-2 | | ^Author(s) |Franco Pellerey, Saeed Zalzadeh, Félix Belzunce, and Carolina Martínez-Riquelme | ^Title |Standard Stochastic Orders and Joint Stochastic Orders: Conditions on Survival Copulas for Mutual Relationships | |2A4-3 | | ^Author(s) |Jorge Navarro | ^Title |Comparisons of Residual Lifetimes of Coherent Systems Under Dependence | ^Session ID |2B1(II-2) | ^Contributed Session |Lifetime Data Analysis | ^Organizer |(MMR2015 PC) | ^Chair |Laurent Doyen | |2B1-1 | | ^Author(s) |Eric Beutner, Laurent Bordes, and Laurent Doyen | ^Title |Failure of the Profile Likelihood Method for Semi-parametric Virtual Age Models | |2B1-2 | | ^Author(s) |Ren Yan Jiang | ^Title |A Two-fold Mixed Power-law Model with a Time-varying Mixture Proportion for Modeling Failure Intensity | |2B1-3 | | ^Author(s) |Félix Belzunce, Carolina Martínez-Riquelme, Franco Pellerey, and Saeed Zalzadeh | ^Title |Comparison of Residual Lives for Dependent Random Variables | ^Session ID |2B2(II-4) | ^Contributed Session |Order Statistics/Statistical Quality Control | ^Organizer |(MMR2015 PC) | ^Chair |Félix Belzunce | |2B2-1 | | ^Author(s) |Félix Belzunce, Carolina Martínez-Riquelme, and José M. Ruiz | ^Title |Stochastic Comparisons of Relative Spacings with Applications in Reliability | |2B2-2 | | ^Author(s) |Pawel Marcin Kozyra and Tomasz Rychlik | ^Title |Optimal Evaluations of Expected L-statistics Gauged in the Gini Mean Difference Units | |2B2-3 | | ^Author(s) |Chien-Wei Wu, Shih-Wen Liu, Kuo-Hao Chang, and Chao-Lung Yang | ^Title |Designing a New Two-plan Sampling System by Variables with Switching Rules | ^Session ID |2B3(6) | ^Invited Session |Bayesian Methods for Complex System Reliability | ^Organizer |Alyson G. Wilson | ^Chair |Alyson G. Wilson | |2B3-1 | | ^Author(s) |C. Shane Reese | ^Title |A Hierarchical Model for the Reliability of Complex Multi-component Systems | |2B3-2 | | ^Author(s) |Kassandra M. Fronczyk, Rebecca M. Dickinson, Alyson G. Wilson, Caleb S. Browning, and Laura J. Freeman | ^Title |Bayesian Hierarchical Models for Common Components Across Multiple System Configurations | |2B3-3 | | ^Author(s) |Caleb S. Browning, Laura J. Freeman, Alyson G. Wilson, Rebecca M. Dickinson, and Kassandra M. Fronczyk | ^Title |Estimating System Reliability from Heterogeneous Data | ^Session ID |2B4(7) | ^Invited Session |Bayesian Reliability Inference and Warranty Predictions | ^Organizer |Sheng-Tsaing Tseng | ^Chair |Sheng-Tsaing Tseng | |2B4-1 | | ^Author(s) |Tsai-Hung Fan and Cian-Hui Chen | ^Title |A Bayesian Reliability Analysis Under Gamma Step-stress Accelerated Degradation Process | |2B4-2 | | ^Author(s) |Yincai Tang and Pingping Wang | ^Title |Bayesian Inference for Degradation Data with One Change Point | |2B4-3 | | ^Author(s) |Shun-Lin Jeng | ^Title |Failure Predictions for the Warranty Analysis Utilizing the Historical Data of Similar Products | |2B4-4 | | ^Author(s) |Sheng-Tsaing Tseng and Nan-Jung Hsu | ^Title |Combined Inference of Laboratory and Field Data with Application to Warranty Prediction for Highly-reliable Products | ^Session ID |2C1(I-2) | ^Contributed Session |k-out-of-n Systems | ^Organizer |(MMR2015 PC) | ^Chair |Hisashi Yamamoto | |2C1-1 | | ^Author(s) |Huan Yu, Jun Yang, and Yu Zhao | ^Title |Circular Multi-state Consecutively-connected Systems with Dual Constraints of m Consecutive Gaps and n Total Gaps | |2C1-2 | | ^Author(s) |Cihangir Kan | ^Title |A Note on Circular m-consecutive-k, l-out-of-n: F Systems | |2C1-3 | | ^Author(s) |Taishin Nakamura, Tomoaki Akiba, Xiao Xiao, and Hisashi Yamamoto | ^Title |A Study on Closed Formulae for Connected-(r, s)-out-of-(m, n): F Lattice System | ^Session ID |2C2(II-3) | ^Contributed Session |System Reliability | ^Organizer |(MMR2015 PC) | ^Chair |Femin Yalcin Gulec | |2C2-1 | | ^Author(s) |Wenjun Gong and Yunxia Chen | ^Title |Reliability of Multi-state Systems Considering Conditional Cascading Failure Mechanism | |2C2-2 | | ^Author(s) |Ceki Franko and Femin Yalcin | ^Title |Signatures of Some Systems Consisting of Non-Disjoint Modules | |2C2-3 | | ^Author(s) |Ionescu Dorina Romina, Nicolae Brinzei, and Jean-François Petin | ^Title |Modular Approach for Dependability and Reliability Assessment of Complex Systems | ^Session ID |2C3(36) | ^Invited Session |System Reliability and Life Testing | ^Organizer |Bo Henry Lindqvist | ^Chair |Bo Henry Lindqvist | |2C3-1 | | ^Author(s) |Francisco J. Samaniego and Jorge Navarro | ^Title |On Comparing Systems with Heterogeneous Components via Survival Signatures | |2C3-2 | | ^Author(s) |Jorge Navarro and Francisco J. Samaniego | ^Title |Comparing Systems by Distortion Functions | |2C3-3 | | ^Author(s) |Jan Terje Kvaløy, Bo Henry Lindqvist, and Stein Aaserud | ^Title |Residuals and Functional Form in Accelerated Life Regression Models | ^Session ID |2C4(21) | ^Invited Session |New Approaches in Reliability Estimation and Diagnostic Testing | ^Organizer |Bo Henry Lindqvist | ^Chair |Bo Henry Lindqvist | |2C4-1 | | ^Author(s) |Paul Kvam and Jye-Chyi Lu | ^Title |An Extended Skill Test for Disease Diagnosis Based on the Receiver Operator Characteristic | |2C4-2 | | ^Author(s) |Ananda Sen and Anupap Somboonsavatdee | ^Title |Recurrent Events Under Dependent Competing Risks and Missing Cause of Failure | |2C4-3 | | ^Author(s) |Vaclav Slimacek and Bo Henry Lindqvist | ^Title |Non-homogeneous Poisson Process with Nonparametric Frailty and Covariates | ^Session ID |2D1(I-10) | ^Contributed Session |Maintenance/Repair Models | ^Organizer |(MMR2015 PC) | ^Chair |Bermawi P. Iskandar | |2D1-1 | | ^Author(s) |Hennie Husniah, Udjianna S. Pasaribu, Andi Cakravastia, and Bermawi P. Iskandar | ^Title |Maintenance Contract with Dynamic Operating Conditions | |2D1-2 | | ^Author(s) |Richard Arnold, Stefanka Chukova, and Yu Hayakawa | ^Title |Warranty Cost Analysis: Increasing Warranty Repair Times | |2D1-3 | | ^Author(s) |Yves Langeron, Mitra Fouladirad, and Antoine Grall | ^Title |Controlled Systems, Failure Prediction and Maintenance | ^Session ID |2D2(I-6) | ^Contributed Session |Decision Making in Reliability | ^Organizer |(MMR2015 PC) | ^Chair |Kevin James Wilson | |2D2-1 | | ^Author(s) |Kevin Wilson and John Quigley | ^Title |Sequencing Reliability Growth Tasks Using Multiattribute Utility Functions | |2D2-2 | | ^Author(s) |Qingqing Zhai, Jun Yang, Rui Peng, and Yu Zhao | ^Title |Reliability Evaluation of Warm Standby Systems Based on Multivalued Decision Diagram - An Automatic Approach | |2D2-3 | | ^Author(s) |Dong Wang, Ping Jiang, and Bo Guo | ^Title |Involvement of Dependency Uncertainties in Fault Tree Analysis Using Hybrid Approach | ^Session ID |2D3(20) | ^Invited Session |Network Reliability Analysis | ^Organizer |Ming-Jian Zuo | ^Chair |Ming-Jian Zuo | |2D3-1 | | ^Author(s) |Ding-Hsiang Huang and Yi-Kuei Lin | ^Title |Demand Satisfaction of a Hybrid Flow-shop with Completion Time Consideration | |2D3-2 | | ^Author(s) |Wei-Chang Yeh, Yi-Yun Chang, and Chyh-Ming Lai | ^Title |A Simple Path-based Algorithm for Evaluating the Reliability of a Deteriorated Multi-state Flow Network | |2D3-3 | | ^Author(s) |Guanghan Bai, Zhigang Tian, and Ming-Jian Zuo | ^Title |An Improved Algorithm for Searching for Minimal Paths in Two-terminal Networks | ^Session ID |2D4(22) | ^Invited Session |Online Monitoring | ^Organizer |Kazuyuki Suzuki | ^Chair |Kazuyuki Suzuki | |2D4-1 | | ^Author(s) |Yili Hong | ^Title |Using Degradation Data with Dynamic Covariates to Do Online Monitoring | |2D4-2 | | ^Author(s) |Watalu Yamamoto | ^Title |Time Scales for Online Monitoring Data | |2D4-3 | | ^Author(s) |Lu Jin and R. P. D. J. Rajapaksha | ^Title |Optimal Decision Policy for Deteriorating Systems with On-line Monitoring in a Varying Environment Under Selectable Operations | ^Session ID |2E1(I-1) | ^Contributed Session |Stochastic Processes in Reliability | ^Organizer |(MMR2015 PC) | ^Chair |Mario Hellmich | |2E1-1 | | ^Author(s) |Zeina Al Masry, Sophie Mercier, and Ghislain Verdier | ^Title |Simulation Techniques and Approximated Distribution of an Extended Gamma Process | |2E1-2 | | ^Author(s) |Mario Hellmich | ^Title |Generalized Markov Processes for Systems with Periodic Surveillance Testing and Monte Carlo Simulation | |2E1-3 | | ^Author(s) |Fei Sun, Tongdan Jin, and Yi Ding | ^Title |Modeling Aggregate Fleet Renewals with Uncertain System Installation Times | ^Session ID |2E2(I-8) | ^Contributed Session |Maintenance Models | ^Organizer |(MMR2015 PC) | ^Chair |Christophe Berenguer | |2E2-1 | | ^Author(s) |Zhijun Cheng, Yaning Qiao, and Bo Guo | ^Title |Imperfect Maintenance Model of Pavement Based on Markov Decision Process | |2E2-2 | | ^Author(s) |Hiroshi Shida, Hirofumi Oogushi, Yoshinobu Higami, Hirohisa Aman, and Hiroshi Takahashi | ^Title |A Proposal of Maintenance Cost Model of Track Circuits | |2E2-3 | | ^Author(s) |Romain Lesobre, Keomany Bouvard, Christophe Berenguer, Vincent Cocquempot, and Anne Barros | ^Title |A Design Approach for MFOP-based Maintenance Policy of Multicomponent Systems | ^Session ID |2E3(27) | ^Invited Session |Sensitivity Analysis of Reliability Systems I | ^Organizer |Vladimir Rykov | ^Chair |Vladimir Rykov | |2E3-1 | | ^Author(s) |Boyan Dimitrov and Sahib Esa | ^Title |On the Local Dependence Structure in Politics and in Reliability Distributions | |2E3-2 | | ^Author(s) |Vladimir Rykov and Victor Itkin | ^Title |On Sensitivity of Reliability Systems Operating in Random Environment to Shape of Their Input Distributions | |2E3-3 | | ^Author(s) |Dmitry Efrosinin, Janos Sztrik, and Mais Farkhadov | ^Title |Reliability and Sensitivity Analysis of an Aging Unit with a Hysteresis Policy for the Repair Facility Activation | ^Session ID |2E4(28) | ^Invited Session |Sensitivity Analysis of Reliability Systems II | ^Organizer |Vladimir Rykov | ^Chair |Dmitry Efrosinin | |2E4-1 | | ^Author(s) |Mikhail Sukharev | ^Title |Reliability Indices Estimation of Pipeline Networks | |2E4-2 | | ^Author(s) |Oleg Abramov and Dmitry Nazarov | ^Title |Application of Regions of Acceptability for Sensitivity Analysis | |2E4-3 | | ^Author(s) |Igor Gurevich and Mais Farkhadov | ^Title |Investigation Characteristics and Properties of Queueing Networks to Provide Their Sustainability | ^Session ID |2F1(II-3) | ^Contributed Session |Accelerated Life Testing | ^Organizer |(MMR2015 PC) | ^Chair |Hong-Zhong Huang | |2F1-1 | | ^Author(s) |Xiaoling Xu, Ronghua Wang, and Beiqing Gu | ^Title |Statistical Analysis of Type-I Censored Masked Data for Series System Under Process-stress Accelerated Life Test | |2F1-2 | | ^Author(s) |Yi-Chao Yin, Chenggeng Huang, Yuan-Jian Yang, Yu Liu, and Hong-Zhong Huang | ^Title |A Life Prediction Method for High-speed Impellers via Accelerated Life Tests | |2F1-3 | | ^Author(s) |Guo-Zhong Fu, Hong-Zhong Huang, Yan-Feng Li, Yuan-Jian Yang, and Yi-Chao Yin | ^Title |A Service Life Estimation Method for Offshore Electronic Control Module Based on Salt Spray Test | ^Session ID |2F2(I-9) | ^Contributed Session |Repair Models | ^Organizer |(MMR2015 PC) | ^Chair |Franck Corset | |2F2-1 | | ^Author(s) |Nicolas Bousquet and Franck Corset | ^Title |Exploring the Consistency of Maximum Likelihood Estimator of Imperfect Repair ARA_1 Models Computed from a Single Trajectory | |2F2-2 | | ^Author(s) |Franck Corset and Yann Dijoux | ^Title |A Better-than-new Repair Model | |2F2-3 | | ^Author(s) |Ren Yan Jiang | ^Title |An Approximation to Mean Time to the Next Failure for Repairable Systems | ^Session ID |2F3(18) | ^Invited Session |Multi-state and Continuous-state System Reliability II | ^Organizer |Anatoly Lisnianski and Gregory Levitin | ^Chair |Gregory Levitin | |2F3-1 | | ^Author(s) |Gregory Levitin and Liudong Xing | ^Title |State-space Event Transition Method for Evaluating Mission Reliability, Time and Cost | |2F3-2 | | ^Author(s) |Fumio Ohi | ^Title |Stochastic Evaluation Methods of Multi-state Systems via Modular Decompositions - A Case of Partially Ordered States - | |2F3-3 | | ^Author(s) |Ping-Chen Chang, Lance Fiondella, and Yi-Kuei Lin | ^Title |Confidence-based Reliability Modeling of a Stochastic-flow Production System | ^Session ID |2F4(19) | ^Invited Session |Multi-state and Continuous-state System Reliability Ⅲ | ^Organizer |Anatoly Lisnianski and Gregory Levitin | ^Chair |Lev Khvatskin | |2F4-1 | | ^Author(s) |Chaonan Wang, Liudong Xing, and Rui Peng | ^Title |Competing Failure Analysis in Phased-mission Systems with Global and Selective Propagation Effects | |2F4-2 | | ^Author(s) |Mu-Xia Sun, Yan-Fu Li, and Enrico Zio | ^Title |A Dynamic Programming Algorithm for Multi-state Series Parallel System Availability Evaluation | |2F4-3 | | ^Author(s) |Tian Zhang, Rui Peng, Wenbin Wang, Qingqing Zhai, and Yi Ding | ^Title |Optimal Inspection and Maintenance of Systems Subject to Two Types of Failures | |2F4-4 | | ^Author(s) |Lev Khvatskin, Ilia Frenkel, and Anatoly Lisnianski | ^Title |Importance Assesment of Aging Multi-state Water Cooling System by LZ-transform Method | ^Session ID |2G1(I-5) | ^Contributed Session |Optimization | ^Organizer |(MMR2015 PC) | ^Chair |Mitsuhiro Kimura | |2G1-1 | | ^Author(s) |Hailong Jing, Yunxia Chen, and Rui Kang | ^Title |Optimization Method for Acceleration Factor Under Multiple Stresses and Failure Mechanisms | |2G1-2 | | ^Author(s) |Wei-Chun Hung, Pin-Wei Chiang, Ruey-Huei Yeh, Hui-Syuan Huang, and Wen Liang Chang | ^Title |A Study of Replacement Policy of Second-hand Products Under a Finite Planning Horizon | ^Session ID |2G2(III-1) | ^Contributed Session |Statistical Machine Learning and Its Applications | ^Organizer |(MMR2015 PC) | ^Chair |Philippe Saint Pierre | |2G2-1 | | ^Author(s) |Hassane Chraibi, Aurelie Leger, Herve Barthomeuf, and Coraline Neiss | ^Title |GASPART, A New Method and Tool for Reliability Assessments of Gated Spillway Systems | |2G2-2 | | ^Author(s) |Baptiste Gregorutti, Bertrand Michel, and Philippe Saint-Pierre | ^Title |Random Forest Permutation Importance and Multivariate Functional Regression | ^Session ID |2G3(33) | ^Invited Session |Statistical Innovations in Failure Time Modeling of Complex Systems | ^Organizer |Ananda Sen | ^Chair |Ananda Sen | |2G3-1 | | ^Author(s) |Sanjib Basu | ^Title |Competing Risks Limited Failure Models: Identifiability Issues and Model Fitting | |2G3-2 | | ^Author(s) |Paduthol. G. Sankaran | ^Title |Modeling and Analysis of Lifetime Data Using Quantile Function | |2G3-3 | | ^Author(s) |Fotios S. Milienos, Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan, and Markos V. Koutras | ^Title |Semi-parametric Inference for Cure Rate Models | ^Session ID |2G4(2) | ^Invited Session |Advanced Topics in Importance Measures for System Reliability | ^Organizer |Xiaoyan Zhu | ^Chair |Xiaoyan Zhu | |2G4-1 | | ^Author(s) |Ali Riza Bozbulut and Serkan Eryilmaz | ^Title |Reliability Importance in Weighted-k-out-of-n Systems | |2G4-2 | | ^Author(s) |Shubin Si, Ning Wang, and Hongyan Dui | ^Title |Protection for the Effects of the External Factors on System Reliability | |2G4-3 | | ^Author(s) |Shuai Zhang, Jiangbin Zhao, Zhiqiang Cai, Hongguang Li, and Shubin Si | ^Title |Reliability Optimization of Cir/Con/k/n System | ^Session ID |3A1(35) | ^Invited Session |Stochastic Orders in Reliability Theory | ^Organizer |Maochao Xu | ^Chair |Peng Zhao | |3A1-1 | | ^Author(s) |Peng Zhao | ^Title |Redundancy Allocation at Component Level Versus System Level | |3A1-2 | | ^Author(s) |Weiyong Ding and Gaofeng Da | ^Title |Component Level Versus System Level k-out-of-n Assembly Systems | |3A1-3 | | ^Author(s) |Weiyong Ding and Xiaoliang Ling | ^Title |On the Skewness of Extreme Order Statistics from Heterogenous Samples | ^Session ID |3A2(12) | ^Invited Session |Lifetime Data Analysis | ^Organizer |Mei-Ling Ting Lee | ^Chair |Shu-Hui Chang | |3A2-1 | | ^Author(s) |A. Adam Ding, Jin-Jian Hsieh, and Weijing Wang | ^Title |Estimating Covariate Effects on Association for Bivariate Survival Data Through Local Linear Method | |3A2-2 | | ^Author(s) |Deng-Huang Su, Tsung-Chiung Fu, and Shu-Hui Chang | ^Title |Nonparametric Association Analysis of Recurrent Gap Time Data with a Terminal Event | |3A2-3 | | ^Author(s) |Jianguo Sun | ^Title |Regression Analysis of Dependent Current Status Data Under the Proportional Hazards Model | ^Session ID |3B1(8) | ^Invited Session |Censoring Methodology and Associated Inferential Results | ^Organizer |Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan | ^Chair |Ping Shing Chan | |3B1-1 | | ^Author(s) |William Volterman | ^Title |Pooling Censored Samples: an Overview | |3B1-2 | | ^Author(s) |Chih Chun Tsai, Chien-Tai Lin, and Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan | ^Title |Optimal Design for Accelerated-stress Acceptance Test Based on Wiener Process | |3B1-3 | | ^Author(s) |Hideki Nagatsuka and Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan | ^Title |On Parameter Estimation for the Generalized Pareto Distribution | ^Session ID |3B2(9) | ^Invited Session |Computational Methods in Reliability | ^Organizer |Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan | ^Chair |Chien-Tai Lin | |3B2-1 | | ^Author(s) |Yandan Yang, Hon Keung Tony Ng, and Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan | ^Title |A Stochastic Expectation-Maximization Algorithm for the Analysis of System Lifetime Data with Known Signature | |3B2-2 | | ^Author(s) |Anna Dembińska | ^Title |Discrete Order Statistics for Non-Identically Distributed Variates with Applications to Reliablity | |3B2-3 | | ^Author(s) |Toshinari Kamakura and Takenori Sakumura | ^Title |Likelihood-based Inference on Weibull Distribution | ^Session ID |3C1(30) | ^Invited Session |Software System Reliability II | ^Organizer |Tadashi Dohi | ^Chair |Xiao Xiao | |3C1-1 | | ^Author(s) |Mitsuhiro Kimura, Naomichi Hata, and Takaji Fujiwara | ^Title |Hidden Markov Analysis for Software Testing Performance Evaluation Based on Two-stage Testing by Two Teams | |3C1-2 | | ^Author(s) |Shinji Inoue and Shigeru Yamada | ^Title |On Multiple Changes of Testing-environment in Software Reliability Assessment | |3C1-3 | | ^Author(s) |Qingpei Hu and Lujia Wang | ^Title |Statistical Analysis of Software Reliability Growth Considering Detection and Correction | ^Session ID |3C2(31) | ^Invited Session |Software System Reliability III | ^Organizer |Tadashi Dohi | ^Chair |Hiroyuki Okamura | |3C2-1 | | ^Author(s) |Yoshinobu Tamura and Shigeru Yamada | ^Title |Three Dimensional Wiener Processes Model and Optimal Software Maintenance Planning | |3C2-2 | | ^Author(s) |Mamoru Ohara and Satoshi Fukumoto | ^Title |A Note on Rejuvenation in Time Warp-Based Distributed Systems | |3C2-3 | | ^Author(s) |Mitsutaka Kimura, Mitsuhiro Imaizumi, and Toshio Nakagawa | ^Title |Reliability Modelling of Distributed Communication Processing for a Cloud System with Data Updates | ^Session ID |3D1(4) | ^Invited Session |Analysis of Imperfect Reliability and Survival Data I | ^Organizer |Hon Keung Tony Ng | ^Chair |Man-Ho Ling | |3D1-1 | | ^Author(s) |Man Lai Tang and Hon Keung Tony Ng | ^Title |Sequential Nonparametric Procedures for Testing the Equality of Two Lifetime Distributions | |3D1-2 | | ^Author(s) |Zhisheng Ye | ^Title |New Estimating Equations for the Gamma Distribution | |3D1-3 | | ^Author(s) |Xingqiu Zhao, Yuanshan Wu, and Guosheng Yin | ^Title |Sieve Maximum Likelihood Estimation for a General Class of Accelerated Hazards Models with Bundled Parameters | ^Session ID |3D2(10) | ^Invited Session |Deterioration Models | ^Organizer |Sophie Mercier | ^Chair |Sophie Mercier | |3D2-1 | | ^Author(s) |Ji Hwan Cha, Inmaculada T. Castro, and Carmen Sangüesa | ^Title |Assessment of a Condition-based Maintenance Strategy for a System Subject to Degradation Failures and Catastrophic Failures Sharing an Initial Common Source | |3D2-2 | | ^Author(s) |Christian Paroissin | ^Title |Inference for the Wiener Process with Random Initiation Time | |3D2-3 | | ^Author(s) |Sophie Mercier, Anne Barros, and Antoine Grall | ^Title |A Multivariate Degradation Model with Dependence Due to Shocks | ^Session ID |3E1(14) | ^Invited Session |Maintenance Modeling II | ^Organizer |Tetsushi Yuge | ^Chair |Tetsushi Yuge | |3E1-1 | | ^Author(s) |Tomohiro Kitagawa, Tetsushi Yuge, and Shigeru Yanagi | ^Title |Non-Periodic Inspection and Replacement Policy for a Multi-unit One-shot System with Minimal Perair | |3E1-2 | | ^Author(s) |Xufeng Zhao, Khalifa N. Al-Khalifa, Won Young Yun, and Toshio Nakagawa | ^Title |Optimal Undertime Replacement Polices with Random Working Cycles | |3E1-3 | | ^Author(s) |Ferenc Szidarovszky, Harry Guo, Akio Matsumoto, and Miklós Szidarovszky | ^Title |Age Replacement with Competing Failure Modes | ^Session ID |3E2(15) | ^Invited Session |Maintenance Modeling III | ^Organizer |Tetsushi Yuge | ^Chair |Mingchih Chen | |3E2-1 | | ^Author(s) |Kodo Ito and Toshio Nakagawa | ^Title |A Stochastic Model of Commercial Airframe Maintenance | |3E2-2 | | ^Author(s) |Mingchih Chen, Cunhua Qian, Xufeng Zhao, and Toshio Nakagawa | ^Title |Discrete Replacement Models with Works and Failures | |3E2-3 | | ^Author(s) |Satoshi Mizutani and Toshio Nakagawa | ^Title |Extended Replacement Overtime Policies for Job with a Finite Number of Works | ^Session ID |3F1(3) | ^Invited Session |Aging and Maintenance in Technical and Biological Systems | ^Organizer |Maxim Finkelstein | ^Chair |Maxim Finkelstein | |3F1-1 | | ^Author(s) |Maxim Finkelstein and Ilya Gertsbakh | ^Title |Preventive Maintenance of Systems Described by Signatures | |3F1-2 | | ^Author(s) |Mahmood Shafiee, Maxim Finkelstein, and Christophe Berenguer | ^Title |On Stochastic Modelling of Maintenance for Continuously Monitored Systems Subject to Multiple Deterioration and External Shocks | ^Session ID |3F2(I-7(5)) | ^Contributed Session |Decision Making in Reliability | ^Organizer |(MMR2015 PC) | ^Chair |Cheng-Ta Yeh (#1) Nasser Hassan Abosaq (#2) | |3F2-1 | | ^Author(s) |Zongke He, Zhengrong Shen, and Debin Cheng | ^Title |Design of Reliability Testing Plans for a Condensed System Based on Equal Acceptance Probability | |3F2-2 | | ^Author(s) |Cheng-Ta Yeh | ^Title |Reliability Evaluation for a Multi-source Multi-sink Logistics Network with Stochastic Capacity | |3F2-3 | | ^Author(s) |Yunyan Xing and Ping Jiang | ^Title |A Sequential Testing Method for Binomial Products in Varying Population Development | |3F2-4 | | ^Author(s) |Nasser Abosaq and Krishnan Subramaniam | ^Title |Enhance Prediction of Software Failure Times by Removing the Outliers | |3F2-5 | | ^Author(s) |Francisco Germán Badía and Carmen Sangüesa | ^Title |Inventory Models with Stochastic Lead Times and Queueing Systems; Applications of Shape Properties of Randomly Stopped Counting Process | ^Session ID |3G1(38) | ^Invited Session |Theory and Methods for System Reliability | ^Organizer |Lirong Cui | ^Chair |Lirong Cui | |3G1-1 | | ^Author(s) |Hongyan Dui and Liwei Chen | ^Title |Integrated Importance Measure of System Survivability in Multi-state Protection Systems | |3G1-2 | | ^Author(s) |Xujie Jia and Aoxue Su, Shangwei Zhao, and Zhongping Li | ^Title |Reliability Analysis of the Life Dependent Safety-critical System with Three-states Based on Copula | |3G1-3 | | ^Author(s) |Zhiqiang Cai, Yang Li, Shubin Si, and Lili Zhang | ^Title |Reliability Analysis of a Three Node WSN Model | |3G1-4 | | ^Author(s) |Lirong Cui, Yan Li, and Jingyuan Shen | ^Title |On Some Problems for Aggregated Stochastic Processes in Reliability | ^Session ID |3G2(I-4(6)) | ^Contributed Session |System Reliability | ^Organizer |(MMR2015 PC) | ^Chair |Annamraju Syamsundar (#1) | |3G2-1 | | ^Author(s) |Ronghua Wang, Xiaoling Xu, and Beiqing Gu | ^Title |Depiction of Exponential Distribution by Using Order Statistics | |3G2-2 | | ^Author(s) |Syamsundar Annamraju | ^Title |Assessing Reliability of Large and Complex Industrial Repairable Systems Using Multi Level Modelling and Big Data | |3G2-3 | | ^Author(s) |Wei-Chang Yeh, Haw-Sheng Wu, and Chyh-Ming Lai | ^Title |A Novel 2D Binary-state Angle Network and its Reliability Evaluation | |3G2-4 | | ^Author(s) |S. B. Singh and Khushal Singh Bohra | ^Title |Evaluating Fuzzy System Reliability Using Intuitinistic Fuzzy Exponential Lifetime Distribution | |3G2-5 | | ^Author(s) |Zhiguo Zeng, Qingyuan Zhang, Yunxia Chen, and Rui Kang | ^Title |Reliability Box as a Tool for Reliability Analysis in Presence of Epistemic Uncertainty | |3G2-6 | | ^Author(s) |Konul Bayramoglu | ^Title |On Reliability and MRL Functions of Coherent Systems with Active Redundancy | ^Session ID |4A1(39) | ^Invited Session |Warranty Data Analysis | ^Organizer |Stefanka Chukova and Yu Hayakawa | ^Chair |Yu Hayakawa | |4A1-1 | | ^Author(s) |Bharatendra Rai | ^Title |Warranty Spend Prediction for Failures Influenced by Seasonality | |4A1-2 | | ^Author(s) |Xin Wang and Zhisheng Ye | ^Title |Warranty Data Analysis Concerning Report Behaviour of Customers | |4A1-3 | | ^Author(s) |Stefanka Chukova and Yu Hayakawa | ^Title |Auto Warranty Data: Estimation of the Mean Cumulative Function | ^Session ID |4B1(37) | ^Invited Session |Structural Reliability and Aging Properties of Reliability Systems | ^Organizer |Markos V. Koutras | ^Chair |Markos V. Koutras | |4B1-1 | | ^Author(s) |Serkan Eryilmaz | ^Title |Some Results on Aging Properties and Stochastic Orders of Multi-state Systems | |4B1-2 | | ^Author(s) |Fotios S. Milienos, Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan, and Markos V. Koutras | ^Title |On the Start-up Demonstration Test Theory | |4B1-3 | | ^Author(s) |Markos V. Koutras, Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan, and Fotios S. Milienos | ^Title |Mixed Start-up Demonstration Tests | ^Session ID |4C1(32) | ^Invited Session |Software System Reliability IV | ^Organizer |Tadashi Dohi | ^Chair |Mitsuhiro Kimura | |4C1-1 | | ^Author(s) |Mitsuhiro Imaizumi and Mitsutaka Kimura | ^Title |Optimal Management Policy for a Control System Considering Security | |4C1-2 | | ^Author(s) |Syouji Nakamura, Xufeng Zhao, and Toshio Nakagawa | ^Title |Optimal Sever Number of m-out-of-n System with n Servers for m Jobs | |4C1-3 | | ^Author(s) |Shunsuke Tokumoto and Tadashi Dohi | ^Title |Interval Estimation of Optimal Software Rejuvenation Policy | ^Session ID |4D1(5) | ^Invited Session |Analysis of Imperfect Reliability and Survival Data II | ^Organizer |Hon Keung Tony Ng | ^Chair |Hon Keung Tony Ng | |4D1-1 | | ^Author(s) |Man-Ho Ling, Hon Yiu So, and Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan | ^Title |Analysis for One-shot Device Testing Data with Competing Risks | |4D1-2 | | ^Author(s) |Feng Su, Xiaojun Zhu, and Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan | ^Title |Exact Likelihood Inference for Two Exponential Populations Based on Joint Generalized Type-I Hybrid Censoring | |4D1-3 | | ^Author(s) |Ping Shing Chan, Peng Zhao, and Hon Keung Tony Ng | ^Title |Optimal Allocation of Redundancies in Series Systems | ^Session ID |4E1(25) | ^Invited Session |Determining Reliability in Complex Engineered Systems | ^Organizer |Tim Bedford | ^Chair |Tim Bedford | |4E1-1 | | ^Author(s) |Tim Bedford, Athena Zitrou, Lesley Walls, Kevin Wilson, and Keith Bell | ^Title |Managing Systemic Reliability Challenges for Offshore Windfarms | |4E1-2 | | ^Author(s) |Takeshi Matsuoka | ^Title |An Exact Method for Solving Loop Structured System in Reliability Analysis | ^Session ID |4F1(26) | ^Invited Session |Repairable Systems | ^Organizer |Paul Kvam and Vasiliy Krivtsov | ^Chair |Paul Kvam | |4F1-1 | | ^Author(s) |Vasiliy Krivtsov, Michael Frankstein, and Alex Yevkin | ^Title |Recurrent Repair Analysis of Sibling Components | |4F1-2 | | ^Author(s) |Bo Henry Lindqvist and Zeytu Gashaw Asfaw | ^Title |Extending Minimal Repair Models for Repairable Systems: A Comparison of Dynamic and Heterogeneous Extensions of a Nonhomogeneous Poisson Process | |4F1-3 | | ^Author(s) |Edsel A. Peña and Piaomu Liu | ^Title |Joint Dynamic Modeling of Recurrent Competing Risks and a Terminal Event | ^Session ID |4G1(23) | ^Invited Session |Optimization Methods in Systems Reliability Theory | ^Organizer |Hisashi Yamamoto and Won Young Yun | ^Chair |Won Young Yun | |4G1-1 | | ^Author(s) |Won Young Yun, Young Jin Han, and Won Seok Jeon | ^Title |Preventive Maintenance Intervals for a Multi-unit System | |4G1-2 | | ^Author(s) |Tomoaki Akiba, Natsumi Takahashi, and Hisashi Yamamoto | ^Title |Reliability of 3-Dimensional Consecutive-k System | |4G1-3 | | ^Author(s) |Xiao Xiao, Natsumi Takahashi, Yi Chen, and Hisashi Yamamoto | ^Title |Reconsideration of Network Types - the cases of e=n+1, e=n+2 and e=n+3 - |