Reliability is important in production environments where instruments are expected to work without interruption for months at a time.

In 1986, work commenced on the precursor to the SAPHIRE software – this software package was named the Integrated Reliability and Risk Analysis System, or IRRAS.

Erik Hollnagel has developed this line of thought in his work on the Contextual Control Model ( COCOM ) and the Cognitive Reliability and Error Analysis Method ( CREAM ).

The topic should be based on a real-life situation of interest to the student, e. g. " Reliability of media reporting of science ", " What makes something a work of art?

M109A2s and M109A3s improved with Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical / Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability ( NBC / RAM ) improvements, including air purifiers, heaters, and Mission Oriented Protective Posture ( MOPP ) gear.

* Brunswick War Merit Cross, 2nd Class with “ Bewährung ” ( Reliability ) Clasp

With the passage of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, an " Electric Reliability Organization " was created to develop and enforce compliance with mandatory reliability standards in the U. S. This non-governmental, " self-regulatory organization " was created in recognition of the interconnected and international nature of the bulk power grid.

Reliability has recently improved significantly, with the poor service discount for season ticket holders withdrawn.

Reliability problems with the automatic transmission and all those electrical gadgets further eroded the public's opinion of Packard.

His first design, the Y-Type Y1, had outstanding success at the 1908 RAC and Scottish 2000 Mile Reliability Trials – showing excellent hill climbing ability with an aggregate of 37 seconds less time in the hill climbs than any other car in its class.

Reliability was improved by renting two lines for the service between Herstmonceux and the BBC, with a changeover between the two at Broadcasting House if the main line become disconnected.

A second report was released in September 2005 detailing some of the concerns with electronic voting, and ongoing improvements, titled " Federal Efforts to Improve Security and Reliability of Electronic Voting Systems Are Under Way, but Key Activities Need to Be Completed ".

On May 1, 2011, Nunes with the other members of the San Joaquin Valley ’ s Republican Congressional Delegation introduced The San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act to restore the flow of water to the San Joaquin Valley.

Due to the nuclear nature of the missiles all potential Bomarc personnel underwent Human Reliability Program tests to weed out those with " hidden idiosyncracies, repressions, emotional disturbances, psychosomatic traits and even latent homosexuality ".

Reliability and development testing continued on the engine, with two uprated versions being used by NASA in the later flights of the Apollo program.

They are self-healing systems designed with redundant components and automatic reconfiguration in the event of a component failure, to prevent against " single-point failures " ( see Reliability engineering ).

Reliability is now complying to international standards with ATR 72 and Chinese-made Xian MA60 aircraft.

The Assault Amphibian Vehicle Reliability, Availability, Maintainability / Rebuild to Standard ( AAV RAM / RS ) Program has provided for a replacement of both the engine and suspension with US Army M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle ( BFV ) components modified for the AAV.

** Magach 6B ( 6 Bet ): Similarly modernized M60A1 RISE ( M60A1 with AVDS-1790-2C RISE ( Reliability Improved Selected Equipment ) engine ).

Reliability was much improved by the new trains, with depot visits being reduced from two or three times a week to fortnightly.

Reliability was also an issue, with ageing locomotive designs taking their toll on the LSWR's resources.

This was called the First Annual Aerial Reliability Tour, sponsored by the Society of Automotive Engineers, with prizes for completion.

Reliability: Due to their large number of moving parts, Autocockers are popular with tinkerers.

The filing with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas ( ERCOT ) projected that the project would be completed in 2011 and would include up to 2, 700 turbines on up to in Roberts and adjacent counties in the Texas Panhandle.

MIMOS ’ Reliability Lab accredited with the MS ISO / IEC 17025: 2005 by the national laboratory accreditation scheme ( SAMM ) of the Department of Standards Malaysia.

Reliability engineering is an engineering field that deals with the study, evaluation, and life-cycle management of reliability: the ability of a system or component to perform its required functions under stated conditions for a specified period of time.

Reliability analysis has important links with function analysis, requirements specification, systems design, hardware design, software design, manufacturing, testing, maintenance, transport, storage, spare parts, operations research, human factors, technical documentation, training and more.

Reliability engineering was, for the most part, developed by mathematicians, while FTA, as stated above, was developed by engineers.

Several mechanisms that are intended to incent new investment where it is most needed by offering enhanced capacity payments ( but only in zones where generation is projected to be short ) have been proposed for NEPOOL, PJM and NYPOOL, and go under the generic heading of " locational capacity " or LICAP ( the PJM version currently 2006 under FERC review is called the " Reliability Pricing Model ", or " RPM ").

Reliability may be improved by clarity of expression ( for written assessments ), lengthening the measure, and other informal means.

** Reliability checks are done by verifying personal data, criminal records check, educational, and professional qualifications, data on previous employment and references.

Reliability is generally considered to be improved by use of multiple year data.

Reliability is generally improved for TNMM and CPM by using a range of results and multiple year data.

Reliability may be improved by increasing the sample size.

Reliability, if desired, must be provided by the nested protocols running within each session of the L2TP tunnel.

NASA also created a new Office of Safety, Reliability and Quality Assurance, headed as the commission had specified by a NASA associate administrator who reported directly to the NASA administrator.

*-Report of the PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, Appendix F-Personal Observations on Reliability of Shuttle by R. P. Feynman

* Best Technical Despatch Reliability by Beaver 2002

This research is fostered by a number of prominent international conferences, notably the International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks, the International Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems and the International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering.

As these definitions suggested, only Availability and Reliability are quantifiable by direct measurements whilst others are more subjective.

The Six Days Reliability Trial was held the next year, the first international event held by the new incarnation.

Reliability in the dating of a geological feature is increased by sampling disparate areas which have been subjected to slightly different thermal histories.

Semiconductor Memories: Technology, Testing, and Reliability by Ashok K. Sharma ( Hardcover-Sep 9, 2002 )

* Review of On the Reliability of the Old Testament by the Professor of Old Testament, Denver Seminary ( extensive summary )

* Review of On the Reliability of the Old Testament by the Director of Jewish Studies, Louisiana State University ( more critical )

* Through Time: Reliability by Mavic on MyByk

NEM Reliability standards are established by the Australian Energy Market Commission ( AEMC ) Reliability Panel.