BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Reliability
- the quality of being fit for an intended purpose over a continued period of time
Wiktionary Definition for: Reliability
- The quality of being reliable, dependable , or trustworthy.
- A quality of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure is consistent, that is, over repeated measurements would give the same result. See validity.
Additional Resources
- Asian automakers again top reliability survey
- DETROIT - Asian automakers are still building the most reliable cars and trucks, with eight of the top 10 brands from Japanese and Korean companies, according to an annual survey by Consumer Reports. But several models from Ford Motor Co. are now consistently scoring above Honda and Toyota, the perennial...
- News items 2009-10-27
- Reliability Modeling Of Electricity Transmission Systems
- For power industry systems, reliability is related to the ability of the system to provide an adequate supply of electrical energy. However, reliability related measures are fundamentally different to those used in traditional reliability practice. System reliability is related to the probability that a product/service will operate properly for a...
- White papers 2005-05-03
- Consumer Reports Gives Nod to Ford Reliability
- Consumer Reports has a reputation for favoring foreign cars and trucks, and for that reason it may have been something of a relief when its 2009 Annual Car Reliability Survey had such good things to say about at least one American carmakerâ€"Ford. The latest survey found 90...
- Blog posts 2009-10-28
- Different Between Reliability Testing And Durability Testing
- One definition of reliability is "the measure of unanticipated interruptions during customer use." The unanticipated interruptions typically arise from unexpected failures. During a reliability test, one important goal is to maximize the opportunities for observing unexpected failures, so that they can be fixed. The fewer the opportunities we have to...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Distributed Generation Operational Reliability and Availability Database
- This report summarizes the results of the project, "Distributed Generation Market Transformation Tools: Distributed Generation Reliability and Availability Database." The increased deployment of Distributed Generation DG/Combined Heat and Power CHP has been identified as a means to enhance both individual customer reliability and electric transmission and distribution system reliability. The...
- White papers 2004-01-01
- Improving the Reliability of Health Care
- Reliability principles are used successfully in industries such as manufacturing and air travel to help evaluate, calculate, and improve the overall reliability of complex systems. Reliability principles, used to design systems that compensate for the limits of human ability, can improve safety and the rate at which a system consistently...
- White papers 2005-02-10
- Economic allocation of test times for subsystem-level reliability growth testing
- 1. Introduction Integrated reliability testing programs for electronic systems development generally include reliability growth testing, reliability qualification testing and environmental stress screening ESS. Reliability growth testing is particularly important when system reliability is a critical concern but the system design is new and unproven. In the past, the development...
- Research articles 1998-12-01
- Comparison of software reliability assessment methods for open source software and reliability assessment tool
- Abstract: We propose software reliability assessment methods for concurrent distributed system development by using the Analytic Hierarchy Process. Also, we make a comparison between the inflection S-shaped software reliability growth model and the other models based on a nonhomogeneous Poisson process applied to reliability assessment of the entire system composed...
- Research articles 2006-06-01
- Apple laptops fourth in reliability: study
- Be the first to comment Laptop reliability by manufacturer. Research by SquareTrade. Mac fans are often quick to claim superior performance from their Apple laptops, but a study from a warranty supplier in the US has ranked the reliability of their hardware fourth behind Asus, Toshiba and Sony. The reliability...
- News items 2009-11-18
- Consumer Reports Annual Cars Survey Ranks Lexus First in Predicted Reliability for 2006 Models
- YONKERS, N.Y., March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Consumer Reports' largest Annual Car Reliability Survey ranks Lexus in first place for predicted reliability of its 2006 models among 36 nameplates from domestic, European, and Asian automakers. Lexus was in seconYONKERS, N.Y., March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Consumer Reports' largest Annual Car...
- Research articles 2006-03-01
- Verbatim 1-16x DVD+R Media Sets the Standard for Reliability, Durability at High Speeds
- DVD News 07-19-2004 Verbatim 1-16x DVD+R Media Sets the Standard for Reliability, Durability at High Speeds DVD NEWS-19 July 2004-Verbatim 1-16x DVD+R Media Sets the Standard for Reliability, Durability at High Speeds C1999-2004 DVD News. Dis DVD News ...
- Research articles 2004-07-19
- Chevron's Focus is on Refinery Reliability
- After a fire at the Richmond refinery crimped first quarter income, Chevron is focusing on improving reliability in its downstream segment. Despite the focus on reliability, 2007 utilization rates may be tempered by a heavy turnaround schedule, top executAfter a fire at the Richmond refinery crimped first quarter income, Chevron...
- Research articles 2007-05-21
- Consumer Reports Reliability Survey Finds Domestic Cars and Trucks Edge Closer to Japanese, Korean Makes
- YONKERS, N.Y., March 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Consumer Reports' annual auto reliability survey shows that the reliability of domestic cars and trucks continued to improve last year, while those from European automakers declined. Japanese and Korean automakersYONKERS, N.Y., March 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Consumer Reports' annual auto reliability survey shows...
- Research articles 2005-03-04
- Amtrak has proposed a five-year strategic capital investment and operating plan to restore its physical equipment to good repair and improve operational reliability. (Washington Report).
- Amtrak has proposed a five-year strategic capital investment and operating plan to restore its physical equipment to good repair and improve operational reliability. The plan focuses on improving the reliability and cost-efficiency of the current pas Amtrak has proposed a five-year strategic capital investment and ...
- Research articles 2003-06-01
- Symposium investigates reliability near the red brick wall. (Industry Watch).(topics at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers International Reliability Physics Symposium)
- Perhaps nobody is more keenly aware of the reliability issues at technology's leading edge than the speakers and chairs of the International Reliability Physics Symposium IRPS, which IEEE first organized more than four decades ago. With its latest meeting to be held this month in Dallas...
- Research articles 2003-03-01
- Life Cycle Reliability Engineering.(ME bookshelf)(Brief article)(Book review)
- Life Cycle Reliability Engineering. Guangbin Yang. John Wiley & Sons Inc., 111 River St., Hoboken, NJ 07030. 2007. 532 pages. $125. ISBN 978-0-471-71529-0. In today's global, competitive business environment, reliability professionals are being challenged to improve reliability, shorten design cycles, reduce costs, and...
- Research articles 2007-06-01
- Allocation of test times in multi-state systems for reliability growth testing
- 1. Introduction Reliability Growth Testing RGT is an important part of "chamber-type" reliability testing programs that are aimed at developing corrective actions. Analysis of hardware experienced RGT and field usage shows that RGT combined with environmental stress screening and reliability qualification testing is the most effective method of improving...
- Research articles 2002-06-01
- Element substitution algorithm for general two-terminal network reliability analyses
- 1. Introduction The problem of obtaining the reliability of networks has been extensively researched during the past decades. Within this area of research, one of the classical network reliability problems is known as the 2-Terminal Reliability (2TR) problem. In 2TR analyses, it is of interest to calculate the reliability...
- Research articles 2007-03-01
- NetApp's HDD Reliability Expert to Present at IDEMA's DISKCON Japan Conference
- TOKYO -- NetApp's (NASDAQ: NTAP) Jon Elerath, PhD, an expert in hard disk drive HDD reliability, will present the address "Demystifying Reliability of Hard Disk and Solid-State Drives" at the DISKCON[R] Japan conference in Tokyo, Japan, on July 22-23, 2008. In addition to his role as senior systems reliability...
- Research articles 2008-07-08
- Keep it Running, Keep it Safe: Process Machinery Safety and Reliability
- Keep it Running, Keep it Safe: Process Machinery Safety and Reliability iWiley) Author. William Wong Keep it Running, Keep it Safe is based upon the highly regarded Process Machinery Safety and Reliability by the same author Keep it Running, Krcp /I Safe, is an invaluable ready reference for day-to-day work...
- Research articles 2007-06-01
