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Transformation of Western Style of Management (W. Edwards Deming).Software Reliability (F.B. Bastani, C.V. Ramamoorthy). Stress-Strength Modelsfor Reliability (R.A. Johnson). Approximate Computation of Power GeneratingSystem Reliability Indexes (M. Mazumdar). Software Reliability Models (T.A.Mazzuchi, N.D. Singpurwalla). Dependence Notions in Reliability Theory (N.R.Chaganty, K. Joag-Dev). Application of Goodness-of-Fit Tests in Reliability(B. Woodruff, A.H. Moore). Multivariate Nonparametric Classes in Reliability(H.W. Block, T.H. Savits). Selection and Ranking Procedures in ReliabilityModels (S.S. Gupta, S. Panchapakesan). The Impact of Reliability Theory onSome Branches of Mathematics and Statistics (P.J. Boland, F. Proschan).Reliability Ideas and Applications in Economics and Social Sciences (M.C.Bhattacharjee). Mean Residual Life: Theory and Applications (F. Guess, F.Proschan). Life Distribution Models and Incomplete Data (R.E. Barlow, F.Proschan). Piecewise Geometric Estimation of a Survival Function (G.M.Mimmack, F. Proschan). Applications of Pattern Recognition in FailureDiagnosis and Quality Control (L.F. Pau). Nonparametric Estimation of Densityand Hazard Rate Functions when Samples are Censored (W.J. Padgett).Multivariate Process Control (F.B. Alt, N.D. Smith). QMP/USP - A ModernApproach to Statistical Quality Auditing (B. Hoadley). Review aboutEstimation of Change Points (P.R. Krishnaiah, B.Q. Miao). NonparametricMethods for Changepoint Problems (M. Csorgo, L. Horvath). Optimal Allocationof Multistate Components (E. El-Neweihi, F. Proschan, J. Sethuraman).Weibull, Log-Weibull and Gamma Order Statistics (H.L. Harter). MultivariateExponential Distributions and their Applications in Reliability (A.P. Basu).Recent Developments in the Inverse Gaussian Distribution (S. Iyengar, G.Patwardhan).