International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management: Volume 37 Issue 6/7

Guest editorial

Mangey Ram, Om Prakash Yadav

Reliability and Availability analysis of a cloud computing transition system under multiple failures

Monika Manglik, Nitesh Rawat, Mangey Ram

To analyze the performance of multistate cloud computing transition system through the various reliability measures is the purpose of this paper.

A Kano model, AHP and TOPSIS based approach for selecting the best mobile phone under a fuzzy environment

Rohit Singh, Shwetank Avikal, Rashmi Rashmi, Mangey Ram

In today's era of a digital world, mobile phones have now become an essential part in everyday life. The selection of the best mobile phone among the available alternatives is a…

Disruptive Maintenance Engineering 4.0

Miguel Angel Navas, Carlos Sancho, Jose Carpio

The purpose of this paper is to present a new disruptive maintenance model based on new technologies.

Risk analysis for lot-sizing and maintenance optimization problem under energy constraint with subcontractor solution

Mohamed Ali Kammoun, Zied Hajej, Nidhal Rezg

The main contribution of this manuscript is to suggest new approaches in order to deal with dynamic lot-sizing and maintenance problem under aspect energetic and risk analysis…

Statistical software fault management based on bootstrap confidence intervals

Tadashi Dohi, Hiroyuki Okamura, Cun Hua Qian

In this paper, the authors propose two construction methods to estimate confidence intervals of the time-based optimal software rejuvenation policy and its associated maximum…

An integrated mathematical model for production scheduling and preventive maintenance planning

Ahmet Kolus, Ahmed El-Khalifa, Umar M. Al-Turki, Salih Osman Duffuaa

The integration between production scheduling and maintenance planning is attracting the attention of planners in the manufacturing sector with the increase in global…

Decision-making for risk evaluation: integration of prospect theory with failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA)

Muhittin Sagnak, Yigit Kazancoglu, Yesim Deniz Ozkan Ozen, Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes

The aim of the present study is to overcome some of the limitations of the FMEA method by presenting a theoretical base for considering risk evaluation into its assessment…

Reliability evaluation of repairable weighted system using interval valued universal generating function

Soni Bisht, S. B. Singh, Renu Tamta

To find the reliability characteristics of repairable weighted (u, v)- out-of-(x, y) system using the interval valued universal generating function (IUGF).

Transient analysis of computing system with reboot and recovery delay

Chandra Shekhar, Amit Gupta, Madhu Jain, Neeraj Kumar

The purpose of this paper is to present a sensitivity analysis of fault-tolerant redundant repairable computing systems with imperfect coverage, reboot and recovery process.

Barriers to Total Quality Management for sustainability in Indian organizations

Vimal Kumar, Pratima Verma, Sachin Kumar Mangla, Atul Mishra, Dababrata Chowdhary, Chi Hsu Sung, Kuei Kuei Lai

The paper aims to identify key human and operational focused barriers to the implementation of Total Quality Management (TQM). It develops a comprehensive structural relationship…

An improved methodology for evaluating availability of multistate series–parallel systems using the polynomial distribution function

Zahra Hashemzadeh Ghalhari, Ali Zeinal Hamadani

This paper employs new methods to evaluate the availability of multistate series–parallel systems, in which a number of similar components are available in each subsystem.

Dynamic testing resource allocation modeling for multi-release software using optimal control theory and genetic algorithm

Vijay Kumar, Ramita Sahni

The use of software is overpowering our modern society. Advancement in technology is directly proportional to an increase in user demand which further leads to an increase in the…

Reliability modeling of multi-version software system incorporating the impact of infected patching

Adarsh Anand, Jasmine Kaur, Shinji Inoue

The purpose of the present work is to mathematically model the reliability growth of a multi-version software system that is affected by infected patches.

Generalized software release and testing stop time policy

Avinash Kumar Shrivastava, Nitin Sachdeva

Almost everything around us is the output of software-driven machines or working with software. Software firms are working hard to meet the user’s requirements. But developing a…

Improving system reliability by optimal allocation of resources for discovering software vulnerabilities

Navneet Bhatt, Adarsh Anand, Deepti Aggrawal

The purpose of this paper is to provide a mathematical framework to optimally allocate resources required for the discovery of vulnerabilities pertaining to different severity…