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Reliability as a Virtue [PDF]

open access: possiblePhilosophical Studies, 2008
This paper explores what constitutes reliability in persons, particularly intellectual reliability. It considers global reliability, the overall reliability of persons, encompassing both the theoretical and practical realms; sectorial reliability, that of a person in a subject-matter (or behavioral) domain; and focal reliability, that of a particular ...
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Reliability

1998
This chapter reviews the reliability for fire pumps, controllers, drivers, and gearboxes. How the reliability can be predicted through fault tree analysis and single point failures is described. The types of failures and history of failures are examined and the most probable types of failures are presented.
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The reliability of an instrument

Social Epistemology, 2004
Salviati… in our time it has pleased God to concede to human ingenuity an invention so wonderful as to have the power of increasing vision four, six, ten, twenty, thirty, and forty times, and an infinite number of objects which were invisible, either because of distance or extreme minuteness, have become visible by means of the telescope.
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Reliability

2005
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the reliability of an adhesive and its impact on the performance of an electronic assembly. The major failure modes of adhesives include loss of adhesion, high thermal impedance, loss of electrical contact, and corrosion.
James J. Licari, Dale W. Swanson
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Is “Ol’ Reliable” Still Reliable?

Anesthesia & Analgesia, 2015
Paul G. Barash, Sorin J. Brull
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Reliability

2010
Rousson, V, Gasser, T
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Reliability Theory

1993
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the reliability theory, which is concerned with determining the probability of a system. For instance, a series system will function if and only if all of its components are functioning, while a parallel system will function if and only if at least one of its components is functioning. The chapter discusses the
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