Balbir S. Dhillon, P.Eng., Ph.D.

Professor, Mechanical Engineering

B.Sc., Wales (1972)

M.Sc., Wales (1973)

Ph.D., Windsor (1975)

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Dhillon has served as Chairman/Director/Acting Director of the Mechanical Engineering Department/Engineering Management Program for over 10 years. He is the founder of the probability distribution named Dhillon distribution by statistical researchers in their publications around the world. Dr. Dhillon has published over 364 {i.e., 217(70 single authored + 147 co-authored) journal + 147 conference proceedings} articles and 39 books: Wiley (1981), Van Nostrand (1983), Marcel Dekker (1984), Pergamon (1986), etc. His books are being used in over 100 countries and many of them are translated into languages such as German, Russian, Persian and Chinese. He is /has been on the editorial boards of 10 international scientific journals. Dr. Dhillon is recipient of many awards/honours including Austin J. Bonis Award (American Society for Quality Control), Merit Award (Society of Reliability Engineers), and Glinski Award (Faculty of Engineering). He is listed in many Who's Who documents and has served as consultant to various organizations. Professor Dhillon has lectured in over 50 countries including keynote addresses at various scientific conferences held in North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. In March 2004, Dr. Dhillon was a distinguished speaker at the Conf./Workshop on Surgical Errors (sponsored by White House Health and Safety Committee and Pentagon), held at the Capitol Hill(One Constitution Avenue, Washington, D.C.).

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Safety

Reliability Engineering

Maintainability Engineering

Medical Device Reliability Evaluation

Robot reliability and Safety

BOOKS PUBLISHED (GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL/UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL)

1.         Dhillon, B.S., Singh, C., Engineering Reliability: New Techniques and Applications, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1981.

2.         Dhillon, B.S., Reliability Engineering in Systems Design and Operation, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, 1982.

3.         Dhillon, B.S., Systems Reliability, Maintainability and Management, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1983.

4.         Dhillon, B.S., Power System Reliability, Safety and Management, Butterworths and Co. Ltd., London, 1983.

5.         Dhillon, B.S., Reiche, H., Reliability and Maintainability Management, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, 1985.

6.             Dhillon, B.S., Quality Control, Reliability and Engineering Design, Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, 1985.

7.         Dhillon, B.S., Human Reliability: With Human Factors, Pergamon Press, Inc., New York, 1986.

8.         Dhillon, B.S., Engineering Management: Concepts, Procedures and Models, Technomic Publishing Company, Lancaster, PA, USA, 1987.

9.         Dhillon, B.S., Reliability in Computer System Design, Ablex Publishing Corporation, Norwood, New Jersey, USA, 1987.

10.       Dhillon, B.S., Mechanical Reliability: Theory, Models, and Applications, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Washington, D.C., 1988.

11.       Dhillon, B.S., Life Cycle Costing: Techniques, Models and Applications, Gordon and Breach, Science Publishers, New York, 1989.

12.       Dhillon, B.S., Robot Reliability and Safety, Springer-Verlag New York Publishers, New York, 1991.

13.       Dhillon, B.S., Reliability and Quality Control: Bibliography on General and Specialized areas, Beta Publishers, Inc., 1992.

14.       Dhillon, B.S., Raouf, A., Safety Assessment: A Quantitative Approach, Lewis Publishers, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, Florida, 1994.

15.       Dhillon, B.S., Reliability Engineering Applications, Bibliography on Important Application Areas, Beta Publishers, Inc., 1992.

16.       Dhillon, B.S., Engineering Design: A Modern Approach, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1996.

17.       Dhillon, B.S., Advanced Design Concepts for Engineers, Technomic Publishing    Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1998.

18.       Dhillon, B.S., Engineering Maintainability, Gulf Publishing Company, Houston, Texas 1999,

19.       Dhillon, B.S., Design Reliability: Fundamentals and Applications, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 1999.

20.       Dhillon, B.S., Medical Device Reliability: and associated areas, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 2000.

21.       Dhillon, B. S., Engineering Maintenance: A Modern Approach, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 2001.

22.       Dhillon, B.S., Engineering and Technology Management Tools and Applications, Artech House Inc., Boston, 2002.

23.       Dhillon, B. S., Engineering Safety: Fundamentals, Techniques, and Applications, World Scientific Publishing, River Ridge, New Jersey, 2003.

24.       Dhillon, B. S., Human Reliability and Error in Medical System, World Scientific Publishing, River Edge, New Jersey, 2003.

25.       Dhillon, B. S., Engineering Usability: Fundamentals, Applications, Human Factors, and Human Error, American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles, 2004.

26.       Dhillon, B. S., Reliability, Quality, and Safety for Engineers, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 2004.

27.       Dhillon, B. S., Creativity for Engineers, World Scientific Publishing, River Edge, New Jersey, 2006.

28.       Dhillon, B. S., Maintainability, Maintenance, and Reliability for Engineers, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 2006.

29.       Dhillon, B.S., Applied Reliability and Quality: Fundamentals, Methods, and Procedures, Springer, Inc., London, 2007.

30.       Dhillon, B.S., Human Reliability and Error in Transportation Systems, Springer,Inc., London, 2007.

31.       Dhillon, B.S., Reliability Technology, Human Error, and Quality in Health Care, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 2008.

32.       Dhillon, B.S., Mining Equipment Reliability, Maintainability, and Safety, Springer Inc., London, 2008.

33.       Dhillon, B.S., Human Reliability, Error, and Human Factors in Engineering Maintenance: with reference to Aviation and Power Generation, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 2008.

34.       Dhillon, B.S., Life Cycle Costing for Engineers, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 2010.

35.       Dhillon, B.S., Mine Safety: A Modern Approach, Springer Inc., London, 2010.

36.       Dhillon, B. S., Transportation Systems Reliability and Safety, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 2011.

37.       Dhillon, B.S., Patient Safety: An Engineering Approach, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 2012.

38.       Dhillon, B.S., Safety and Human Error in Engineering Systems, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 2013.

 

 

BOOKS PUBLISHED ON ANCIENT/MODERN HISTORY (General and professional level)

 

 

39.       Dhillon, B.S., History and Study of the Jats: with Reference to Sikhs, Scythians, Alans, Sarmatians, Goths, and Jutes, Beta Publishers, Inc., 1994.

 

  • RUSSIAN, CHINESE, GERMAN, PERSIAN(IRANIAN), AND INDIAN LANGUAGES  TRANSLATIONS/EDITIONS

           

40.       Dhillon, B.S., Singh, C., Engineering Reliability: New Techniques and Applications, MIR Publishers, Moscow, 1984 (In Russian).

41.       Dhillon, B.S., Reliability Engineering in Systems Design and Operation, The Chinese Society of Astronautics, Peking, 1987 (in Chinese)

42.       Dhillon, B.S., Human Reliability: with Human Factors, VCH Verlagsgesellschaft, Weinheim, Germany, 1988 (in German).

43.       Dhillon, B.S., Reiche,H., Reliability and Maintainability Management, CBS Publishing,1986, Special Indian Edition, (in English).

44.       Dhillon, B.S., Human Reliability: with Human Factors, Shanghai Scientific and Technical Publishers, Shanghai, 1988 (in Chinese).

45.       Dhillon, B.S., Singh, C., Engineering Reliability: New Techniques and Applications, Technical Publishing, Taipei, Taiwan, 1984 (in Chinese).

46.       Dhillon, B.S., Quality Control, Reliability and Engineering Design, Technical Publishing, Taipei, Taiwan, 1987 (in Chinese).

47.       Dhillon, B. S., Engineering Safety: Fundamentals, Techniques, and Applications, Poyesh Andishe Publishing, Isfahan, Iran, 2007 (in Persian).

48.       Dhillon, B.S., Maintainability, Maintenance, and Reliability for Engineers, Tose-e- Iran Publishing, Tehran, Iran, 2009 (in Persian).

49.       Dhillon, B. S., Human Reliability and Error in Medical System, Amir Kabir University of Technology Press, Tehran, Iran, 2012 (in Persian).                                 

                                      

 

PAPERS PUBLISHED IN JOURNALS

 

 1.        Proctor, C.L., Dhillon, B.S., "The Graphical Reliability Evaluation of Three-state Device Networks", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 14 (1975): 203-214.

 2.        Proctor, C.L., Dhillon, B.S., "A Three-state System Model", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 14 (1975): 501-503.

 3.        Dhillon, B.S., "Analysis of a Three-State System With Two Types of Components, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.15, (1976): 245-246.

 4.        Dhillon, B.S., "A Six-state System Model", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.15 (1976): 139.

 5.        Dhillon, B.S., "A Modification to Fault Tree 'AND' Gate", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 15 (1976): 242-243.

 6.        Dhillon, B.S., "A Note on a Four-state System", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.15 (1976): 491-492.

 7.        Dhillon, B.S., "Reliability Analysis of a Repairable System with Non-repairable Standby Unit", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.15 (1976): 246-247.

 8.        Proctor, C.L., Dhillon, B.S., "The Analysis of a Four-state System", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.15 (1976):53-56.

 9.        Proctor, C.L., Dhillon, B.S., "A Repairable Three-state Device", IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Vol.25 (1976): 210-211.

10.       Dhillon, B.S., "A Common-cause Failure Availability Model", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.16 (1976): 583-584.

11.       Dhillon, B.S., "A Four-unit Redundant System with Common-cause Failures", IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Vol.26 (December 1977): 373-374.

12.       Dhillon, B.S., "A Multi-state System Model", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.16 (1977): 55-56.

13.       Dhillon, B.S., "New Hazard Rate Functions", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.18 (1979): 531-532.

14.       Dhillon, B.S., "A Two-failure Modes System with Cold Standby Units", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.18 (1978): 251-252.

15.       Dhillon, B.S., "Effects of Weibull Hazard Rate on Common-cause Failure Analy­sis of Reliability Networks", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.17 (1978): 59-65.

16.       Dhillon, B.S., "A Four-unit Redundant System (Three-state Device) with Com­mon-cause Failures", IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Vol.29 (1979): 267.

17.       Dhillon, B.S., "Partial and Catastrophic Failure Analysis of a Complex System", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.20 (1979): 349-350.

18.       Dhillon, B.S., Singh, C., "On Fault Tree and Reliability Evaluation Techniques", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.18 (1979): 57-64.

19.       Elsayed, E.A., Dhillon, B.S., "Repairable Systems with One Standby Unit", Micro­electronics and Reliability, Vol.20 (1979): 243-245.

20.       Dhillon, B.S., Khan and Sambhi, "Common-cause Failure Analysis of a Three-state Device System", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.20 (1979): 345-348.

21.       Dhillon, B.S., "A K-Out-of-N Three-state Device System with Common-cause Failures", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.18 (1979): 447-448.

22.       Dhillon, B.S., "A 1-Out-of-N G System with Duplex Elements", IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Vol.29 (1979): 169. Plus 2 page supplement; NAPS document No.13305, 20 pages. ASIS-NAPS, Microfiche Publications, PO Box 3515, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10017, USA.

23.       Dhillon, B.S., "A Hazard Rate Model", IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Vol.20 (1979): 150.

24.       Dhillon, B.S., "Multistate Device Systems with Common-cause Failures", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.20 (1980): 411-417.

25.       Dhillon, B.S., "Availability of Systems with Two Types of Repair Facilities", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.20 (1980): 679-686.

26.       Dhillon, B.S., "Mechanical Component Reliability Under Environmental Stress", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.20 (1980): 153-160.

27.       Dhillon, B.S., "Unified Availability Modelling: A Redundant System with Mechanical, Electrical, Software, Human and Common-cause Failures", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.21 (1980): 653-659.

28.       Dhillon, B.S., "A Three-state System with Two Types of Elements", IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Vol.29 (1980): 345. Plus 2-page supplement: NAPS docu­ment No. 03662, 14 pages.

29.       Dhillon, B.S., "Statistical Functions to Represent Various Types of Failure Data", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.20 (1980): 581-584.

30.       Dhillon, B.S., "Reliability and Maintainability Engineering", Engineering Digest, Vol.26 (1980): 39-42.

31.       Dhillon, B.S., "Life Distributions", IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Vol.30 (1981): 457-460. Plus 1-page supplement: NAPS document No. 03799.

32.       Dhillon, B.S., "Repairable-system Models", IEEE Transactions on Reliability Vol.30 (1981): 492-493. Plus 6-page supplement: NAPS document No. 03799, 19 pages.

33.       Dhillon, B.S., "Network Reliability Evaluation: Application of Bathtub Failure Rate Curve", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.20 (1981): 103-111.

34.       Dhillon, B.S., "Stress-strength Reliability Models", Microelectronics and Reliabil­ity, Vol.22 (1982): 619-624.

35.       Dhillon, B.S., "Transit System Reliability Models", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.22 (1982): 491-496.

36.       Dhillon, B.S., Stochastic Models for Predicting Human Reliability, Microelectron­ics and Reliability, Vol.22 (1982): 491-496.

37.       Dhillon, B.S., "System Reliability Growth Models", International Journal and Policy and Information, Vol.6 (1982): 1-11.

38.       Dhillon, B.S., Natesan, J., "Probabilistic Analysis of a Pulverizer System with Common-cause Failures", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.22 (1982): 1121-1134.

39.       Dhillon, B.S., "Engineering Reliability Management", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.23 (1983): 215-234.

40.       Dhillon, B.S., "System Reliability Evaluation Models with Human Error", IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Vol.32 (1983): 47. Plus 12-page supplement: NAPS document No. 04008, 36 pages.

41.       Dhillon, B.S., Natesan, J., "Moments of N-unit Redundant Systems with Time Dependent Failure Rate", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.23 (1983): 61-69.

42.       Dhillon, B.S., Natesan, J., "Stochastic Analysis of Outdoor Power Systems in Fluctuating Environments", Microelectronics Reliability, Vol.23 (1983): 867-881.

43.       Dhillon, B.S., Natesan, J., "Reliability and Availability of Systems Operating in Multiple Environments", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.23 (1983): 883-898.

44.       Dhillon, B.S., Natesan, J., "Availability Analysis of a Shutdown Heat Removal System", International Journal of Energy Systems, Vol.3, No.2 (1983): 43-47.

45.       Dhillon, B.S., "Stochastic Models for Evaluating Probability of System Failure Due to Human Error", Microelectronics and Reliability; Vol.24, (1984): 921-924.

46.       Dhillon, B.S., "Availability Analysis of Transit Systems", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.24 (1984): 761-768.

47.       Dhillon, B.S., Misra, R.B., "Reliability Evaluation of Systems with Critical Human Error", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.24 (1984): 743-759.

48.       Dhillon, B.S., Rayapati, S.N., "Reliability and Availability Analysis of On-surface Transit Systems", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.24 (1984): 1029-1034.

49.       Dhillon, B.S., Rayapati, S.N., "Reliability Analysis of Non-maintained Parallel Systems Subject to Hardware Failure and Human Error",Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.25 (1985): 111-112.

50.       Dhillon, B.S., Misra, R.B., "Effect of Critical Human Error on System Reliability, Reliability Engineering, Vol.12 (1985): 17-33.

51.       Dhillon, B.S., Natesan, J., "Reliability and Availability Analysis of a Pulverizer System with Common-cause Failures and Standbys", International Journal of Energy Systems, Vol.5 (1985): 57-61.

52.       Dhillon, B.S., Rayapati, S.N., "Comparative Reliability Analysis of Simplex and Redundant Systems", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.25 (1985): 343-356.

53.       Dhillon, B.S., Rayapati, S.N., "Reliability Evaluation of Human Operators Under Stress", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.25 (1985): 729-752.

54.       Dhillon, B.S., Rayapati, S.N., "Stochastic Analysis of Two-unit Outdoor, Electric Power Systems in Changing Weather", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.25 (1985): 357-367.

55.       Dhillon, B.S., Rayapati, S.N., "Reliability of Non-maintained Parallel Systems with Multiple Failure Modes", Quality and Reliability Management, Vol.2 (1985): 18-29.

56.       Dhillon, B.S., Rayapati, S.N., "Reliability Modelling of On-Surface Transit Systems with Human Errors", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.25 (1985): 1087-1098.

57.       Dhillon, B.S., Rayapati, S.N., "Reliability and Availability Analysis of Transit Systems", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.25 (1985): 1073-1085.

58.       Dhillon, B.S., Rayapati, S.N., "Availability Modelling of On-Surface Transit Systems with Partial Failures", Maintenance Management International, Vol.6 (1986): 205-214.

59.       Dhillon, B.S., Rayapati, S.N., Availability Modelling of a Vehicle Fleet, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.26 (1986): 355-364.

60.       Dhillon, B.S., Rayapati, S.N., Stochastic Analysis of Transit Systems, International Journal of Stochastic Analysis and Applications, Vol.4 (1986): 49-75.

61.       Dhillon, B.S., Rayapati, S.N., A Method to Evaluate Reliability of Three-state Device Networks, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.26 (1986): 535-554.

62.       Dhillon, B.S., Rayapati, S.N., A Complex System Reliability Evaluation Method, International Journals of Reliability Engineering, Vol.16 (1986): 163-177.

63.       Dhillon, B.S., Natesan, J., Reliability Evaluation of Electric Power Systems in Alternating Environments, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.26 (1986): 679-690.

64.       Dhillon, B.S., Rayapati, S.N., Stochastic Behaviour of Man-machined Systems Operating Under Different Weather Conditions, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.26 (1986): 123-129.

65.       Dhillon, B.S., Rayapati, S.N., Transit System Availability Modelling: A Study of Erlangian Repair Time Distribution, International Journal of System Science, Vol.18 (1987):9-24.

66.       Dhillon, B.S., Engineering Reliability Management, IEEE Transactions on Selected Topics in Communications, Vol.4 (1986): 1015-1020.

67.       Dhillon, B.S., Rayapati, S.N., Human Error and Common-cause Failure Modelling of Redundant Systems, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.26 (1986): 1139-1162.

68.       Dhillon, B.S., Rayapati, S.N., Probabilistic Analysis of Redundant Systems with Human Errors and Common-cause Failures, International Journal of Stochastic

Analysis and Application, Vol.4 (1986): 367-398.

69.       Dhillon, B.S., Rayapati, S.N., Reliability Evaluation of Out-door Electric Power Systems, International Journal of Energy Systems, Vol.7 (1987): 85-89.

70.       Dhillon, B.S., Rayapati, S.N., A Method to Evaluate Reliability of Systems with Critical and Non-critical Human Errors, Microelectronics and Reliability: An International Journal, Vol.27 (1987): 531-548.

71.       Dhillon, B.S., Rayapati, S.N., Common-cause Failure and Human Error Modelling of Redundant Systems with Partially Energized Standby Units, Reliability Engin­eering: An International Journal, Vol.19 (1987): 1-14.

72.       Dhillon, B.S., Rayapati, S.N., Human Error Modelling of Parallel and Standby Redundant Systems, International Journal of Systems Science, Vol.19 (1988): 589-611.

73.       Dhillon, B.S., Rayapati, S.N., The State of Reliability Design Specifications in Canadian Industries: A Survey, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.27 (1987): 755-780.

74.       Dhillon, B.S., Rayapati, S.N., Reliability Analysis of Networks with Human Errors, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.27 (1987): 981-1000.

75.       Dhillon, B.S., Rayapati, S.N., Reliability Analysis of Systems with Human Errors, Reliability Review, Vol.7 (1987): 41-44.

76.       Dhillon, B.S., Rayapati, S.N., Reliability of Mechanical Devices, International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, Vol.5 (1988): 17-37.

77.       Dhillon, B.S., Rayapati, S.N., Human Error and Common-cause Failure Modelling of Standby Systems, Maintenance Management International, Vol.7 (1988): 93-110.

78.       Dhillon, B.S., Rayapati, S.N., Chemical Systems Reliability: A Survey, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Vol.37 (1988): 199-208.

79.       Dhillon, B.S., Rayapati, S.N., "Critical and Non-critical Human Error Modelling in Redundant Systems: A Modified Block Diagram Approach, International Journal of System Science, Vol.19 (1988):1999-2018.

80.       Dhillon, B.S., Rayapati, S.N., Human Performance Reliability Modelling, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.28 (1988): 573-580.

81.       Dhillon, B.S., Rayapati, S.N., Reliability Modelling of Redundant Computer Systems with Common-cause Failures, Computers and Electrical Engineering: An International Journal, Vol.14 (1988): 125-136.

82.       Dhillon, B.S., Human Errors: A Review, Microelectronics and Reliability: An International Journal, Vol.29 (1989):299-304.

83.       Dhillon, B.S., Rayapati, S.N., Analysis of Systems with Human Errors and Common-cause Failures, The International Journal of Modelling and Simulation, Vol. 9, 1989, pp. 124-128.

84.       Dhillon, B.S., Stochastic Analysis of a Parallel System with Common-cause Fail­ures and Critical Human Errors, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.29 (1989): 627-637.

85.       Dhillon, B.S., Rayapati, S.N., Reliability Modelling of Systems with Human Errors, International Journal of Systems Science, Vol. 21, 1990, pp. 889-912.

86.       Dhillon, B.S., Human Error Data Banks, Microelectronics and Reliability: An International Journal, Vol. 30, 1990, pp. 963-971.

87.       Dhillon, B.S., Viswanath, H.C., Reliability Analysis of a Non-identical Unit Paral­lel System with Common-cause Failures, Microelectronics and Reliability: An International Journal, Vol. 31, 1991, pp. 429-441.

88.       Dhillon, B.S., Viswanath, H.C., "Stochastic Analysis of Common Systems with  Common-Cause Failures", International Journal of Stochastic Analysis and Applications, Vol. 12, 1994, pp. 427-452.

89.       Dhillon, B.S., Yang, N., "Reliability and Availability Analysis of Warm Standby Systems with Common-Cause Failure and Human Errors, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 32, 1992, pp. 561-575.

90.       Dhillon, B.S., Anude, O.C., Mining Equipment Reliability: A Review, Microelectronics and Reliability: An International Journal, Vol. 32, 1992, pp. 1137-1156.

91.       Dhillon, B.S., Yang, N., "Stochastic Analysis of Standby Systems with Common- Cause Failures and Human Errors", Microelectronics and Reliability: An International Journal, Vol. 32, 1992, pp. 1699-1712.

92.       Dhillon, B.S., Anude, O.C., "Common-Cause Failure Analysis of a Non-identical Unit Parallel System with Arbitrarily Distributed Repair Times", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 33, 1993, pp. 87-103.

93.       Dhillon, B.S., Anude, O.C., Robot Safety and Reliability, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 33, 1993, pp. 413-429.

94.       Dhillon, B.S., Yang, N., Human Error Analysis of a Standby Redundant System with Arbitrarily Distributed Repair Times, Microlectronics and Reliability, Vol. 33, 1993, pp. 431-444.

95.       Dhillon, B.S., Stochastic Modelling in K-out-of-n Units Family of Systems, International Journal of System Science, Vol. 23, 1992, pp. 1277-1287.

 96.      Dhillon, B.S., Reliability and Availability Analysis of a System with Warm Standby and             Common-cause Failures, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 33, 1993, pp. 1343-1349.

97.       Dhillon, B.S., Anude, D.C., Common-cause Failure Analysis of a Parallel System with Warm Standby, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 33, 1993, pp. 1321-1342.

98.       Dhillon, B.S., Yang, N., Availability Analysis of Man-Machine System with Critical and Non-critical Human Error, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 33, 1993, pp. 1511-1521.

99.       Dhillon, B.S., Anude, D.C., Common-cause Failure Analysis of a Redundant System with Non-repairable Units, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 33, 1993, pp. 1499-1509.

100.     Dhillon, B.S., Anude, O.C., "Common-Cause Failure Analysis of a Redundant System with Repairable Units, International Journal of System Science, Vol. 25, 1994, pp. 527-540.

101.     Dhillon, B.S., Robot Reliability, Journal on Communications, Vol. XLIII, 1992, pp. 2-6.

102.     Dhillon, B.S., Anude, O.C., Common-Cause Failure Analysis of a 1-out-of-n Units System with a Repairable Warm Standby, Dynamic Systems and Applications (Journal), Vol. 2, 1993, pp. 371-386.

103.     Dhillon, B.S., Anude, O.C., Common-Cause Failure Analysis of a k-out-of-n: G System with Repairable Units, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 34, 1994, pp. 429-442.

104.     Dhillon, B.S., Yang, N., Human Reliability, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 34, 1994, pp. 803-810.

105.     Dhillon, B.S., Optimizing Income of Repairable Reliability Systems, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 34, 1994, pp. 1227-1232.

106.     Dhillon, B.S., Anude, O.C., Optimizing the Income of a Repairable Reliability System with Early Standby Activation, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 34, 1994, pp. 1709-1720.

107.     Dhillon, B.S., Anude, O.C., Common-Cause Failures in Engineering Systems: A Review, International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1994, pp. 103-129.

108.     Dhillon, B.S., Anude, O.C., Income Optimization of a Repairable Redundant System, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 34, 1994, pp. 1721-1732.

109.     Yang, N., Dhillon, B.S., Stochastic Analysis of a General Standby System with Constant Human Error and Arbitrary System Repair Rates, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 35, 1995, pp. 1037-1046.

110.     Yang, N., Dhillon, B.S., Availability Analysis of a Repairable Standby Human Machine System, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 35, 1995, pp. 1401-1414.

111.     Dhillon, B.S., Yang, N., Probabilistic Analysis of a Maintainable System with Human Error, Journal of Quality in Maintenance, Vol. 1, 1995, pp. 50-59.

112.     Dhillon, B.S., Anude, O.C., Common-Cause Failure Analysis of a k-out-of -n: G System with non-repairable Units, International Journal of Systems Science, Vol. 26, 1995, pp. 2029-2042.

113.     Dhillon, B.S., Yang, N., Availability Analysis of a Robot with Safety System, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 36, 1996, pp. 169-177.

114.     Dhillon, B.S., Yang, N., Stochastic Analysis of an Active-Stand By Redundant Network with Two Types of Common-Cause Failures, Stochastic Analysis and Applications, Vol. 15, 1997, pp. 313-325.

115.     Dhillon, B.S., Optimun Life Cycle and Labour Costs Estimation of Repairable Equipment, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 36, 1996, pp. 227-229.

116.     Dhillon, B.S., Yang, N., Comparison of Block Diagram and Markov Methods System Reliability and Mean Time to Failure for constant and non-constant Failure Rates, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 37, 1997, pp. 505-509.

117.     Dhillon, B.S., Meantime to Failure Formulas for Standard Reliability Networks with Erlangian Distributed Component Failure Times, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 36, 1996, pp. 1521-1523.

118.     Dhillon, B.S., Fashandi, A.R.M., Robotic Systems Probabilistic Analysis, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 37, 1997, pp. 211-224.

119.     Dhillon, B.S., Yang, N., Formulas for Analysing Redundant Robotic Configuration with a Built in Safety System, Microelectronics & Reliability, Vol. 37, 1997, pp. 557-563.

120.     Dhillon, B.S., Yang, N., Reliability Analysis of a Repairable Robot System, Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, Vol. 2, 1996, pp. 30-37.

121.     Dhillon, B.S., Reverse Engineering: A design approach whose time has come?,  Engineering Dimensions, September/October 1998, pp. 19-20.

122.     Dhillon, B.S.,Fashandi, A.R.M., Safety and Reliability Assessment Techniques in Robotics, Robotica, Vol. 15, 1997, pp. 701-708.

123.     Dhillon, B.S., Fashandi, A.R.M., Stochastic Analysis of a Robot Machine with Duplicate  Safety Units, Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, Vol.5, No.2, 1999, pp.114-l27.

124.     Dhillon, B.S., Aleem, M.A., A Report On Robot Reliability and Safety in Canada: A   Survey of Robot Users, Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 1,  2000, 61-74.

125.     Dhillon, B.S., MTTF Formulas for Redundant Systems with Erlangian Distributed Unit and Common-Cause Times to Failure, Quality and Reliability Engineering International, Vol. 16, 2000, pp. 63-66.

126.     Dhillon, B.S., Subramanian, P., Reliability Analysis of Triple Modular Computer Systems with Redundant Voters and Restricted Maintenance, Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, Vol.7, No.2, 2001, pp.151-163.

127.     Dhillon, B.S., Reliability Technology for Manufacturers: Engineering Better Devices, Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry (MDDI),  Vol.23,  No.10,  2001, pp.94-99.

128.     Dhillon, B.S., Fashandi, A.R.M., Liu, L.K., Robot Systems Reliability and Safety, Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, Vol. 8, No. 3, 2002, pp. 170-212.

129.     Dhillon, B.S., Some Mean Time to Failure Formulas for Redundant Networks with Exponentially and Erlangian Distributed Common-Cause and Other Failures, Communications in Dependability and Quality Management: An International Journal, Vol.4, No.2, 2001, pp.6-11.

130.     Dhillon, B.S., Rajendran, M., Human Error in Health Care Systems, International Journal of Reliability, Quality, and Safety Engineering,Vol. 10, No. 1, 2003, pp. 99-117.

131.     Dhillon, B.S., Software Safety in Computing:  A Review and Analysis Methods, WSEAS Transactions on Communications, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2004, pp. 1-9.

132.     Dhillon, B.S., Methods for Performing Human Reliability and Error Analysis in Health Care, International Journal of Health Quality Assurance, Vol. 16, No. 6, 2003, pp.306-317.

133.     Dhillon, B.S., Kirmizi, F., Probabilistic Safety Analysis of Maintainable Systems, International Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, Vol. 9, No. 3, 2003, pp.303-320.

134.     Jenab, K., Dhillon, B.S., Imprecise – Chance Method for Reliability Estimation in Networks:  Part I, Reliability Review, Vol. 24, March 2004, pp. 24-27.

135.     Dhillon, B.S., Li, Z., Stochastic Analysis of a Maintainable Robot-Safety System with Common-Cause Failures, International Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2004, pp. 136-147.

136.     Dhillon, B.S., Jenab, K., A Practical Failure Risk Analysis Model, Reliability Review, Vol. 24, June 2004, pp. 21-31.

137.     Jenab, K., Dhillon, B.S., Stochastic Fault Tree Analysis with Self Loop Basic Events, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Vol. 54, No. 1, 2005, pp. 173-180.

138.     Dhillon, B.S., Engineering Product Usability:  A Review and Analysis Techniques, WSEAS Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2005, pp. 86-94.

139.     Jenab, K., Dhillon, B.S., K-out-of –N System with Self-Loop Units, International Journal of Reliability, Quality, and Safety Engineering, Vol. 12, No. 1, 2005, pp. 61-73.

140.     Jenab, K., Dhillon, B.S., Group-Based Failure Effect Analysis, International Journal of Reliability, Quality, and Safety Engineering, Vol. 12, No. 4, 2005, pp.291-307.

141.     Dhillon, B.S., Zhijian Li, Stochastic Analysis of a System Containing N-Redundant Robots, and M-Redundant Built-in Safety Units, International Journal of Performability Engineering, Vol.1, No.2, 2005, pp.179-190.

142.     Dhillon, B.S., Product Usability Costing:  A Study and Cost Estimation Models, International Journal of Ingenium, Vol. 1, No. 1-4, 2005, pp. 19-27.

143.     Dhillon, B.S., Zhijian Li, Stochastic Analysis of a System With Redundant Robots, One Built-in Safety Unit, and Common Cause Failures, Journal Of Intelligent and Robotics Systems, Vol. 45, 2006, pp.137-155.

144.     Jenab, K., Dhillon, B.S., Assessment of Reversible Multi-State-k-out-of n:G/F/Load-Sharing Systems with Flow-Graph Models, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 91, 2006, pp. 765-771.

145.     Dhillon, B.S., Liu, Y., Human Error in Maintenance: A Review, International Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, Vol. 12, No.2, 2006, pp.21-36.

146.     Dhillon, B.S., New Idea Generation Methods for Engineers, WSEAS Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Vol. 5, No. 6, 2006, pp. 855-862.

147.     Jeneb, K. Hosseini, S.M.S, Dhillon, B.S., An Analytical Approach to Assess the Reliability Networks with Self-Loop Units, Kuwait Journal of Science and Engineering, Vol. 33, No. 2, 2007, pp. 267-283.

148.     Dhillon, B.S., Shah, A., Availability Analysis of a Generalized Maintainable Three State Device Parallel System with Human Error and Common-Cause Failures, Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, Vo. 13, No. 4, 2007, pp. 411-432.

149.     Shah, A., Dhillon, B.S., Reliability and Availability Analysis of Three-State Device Redundant  Systems with Human Errors and Common-Cause Failures, International Journal of Performability Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 4, 2007, pp. 411-418.

150.     Jenab, K., Hosseini, S.M.S., Dhillon, B.S., Dynamic Reliability Networks with Self-Healing Units, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 93, No.4, 2008, pp. 595-603.

151.     Zhu, P., Dhillon, B.S., et al, Reliability Analysis of an Interrogation Instrument for Optical Fiber Bragg Grating Sensing, Chinese Journal of Scientific Instrument, Vol. 29, No. 4, 2008, pp. 673-678.

152.     Dhillon, B.S., Cheng, S., Probabilistic Analysis of a Repairable Robot-Safety System Composed of (n-1) Standby Robots, a Safety Unit, and a Switch, International Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, Vol. 14, No. 3, 2008, 306-323.

153      Bin, G., Chu, W., Dhillon, B. S., He, W., The Safety Parameters Monitoring System for the Coal Mine Based on CAN Bus Communication and Intelligent Data acquisition, Engineering Sciences, Vol. 6, No.4, 2008, pp.92-96.(ISSN 1672-4178).

154.   Dhillon, B.S., Mining Equipment Safety: A Review, Analysis Methods, and Improvement Strategies, International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment, Vol. 23, No.3, 2009, pp. 168-179.

155.     Dhillon, B.S., Zhijian, Li, Probabilistic Analysis of a Robot System with Redundant Safety Units and Common-Cause Failures, Journal of Intelligent Information Management, Vol. 1, 2009, pp. 150-158.

156.     Bin, G., Yuan, Z., Dhillon, B.S., Multi-Feature Parameters Health State Evaluation of Mechanical Equipment Based on Fuzzy-AHP Methodology, China Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 20, No. 20, 2009, pp. 2487-2492.

157.     Peng, Y.D., Luo, S.M., Guo, Y.F., Gao, G.H., Yan, L., Dhillon, B.S., Inner Nature and Relevant Research Status of Environmentally Friendly Mine Machine, Journal of the China Coal Society, Vol. 34, No. 4, 2009, pp. 560-571.

158.     Shen, Y.P., Wang, S.L., Li, X.J., Dhillon, B.S., Multi-axial Fatigue Life Prediction of Kiln Roller Under Axis Line Deflection, Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Vol. 31, No. 2, 2010, pp. 205-214.

159.     Bin, G., Li, X., Dhillon, B.S., Huang, Z., Guo, D., The Integrated Monitoring System for Running Parameters of Key Mining Equipment Based on Condition Monitoring Technology, Journal of Coal Science and Engineering, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2010, pp. 108-112.

160.     Peng, Y., Guo, Y., Wu, L., Li, X., Xie, W., Dhillon, B.S., The Main Projects and Development Status of Noise Forecasting and Controlling on Working Face in Coal Mine, Journal of Coal Science and Engineering, Vol. 16, No. 2, 2010, pp. 198-205.

161.     Bin, G., Li, X., Dhillon, B.S., Chu, W., Quantitative System Evaluation Method for Equipment State Using Fuzzy and Analytic Hierarchy Process, Systems Engineering : Theory and Practice, Vol. 30, No. 4, 2010, pp. 744-750.

162.     Shen, U.Y., Wang, S., Li, X., Dhillon, B.S., Life Prediction for Rolling Contact Fatigue Crack Initiation of Kiln Wheels, Engineering Sciences, Vol. 8, No. 4, 2010, pp. 58-64.

163.     Peng, Y., Guo, Y., Li, X., Xie, W., Dhillon, B.S., Development Status of Noise Forecasting and Controlling on Tunnelling Face and Laneway of Mine, Mineral Engineering Research, Vol. 25, No.4, 2010, pp. 62-68.

164.     Li, X., Shen, Y.P., Dhillon, B.S., Fatigue Reliability Analysis of Kiln Welded Shell, Engineering Sciences, Vol. 8, No. 4, 2010, pp. 52-57.

165.     Peng, Y., Yan, L., Chen, X.P., Wu, L.T., Li, X., Dhillon, B.S., Research on Shock Absorption Characteristics of Valve Plate in Multiple-Action Constant Axial Piston Pump, Machine Tools and Hydraulics, Vol. 38, No. 17, 2010, pp. 12-14.

166.     Li, X., Bin,G. F., Dhillon, B. S., Model to Evaluate the State of Mechanical Equipment Based on Health Value, Mechanism and Machine Theory,Vol.46, No. 3, 2011, pp. 305-311.

167.     Cheng, S., Dhillon, B.S., Reliability and Availability Analysis of Robot-Safety System, Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, Vol. 17, No. 2, 2011, pp. 203-232.

168.     Dhillon, B.S., Medical Equipment Reliability: A Review, Analysis, and Improvement Strategies, International Journal of Reliability Quality, and Safety Engineering, Vol. 18, No. 4, 2011, pp. 391-403.

169.     Jenab, K., Sarfaraz, A., Dhillon, B.S., Hosseini, S., Dynamic MLD Analysis with Flow Graphs, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 106, 2012, pp. 80-85.

170.     Emami, K., Dhillon, B.S., Jenab, K., The Integrative Time-Dependent Modeling of the Reliability and Failure of the Causes of Drivers, International Journal of Strategic Decision Sciences, (accepted).

 

REVIEW PAPERS PUBLISHED IN JOURNALS

 

171.     Dhillon, B.S., "Literature Survey on Three-state Device Systems", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.17 (1977): 601-602.

172.     Dhillon, B.S., Singh, C., "Bibliography of Literature on Fault Trees", Microelec­tronics and Reliability, Vol.16 (1977): 501-503.

173.     Dhillon, B.S., "On Common-cause Failures", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.19 (1979): 533-534.

174.     Dhillon, B.S., "Reliability Growth: A Survey", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.20 (1980): 743-75

175.     Dhillon, B.S., "On Human Reliability", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.20 (1980): 737-742.

176.     Dhillon, B.S., McRae, J.L., "Bibliography of Literature on Medical Equipment Reliability", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.20 (1980): 737-742.

177.     Dhillon, B.S., "Life Cycle Cost: A Survey", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.21 (1981): 495-511.

178.     Dhillon, B.S., "Systems Safety: A Survey", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol.22 (1982): 625-640.

179.     Dhillon, B.S., "Software Reliability: Bibliography", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 22 (1982): 625-640.

180.     Dhillon, B.S., "Bibliography of Literature on Transit System Reliability, Vol. 22 (1982): 641-652.

181.     Dhillon, B.S., "Bibliography of Literature on Nuclear Systems Reliability", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 23 (1983): 1143-1161.

182.     Dhillon, B.S., Ugwu, K., "Bibliography of Literature on Chemical Systems Reliability", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 24 (1984): 1087-1093.

183.     Dhillon, B.S., Ugwu, K., "Bibliography of Literature on Telecommunication Systems Reliability", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 25 (1985): 715-727.

184.     Dhillon, B.S., Ugwu, K., "Reliability Specifications in Engineering Design: A Survey", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 25 (1985): 715-727.

185.     Dhillon, B.S., Belland, S., "Bibliography of Literature on Reliability in Civil Engineering", Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 26 (1986): 99-121.

186.     Dhillon. B.S., Quality Circles: A Bibliography, International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, Vol. 5 (1988): 53-75.

187.     Dhillon, B.S., Ugwu, K.I., Bibliography of Literature on Computer Hardware Reliability, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 26 (1986): 131-153.

188.     Dhillon, B.S., Reliability Apportionment/Allocation: A Survey, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 26 (1986): 1121-1129.

189.     Dhillon, B.S., Bibliography of Literature on Mining Equipment Reliability, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 26 (1986): 1131-1138.

190.     Dhillon, B.S., On Robot Reliability and Safety-Bibliography, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 27 (1987): 105-118.

191.     Dhillon, B.S., E. Choueiry, Bibliography of Literature on Reliability in Automo­tive Industries, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 27 (1987): 361-374.

192.     Dhillon, B.S., Quality Circles: A Bibliography, Management Bibliographies and Review, Vol.14, No. 1 (1988): 34-56. (Reprinted from Quality and Reliability Management).

193.     Dhillon, B.S., Bibliography of Literature on Safety Factors, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 29 (1989): 267-280.

194.     Dhillon, B.S., Viswanath, H.C., Bibliography of Literature on Testability, Microelectronics and Reliability: An International Journal, Vol. 30, 1990, pp. 375-415.

195.     Dhillon, B.S., Viswanath, H.C., Bibliography of Literature on Failure Data, Micro-electronics and Reliability: An International Journal, Vol. 30, 1990, pp. 723-750.

196.     Dhillon, B.S., Viswanath, H.C., On Common Cause Failures --  Bibliography, Micro- electronics and Reliability: An International Journal, Vol. 30, 1990, pp. 1179-1196.

197.     Dhillon, B.S., Failure Mode and Effect Analysis  --  Bibliography, Microelectronics and Reliability, Vol. 32, 1992, pp. 719-732.

198.     Dhillon, B.S., Reliability Testing: Bibliography, Microelectronics and Reliability: An International Journal, Vol. 32, 1992, pp. 1115-1135.

 

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

 

199.     Dhillon, B.S., "Fault Tree Analysis", in Mechanical Engineer's Handbook, Ed. M. Kutz (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1986) pp. 354-370.

200.     Dhillon, B.S., Natesan, J., "Reliability and Maintainability Management" in Office Information Systems and Management, Ed. S.K. Chang (New York: Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1984), pp. 463-477.

201.     Dhillon, B.S., Reliability and Quality Control, in Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology, Ed. by A. Kent, A.G. Holzzman, J.G. Williams (New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1990), pp. 269-295.

202.     Dhillon, B.S., Human Reliability in Information Systems, in Information and Catastrophe, Ed. by A. Debons, J.A. Wise (New York: Springer-Verlag Publisher, 1987), pp. 183-190.

203.     Dhillon, B.S., Reliability Analysis Under Fluctuating Environment Using Markov Method, in Reliability and Safety Assessment of Dynamic Process Systems, edited by T. Aldemir, et al, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1994, pp. 127-134.

204.     Dhillon, B.S., Human Factors in Robotic Systems, in Intelligent Systems: Safety, Reliability and Maintainability Issues, edited by O. Kaynak  et al,  Springer-Verlag, New York, 1993, pp. 221-231.

205.     Dhillon, B.S., Reliability in Mechanical Design, in Mechanical Engineer's Handbook, Ed. M. Kutz, John Wiley & Sons, New York,1998, pp.487-506.

206.     Dhillon, B.S., Total Quality Managment in Mechanical Design, in Mechanical Engineer's Hadbook, Ed. M. Kutz, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1998, pp.475-486.

207.     Dhillon, B.S., A Review on Composite Material Failures, in Advanced Multilayered and Fibre-Reinforced Composites, edited by Y.M. Haddad, (Kluwer

            Academic Publishers, Amsterdam), London, 1998, pp. 555-567.

208.     Dhillon, B.S., Design for Reliability, in The Handbook of Technology Management, edited by R. Dorf.  (Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press),1999, pp 20.15-20-20.

209.     Dhillon, B.S., Design for Maintainability, in the Handbook of Technology Management, edited by R. Dorf (Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press), 1999, pp. 20.25-20.30.

210.     Dhillon, B.S., Human and Medical Device Reliability, in the Handbook of Reliability Engineering, edited by H. Pham, Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003, pp.529-542.

211.     Dhillon, B.S., Total Quality Management in Mechanical Design, in Mechanical Engineer’s Handbook, Ed. M. Kutz, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2006, pp.980-999.

212.     Dhillon, B.S., Reliability in the Mechanical Design Process, in Mechanical Engineer’s Handbook, ed. M. Kutz, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 2006, pp.1000-1023.

213.     Dhillon, B.S., Reliability Engineering, in The Electrical Engineering Handbook, edited  by R. Dorf, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 2006, pp. 6.1-6.19.

214.     Dhillon, B.S., Design for Reliability, in the Handbook of Environmentally Conscious Mechanical Design, edited by M. Kutz, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2007, pp.161-183.

215.     Dhillon, B.S., Cheng, S., Stochastic Analysis of a System containing One Robot and (n-1) Standby Safety Units with an Imperfect Switch, in the   Industrial Robotics: Theory, Modelling, and Control, edited by  S.Cubero, p1V pro literatur Verlag Robert Mayer-Scholz, Mammendorf , Germany, 2007, 927-950

216.     Cheng, S., Dhillon, B.S., Stochastic Analysis of a Repairable Standby Robot-Safety System, In Robotics Research Trends, edited by X.P. Guo, Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, New York, 2007, pp. 333-355.

217.     Dhillon, B.S., Human Reliability and Error in Maintenance, in Handbook of Maintenance Management and Engineering, Edited by M. Ben Daya, S.O. Duffuaa, A. Raouf, J. Knezevic, and D. Ait-Kadi, Springer Inc. London, 2010, pp.695-710.

 

 

 

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