文档介绍：Gregory Levitin (Ed.)
Computational Intelligence
in Reliability Engineering
Evolutionary Techniques
in Reliability Analysis
and Optimization
With 99 Figures and 64 Tables
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Dr. Gregory Levitin
Research
& Development Division
The Israel Electric Corporation Ltd.
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ISSN print edition: 1860-949X
ISSN electronic edition: 1860-9503
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Preface
This two-volume book covers the recent applications putational intelli-
gence techniques in reliability engineering. Research in the area putational
intelligence is growing rapidly due to the many essful applications of these
new techniques in very diverse