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Date Topic Notes Reading
9/3(W) Syllabus & Operational Details
Course Subject Overview  
Background Survey		 Lecture #1 Johnson (PDF):   Ch 1.1;   Reliability Engineering (Link);  
9/8(M) Faults, Errors, and Failures Lecture #2 Johnson (PDF):   Ch 1.1;   Research Paper (PDF);