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| Date | Topic | Notes | Reading |
| 9/5(M) | Labor Day | No class | Have a great long weekend! |
| 9/7(W) | Syllabus & Operational Details Course Subject Overview Background Survey |
Lecture #1 | Johnson (PDF): Ch 1.1; Reliability Engineering (Link); Review questions |
| 9/12(M) | Faults, Errors, and Failures | Lecture #2 | Johnson (PDF): Ch 1.1; Research Paper (PDF) |
| 9/14(W) | Hardware Redundancy Techniques | Lecture #3 | Johnson (PDF): Ch 1.2.1; Shooman: Ch 4; Fault detection methods (Link); Solution to Hands-on Problem; Solution to Review Question |
| 9/19(M) 9/21(W) | Information Redundancy Techniques (1) | Lecture #4 | Johnson (PDF): Ch 1.2.2; Shooman: Ch 2; Solution to Problems on Slide 30; Slide 33; Extra |
| 9/21(W) 9/26(M) 9/28(W) | Information Redundancy Techniques (2) | Lecture #5 | Johnson (PDF): Ch 1.2.2; Shooman: Ch 2; Checksum Examples; Solution to Problems on Slide 36; Slide 37; Extra; Slide 39; Cyclic Code Review; Tables |
| 9/28(W) | Time & Software Redundancy Techniques | Lecture #6 | Johnson (PDF): Ch 1.2.3; An Example of Software Redundancy (PDF) |
| 10/3(M) | Probability & Random Variable (Review) | Lecture #7 | Johnson (PDF): Ch 1.3.1; Any probability textbook; Solution to Problem on Slide 12, Slide 15, Slide 19, Slides 9&21 |
| 10/5(W) | Time-to-Failure Models and Distributions | Lecture#8 | Johnson (PDF): Ch 1.3.1; Hoyland: Ch 2; Proof of Memoryless Property (Slide 21); Solution to Problems on Slides 23&24, Slide 25, Extra |
| 10/10(M) | No Classes. Indigenous Peoples’ Day | No Lecture | Have a great long weekend! Tuesday (10/11) follows Monday’s class schedule |
| 10/11(T) | Fault Tree Analysis | Lecture#9 | Research Papers (PDF) (Section 1); Fault Tree Handbook (NUREG-0492) (PDF or Link); Solution to Problems on Slides 12, 25, 31, 34; Slides30, 33; Slide 35 |
| 10/12(W) | Midterm Exam Review | Lecture#10 | Lecture#1-9; HW#1-4; Sample Questions & Solution |
| 10/17(M) | Midterm Exam | Exam | Good luck! |
| 10/19(W) | Reliability Block Diagrams (RBD) | Lecture#11 | Midterm exam solution discussion; Reference (Link); Solution to Problems on Slide 12, Slides15&20, Slide 19, Slide 24 |
| 10/24(M) 10/26(W) | Binary Decision Diagrams (BDD) | Lecture#12 | Research Papers (PDF) (Section 2); Solution to Problems on Slide 5, Slide 16, Slide 19, Slide 31, Slide 32, Slide 34, Slide 36, Extra |
| 10/31(M) 11/2(M) | Sensitivity Analysis | Lecture#13 | Research Papers (PDF); Solution to Problems on Slide 11, Slides 16&18, Slide 21, Slide 22, Extra |
| 11/2(M) 11/7(M) | Dynamic Fault Trees | Lecture#14 | Research Paper1 (PDF) (Section 4); Paper2 (PDF); Solution to Problems on Slide 11 |
| 11/7(M) 11/14(M) | Reliability Analysis using Markov Models | Lecture#15 | Derivation of Markov state equations; Laplace Transform Definition and Properties; Solution to Problems on Slide 18&19; Slides 20&24; Slide 37; Slide 40; Extra Example; Extra-Credit Problem |
| 11/9(W) | No Classes | No Lecture | Following Friday’s class schedule. |
| 11/16(W) | Markov-based Safety Analysis & Markov Analysis Problems and Solutions | Lecture#16 | Research Paper (PDF); Bounding method example |
| 11/21(M) | Network Reliability Analysis | Lecture#17 | Research papers (paper1; paper2); Solution to problems on Slide 9, Slide 13, Slide 17, Slide 18 |
| 11/23(W) | Class Project Time | Project | Happy Thanksgiving! |
| 11/28(M) | Trust Sensitivity Analysis for Social Networks | Lecture#18 | Solution to Review Question; Extra-Credit Question |
| 11/30(W) | Final Review | Lecture#19 | Sample Questions and solution |
| 12/5(M) | Project Presentations | Presentation | Teams 3, 2, 5 |
| 12/7(W) | Project Presentations | Presentation | Teams 1, 4, 6 |
| 12/15(R) | Final Exam 3pm-6pm | Final Exam | Good luck to your finals! |