Autor: Nomesh Bolia

Rajiv Nandan Rai is an assistant professor at Subir Chowdhury School of Quality and Reliability, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. He obtained his Ph D in Mechanical Engineering with specialization in Reliability, Maintenance and Industrial Engineering from IIT Delhi, India. He has hands on industrial experience of almost 23 years in military aviation in which he has worked at all levels of maintenance, repair and overhaul of aircraft, aero engines and their components. He has published papers in several SCI journals. S. K. Chaturvedi is a professor and currently Head at Subir Chowdhury School of Quality and Reliability, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. He has research interest in the areas of reliability modeling and analysis, network reliability, life-data analysis, maintenance and optimization. He has published papers in several international journals, is reviewer to and executed several consultancy projects of private and Govt. organizations. He“s written two books He“s on the editorial board of Int. J. International Journal of Reliability and Safety (IJRS), Int. J of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences (IJMEMS). He“s also a senior member to IEEE and has also served as Co-Editor-in-Chief to International Journal of Performability Engineering. Nomesh Bolia received the Ph D degree in operations research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. He is currently a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India. His research interests include operations research and its applications to reliability, health, telecommunications, transportation and public systems. Dr. Bolia received the prestigious Indo-US Fellowship for Public Health Research and has published in several journals including IEEE Transactions.