Title :
Commentary: getting real about reliability, through wit and humor
fDate :
3/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Just as an analogy is the "soul of wit," intellectual honesty is the "soul of real-world reliability engineering." This claim is illustrated using 13 cases-in-point; recognizing humor as a factor in gaining appropriate pragmatic insight.
Keywords :
reliability; MTBF; humor; mean time between failures; pragmatic insight; reliability engineering; Art; Cultural differences; Design engineering; Extraterrestrial measurements; Humans; Logic; Mice; Product design; Reliability engineering; Shafts;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.2002.804732
