The fourth industrial revolution heralds a paradigm shift in how people, processes, things,
data and networks communicate and connect with each other. Conventional computing …

As the core foundation of reliability engineering and one of the most crucial aspects of
general quality, reliability has been attracting increasing attention from industry and …

Modular multilevel converter (MMC) is an excellent topology for medium-and high-voltage
applications due to its advantages over other multilevel converters. However, the control …

This article proposes a mission profile-based reliability prediction method for modular
multilevel converters (MMCs). It includes key modeling steps, such as long-term mission …

To evaluate the earthquake-resistance capability of an entire substation, which is a complex
multi-input-multi-output system (MIMOS) composed of many various types of electrical …

The mission-oriented systems (MOS) are often required to operate a consecutive of missions
interspersed with finite breaks. For MOS, an appropriate maintenance strategy is the …

To improve the lifetime of mechanical system such as compressor, parametric accelerated
life testing (ALT) as a reliability methodology is suggested. It consists of (1) a parametric ALT …

State-of-the-art general purpose Blind Image Quality Assessment (BIQA) models rely on
examples of distorted images and corresponding human opinion scores to learn a …

Condition-based maintenance strategies adapt maintenance planning through the
integration of online condition monitoring of assets. The accuracy and cost-effectiveness of …

Over the years, several approaches have been developed for the quantitative analysis of
dynamic fault trees (DFTs). These approaches have strong theoretical and mathematical …