MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN RELIABILITY MMR'2000 (METHODOLOGY, PRACTICE and INFERENCE) Université Victor Segalen - Bordeaux 2 BORDEAUX, France, July 4-7, 2000 <http://www.mass.u-bordeaux2.fr/MI2S/MMR2000/> TOPICS OF THE CONFERENCE: PROBABILISTIC MODELS & METHODS Stochastic processes in Reliability Markov and semi-Markov models in Reliability K-out-of-n & consecutive-k-out-of-n systems Asymptotic Reliability Rare events methods Stochastic comparison of systems Repairmen problems Maintenance methods & models etc. STATISTICAL METHODS Fondamental statistics of stochastic processes Parametric, non-parametric & semi-parametric models Common models and methods in Survival Analysis and Reliabilty Accelerated life trials Bayesian methods Sequential analysis & Reliability demonstration Statistical methods for repairable systems System design to achieve reliability Design of experiments and data-collection systems to achieve maximum information etc. SPECIAL TECHNIQUES & APPLICATIONS Networks Reliability Stochastic Petri nets Software Reliability Structure Reliability Failure delay systems Computational methods Monte Carlo simulation Computer-aided model generation Special engineering system case studies Numerical experiences Software packages for Reliability studies etc. ROUND TABLE Statistical Consulting in Reliability CHAIRMEN M.S. NIKULIN, Université Victor Segalen - Bordeaux 2 N. LIMNIOS, Université de Technologie de Compiègne SCIENTIFIC SECRETARIES V. NIKOULINA, Université Victor Segalen - Bordeaux 2 [log in to unmask] K. EL GAZRI, Université Victor Segalen - Bordeaux 2 [log in to unmask] WEB page: http://www.mass.u-bordeaux2.fr/MI2S/MMR2000/ IMPORTANT DATES October 25,1999 Deadline for submission of abstracts (1 page) December 15,1999 Notification of acceptance (abstracts) January 15,2000 Deadline for submission of communications (4 pages) February 15,2000 Deadline for payment March 15,2000 20 % augmentation of fees registration April 31,2000 Deadline for submission of the final versions of communications (4 pages) and posters July 4-7, 2000 Presentation of invited papers, communications and posters %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%