Summary

The conference, ESRC 92, held in Copenhagen, Denmark, June 1992, was the first truly pan-European conference on safety and reliability under the auspices of ESRA (European SAfety and REliability Association). The proceedings comprise papers presented within the topical areas of computerized tools for risk and reliability analysis; risk assessment; human factors; reliability and quality in design; risk management; life cycle costs; component reliability; risk analysis methods; safety and the environment; structural reliability; systems reliability; reliability theory; software reliability; data collection and analysis; and maintenance. Also included are four panel discussions on topics of extreme importance: reliability standards; are methods and data adequate?; reliability/safety in various industries; and reliability engineering in the future. No subject index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.