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Reliability Engineer Certification

These references support the topic areas in the CRE Body of Knowledge. They are used to write and review the questions in the test question pool. To determine which references you need, review the CRE Body of Knowledge. Determine which topic areas you need to study further. Then review this reference list to identify those that support your needs.

Note: ASQ Certification Board does not endorse any one particular reference source.

  • Abernethy, Robert B., The New Weibull Handbook, Fifth Edition,Reliability and Statistical Analysis for Predicting Life, Safety, Supportability, Risk, Cost and Warranty Claims, Houston, TX: Dr Robert Abernathy, 2006. ISBN 0965306232.

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  • Blanchard, Benjamin S, Maintainability: A Key to Effective Serviceability and Maintenance Management, Second Edition, New York: Wiley, 1995. ISBN 0471591327.

  • Box, George E.P., J Stuart Hunter, and William G Hunter, Statistics for Experimenters: Design, Innovation, and Discovery, Second Edition, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Interscience, 2005.

  • Breyfogle, Forrest, Implementing Six Sigma: Smarter Solutions Using Statistical Methods, Second Edition, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2003.

  • Breyfogle, Forrest, Statistical Methods for Testing, Development, and Manufacturing, New York: Wiley, 1992. ISBN 0471540358.

  • Doty, Leonard, Reliability for the Technologies, Second Edition, New York: Industrial Press, 1989. ISBN 0831130245

  • Dovich, Robert A., Reliability Statistics, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: ASQC Quality Press, 1990.

  • Grant, Eugene L., and Richard S. Leavenworth, Statistical Quality Control, Seventh Edition, New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., 1996.

  • Gryna, Frank M., Richard Chua, and Joseph Defeo, Juran’s Quality Planning and Analysis for Enterprise Quality, Fifth Edition, New York: McGraw-Hill Co, 2007.

  • Humphrey, Watts S., Managing the Software Process, Boston: Addison-Wesley Pub Co, 1989. ISBN 0201180952.

  • Ireson, W. Grant, ed., Handbook of Reliability Engineering and Management, Second Edition, New York: McGraw-Hill Professional, 1996. ISBN 0070127506.

  • Ishikawa, Kaoru, Guide to Quality Control, White Plains, NY: Quality Resources, 1986. ISBN 9283310365

  • Juran, Joseph M., Juran’s Quality Handbook, Fifth Edition, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1999.

  • Kazmierski, Thomas J., Statistical Problem Solving in Quality Engineering, New York: McGraw-Hill Professional, 1995. ISBN 007034048X.

  • Kececioglu, Dimitri, Reliability and Life Testing Handbook, Volumes 1&2, DEStech Publications, 1993. ISBN Vol 1: 1932078029, ISBN Vol 2: 1932078037 Purchase here.

  • Kececioglu, Dimitri, Reliability Engineering Handbook, Volumes 1&2, DEStech Publications, 1991. ISBN Volume 1: 1932078002, ISBN Volume 2: 1932078010 Purchase here.

  • Krishnamoorthi, K.S., Reliability Methods for Engineers, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: ASQC Quality Press, 1992. ISBN 0873891619.

  • Leemis, Lawrence,Reliability: Probabilistic Models and Statistical Methods, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1995 ISBN 0137205171.

  • Lyu, Michael R., Handbook of Software Reliability Engineering, Los Alamitos: IEEE Computer Society Press, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996. ISBN 0070394008. Complete book available online.

  • Modarres, Mohammad, Mark Kaminskiy, Vasiliy Krivtsov, Reliability Engineering and Risk Analysis: A Practical Guide, New York: Marcel Dekker, 1999. ISBN 0824720008.

  • Montgomery, Douglas C., Design and Analysis of Experiments, Sixth Edition, New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2004.

  • Nelson, Wayne, Accelerated Testing, Statistical Models, Test Plans and Data Analyses, Second Edition Revised, New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2004. ISBN 0471697362.

  • Nelson, Wayne, Applied Life Data Analysis, Second Edition, New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2003. ISBN 0471644625.

  • Nelson, Wayne, Volume 6: How to Analyze Reliability Data, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: ASQC Quality Press, 1983.

  • Neufelder, Ann Marie, Ensuring Software Reliability, New York: Dekker, 1993. ISBN 0824787625.

  • O’Connor, Patrick D. T., Practical Reliability Engineering, Fourth Edition, Halsted Press, 2002.

  • Pyzdek, Thomas, Quality Engineering Handbook, Second Edition, New York: Marcel Dekker, 2003.

  • Smith, Anthony, Glenn Hinchcliffe, RCM: Gateway to World Class Maintenance, Second Edition , Butterworth-Heinemann, 2003. ISBN 075067461X.

  • Stamatis, D. H., Failure Mode and Effect Analysis: FMEA from Theory to Execution, Second Edition, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: ASQ Quality Press, 2003.

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