International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management: Volume 13 Issue 3

Modelling quality‐cost dynamics

T.F. Burgess

Existing quality‐cost models have been criticized for their imprecision and inadequate theoretical justification. Attempts to remedy these deficiencies by using systems dynamics…

Modern approaches to product reliability improvement

Josim U. Ahmed

Provides a comprehensive and evaluative account of product reliability across a number of different dimensions. Through utilizing secondary sources of data and supported by some…

The influence of workload instability on quality in the construction industry

Low Sui Pheng, Willie C.K. Tan

While it may be in the interest of construction firms to expand either gradually or rapidly their workload over time, the need to maintain a stable volume of work is still crucial…

Adoption of strategic total quality management philosophies Multi‐criteria decision analysis model

Christian N. Madu, John Aheto, Chu‐Hua Kuei, Dena Winokur

Discusses traditional accounting principles and how their limitations can affect an organization’s ability to achieve total quality management. Problems with these accounting…

Expert system domain identification, evaluation and project management A TQM approach

Marc P. Lynn, Mary Ann Murray

Expert systems (ES) are designed to support and replicate management tasks and decision making characterized by experience and expertise. These commodities are becoming…

A software reliability growth model

Nalina Suresh, A.N.V. Rao, A.J.G. Babu

Most of the existing software reliability models assume time between failures to follow an exponential distribution. Develops a reliability growth model based on non‐homogeneous…

Modelling and optimizing software quality

A.J.G. Babu, Nalina Suresh

Develops an optimization model to optimize software quality within budget and time limitations. Software quality is described through quality factors. This model assumes a…