Framework of theory and technique about reliability system engineering

This paper introduced an emerging discipline about failure and fault of system, named reliability system engineering, reviewed the evolution in China since the idea emerged in 1991, gave a definition of reliability system engineering and had a deep discussion about the theoretics and methodology in reliability system engineering. The framework about this discipline included three levels, the first level was basic law about failure mechanism, the second level was a set of basic techniques to prevent, control and repair failure/fault of system, the third level was the integration of basic law and basic techniques for engineering application. Finally, a brief perspective on this emerging discipline was proposed. Reliability engineering was emerging as an important discipline for engineers of systems, but it did not simply appear, well-formed and clearly articulated, as a new concern for systems. Rather, it has emerged over time as a natural evolution of design abstraction, as engineers have searched for better ways to understand their systems and new ways to build more reliable systems.