EMSE Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
Dr. Thomas A. Mazzuchi
Professor of Operations Research and of Engineering Management

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Interests:

Probabilistic Risk Assessment

Reliability Analysis

Systems Engineering

Bayesian Analysis

Expert Judgment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Reliability Analysis:

  1. D. Millar, T. A. Mazzuchi and S. Sarkani. "Non-parametric statistical analysis of the reliability of a naval aviation propulsion system." Naval Engineers Journal, Vol. 121, Issue 2, 2009, pp 111-123.
  2. D. Hutto, T. A. Mazzuchi and S. Sarkani. “Analysis of reliability using masked systems life data.” International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, Vol. 26, Issue 7, 2009, pp. 723-739.
  3. R. A. Ernsting, S. Sarkani, and T. A. Mazzuchi. “Using relative material loss to evaluate a dry dock caisson gate.” Materials Performance, Vol. 48, No. 4, 2009, pp. 60-64.
  4. M. A. Cramer, J. E. Beach, T. A. Mazzuchi, and S. Sarkani. “Understanding information uncertainty within the context of a net-centric data model: A mine warfare example.” The International C2 Journal,Special Issue: “Modeling and Simulation in Support of Network-Centric Approaches and Capabilities,” Andreas Tolk, Guest Ed., Vol. 3, No. 1, 2009, pp. 1-55.
  5. X. Liu and T. A. Mazzuchi.“The optimal Burn-in: State of the art and new advances in cost function formulation.” Recent Advances in Reliability and Quality in Design, (H. Pham, ed.), Springer-Verlag, London, 2008, pp. 137-181.
  6. C. J. Willy, W. J. J. Roberts, T. A. Mazzuchi, and S. Sarkani. “On recursive MMPP parameter estimation.” IEEE Signal Processing Letters, Vol. 15, 2008, pp. 883-886.
  7. R.J. Duintjer Tebbens, K. M. Thompson, M. G. Myriam Hunink, T. A. Mazzuchi, D. Lewandowski, D. Kurowicka, and R. M. Cooke. “Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analyses of a Dynamic Economic Evaluation Model for Vaccination Programs.” Medical Decision Making, Vol. 28, April 2008, pp. 182-200.
  8. A.G. Shem, T.A. Mazzuchi, and S. Sarkani. “Addressing uncertainty in unmanned aerial vehicle navigation decision-making.” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 44, No. 1, January 2008, pp. 295-313.
  9. T.A. Mazzuchi, B. Linzey and A. Brunin. “A paired comparison experiment for gathering expert judgment for an aircraft wiring risk assessment.” Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 93, 2008, pp. 722–731.
  10. C. Bunea, T.A. Mazzuchi, S. Sarkani, and H-C. Chang. “Application of modern reliability database techniques to military system data.” Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 93, No. 1, 2008, pp. 14-27.
  11. S. Sarkani, T.A. Mazzuchi, D. Lewandowski, and D.P. Kihl. “Runout analysis in fatigue investigation.” Special Issue of Engineering Fracture Mechanics: Reliability – Statistical Methods in Fracture and Fatigue, G. I. Schueller, Ed., Vol. 74, No. 18, 2007, pp. 2971-2980. 
  12. A. Singh, J. R. van Dorp, and T. A. Mazzuchi. “A novel asymmetric distribution with power tails.”  Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods, Vol. 36, Issue 2, 2007, pp 235-252.
  13. A. Spraitzer, J. Beech, T. A. Mazzuchi, and S. Sarkani “Universally applying enhanced seamless verification testing.” ITEA Journal of Test and Evaluation, Vol. 27, No. 2, 2006, pp. 37-44.
  14. J. R. van Dorp, A. Singh and T. A. Mazzuchi. “The Doubly-Pareto Uniform distribution with applications in uncertainty analysis and econometrics.” Mediterranean Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2006, pp. 205-225.
  15. C. Bunea and T. A. Mazzuchi. “Competing failure modes in accelerated life testing.” Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, Vol 136, Issue 5, 2006, pp. 1608-1620.
  16. P. Szwed, J. R. van Dorp, J.R.W. Merrick, T.A. Mazzuchi, and A. Singh. “A Bayesian Paired Comparison Approach for Relative Accident Probability Assessment with Covariate Information.“ European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 169, Issue 1, 2006, pp. 157-177.
  17. J. R. van Dorp and T. A. Mazzuchi. “A General Bayes Weibull Inference Model for Accelerated Life Testing." Reliability Engineering and System Safety. Vol. 90, Issues 2-3, 2005, pp.140-147.     
  18. C. Bunea and T. A. Mazzuchi. “Sensitivity analysis of accelerated life tests with competing failure modes.” Modern Statistical and Mathematical Methods in Reliability (A. Wilson, N. Limnios,  S. Keller-McNulty and Y. Armijo, Eds), Word Scientific, New York, 2005, pp. 105-120.
  19. J. R. W. Merrick, R. Soyer, and T. A. Mazzuchi. “Are maintenance practices for railroad tracks effective?" Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 100, No 469, 2005, pp 17-25.
  20. J. R. van Dorp and T. A. Mazzuchi. “A General Bayes Weibull Inference Model for Accelerated Life Testing." Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, Vol 119, Issue 1, 2004, pp 55-74.
  21. P. A. Keiller and T. A. Mazzuchi. “Improving Software reliability predictions.” Reliability Review: the RM Engineering Journal, Vol. 23, No. 1, 2003, pp 18-27.
  22. N. D. Singpurwalla, T. A. Mazzuchi, S. Özekici, and R. Soyer. “Stochastic process models for reliability in dynamic environments." Handbook of Statistics: Statistics in Industry, Vol. 22, (C. R. Rao and R. Khattree, Eds.), Elsevier Science, New York, 2003, pp. 1109-1129.
  23. J. R. W. Merrick, R. Soyer, and T. A. Mazzuchi. “A Bayesian semi-parametric analysis of the reliability and maintenance of machine tools." Technometrics, Vol. 45, No. 1, 2003, pp. 58-69.
  24. D. Perlstein, W. H. Jarvis, and T. A. Mazzuchi. “Bayesian calculation of cost-optimal burn-in test duration for the mixed exponential populations." Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 72, Issue 3, 2001, pp 265-273.
  25. J. R. van Dorp and T. A. Mazzuchi. “Fitting the beta distribution to two quantiles." Journal of  Statistical Computation and Simulation, Vol. 67, Issue 2, 2000,  pp. 198-201.
  26. T. A. Mazzuchi, E. S. Soofi, and R. Soyer. “Computation of maximum entropy Dirichlet for modeling lifetime data." Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, Vol. 32, Issue 3-4, 2000, pp. 361-378.
  27. P. A. Keiller and T. A. Mazzuchi. “Enhancing the predictability of two popular software reliability growth models." South African Computer Journal, Vol. 24, 1999,  pp. 105-109.
  28. Erkanli, T. A. Mazzuchi, and R. Soyer. “Bayesian computations for reliability growth modeling."  Technometrics, Vol. 40, No. 1, 1998, pp. 14-23.
  29. T. A. Mazzuchi and R. Soyer.“Bayesian reliability modeling and inference under ordering restrictions." Frontiers in Reliability, Vol. 4 in the Series in Quality, Reliability, and Engineering Statistics (A. P. Basu, S. K. Basu, and S. Mukhopadhyay, eds.), Word Scientific, London, 1998, pp. 217-230.
  30. I. F. Somerville, D. L. Dietrich, and T. A. Mazzuchi. “Bayesian reliability analysis using the Dirichlet prior distribution with emphasis on accelerated life testing run in random order." Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods, and Applications, Vol. 30, Issue 7, 1997, pp. 4415-4423 (taken from refereed proceedings of the Second World Congress on Nonlinear Analysis). 
  31. J. R. van Dorp, T. A. Mazzuchi, and R. Soyer. “Sequential inference and decision making for single mission systems development." Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, Vol. 62, Issue 2, 1997, pp. 207-218.
  32. T. A. Mazzuchi, R. Soyer and A. Vopatek. “Bayesian Inference for the Weibull acceleration model."  Lifetime Data Analysis, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1997, pp. 1-13.
  33. T. A. Mazzuchi. “Review: mathematical perspective on 'Probabilistic design of berm breakwaters' by J. K. Vrijling and P. H. A. J. M. van Gelder." Engineering Probabilistic Design and Maintenance for Flood Protection (R. Cooke, et al., eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Amsterdam, 1997, pp. 203-207.
  34. J. R. van Dorp, T. A. Mazzuchi, G. E. Fornell, and L. R. Pollock. “A Bayes approach to step-stress accelerated life testing." IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Vol. 45, Issue 3, 1996, pp. 491-498.
  35. T. A. Mazzuchi and R. Soyer. “Bayesian perspectives on replacement strategies." Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 51, Issue 3, 1996, pp. 295-303.
  36. T. A. Mazzuchi and R. Soyer. “A Bayes methodology for assessing product reliability during development testing." IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Vol. 42, Issue 3, 1993, pp. 503-510.
  37. T. A. Mazzuchi and R. Soyer. “Determination of stopping criteria during product development."  Advances in Reliability (A. P. Basu, ed.), North Holland, Amsterdam, 1993, pp. 269-280.
  38. T. A. Mazzuchi and R. Soyer. “A dynamic general linear model for inference from accelerated life testing." Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, Vol. 39,  Issue 6, 1992, pp. 757-773. 
  39. J. M. van Noortwijk, R. A. Dekker, and R. M. Cooke and T. A. Mazzuchi. “Expert judgment in maintenance optimization." IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Vol. 41, Issue 3, 1992, pp. 427-432.
  40. E. N. Pistikopoulos and T. A. Mazzuchi. “A novel flexibility analysis approach for processes with stochastic parameters." Computers and Chemical Engineering, Vol. 14, Issue 9, 1992, pp. 991-1000. 
  41. E. Pistikopoulos, T. A. Mazzuchi, and C. van Rijm “Flexibility, reliability, and availability analysis of manufacturing processes: A unified approach." Process Technology Proceedings, 9: Computer Applications in Chemical Engineering, (H. T. Bussemaker and P. D. Ledema, eds.), Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1990, pp. 233-237.
  42. T. A. Mazzuchi and R. Soyer. “Reliability Engineering." The Automated Manufacturing Handbook: Technology and Management, (D. Cleland and B. Bidanda, eds), TAB Professional and Reference Books, Blue Ridge Summit, PA, 1990, pp. 633-651.
  43. T. A. Mazzuchi and R. Soyer. “Assessment of machine tool reliability using a proportional hazards model." Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, Vol. 36, Issue 6, 1989, pp. 765-777.
  44. T. A. Mazzuchi and R. Soyer. “A Bayes empirical Bayes model for software reliability." IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Vol. 37, Issue 2, 1988, pp. 248-254.  
  45. T. A. Mazzuchi and N. D. Singpurwalla. “Inference from accelerated life tests-some recent results", in Accelerated Life Testing and Experts' Opinions in Reliability, (D. V. Lindley and A. Clarotti, eds.), North Holland Publishing Co., Amsterdam, 1988, pp. 181-192.
  46. T. A. Mazzuchi and N. D. Singpurwalla. “Software reliability models." Handbook of Statistics, Vol. 7: Quality Control and Reliability (C. R. Rao, ed.), North Holland Publishing Co., Amsterdam, 1988, pp. 73-98.
  47. T. A. Mazzuchi and N. D. Singpurwalla. “A Bayesian approach to inferences for monotone failure rates." Statistics and Probability Letters, Vol. 3, Issue 3, 1985,  pp. 135-141.
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