Books & Chapters

Research Monographs                                               

  1. L. Xing, Reliability and Resilience in the Internet of Things,  Elsevier, ISBN-10: 0443156107, ISBN-13: 978-0443156106, in press, April 2024 (preorder @ Elsevier; Amazon)
  2. L. Xing, G. Levitin, and C. Wang, Dynamic System Reliability: Modeling and Analysis of Dynamic and Dependent Behaviors, Wiley, ISBN: 978-1-119-50763-5, March 2019 (Wiley; Amazon)
  3. L. Xing and S. V. Amari, Binary Decision Diagrams and Extensions for System Reliability Analysis, Wiley-Scrivener, MA, ISBN: 978-1-118-54937-7, July 2015 (Wiley; Amazon )

Edited Books                                              

  1. M. Ram and L. Xing (Editors), Reliability Modeling in Industry 4.0, Elsevier, Series in Advances in Reliability Science, Paperback ISBN: 9780323992046; eBook ISBN: 9780323996730, March 2023 (Elsevier) (ScienceDirect)
  2. M. Ram and L. Xing (Editors), Mathematics for Reliability Engineering: Modern Concepts and Applications, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, ISBN: 9783110725568, November 2021, https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110725599 (Link)

Book Chapters in Edited Books

  1. L. Xing, “Decision Diagrams for Complex System Reliability Analysis,” in Frontiers of Performability Engineering (in honor of Prof. K. B. Misra; Editor: Durga R Karanki), Springer Series in Risk, Reliability and Safety Engineering, Chapter 3, in press.
  2. K.S. Trivedi and L. Xing, “Probability Models Applied to Reliability and Availability Engineering,” Chapter 7 in Probability Models, Vol. 51, (Editors: S. R. Arni, Z. Bai, and C. R. Rao), Hardback ISBN: 9780443293283; eBook ISBN: 9780443293290, September 2024
  3. L. Xing@, G. Zhao*, and Q. Zhang, “Reliability of Wireless Body Area Networks,” in Advances in Reliability and Maintainability Methods and Engineering Applications (Editors: Y. Liu, D. Wang, J. Mi, and H. Li), Springer Series in Reliability Engineering, ISBN: 978-3-031-28859-3 (ebook) and 978-3-031-28858-6, June 2023
  4. Q. Liu*, L. Xing@, and G. Zhao*, “Invulnerability and survivability modeling and analysis of cloud storage systems,” Chapter 5 in Mathematics for Reliability Engineering: Modern Concepts and Applications, Editors: Mangey Ram and Liudong Xing, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, November 2021.
  5. G. Levitin@ and L. Xing, “Data resilience under co-residence attacks in cloud environment,” Chapter 33 in Handbook of Advanced Performability Engineering, Editor: Krishna B. Misra, pp. 739-760, Springer, Cham. 2021. ISBN: 978-3-030-55731-7. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55732-4_33
  6. L. Xing@, G. Zhao*, and Y.S. Xiang, “Phased-Mission Modeling of Physical Layer Reliability for Smart Homes,” Chapter 20 in Stochastic Models in Reliability Engineering, Editors: L. Cui, I. Frenkel, and A. Lisnianski, Boca Raton: CRC Press, in press, https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429331527
  7. D. Wu, R. Peng, and L. Xing, “Recent Advances on Reliability of Phased Mission Systems,” In: Stochastic Models in Reliability, Network Security and System Safety, JHC80 2019, pp 19-43, Editors: Q. L. Li, J. Wang, and H. B. Yu. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1102. Springer, Singapore, October 2019
  8. P. Boddu*, L. Xing@, and G. Levitin, “Sequencing Optimization for k-out-of-n: G Cold-Standby Systems Considering Reliability and Energy Consumption,” in Systems Engineering: Reliability Analysis using k-out-of-n Structures, Chapter 5, pp. 85-104, Editors: M. Ram and T. Dohi, Science Publisher: An Imprint of CRC Press: Taylor & Francis group company, April 2019
  9. L. Mandava*, L. Xing@, V.M. Vokkarane, and O. Tannous*, “Reliability Analysis of Multi-State Cloud-RAID with Imperfect Element-Level Coverage,” in Reliability Engineering: Theory and Applications, Chapter 4, pp. 61-82, Editors: Ilia Vonta and Mangey Ram, CRC Press/Taylor and Francis, October 2018.
  10. G. Levitin and L. Xing, “Dynamic Performance of Series Parallel Multi-State Systems with Standby Subsystems or Repairable Binary Elements”, in Recent Advances in Multi-state Systems Reliability: Theory and Applications, pp. 159-178, Springer Series in Reliability Engineering, Editors: Anatoly Lisnianski, ILia Frenkel, and Alex Karagrigoriou, Springer, 2018.
  11. G. Levitin and L. Xing, “Standby Systems with Backups”, in Principles of Performance and Reliability Modeling and Evaluation, pp. 373-399, Springer Series in Reliability Engineering, Editors: Lance Fiondella, Antonio Puliafito, Springer, 2016.
  12. R. Peng, O. Tannous*, L. Xing, and M. Xie, “Reliability of Warm Standby Systems with Imperfect Fault Coverage”, in Applied Reliability Engineering and Risk Analysis. Probabilistic Models and Statistical Inference, Chapter 18, Editors: Ilia Frenkel, Alex Karagrigoriou, Anatoly Lisnianski, and Andre Kleyner, Wiley, ISBN: 978-1-118-53942-2.
  13. L. Xing and S. V. Amari, “Reliability of Phased-Mission Systems,” in Handbook of Performability Engineering, Chapter 23, Editor: Krishna B. Misra, Springer-Verlag, 2008, ISBN: 978-1-84800-130-5.
  14. L. Xing and S. V. Amari, “Fault Tree Analysis,” in Handbook of Performability Engineering, Chapter 38, Editor: Krishna B. Misra, Springer-Verlag, 2008, ISBN: 978-1-84800-130-5.