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“In the field of reliability engineering, this article presents a systematic review of mission abort policy (MAP) research, classifying and reflecting on recent intensive research on mathematical modeling, analysis, and optimization of diverse types of MAPs for both single-attempt and multi-attempt mission systems. It outlines potential directions for advancing the state of the art and the state of practice on MAPs, which plays a crucial role in managing the risk of system losses while ensuring a desired level of mission success probability for critical systems.”

“Reporting on the latest advancements in equipment reliability technology, accelerated testing (AT) has emerged as a pivotal research area. Experts have established the AT technical system, which offers solutions to address the challenges of achieving high reliability and extended service life in critical equipment and major projects. This development paves the way for future research directions in modeling and analysis techniques related to ATs.”

“In the field of reliability and risk, this paper continues the theoretical research project initiated by the Russian school. It describes the decreasing reliability of the system using Boltzmann-like entropy, revealing various trends based on the system's structure and behavior. The paper also discusses the bathtub curve, which shapes the features typical of infancy, maturity, and senility of systems, and adds annotations on the actual states of engineering and biological systems.”

“In the field of reliability science and engineering, this paper presents innovative methods for analyzing, assessing, and managing reliability and risk to enhance safety. Expert researchers have established a framework for accident scenario identification and exploration, exploited monitoring data for dynamic updating of reliability and risk assessment, and extended the risk assessment framework to resilience, laying a foundation for the construction of a more robust safety system.”

“Industry 5.0 (I5.0) is anticipated to enhance the role and application of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This work provides an overview of issues to be addressed for AI to support the development of reliability and maintenance engineering for I5.0. Three use cases of AI development opportunities are discussed, which align with the EU vision of AI enhancements for I5.0: integrating diverse data, combining expert knowledge with AI, and causality-based AI. These use cases demonstrate the potential for advanced AI solutions in I5.0 and highlight the need for multidisciplinarity, experience, and continuous training to seize opportunities and manage AI-related risks.”

“In the field of uncertainty propagation, this study introduces its research progress. Expert proposed a novel adaptive UP method based on the artificial neural network (ANN), which provides solutions to solve the problem of accurate and efficient UP in engineering applications.”

“In the field of reliability engineering, Bayesian model updating (BMU) is a crucial challenge. Expert researchers have developed a family of new acquisition functions with closed-form expressions to accelerate the approximate Bayesian quadrature for addressing the BMU problem with the desired level of accuracy. This provides a better trade-off between exploration and exploitation, achieving high accuracy and efficiency.”

“Quantum sensing technology, leveraging quantum effects like entanglement and coherence, measures physical signals. This study introduces quantum reliability as a metric to assess sensor performance without needing a true value. It establishes a relationship among reliability, sensitivity, and systematic error, demonstrating it in a magnetic field measurement process using a spin-1/2 particle and Stern-Gerlach apparatus. This research opens new perspectives for reliability analysis in quantum systems.”

“In the field of building-integrated photovoltaics, solar pavement has emerged as an innovative form of technology. Expert xx proposed a Genetic Algorithm with Munkres Assignment Tuning to determine the Pareto optimality of the reconfiguration design and enhance the systems reliability through minor adjustments, laying a foundation for the construction of solar pavement systems.”

“In the field of lunar habitation base deployment and operations, this paper introduces a synergistic approach for optimizing reliability-redundancy, spares inventory, and spacecraft trajectory in the cislunar space. Expert xx established the redundancy-sparing-trajectory allocation model, which provides solutions to solve the complex and costly Earth-Moon logistics problems and lays a foundation for the construction of a long-term human habitat on the Moon.”

“In the field of engineering system design, this paper comprehensively analyzes the existing methodologies, challenges, and opportunities in managing uncertainty. Expert xx reviewed the concepts and practical applications of possibility and evidence theories, laying a foundation for the construction of a more robust engineering system.”