4 ISSN 1932-2321 Reliability: Theory & Applications Journal of International Group on Reliability RELIABILITY: THEORY & APPLICATIONS No. 4 (Vol. 1) December 2006 Januar y 1st 2007 is the birthday of Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko: he would be 95 San Diego 2006 All rights are reserved The reference to the magazine "Reliability: Theory & Applications" at partial use of materials is obligatory. ISSN 1932-2321 Journal of International Group on Reliability RELIABILITY: THEORY & APPLICATIONS ISSN 1932-2321 No. 4 (Vol. 1) December 2006 San Diego 2006 IN A M E C AN N TE R EL I A B I L IT Y ISSN 1932-2321 © "Reliability: Theory & Applications", 2006 © I.A.Ushakov, 2006 © A.V.Bochkov, 2006 http://www.gnedenko-forum.com/Journal/index.htm All rights are reserved The reference to the magazine "Reliability: Theory & Applications" at partial use of materials is obligatory. Editor-in-Chief Associate Editors Igor Ushakov
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[email protected] Reliability: Theory & Applications No.4, December 2006 LIST OF CONTENTS Editorial EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: DEAR FRIENDS!...........................................................................................8 CHRONOLOGY OF PUBLICATIONS OF GNEDENKO’S BOOKS (COMPLETE BIBLIOGRAPHY IS ON GNEDENKO’S PAGE AT PANTEON SECTION OF THE SITE) ..................................................................................................................9 list of contents V.S. Koroliuk, I.N. Kovalenko, M.I. Yadrenko , D.B. Gnedenko BRIEF NOTE ABOUT LIFE AND SCIENTIFIC APPROACHES BY B.V. GNEDENKO (IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 95TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH)..........................15 Study Matteo Gaeta, Michael Konovalov, Sergey Shorgin DEVELOPMENT OF MATHEMATICAL MODELS AND METHODS OF TASK DISTRIBUTION IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEM ....................................................16 Ciro d’Apice, Rosanna Manzo, Sergey Shorgin SOME BAYESIAN QUEUEING AND RELIABILITY MODELS ...............................................22 Vitalii A. Gasanenko LIMIT RARING PROCESSES AND RAREFACTION OF TWO INTERACTED RENEWAL PROCESSES ...............................................