Appendix C: Statistics of Selected publications of Prof. Krishna B. Misra (Feb.

27, 2024)
Sources: Based on Researchgate and Google Scholar
Provide more than 149108 reads, 4414 citations, and 48 recommendations.

Title Item Chapter Reads Citation

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C.1: Books
Handbook of Advanced Performability Engineering (2021) Book 26000 104 30
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-55732-4 41*
(Springer link)
Note: Figures with* are from Springer Nature Insight Report
Handbook of Performability Engineering, Springer (2008) Book 642,000 2142 615
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-84800-131-2 Altmetric: 984*
Note: This item's Research Interest Score is higher than 99% of 6
research items published in 2008. Recommendations: 3 12*
(Springer link)
Note: Figures with* are from Springer Nature Insight Report
Clean Production: Environment and Economic Perspectives, Book 8396 1518 83
Springer (1996) Altmetric:
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-79940-2 7
New Trends in System Reliability Evaluation, Elsevier, (1993) Book NA 224 114
Reliability Analysis and Prediction: A Methodology Oriented Book NA 120 385
Treatment, Elsevier, (1992) Recommendation: 1
Principles of Reliability Engineering, Originally produced at Book >250 NA NA
Reliability Engineering Centre IIT Kharagpur in 2004 as lecture
notes. Reproduced by Lulea Technical University, Sweden as K. B.
Misra’s Lecture Notes (424 pages) for training courses of engineers
since 2012.
C.2: Most read Chapters contributed to the following books

Handbook of Advanced Performability Engineering, Springer, Switzerland (2021)

Assessment of Sustainability is essential for Performability Chapter 751 170 15
Evaluation, pp. 1-39. (Springer Link) 1
Handbook of Performability Engineering, Springer, London (2008)
Performability Engineering: An Essential Concept in the 21st Chapter 8445 469 11
Century, pp.1-12; Recommendations: 2 1
Engineering Design: A Systems Approach, pp.13-24. Chapter 8413 1210 14
Recommendations: 2 2
Dependability Considerations in the system Design, pp.71-80. Chapter 8388 224 15
6
Quality Engineering and Management, pp.157-170. Chapter 8483 42447 03
12
Reliability Engineering: A Perspective, pp.253-289 Chapter 8557 19118 25
Recommendations: 2. 19
Tampered Failure Rate Load-Sharing Systems: Status and Chapter 8542 525 15
Perspectives, with S.V. Amari and Hoang Pham, pp.291-308. 20
Optimal System Reliability Design, with Bhupesh Lad and M. S. Chapter 8446 900 24
Kulkarni, pp.499-519. 32
MIP: A Versatile Tool for Reliability Design of a System, with S. K. Chapter 8366 418 04
Chaturvedi, pp.521-531. 33
Risk Analysis and Management: An Introduction, pp.667-681. Chapter 8414 20528 20
(Safety); Recommendations: 2. 41
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Maintenance Engineering and Maintainability: An Introduction, Chapter 8585 31548 48
pp.755-772. 46
Sustainability: Motivation and Pathways for Implementation, Chapter 8402 1571 09
pp.843-856 51
Applications of Performability Engineering Concepts, pp.985-996. Chapter 8379 100 04
60
Reliability in the Medical Device Industry, Vaishali Hegde, pp.997- Chapter 8486 14626 28
1009. 61
Epilogue -A Peep into the Future, pp.1257-1269. Chapter 8336 115 06
76
Clean Production, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, Germany (1996)
Environment, Economy and Performance: Three Pillars of Chapter 272 1370 82
Prosperity of a Nation, pp.1-110. 1
Performance Perspective for cleaner production, pp.721-750. Chapter 241 28 130
30
New Trends of in System Reliability Evaluation, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam (1993)
New Trends in System Reliability Evaluation, pp. 11-37. Chapter NA 401 52
Recommendation: 1 1
Use of Fuzzy Sets Theory, Part I by K. B. Misra (45 pages) and Chapter NA 406 18
Applications Part II (33 pages) with Takehisa Onisawa , pp. 503- 14
586.
Reliability Analyser, pp.653-700. Chapter 12 78 06
Note: This chapter is about development of a dedicated gadget to 17
evaluate system reliability since path sets and cut sets can be
determined fast with the help of a hardware based gadget.
C.3: Special Issue/Section of a Journal/ Chapter in a book
Special Section on Reliability and Risk Assessment of Complex Section NA 101 02
Systems, with A. K. Verma , IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 60(1):
( of 15 Papers), April 2011.
Multi State Fault Tree Analysis Using Fuzzy Probability Vectors and Chapter NA 155 25
Resolution Identity, with K. P. Soman , Pages 113-125 Reliability 7
and Safety Analyses under Fuzziness edited by Takehisa Onisawa,
Janusz Kacprzyk, Springer, 1995.

Role of Performance Engineering in Sustainability, in UNESCO Chapter NA NA NA

sponsored Encyclopaedia, ” Encyclopaedia of Life Support 9
Systems” , 2001, Principles of Sustainable Development , Vol III,
E1-46A-05-015.pdf,Editor: Giancarlo Barbiroli, University of
Bologna, Italy

Appendix D
Statistics and highlights of Some of the Papers of Professor Krishna B. Misra

Title of the Paper Reads Citations

Reliability Analysis of Redundant Networks Using Flow Graphs, with T. S .M .Rao, IEEE 149 101
Transactions on Reliability, R-19(1):19-24, Feb. 1970.
Note: This paper was the first paper of K.B.Misra’s Ph.D. Thesis which triggered a Ph.D.
thesis at Cal Tech. University, USA on development of Topological method of System
Reliability Evaluation- considered to be an important development.
 Title of the Paper Reads Citations
An Algorithm for the Reliability Evaluation of Redundant Networks, December, IEEE 166 139
Transactions on Reliability R-19(4):146 – 151, Nov. 1970.
Note: This is considered as the fastest method of computing reliability of any series-
parallel system.
Dynamic Programming Formulation of the Redundancy Allocation Problem, 47 74
International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2 (3). pp.
207-215. July 1971.
A Method of Solving Redundancy Optimization Problems IEEE Transactions on Reliability 775 84
R-20(3):117 – 120, September 1971.
A Simple Approach for Constrained Redundancy Optimization Problem, IEEE Trans. on 98 67
Reliability, R-21 (1), pp. 30-34,Feb. 1972.
Reliability Optimization of a Series-Parallel System-Part I: Lagrange Multiplier Approach, 24 120
Part II. IEEE Trans. on Reliability, R-21, pp. 230-238, Nov.-Dec. 1972.
Least Square Approach for System Reliability Optimization Int. Journal of Control, 17 (1), 20 15
pp. 199-207, Jan. 1973.
Reliability optimization of a system by zero-one programming, with J.D. Sharma, 20 35
Microelectronics Reliability 12(3):229-233, June 1973.
Reliability optimization through sequential simplex search, Int. Journal of Control, 18 12 10
(1), pp. 173-183, July, 1973.
A New Geometric Programming Formulation for a Reliability Problem, with J. D. Sharma, 37 47
Int. Journal of Control, 18 (3), pp. 497-503, Sept., 1973.
Optimal Reliability Design of a System: A New Look, with Milan Ljubojevich, IEEE Trans. 440 144
on Reliability, Vol. R-22, No.5, pp. 255-258, Dec.1973.
Note: This is considered as the firstever attempt to consider both - component
reliability and redundancy level as design variables for system reliability optimization.
Reliability optimization through random search algorithm; with David Beraha, 11 16
Microelectronics Reliability, 13(4): pp. 295-297, Aug. 1974.
Reliability Design of a Maintained System, Microelectronics and Reliability, 13(6): 15 14
pp.495-500, Dec, 1974.
Note: This is considered as the first attempt of system reliability design with
maintenance.
Optimum reliability design of a system containing mixed redundancies, IEEE 15 24
Transactions on Power Apparatus and Systems, PAS 94 (3):983 – 993, June 1975.
Note: This is considered as the first attempt of system reliability optimization with
mixed redundancy system..
A new method for system reliability evaluation, with K. K. Aggrawal and J. S. Gupta, 8 62
Microelectronics & Reliability, 12 (5), pp.435-440, Nov. 1973. (1 recommendation)
Reliability evaluation of communication systems using flow graphs, with K .K. Aggrawal, 20 4
J.S. Gupta, Microelectronics Reliability 13(6):535-538, Dec.1974.
Reliability evaluation: A comparative study of different techniques, with K. K. Aggrawal 22 93
and J.S. Gupta, Microelectronics & Reliability, 14(1):49-56 Feb. 1975
Computational time and absolute error comparison for reliability expression derived by 13 20
various methods, with K. K. Aggrawal and J.S. Gupta, Microelectronics Reliability, 14 (5-
6). pp. 465-467.1975.
A Fast Algorithm for Reliability Evaluation, with K. K. Aggrawal and J. S. Gupta, IEEE 211 200
Transactions on Reliability, R-24(1):83 - 85, May 1975.
Recommendations;3
Note: This is considered as the first attempt of minimizing system reliability expression.
A New Heuristic Criterion for Solving a Redundancy Optimization Problem, with K. K. 128 104
Aggrawal and J. S. Gupta,, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, R-24 (1),May 1975
A Simple Method for Reliability Evaluation of a Communication System, with K. K. 947 267
Aggrawal and J. S. Gupta, IEEE Transactions on Communications 23(5):563 – 566, June
1975.
Note: This is considered as the first attempt of Communication system reliability
evaluation with minimised expression.
 Title of the Paper Reads Citations
On Optimal Reliability Design: A Review, IFAC Proceedings, Vol. 8, No.1, Part 3, Pages 20 74
27-36, August 1975.
Reliability Calculation of redundant systems with non-identical units, with E. 12 08
Balagurusamy, Microelectronics Reliability, Volume 15, Issue 2, 1976, Pages 135-138.
Note: This method later on along with other papers with Prof. K. B. Misra was also
discussed by E. Balagurusamy (when he was at Institute of Public Enterprise,
Hyderabad) in his book, “Reliability Engineering” published by Tata McGraw –Hill, New
Delhi and dedicated to Prof. K B Misra –One of the pioneers in reliability engineering in
India.
Reliability and Mean Life of a Parallel System with Non-identical Units, with E. 21 06
Balagurusamy, IEEE Trans. on Reliability, R-24 (5): 340-341, 1975.
Note: This is considered as a simple computational method of system reliability
evaluation with non-identical units.
A Note on Sandler’s dependency model, with E. Balagurusamy, IEEE Trans. on 18 01
Reliability, R-24 (5): 343, 1975.
Failure rate derating chart for parallel redundant units with dependent failures. with E. 44 02
Balagurusamy, IEEE Trans. on Reliability. R-25 (2): 122, 1976.
Reliability Analysis of k-out-of-m: G Systems with Dependent Failures, with E. 34 08
Balagurusamy, International Journal of Systems, Volume 7, Issue 8, 1976, pp. 853-861.
A graphical method for computing reliability parameters of m‐order systems with E. 16 01
Balagurusamy, International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and
Technology, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp.193-199, 1976.
Availability and failure frequency of repairable m-order systems with E. Balagurusamy, 11 06
International Journal of System Sciences, Vol. 7, No. 11, pp.1209-1216, 1976.
Development of fault tree for reliability studies of a data processing system, with R. 20 19
Thakur, International Journal of System Sciences, 8(7): 771–780, 1977.
Monte Carlo simulation for reliability evaluation of complex systems, with R. Thakur, 20 20
International Journal of System Sciences, 9(11): 1303–1308, Nov. 1978.
A laboratory model for system reliability analyser, with A. K. Raja, Microelectronics and 20 05
Reliability, 19(3): 259-264, 1979.
Reliability evaluation of a system with imperfect nodes and links using network 15 05
approach, With J. P. Gadani, Systems Science, 5(3): 265-274, 1979.
Enumeration of all simple paths in a communication network, with R. B. Misra, 28 14
Microelectronics and Reliability, 20(4): 419-426, 1979
Network Reliability Evaluation of Three-state Devices using Transformation Techniques 13 09
with J. P. Gadani, Microelectronics Reliability, Vol.21, No. 2, pp. 231-234, 1981.
Hardware approach for generating spanning trees in reliability studies, with V. K. Bansal, 10 07
Microelectronics Reliability, Volume 21, Issue 2, 1981, Pages 243-253.
A Network Reduction and Transformation Algorithm for Assessing System Effectiveness 100 79
Indexes, with J. P. Gadani, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Vol. R-31, Page(s): 48 - 57,
April 1981.
Note: This is considered as the first attempt of system reliability evaluation using
transformation technique.
A Heuristic Algorithm for System Failure Frequency, with J. P. Gadani, IEEE Transaction 50 17
on Reliability, Vol. R-30, No.4, pp.357-361, Oct. 1981.
Performance index to quantify reliability using fuzzy subset theory, with A. K. Sharma, 30 16
Microelectronics Reliability, Volume 21, Issue 4, 1981, Pages 543-549.
Quadrilateral-Star Transformation: An Aid for Reliability Evaluation of Large Complex 91 10
Systems, with J. P. Gadani, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Vol R-31, pp.49-50, April
1982.
Comment on "Reliability Evaluation of a Flow Network” with Pramod Prasad, IEEE 70 42
Transactions on Reliability. Vol. R-31, No. 2, pp. 174-176, June, 1982.
Quadrilateral-star transformation—I. Transformation equations, with J. P. Gadani, 83 09
Microelectronics Reliability, 22(3):413-416, Dec., 1982.
Minimal path sets and minimal cut sets using a search technique, with V. K. Bansal and 12 36
 Title of the Paper Reads Citations
M. P. Jain. Microelectronics Reliability, 22(6): 1067-1075, 1982.

Improved implementation of search to find spanning trees, with V. K. Bansal and M. P. 10 04

Jain, Microelectronics Reliability, 23 (1). pp. 141-147, 1983.
Minimization of Load Curtailment in Power System using Quadratic Programming, with 11 02
K.A. Palaniswamy and J. D. Sharma, Institution of Engineers ,June 1985
Optimum Load Shedding Taking into Account of Voltage and Frequency Characteristics 310 59
of Loads, with K.A Palaniswamy and J.D. Sharma, IEEE Transactions on Power Apparatus
and Systems, Vol. PAS-104, No. 6, pp. 1342-1348, June-1985.
On Optimal Reliability Design: A Review, Systems Science, 12(4), January 1986. 26 54
Optimal availability design of a maintained system, with Usha Sharma, Reliability 30 34
Engineering & System Safety, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 147-159, 1988.
A New Method for Fuzzy Fault Tree Analysis, with G. G. Weber, Microelectronics 369 112
Reliability, 29(2):195-216. Dec. 1989.
Use of fuzzy set theory for Level-I studies in probabilistic risk assessment, with G. G. 35 144
Weber, Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 139-160, September 1990.
Recommendation:1
Note: This is considered as new and practical approach to system risk assessment.
Quantitative analysis of software quality during the “design and implementation” 06 03
phase, with Suneel M. Joshi, Microelectronics Reliability, Vol.31, No. 5, pp. 879-884,
Dec., 1991.
Multicriteria redundaby optimization using an efficient seach procedure, International 20 11
ournal of Systems Science, Vol.22, No. 11, pp. 2171-2183, 1991.
Evaluation of fuzzy reliability of a non-series parallel network, with S. G. Chowdhary, 14 33
Microelectronics Reliability, Vol.32, No. 1–2, pp. 1-4, Jan.-Feb. 1992.
Use of De Morgan's theorem in system reliability studies, with S.G. Chowdhury, 17 33
Microelectronics Reliability, Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 465-468, April 1992.
A least square estimation of three parameters of a Weibull distribution, with K. P. 3361 45
Soman, Microelectronics Reliability, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 303-305, March 1992.
Moments of order statistics using the orthogonal inverse expansion method and its 45 03
application in reliability, with K. P. Soman, Microelectronics Reliability, 32 (4): 469-473,
1992.
Fuzzy fault tree analysis using resolution identity, with K. P. Soman, International 290 59
Journal of Fuzzy Sets and Mathematics, Vol. I, No.1, pp. 193 – 212, January 1993.
Recommendations:2
On Bayesian estimation of system reliability, with K. P. Soman, Microelectronics 25 22
Reliability, 33 (10): 1455-1493, 1993.
Bayesian sequential estimation of two parameters of a Weibull distribution, with K. P. 34 07
Soman, Microelectronics Reliability, Vol 34, No. 3, pp. 509-519, March 1994.
A Simple Method of Computing Variance Sensibility Coefficients of Top Events in a Fault 15 05
Tree, with K. P. Soman, Microelectronics Reliability, Vol. 34, No. 5, pp. 929 – 934, May
1994.
Estimation of parameters of failure distributions with fuzzy data, with K. P. Soman, Int. J. 20 05
of Systems Science, 26(3): 659-670. 1995.
Multi State Fault Tree Analysis Using Fuzzy Probability Vectors and Resolution Identity 155 27
Krishna B. Misra with K. P. Soman, Reliability and Safety Analyses under Fuzziness,
Physica, Heidelberg, pp 113–125, 1995.
A Simple Method for Determining the Moments of a Top Event, with K. P. Soman, 17 04
International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, Vol. 13, No. 5,July, pp. 50 –
60, 1996.

An efficient multi-variable inversion algorithm for reliability evaluation of complex 247 54

systems using path sets, with S. K. Chaturvedi, Int. Journal of Reliability, Quality and
Safety Engineering, 9(3): 237-259, 2002. Recommendation 1
 Title of the Paper Reads Citations
A Hybrid Method to Evaluate Reliability of Complex Networks, with S. K. Chaturvedi, 71 38
International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, Vol. 19 No. 8/9, pp. 1098-
1112, December 2002.

An efficient multi-variable inversion algorithm for reliability evaluation of complex 262 54

systems using path sets, with S. K. Chaturvedi, International Journal of Reliability Quality
and Safety Engineering 09(03), Nov. 2012. Recommendation: 1
Note: This is considered as useful attempt of system reliability evaluation using multi-
variable inversion.
Optimization of computer communication networks: Exact and heuristic approaches, 12 07
with Usha Sharma and A. K. Bhattacharya, Microelectronics Reliability, 30: 43-50, 1990.

An Efficient Algorithm to Solve Integer-programming Problems in Reliability 25 16

Optimisation, with Usha Sharma, International Journal of Quality & Reliability
Management 7 (5), December 1990 .
Multicriteria optimizationfor combined reliability and redundancy allocation in systems 30 48
employing mixed redundancies,with Usha Sharma, Microelectronics Reliability, Vol. 31,
No. 2–3, pp. 323-335, 1991.
An efficient approach for multi criteria redundancy optimization problems, with Usha 25 71
Sharma, Microelectronics Reliability, Vol. 31, No. 2–3, pp. 303-321, 1991.
Note: This is considered as an efficient approach of system reliability design with
multiple criteria.

An Efficient Algorithm to Solve Integer Programming Problems arising in system- 447 275
reliability design, with Usha Sharma, IEEE Trans. on Reliability, 40 (1). pp. 81-91, May
1991.
Note: This is considered as the fastest method of system reliability optimization.
Multicriteria optimization for combined reliability and redundancy allocation in systems 67 48
employing mixed redundancies, with Usha Sharma, Microelectronics Reliability, Vol. 31,
No. 2–3, pp.323-335, Dec. 1991.
Note: This is considered as the most general method of system reliability design.
Application of an efficient search technique for optimal design of a computer 15 20
communication network, with Usha Sharma, A. K. Bhattacharya, Microelectronics
Reliability, 31(2-3):337-341, Dec., 1991.
An algorithm to solve integer programming problems: An efficient tool for reliability 23 97
design, Microelectronics Reliability 31(2-3):285-294, Dec. 1991.
Note: This is considered as the fastest method of system reliability design.
A Hybrid method to evaluate reliability of complex netwoks, with SK Chaturvedi, 29 31
International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, Vol.19 ,No.8/9,pp.1098-
1112, 2002.
Editorial: Performability Engineering, International Journal of Performability Engineering 70 05
Vol. 1, No. 1, July 2005, pp. 1-3.
Reliabilty Analysis of tampered failure rate load sharing k-out-of-n:G systems, with 30 32
SVAmari and H.Pham, Proc.12th ISSAT Int.Conf.on Reliability and Qualityin Design,
Honolulu,2006.
Performability Engineering: An Essential Concept in the 21st Century, International 118 08
Journal of Performability Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 1, Jan 2008, pp.
Note: This is considered as the first attempt of using performability as system design
criterion.

Editorial: System Survivability and Defence against External Impacts, International 20 02

Journal of Performability Engineering Vol. 5, No.1, January, 2009, p.1.
Editorial: System Survivability and Defence against External Impacts, International 21 03
Journal of Performability Engineering Vol. 5, No.1, January, 2009, p.1.
 Title of the Paper Reads Citations
Complex system reliability evaluation using support vector machine for incomplete 111 10
data-set, with Yuan Fuqing, Uday Kumar, International Journal of Performability
Engineering Vol. 7, No.1, January, 2011, pp.32-42.

Sustainable Designs of Products and Systems: A Possibility, International Journal of 125 06

Performability Engineering, March 2013,9(2):175-190.
Note: This is considered as the first attempt of designing sustainable system/ products.
Performability is ever-evolving, International Journal of Performability, Vol. 6, No. 1, 20 01
January 2010, pp. 1-2.
Performability leads to Sustainability, Modern Manufacturing India, 2013: 34-36,May 74 03
2019, pp.03

Note: This is not a complete list of publications of Prof. K.B.Misra