Guest Editorial: Reliability analysis for infrastructure systems

Reliability analysis is a process aiming to analyze the reliability of a technical system. It provides basic information to asset managers in their planning resources to ensure the system operating at a desired level of performance. Infrastructure systems are an essential asset in modern businesses and its reliable operation is important to the countries as their incapacity will have a debilitating impact on security, national economy, national public health or safety, or any combination of these matters. Thus, ensuring the availability and safety of these infrastructure systems are vital for business operation. As such, research on reliability analysis of infrastructure systems is needed in modern businesses.