The Weibull Distribution: A Handbook - Index of

Preface XV
I would like to acknowledge PAUL A. TOBIAS, who read an early version of my text
and whose comments prompted me to incorporate some forgotten topics. BOB STERN of
the TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP was a great help in bringing this text to publication. I
thank the AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR QUALITY CONTROL, the AMERICAN STATISTICAL
ASSOCIATION, IEEE, and MARCEL DEKKER, Inc., for their kind permission to reprint
tables originally published in their journals and books.
I intended to finish this text soon after my retirement from office in 2005, but, unfortunately,
my work was interrupted twice by severe illness. Without the surgical skill of Dr. PETER
ROTH and Dr. PAUL VOGT of the Giessen University Clinics this book would not have
been completed at all. Last but not least I want to express my deepest appreciation to my
wife BRIGITTE who always encouraged me to continue with my research and to overcome
the setbacks to my health.
© 2009 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
Dr. HORST RINNE, Professor Emeritus of Statistics and Econometrics
Department of Economics and Management Science
Justus–Liebig–University, Giessen, Germany