Maha Rahrouh Department of Mathematical Sciences University of Durham
Department Address: M. Rahrouh Dept. of Mathematical Sciences Science Laboratories  South Road  Durham  DH1 3LE  ENGLAND  Phone: (0191 or +44 191)  office:  334  3094                                   secr.:  334  3050                                     fax:   334  3051	Email: maha.rahrouh@durham.ac.uk

Biography:

I'm from Swaida city, Syria , and I completed my undergraduate  in Economics at Aleppo University in Syria.
I obtained my  diploma in Applied Statistics with First Class Honours from the same university. After working
as a lecturer assistant at Aleppo University for two years, I have been awarded a scholarship to continue my postgraduate studies in England .

I arrived in England in 1999. I did my English language course in Leeds University in for six months, then I moved
to Durham City to do my Ph.D. studies in Durham University in  July 2000 under the supervision of  Dr. Frank Coolen
and Dr. Pauline Coolen-Schrijner.  My research is on Bayesian Reliability Demonstration testing.  
We consider optimal testing of a technical system in order to demonstrate reliability with regard to its use in a process after testing, where the system has to function for different types of tasks, which we assume to be independent. We consider different optimality criteria taking into account testing costs and time constraints. We explicitly assume that testing reveals zero failures. 

The following two papers are now in submission.
1. FC, P. Coolen-Schrijner and M. Rahrouh. Bayesian reliability demonstration for failure-free periods.
2. FC, P. Coolen-Schrijner and M. Rahrouh. Bayesian reliability demonstration with multiple independent tasks.

Some of the research work is presented in
1. Coolen, F., Coolen-Schrijner, P. and Rahrouh, M. (2004) On Bayesian zero-failure reliability demonstration Proceedings of the 5th IMA international Conference on Modelling in Industrial Maintenance and Reliability, Salford.
2. Rahrouh, M. (2003) Bayesian Reliability Demonstration  testing with  multiple independent tasks  Proceedings of the 2003 Annual Research Students' Conference in Probability and Statistics, Surrey.

To find more about the topic of reliability and testing, that is developed in Durham University, please  visit Software testing homepage , the Bayes linear methods home page  and  generalised Bayesian graphical modelling  (development of graphical models containing both full Bayes and Bayes linear prior  specifications).
 

Other useful links:  Seminars, Train tickets ,   Coach tickets ,  Maths Dept outing, ..

Last updated 19 /03 /2004