chapter 1 Failure time distributions -- chapter 2 Accelerated life models -- chapter 3 CHAPTER 3Accelerated degradation models -- chapter 4 Maximum likelihood estimation for FTR data -- chapter 5 Parametric AFT model -- chapter 6 Semiparametric AFT model -- chapter 7 The Cox or PH model -- chapter 8 GPH models: FTR analysis -- chapter 9 Changing scale and shape model -- chapter 10 GAH and GAMH models -- chapter 11 Estimation when a process of production is unstable -- chapter 12 Goodness-of-fit for accelerated life models -- chapter 13 Estimation in degradation models.