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RELIABILITYFORLAPLACEDISTRIBUTIONS SARALEESNADARAJAH Received30October2003 Intheareaofstress-strength models therehasbeenalargeamount ofworkasregards estimation ofthereliability R=Pr(X2X1)when X1 andX2 areindependent random variablesbelongingtothesameunivariatefamilyofdistributions.Thealgebraicformfor R=Pr(X2X1)hasbeenworkedoutforthemajorityofthewell-knowndistributionsin thestandardforms.However,therearestillmanyotherdistributions(includinggeneral- izationsofthewell-knowndistributions)forwhichtheformofRhasnotbeenderived.In thispaper,weconsiderseveralLaplacedistributions andderivethec