Production and industrial engineering Books

Achieving state-of-the-art excellence and attaining the cost reductions associated with outstanding logistics efforts is an obvious gain in terms of competitive edge and profitability. As logistics tools evolve in comprehensiveness and complexity, and...

We know certain chemicals cause problems in the workplace. The issues now are: Where do they occur in the workplace? How can we best evaluate them? What are the procedures for dealing with them safely? Many books simply define the problem and tell you...

Introduction.- NoC Basics.- Systems-on-Chip Testing.- NoC Reuse for SoC Modular Testing.- Advanced Approaches for NoC Reuse.- Test and Diagnosis of Routers.- Test and Diagnosis of Communication Channels.- Error Control Coding and Retransmission.- Error...

The series Advances in Industrial Control aims to report and encourage technology transfer in control engineering. The rapid development of control technology impacts all areas of the control discipline. New theory, new...

Introduction.- Multi-core and Many-core Processor Architectures.- State of the Art Multi-core Operating Systems.- The Fundamental Laws of Parallelism.- Fundamentals of Parallel Programming.- Debugging and Performance Analysis of Many-core Programs.-...

Part I: Trustworthy Embedded Systems.- Introduction: OpenComRTOS Role in a Unified Systems Engineering Methodology.- Requirements and Specifications for the OpenComRTOS Project.- Part II: Formal Modeling Fundamentals.- The Choice of TLA+/TLC: Comparing...

Introduction.- Solutions to Improve the Reliability of On-Chip Interconnects.- Networks-on-Chip (NoC).- Error Control Coding for On-Chip Interconnects.- Energy Efficient Error Control Implementation.- Combining Error Control Codes with Crosstalk...

Since register transfer level (RTL) design is less about being a bright engineer, and more about knowing the downstream implications of your work, this book explains the impact of design decisions taken that may give rise later in the product lifecycle...

Part I: Methodologies and Tools.- 1. The MULTICUBE Design Flow.- 2. M3-SCoPE: Performance Modeling of Multi-Processor Embedded Systems for Fast Design Space Exploration.- 3. Optimization Algorithms for Design Space Exploration of Embedded Systems.- 4...

This book describes the state-of-the-art in RF, analog, and mixed-signal circuit design for Software Defined Radio (SDR).  It synthesizes for analog/RF circuit designers the most important general design approaches to take...

This volume will define the direction of eddy-current technology in nondestructive evaluation (NDE) in the twenty-first century. It describes the natural marriage of the computer to eddy-current NDE, and its publication was encouraged by favorable...

This textbook is written for junior/senior undergraduate and first-year graduate students in the electrical and computer engineering departments.Using PSoC mixed-signal array design, the authors define the characteristics of embedd design, embedded...

Part I: HS/SW/ Building Blocks: Architecture, Methods, and Techniques.- 1. Memory Architecture and Management in an NoC Platform.- 2. Application-Specific Multi-Threaded Dynamic Memory Management.- 3. Power Management Architecture in McNoC.- 4. ASIP...

An Introduction to MPEG Digital Media.- MPEG Video Compression Basics.- MPEG Video Coding Advances.- MPEG Video Compression Future.- MPEG Image and Video Signature.- Audio Coding-The Beginning.- MPEG Audio Compression Advances.- MPEG Audio Compression...

System-Level Design Techniques for Energy-Efficient Embedded Systems addresses the development and validation of co-synthesis techniques that allow an effective design of embedded systems with low energy dissipation. The book...

This volume introduces innovative power estimation and optimization methodologies to support the design of low power embedded systems based on high-performance VLIW microprocessors. A VLIW processor is a (generally) pipelined...

Why Both Game Theory and Reliability Theory Are Important in Defending Infrastructure against Intelligent Attacks.- Game Theory Models of Intelligent Actors in Reliability Analysis: An Overview of the State of the Art.- Optimizing Defense Strategies for...

Preliminaries.- The Theory of Apportionment and Just-In-Time Sequences.- Minimization of Just-In-Time Sequence Deviation.- Optimality of Cyclic Sequences and the Oneness.- Bottleneck Minimization.- Competition-Free Instances, The Fraenkel's Conjecture,...

Just-in-time concept in manufacturing and computer systems.- Methodological background.- Common due date.- Individual due dates.- Algorithms for schedule balancing.

This book provides insight into the behavior and design of power distribution systems for high speed, high complexity integrated circuits. Also presented are criteria for estimating minimum required on-chip decoupling...

Feedback Control Theory.- Feedback Control Theory Continued.- State Variable Feedback Control Theory.- Electrical DC Servo Motors.- Stepping Servo Motors.- AC Servo Motors.- Electrohydraulic Servo Motors.- Actuators Based on Electro-Rheological Fluid.-...

Management in the Age of Risk.- Stochastic Management Approach.- Risk Chains and Balancing.- Stochastic Management Model.- Management Cycle Model.- Limit-Cycle Model.- Management with Sales Risk.- Service Versus Manufacturing Model.- Stream Risk...

to Polymer Composites.- Conventional Machining Operations.- Mechanics of Chip Formation.- Tool Materials and Tool Wear.- Conventional Machining of FRPs.- Nontraditional Machining of FRPs.- Health and Safety Aspects in Machining FRPs.

Voltage-Mode Versus Current-Mode: A Critical Comparison.- Design Techniques for Current-Mode Circuits.- Wire Channels.- Electrical Signaling for High-Speed Data Links.- Current-Mode Transmitters.- Current-Mode Receivers.- Switching Noise and Grounding of...

What is Verification?.- Verification Technologies.- The Verification Plan.- High-Level Modeling.- Stimulus and Response.- Architecting Testbenches.- Simulation Management.

Micro Handling and Feeding Techniques.- Design of a Capillary Gripper for a Submillimetric Application.- Multi-Axes Micro Gripper for the Handling and Alignment of Flexible Micro Parts.- Design, Fabrication and Characterization of a Flexible System Based...

Power, Junction Temperature, and Reliability.- Burn-in as a Reliability Screening Test.- Thermal and Electrothermal Modeling.- Thermal Runaway and Thermal Management.- Low Temperature CMOS Operation.

Podium Presentations.- Optimization with Genetic Algorithms and Splines as a way for Computer Aided Innovation.- Methodology development of human task simulation as PLM solution related to OCRA ergonomic analysis.- Measuring patent similarity by...

Current and emerging trends in the domains of health management and the work sector, the abundance of new consumer products pervading the marketplace, and the desires of many older adults to undertake new learning experiences means that older adults,...

Design in SketchUpDocument in LayOutLearn how to use SketchUp and LayOut to design and document any architectural project from concept to completion. This step-by-step workflow shows you how to create a 3D terrain model of your existing site, then...

The text provides insight into the different mathematical tools and techniques that can be applied to the analysis and numerical computations of flow models.

The text discusses energy-efficient vehicles as an essential element of sustainable transportation.

Are you buying a car or smartphone or dishwasher? We bet long-term, trouble-free operation (i.e., high reliability) is among the top three things you look for. Reliability problems can lead to everything from minor inconveniences to human disasters...

Questo libro fornisce una completa e dettagliata panoramica della Meccanica Industriale, dalla progettazione alla produzione e al controllo di qualità.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge...

The packaging industry is under pressure from regulators, customers and other stakeholders to improve packaging's sustainability by reducing its environmental and societal impacts. This is a considerable challenge because of the complex interactions...

One of the most critical issues facing supply chain managers in today's globalized and highly uncertain business environments is how to deal proactively with disruptions that might affect the complicated supply networks characterizing modern enterprises...

The Future of Design Methodology gives a holistic overview of perspectives for design methodology, addresses trends for developing a powerful methodical support for design practice and provides a starting point for future...

Replacement Models with Minimal Repair is a collection of works by several well-known specialists on the subject of minimal repair in replacement policies. It gives an exhaustive list of minimal repair models for the effective...

Control of Integral Processes with Dead Time provides a unified and coherent review of the various approaches devised for the control of integral processes, addressing the problem from different standpoints. In particular, the...

Electrical grids are, in general, among the most reliable systems in the world. These large interconnected systems, however, are subject to a host of challenges - aging infrastructure, transmission expansion to meet growing demand, distributed resources,...

In recent years, rapid changes and improvements have been witnessed in the field of transformer condition monitoring and assessment, especially with the advances in computational intelligence techniques. Condition Monitoring and Assessment of Power...

With the pressure of time-based competition increasing, and customers demanding faster service, availability of service parts becomes a critical component of manufacturing and servicing operations. Service Parts Management...

The measurement of dependability attributes on real systems is a very time-consuming and costly affair, making analytical or simulation modeling the only viable solutions. Dependability of Networked Computer-based Systems...

Fermentation and Food Safety covers the issues and processes that influence and affect the safety of fermented foods. Beginning with an explanation of fermented foods, basic safety issues, and the HACCP system, this...

This new edition of a highly successful book retains the emphasis on the practical approach to rancidity in foods which was the hallmark of the previous editions. There has been substantial revision to bring existing...

Now there's a single easy-reading reference to help you plan, implement, and audit a HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) program. HACCP User's Manual provides comprehensive information on new and existing...

Rapid Prototyping of Application Specific Signal Processors presents leading-edge research that focuses on design methodology, infrastructure support and scalable architectures developed by the 150 million dollar DARPA...