Repair Maintenance -- Age Replacement -- Periodic Replacement -- Block Replacement -- Preventive Maintenance -- Imperfect Preventive Maintenance -- Inspection Policies -- Modified Maintenance Models.The maintenance of systems in engineering is of increasing concern to managers and designers in all branches of engineering, whether they are producing high-quality products or designing highly-reli…
Disaster Risk and Vulnerability Management from Awareness to Practice -- Quantitative Area Risk Analysis: Available Tools and Open Problems -- ARIPAR-GIS, TRAT, OPTIPATH, EHHRA-GIS -- Risk Based Decision Making: Three Examples of Practical Application Tools -- Catastrophe Risk Management -- Interactive Risk Management -- Pilot Project on Environment and Health Rapid Risk Assessment in Secondary…
Phenomena and Mechanisms -- On the Origin of Weld Solidification Cracking -- New Insight into the Mechanism of Ductility-Dip Cracking in Ni-base Weld Metals -- Influence of Welding Speed on the Hot Cracking Resistance of the Nickel-Base Alloy NiCr25FeAlY During TIG-Welding -- The Role of Segregation of Oxygen in Welding Alloys of the INVAR Type -- Character of Hot Crack Formation During Welding…
The Need for Design Performance -- The Nature of Performance in Design -- Design Performance Measurement -- Industrial Practice -- A Methodology for Enhanced Design Performance -- A Formalism for Design Performance Measurement and Management -- The Impact of Resources on Effectiveness -- The PERFORM Approach -- A Methodology for Performance Modelling and Analysis in Design Development -- Applic…
Introduction to Control Reconfiguration -- Literature Overview -- Part I. Reconfiguration Problem -- Running Example: the 2-Tank System -- General Reconfiguration Problem -- Part II. Linear Solution Approaches -- Direct Reconfiguration Using a Static Block -- Reconfiguration Using a Virtual Sensor -- Reconfiguration Using a Virtual Actuator -- Reconfiguration with Set-Point Tracking -- Reconfig…
Computational Intelligence: An Introduction -- Traditional Problem Definition -- Basic Intelligent Computational Technologies -- Neural Networks Approach -- Fuzzy Logic Approach -- Evolutionary Computation -- Hybrid Computational Technologies -- Neuro-fuzzy Approach -- Transparent Fuzzy/Neuro-fuzzy Modelling -- Evolving Neural and Fuzzy Systems -- Adaptive Genetic Algorithms -- Recent Developme…
Introduction -- Reflections and theoretical contributions regarding trainers’ practices and simulation -- Airliners Flying -- Piloting nuclear reactors -- The simulator of critical situations in Anesthesia -- Surgical virtual simulation: the first steps of a new training -- Simulation to train hot rolling mill operators in metalwork.Drawing on decades of industrial experience, this insightful…
to Parts Management -- Inventory Miscount and Lead Time Variability — Effects and Control Mechanisms -- Optimal Division of Items within a Two-Level Distribution System -- Optimal Ordering Procedures for a Multi-Item Common Supplier System -- Parts Proliferation and Control -- Economic Viability of Component Management For a New Product Design -- Manufacturing Operations Effectiveness Through…
Recent Advances in Purification and Special Treatment of Water and Water Quality Monitoring -- Advances in Drinking Water Treatment in the United States -- Depositional Characteristics of Lake Sediments in Canada as Determined by Pb-210 and Cs-137 -- Biosensors for Water Quality Monitoring -- Rapid Detection of Bacteria in Drinking Water -- Utilization of Mobile Analytical Tests in Wastewater T…
From the contents La qualità in sanità e in pneumologia oggi -- Gli otto principi per la qualità: l'approccio e la gestione per processi. Primo principio: organizzazione orientata al cliente-utente. Secondo principio: leadership. Terzo principio: coinvolgimento del personale. Quarto principio: approccio basato sui processi. Quinto principio: comprensione e gestione dei processi. Sesto princi…