Basic Methods and Theory -- Modelling of Uncertain Systems -- Robust Design Specifications -- ??Design -- ??Loop-shaping Design Procedures -- ?-Analysis and Synthesis -- Lower-order Controllers -- Design Examples -- Robust Control of a Mass-Damper-Spring System -- A Triple Inverted Pendulum Control-system Design -- Robust Control of a Hard Disk Drive -- Robust Control of a Distillation Column -…
Resource Allocation Systems: Concepts and Problems -- Logical Control of Disjunctive / Conjunctive Resource Allocation Systems -- Sequential RAS Admitting Optimal Nonblocking Supervision of Polynomial Complexity -- Polynomial-Kernel Nonblocking Supervisory Control Policies for Single-Unit RAS -- Logical Control of RAS with Complex Process Flows -- Performance-Oriented Modelling and Control of L…
The Bridge Between the Ideal and Real Mechanical Properties for Superhard Materials -- Thermodynamic and Kinetic Aspects of Spontaneus Crystallization of Diamond and Cubic Boron Nitride -- Strain-Induced Disorder and Phase Transformation in Hexagonal Boron Nitride under Quasi-Homogeneous Pressure up to 25 GPa: In-Situ X-Ray Study in a Rotational Diamond Anvil Cell -- Combining Hard with Soft Ma…
Keynote -- Networked RFID in Industrial Control: Current and Future -- Multi-Agent and Holonic Systems in Manufacturing -- Implementation Issues with Holonic Control Device Communication Interfaces -- Making a Perfect ‘Gin and Tonic’: Mass-Customisation Using Holons -- Holonic Manufacturing Control: A Practical Implementation -- Contingencies-Based Reconfiguration of Holonic Control Devices…
Basic Conceptual Model -- Research Methodology -- Research Analysis and Findings -- Conclusions and Recommendations.The aim of this book is to provide a better understanding with as to how to coordinate and improve decisions about product life cycle, process and supply chain design to improve new product development. The conclusions are based upon original research of supply chain management an…
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…
What is changing?- Does progress matter? -- Being successful in disruptive environments -- What is it that the successful really do? -- Can you learn disruptive Innovation? -- Go with the flow - the courage to take the plunge -- Practical aspects of creating an Innovation Cell -- Can I manage change and stability side by side? -- Why one room? -- Why autonomy? -- What do I gain? - Path of Innov…
This book is devoted to reporting innovative and significant progress in fuzzy system engineering. Given the maturation of fuzzy logic, this book is dedicated to exploring the recent breakthroughs in fuzziness and soft computing in favour of intelligent system engineering. This monograph presents novel developments of the fuzzy theory as well as interesting applications of the fuzzy logic explo…
to Industry and Environmental Issues -- Technology and the Environment -- Key Topics and Approaches in Greening the Industrial Facility -- Approaches and Tools for Industrial Environmental Management -- The Starting Point -- The Next Step -- Facility Assessment from the Life-Cycle Perspective -- Sustainability-Related Performance -- Sustainability Assessments -- Industrial Sector Analysis -- Fo…
Case Study Vacuum Cleaner: From Vision to Reality -- The Product Life Cycle -- Environmental Assessment -- From the Market to Holistically Optimised Product Concepts -- From Concept to Application -- Final Summary.Development of environmentally friendly products gains an increasing - portance in science and in industry. While product development was strongly dedicated to achieve quality, cost a…