Security and fire alarm systems

Online fault diagnosis is crucial to ensure safe operation of complex dynamic systems in spite of faults affecting the system behaviors.

This book describes basic reliability concepts - parametric ALT plan, failure mechanism and design, and reliability testing with acceleration factor and sample size equation.

This book addresses the pertinent issues that will need to be considered by those interested in physical security problems of the future.

This book introduces novel research targeting technical aspects of protecting information security and establishing trust in the digital space.

This book presents a unique collection of contributions from some of the foremost scholars in the field of risk and reliability analysis.

This book highlights recent research advances on biometrics using new methods such as deep learning, nonlinear graph embedding, fuzzy approaches, and ensemble learning.

This book presents the proceedings of the 14th International Probabilistic Workshop that was held in Ghent, Belgium in December 2016.

This engaging and accessible book explains the scientific principles behind guns, both ancient and modern.

This book tackles the problem of complexity within IT environments, i.

Here, expert authors delineate approaches that can support both decision makers as well as their concerned populations in overcoming unwarranted fears and in elaborating policies based on scientific evidence.

This book introduces several simple analytical approaches to aid the seamless integration of renewable distributed generation.

This book provides an overview of the latest developments in the field of risk analysis (RA).

This book demonstrates the use of a wide range of strategic engineering concepts, theories and applied case studies to improve the safety, security and sustainability of complex and large-scale engineering and computer systems.

This thesis introduces a new integrated algorithm for the detection of lane-level irregular driving.

This volume is a collection of contributions by world-leading experts in the nuclear field who participated in the educational activities of the International School on Disarmament and Research on Conflicts (ISODARCO).

This book presents recent applications and approaches as well as challenges in digital forensic science.

This book presents original studies describing the latest research and developments in the area of reliability and systems engineering.

Reflecting the challenges and opportunities of achieving improvement in healthcare systems, the contributions of this innovative new text lend depth and nuance to an increasing area of academic debate.

This book is focused on the analysis and modelling of resilience, robustness, and vulnerability of transport systems and their complement: reliability.

The cyber world has been both enhanced and endangered by AI.

This book focuses on technical safety, means of expanding the current procedures, and making the related risks more predictable.

This book presents the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Engineering, Project, and Product Management (EPPM 2017), highlighting the importance of engineering, project and product management in a region of the world that is in need of transformation and rebuilding.

This book introduces a number of recent developments on connectivity of communication networks, ranging from connectivity of large static networks and connectivity of highly dynamic networks to connectivity of small to medium sized networks.

This book presents advanced technologies used in practice to enable early recognition and tracking of various threats to national security.

This volume explores the interpersonal, organizational, and technological enablers and barriers to information and intelligence sharing in multinational and multiagency military, humanitarian, and counterterrorism operations.

This book presents a comprehensive topical overview on soil dynamics and foundation modeling in offshore and earthquake engineering.

This volume collects the papers from the World Conference on Acoustic Emission 2015 (WCAE-2015) in Hawaii.

This book presents strategic perspectives on quality and flexibility, as well as quantitative tools for assessing their implementation in a range of systems.

This book reports on an outstanding research devoted to modeling and control of dynamic systems using fractional-order calculus.

This book addresses the reader interested in vehicular traffic phenomena, who have not learned about them before.

This book reviews existing operational software failure analysis techniques and proposes near-miss analysis as a novel, and new technique for investigating and preventing software failures.

This book presents state-of-the-art probabilistic methods for the reliability analysis and design of engineering products and processes.

This book discusses the emerging field of industrial neuroscience, and reports on the authors' cutting-edge findings in the evaluation of mental states, including mental workload, cognitive control and training of personnel involved either in the piloting of aircraft and helicopters, or in managing air traffic.

This book addresses the latest approaches to holistic Cyber-Physical System (CPS) resilience in real-world industrial applications.

This book presents the proceedings of SICC 2017, a conference devoted to promoting the dissemination of the different methodologies, techniques, theories, strategies, technologies and best practices on the prevention and mitigation of CBRNE risks.

This book presents natural hazards and risk--one of the fastest-growing and most relevant fields of pure and applied research within geosciences and environmental engineering-from a multi-disciplinary perspective.

This book presents the proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018), held on August 26-30, 2018, in Florence, Italy.

This book presents the proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018), held on August 26-30, 2018, in Florence, Italy.

The research papers presented in these proceedings volumes cover the latest developments and findings in the fields of mine health, safety, energy, waste management,reclamation and rehabilitation, mine closure and environmental protection.

This book brings together studies broadly addressing human error from different disciplines and perspectives.

This book systematically studies how game theory can be used to improve security in chemical industrial areas, capturing the intelligent interactions between security managers and potential adversaries.

This book presents the proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018), held on August 26-30, 2018, in Florence, Italy.

This third edition textbook provides the basics of reliability physics and engineering that are needed by electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, civil engineers, biomedical engineers, materials scientists, and applied physicists to help them to build better devices/products.

This book presents modeling methods and algorithms for data-driven prediction and forecasting of practical industrial process by employing machine learning and statistics methodologies.

This book discusses the latest findings on ensuring employees' safety, health, and welfare at work.

This book provides readers with a timely snapshot of the potential offered by and challenges posed by signal processing methods in the field of machine diagnostics and condition monitoring.

The book provides readers with a snapshot of recent research and industrial trends in field of industrial acoustics and vibration.

This book covers ideas, methods, algorithms, and tools for the in-depth study of the performance and reliability of dependable fault-tolerant systems.

This book describes a systematic approach to risk assessment for complex socio-technical systems like industrial processes, especially innovative ones.