Security and fire alarm systems

Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume 3.

The purpose of this book is to present concepts in a statistical treatment of risks.

A catastrophic phenomenon should not be considered a sudden and causeless event, but as a process whose characteristics are continuously changing throughout the entire previous period.

Drawing on decades of industrial experience, this insightful and practical guide uses case studies and an interdisciplinary perspective to explain the fundamentals of simulation training to improve performance of high-risk professional activities.

In this book on Fundamentals of Mass Determination, the definition and dissemination of units of mass is explained, starting with an introduction to metrology and mass determination.

This book focuses on the thermal management technology of lithium-ion batteries for vehicles.

From its origins in the malachite mines of ancient Egypt, mining has grown to become a global industry which employs many hundreds of thousands of people.

Zwar fällt die Zahl aller Arbeitsunfälle in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland kontinuierlich.

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.

In Bereichen wie Luftfahrt, Kernkraft, chemische Industrie, Medizin und Militär arbeiten Menschen mit komplexen technischen Systemen.

This book showcases cutting-edge research papers from the 7th International Conference on Research into Design (ICoRD 2019) - the largest in India in this area - written by eminent researchers from across the world on design processes, technologies, methods and tools, and their impact on innovation, for supporting design for a connected world.

The 10th International Workshop on Intelligent Statistical Quality Control took place in Seattle, USA, Aug 18-20, 2010.

"e;Recent Advances in Reliability and Quality in Design"e; presents the latest theories and methods of reliability and quality, with emphasis on reliability and quality in design and modelling.

This proceedings book discusses state-of-the-art research on uncertainty quantification in mechanical engineering, including statistical data concerning the entries and parameters of a system to produce statistical data on the outputs of the system.

This book describes issues in modeling unconventional conflict and suggests a new way to do the modeling.

This book provides a comprehensive and practically minded introduction into serious games for law enforcement agencies.

This book presents materials on the implementation of modern technologies for aircraft information support and ground-based radio equipment for flights in the Russian Federation, especially in the Arctic and far Eastern regions, as well as new methods for monitoring the flight of civil aviation aircraft based on the use of local control and correction stations and optical systems that fully meet the requirements of international and domestic organizations for the reliability and integrity of transmitted information.

This book provides a single-source reference to one of the more challenging reliability issues plaguing modern semiconductor technologies, negative bias temperature instability.

This book comprises the proceedings of the Conference and Exhibition on Non Destructive Evaluation, (NDE 2019).

This book provides the reader with the basic skills and tools of statistics and probability in the context of engineering modeling and analysis.

This book offers all countries a guide to implementing verification systems for medical devices to ensure they satisfy their regulations.

This book comprises 25 contributions focussed on nanotechnology for sensor applications.

This book presents extensive information on structural health monitoring for suspension bridges.

This book provides a detailed introduction to the mechanism of rockburst in extremely thick coal seam mining and explores the mechanical mechanism on why the critical depth of rockburst in extremely thick coal seam mining is significantly smaller than that in thin to thick coal seams, it also proposes targeted monitoring, warning, and treatment technologies.

This book deals with quantifying and analyzing the risks associated with sustainable energy technology growth in electric power systems, and developing appropriate models and methodologies to mitigate the risks and improve the overall system performance.

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

This book expands on the subject matter of 'Computational Electromagnetics and Model-Based Inversion: A Modern Paradigm for Eddy-Current Nondestructive Evaluation.

A close analysis of the framework of existing governance and the existing jurisdictional arrangements for shipping and ports reveals that while policy-making is characterized by national considerations through flags, institutional representation at all jurisdictions and the inviolability of the state, the commercial, financial, legal and operational environment of the sector is almost wholly global.

Europe's networked societies of today are shaped by a growing interconnection in almost all areas of life.

Billions of dollars are being spent annually world-wide to develop reliable and good quality products and services.

This book presents the concept of food sharing from a European perspective, and provides a concise analysis of its safety implications and the chemical properties of recovered foods.

This is the proceedings of the selected papers presented at 2011 International Conference on Engineering Education and Management (ICEEM2011) held in Guangzhou, China, during November 18-20, 2011.

This book presents essential methods and tools for research into the reliability of energy systems.

This book discusses a major issue in the food contact materials industry: non-intentionally added substances (NIAS), and their impact on PET-bottled water.

This book critically discusses the role of technology for counter-terrorism in general, and for securing our vulnerable open societies in particular.

Die Ultraschallprüfung ist ein wichtiges Verfahren der zerstörungsfreien Werkstoffprüfung und hat in der Industrie vielfältig Anwendungen gefunden.

This book presents Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Networks (ICISN 2022), held at Hanoi in Vietnam.

Intended for wire-bonding and flip-chip packaging professionals and for scientists and engineers working in the field of mechanical microsensors, this practical monograph introduces novel measurement technologies that allow for in situ and real-time examination of physical processes during the packaging process or during subsequent reliability tests.

This book presents the comprehensive results of experimental and numerical investigations of glass facade breakage behavior under fire conditions.

This book presents a technical approach to promoting the development of disaster and climate change risk financing and transfer strategies, and discusses several practical issues, chiefly focusing on Latin America and the Caribbean.

This handbook provides a comprehensive and detailed framework for the implementation of "e;Continuous Improvement"e; and Lean Six Sigma in a professional project management environment.

In recognition that no single country possesses all the answers to the critical scientific, institutional and legal questions associated with combating nuclear and radiological terrorism, the 2005 Workshop and these proceedings were structured to promote wide-ranging, multi-national exploration of critical technology needs and underlying scientific challenges to reducing the threat of nuclear/radiological terrorism; to illustrate through country-specific presentations how resulting technologies were used in national programs; and to outline the role of legal, policy and institutional frameworks in countering nuclear/radiological terrorism.

The Water Reactor Fuel Performance Meeting (WRFPM) held in Asia has merged with TopFuel in Europe and LWR Fuel Performance in the United States to form the globally most influential conference in the field of nuclear fuel research.

This book provides methods and concepts which enable engineers to design mass and cost efficient products.