This book demonstrates how generative artificial intelligence (AI), a form of sophisticated AI technology, is transforming our knowledge of how the human mind functions in relation to business leadership and decision-making.
Through nine chapters covering software, hardware, solid-based, liquid-based, and powder-based 3D printing processes, this textbook provides a comprehensive but easy-to-understand and application-oriented guide to the fundamentals and applications of 3D printing.
This book provides a concise overview of a variety of techniques for analyzing statistical, scientific, and financial data, using MATLAB(R) to integrate several approaches to data analysis and statistics.
The rapid introduction of sophisticated computers, services, telecommunications systems, and manufacturing systems has caused a major shift in the way people use and work with technology.
Winner of a 2013 Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award, this practical guide for healthcare executives, managers and frontline workers provides the means to transform your enterprise into a High-Quality Patient Care Business Delivery System.
Unique and informative, Water Properties of Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Materials is based on lectures and papers given by leading international researchers at the 9th International Symposium of the Properties of Water in Foods (ISOPOW 9) that took place in September 2004.
Exploring Engineering: An Introduction to Engineering and Design, Sixth Edition explores the world of engineering by introducing the reader to what engineers do, the fundamental principles that form the basis of their work, and how they apply that knowledge within a structured design process.
Focusing on the application of human factors and ergonomics in the design of alarm systems, this book brings together all the disparate areas in a single volume.
Exploring Engineering: An Introduction to Engineering and Design, Sixth Edition explores the world of engineering by introducing the reader to what engineers do, the fundamental principles that form the basis of their work, and how they apply that knowledge within a structured design process.
The increasing demand for advanced manufacturing processes is making an impact on the Earth's resources, and its industrial practices are producing negative impacts on the environment, such as carbon footprints, energy resources, waste, etc.
New Edition Now Covers Thin Plates, Plastic Deformation, Dynamics and VibrationStructural and stress analysis is a core topic in a range of engineering disciplines - from structural engineering through to mechanical and aeronautical engineering and materials science.
This book elucidates the complexities surrounding measurement uncertainties, offering detailed insights into uncertainty analysis, error propagation, and calibration methodologies.
This book elucidates the complexities surrounding measurement uncertainties, offering detailed insights into uncertainty analysis, error propagation, and calibration methodologies.
Biologically Inspired Series-Parallel Hybrid Robots: Design, Analysis and Control provides an extensive review of the state-of-the-art in series-parallel hybrid robots, covering all aspects of their mechatronic system design, modelling, and control.
Real-time or applied digital signal processing courses are offered as follow-ups to conventional or theory-oriented digital signal processing courses in many engineering programs for the purpose of teaching students the technical know-how for putting signal processing algorithms or theory into practical use.
The International Board for the Certification of Safety Managers (IBFCSM) has designated this text as the Primary Study Reference for those preparing to sit for the Certified Hazard Control Manager (CHCM) and the Certified Hazard Control Manager-Security (CHCM-SEC) Examinations.
In the tradition of Taoist philosophers and Zen masters, Steve Hoeft tells the stories he learned from his Toyota Production System (TPS) master teachers.
We are in an era of high volatility and uncertain outcomes, driven by accelerating technologies, shortened product cycles, fast-changing information, an increasingly mobile workforce, more demanding customers, complex financial markets, ad-hoc public policies, and many other factors that add layers of uncertainty to all future possibilities.
Despite continued interest in Cognitive Work Analysis (CWA) techniques for the analysis and design of complex, human-technology systems, few published accounts exist that document all of the five recommended phases of CWA in real world applications.
Structural Mechanics covers three different aspects of modern engineering: the foundation of structural mechanics, the solution to urgent industrial problems, and the reconstruction of major accidents.
This three-volume set of Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms: Parenteral Medications is an authoritative, comprehensive reference work on the formulation and manufacture of parenteral dosage forms, effectively balancing theoretical considerations with the practical aspects of their development.
Making the specifics of a complex concern accessible and its handling quite manageable, this fourth edition of the Project and Cost Engineers' Handbook examines the variables associated with international projects and project risk analysis.
Although society has become increasingly dependent on the timely operation of logistics systems, we still face many problems regarding efficiency, the environment, energy consumption, and safety in urban transport and logistics under normal cases and in disasters.
Liposome Technology, Volume I: Liposome Preparation and Related Techniques, Third Edition, is a thoroughly updated and expanded new edition of a classic text in the field.
In today's extremely competitive manufacturing market, effective production planning and scheduling processes are critical to streamlining production and increasing profits.