Product design

Swarm intelligence is one of the fastest growing subfields of artificial intelligence and soft computing.

Textile design is a complex field of practice which operates in a competitive, global industry.

This book discusses the realm of operational risk management, exploring the intricacies of managing safety, production and quality simultaneously.

Differential Equations in Engineering: Research and Applications describes advanced research in the field of the applications of differential equations in engineering and the sciences, and offers a sound theoretical background, along with case studies.

Combining theory and practice, this updated new edition provides a complete overview of how to create deep and meaningful quests for games.

Welcome to the future, where you can talk with the digital things around you: voice assistants, chatbots, and more.

This book describes capacity building in strategic and non-strategic machine tool technology.

The science and study of functionally graded materials (FGMs) have intrigued researchers over the last few decades.

Through theory and case studies, this book details how uncertainty and flexibility can be evaluated to assist in making better investment decisions in companies.

Pseudolinear Functions and Optimization is the first book to focus exclusively on pseudolinear functions, a class of generalized convex functions.

A substantial amount of research has been conducted on consecutive k-out-of-n and related reliability systems over the past four decades.

The 2014 International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing Technology (ICIEMT 2014) was held July 10-11, 2014 in Shanghai, China.

This book examines how safety failings during the use of any designed product or system-be it a car, a building, or a chemical plant-can be mitigated through effective understanding of the conditions and controls surrounding its use.

There is a resurgence of interest in mental models due to advances in our understanding of how they can be used to help design and due to the development of practical methods to elicit them.

Die Dynamische Systementwicklungsmethode (DSDM) ist ein bewährtes und weit verbreitetes Framework, das die Prinzipien und Praktiken des agilen Projektmanagements aufgreift und perfektioniert.

This book offers the latest research advances in the field of mathematics applications in engineering sciences and provides a reference with a theoretical and sound background, along with case studies.

Communication is the glue that binds the diverse elements of the national economy.

This book is a key introduction to ethics in engineering, providing professionals at all stages of their career with guidance on navigating the increasingly complex world of practising engineering ethically on an international scale.

Although work furniture has had so much more attention recently there is a long way to go before this is translated into action in the wider world.

This book serves as a foundation to the field of HCI, equipping readers with the necessary knowledge and skills to engage in this field.

This book gives readers the tools they need to achieve work design that is ergonomically effective while remaining economically feasible.

The text comprehensively focuses on the concepts, implementation, and application of evolutionary algorithms for predicting, modeling, and optimizing the various material removal processes from their origin to the current advancements.

Design Roots provides a comprehensive review of culturally significant designs, products and practices which are rooted to particular communities through making tradition and a sense of place.

Over the last number of years there has been a growing interest in the analysis of complex networks which describe a wide range of real-world systems in nature and society.

Sustainability has emerged as a central issue for contemporary societies and for the world community as a whole.

Building prototypes and models is an essential component of any design activity.

Organizations value insights from reflexive, iterative processes of designing interactive environments that reflect user experience.

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) is a multidisciplinary research and applied field targeted to studying people interacting with information technology and designing usable and efficient systems for them.

For courses in Textile Science, Textile Fundamentals, Introduction to Textiles, Textiles for Interiors, or other courses that focus on basic textiles.

The multicore revolution has reached the deployment stage in embedded systems ranging from small ultramobile devices to large telecommunication servers.

Human-Systems Integration: From Virtual to TangibleSubject Guide: Ergonomics and Human FactorsThis book is an attempt to better formalize a systemic approach to human-systems integration (HSI).

This book compiles the papers presented at the Annual Conference of the Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors held in April 2010.

This book focuses on industrial development, design, implementation, and transformation using technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, the Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data Analysis, and Blockchain.

This book helps apply managerial accounting techniques to problems in areas including that of cost estimation, cost control, product pricing, and business segment discontinuation.

Since the time of the Industrial Revolution, manufacturing industries have accumulated a huge experience in creating different machines and systems for fabricating various goods, work parts, and products.

This book presents an integrated approach to project management for oil and gas projects.

Using a wide range of operational research (OR) optimization examples, Applied Operational Research with SAS demonstrates how the OR procedures in SAS work.

Additive Manufacturing (AM) has altered manufacturing as we know it, with shortened development time, increased performance, and reduced product costs.

Integration of AI-Based Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Systems with the Internet of Things describes how AI techniques, such as deep learning, cognitive computing, and Machine Learning, can be used to analyze massive volumes of data produced by IoT devices in manufacturing environments.

This book presents and develops the deep data analytics for providing the information needed for successful new product development.

This book is a practical guide for individuals responsible for creating products that are safe, effective, usable, and satisfying in the hands of the intended users.

Unlock the secrets to optimizing manufacturing processes with this essential guide to process validation.

Who can design?

Membrane technology is a rapidly developing area, with key growth accross the process sector, including biotech separation and biomedical applications (e.

In the current age of manufacturing revival in the U.

Although most agree that Lean Six Sigma is here to stay, they also agree that learning how to sustain the results seems problematic at best and unattainable at worst.

The management of design has emerged as central to the operational and strategic options of any successful organization.

This book describes the detailed process behind the development of a comprehensive thermo-bio-architectural framework (the ThBA).

Head, Eye, and Face Personal Protective Equipment: New Trends, Practice, and Applications presents protective equipment in the context of the latest design trends, materials, and technologies.

This edited volume is about the application of design-led approaches for developing interventions that have the intention of addressing real-world issues and problems.