Recipient of the 2019 IISE Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers Joint Publishers Book-of-the-Year Award This is a comprehensive textbook on service systems engineering and management.
Winner of IIE Book of the Month, December 2013The introduction of reverse supply chains has created many challenges in network design, transportation, selection of used products, selection and evaluation of suppliers, performance measurement, marketing-related issues, end-of-life (EOL) alternative selection, remanufacturing, disassembly, and produc
Jointly hosted by the Ergonomics Society of South Africa (ESSA) and the International Ergonomics Association (IEA), this conference was attended by over 300 delegates and represented the largest and most prestigious gathering of eminent international ergonomists in the history of Africa.
The potential of software applications to solve an array of office and administrative problems is increasing faster than the ability of users to exploit it.
This book discusses risk management as it applies to problem-solving for simple, complex and wicked problems faced by policy creators and implementors, project managers and systems engineers in the context of policies, large engineering projects (LEPs), projects and systems.
With contributions from some of the top academics and scientists in the field, Advanced Studies in Multi-Criteria Decision Making presents an updated view of the landscape of Decision Sciences, current research topics, the interaction with other sciences and fields, as well as the prospects and challenges at an international level.
In today's extremely competitive manufacturing market, effective production planning and scheduling processes are critical to streamlining production and increasing profits.
The field of information technology continues to advance at a brisk pace, including the use of Remote Laboratory (RL) systems in education and research.
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.
This book presents a set of tools that will aid in deciding whether a project should go ahead, be improved, or abandoned altogether by pinpointing its vulnerabilities.
In order to ensure environmentally responsible production and disposal of products, local governments are imposing stricter environmental regulations, some of which even require manufacturers to take back their products at the end of the product's useful life.
This book discusses the increase in global competitiveness which challenges the manufacturing market to integrate design and product in order to improve quality and process.
Offering a unique perspective on vehicle design and on new developments in vehicle technology, this book seeks to bridge the gap between engineers, who design and build cars, and human factors, as a body of knowledge with considerable value in this domain.
Newcomers to quantitative analysis need practical guidance on how to analyze data in the real world yet most introductory books focus on lengthy derivations and justifications instead of practical techniques.
This book shows how to build and maintain a distinctive and credible employer brand and develop a set of relevant success metrics to help measure return on investment (ROI).
This book offers the latest advances and results in the fields of Machine Learning and Deep Learning for Wireless Communication and provides positive and critical discussions on the challenges and prospects.
The field of machinery maintenance is undergoing a remarkable transformation, driven by the convergence of intelligent technologies and data-driven approaches.
Developed by the leading scientists in the field, Designing for Situation Awareness: An Approach to User-Centered Design, Third Edition offers a systematic and successful methodology for supporting the situation awareness (SA) of individuals and teams who work in complex and demanding environments.
The twenty-one contributions to About: Designing draw on a rich variety of methodological positions, research backgrounds and design disciplines including architecture, product design, engineering, applied linguistics, communication studies, cognitive psychology, and discourse studies.
This book contains the selected papers presented at the 20th anniversary meeting of the Pan-Pacific Conference on Ergonomics organized by the Ergonomics Society of Taiwan.
This book provides an understanding of the concept of marketing and its role in business and public organization including the need for scientific marketing analysis.
Based on a popular course taught by the late Gian-Carlo Rota of MIT, with many new topics covered as well, Introduction to Probability with R presents R programs and animations to provide an intuitive yet rigorous understanding of how to model natural phenomena from a probabilistic point of view.
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.
Develop knowledge, understanding and designing and making skills through Key Stage 3 so students are ready for the new GCSE in Design and Technology, with our brand-new Student Book.
High-Performance Apparel: Materials, Development, and Applications covers the materials and techniques used in creating high-performance apparel, the technical aspects of developing high-performance garments, and an array of applications for high-performance clothing and wearable technology.
Knowledge Modelling and Big Data Analytics in Healthcare: Advances and Applications focuses on automated analytical techniques for healthcare applications used to extract knowledge from a vast amount of data.