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Contents Operations Research ........................................3 Quality Control & Reliability ............................5 Manufacturing & Processing ............................8 Engineering Management ..............................12 Systems Engineering ......................................16 Page 9
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Operations Research Analysis of Queues Methods and Applications
Value-Added Decision Making for Managers
Natarajan Gautam
Kenneth Chelst
Texas A&M, College Station, USA
Analysis of queues is used in a variety of domains including call centers, web servers, internet routers, manufacturing and production, telecommunications, transportation, hospitals and clinics, restaurants, and theme parks. Combining elements of classical queueing theory with some of the recent advances in studying stochastic networks, this book covers a broad range of applications. It contains numerous real-world examples and industrial applications in all chapters. The text is suitable for graduate courses, as well as researchers, consultants and analysts that work on performance modeling or use queueing models as analysis tools.
Features:
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Yavuz Burak Canbolat Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois, USA
Developed from the authors’ longstanding course on decision and risk analysis, this text explores the important interaction between decisions and management action and clarifies the barriers to rational decision making. The authors analyze strengths and weaknesses of the best alternatives, enabling decision makers to improve on these alternatives by adding value and reducing risk.
Features:
• Covers a broad range of topics, from classical concepts to modern theories • Presents solved examples and industrial applications for explaining the concepts • Includes discussion of fluid-flow queues, which is not part of any other textbook • Contains pre-requisite material so that the methodologies used are understood • Emphasizes methodology, rather than a collection of formulae • Provides 120 solved problems and 120 unsolved problems
• Presents a wide range of realistic decision contexts, from routine to semi-routine to strategic, for everyday life, public policy, and the oil, pharmaceutical, insurance, and biotech industries • Emphasizes the modeling of both multiobjective decisions and decisions in the presence of uncertainty • Discusses alternate approaches to negotiations, project/risk management, and ethical dilemmas • Offers software tutorials, PowerPoint® presentations, and solutions to numeric examples on the book’s website
Selected Contents:
Selected Contents (abridged):
Introduction. Single·Station Queues. Exponential Inter-arrival and Service Times: Closed-form Expressions. Exponential Inter-arrival and Service Times: Numerical Techniques and Approximations. General Inter-arrival and/or Service Times: Closed Form Expressions and Approximations. Multi-class Queues with Poisson Arrivals and General Service (M/G/i). Network of Queues. Exact Results in Network of Queues: Product Form. Approximations in Queueing Networks. Advanced Topics. Fluid-flow Models for Bursty Traffic. Analysis for Transient and Non-stationary Queues. Stability in Multi-class Queueing Networks. Appendices.
Structuring Hard Decisions: The Case for a Structured Analytic Decision Process. Framing Decisions with Influence Diagrams. Decisions With Multiple Objectives: Structure Decisions with Multiple Objectives. Structured Trade-Offs for Multiple Objective Decisions: Multi-Attribute Utility Theory. Decisions And Management Under Uncertainty: Value-Added RiskManagement Framework and Strategies. Spreadsheet Simulation for Decisions with Uncertainty. Challenges To "Rational" Decisions: Forecast Bias and Expert Interviews. Decision Bias. Decisions With Multiple Perspectives: Value-Added Negotiations. Ethical Decisions. Appendices. Index.
April 2012, c. 806 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-0658-6, £76.99
October 2011, 578 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-7572-4, £82.00
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Operations Research Manufacturing Facilities Location, Planning, and Design, Third Edition Dileep R. Sule
C. Richard Cassady University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA
Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, USA
From plant layout and materials handling to quality function deployment and design considerations, this book explores topics crucial to the efficiency of a well-planned facility. This, the third edition of a classic, provides the information and analytical tools necessary to move from product designs to production plans. It then details planning techniques needed to build a manufacturing facility where safety, efficiency, and profit are interdependent. It covers Lean manufacturing, supply chain effects, aggregate planning, scheduling, resource planning, machine layout models, economic evaluation of processes, and information technology and includes new mathematical methods and problems.
Features: • Updates the previous edition with new topics such as Lean manufacturing, agile manufacturing, and aggregate resource planning • Presents new and current practices in facilities planning and designing • Offers new mathematical methods and practical application problems • Features online access to a new plant layout • Provides a solutions manual with qualifying course adoption
Selected Contents (abridged): Introduction. Product Development. Automation. Production Charts and Systems. Requirements and Selection of Machines. Building, Organization, Communications, and Selected Support Requirements. Material Handling: Principles and Equipment Description. Material Handling: Equipment Selection. Material Handling: Flow Lines, Grouping, and Packing. Storage and Warehousing. Plant and Office Layout: Conventional Approach. Computer-Aided Plant Layout. Simultaneous Development of Plant Layout and Material Handling. December 2008, 824 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-4422-5, £89.00
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Probability Models in Operations Research
Joel A. Nachlas Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA
“The authors used a subset of the homework problems as in-class examples and another subset for homework–an excellent idea. Each of the six chapters also contains an application illustrating how the principles discussed can be applied in real life ... Highly recommended.” —R. Bharath, Emeritus, Northern Michigan University, in Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, Vol. 47, No. 1
Balancing applications with mathematical rigor, this book introduces the use of probability to define models that have applications in industrial engineering and operations research. With a concise review of the key components of probability theory, the text serves as a practical reference for those who use probability to model system behaviors.
Features: • Explores issues related to single and multiple random variables • Covers the use of stochastic processes to model the time evolution of a random variable • Includes Poisson processes, discrete-time Markov chains, and continuous-time Markov chains • Presents queuing models that can be applied to waiting lines, manufactured parts in an assembly process, and calls in a telephone network • Includes homework problems at the end of each chapter • Concludes each of the first six chapters with an extended homework problem • Provides a solutions manual upon qualifying course adoptions
Selected Contents: Probability Modeling Fundamentals. Analysis of Random Variables. Analysis of Multiple Random Variables. Bernoulli Processes. Discrete-Time Markov Chains. Poisson Processes. Renewal Processes. Continuous-Time Markov Chains. Queueing Theory. August 2008, 224 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-5489-7, £69.99
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Quality Control & Reliability
A First Course in Quality Engineering Integrating Statistical and Management Methods of Quality, Second Edition K.S. Krishnamoorthi Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, USA
V. Ram Krishnamoorthi Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Illinois, USA
See what’s in the new edition:
Features:
• Reflects changes in the latest revision of the ISO 9000 Standards and the Baldrige Award criteria
• Builds a solid foundation by covering the basics of probability and statistics in one chapter
• Includes new mini-projects and examples throughout
• Discusses how to integrate Lean methods into the quality methodology
• Incorporates Lean methods for reducing cycle time, increasing throughput, and reducing waste
• Expands coverage of strategic planning
• Contains increased coverage of strategic planning Completely revised and updated, A First Course in Quality Engineering: Integrating Statistical and Management Methods of Quality, Second Edition contains virtually all the information students need to learn how to function as a quality engineer. The authors not only break things down very simply but also give a full understanding of why each topic covered is essential to learning proper quality management. They present the information in a manner that builds a strong foundation in quality management without overwhelming students. The text covers management and statistical methods of quality engineering in an integrative manner, unlike other books on the subject that focus primarily on one of the two areas of quality.
August 2011, 634 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-4034-4, £82.00
• Provides a study guide for preparation for exams to qualify as a certified quality engineer (CQE)
Pedagogical Features: • PowerPoint® slides, solutions manual, and test banks are available upon qualified course adoption • Detailed coverage of the management and statistical tools needed to make systems perform well • Illustrates the use of quality methods with real-world examples drawn from the authors’ consulting work
Selected Contents: Introduction to Quality Statistics for Quality Quality in Design Quality in Production—Process Control I Quality in Production—Process Control II Managing for Quality Quality in Procurement Continuous Improvement of Quality A System for Quality Appendix 1 Appendix 2
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Quality Control & Reliability
New Edition of a Bestseller!
Applied Reliability Third Edition Paul A. Tobias Retired, Austin, Texas, USA
David Trindade Bloom Energy
Since the publication of the second edition of Applied Reliability in 1995, the ready availability of inexpensive, powerful statistical software has changed the way statisticians and engineers look at and analyze all kinds of data. Problems in reliability that were once difficult and time consuming even for experts can now be solved with a few well-chosen clicks of a mouse. However, software documentation has had difficulty keeping up with the enhanced functionality added to new releases, especially in specialized areas such as reliability analysis. Using analysis capabilities in spreadsheet software and two well-maintained, supported, and frequently updated, popular software packages—Minitab and SAS JMP—the third edition of Applied Reliability is an easy-to-use guide to basic descriptive statistics, reliability concepts, and the properties of lifetime distributions such as the exponential, Weibull, and lognormal. The material covers reliability data plotting, acceleration models, life test data analysis, systems models, and much more. The third edition includes a new chapter on Bayesian reliability analysis and expanded, updated coverage of repairable system modeling. Taking a practical and example-oriented approach to reliability analysis, this book provides detailed illustrations of software implementation throughout and more than 150 worked-out examples done with JMP, Minitab, and several spreadsheet programs. In addition, there are nearly 300 figures, hundreds of exercises, and additional problems at the end of each chapter, and new material throughout. Software and other files are available for download online
August 2011, 600 pp. ISBN: 978-1-58488-466-8, £63.99
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Features: • Presents a practical and example-oriented approach suitable for engineering students, statisticians, and professionals from a variety of disciplines • Includes implementation of the methods using statistical software • Emphasizes the powerful methodology of MLE • Provides detailed graphical explanations of methods • Provides auxiliary materials online
Selected Contents: Basic Descriptive Statistics Reliability Concepts Exponential Distribution Weibull Distribution The Normal and Lognormal Distributions Reliability Data Plotting Analysis of Multicensored Data Physical Acceleration Models Alternative Reliability Models System Failure Modeling: Bottom-Up Approach Quality Control in Reliability: Applications of Discrete Distributions Repairable Systems Part I: Nonparametric Analysis and Renewal Processes Repairable Systems Part II: Nonrenewal Processes Bayesian Reliability Evaluation Answers to Selected Exercises References Index
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Quality Control & Reliability Models of Network Reliability Analysis, Combinatorics, and Monte Carlo Ilya B. Gertsbakh Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
Yoseph Shpungin Shamoon College of Engineering, Beer Sheva, Israel
“… accessible to readers with a basic background in reliability. … Formal proofs are minimally presented, the methods are widely supported by examples and exercises, and guidelines for developing computer programs are provided.” —Ron S. Kenett, KPA, Raanana, Israel, in Quality Progress
“… concise and compact … helps in understanding the intricacies involved in the problem of computing network reliability. The concept of spanning trees is used to ensure connectivity of nodes of interest. Other measures of interest in reliability of networks such as component criticality and Birnbaum Importance are also discussed … students and teachers pursuing reliability of communication reliability will find this book of interest. …” —Krishna B. Misra, in Performability Engineering, Vol. 7, No. 3
Second Edition of a Bestseller!
Reliability Engineering and Risk Analysis A Practical Guide, Second Edition Mohammad Modarres, Mark Kaminskiy, and Vasiliy Krivtsov “... explores the practical aspects of the application of theory rather than the derivation of theory. ... goes beyond statistical niceties and into the territory of dealing with real-world problems. The ultimate practical aspect of the book is the link between reliability and risk analysis. By dealing with these two subjects in one single volume, the authors illustrate the importance of building reliability of survival as the basis for risk analysis. From the traditional introductory material to the review of reliability mathematics, the book provides information for readers who have never been exposed to reliability engineering. It then moves forward in complexity, with extensive coverage given to reliability subjects such as hardware and software reliability, reliability growth, and modeling and estimation techniques. … can be used as a reliability engineering textbook. ... highly recommended.” —Shin Ta Liu, Lynx Systems, in ASQ's Quality Progress Reviews
Features: • Supplies a concise exposition of Reliability Theory ideas • Provides a brief introduction to Monte Carlo methods • Investigates a collection of principal network reliability models • Presents solutions for most principal network reliability problems in the form of efficient Monte Carlo algorithms • Includes numerical examples, tables, end-of-chapter exercises, worked numerical examples, and a solutions manual
Features:
Selected Contents:
Selected Contents:
What is Monte Carlo Method? What is Network Reliability? Exponentially Distributed Lifetime. Static and Dynamic Reliability. Border States and Reliability Gradient. Order Statistics. Monte Carlo Estimation of Convolutions. Network Destruction. Lomonosov's "Turnip". Importance Measures and Spectrum. Optimal Network Synthesis. Dynamic Networks. Examples of Network Reliability. Appendices. References. Index.
Reliability Engineering in Perspective. Basic Reliability Mathematics: Review of Probability and Statistics. Elements of Component Reliability. System Reliability Analysis. Reliability and Availability of Repairable Components and Systems. Selected Topics in Reliability Modeling. Selected Topics in Reliability Data Analysis. Risk Analysis. Appendices. Index. September 2009, 471 pp. ISBN: 978-0-8493-9247-4, £69.99
December 2009, 217 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-1741-4, £55.99
• Provides access to an invaluable Excel™ based tool used in failure prediction • Reviews estimation of probability bounds of availability of repairable systems • Discusses recent developments in Bayesian reliability estimation • Presents advanced models for a physics-offailure approach to lifetime estimation • Supplies a solutions manual with qualifying course adoption
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Manufacturing & Processing
Manufacturing Technology Materials, Processes, and Equipment Helmi A. Youssef, Hassan A. El-Hofy, and Mahmoud H. Ahmed University of Alexandria, Egypt
Comprehensive and fundamental, Manufacturing Technology: Materials, Processes, and Equipment introduces and elaborates on the field of manufacturing technology—its processes, materials, tooling, and equipment. The book emphasizes the fundamentals of processes, their capabilities, typical applications, advantages, and limitations. Thorough and insightful, it provides mathematical modeling and equations as needed to enhance the basic understanding of the material at hand. Designed for upper-level undergraduates in mechanical, industrial, manufacturing, and materials engineering disciplines, this book covers the material presented in complete manufacturing technology courses taught in engineering colleges and institutions worldwide. The book also addresses the needs of production and manufacturing engineers and technologists participating in related industries.
Selected Contents: Introduction to Manufacturing Technology Engineering Materials Heat Treatment of Metallic Materials and Alloys Smelting of Metallic Materials Casting of Metals Fundamentals of Metal Forming Bulk Forming Sheet Metal Forming High Speed Metal Forming Powder Metallurgy and Manufacture of Ceramics Processing of Polymers Manufacturing Processes for Composites
Features:
Traditional Machining Processes
• Presents guidelines for selecting the proper engineering materials, manufacturing processes, and equipment • Covers the basics as well as the most recent advances in manufacturing technology • Introduces new trends in surface hardening technology • Explores the environmental aspects related to manufacturing and clean factories • Explains the principles of near net shape processing, rapid prototyping, and manufacturing design • Discusses the surface characteristics as a result of manufacturing operations • Includes many solved examples, case studies, and review questions • Supplies a solutions manual upon qualifying course adoption
Nontraditional Machining Processes
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NC of Machine Tools Industrial Robots and Hexapods Surface Technology Joining Processes Advanced Manufacturing Techniques Materials, Processes, and Design for Manufacturing Quality Control Automation in Manufacturing Technology. Health, Safety, and Environmental Aspects in Manufacturing August 2011, 947 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-1085-9, £89.00
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Manufacturing & Processing Bestseller!
Product Design for Manufacture and Assembly Third Edition Geoffrey Boothroyd Boothroyd Dewhurst Inc., Wakefield, Rhode Island, USA
Peter Dewhurst and Winston A. Knight University of Rhode Island, Kingston, USA
"If you are a manufacturer needing to reduce the cost of your products in a highly competitive international market, go out and buy this book. If you are a manufacturing student looking to learn something that will increase your value to potential employers, go out and buy this book. If you are a design engineer who wants to make for a penny, what a fool can make for two then go out and buy this book … it is a practical book, it works spectacularly well in the real world." —Ernie Appleton, in Industrial Robot
Now in its third edition, this volume features new problem sets and student assignments, making this respected reference work even more suitable for use in product design and design for manufacture courses. Chapters have been updated from previous editions with recent case studies of the application of design for manufacture and assembly (DFMA) techniques, important industry changes, and emphasis on current trends such as design for power injection molding and surface mount devices.
Features: • Discusses fundamentals of techniques widely used in industry for product simplification and cost structured designed processes reduction • Covers methods for analyzing products that lead to simpler and more cost-effective designs • Provides the basic equations and data that demonstrate how to make manufacturing and assembly cost estimates
Selected Contents (abridged): Introduction. Selection of Materials and Processes. Product Design for Manual Assembly. Electrical Connections and Wire Harness Assembly. Design for High-Speed Automatic Assembly and Robot Assembly. Printed Circuit Board Design for Manufacture and Assembly. Design for Machining. December 2010, 709 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-8927-1, £87.00
New Edition of a Bestseller!
Introduction to Process Control, Second Edition Jose A. Romagnoli Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA
Ahmet Palazoglu University of California, Davis, USA
“This book contains the essential material for a first course on process control at an elementary level and I highly recommend it to instructors who [teach this] course at this level.” —Mehmet C. Camurdan, Bog˘aziçi University, Turkey
This classroom-tested text provides a bridge between the traditional view of process control and the current, expanded role by blending conventional topics with a broader perspective of more integrated process operation, control, and information systems. Addressing issues in today’s teaching of process control, this second edition updates and expands the content of its predecessor with 50 percent more exercises and many application examples of control problems. MATLAB® toolboxes can be accessed from the authors’ websites. A solutions manual is available for qualifying instructors.
Features: • Offers unique perspectives on contemporary process control • Contains many innovative teaching and learning principles • Presents application examples of control problems, including regulatory control of continuous processes, advanced control configurations, and operations involving a number of sequences in conjunction with conventional regulatory loops • Provides MATLAB toolboxes and simulation examples on the book’s website • Incorporates an extended list of new exercises • Supplies a solutions manual with qualifying course adoption
Selected Contents: Introduction. Modeling for Control. Process Analysis. Feedback Control. Model-Based Control. Multivariable Control. Control in Modern Manufacturing. Appendices. Index. February 2012, c. 645 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-5486-0, £95.00
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Manufacturing & Processing Bestseller!
Facilities Design Third Edition Sunderesh S. Heragu University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Many facilities lose money before they even open their doors. A poor design wastes a significant amount of resources and results in poor quality production, low employee morale, and, ultimately, customer dissatisfaction. Covering design, layout, and location, Facilities Design, Third Edition strikes a successful balance between quantitative modeling and coverage of practical issues. The third edition of a bestseller, this book examines the design and planning problems commonly encountered in manufacturing and service systems.
The third edition includes: • Material on storage, warehousing, facilities layout, and location • Multimedia tools and software on the author’s website • Rewritten chapter that reflects practical aspects of implementing facilities design • Algorithms throughout the text • Queuing and queuing network models consolidated into an appendix Using numerical examples to illustrate key concepts, the author covers layout issues, product analysis and equipment selection, production and equipment analysis, and process and flow analysis. He also discusses traditional methods for facility layout, the SLP model, and mathematical models and algorithms for the layout problem.
Selected Contents: Introduction to Design, Layout, and Location of Facilities. Product and Equipment Analysis. Process, Flow, and Space Analysis. Systematic Layout Planning and Implementation of a Layout Design. Basic Models and Algorithms for Facilities Layout. Software for Layout Design. Advanced Algorithms for Facilities Layout. Group Technology and Cellular Manufacturing. Materials Handling Systems. Design and Planning of Warehousing Systems. Basic Models for Facility Location. Advanced Models for Facility Location. June 2008, 624 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-6626-5, £89.00
Production Planning and Industrial Scheduling Examples, Case Studies and Applications, Second Edition Dileep R. Sule Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, USA
" … covers practical algorithms of planning and scheduling, the descriptions of each algorithm is formalized at a right level, many numerical examples are provided." —Vitaly A. Strusevich, in Zentralblatt MATH
A comprehensive reference for the broad range of problems encountered in the field, this second edition features new information on single machine scheduling, new procedures for common due dates, flowshop problems, and more. It also includes three chapters on industrial sequencing for tool scheduling on NC machine, component tape assemblies on a sequencer, and a sequencing feeder for component tape assembly.
Features: • Introduces models in plant location and capacity determination based on different objectives and available resources • Presents examples in flowshop scheduling including an illustration of Johnson's rule for two-machine scheduling • Covers network-based, single machine, manpower, and open-shop scheduling • Explains Pinendo's rule, which gives an optimum makespan when there are only two machines in the open shop • Features a completely expanded section on production planning, including enterprise resource planning and distribution requirement planning
Selected Contents (abridged): Introduction to Scheduling. A Single Machine Scheduling. Other Objectives in Single Machine Scheduling. Flowshop Problems. Parallel Processing and Batch Sequencing. Networkbased Scheduling. Job Shop Scheduling. Open Shop Scheduling. Manpower Scheduling. Industrial Sequencing I: Tool Scheduling on NC Machines. Industrial Sequencing II: ElectronicComponent Tape Assemblies on a Sequencer. October 2007, 560 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-4420-1, £69.99
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Manufacturing & Processing Sustainable Engineering Green Concepts, Strategies, Evaluation and Implementation David Brennan Monash University, Victoria, Australia
This book introduces chemical engineering students to key concepts, strategies, and evaluation methods in sustainable process engineering. The book is intended to supplement chemical engineering texts in fundamentals and design, rather than replace them. The key objectives of the book are to widen system boundaries beyond a process plant to include utility supplies, interconnected plants, wider industry sectors, and entire product life cycles; identify waste and its sources in process and utility systems and adopt waste minimization strategies; broaden evaluation to include technical, economic, safety, environmental, social, and sustainability criteria and to integrate the assessments; and broaden the engineering horizon to incorporate planning, development, design, and operations.
Features: • Explores the progressive response by legislators and professionals to perceived environmental damage and the concepts of sustainability, cleaner production, and industrial ecology • Discusses waste minimization strategies for reactors and separators and wider process and utility systems • Environmental, safety, economic, and sustainability assessments • Delineates guidelines for implementing sustainable process engineering in planning, project development, design, and operations
Pedagogical Features: • Includes case examples integrated with chapter topics throughout • Provides defined problems that reflect current industry challenges May 2012, c. 300 pp. ISBN: 978-981-4316-78-1, £95.00
Performance Evaluation of Industrial Systems Discrete Event Simulation in Using Excel/VBA, Second Edition David Elizandro Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, USA
Hamdy Taha University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA
Discussing fundamental modeling tools, queuing theory, and discrete event simulation for evaluating production systems, this book presents a development environment for discrete event simulation in a language easy enough to use but flexible enough to facilitate modeling complex systems. This new edition develops new visualization graphics for DEEDS software, includes improvements in the optimization of the simulation algorithms, and adds a chapter on queuing models.
Features: • Uses Excel to facilitate model development and the presentation of complex results with parallel sophistication and a relatively easier learning curve • Employs Visual Basic for Application (VBA) class definitions to manage the four network nodes efficiently • Offers the most efficient model validation by employing the interactive VBA debugger and "like English" trace reports • Makes discrete simulation accessible with ExcelNBA • Includes a CD program with user-feedback for improved installation and troubleshooting instructions
Selected Contents (abridged): Simulation Fundamentals. Simulation Modeling. Probability and Statistics In Simulation. Elements of Discrete Simulation. Gathering Statistical Observations in Simulation. ExcelNBA and Design Environment for Discrete Event Simulation. VBA. User Interface. Modeling Procedures. Simulation Output. Analysis of Simulation Results. Model Visualization. Applications. Model Design And Development. Facilities Layout Models. March 2012, c. 503 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-7134-8, £82.00
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Engineering Management
Project Management Systems, Principles, and Applications Adedeji B. Badiru Air Force Institute of Technology, Dayton, Ohio, USA
As organizations realize the benefits of PM, the need to develop effective management tools rises with the increasing complexity of new technologies and processes. Taking a systems approach to accomplishing goals and objectives, Project Management: Systems, Principles, and Applications covers contemporary tools and techniques of PM from an established pedagogical perspective. A project can be simple or complex. In each case, proven PM processes must be followed with a world-systems view of the project environment. While on-the-job training is possible for many of the PM requirements, rigorous and formal training must be used. Consequently, PM resources are of high utility. This text fills the void that exists in the availability of PM resources. Although individual books dealing with management principles, optimization models, and computer tools are available, there are few guidelines for the integration of these three areas for PM purposes. This book integrates these areas into a comprehensive guide to PM. It introduces the triad approach to improve the effectiveness of PM with respect to schedule, cost, and performance constraints within the context of systems modeling. It provides details on an integrated systems PM approach that can help diminish the adverse impacts of these issues through good project planning, organizing, scheduling, and control.
December 2011, 587 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-8319-4, £63.99
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Features: • Outlines a systems approach to managing projects • Covers qualitative principles for project planning and control • Includes contemporary best practices of project management • Combines mathematical techniques with management concepts for cost, schedule, and quality management • Presents project schedule performance appraisal techniques
Pedagogical Features • Presents case examples and illustrations to convey lessons learned • Provides end-of-chapter exercises and a solutions manual
Selected Contents: Introduction to Project Management Project Planning Process Project Organization Project Scheduling Project Resource Allocation. Project Control. Project Systems Engineering Project Economics Project Decision Analysis Project Lean and Six Sigma Techniques Software Tools Case Projects
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Engineering Management
Technical Writing A Practical Guide for Engineers and Scientists Phillip A. Laplante The Pennsylvania State University, Malvern, USA
Engineers and scientists of all types are often required to write reports, summaries, manuals, guides, and so forth. While these individuals certainly have had some sort of English or writing course, it is less likely that they have had any instruction in the special requirements of technical writing. Written by a renowned engineer and widely published technical author, Technical Writing: A Practical Guide for Engineers and Scientists enables readers to write, edit, and publish materials of a technical nature, including books, articles, reports, and electronic media. This guide complements the traditional writer’s reference manuals and other books on technical writing. It helps readers understand the practical considerations in writing technical content. Drawing on his own work, the author presents many first-hand examples of writing, editing, and publishing technical materials. These examples illustrate how a publication originated as well as various challenges and solutions.
Features: • Offers precise, hands-on coverage of technical writing • Includes a number of personal anecdotes and historical stories as real-world examples of technical writing • Explores the various avenues for publishing your work • Explains how to write for blogs, social networks, and other e-media • Contains exercises and references
Selected Contents: The Nature of Technical Writing. Introduction. Who Writes Technical Documentation? Taxonomy of Technical Writing. Technical Reporting. Business Communications. Scientific Writing. Technical Writing Basics. Introduction. Structuring Your Writing. Positioning Your Writing. Choosing the Right Words. Avoiding Traps. Making Your Technical Writing More Interesting. The 5 Cs of Technical Writing. Referencing. The Writing Process. Introduction. The Traditional Writing Process. Environment. Dealing with Writer’s Block. Meeting Deadlines. Writing Tools. Permissions and Plagiarism. Scientific Writing. Introduction. Technical Reports. Tutorials. Opinion. Research Papers. Reviews of Books, Papers, and Reports. Business Communications. Introduction. Resumés. Transmittal Letters. Writing Letters of Reference. Memos. Meetings, Agendas, and Minutes. Customer Relations Writing. Press Releases. Presentations. Technical Reporting. Introduction. Technical Procedures. Proposals. Panel Sessions. Strategic Plans and Planning. Problem Reports. Using Graphical Elements. Breaking up the Monotony. Modeling Ideas with Graphics. Selecting the Best Model for a Schedule. Dealing with Figures. Dealing with Tables. Dealing with Equations. Dealing with Dynamic Content. Publishing Your Work. Introduction. Making a Living as a Writer. The Review Process. Handling Rejection. Open Access Publishing. Self-Publishing. Writing for E-Media. Introduction. E-Mail Can Be Dangerous. E-Newsletters. Blogging. Social Networks. E-Magazines. E-Readers. Writing with Collaborators. Glossary. Index. July 2011, 250 pp. Soft Cover, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2085-8, £25.99
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Engineering Management Finite Element Simulations Using ANSYS Esam M. Alawadhi Kuwait University, Safat
ANSYS is extensively used in the design cycle by industry leaders in the U.S. and around the world and is available in computer labs in most universities. This volume focuses on the use of ANSYS in solving practical engineering problems, providing students and practicing engineers with the fundamental knowledge of numerical simulation. It treats each physical phenomenon independently in a way that enables readers to pick out single subjects or related chapters and study them as a self-contained unit. The last chapter is devoted to multiphysics analyses and problems. Additionally, the book contains a number of complete tutorials on using ANSYS for real, practical problems.
Features: • Contains problems with screenshots, providing easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions • Uses sample problems, questions, and solved examples found in CAD • Includes more than 700 screenshots, charts, figures, and graphs • Provides a practical guide to using ANSYS for design analysis • Offers coverage of thermal, fluid, and multiphysics applications • Supplies a solutions manual upon qualifying course adoption The author first explains multiphysics analyses, such as structure-thermal or fluid-thermal analyses, in terms of theory, then derives the equations governing the physical phenomena and presents modeling techniques. Many of the sample problems, questions, and solved examples were used in CAD courses in many universities around the world. They cover structural analysis, solid mechanics and vibration, steadystate and transient heat-transfer analysis, fluid dynamics, multiphysics simulations, and modeling and meshing.
Selected Contents: Introduction. Trusses. Solid Mechanics & Vibration. Heat Transfer. Fluid Mechanics. Multi-Physics. Meshing Guide. July 2009, 416 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-0160-4, £82.99
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A First Course in Differential Equations, Modeling, and Simulation Carlos A. Smith and Scott W. Campbell University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
Emphasizing a practical approach for engineers and scientists, this text avoids overly theoretical explanations and shows readers how differential equations are derived by applying basic physical principles and experimental observations to engineering systems. This resource also covers classical methods for obtaining the analytical solution of differential equations and Laplace transforms. In addition, the authors discuss how these equations describe mathematical systems and how to use software to solve sets of equations in which analytical solutions cannot be determined. Numerical values are provided in all examples and problems.
Features: • Teaches how to model engineering systems • Reviews the necessary physics material • Explores how to obtain the analytical solution of differential equations using actual physical systems • Discusses how the roots of the characteristic equation provide the qualitative nature of the response of any systems • Explains how to use simulation software • Provides numerical values in all examples and problems • Supplies a solutions manual for instructors upon qualifying course adoption Providing the necessary tools to apply differential equations in engineering and science, this text helps readers understand differential equations, their meaning, and their analytical and computer solutions. It illustrates how and where differential equations develop, how they describe engineering systems, how to obtain the analytical solution, and how to use software to simulate the systems.
Selected Contents (abridged): Introduction. Objects in a Gravitational Field. Classical Solutions of Ordinary Linear Differential Equations. Laplace Transforms. Mechanical Systems: Translational. Mechanical Systems: Rotational. Mass Balances. May 2011, 345 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-5087-9, £57.99
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Engineering Management Random Phenomena
Advanced Engineering Mathematics with Modeling Applications
Fundamentals of Probability and Statistics for Engineers
S. Graham Kelly
Babatunde A. Ogunnaike
The University of Akron, Ohio, USA
University of Delaware, Newark, USA
“… I recommend this textbook with full confidence … The big plus about this text is the variety and large amount of review questions, exercises, and application problems that the author provides, which in my opinion is crucial to the understanding of the theoretical concepts.” —Walid K. Sharabati, The American Statistician
“... offers many unique features in a crowded field of statistics books for engineers. ...” —Technometrics
“… As an engineer involved in statistical data analysis, I would have loved to be taught from a book like this and I heartily recommend this book as a classroom textbook …” —Pieter Bastiaan Ober, Journal of Applied Statistics
Features: • Includes case studies on topics such as Mendel’s study of genetics, application of conditional probabilities in World War II Naval tactical decision making, and in vitro fertilization • Provides in-chapter examples drawn from non-traditional applications in molecular biology, finance and business, and population demographics • Contains review questions, exercises, application problems, and project assignments • Presents data sets online and on CD with 30-day MINITAB trial featuring reduced purchase/rental rate offer • Supplies a solutions manual for instructors upon qualifying course adoption Basing his approach on the principle of theoretical foundations before application, Dr. Ogunnaike presents a classroom-tested course that explains how to master and use probability and statistics appropriately to deal with uncertainty in standard problems and those that are new and unfamiliar.
A graduate level text, this book presents a unique combination of theoretical mathematics and engineering applications. It demonstrates the relationship between advanced mathematics and engineering principles, introduces engineering mathematics at a theoretical level, and includes functional analysis topics such as vector spaces, inner products, and norms and develops advanced mathematical methods from this foundation. The book provides an overview of the principles and techniques of advanced mathematics as applied to mechanical engineering problems.
Features: • Provides unique coverage of the variational foundation of the Rayleigh-Ritz method and further development in the finite element method • Discusses solutions of ordinary and partial-differential equations used for engineering systems • Uses non-dimensional formulation of problems • Applies MATHCAD for computations and graphing where appropriate • Considers eigenvalues of both self-adjoint and non-self-adjoint systems modeling for discrete and continuous systems • Includes end-of-chapter problems and an accompanying instructor’s manual The author presents theorems and proofs, but without the full detail found in mathematical books, so that development of the theory does not obscure its application to engineering problems. He applies principles and theorems of linear algebra to derive solutions, including proofs of theorems when they are instructive. Tying mathematical theory to applications, this book provides engineering students with a strong foundation in mathematical terminology and methods.
Selected Contents:
Foundations. Probability. Distributions. Statistics. Applications. Appendix. Index.
Foundations of Mathematical Modeling. Linear Algebra. Ordinary Differential Equations. Variational Methods. Eigenvalue Problems. Partial Differential Equations. Index.
September 2009, 1056 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-4497-3, £89.00
December 2008, 522 pp. ISBN: 978-0-8493-9533-8, £76.99
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Systems Engineering
Modeling and Analysis of Dynamic Systems
Systems Architecting A Business Perspective Gerrit Muller
Ramin S. Esfandiari and Bei Lu
Embedded System Institute, The Netherlands
California State University, Long Beach, USA
Focusing on systems architecting for business enterprises, this practical, scenario-driven guide is derived from industry-training classes taught by the author at the Embedded Systems Institute in Norway. The book places the processes of systems architecting in a broader context by juxtaposing the relationship of the systems architect with enterprise and management. Written in an approachable style, the book discusses the breadth of the human sciences and their relevance to systems architecting. It highlights the relevance of human aspects to systems architects, linking theory to practical experience when developing systems architecting competence.
Using MATLAB® and Simulink® to perform symbolic, graphical, numerical, and simulation tasks, this text provides a thorough understanding of the mathematical modeling and analysis of dynamic systems. With a focus on mechanical, electrical, electronic, electromechanical, fluid, thermal, and control systems, it meticulously covers techniques for modeling dynamic systems and methods of response analysis. The book presents the necessary mathematical background, incorporates several applications of vibrations, includes many examples and exercises, and offers useful formulas and other material in the appendices. A solutions manual is available upon qualifying course adoption.
Features:
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• Presents a practical, scenario-driven guide to systems architecting for business organizations • Places the processes of systems architecting in a broader context by discussing the relationship of the systems architect to enterprise and management • Includes information resources on systems architecting and ancillary materials on a companion website • Contains case studies and homework problems • Provides end of chapter exercises and ancillary materials online Stressing the importance of a clear strategy, the authors discuss methods and techniques that facilitate the architect’s contribution to the strategy process. They also give insight into the needs and complications of harvesting synergy, insight that will help establish an effective synergy-harvesting strategy.
Selected Contents: Process and Organization. Role and Task of the Systems Architect. From Customer Understanding to Requirements. Systems Architect Methods and Means. Strategy. Harvesting Synergy, Product Families. Supporting Processes. Systems and Software. Boardroom Presentation. Human Side. Reflection and Wrap-Up. References. Pictorial Index. September 2011, 263 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-4762-6, £57.99
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• Uses MATLAB and Simulink to determine and simulate system response as well as implement analytical techniques • Covers the necessary mathematical background, including complex analysis, differential equations, Laplace transformation, and matrix analysis • Incorporates several applications of vibrations, such as the logarithmic decrement for experimental determination of the damping ratio • Presents systems of units, conversion tables, and useful formulas, such as trigonometric identities and integrals, in the appendices • Includes examples and review exercises • Supplies a solutions manual for instructors upon qualifying course adoption
Selected Contents: Introduction to MATLAB and Simulink. Complex Analysis, Differential Equations, and Laplace Transformation. Matrix Analysis. System Model Representation. Mechanical Systems. Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Systems. Fluid and Thermal Systems. System Response. Introduction to Vibrations. Introduction to Feedback Control Systems. Appendices. Index. March 2010, 454 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-0845-0, £87.00
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Systems Engineering Design of Enterprise Systems Theory, Architecture, and Methods Ronald E. Giachetti Florida International University, Miami, USA
Specifically written for graduate and undergraduate courses, this book describes a systematic methodology to design an enterprise system and presents an enterprise architecture that has three views of process, information, and organization. The text includes methods to analyze and design each view and then demonstrates how to integrate them to arrive at the overall enterprise design. The author also includes enterprise project templates in MS Word and Excel, a business process analyzer in Excel, PowerPoint® slides for each chapter, and solutions for the 200 problems that are presented in the book.
Features: • Focuses on enterprise engineering, with explanations of best practices and examples for each technique • Presents an enterprise design project and a deliverable in each chapter to illustrate how the concepts are applied in practice • Supplies a software application called the Business Process Analyzer that implements a queueing network model to estimate the cycle time, throughput rate, and waiting time of business processes • Includes methods to analyze and design each view and then demonstrates how to integrate them to arrive at the overall enterprise design • Provides a solutions manual to instructors upon qualifying course adoption
Selected Contents: Enterprise Engineering. Enterprise Engineering. Systems Theory. Modeling Concepts. Enterprise Design Methodology. Enterprise Architecture. Enterprise Analysis & Design Methodology. Enterprise Project. Strategy. Problem Formulation & Requirements. Generate & Evaluate Alternatives. Process. Process Modeling. Queueing Theory. Process Analysis. Process Design. Information. Information Modeling. Organization. Organization Modeling. Integration. Enterprise Integration Technology. January 2010, 447 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-1823-7, £66.99
Modeling and Simulation of Systems Using MATLAB and Simulink Devendra K. Chaturvedi Faculty of Engineering, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, India
This text provides comprehensive coverage of all the important aspects of modeling and simulating both physical and conceptual systems. Various real-life examples show how simulation plays a key role in understanding actual systems. The author presents a step-by-step procedure for modeling using top-down, bottom-up, and middle-out approaches. He develops models for complex systems and reduces their order so they can be applied effectively in online applications. He also uses soft computing techniques for modeling nonlinear, ill-defined, and complex systems. The accompanying CD-ROM includes simulation code in MATLAB® and Simulink®.
Features: • Provides a basic understanding of systems and their modeling and simulation • Presents a step-by-step procedure for modeling using top-down, bottom-up, and middle-out approaches • Develops models for complex systems and reduces their order so they can be applied effectively in online applications • Uses soft computing techniques for modeling nonlinear, ill-defined, and complex systems • Contains extensive references and related literature for further study • Includes a CD-ROM with simulation code in MATLAB and Simulink, enabling quick and useful insight into real-world systems • Supplies a solutions manual to instructors upon qualifying course adoption
Selected Contents: Introduction to Systems. Systems Modeling. Formulation of State Space Model of Systems. Model Order Reduction. Analogous of Linear Systems. Interpretive Structural Modeling. System Dynamics Techniques. Simulation. Nonlinear and Chaotic Systems. Modeling with Artificial Neural Network. Modeling Using Fuzzy Systems. Discrete-Event Modeling and Simulation. Appendices. Index. December 2009, 733 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-0672-2, £89.00
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Systems Engineering Fundamentals of Linear Systems for Physical Scientists and Engineers N.N. Puri
Modeling and Control of Engineering Systems
Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
Clarence W. de Silva
The advent of inexpensive computing allows engineers to analyze, compute, and develop results that were unthinkable in the past. This book draws from diverse areas of engineering and the physical sciences to cover the fundamentals of linear systems. Assuming no prior knowledge of complex mathematics, the author uses his nearly 40 years of experience to address all of the necessary mathematical techniques. Original proofs, hundreds of examples, and theorems that have been proven from the student’s point of view illustrate and clarify the material. An extensive table provides Lyapunov functions for differential equations and conditions of stability for the equilibrium solutions.
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Features: • Provides a comprehensive overview of the major areas of systems engineering • Assumes no prior knowledge of differential equations, complex variables, and other classical methods, such as Laplace and Fourier transforms • Presents a range of examples and chapter problems from various engineering and scientific disciplines • Supplies a solutions manual to instructors upon qualifying course adoption Reflecting the pressures in engineering education to provide compact yet comprehensive courses of instruction, this book presents essential linear system theoretic concepts from first principles to relatively advanced, yet general, topics. The book’s self-contained nature and the coverage of both linear continuous- and discrete-time systems set it apart from other texts.
Selected Contents: Fundamental System Concepts and Basic Ideas. Linear Vector Spaces and Matrix Algebra. Ordinary Differential and Difference Equations. Complex Variables and Transform Method. Integral Transform Methods. State Space Description of Dynamic Systems. Digital Systems, Z-Transforms, and Applications. Calculus of Variations. Linear Systems Response to Stochastic Inputs. October 2009, 899 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4398-1157-3, £69.99
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This text provides a unified treatment of the modeling of mechanical, electrical, fluid, and thermal systems and then systematically covers conventional, advanced, and intelligent control, instrumentation, experimentation, and design. It takes an integrated approach to modeling multidomain systems that draws from equivalent circuits, Thevenin’s theorem, and linear graphs. It also presents important aspects of laboratory experimentation, including control system instrumentation. The author discusses the use of MATLAB®, Simulink®, LabVIEW™, and the associated toolboxes and includes numerous real-world examples, problems, and exercises. August 2009, 796 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-7686-8, £82.99
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The Art of Systems Architecting Third Edition Mark W. Maier Aerospace Corporation, Chantilly, Virginia, USA
Extensively revised to reflect the latest developments, the third edition of this bestselling text explains how to create a system from scratch, presenting invention/design rules together with clear explanations of how to use them. Examining architecture as more than a set of diagrams and documents, but as a set of decisions that either drive a system to success or doom it to failure, the book provides methods for integrating business strategy with technical architectural decision making.
Selected Contents (abridged): Introduction. Extending the Architecting Paradigm. Heuristics as Tools. New Domains, New Insights. Case Study: DC-3. BuilderArchitected Systems. January 2009, 472 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4200-7913-5, £69.99
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