Industrial category: 6894 books
Flexibility Measurement in Production Systems
Handling Uncertainties in Industrial Production
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2011
The requirements for production systems are constantly changing as a result of changing competitive conditions. This poses a challenge for manufacturers in the various branches of industry and creates an ever-increasing need for flexibility.
With this as a background, this book explores the...
Advanced Methods and Applications in Chemoinformatics
Research Progress and New Applications
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
Chemoinformatics is a scientific area that endeavours to study and solve complex chemical problems using computational techniques and methods. The collection of topics in this book aims to reflect the diversity of recent advances in chemoinformatics with a broad perspective which may be useful for scientists...
Managing Health, Safety and Well-Being
Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2018
To achieve sustainable progress in workplace and societal functioning and development, it is essential to align perspectives for the management of health, safety and well-being. Employers are responsible for providing every individual with a working environment that is safe and does not harm their...
Multi-Disciplinary Engineering for Cyber-Physical Production Systems
Data Models and Software Solutions for Handling Complex Engineering Projects
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2017
This book discusses challenges and solutions for the required information processing and management within the context of multi-disciplinary engineering of production systems. The authors consider methods, architectures, and technologies applicable in use cases according to the viewpoints of product...
by Konstantin I. Popov, Stojan S. Djokic´, Nebojsˇa D. Nikolic´
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
This book describes the newest achievements in the area of electrochemically and chemically deposited metals and alloys. In particular, the book is devoted to the surface morphology of deposited metals and alloys. It contains an in-depth analysis of the influence of the parameters of electrodeposition...
Predictive Control in Process Engineering
From the Basics to the Applications
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2012
Describing the principles and applications of single input, single output and multivariable predictive control in a simple and lively manner, this practical book discusses topics such as the handling of on-off control, nonlinearities and numerical problems. It gives guidelines and methods for reducing...
by Hélène Pellissier
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
Chiral titanium complexes are low-cost, low-toxicity and high-efficiency catalysts. Impressive progress on enantioselective titanium-catalysed transformations has been achieved in the past seven years, with exciting new discoveries ranging from basic reactions to novel methodologies. Despite this,...
Low Carbon Energy Transitions
Turning Points in National Policy and Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2017
The world is at a pivotal crossroad in energy choices. There is a strong sense that our use of energy must be more sustainable. Moreover, many also broadly agree that a way must be found to rely increasingly on lower carbon energy sources. However, no single or clear solution exists on the means to...
Containment Technology
Progress in the Pharmaceutical and Food Processing Industry
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
This book covers all aspects of containment technology in depth and the latest developments in this exciting field are introduced. This book is a key publication to planning engineers, production managers and those interested in getting a picture of the different applications of the isolator technology....
The Transnationalisation of Collective Bargaining
Approaches of European Trade Unions
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2014
This book analyses the transnationalisation of collective bargaining by European trade unions, presenting key theoretical concepts and debates on the Europeanisation of collective bargaining and social dialogue.
The author uses comprehensive empirical evidence to illustrate that trade union strategies...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
The past several decades of rapid organizational change and global economic activity beseech a fresh understanding of work conditions and mental health across all nations and regions. This volume addresses psychosocial factors at work, legislation, frameworks, research innovations and common perceptions...
Work, Family, and Community
Exploring Interconnections
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Research in recent decades has proven that the seemingly disparate worlds of family life and the workplace are in fact closely intertwined. Moreover, scholars have begun to recognize the extent to which community life influences the work-family interface, for instance, the lack of fit between school...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
This book shares the theoretical advancements that have been made regarding psychological ownership since the development of the construct and specifically the practical applications within multi-cultural and cross-cultural environments. Enriched by empirical data and case studies by subject specialists...
Occupational Risk Control
Predicting and Preventing the Unwanted
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
In Occupational Risk Control, Derek Viner brings together the theoretical aspects of his subject into a coherent whole and then connects them with the needs both of practitioners and educators. The theory embraced by the author spans ideas formed between the industrial revolution and the present day,...