Springer London: 1778 books
Research and Technology Management in the Electricity Industry
Methods, Tools and Case Studies
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
Technologies such as renewable energy alternatives including wind, solar and biomass, storage technologies and electric engines are creating a different landscape for the electricity industry. Using sources and ideas from technologies such as renewable energy alternatives, Research and Technology...
Iterative Learning Control
An Optimization Paradigm
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2015
This book develops a coherent and quite general theoretical approach to algorithm design for iterative learning control based on the use of operator representations and quadratic optimization concepts including the related ideas of inverse model control and gradient-based design.
Using detailed...
Distributed-Order Dynamic Systems
Stability, Simulation, Applications and Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2012
Distributed-order differential equations, a generalization of fractional calculus, are of increasing importance in many fields of science and engineering from the behaviour of complex dielectric media to the modelling of nonlinear systems.
This Brief will broaden the toolbox available to researchers...
Manufacturing Scheduling Systems
An Integrated View on Models, Methods and Tools
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2014
The book is devoted to the problem of manufacturing scheduling, which is the efficient allocation of jobs (orders) over machines (resources) in a manufacturing facility. It offers a comprehensive and integrated perspective on the different aspects required to design and implement systems to efficiently...
Dynamic Management of Sustainable Development
Methods for Large Technical Systems
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
Dynamic management of systems development is a precondition for the realization of sustainable system development. This approach allows for the usage of systems theory methods that take into consideration the interaction of decisions made over time and space. A characteristic feature of this kind...
by Sherrill Edwards
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2014
Bioenergy is coming to be seen as a priority on the international agenda, with the use of liquid biofuels a key strategy in the attempt to meet both the demand for environmental sustainability and the energy needs of countries. The growth in the production and use of biofuels around the world has...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
Surgical education is a rapidly expanding area of surgical research and career interest, and as the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) Fall Courses (www.aasurg.org) and International courses offer more and more specialty tracking there is a greater need for an accompanying textbook to supplement...
Guide to Reliable Distributed Systems
Building High-Assurance Applications and Cloud-Hosted Services
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2012
This book describes the key concepts, principles and implementation options for creating high-assurance cloud computing solutions. The guide starts with a broad technical overview and basic introduction to cloud computing, looking at the overall architecture of the cloud, client systems, the modern...
Grid Computing
Towards a Global Interconnected Infrastructure
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2011
This book presents research from many of the major projects involved in the emerging global grid infrastructure. With a particular focus on the practical advantages and applications of grid computing – including real case studies – the book provides an in-depth study of grid technology for a...
Guide to Software Development
Designing and Managing the Life Cycle
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2012
This book addresses how best to make build vs. buy decisions, and what effect such decisions have on the software development life cycle (SDLC). Offering an integrated approach that includes important management and decision practices, the text explains how to create successful solutions that fit...
by Maciej Drozdowski
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2010
Overview and Goals This book is dedicated to scheduling for parallel processing. Presenting a research ?eld as broad as this one poses considerable dif?culties. Scheduling for parallel computing is an interdisciplinary subject joining many ?elds of science and te- nology. Thus, to understand the scheduling...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
Ubiquitous environments are important because they allow users to move about freely and continue the interaction with the available applications through a variety of interactive devices (including cell phones, PDA's, desktop computers, digital television sets, and intelligent watches). A frustrating...
by Sandra L. Furterer
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
This book provides a detailed description of how to apply Lean Six Sigma in the health care industry, with a special emphasis on process improvement and operations management in hospitals. The book begins with a description of the Enterprise Performance Excellence (EPE) improvement methodology developed...
by Orit Hazzan, Yael Dubinsky
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2009
Overview and Goals The agile approach for software development has been applied more and more extensively since the mid nineties of the 20th century. Though there are only about ten years of accumulated experience using the agile approach, it is currently conceived as one of the mainstream approaches...