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Whole System Designby Peter Stasinopoulos; Michael H. Smith; Karlson 'Charlie' Hargroves; Cheryl Desha
Earthscan 2008; US$ 38.95Whole System Design is increasingly being seen as one of the most cost-effective ways to both increase the productivity and reduce the negative environmental impacts of an engineered system. A focus on design is critical as the output from this stage of the project locks in most of the economic and environmental performance of the designed system throughout its life which can span from a few years to many decades. Indeed it is now widely acknowledged that all designers - particularly engineers architects and industrial designers - need to be able to understand and implement a whole system design approach. This book provides a clear design methodology based on leading efforts in the field and is supported by worked examples that demonstrate... more...
Communicating the User Experienceby Richard Caddick; Steve Cable
John Wiley & Sons 2011; US$ 44.99A clear and focused guide to creating useful user experience documentation As web sites and applications become richer and more complex, the user experience (UX) becomes critical to their success. This indispensible and full-color book provides practical guidance on this growing field and shares valuable UX advice that you can put into practice immediately on your own projects. The authors examine why UX is gaining so much interest from web designers, graduates, and career changers and looks at the new UX tools and ideas that can help you do your job better. In addition, you'll benefit from the unique insight the authors provide from their experiences of working with some of the world's best-known companies, learning how to take ideas from... more...
Field Guide to Optical Fiber Technologyby Rüdiger Paschotta
SPIE 2010; US$ 24.99This Field Guide describes many different types of fibers and their properties, as well as presents in a compact form the relevant physical foundations. Both passive and active (amplifying) fibers are discussed, and an overview on fiber nonlinearities and the application of active fibers in amplifiers and lasers is included. The large bibliography contains many useful references, covering both pioneering work and later seminal articles and books. This Guide should be very useful for a wide audience, including practitioners in industry as well as researchers. more...
Understanding Design and Technology in Primary Schoolsby Les Tickle
Routledge 1996; US$ 53.95Teaching design and technology to young children has set new challenges for primary school managers, teachers, pupils and parents. Using case studies, this book reveals teaching methods, issues faced and students experiences. more...
Concise Introduction to Engineering Economicsby P. Cassimatis
Spon Press 1988; US$ 99.95This comprehensive yet accessible text emphasizes problem solving, evaluation of projects, capital budgeting and resource allocation under risk and uncertainty. Current theory of economics and finance is also discussed andthe text is complemented by a full set of problems, exercises and case studies. more...
Advances in Design Optimizationby H. Adeli
Spon Press 1994; US$ 420.00This book summarizes advances in a number of fundamental areas of optimization with application in engineering design. The selection of the 'best' or 'optimum' design has long been a major concern of designers and in recent years interest has grown in applying mathematical optimization techniques to design of large engineering and industrial systems, and in using the computer-aided design packages with optimization capabilities which are now available. more...
Introduction to Design for Civil Engineersby R. S. Narayanan; A. W. Beeby
Spon Press 2000; US$ 44.95This is a concise book that provides the reader with the necessary background on terminology used in design. It is largely a qualitative treatment of the subject matter with little mathematics. more...
Optimal Reliability Modelingby Way Kuo; Ming J. Zuo
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003; US$ 165.00Promotes better ways to diagnose, maintain, and improve existing systems. Existing reliability evaluation models are examined with respect to today's complicated engineering systems that have hundreds of thousands of integrated component designs. more...
Image Databasesby Vittorio Castelli; Lawrence D. Bergman
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2004; US$ 172.00The explosive growth of multimedia data transmission has generated a critical need for efficient, high-capacity image databases, as well as powerful search engines to retrieve image data from them. This book brings together contributions by an international all-star team of innovators in the field who share their insights into all key aspects of image database and search engine construction. Readers get in-depth discussions of the entire range of crucial image database architecture, indexing and retrieval, transmission, display, and user interface issues. And, using examples from an array of disciplines, the authors present cutting-edge applications in medical imagery, multimedia communications, earth science, remote sensing, and other major... more...
Three-Dimensional Holographic Imagingby Chung J. Kuo; Meng Hua Tsai
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003; US$ 154.00A comprehensive survey of the state of the art in 3-D holographic imaging techniques and applications This book introduces the general concepts of both real-time and non-real-time 3-D holographic imaging techniques for scientific and engineering applications. It offers readers a fundamental understanding of the concepts of 3-D holographic imaging as well as cost-effective design and implementation. World-renowned experts in the field provide in-depth discussion of the following topics: Holograms of real and virtual point trajectories Self-stabilized real-time holographic recording Principles and applications of optical scanning holography Tangible, dynamic holographic images Holographic laser radar Preliminary studies on compression of interference... more...









