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This book propounds an all-hazards, multidisciplinary approach to emergency management. It discusses the emergency manager’s role, details how to establish an effective, integrated program, and explores the components, including: assessing risk; developing strategies; planning concepts; planning techniques and methods; coordinating response; and managing crisis. more...

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This is the first book to describe and evaluate modern spectrum management tools. more...

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An Updated Guide to Establishing Cutting-Edge Operationsand Maintenance Procedures for Today's Complex Facilities. An essential on-the-job resource, Facility Manager's Maintenance Handbook presents step-by-step coverage of the planning, design, and execution of operations and maintenance procedures for structures, equipment, and systems in any type of facility. This career-building reference provides the tools needed to streamline facility management processes…reduce operational costs…and ensure the effective utilization, maintenance, repair, and renovation of existing physical assets. Now with 40% new information, this Second Edition includes brand-new chapters on emergency response procedures…maintenance operations benchmarking…capital and operational budgets management…boiler and steam plant operations... and other vital topics. The only book of its kind to cover both operations and maintenance, the updated Facility Manager's Maintenance Handbook features: Updated information on mechanical equipment and systems maintenance; The latest fire protection procedures; A comprehensive account of building codes; Guidance on hazardous materials handling; Excellent preparation for the IFMA Certified Facility Manager (CFM) qualification. Inside This State-of-the-Art Facility Management Resource • Part 1: Organizing for Maintenance Operations • Part 2: Facility Operations and Maintenance • Operations Plans • Maintenance Plans • Part 3: Equipment and Systems Operations • Maintenance o Part 4: Facilities Emergency Preparedness o Part 5: Capital Investment more...

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About the Book: The book `Fundamental Approach to Discrete Mathematics` is a required part of pursuing a computer science degree at most universities. It provides in-depth knowledge to the subject for beginners and stimulates further interest in the topic. The salient features of this book include: Strong coverage of key topics involving recurrence relation, combinatorics, Boolean algebra, graph theory and fuzzy set theory. Algorithms and examples integrated throughout the book to bring clarity to the fundamental concepts. Each concept and definition is followed by thoughtful examples. User-friendly and accessible presentation to make learning more interesting as much as possible without compromising mathematical rigour. Includes glossary of all symbols discussed in the book together with the chapter where each was introduced. Around 300 complete solved illustrations to explain the concepts. Over 300 end-of-chapter exercises are included to stimulate further interest in the subject. Contents: Mathematical Logic Set Theory Binary Relation Function Generating Function and Recurrence Relation Combinatorics Group Theory Codes and Group Codes Ring Theory Boolean Algebra Introduction to Lattices Graph Theory Tree Fuzzy Set Theory. more...

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This book is the outcome of the authors long teaching experience and has been designed to meet the needs of Civil Engineering curricula for the courses in Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering of Indian Universities. The book has been written mainly in the S.I. Units, although some problems and examples in the M.K.S. system have been included for convenience during the period of transition. more...

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