Bücher der Reihe Decision Engineering

Cost estimating is a powerful tool in industry and business. Anyone involved in cost estimating will find this book extremely useful because of the real life examples, which mean they can use the information in real situations immediately.

This edited book offers further advances, new perspectives, and developments from world leaders in the field of through-life engineering services (TES). It builds up on the earlier book by the same authors entitled: "Through-life Engineering Services: Motivation, Theory and Practice."This compendium introduces and discusses further, the developments in workshop-based and 'in situ' maintenance and support of high-value engineering products, as well as the application of drone technology for autonomous and self-healing product support. The links between 'integrated planning' and planned obsolescence, risk and cost modelling are also examined.The role of data, information, and knowledge management relative to component and system degradation and failure is also presented. This is supported by consideration of the effects upon the maintenance and support decision by the presence of 'No Fault Found' error signals within system data. Further to this the role of diagnostics and prognostics is also discussed.In addition, this text presents the fundamental information required to deliver an effective TES solution/strategy and identification of core technologies. The book contains reference and discussion relative to automotive. rail, and several other industrial case studies to highlight the potential of TES to redefine the product creation and development process. Additionally the role of warranty and service data in the product creation and delivery system is also introduced.¿This book offers a valuable reference resource for academics, practitioners and students of TES and the associated supporting technologies and business models that underpin whole-life product creation and delivery systems through the harvesting and application of condition and use based data.

This book presents some twenty case studies, showing how companies in different industry sectors and of different sizes make advances in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM).

Consequently managers need the support of these structured methods in order to engage in effective decision making.This book provides a valuable resource for graduate students, professors and researchers of decision analysis, multi-criteria decision analysis and group decision analysis.

This edited book offers further advances, new perspectives, and developments from world leaders in the field of through-life engineering services (TES). It builds up on the earlier book by the same authors entitled: ¿Through-life Engineering Services: Motivation, Theory and Practice.¿This compendium introduces and discusses further, the developments in workshop-based and 'in situ' maintenance and support of high-value engineering products, as well as the application of drone technology for autonomous and self-healing product support. The links between ¿integrated planning¿ and planned obsolescence, risk and cost modelling are also examined.The role of data, information, and knowledge management relative to component and system degradation and failure is also presented. This is supported by consideration of the effects upon the maintenance and support decision by the presence of 'No Fault Found' error signals within system data. Further to this the role of diagnostics and prognostics is also discussed.In addition, this text presents the fundamental information required to deliver an effective TES solution/strategy and identification of core technologies. The book contains reference and discussion relative to automotive. rail, and several other industrial case studies to highlight the potential of TES to redefine the product creation and development process. Additionally the role of warranty and service data in the product creation and delivery system is also introduced.¿This book offers a valuable reference resource for academics, practitioners and students of TES and the associated supporting technologies and business models that underpin whole-life product creation and delivery systems through the harvesting and application of condition and use based data.

Through-life Engineering Services

The second part of 'Modular System Design and Evaluation' provides ten information technology case studies that enriches understanding of the design of system design, detection of system bottlenecks and system improvement, amongst others.

Here is a practical reference on recent research in supply chain integration focusing on distributed decision-making problems. It examines recent applications of various decision-making tools for integrating supply chains.

Institutions, including governments, and companies are faced with growing uncertainties in strategic decision-making that require the application of novel approaches. Here, new principles to help meet these challenges are supported by data and case studies.

Consequently managers need the support of these structured methods in order to engage in effective decision making.This book provides a valuable resource for graduate students, professors and researchers of decision analysis, multi-criteria decision analysis and group decision analysis.

This book addresses the application of simulation modelling techniques in order to enable better informed decisions in business and industrial organisations.

Cost estimating is a powerful tool in industry and business. Anyone involved in cost estimating will find this book extremely useful because of the real life examples, which mean they can use the information in real situations immediately.

This book is a sequel to The Practice of Machine Design, and The Practice of Machine Design, Book 3 - Learning from Failure. Unlike other regular machine design textbooks or handbooks that describe how to accomplish good designs, the present volume explains what the designer thinks when making design decisions.

The book can be used as a text for courses (for example: systems engineering, system design, life cycle engineering, engineering design, combinatorial synthesis) at the level of undergraduate (a compressed version), graduate/PhD levels and for continuing education.

Introduction to Evolutionary Algorithms presents a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of evolutionary algorithms. Readers will find a discussion of hot topics in the field, including genetic algorithms, differential evolution, swarm intelligence, and artificial immune systems.

Network models are critical tools in business, management, science and industry. This book presents an insightful, comprehensive, and up-to-date treatment of multiple objective genetic algorithms to network optimization problems in many disciplines.

This text offers many multiobjective optimization methods accompanied by analytical examples, and it treats problems not only in engineering but also operations research and management.

Based on interviews with top executives from companies of different sizes and in different industries, this book explains the benefits and challenges of Global Product Development.

Here is a practical reference on recent research in supply chain integration focusing on distributed decision-making problems. It examines recent applications of various decision-making tools for integrating supply chains.

In professional practice, many designers collect and maintain personal notes as guidelines about experiences and insights for handling technical problems and design situations. It integrates two major ideas: a computer system integrating computer design tools and a computer system fulfilling the role of an intelligent personal assistant.

Strategic Decision Making provides an effective, formal methodology that provides help with decision making problems, especially strategic ones with high stakes involving human perceptions and judgements.

This volume examines the necessity (or advantage) of living with technical and organizational uncertainties, without losing the stability created by reducing uncertainty. Readers will find concrete instruments for organizational and system design that are well illustrated by case studies.

Complex Engineering Service Systems addresses both conceptual and practical aspects of contracting, managing, designing, leading, delivering and transforming complex engineering service systems. The ideas discussed in the text can be put into action by industrial practitioners.

Complex Engineering Service Systems addresses both conceptual and practical aspects of contracting, managing, designing, leading, delivering and transforming complex engineering service systems. The ideas discussed in the text can be put into action by industrial practitioners.

This book explores lean thinking, with case studies illustrating lean supply chains. Coverage includes mass customisation, agility, information sharing and the bullwhip effect. Also introduced is a methodology for measuring the performance of supply chains.

This book will be bought by researchers and graduates students in Artificial Intelligence and management as well as practising managers and consultants interested in the application of IT and information systems in real business environment.

This is the first book to provide a step-by-step guide to the methods and practical aspects of acquiring, modelling, storing and sharing knowledge. The reader is led through 47 steps from the inception of a project to its conclusion. In addition, each step has a checklist which tracks the key items that should be achieved.

This third volume provides an executive overview of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), and details the roles that executives play in PLM initiatives.