Advances in Safety and Reliability


Book Description

These three volumes comprise the papers presented at the ESREL '97 International Conference on Safety and Reliability held in Lisbon, Portugal, 17-20 June 1997. The purpose of the annual ESREL conferences is to provide a forum for the presentation of technical and scientific papers covering both methods and applications of safety and reliability to a wide range of industrial sectors and technical disciplines and, in so doing, to enhance cross-fertilization between them.A broad view is taken of safety and reliability which includes probabilistically-based methods, or, more generally, methods that deal with the quantification of the uncertainty in the knowledge of the real world and with decision-making under this uncertainty.The areas covered include: design and product liability; availability, reliability and maintainability; assessment and management of risks to technical systems; health and the environment; and mathematical methods of reliability and statistical analysis of data.The organization of the book closely follows the sessions of the conference with each of the three volumes containing papers from two parallel sessions, comprising a total of 270 papers by authors from 35 countries.




Designing Human-machine Cooperation Systems


Book Description

This book, on the ergonomics of human−machine systems, is aimed at engineers specializing in informatics, automation, production or robotics, who are faced with a significant dilemma during the conception of human−machine systems. On the one hand, the human operator guarantees the reliability of the system and has been known to salvage numerous critical situations through an ability to reason in unplanned, imprecise and uncertain situations; on the other hand, the human operator can be unpredictable and create disturbances in the automated system. The first part of the book is dedicated to the methods of human-centered design, from three different points of view, the various chapters focusing on models developed by human engineers and functional models to explain human behavior in their environment, models of cognitive psychology and models in the domain of automobile driving. Part 2 develops the methods of evaluation of the human−machine systems, looking at the evaluation of the activity of the human operator at work and human error analysis methods. Finally, Part 3 is dedicated to human−machine cooperation, where the authors show that a cooperative agent comprises a know-how and a so-called know-how-to-cooperate and show the way to design and evaluate that cooperation in real industrial contexts.







Handbook of Research on Decision Sciences and Applications in the Transportation Sector


Book Description

The advancements in decision sciences theory and applications can be regarded as a continuously emerging field in all areas of interest including technology, industry, energy, healthcare, education, agriculture, social sciences, and more. Managers in all disciplines face an endless list of complex issues every day. One of the essential managerial skills is the ability to allocate and utilize limited resources appropriately in the efforts of achieving optimal performance efficiently. This is no less important for those who work in the transportation sector. The Handbook of Research on Decision Sciences and Applications in the Transportation Sector explores the importance of decision sciences and the ways in which they apply to the transportation sector. This book covers technologies and tools including machine learning, mathematical modeling, and simulation and their applications in such tasks as reducing fuel costs, improving passenger flow, and ensuring vehicle safety. It is an essential reference source for managers, professionals in the transport industry, supply chain specialists, safety officers, IT consultants, executives, practitioners, scientists, students, researchers, and academicians.




Reliability 91


Book Description

This book is a collection of papers presented at the International Conference on Reliability Techniques and their Application.Reliability 91, 10-12 June 1991 was held at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London, UK, organised by SRD (the Safety and Reliability Consultants of AEA Technology) and the institution of Quality Assurance (IQA), and supported by the European Safety and Reliability Association (ESRA).




International Encyclopedia of Ergonomics and Human Factors - 3 Volume Set


Book Description

The previous edition of the International Encyclopedia of Ergonomics and Human Factors made history as the first unified source of reliable information drawn from many realms of science and technology and created specifically with ergonomics professionals in mind. It was also a winner of the Best Reference Award 2002 from the Engineering Libraries




Nutritional Care of the Patient with Gastrointestinal Disease


Book Description

This evidence-based book serves as a clinical manual as well as a reference guide for the diagnosis and management of common nutritional issues in relation to gastrointestinal disease. Chapters cover nutrition assessment; macro- and micronutrient absorption; malabsorption; food allergies; prebiotics and dietary fiber; probiotics and intestinal microflora; nutrition and GI cancer; nutritional management of reflux; nutrition in IBS and IBD; nutrition in acute and chronic pancreatitis; enteral nutrition; parenteral nutrition; medical and endoscopic therapy of obesity; surgical therapy of obesity; pharmacologic nutrition, and nutritional counseling.




Fiabilité technique et humaine


Book Description

De tout temps l’homme a sans doute voulu construire des choses fiables. Mais les évaluations quantifiées, probabilisées ont vu le jour récemment d’abord pour systèmes militaires (missiles, satellites) puis nucléaires, automobiles et les biens d’équipements. On peut citer que dès 1906 les constructeurs de tubes à vides américains se sont préoccupés de fiabilité, de là est née la fiabilité électronique, puis mécanique, informatique et humaine des systèmes et composants. Cette évolution contemporaine a produit de nombreux outils, concepts et méthodes. Ces développements sont au centre de l’ouvrage. Fiabilité Technique et Humaine rassemble les concepts, techniques et outils de la fiabilité des composants et systèmes en considérant toutes les technologies et dimensions, notamment la mécanique, l’électronique, l’informatique et les aspects humains. En effet, les erreurs humaines sont à l’origine de nombreuses défaillances et de ce fait ne peuvent être ignorées lors de la conception ou du maintien des installations. Les diverses formes de fiabilité, prévisionnelle, expérimentale et opérationnelle sont explicitées et illustrées aux travers d’applications industrielles. Les concepts, outils et techniques de fiabilité les plus complexes sont présentés à partir d’exemples permettant au lecteur de se familiariser avec ce domaine. La présentation très didactique de ces concepts, étayée par plus de 100 exercices et problèmes corrigés en fait un ouvrage incontournable pour la maîtrise de la fiabilité technique et humaine.




Advances In Industrial Ergonomics VI


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Topics Include: applications of engineering anthropometry, postural strain and discomfort, industrial injury prevention, manual materials handling, and ergonomics of rehabilitation and healthcare systems.