Handbook of Measurements

Benchmarks for Systems Accuracy and Precision
Herausgeber: Badiru, Adedeji B; Racz, Leeann

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Planning, measurement, and paying attending to details form the basis for all successful engineering operations. Using a systems framework, this handbook presents a comprehensive all-encompassing guide to measurements.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 728
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 257mm x 180mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 1429g
• ISBN-13: 9781482225228
• ISBN-10: 1482225220
• Artikelnr.: 43020908

Autorenporträt

Adedeji Badiru is a Professor of Systems Engineering at the Graduate School of Engineering and Management at the Air Force Institute of Technology. He is a registered professional engineer (PE), a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, and a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering. His areas of interest include mathematical modeling, project modeling, economic analysis, and productivity analysis and improvement. He has been recognized with numerous awards for his teaching, research, service, publications, and managerial accomplishments. LeeAnn Racz is a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Air Force and currently serves as a Bioenvironmental Engineering Flight Commander at RAF Lakenheath in the United Kingdom. Her past assignments have included Deputy Head of the Department of Systems Engineering and Management at the Air Force Institute of Technology as well as assignments in Texas, South Korea, and New Mexico. She has published numerous books and journal papers, holds a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering, and is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), and Board Certified Environmental Engineer (BCEE).

Inhaltsangabe

Fundamentals of Measurement. Human Factors Measurement. Measurements of
Environmental Health. Measurement of Environmental Contamination.
Measurement of Land. Measuring Building Performance. Energy Systems
Measurements. Economic Systems Measurement. Measurement and Quantum
Mechanics. Social Science Measurement. Systems Interoperability
Measurement. A Generalized Measurement Model to Quantify Health. The
Evolution of Large Scale Dimensional Metrology. The Gaussian-smoothed
Wigner Function. Measurement Issues in Performance Based Logistics. Data
Processing and Acquisition Systems. Visualization of Big Data - Current
Trends. Visualization of Big Data - Ship Maintenance Metrics Analysis.
Defining and Measuring the Success of Service Contracts. Measurement of
Personnel Productivity. Measurement Risk Analysis. Data Modeling for
Forecasting. Measurements from Archival Observational Data. Reduction of
Imprecision. Designing Ergonomics Studies. Using Metrics to Manage
Contractor Performance. Low Clutter Method for Bistatic RCS Measurement.
Appendix A - Measurement References and Conversion Factors. Appendix B -
Measurement Equations & Formulas. Appendix C - Slides of Statistics for
Measurement.