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Análisis estructural básico: apuntes de clase
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Ciencias de la tierra (10ma. ed.) /
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La tierra es una parte muy pequeña de un vasto universo, pero es nuestro hogar. Proporciona los recursos que sostienen nuestra sociedad moderna y los ingredientes necesarios para mantener la vida el conocimiento de nuestro entorno físico es crucial para nuestro bienestar y vital para nuestra supervivencia un curso de geología básica puede ayudar a una persona a adquirir dicho conocimiento puede aprovechar a su vez el interés y la curiosidad que muchos de nosotros tenemos sobre nuestro planeta, sus paisajes y los procesos que los crean y los alteran.
Construir en altura /
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Este libro es fruto del curso de Construcción que el autor imparte desde 1989 en la Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, y constituye la segunda parte de una secuencia iniciada con un volumen dedicado a las'superficies'. La mayoría de las construcciones que forman las ciudades son edificios'de pisos', organizados mediante la superposición de una cantidad significativa de planos horizontales habitables; y la construcción en altura es desde hace mucho tiempo el sistema más generalizado en la ciudad contemporánea. El edificio de pisos es un artefacto muy tecnificado y su evolución en los últimos años ha sido necesariamente técnica. El libro está organizado a partir de esas técnicas, y trata de describirlas en sus aspectos fundamentales, siempre con relación a los edificios en los que se emplean, haciendo cierto hincapié en las aplicaciones iniciales o más relevantes, El texto habla principalmente de estructuras, cerramientos y sistemas de instalaciones, y trata de describir su evolución y sus logros más recientes. En el libro se ofrece en lo posible la descripción de edificios completos, más que la de sus partes. Además de la evolución del edificio en altura en estos años, destaca ante todo su carácter experimental, y son muchas las soluciones de todo tipo que se probaron y no han tenido después continuidad. En la selección de los edificios se han escogido los ejemplos más relevantes, aunque se ha preferido lo más antiguo a lo más reciente, en un intento de tratar de colaborar a qué todo ese esfuerzo no quede totalmente relegado.
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Apartments
Dibujo técnico con gráficas de ingeniería, 15th edition /
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La decimoquinta edición de Dibujo técnico con gráficas de ingeniería es una insuperable introducción al estudio de los principios básicos del dibujo técnico en ingeniería. El libro es una referencia completa y detallada de cómo crear dibujos técnicos bidimensionales y tridimensionales tanto a mano alzada como utilizando CAD. El texto está dividido en 13 capítulos que incluyen ejemplos con ilustraciones detalladas y descripciones claras de los procedimientos a seguir, tomando en consideración la normatividad vigente en el dibujo técnico.
Ejercicios prácticos de hormigón armado: introducción a las normas EH-91 y EHE /
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Fundamentos del diseño y la construcción en madera /
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¿Es posible diseñar y construir edificios y otras obras afines con madera? ¿Pueden ser dichas construcciones sólidas, durables y seguras?
Fundamentos físicos de las construcciones arquitectónicas (Vol. I): Vectores deslizantes, geometría de masas y estática /
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Fundamentos físicos de las construcciones arquitectónicas, Vol II, Mecánica de fluidos, calor y termodinámica, electromagnetismo /
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Física mecánica: Nivelación para estudiantes universitarios
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Este libro que presenta los conocimientos de física de forma muy sencilla y los relaciona con situaciones reales y cotidianas para los estudiantes. Esta obra fue escrita inicialmente para enseñar la física en un nivel introductorio a los estudiantes de carreras como ingeniería y arquitectura.
Ingeniería mecánica : dinámica /
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12. Cinemática de una partícula | 13. Cinética de una partícula: fuerza y aceleración | 14. Cinética de una partícula: trabajo y energía | 15. Cinética de una partícula: impulso y cantidad de movimiento | 16. Cinemática plana de un cuerpo rígido | 17. Cinética plana de un cuerpo rígido: fuerza y aceleración | 18. Cinética plana de un cuerpo rígido: trabajo y energía | 19. Cinética plana de un cuerpo rígido: impulso y cantidad de movimiento | 20. Cinemática tridimensional de un cuerpo rígido | 21. Cinética tridimensional de un cuerpo rígido | 22. Vibraciones |
Ingeniería mecánica : estática /
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1. Principios generales | 2. Vectores fuerza | 3. Equilibrio de una partícula | 4. Resultantes de un sistema de fuerzas | 5. Equilibrio de un cuerpo rígido | 6. Análisis estructural | 7. Fuerzas internas | 8. Fricción | 9. Centro de gravedad y centroide | 10. Momentos de inercia | 11. Trabajo virtual |
Introducción a la probabilidad y estadística para ingeniería y ciencias /
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Introducción a la probabilidad y estadística para ingeniería y ciencias expone, con amplitud, los modelos y métodos para el análisis de datos.
Mecánica de fluidos (7ma. ed.) /
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El objetivo de este libro es presentar los principios de la mecánica de fluidos y la aplicación de esos principios a problemas prácticos y aplicados. El énfasis principal se ha puesto en las propiedades de los fluidos; la medición de la presión, la viscosidad, la densidad y el flujo; la estática de fluidos; el flujo de fluidos en tuberías y conductos no circulares; la selección y aplicación de bombas; el flujo en canal abierto; las fuerzas desarrolladas por fluidos en movimiento; el diseño y análisis de conductos para calefacción, ventilación y aire acondicionado (HVAC, por sus siglas en inglés) y el flujo de aire y otros gases.
Mecánica de fluidos: fundamentos y aplicaciones (4a. ed.) /
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La mecánica de fluidos es un tema atractivo y fascinante, con aplicaciones prácticas ilimitadas, que van desde los sistemas biológicos microscópicos hasta los automóviles, los aviones y la propulsión de naves espaciales. La mecánica de fluidos también ha sido históricamente una de las asignaturas más desafiantes para los estudiantes de licenciatura, porque el análisis adecuado de los problemas de mecánica de fluidos no sólo requiere el conocimiento de los conceptos, sino también experiencia e intuición física. Nuestra intención es que este libro, mediante sus cuidadosas explicaciones de los conceptos y su manejo de ejemplos prácticos, esquemas, figuras y fotografías, salve la brecha entre el conocimiento y su aplicación adecuada.
Mecánica de materiales (8a. ed.) /
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El objetivo principal de un curso básico de mecánica es lograr que el estudiante de ingeniería desarrolle su capacidad para analizar de manera sencilla y lógica un problema dado, y que aplique a su solución algunos principios fundamentales bien entendidos. Este libro se diseñó para el primer curso de mecánica de materiales o de resistencia de materiales que se imparte a los estudiantes de ingeniería de segundo o tercer año. Los autores esperan que la presente obra permita al profesor alcanzar este objetivo en un curso de la misma manera en que sus otros libros pueden haberle ayudado en estática y dinámica. Como una ayuda para alcanzar este objetivo, la séptima edición ha experimentado una revisión completa del lenguaje para facilitar la lectura del libro.
Mecánica de materiales /
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Mecánica vectorial para ingenieros: Dinámica (12a. ed.) /
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El objetivo principal de un primer curso de mecánica debe ser desarrollar en el estudiante de ingeniería la capacidad de analizar cualquier problema en forma lógica y sencilla, y la de aplicar en su solución ciertos principios básicos. La comprensión exhaustiva de dichos principios es esencial para resolver los problemas mecánicos con éxito. Se espera que este texto y el tomo complementario, Mecánica vectorial para ingenieros: Estática, permitirán que el profesor alcance este objetivo.
Mecánica vectorial para ingenieros: Estática (12. ed.) /
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El objetivo principal de un primer curso de mecánica debe ser desarrollar en elestudiante de ingeniería la capacidad de analizar cualquier problema en formalógica y sencilla, y la de aplicar principios básicos en su solución. La comprensiónexhaustiva de dichos principios básicos es esencial para resolver problemas demecánica con éxito. Se espera que este texto, así como el libro complementario,Mecánica vectorial para ingenieros: Dinámica, permitan que el profesor alcanceeste objetivo.
Métodos de planificación y control de obras /
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Este libro propone un recorrido por los métodos de planificación de los que disponen los profesionales de la construcción, desde los tradicionales PERT y CPM hasta las últimas teorías.. La obra resulta ser un compendio de los fundamentos de la planificación, y combina las experiencias y especialidades de los autores en la creación y divulgación de herramientas de control del presupuesto, sistemas productivos, actividades, tareas, recursos y duraciones, revelando la importancia de la planificación de las obras en la conquista de la productividad.
Probabilidad y estadística para ingeniería y ciencias /
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Con el objetivo de enfatizar el equilibrio entre la teoría y las aplicaciones, en esta nueva edición de Probabilidad y estadística para ingeniería y ciencias, los estudiantes serán capaces de comprender con mayor profundidad el uso de la estadística en el mundo real a través de proyectos para la clase que han sido agregados en diversos capítulos.
Socavación en puentes: ealuación, instrumentación y cálculo /
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Suelos: guía de prácticas simplificadas en campo y laboratorio /
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Termodinámica.
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Toda ciencia posee un vocabulario único y la termodinámica no es la excepción. La definición precisa de conceptos básicos constituye una base sólida para el desarrollo de una ciencia y evita posibles malas interpretaciones. Este capítulo inicia con un repaso de la termodinámica y los sistemas de unidades y continúa con la explicación de algunos conceptos básicos, como sistema, estado, postulado de estado, equilibrio, proceso y ciclo. Se analizan las propiedades intensivas y extensivas de un sistema y se definen la densidad, la gravedad específica y el peso específico. También se analizan los términos temperatura y escalas de temperatura con especial énfasis en la escala internacional de temperatura de 1990. Posteriormente se presenta la presión, definida como la fuerza normal que ejerce un fluido por unidad de área, y se analizan las presiones absoluta y manométrica, la variación de la presión con la profundidad y los instrumentos de medición de presión, como manómetros y barómetros. El estudio cuidadoso de estos conceptos es esencial para lograr una buena comprensión de los temas tratados en este libro. Por último, se presenta una técnica para resolver problemas, intuitiva y sistemática, que se puede usar como modelo en la solución de problemas de ingeniería.
Termodinámica /
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Es difícil justificar la escritura de otro libro de termodinámica para ingeniería. Si se comparan los libros de texto que se utilizan con mayor frecuencia en la actualidad, se observarán similitudes notables en su contenido, organización y estilo de captar la atención de los lectores. A pesar de los repetidos intentos de diferentes autores para integrar software a la termodinámica, la norma sigue siendo el uso de tablas y gráficas, y los estudios para métricos aún son un tema del futuro. La revolución de internet no ha cambiado mucho la forma como se aprende o enseña termodinámica.
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Foundations of Materials Science and Engineering /
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The subject of materials science and engineering is an essential course to engineers and scientists from all disciplines. With advances in science and technology, development of new engineering fields, and changes in the engineering profession, todays engineer must have a deeper, more diverse, and up-to-date knowledge of materials-related issues. At a minimum, all engineering students must have the basic knowledge of the structure, properties, processing, and performance of various classes of engineering materials. This is a crucial first step in the materials selection decisions in everyday rudimentary engineering problems. A more in-depth understanding of the same topics is necessary for designers of complex systems, forensic (materials failure) analysts, and research and development engineers/scientists.
Materials for Civil and Construction Engineers
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Physical Geology /
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One excellent reason is that its tried and true. Since the book was first published in 1979, over 1,000,000 students have read this text as an introduction to physical geology. Proportionately, geology instructors have relied on this text for over 5,000 courses to explain, illustrate, and exemplify basic geologic concepts to both majors and non-majors. Today, the sixteenth edition continues to provide contemporary perspectives that reflect current research, recent natural disasters, unmatched illustrations, and unparalleled learning aids. We have worked closely with contributors, reviewers, and our editors to publish the most accurate and current text possible.
Principles of Foundation Engineering (10th ed.) /
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Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage (5a. ed.) /
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90.1 User's Manual Based on ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2016, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings
Advanced Structural Materials II
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Advanced Structural Materials III
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Advances in Materials Science Research
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ASHRAE GreenGuide (5th ed.): Design, construction, and operation of sustainable buildings
A Textbook of Engineering Mathematics
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Automated Diagnostics and Analytics for Buildings
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Basic Civil and Mechanical Engineering
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Behaviour of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas
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Civil, Architectural, Structural and Constructional Engineering II
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Classical Fluid Mechanics
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Construction Project Management Research Compendium
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Construction Site Coordination and Management Guide
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Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials
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Design and Analysis of Tall Structures
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Effcient Electrical Systems Design Handbook /
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Engineering Mechanics: Statics
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Exploring Engineering
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Geology for Environmental Engineers
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Geomodels in Engineering Geology
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Geotechnical Aspects of Pavement Engineering
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Guidelines for Open Pit Slope Design in Weak Rocks
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Handbook of Mechanical Stability In Engineering
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Infrastructure Technology
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Materials and Technologies in Mechanical Engineering
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Mathematical Aspects of Fluid Mechanics
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New Materials in Civil Engineering
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Non-Traditional Cement and Concrete.
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Project Management: A Common-Sense Guide to the PMBOK Program, Part Two–Plan and Execution /
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Project Management: A Common Sense Guide to the PMBOK, Part One-Framework and Schedule.
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Recent Advances in Materials, Mechanical and Civil Engineering.
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Soil Mechanics
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The Geometrical Tolerancing Desk Reference.
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Destacados (en español)
Administración de la cadena de suministro: estrategia, planeación y operación /
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Este libro es una traducción al idioma español para nuestro catálogo de Universitarios de Pearson y está dirigido tanto para académicos como para profesionistas. Por el lado académico, es apropiado para estudiantes que están cursando la licenciatura de administración de empresas, ingeniería industrial, maestrías de ingeniería, y para aquellos que están interesados en la administración y logística de la cadena de suministro. También es muy útil como referencia tanto de conceptos como de metodologías para los profesionales que se desempeñan en el área de consultoría y otras ramas de la industria.
Administración de operaciones (10a ed.) /
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En esta nueva edición se ofrece un marco de trabajo completo para estudiar aspectos operacionales y de la cadena de suministro utilizando un enfoque sistemático. Este libro es el único en cuanto a que construye el concepto de una cadena de suministro comenzando con el análisis de los procesos de negocios, así como una relación con las metas operacionales completas de una empresa, de tal forma que procede a mostrar cómo estos procesos se integran para formar las cadenas de suministro y de qué manear se pueden administrar para obtener flujos eficientes de materiales, información y fondos. Este enfoque refuerza la visión de que las cadenas de suministro son solo tan buenas como los procesos que las conforman.
Análisis de circuitos en ingeniería
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Novena edición. En español.
Calidad y productividad (5a. ed.) /
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Comportamiento organizacional (4a. ed.) /
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El comportamiento organizacional (CO) es un campo multidisciplinar del conocimiento humano extremadamente sensible a ciertas características de las organizaciones y de su entorno. Por tanto, es una disciplina que depende de las contingencias y las situaciones, así como en gran medida de la mentalidad que existe en cada organización y de la estructura organizacional que se adopte como plataforma para las decisiones y las operaciones. Además, también está influida por el contexto ambiental, el negocio de la organización, sus procesos internos, el capital intelectual involucrado e innumerables variables importantes más. Y depende en gran medida de las personas que participan en cada organización.
Comportamiento organizacional (18a Ed.) /
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Este libro se escribió con la finalidad de ayudar, tanto a quienes ya son gerentes como a quienes lo son en potencia, a desarrollar habilidades para el trato con la gente a través de entender el comportamiento humano dentro de las organizaciones, incluyendo la motivación, la ética, las emociones, la personalidad y la cultura. La nueva edición de Comportamiento organizacional ha sido completamente actualizada para reflejar las más recientes investigaciones en la materia, al mismo tiempo mantiene sus características distintivas: redacción clara, contenido vanguardista y pedagogía activa que ayuda a los estudiantes a entender y relacionarse con el comportamiento organizacional. Aunque se ha conservado el material esencial, esta edición incluye los temas más importantes que enfrentan actualmente las organizaciones, los gerentes y los trabajadores desde un enfoque equilibrado y reflexivo con la finalidad de aplicar tal conocimiento en mejorar la efectividad de las organizaciones.
Dirección de la producción y de operaciones: decisiones estratégicas /
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Bienvenido a su curso de dirección de operaciones. En este manual presentamos una perspectiva puntera de función de operaciones. Las operaciones constituyen una excitante área de la administración de empresas, que tiene un profundo efecto sobre la productividad. De hecho, pocas actividades tienen tanto impacto sobre la calidad de nuestras vidas. El objetivo de este manual es presentar una amplia introducción al campo de las operaciones, de forma práctica y realista. Incluso si no piensa desarrollar su carrera en el área de las operaciones, es probable que tenga relaciones con profesionales de dicha área. Por tanto, tener un buen conocimiento del papel de la función de operaciones dentro de una organización le proporcionará grandes ventajas.
Dirección de la producción y de operaciones: decisiones tácticas /
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El objetivo de este manual es presentar una amplia introducción al campo de las operaciones, de forma práctica y realista. Incluso si no piensa desarrollar su carrera en el área de las operaciones, es probable que tenga relaciones con profesionales de dicha área. Por tanto, tener un buen conocimiento del papel de la función de operaciones dentro de una organización le proporcionará grandes ventajas. Este libro también le ayudará a comprender cómo afecta la dirección de operaciones a la sociedad y a su vida.
Gestión logística integral : las mejores prácticas en la cadena de abastecimientos
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Ingeniería económica (8a. ed.) /
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Investigación de operaciones (11a. ed.) /
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Investigación de operaciones de Hillier y Lieberman es un texto clásico en el campo de la investigación de operaciones. Esta edición ofrece una cobertura más amplia en torno a la aplicación de los conceptos en situaciones reales. El sello distintivo continúa siendo la exposición clara y comprensible de los temas fundamentales, así como de los problemas y casos.
Manual práctico de investigación de operaciones I
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Mecánica de fluidos: fundamentos y aplicaciones (4a. ed.) /
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La mecánica de fluidos es un tema atractivo y fascinante, con aplicaciones prácticas ilimitadas, que van desde los sistemas biológicos microscópicos hasta los automóviles, los aviones y la propulsión de naves espaciales. La mecánica de fluidos también ha sido históricamente una de las asignaturas más desafiantes para los estudiantes de licenciatura, porque el análisis adecuado de los problemas de mecánica de fluidos no sólo requiere el conocimiento de los conceptos, sino también experiencia e intuición física. Nuestra intención es que este libro, mediante sus cuidadosas explicaciones de los conceptos y su manejo de ejemplos prácticos, esquemas, figuras y fotografías, salve la brecha entre el conocimiento y su aplicación adecuada.
Mecánica de materiales /
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Negocios internacionales: ambientes y operaciones (15th ed.) /
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Negocios internacionales: ambientes y operaciones, se mantiene como el texto de referencia en el tema, y conserva el equilibrio entre la teoría rigurosa y la práctica significativa dentro del contexto de un análisis actualizado de los negocios internacionales. En esta nueva edición los autores ofrecen importantes modificaciones y mejoras que seguramente harán de ésta la mejor versión. El esfuerzo se traduce en un libro de texto que proporciona a estudiantes y profesores una completa comprensión de lo que está sucediendo y sucederá en el mundo de los negocios.
Psicología organizacional (2da. ed.) /
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La primera edición de Psicología organizacional, que se publicó en 1999, rápidamente se convirtió en un texto esencial para estudiantes y profesores de los programas de psicología y administración que cursan estas asignaturas. Evidentemente, durante los años transcurridos desde esa fecha, se han desarrollado importantes y significativos cambios que han transformado esta disciplina y que me han obligado a replantear, y no sólo actualizar, los temas de este libro. Con base en lo anterior, realicé un intenso trabajo de investigación y selección para proponer los nuevos contenidos con el propósito de dar respuesta a las necesidades actuales para el estudio de esta materia. De esta forma se actualizaron algunos temas, otros se descartaron y se incluyeron nuevos en cada capítulo.
Seguridad industrial : charlas y experiencias para un ambiente seguro
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Teoría y diseño organizacional (12 ed.) /
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En Teoría y diseño organizacional, 12a. edición, el profesor Richard L. Daft, reconocido especialista en el estudio de la teoría y el liderazgo organizacional, aborda el diseño de la organización a través de un análisis de las principales aportaciones de la teoría clásica y contemporánea más allá de las pugnas metodológicas y las modas empresariales.
Termodinámica.
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Toda ciencia posee un vocabulario único y la termodinámica no es la excepción. La definición precisa de conceptos básicos constituye una base sólida para el desarrollo de una ciencia y evita posibles malas interpretaciones. Este capítulo inicia con un repaso de la termodinámica y los sistemas de unidades y continúa con la explicación de algunos conceptos básicos, como sistema, estado, postulado de estado, equilibrio, proceso y ciclo. Se analizan las propiedades intensivas y extensivas de un sistema y se definen la densidad, la gravedad específica y el peso específico. También se analizan los términos temperatura y escalas de temperatura con especial énfasis en la escala internacional de temperatura de 1990. Posteriormente se presenta la presión, definida como la fuerza normal que ejerce un fluido por unidad de área, y se analizan las presiones absoluta y manométrica, la variación de la presión con la profundidad y los instrumentos de medición de presión, como manómetros y barómetros. El estudio cuidadoso de estos conceptos es esencial para lograr una buena comprensión de los temas tratados en este libro. Por último, se presenta una técnica para resolver problemas, intuitiva y sistemática, que se puede usar como modelo en la solución de problemas de ingeniería.
Transferencia de calor y masa: fundamentos y aplicaciones (6a. ed.) /
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Destacados (en inglés)
MATLAB for Engineers, Global Edition (5a. ed.) /
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Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management /
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Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage (5a. ed.) /
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Work Organization and Methods Engineering for Productivity
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Alarm Management for Process Control
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Applications of Toxicogenomics in Safety Evaluation and Risk Assessment
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Artificial Intelligence Resources in Control and Automation Engineering
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Basics of Environmental Science
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Coaching, Mentoring and Organizational Consultancy: Supervision, Skills and Development /
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Computer Aided and Integrated Manufacturing Systems
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Computer Simulations: Technology, Industrial Applications and Effects on Learning
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Deconstructing Product Design: Exploring the Form, Function, Usability, Sustainability, and Commercial Success of 100 Amazing Products
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Engineering Drawing for Manufacture
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Engineering Thermodynamics
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Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Natural and Industrial Processes
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Environmental Science and Engineering
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Ergonomics: Challenges, Applications and New Perspectives
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Fine Chemicals: The Industry and the Business
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Frame Innovation : Create New Thinking by Design
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Gestalt Coaching : Right Here, Right Now /
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Innovation Management and New Product Development for Engineers, Volume I : Basic Concepts
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Innovation Management and New Product Development for Engineers, Volume II : Supplement
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Lean Six SIGMA and Statistical Tools for Engineers and Engineering Managers
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Learning for Organizational Development /
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Making It: Manufacturing Techniques for Product Design
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Managing Operations : Your Guide to Getting It Right /
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Manufacturing Engineering
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Manufacturing Technologies
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Materials Experience: Fundamentals of Materials and Design
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Materials in Environmental Engineering
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New Directions in Organizational Psychology and Behavioral Medicine
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Operation and Diagnostics of Machines and Production Systems Operational States II
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Performance Management: Concepts, Skills and Exercises /
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Procesos de transporte de biomasa y carbonizados en hornos rotatorios
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Process Planning: The Design/Manufacture Interface
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Process Selection: From Design to Manufacture
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Productivity and Organizations Management /
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Project Management: A Common Sense Guide to the PMBOK, Part One-Framework and Schedule /
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Safety-I and Safety-II: The Past and Future of Safety Management
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Streamliner: Raymond Loewy and Image-making in the Age of American Industrial Design
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Success Through Failure: The Paradox of Design
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Sustainable Industrial Design and Waste Management
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The Handbook of Logistics and Distribution Management: Understanding the Supply Chain /
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The Industrial Design Reference & Specification Book
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The Operations Advantage: A Practical Guide to Making Operations Work /
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Transdisciplinary Engineering Methods for Social Innovation of Industry 4. 0
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Destacados (en español)
Sistemas de información y bases de datos : COMT0110 /
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Análisis de circuitos en ingeniería /
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Novena edición. En español.
Cómo programar en Java /
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El objetivo principal de Cómo programar en Java es preparar a los estudiantes universitarios para afrontar los retos de programación en este programa que encontrarán en los cursos de nivel superior y en la industria. El núcleo del libro es el enfoque de código vivo característico de Deitel: presentar la mayoría de los conceptos en el contexto de cientos de programas completos que han sido probados en Windows®, macOS® y Linux®.
Fundamentos de programación: algoritmos, estructura de datos y objetos (5a. ed.) /
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Manual práctico de investigación de operaciones I
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Programación orientada a objetos con Java TM usando BlueJ
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Redes de computadoras /
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Contenidos:
1. Introducción | 2. La capa física | 3. La capa de enlace de datos | 4. La subcapa de control de acceso al medio | 5. La capa de red | 6. La capa de transporte | 7. La capa de aplicación | 8. Seguridad en redes | 9. Lista de lecturas y bibliografía |
Sistemas digitales. Principios y aplicaciones (11a. ed.) /
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Destacados (en inglés)
Computing Essentials /
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The 20th century brought us the dawn of the digital information age and unprecedented changes in information technology. In fact, the rate of change is clearly increasing. As we begin the 21st century, computer literacy is undoubtedly becoming a prerequisite in whatever career you choose. The goal of Computing Essentials is to provide you with the basis for understanding the concepts necessary for success. Computing Essentials also endeavors to instill an appreciation for the effect of information technology on people, privacy, ethics, and our environment and to give you a basis for building the necessary skill set to succeed in the 21st century.
MATLAB for Engineers, Global Edition (5a. ed.) /
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Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage (5a. ed.) /
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Accelerating MATLAB with GPU Computing
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Apache Spark Machine Learning Cookbook
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AQA A Level Computer Science
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Communication, Signal Processing and Information Technology
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Computational Technologies: A First Course
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Contemporary Perspectives in Data Mining
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Data-Intensive Computing: Architectures, Algorithms, and Applications
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Database Management Systems
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Dependable Software Systems Engineering
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Discrete Algebraic Methods: Arithmetic, Cryptography, Automata and Groups /
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Easy Steps to Managing Cybersecurity
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Fundamentals of Information Risk Management Auditing: An Introduction for Managers and Auditors
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Fundamentals of Information Technology
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Fuzzing for Software Security Testing and Quality Assurance
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Implementing Cisco Networking Solutions
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Introduction to Database Management System
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JavaScript : Object-Oriented Programming
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Learning Data Mining with Python - Second Edition
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Learning JavaScript Data Structures and Algorithms - Second Edition
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Learning Windows Server Containers
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Lessons Learned: Critical Information Infrastructure Protection : How to Protect Critical Information Infrastructure
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Microsoft WSH and VBScript Programming for the Absolute Beginner, 4th
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Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications
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Pearls of Functional Algorithm Design
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Programming Fundamentals Using Java
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Project Management: A Common-Sense Guide to the PMBOK Program, Part Two–Plan and Execution /
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Project Management: A Common Sense Guide to the PMBOK, Part One-Framework and Schedule /
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Raspberry Pi Computer Architecture Essentials
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Windows 10 for Enterprise Administrators
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Highway Hydrology: Hydraulic Design Series No. 2, Second Edition
Hydraulic Design of Highway Culverts: Hydraulic Design Series No. 5
Hydrology and Hydraulic Systems
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Introduction to Hydraulics and Hydrology: with applications for stormwater management (4ta. ed.) /
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Water and Wastewater Engineering: Design Principles and Practice (2nd ed.) /
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Water Resources Engineering (3rd. ed.) /
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Sustainable Water Engineering
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Structural Resilience in Sewer Reconstruction
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Advanced Modeling and Computer Technologies for Fluvial Water Quality Research and Control /
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The results discussed in this book are interesting and useful for a wide range of specialists and scientists working in the field of applied mathematics, and in the modeling and monitoring of pollution of natural waters, ecology, hydrology, power engineering and building of different structures of water objects. Their importance and practical value are submitted in the friendly form for comprehension and are ready for direct application for the solution of practical tasks. Advantages of the elaborated methods and algorithms are shown not only through theoretical judgments and calculations, but also through the demonstration of results of particular calculus and modeling.
Advances in Data-Based Approaches for Hydrologic Modeling and Forecasting /
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This book comprehensively accounts the advances in data-based approaches for hydrologic modeling and forecasting. Eight major and most popular approaches are selected, with a chapter for each — stochastic methods, parameter estimation techniques, scaling and fractal methods, remote sensing, artificial neural networks, evolutionary computing, wavelets, and nonlinear dynamics and chaos methods. These approaches are chosen to address a wide range of hydrologic system characteristics, processes, and the associated problems. Each of these eight approaches includes a comprehensive review of the fundamental concepts, their applications in hydrology, and a discussion on potential future directions.
Advances in Geosciences (Vol. 11): Hydrological Science /
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This invaluable volume set of Advances in Geosciences continues the excellent tradition of the Asia-Oceania scientific community in providing the most up-to-date research results on a wide range of geosciences and environmental science. The information is vital to the understanding of the effects of climate change, extreme weathers on the most populated regions and fastest moving economies in the world. Besides, these volumes also highlight original papers from many prestigious research institutions which are conducting cutting edge studies in atmospheric physics, hydrological science and water resource, ocean science and coastal study, planetary exploration and solar system science, seismology, tsunamis, upper atmospheric physics and space science.
Advances in Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering /
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Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2012 International Conference on Civil, Architectural and Hydraulic Engineering (ICCAHE 2012), August 10-12, 2012, Zhangjiajie, China
A Textbook of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines /
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The course contents of the book entitled ‘A Text book of fluid mechanics and hydraulic machines' have been planned in such a way that the book covers the complete course of engineering students of mechanical, civil, electrical aeronautical and chemical.
Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics: An Introductory Text. /
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For advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in atmospheric, oceanic, and climate science, Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics is an introductory textbook on the circulations of the atmosphere and ocean and their interaction, with an emphasis on global scales. It will give students a good grasp of what the atmosphere and oceans look like on the large-scale and why they look that way. The role of the oceans in climate and paleoclimate is also discussed. The combination of observations, theory and accompanying illustrative laboratory experiments sets this text apart by making it accessible to students with no prior training in meteorology or oceanography.
Contexto actual del agua en la República Dominicana (Octavo Foro Mundial del Agua)
Dams: Structure, Performance and Safety Management /
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'Dams: Structure, Performance and Safety Management'describes the practical aspects necessary to design, manage, monitor, and assess these hydraulic structures. The approaches, used to develop tools and methods for assessing performance and safety of dams largely applied for French cases, has been discussed for aggregating heterogeneous information and expert knowledge. Field measurements have been applied to the performance and the safety assessment for two real-life examples of old dams: Zermanice Concrete Dam and Sance Rockfill Dam in the Czech Republic. The finite element models (FEM), to simulate the crucial loading and monitoring stages of these dams, indicate heave, tilting, uneven displacements, and large settlements. Dam safety and risk management have been performed through the design of spillways, energy dissipators, dams’ aseismic air-cushion control, simulation of aseismic mechanisms, control optimization using shaking table tests, and the opportunity to use optic – fiber crack sensing to prevent seismic damage.
Drainage Basins and Catchment Management: Classification, Modelling, and Environmental Assessment /
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This book examines the classification, modelling and environmental implications of catchments and drainage basins. Topics include the importance of viable but non-culturable bacteria in monitoring microbial water quality; regionalizing hydrological soil properties in the Brazilian Cerrado region using a semantic import model approach; ephemeral gully and gully erosion in cultivated land; protection and management of Karst water sources catchments; and developing spatial support systems for monitoring of water quality of the River Isunwin catchment in Nigeria.
Drought: an interdisciplinary perspective /
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Water is fundamental to all life. From the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, to the extreme water shortages that have struck California in recent years, modern societies often take its abundance for granted until it unexpectedly becomes scarce. Drought is one of the many problems anthropogenic climate change may exacerbate, but it is also a complex phenomenon at the intersection of a range of scientific disciplines and public policy issues. In this innovative book, Benjamin I. Cook brings together climate science, hydrology, and ecology to provide a synthetic overview of drought and its environmental and social consequences.Cook introduces readers to the hydroclimate and its components, explaining the global water cycle, the earth's climate system, and the distribution of water resources. He discusses drought dynamics and variability over time, the climatological context and ecological effects, and environmental issues such as desertification, land degradation, and groundwater depletion. He also considers the socioeconomic impacts of drought and the role of drought risk management policy, especially in light of how climate change is expected to affect drought risk and severity. Cook gives special attention to paleoclimate and the role of drought in the crises of ancient civilizations. A scientifically comprehensive and approachable overview of water issues throughout the world, Drought is a critical interdisciplinary text that will be essential reading for a broad range of students in earth science and environmental and sustainability studies
Ecohydrology of Water-Controlled Ecosystems /
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Ecohydrology of Water-Controlled Ecosystems addresses the connections between the hydrologic cycle and plant ecosystems, with special emphasis on arid and semi-arid climates. This important topic is treated by building suitable mathematical models of the physics involved and then applying them to study the ecosystem structure and its response to rainfall and climate forcing in different parts of the world, including savannas, grasslands and forests. It investigates the vegetation response to water stress (drought), the hydrologic control on cycles of soil nutrients, and the dynamics of plant competition for water. The book also offers insights into processes closely related to soil moisture dynamics, such as soil-atmosphere interaction and soil gas emissions. This book will appeal to advanced students and researchers from a large range of disciplines, including environmental science, hydrology, ecology, earth science, civil and environmental engineering, agriculture and atmospheric science.
Evapotranspiration: Processes, Sources and Environmental Implications /
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Evapotranspiration (ET) is the total amount of water lost by plant transpiration and soil evaporation. Since about 90% of precipitation received in semi-arid and sub-humid climates is lost to the atmosphere through evapotranspiration, accurate estimations of ET are of crucial need for climate studies, weather forecasts, hydrological surveys, ecological monitoring, and water resource management. This book reviews research on new developments in all areas of evapotranspiration application. It examines the evapotranspiration processes under different environmental and climatic conditions as well as the different methods for modeling and measurement of evapotranspiration at both local and regional scales.
Floods in a Changing Climate: Hydrologic Modeling /
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Various modeling methodologies are available to aid planning and operational decision making: this book synthesises these, with an emphasis on methodologies applicable in data scarce regions, such as developing countries. Problems included in each chapter, and supported by links to available online data sets and modeling tools, engage the reader with practical applications of the models. Academic researchers in the fields of hydrology, climate change, and environmental science and hazards, and professionals and policy-makers working in hazard mitigation, remote sensing and hydrological engineering will find this an invaluable resource.
High and dry: Meeting the challenges of the World's growing dependence on groundwater /
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An engaging call to understand and protect groundwater, the primary source of drinking water for almost half of the world's population Groundwater is essential for drinking water and food security. It provides enormous environmental benefits by keeping streams and rivers flowing. But a growing global population, widespread use of industrial chemicals, and climate change threaten this vital resource. Groundwater depletion and contamination has spread from isolated areas to many countries throughout the world. In this accessible and timely book, hydrology expert William M. Alley and science writer Rosemarie Alley sound the call to protect groundwater. Drawing on examples from around the world, including case studies in the United States, Canada, Australia, India, and Sub-Saharan Africa, the authors examine groundwater from key scientific and socioeconomic perspectives. While addressing the serious nature of groundwater problems, the book includes stories of people who are making a difference in protecting this critical resource.
Hydraulic Engineering
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Hydraulic Engineering: Fundamental Concepts includes hydraulic processes with corresponding systems and devices. The hydraulic processes includes the fundamentals of fluid mechanics and pressurized pipe flow systems. This book illustrates the use of appropriate pipeline networks along with various devices like pumps, valves and turbines. The knowledge of these processes and devices is extended to design, analysis and implementation.
Isotope Hydrology: A Study Of The Water Cycle /
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Within the realm of the newly evolving discipline of environmental sciences, the stable-isotope methodology is being used to an ever-increasing extent, especially in the study of the water cycle and of paleo-climatology. This book introduces the rules of the game, by reviewing the natural variability of stable isotopes in the hydrosphere, describing the physico-chemical basis of isotope fractionation, and applying this knowledge to natural waters as they move through the hydrologic cycle from the ocean to the atmosphere, the biosphere and the lithosphere. There is a special focus on the processes at the surface-atmosphere and land-biosphere-atmosphere interfaces, since these are the sites of major changes in isotope composition. In response to the increasing awareness of our changing climate, a discussion on the global view of the changing water cycle, in the past and future, winds up the presentation.
Kinematic-Wave Rainfall-Runoff Formulas /
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This is not an ordinary book on rainfall and runoff. All the general and working formulas in this book are theoretically derived. The formulas are therefore globally and eternally applicable, as long as the situations under consideration are within the assumptions and limitations of the theory. This epitomizes the powerful nature of the physically-based approach in hydrology. This book covers formulas for flow depth; flow velocity; average flow velocity; wave celerity; average wave celerity; time of concentration; rising, equilibrium and falling phases of a hydrograph; forward characteristic; rising, equilibrium and falling phases of water surface profiles; duration of partial equilibrium discharge; and equilibrium detention storage for flow on an overland plane, and flow in nine different channel shapes, which are (i) circular, (ii) parabolic, (iii) rectangular (deep), (iv) rectangular (square), (v) rectangular (wide), (vi) trapezoidal with equal side slopes, (vii) trapezoidal with one side vertical, (viii) triangular, and (ix) vertical curb.
Plant Selection for Bioretention Systems and Stormwater Treatment Practices /
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Precipitation: Prediction, Formation, and Environmental Impact /
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In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the prediction, formation and environmental impact of precipitation. Topics discussed in this compilation include the precipitation of anions in aqueous systems; inter-decadal trend turnings of climate modes and dynamic/thermodynamic structures associated with a series of winter precipitation events over China; stochastic modeling and simulation of daily precipitation for weather generation; anion intercalation during Mg-Al LDH precipitation and main water-soluble ions in precipitation of the central Mediterranean region.
Precipitation: Theory, Measurement and Distribution /
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Precipitation plays a significant role in the climate system, and this book is the first to provide a comprehensive examination of the processes involved in the generation of clouds, rain, snow and hail; how precipitation is measured; how its distribution has changed over time; and how we still need to make improvements to the way precipitation is measured. It traces our attempts to understand what clouds are, from ancient Greeks to the present day. It also discusses developments in the measurement of precipitation, from rain gauges to satellite techniques, and how these measurements have enabled researchers to estimate global trends, totals, variability and extremes of precipitation. This will be a valuable and fascinating reference for academic researchers in the fields of environmental science and climatology. It will also be of great interest to professionals in water resource and flood management.
Presas y centrales hidroeléctricas en República Dominicana /
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Principles of Hydraulic Systems Design (2nd. ed.) /
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Fluid power systems are manufactured by many organizations for a very wide range of applications, embodying different arrangements of components to fulfill a given task. Hydraulic components are manufactured to provide the control functions required for the operation of a wide range of systems and applications. This second edition is structured to give an understanding of: • Basic types of components, their operational principles and the estimation of their performance in a variety of applications. • A resume of the flow processes that occur in hydraulic components. • A review of the modeling process for the efficiency of pumps and motors. This new edition also includes a complete analysis for estimating the mechanical loss in a typical hydraulic motor; how circuits can be arranged using available components to provide a range of functional system outputs, including the analysis and design of closed loop control systems and some applications; a description of the use of international standards in the design and management of hydraulic systems; and extensive analysis of hydraulic circuits for different types of hydrostatic power transmission systems and their application.
Recursos hidrográficos superficiales de la República Dominicana /
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Replenish: The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity /
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We have disrupted the natural water cycle for centuries in an effort to control water for our own prosperity. Yet every year, recovery from droughts and floods costs billions of dollars, and we spend billions more on dams, diversions, levees, and other feats of engineering. These massive projects not only are risky financially and environmentally, they often threaten social and political stability. What if the answer was not further control of the water cycle, but repair and replenishment? Sandra Postel takes readers around the world to explore water projects that work with, rather than against, nature's rhythms. In New Mexico, forest rehabilitation is safeguarding drinking water; along the Mississippi River, farmers are planting cover crops to reduce polluted runoff; and in China, “sponge cities” are capturing rainwater to curb urban flooding. Efforts like these will be essential as climate change disrupts both weather patterns and the models on which we base our infrastructure. We will be forced to adapt. The question is whether we will continue to fight the water cycle or recognize our place in it and take advantage of the inherent services nature offers. Water, Postel writes, is a gift, the source of life itself.
Runoff Prediction in Ungauged Basins: Synthesis Across Processes, Places and Scales /
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Predicting water runoff in ungauged water catchment areas is vital to practical applications such as the design of drainage infrastructure and flooding defences, runoff forecasting, and for catchment management tasks such as water allocation and climate impact analysis. This full colour book offers an impressive synthesis of decades of international research, forming a holistic approach to catchment hydrology and providing a one-stop resource for hydrologists in both developed and developing countries. Topics include data for runoff regionalisation, the prediction of runoff hydrographs, flow duration curves, flow paths and residence times, annual and seasonal runoff, and floods. Illustrated with many case studies and including a final chapter on recommendations for researchers and practitioners, this book is written by expert authors involved in the prestigious IAHS PUB initiative. It is a key resource for academic researchers and professionals in the fields of hydrology, hydrogeology, ecology, geography, soil science, and environmental and civil engineering.
SDG6 - Clean Water and Sanitation: Concise Guides to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
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Providing safe and clean water for all without damaging the environment is one of the biggest challenges of the SDGs. SDG6 is an ambitious goal which seeks to establish the framework through which environmentally responsible water resource management, sanitation and security can be achieved. Bridging academic discussion and real-world case studies, this book considers the challenge of balancing the provision of the basic human right of access to water whilst not eroding our capacity to live sustainably in a rapidly changing world. It considers the impact of climate change on the water cycle and discusses how this will increase the vulnerability of communities, including those in regions that already experience acute water challenges. The book also highlights the need for more urgent action on increasing the resilience and quality of freshwater ecosystems and how this links to sanitation practices. The book concludes with a discussion of some of the key challenges and possible solutions to meeting SDG6. Concise Guides to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals comprises 17 short books, each examining one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The series provides an integrated assessment of the SDGs from economic, legal, social, environmental and cultural perspectives.
Society - Water - Technology: A Critical Appraisal of Major Water Engineering Projects
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Surface Water Quality: Have the Laws Been Successful? /
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Addressing ecologists, legislators, lawyers, and industrialists alike, Ruth Patrick asks what has been accomplished with the millions of dollars spent on upgrading our surface waters. Has the water improved in spite of the fact that the crayfish, snails, and algae are not those that one would expect to find in natural rivers and estuaries? To evaluate the success of environmental laws over the past two decades, the author examines the aquatic life of river systems in the Delaware Valley, Texas, and Georgia--the only areas in the United States where she found enough biological data to determine trends over time. Although tracing the impact of environmental laws is difficult, Patrick found that for these three water systems the results were generally positive. However, if society as a whole wants effective environmental legislation, organizations must take on a more systematic and orderly approach to data gathering. Patrick argues that in monitoring the waters, one must study protozoa, algae, and worms as well as fish, oysters, and shrimp; one must track amounts of metal as well as low concentrations of oxygen. In proposing options for the future, the author predicts that the cost of such monitoring will be higher than present expenditures, but the cost of lax control will be even greater.
Tercera comunicación nacional de República Dominicana para la convención marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre cambio climático /
Twort's Water Supply
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Urban Water Distribution Networks
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Wastewater Treatment
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Over the past few years, the occurrence of pharmaceutical residues in the environment has attracted great interest regarding the possible harmful effects of many of these pollutants to living organisms. One of the main sources of pharmaceuticals in the environment is the discharge of effluents from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), where their removal is often incomplete. Natural wastewater treatment systems such as constructed wetlands constitute a relevant option to conventional methods due to their efficiency, low establishment costs and reduced operation and management requirements. This book discusses processes involved with wastewater treatment as well as management strategies and their impact on the environment.
Wastewater Treatment Concepts and Practices
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This is the second in a series of volumes designed to assist with mastering the principles of environmental engineering. Inside this volume, the author addresses the process of wastewater treatment; not the mechanics or the machinery and reactors used to do the work. No amount of machinery and reactor vessels will ever treat wastewater effectively unless the process of using the equipment is properly developed first and properly utilized afterwards. A separate volume will address new and emerging technologies, updated regularly to cover those changes to the practice of wastewater treatment.
Water Engineering
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Engineers and scientists work to secure water supplies for potable and agricultural use. They evaluate the water balance within a watershed and determine the available water supply, the water needed for various needs in that watershed, the seasonal cycles of water movement through the watershed and they develop systems to store, treat and convey water for various uses. This new book presents current research in the study of water engineering including the methods and approaches of groundwater investigation, development and management; industrial wastewater treatment using cavitational reactors and the Fenton process; acquifer characterization using slug tests; water cluster ion beam processing and sustainable water engineering for vulnerable communities in Colombia.
Water on Tap: Rights and Regulation in the Transnational Governance of Urban Water Services /
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In the 1990s and mid-2000s, turbulent political and social protests surrounded the issue of private sector involvement in providing urban water services in both the developed and developing world. Water on Tap explores examples of such conflicts in six national settings (France, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, South Africa and New Zealand), focusing on a central question: how were rights and regulation mobilized to address the demands of redistribution and recognition? Two modes of governance emerged: managed liberalization and participatory democracy, often in hybrid forms that complicated simple oppositions between public and private, commodity and human right. The case studies examine the effects of transnational and domestic regulatory frameworks shaping the provision of urban water services, bilateral investment treaties and the contributions of non-state actors such as transnational corporations, civil society organisations and social movement activists. The conceptual framework developed can be applied to a wide range of transnational governance contexts.
Water Production and Wastewater Treatment /
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Water scarcity and stringent environmental regulations have mandated treatment of polluted, saline and marginal waters for use and reuse within various sectors: industrial, agricultural and municipal. Availability and production of water is directly linked to the nature, availability, and amount of energy required for its treatment. Various technologies have emerged or are emerging based on physicochemical and biological fundamentals. This book discusses these issues and some of the advancements and challenges in securing this precious resource for human, industrial and agricultural consumption.
Water Quality: Indicators, Human Impact and Environmental Health /
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Water quality is fundamental for our health and affects the environment we share with other animals including marine, freshwater and terrestrial species. Water quality is often managed based on indicators for levels of bacteria and other chemical/physical contents. To assist in better management and monitoring of water quality, this book provides an overview of state of the art assessments of water quality; with an understanding how water quality is affected, and improving water quality for irrigation, drinking and recreation activities.
Water Resources Engineering (2nd. ed.)
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Water Resource Systems Planning and Management: An Introduction to Methods, Models, and Applications
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Watersheds /
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This book examines the management and impacts of watersheds on the ecosystem process. The authors present topics including the effects of thinning on material transformation in a stand of Cryptomeria japonica in a watershed in eastern Japan; natural and human influences on the inorganic water chemistry of the northern Xinjiang rivers in China; current land use within the Conecuh/Escambia River watershed in the Gulf of Mexico; factors affecting farmers'adoption of best management practices in Ontario's Grand River watershed; and the adaptation of national elevation dataset to estimate depression storage in a glaciated watershed.
An Introduction to Soil Mechanics /
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Diseño y construcción de alcantarillados sanitario, pluvial y drenaje en carreteras /
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Foundation Engineering: Geotechnical Principles and Practical Applications /
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Fundamentos de Ingeniería de Cimentaciones 7ª Ed. /
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Fundamentos de Ingeniería Geotécnica (4ta. ed.) /
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Modelos digitales del terreno en ingeniería civil (MDT): Civil 3D /
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Principles of Foundation Engineering (10th ed.) /
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Soil Mechanics
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Advances in Rock-Support and Geotechnical Engineering
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An Introduction to Modern Techniques in Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering
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From Fundamentals to Applications in Geotechnics
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This conference, held every four years, is an important opportunity for international experts, researchers, academics, professionals and geo-engineering companies to meet and exchange ideas and research findings in the areas of soil mechanics, rock mechanics, and their applications in civil, mining and environmental engineering. The articles are divided into nine sections: transportation geotechnics; in-situ testing; geo-engineering for energy and sustainability; numerical modeling in geotechnics; foundations and ground improvement; unsaturated soil behavior; embankments, dams and tailings; excavations and tunnels; and geo-risks, and cover a wide spectrum of issues from fundamentals to applications in geotechnics. This book will undoubtedly represent an essential reference for academics, researchers and practitioners in the field of soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering. In this proceedings, approximately 65% of the contributions are in English, and 35% of the contributions are in Spanish or Portuguese.
Fundamentos de ingeniería de cimentaciones (7ma. ed.)
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Fundamentos de ingeniería geotécnica
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Geotechnical Engineering Calculations and Rules of Thumb
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Geotechnical Engineering in the XXI Century: Lessons Learned and Future Challenges
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Geotechnical Investigation and Improvement of Ground Conditions
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Guidelines for Open Pit Slope Design in Weak Rocks
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La ingeniería de suelos en las vías terrestres: carreteras, ferrocarriles y aeropistas
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Mecánica de suelos y cimentaciones
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Piezocone Penetration Test Application in Foundation Engineering - CPT and CPTu
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Pile Design and Construction Rules of Thumb
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Soil Improvement and Ground Modification Methods
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Soil Reinforcement for Anchor Plates and Uplift Response
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Soils Laboratory Manual
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The Soils Laboratory Manual, K-State Edition is designed for students in undergraduate, introductory soil science courses, and highlights the many aspects of soil science, including: soil genesis and classification, soil physical properties, soil-water interaction, soil biology, soil chemistry, and soil fertility.
Stability of Geotechnical Structures
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Stability of Geotechnical Structures: Theoretical and Numerical Analysis is a comprehensive introduction to the theory and applications of soil mechanics in structural stability.
Structural Foundation Designers' Manual
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his manual for civil and structural engineers aims to simplify as much as possible a complex subject which is often treated too theoretically, by explaining in a practical way how to provide uncomplicated, buildable and economical foundations. It explains simply, clearly and with numerous worked examples how economic foundation design is achieved. It deals with both straightforward and difficult sites, following the process through site investigation, foundation selection and, finally, design.
Suelos: guía de prácticas simplificadas en campo y laboratorio /
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The Grouting Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide for Foundation Design and Machinery Installation
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Towards a unified soil mechanics theory: the use of efective stresses in unsaturated soils, Revised Edition
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100 Years of Prandtl's Wedge
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The biggest problem for a shallow foundation, just as for any other type of foundation, is a failure due to an overestimation of the bearing capacity. This means that the correct prediction of the bearing capacity of the foundation is often the most important part of the design of a civil structure. That is why the publication by Prandtl in 1920 about the hardness of a plastic body, was a major step in solving the bearing capacity of shallow foundations, although it is well possible that he never realised this, because his solution was not made for civil engineering purposes, but for mechanical purposes. Over the last 100 years, a lot of extensions have been made, for example with inclination factors and shape factors. Also many laboratory experiments have been done and numerical calculations have been made. Some even try to extrapolate the failure mechanism for shallow foundations to the failure mechanism around the tip of a pile. All this scientific work leads back to the first publication by Ludwig Prandtl in 1920.This book, “100 Years of Prandtl’s Wedge”, is intended for all those who are interested in these fundamentals of foundation engineering and their history. The Appendices include a copy of Prandtl’s Über die Härte plastischer Körper and of Reissner’s publication of 1924, Zum Erddruckproblem.
Bridge Engineering
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A bridge is a structure built to span the physical obstacles without closing the way underneath, such as a body of water, valley, or road, for the purpose of providing the passage over the obstacle. Bridge engineering is an engineering discipline branching from civil engineering that involves the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of bridges to ensure safe and effective transportation of vehicles, people and goods. This book Bridge Engineering includes the main topics and the basic principles of bridge engineering and provides the full scope of current information necessary for effective and cost-conscious contemporary bridge. It reflects new engineering and building developments, the most current design methods, and the latest industry standards and policies. It provides a comprehensive overview of the significant characteristics for bridge engineering. It highlights the recent advancements, requirements, improvements, and details of the latest techniques in the global market. It contains a collection of the latest research developments on the bridge engineering. It comprehensively covers the basic theory and practice in sufficient depth to provide a solid grounding to bridge engineers. It helps readers to maximize effectiveness in all facets of bridge engineering. This professional book as a credible source and a valuable reference can be very applicable and useful for all professors, researchers, engineers, practicing professionals, trainee practitioners, students and others who are interested in the bridge projects.
Civil Engineering and Symmetry
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A topic of utmost importance in civil engineering is finding optimal solutions throughout the life cycle of buildings and infrastructural objects, including their design, manufacturing, use, and maintenance. Operational research, management science, and optimization methods provide a consistent and applicable groundwork for engineering decision-making. These topics have received the interest of researchers and, after a rigorous peer-review process, eight papers have been published in this Special Issue. The articles in this Printed Edition demonstrate how solutions in civil engineering, which bring economic, social, and environmental benefits, are obtained through a variety of methodologies and tools. Usually, decision-makers need to take into account not just a single criterion, but several different criteria and, therefore, multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approaches have been suggested for application in five of the published papers; the rest of the papers apply other research methods. Most approaches suggested decision models under uncertainty, proposing hybrid MCDM methods in combination with fuzzy or rough set theory, as well as D-numbers. The application areas of the proposed MCDM techniques mainly cover production/manufacturing engineering, logistics and transportation, and construction engineering and management. We hope that a summary of the Special Issue as provided here will encourage a detailed analysis of the papers included in the Printed Edition.
Digital Transformation of the Design, Construction and Management Processes of the Built Environment
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This open access book focuses on the development of methods, interoperable and integrated ICT tools, and survey techniques for optimal management of the building process. The construction sector is facing an increasing demand for major innovations in terms of digital dematerialization and technologies such as the Internet of Things, big data, advanced manufacturing, robotics, 3D printing, blockchain technologies and artificial intelligence. The demand for simplification and transparency in information management and for the rationalization and optimization of very fragmented and splintered processes is a key driver for digitization. The book describes the contribution of the ABC Department of the Polytechnic University of Milan (Politecnico di Milano) to R&D activities regarding methods and ICT tools for the interoperable management of the different phases of the building process, including design, construction, and management. Informative case studies complement the theoretical discussion. The book will be of interest to all stakeholders in the building process – owners, designers, constructors, and faculty managers – as well as the research sector.
Elasticity of Materials - Basic Principles and Design of Structures
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In the science of physics, elasticity is the ability of a deformable body (e.g., steel, aluminum, rubber, wood, crystals, etc.) to resist a distorting effect and to return to its original size and shape when that influence or force is removed. Solid bodies will deform when satisfying forces are applied to them. Elasticity solution of materials will be grouped in forms of linear and nonlinear elasticity formulations. The main subject of this book is engineering elasticity and consists of five chapters in two main sections. These two main sections are ""General Theorems in Elasticity"" and ""Engineering Applications in Theory of Elasticity."" The first chapter of the first section belongs to the editor and is entitled ""Analytical and Numerical Approaches in Engineering Elasticity."" The second chapter in the first section is entitled ""A General Overview of Stress-Strain Analysis for the Elasticity Equations"" by P. Kumar, M. Mahanty, and A. Chattopadhyay. The first chapter of the second section is entitled ""FEA and Experimental Determination of Applied Elasticity Problems for Fabricating Aspheric Surfaces"" by Dr. D.N. Nguyen. The second chapter is entitled ""Concept of Phase Transition Based on Elastic Systematics"" by Dr. P.S. Nnamchi and Dr. C.S. Obayi. The third chapter is entitled ""Repair Inspection Technique Based on Elastic-Wave Tomography Applied for Deteriorated Concrete Structures"" by Dr. K. Hashimoto, Dr. T. Shiotani, Dr. T. Nishida, and Dr. N. Okude. Finally, this book includes the basic principles of elasticity and related engineering applications about theory and design.
Experimenting for Sustainable Transport
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Technological change is a central feature of modern societies and a powerful source for social change. There is an urgent task to direct these new technologies towards sustainability, but society lacks perspectives, instruments and policies to accomplish this. There is no blueprint for a sustainable future, and it is necessary to experiment with alternative paths that seem promising. Various new transport technologies promise to bring sustainability benefits. But as this book shows, important lessons are often overlooked because the experiments are not designed to challenge the basic assumptions about established patterns of transport choices. Learning how to organise the process of innovation implementation is essential if the maximum impact is to be achieved - it is here that strategic niche management offers new perspectives. The book uses a series of eight recent experiments with electric vehicles, carsharing schemes, bicycle pools and fleet management to illustrate the means by which technological change must be closely linked to social change if successful implementation is to take place. The basic divide between proponents of technological fixes and those in favour of behavioural change needs to be bridged, perhaps indicating a third way.
Geoscience and Remote Sensing New Achievements
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Our planet is nowadays continuously monitored by powerful remote sensors operating in wide portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Our capability of acquiring detailed information on the environment has been revolutionized by revealing its inner structure, morphology and dynamical changes. The way we now observe and study the evolution of the Earth’s status has even radically influenced our perception and conception of the world we live in. The aim of this book is to bring together contributions from experts to present new research results and prospects of the future developments in the area of geosciences and remote sensing; emerging research directions are discussed. The volume consists of twenty-six chapters, encompassing both theoretical aspects and application-oriented studies. An unfolding perspective on various current trends in this extremely rich area is offered. The book chapters can be categorized along different perspectives, among others, use of active or passive sensors, employed technologies and configurations, considered scenario on the Earth, scientific research area involved in the studies.
Heat and Mass Transfer in Building Energy Performance Assessment
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The building industry is influenced by many factors and trends reflecting the current situation and developments in social, economic, technical, and scientific fields. One of the most important trends seeks to minimize the energy demand. This can be achieved by promoting the construction of buildings with better thermal insulating capabilities of their envelopes and better efficiency in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems. Any credible assessment of building energy performance includes the identification and simulation of heat and mass transfer phenomena in both the building envelope and the interior of the building. As the interaction between design elements, climate change, user behavior, heating effectiveness, ventilation, air conditioning systems, and lighting is not straightforward, the assessment procedure can present a complex and challenging task. The simulations should then involve all factors affecting the energy performance of the building in questions. However, the appropriate choice of physical model of heat and mass transfer for different building elements is not the only factor affecting the output of building energy simulations. The accuracy of the material parameters applied in the models as input data is another potential source of uncertainty. For instance, neglecting the dependence of hygric and thermal parameters on moisture content may affect the energy assessment in a significant way. Boundary conditions in the form of weather data sets represent yet another crucial factor determining the uncertainty of the outputs. In light of recent trends in climate change, this topic is vitally important. This Special Issue aims at providing recent developments in laboratory analyses, computational modeling, and in situ measurements related to the assessment of building energy performance based on the proper identification of heat and mass transfer processes in building structures.
Highway Engineering
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Highway engineering is an engineering discipline branching from civil engineering that involves the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of roads, bridges, and tunnels to ensure safe and effective transportation of people and goods. The book Highway Engineering includes the main topics and the basic principles of highway engineering and provides the full scope of current information necessary for effective and cost-conscious contemporary highway. The book reflects new engineering and building developments, the most current design methods, as well as the latest industry standards and policies. This book provides a comprehensive overview of significant characteristics for highway engineering. It highlights recent advancements, requirements, and improvements and details the latest techniques in the global market. Highway Engineering contains a collection of the latest research developments on highway engineering. This book comprehensively covers the basic theory and practice in sufficient depth to provide a solid grounding to highway engineers. This book helps readers maximize effectiveness in all facets of highway engineering. This professional book as a credible source and a valuable reference can be very applicable and useful for all professors, researchers, engineers, practicing professionals, trainee practitioners, students, and others interested in highway projects.
Inorganic Constituents in Soil
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This open access book is a must-read for students of and beginners in soil science. In a well-organized and easy-to-follow manner, it provides basic outlines of soil minerals, new methods and recent developments in the field, with a special focus on visual aids.
Non-Destructive Testing of Materials in Civil Engineering
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This book was proposed and organized as a means to present recent developments in the field of nondestructive testing of materials in civil engineering. For this reason, the articles highlighted in this editorial relate to different aspects of nondestructive testing of different materials in civil engineering—from building materials to building structures. The current trend in the development of nondestructive testing of materials in civil engineering is mainly concerned with the detection of flaws and defects in concrete elements and structures, and acoustic methods predominate in this field. As in medicine, the trend is towards designing test equipment that allows one to obtain a picture of the inside of the tested element and materials. From this point of view, interesting results with significance for building practices have been obtained
Perspectives on European Earthquake Engineering and Seismology
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This book collects 5 keynote and 15 topic lectures presented at the 2nd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (2ECEES), held in Istanbul, Turkey, from August 24 to 29, 2014. The conference was organized by the Turkish Earthquake Foundation - Earthquake Engineering Committee and Prime Ministry, Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency under the auspices of the European Association for Earthquake Engineering (EAEE) and European Seismological Commission (ESC).The book’s twenty state-of-the-art papers were written by the most prominent researchers in Europe and address a comprehensive collection of topics on earthquake engineering, as well as interdisciplinary subjects such as engineering seismology and seismic risk assessment and management. Further topics include engineering seismology, geotechnical earthquake engineering, seismic performance of buildings, earthquake-resistant engineering structures, new techniques and technologies and managing risk in seismic regions. The book also presents the Third Ambraseys Distinguished Award Lecture given by Prof. Robin Spence in honor of Prof. Nicholas N. Ambraseys.The aim of this work is to present the state-of-the art and latest practices in the fields of earthquake engineering and seismology, with Europe’s most respected researchers addressing recent and ongoing developments while also proposing innovative avenues for future research and development. Given its cutting-edge content and broad spectrum of topics, the book offers a unique reference guide for researchers in these fields.
Prequalified Connections for Special and Intermediate Steel Moment Frames for Seismic Applications (ANSI/AISC 358-16)
Soils Laboratory Manual
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The Soils Laboratory Manual, K-State Edition is designed for students in undergraduate, introductory soil science courses, and highlights the many aspects of soil science, including: soil genesis and classification, soil physical properties, soil-water interaction, soil biology, soil chemistry, and soil fertility.
Sustainable Construction and Building Materials
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This book sheds light on recent advances in sustainable construction and building materials with special emphasis on the characterization of natural and composite hydraulic mortars, advanced concrete technology, green building materials, and application of nanotechnology to the improvement of the design of building materials. The book covers in detail the characterization of natural hydraulic lime mortars, a decade of research on self-healing concrete, biocomposite cement binding process and performance, development of sustainable building materials from agro-industrial wastes, applications of sugarcane biomass ash for developing sustainable construction materials, oil-contaminated sand: sources, properties, remediation, and engineering applications, oil shale ash addition effect in concrete to freezing/thawing, connection node design and performance optimization of girders, functionally graded concrete structures, cumulative tensile damage and consolidation effects on fracture properties of sandstone, key performance criteria influencing the selection of construction methods used for the fabrication of building components in the Middle East, fly ash as a resource material for the construction industry, degradation monitoring systems for a building information modeling maintenance approach, durability of composite-modified asphalt mixtures based on inherent and improved performance, and bitumen and its modifiers.
Water Resource Systems Planning and Management
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This revised, updated textbook presents a systems approach to the planning, management, and operation of water resources infrastructure in the environment. Previously published in 2005 by UNESCO and Deltares (Delft Hydraulics at the time), this new edition, written again with contributions from Jery R. Stedinger, Jozef P. M. Dijkman, and Monique T. Villars, is aimed equally at students and professionals. It introduces readers to the concept of viewing issues involving water resources as a system of multiple interacting components and scales. It offers guidelines for initiating and carrying out water resource system planning and management projects. It introduces alternative optimization, simulation, and statistical methods useful for project identification, design, siting, operation and evaluation and for studying post-planning issues. The authors cover both basin-wide and urban water issues and present ways of identifying and evaluating alternatives for addressing multiple-purpose and multi-objective water quantity and quality management challenges. Reinforced with cases studies, exercises, and media supplements throughout, the text is ideal for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in water resource planning and management as well as for practicing planners and engineers in the field.
Wood in Civil Engineering
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Wood is a natural building material: if used in building elements, it can play structural, functional and aesthetic roles at the same time. The use of wood in buildings, which goes back to the oldest of times, is now experiencing a period of strong expansion in virtue of the sustainable dimension of wood buildings from the environmental, economic and social standpoints. However, its use as an engineering material calls for constant development of theoretical and experimental research to respond properly to the issues involved in this. In the single chapters written by experts in different fields, the book aims to contribute to knowledge in the application of wood in the building industry.
Computational Modelling of Concrete Structures
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Proceedings of the Conference on Computational Modelling of Concrete and Concrete Structures (EURO-C 2018), February 26 - March 1, 2018, Bad Hofgastein, Austria
Advances in Production Technology
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This edited volume contains the selected papers presented at the scientific board meeting of the German Cluster of Excellence on “Integrative Production Technology for High-Wage Countries”, held in November 2014. The topical structure of the book is clustered in six sessions: Integrative Production Technology, Individualised Production, Virtual Production Systems, Integrated Technologies, Self-Optimising Production Systems and Human Factors in Production Technology. The Aachen perspective on a holistic theory of production is complemented by conference papers from external leading researchers in the fields of production, materials science and bordering disciplines. The target audience primarily comprises research experts and practitioners in the field but the book may also be beneficial for graduate students.
Benchmarking para servicios de agua
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El benchmarking se ha convertido en una herramienta clave en la industria del agua para promover y alcanzar objetivos de desempeño en los prestadores. El uso de esta herramienta para la mejora del desempeño a través de la búsqueda sistemática y la adopción de las mejores prácticas, se ha expandido globalmente en la última década. Muchos de los proyectos en marcha alrededor del mundo aspiran a cubrir distintas necesidades y objetivos, en contextos diferentes, con resultados y repercusiones excepcionales. Este manual proporciona información valiosa para cualquiera interesado en el benchmarking en la industria del agua. El texto está dirigido a prestadores que están valorando unirse a un proyecto de benchmarking, profesionales experimentados responsables de organizar ejercicios de benchmarking, consultores, reguladores e investigadores. El documento se presenta con un claro enfoque práctico y puede utilizarse como una guía sobre cómo hacer benchmarking, presentada desde distintos puntos de vista (participantes, organizadores, supervisores). El lector obtendrá una visión aplicada en prácticas reales de benchmarking y se beneficiará de la experiencia ganada en algunos de los proyectos de benchmarking líderes en la industria del agua (incluyendo los esfuerzos de benchmarking de la IWA-WSAA, la European Benchmarking Cooperation y muchos proyectos de benchmarking realizados en Austria y en Europa Central). Este manual también presenta el nuevo marco de trabajo de benchmarking de la IWA, que busca armonizar los términos utilizados para describir las prácticas de benchmarking e indicadores de desempeño en la industria del agua, garantizando una comunicación más fluida y eficiente.
Beyond Lean: Simulation in Practice
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Lean thinking, as well as associated processes and tools, have involved into a ubiquitous perspective for improving systems particularly in the manufacturing arena. With application experience has come an understanding of the boundaries of lean capabilities and the benefits of getting beyond these boundaries to further improve performance. Discrete event simulation is recognized as one beyond-the-boundaries of lean technique. Thus, the fundamental goal of this text is to show how discrete event simulation can be used in addition to lean thinking to achieve greater benefits in system improvement than with lean alone. Realizing this goal requires learning the problems that simulation solves as well as the methods required to solve them. The problems that simulation solves are captured in a collection of case studies. These studies serve as metaphors for industrial problems that are commonly addressed using lean and simulation.
Beyond Safety Training
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This book investigates why, despite more and more resources devoted to safety training, expectations are not entirely met, particularly in the industrial sectors that have already achieved a high safety level. It not only reflects the most precious viewpoints of experts from different disciplines, different countries, with experiences in various industrial fields at the cutting edge of theories and practices in terms of safety, professionalization and their relationships. It also consolidates the positioning of the Foundation for an Industrial Safety Culture, highlighting what is currently considered at stake in terms of safety training, taking into account the system of constraints the different stakeholders are submitted to. It reports some success stories as well as elements which could explain the observed plateau in terms of outcome. It identifies some levers for evolution for at-risk industry and outlines a possible research agenda to go further with experimental solutions.
Control Theory Tutorial: Basic Concepts Illustrated by Software Examples
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This open access Brief introduces the basic principles of control theory in a concise self-study guide. It complements the classic texts by emphasizing the simple conceptual unity of the subject. A novice can quickly see how and why the different parts fit together. The concepts build slowly and naturally one after another, until the reader soon has a view of the whole. Each concept is illustrated by detailed examples and graphics. The full software code for each example is available, providing the basis for experimenting with various assumptions, learning how to write programs for control analysis, and setting the stage for future research projects. The topics focus on robustness, design trade-offs, and optimality. Most of the book develops classical linear theory. The last part of the book considers robustness with respect to nonlinearity and explicitly nonlinear extensions, as well as advanced topics such as adaptive control and model predictive control. New students, as well as scientists from other backgrounds who want a concise and easy-to-grasp coverage of control theory, will benefit from the emphasis on concepts and broad understanding of the various approaches.
Exploring Resilience: A Scientific Journey from Practice to Theory
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Resilience has become an important topic on the safety research agenda and in organizational practice. Most empirical work on resilience has been descriptive, identifying characteristics of work and organizing activity which allow organizations to cope with unexpected situations. Fewer studies have developed testable models and theories that can be used to support interventions aiming to increase resilience and improve safety. In addition, the absent integration of different system levels from individuals, teams, organizations, regulatory bodies, and policy level in theory and practice imply that mechanisms through which resilience is linked across complex systems are not yet well understood. Scientific efforts have been made to develop constructs and models that present relationships; however, these cannot be characterized as sufficient for theory building. There is a need for taking a broader look at resilience practices as a foundation for developing a theoretical framework that can help improve safety in complex systems. This book does not advocate for one definition or one field of research when talking about resilience; it does not assume that the use of resilience concepts is necessarily positive for safety. We encourage a broad approach, seeking inspiration across different scientific and practical domains for the purpose of further developing resilience at a theoretical and an operational level of relevance for different high-risk industries. The aim of the book is twofold: 1. To explore different approaches for operationalization of resilience across scientific disciplines and system levels. 2. To create a theoretical foundation for a resilience framework across scientific disciplines and system levels. By presenting chapters from leading international authors representing different research disciplines and practical fields we develop suggestions and inspiration for the research community and practitioners in high-risk industries. This book is Open Access under a CC-BY licence. ; Explores different approaches for operationalization of resilience across scientific disciplines and system levels Creates a theoretical foundation for a resilience framework across scientific disciplines and system levels Develops suggestions and inspiration for the research community and practitioners in high-risk industries Presents chapters from leading international authors representing different research disciplines and practical fields
Factories of the Future
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Engineering; Industrial engineering; Production engineering
Food Packaging
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Because of the increasing pressure on both food safety and packaging/food waste, the topic is important both for academics, applied research, industry and also for environment protection. Different materials, such as glass, metals, paper and paperboards, and non-degradable and degradable polymers, with versatile properties, are attractive for potential uses in food packaging. Food packaging is the largest area of application within the food sector. Only the nanotechnology-enabled products in the food sector account for ~50% of the market value, with and the annual growth rate is 11.65%. Technological developments are also of great interest. In the food sector, nanotechnology is involved in packaging materials with extremely high gas barriers, antimicrobial properties, and also in nanoencapsulants for the delivery of nutrients, flavors, or aromas, antimicrobial, and antioxidant compounds. Applications of materials, including nanomaterials in packaging and food safety, are in forms of: edible films, polymer nanocomposites, as high barrier packaging materials, nanocoatings, surface biocides, silver nanoparticles as potent antimicrobial agents, nutrition and neutraceuticals, active/bioactive packaging, intelligent packaging, nanosensors and nanomaterial-based assays for the detection of food relevant analytes (gasses, small organic molecules and food-borne pathogens) and bioplastics.
Hoja de ruta hacia una empresa de agua y saneamiento urbano con bajas emisiones de carbono (International Guide to the WaCCliM Approach)
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La transición hacia unas empresas de agua y saneamiento urbano con bajas emisiones de carbono es una idea innovadora que actualmente solo ha sido adaptada por unas pocas empresas con visión de futuro. Esta hoja de ruta está dirigida a los gestores de empresas de agua y saneamiento encargados de la planificación de acciones futuras, así como a las partes interesadas que respaldarán los planes de acción de las empresas de agua y saneamiento. Debido a que solamente unas cuantas empresas de agua y saneamiento urbano “pioneras” se han embarcado en una transición hacia un servicio con bajas emisiones de carbono, la hoja de ruta pretende ayudar a otras empresas de agua y saneamiento a comprender y liderar la necesidad de contribuir a un futuro neutro en carbono y orientarlos durante el proceso de cambio. Además, puede aplicarse a las instalaciones y empresas de agua y saneamiento de todo el mundo, pero ha sido específicamente elaborada teniendo en mente las economías emergentes, ya que, con frecuencia, el desempeño del servicio y las dificultades que plantea la gestión de datos ocupan un papel destacado en sus actividades y la planificación futura.
Human and Organisational Factors
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This open access book addresses several questions regarding the implementation of human and organisational factors (HOF) so that recent improvements in industrial safety can be built upon. It addresses sources of frustration in senior management with high expectations of operational recommendations and disquiet on the part of HOF specialists struggling to have an impact on high-level decision making. The brief explores these issues with an emphasis on examples and lessons learned based on the experience of its authors, who come from different academic disciplines and various industrial sectors such as oil and gas, energy and transportation. It then offers some ways forward for a better consideration of HOF in hazardous companies with a view of promoting safety and facing challenges in a rapidly changing world.
IMPROVE - Innovative Modelling Approaches for Production Systems to Raise Validatable Efficiency
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This open access work presents selected results from the European research and innovation project IMPROVE which yielded novel data-based solutions to enhance machine reliability and efficiency in the fields of simulation and optimization, condition monitoring, alarm management, and quality prediction.
Industrial Engineering
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Businesses across the world are aiming for increased productivity and greater efficiency. This can be achieved through the knowledge of industrial engineering, which is a systematic approach to streamlining the business process. This book presents the current state of the art of industrial engineering and provides useful information to those who wish to optimize their business practices while increasing customer service and quality.
Introducción a la ingeniería industrial /
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New Trends in Industrial Automation
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New technological developments expand the technical connotation of industrial automation with control objects and control objectives also greatly expanded, thus promoting development direction of industrial automation technology to intellectualization. This book is a collection of articles on novel approaches to current problems in industrial automation and encompasses multidisciplinary areas such as distributed system architecture, application of non-destructive distributed sensor system, joint simulation technology, and a summary of intelligent transition. New Trends in Industrial Automation provides useful reference material for technical workers in the field of industrial automation, including undergraduate and postgraduate students, academicians, researchers, and practicing engineers.
PID Control for Industrial Processes
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PID Control for Industrial Processes presents a clear, multidimensional representation of proportional - integral - derivative (PID) control for both students and specialists working in the area of PID control. It mainly focuses on the theory and application of PID control in industrial processes. It incorporates recent developments in PID control technology in industrial practice. Emphasis has been given to finding the best possible approach to develop a simple and optimal solution for industrial users. This book includes several chapters that cover a broad range of topics and priority has been given to subjects that cover real-world examples and case studies. The book is focused on approaches for controller tuning, i.e., method bases on open-loop plant tests and closed-loop experiments.
Production Ergonomics : Designing Work Systems to Support Optimal Human Performance
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Production ergonomics – the science and practice of designing industrial workplaces to optimize human well-being and system performance – is a complex challenge for a designer. Humans are a valuable and flexible resource in any system of creation, and as long as they stay healthy, alert and motivated, they perform well and also become more competent over time, which increases their value as a resource. However, if a system designer is not mindful or aware of the many threats to health and system performance that may emerge, the end result may include inefficiency, productivity losses, low working morale, injuries and sick-leave. To help budding system designers and production engineers tackle these design challenges holistically, this book offers a multi-faceted orientation in the prerequisites for healthy and effective human work. We will cover physical, cognitive and organizational aspects of ergonomics, and provide both the individual human perspective and that of groups and populations, ending up with a look at global challenges that require workplaces to become more socially and economically sustainable. This book is written to give you a warm welcome to the subject, and to provide a solid foundation for improving industrial workplaces to attract and retain healthy and productive staff in the long run.
Routledge Handbook of Food As a Commons /
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This collection of essays explores the consequences of the commodification of food, and it seeks to identify whether food can instead be redefined as a “commons”, and what this redefinition might entail.
Safety Cultures, Safety Models
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The objective of this book is to help at-risk organizations to decipher the “safety cloud”, and to position themselves in terms of operational decisions and improvement strategies in safety, considering the path already travelled, their context, objectives and constraints. What link can be established between safety culture and safety models in order to increase safety within companies carrying out dangerous activities? First, while the term “safety culture” is widely shared among the academic and industrial world, it leads to various interpretations and therefore different positioning when it comes to assess, improve or change it. Many safety theories, concepts, and models coexist today, being more or less appealing and/or directly useful to the industry. How, and based on which criteria, to choose from the available options? These are some of the questions addressed in this book, which benefits from the expertise of its worldwide famous authors in several industrial sectors.
Tratamiento biológico de aguas residuales
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Over the past twenty years, the knowledge and understanding of wastewater treatment has advanced extensively and moved away from empirically based approaches to a fundamentally-based first principles approach embracing chemistry, microbiology, and physical and bioprocess engineering, often involving experimental laboratory work and techniques. Many of these experimental methods and techniques have matured to the degree that they have been accepted as reliable tools in wastewater treatment research and practice. For sector professionals, especially a new generation of young scientists and engineers entering the wastewater treatment profession, the quantity, complexity and diversity of these new developments can be overwhelming, particularly in developing countries where access to advanced level laboratory courses in wastewater treatment is not readily available. In addition, information on innovative experimental methods is scattered across scientific literature and only partially available in the form of textbooks or guidelines. This book seeks to address these deficiencies. It assembles and integrates the innovative experimental methods developed by research groups and practitioners around the world. Experimental Methods in Wastewater Treatment forms part of the internet-based curriculum in wastewater treatment at UNESCO-IHE and, as such, may also be used together with video records of experimental methods performed and narrated by the authors including guidelines on what to do and what not to do. The book is written for undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers, laboratory staff, plant operators, consultants, and other sector professionals.
Cyber Security
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This open access book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Annual Conference on Cyber Security, CNCERT 2018, held in Beijing, China, in August 2018. The 14 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 53 submissions. The papers cover the following topics: emergency response, mobile internet security, IoT security, cloud security, threat intelligence analysis, vulnerability, artificial intelligence security, IPv6 risk research, cybersecurity policy and regulation research, big data analysis and industrial security.
Data Visualization in Society
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Today we are witnessing an increased use of data visualization in society. Across domains such as work, education and the news, various forms of graphs, charts and maps are used to explain, convince and tell stories. In an era in which more and more data are produced and circulated digitally, and digital tools make visualization production increasingly accessible, it is important to study the conditions under which such visual texts are generated, disseminated and thought to be of societal benefit. This book is a contribution to the multi-disciplined and multi-faceted conversation concerning the forms, uses and roles of data visualization in society. Do data visualizations do 'good' or 'bad'? Do they promote understanding and engagement, or do they do ideological work, privileging certain views of the world over others? The contributions in the book engage with these core questions from a range of disciplinary perspectives.
Demystifying Internet of Things Security
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Break down the misconceptions of the Internet of Things by examining the different security building blocks available in Intel Architecture (IA) based IoT platforms. This open access book reviews the threat pyramid, secure boot, chain of trust, and the SW stack leading up to defense-in-depth. The IoT presents unique challenges in implementing security and Intel has both CPU and Isolated Security Engine capabilities to simplify it. This book explores the challenges to secure these devices to make them immune to different threats originating from within and outside the network. The requirements and robustness rules to protect the assets vary greatly and there is no single blanket solution approach to implement security. Demystifying Internet of Things Security provides clarity to industry professionals and provides and overview of different security solutions What You'll Learn Secure devices, immunizing them against different threats originating from inside and outside the network Gather an overview of the different security building blocks available in Intel Architecture (IA) based IoT platforms Understand the threat pyramid, secure boot, chain of trust, and the software stack leading up to defense-in-depth Who This Book Is For Strategists, developers, architects, and managers in the embedded and Internet of Things (IoT) space trying to understand and implement the security in the IoT devices/platforms.
Elements of Causal Inference
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A concise and self-contained introduction to causal inference, increasingly important in data science and machine learning.The mathematization of causality is a relatively recent development, and has become increasingly important in data science and machine learning. This book offers a self-contained and concise introduction to causal models and how to learn them from data. After explaining the need for causal models and discussing some of the principles underlying causal inference, the book teaches readers how to use causal models: how to compute intervention distributions, how to infer causal models from observational and interventional data, and how causal ideas could be exploited for classical machine learning problems. All of these topics are discussed first in terms of two variables and then in the more general multivariate case. The bivariate case turns out to be a particularly hard problem for causal learning because there are no conditional independences as used by classical methods for solving multivariate cases. The authors consider analyzing statistical asymmetries between cause and effect to be highly instructive, and they report on their decade of intensive research into this problem. The book is accessible to readers with a background in machine learning or statistics, and can be used in graduate courses or as a reference for researchers. The text includes code snippets that can be copied and pasted, exercises, and an appendix with a summary of the most important technical concepts.
Environments of Intelligence: From Natural Information to Artificial Interaction
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What is the role of the environment, and of the information it provides, in cognition? More specifically, may there be a role for certain artefacts to play in this context? These are questions that motivate "4E" theories of cognition (as being embodied, embedded, extended, enactive). In his take on that family of views, Hajo Greif first defends and refines a concept of information as primarily natural, environmentally embedded in character, which had been eclipsed by information-processing views of cognition. He continues with an inquiry into the cognitive bearing of some artefacts that are sometimes referred to as 'intelligent environments'. Without necessarily having much to do with Artificial Intelligence, such artefacts may ultimately modify our informational environments. With respect to human cognition, the most notable effect of digital computers is not that they might be able, or become able, to think but that they alter the way we perceive, think and act.
Foundations of Software Science and Computation Structures
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This open access book constitutes the proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Foundations of Software Science and Computational Structures, FOSSACS 2019, which took place in Prague, Czech Republic, in April 2019, held as part of the European Joint Conference on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2019. The 29 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 85 submissions. They deal with foundational research with a clear significance for software science.
Fundamental Approaches to Software Engineering
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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Fundamental Approaches to Software Engineering, FASE 2019, which took place in Prague, Czech Republic in April 2019, held as Part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2019. The 24 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 94 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections named: software verification; model-driven development and model transformation; software evolution and requirements engineering; specification, design, and implementation of particular classes of systems; and software testing.
Human Rights in the Age of Platforms
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Today such companies as Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Twitter play an increasingly important role in how users form and express opinions, encounter information, debate, disagree, mobilize, and maintain their privacy. What are the human rights implications of an online domain managed by privately owned platforms? According to the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, adopted by the UN Human Right Council in 2011, businesses have a responsibility to respect human rights and to carry out human rights due diligence. But this goal is dependent on the willingness of states to encode such norms into business regulations and of companies to comply. In this volume, contributors from across law and internet and media studies examine the state of human rights in today's platform society.
Interdisciplinary Insights for Digital Touch Communication
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Communication is increasingly moving beyond ‘ways of seeing’ to ‘ways of feeling’. This Open Access book provides social design insights and implications for HCI research and design exploring digitally mediated touch communication. It offers a socially orientated map to help navigate the complex social landscape of digitally mediated touch for communication: from everyday touch-screens, tangibles, wearables, haptics for virtual reality, to the tactile internet of skin. Drawing on literature reviews, new case-study vignettes, and exemplars of digital touch, the book examines the major social debates provoked by digital touch, and investigates social themes central to the communicative potential and societal consequences of digital touch: · Communication environments, capacities and practices · Norms associations and expectations · Presence, absence and connection · Social imaginaries of digital touch · Digital touch ethics and values The book concludes with a discussion of the significance of social understanding and methods in the context of Interdisciplinary collaborations to explore touch, towards the design of digital touch communication, ‘ways of feeling’, that are useable, appropriate, ethical and socially aware.
Internet of Things. Information Processing in an Increasingly Connected World
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This open access book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the First IFIP International Cross-Domain Conference on Internet of Things, IFIPIoT 2018, held at the 24th IFIP World Computer Congress, WCC 2018, in Poznan, Poland, in September 2018. The 12 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 24 submissions. Also included in this volume are 4 WCC 2018 plenary contributions, an invited talk and a position paper from the IFIP domain committee on IoT. The papers cover a wide range of topics from a technology to a business perspective and include among others hardware, software and management aspects, process innovation, privacy, power consumption, architecture, applications.
Making Databases Work
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The book describes, in 36 chapters, the unique nature, significance, and impact of Mike Stonebraker's achievements in advancing modern database systems over more than 40 years. The stories involve technical concepts, projects, people, prototype systems, failures, lucky accidents, crazy risks, startups, products, venture capital, and lots of applications that drove Mike Stonebraker's achievements and career.
Multiple-Aspect Analysis of Semantic Trajectories
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This open access book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the First International Workshop on Multiple-Aspect Analysis of Semantic Trajectories, MASTER 2019, held in conjunction with the 19th European Conference on Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases, ECML PKDD 2019, in Würzburg, Germany, in September 2019. The 8 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 12 submissions. They represent an interesting mix of techniques to solve recurrent as well as new problems in the semantic trajectory domain, such as data representation models, data management systems, machine learning approaches for anomaly detection, and common pathways identification.
Programming Languages and Systems
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This open access book constitutes the proceedings of the 28th European Symposium on Programming, ESOP 2019, which took place in Prague, Czech Republic, in April 2019, held as Part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2019.
Programming Persistent Memory
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Beginning and experienced programmers will use this comprehensive guide to persistent memory programming. You will understand how persistent memory brings together several new software/hardware requirements, and offers great promise for better performance and faster application startup times—a huge leap forward in byte-addressable capacity compared with current DRAM offerings. This revolutionary new technology gives applications significant performance and capacity improvements over existing technologies. It requires a new way of thinking and developing, which makes this highly disruptive to the IT/computing industry. The full spectrum of industry sectors that will benefit from this technology include, but are not limited to, in-memory and traditional databases, AI, analytics, HPC, virtualization, and big data. Programming Persistent Memory describes the technology and why it is exciting the industry. It covers the operating system and hardware requirements as well as how to create development environments using emulated or real persistent memory hardware. The book explains fundamental concepts; provides an introduction to persistent memory programming APIs for C, C++, JavaScript, and other languages; discusses RMDA with persistent memory; reviews security features; and presents many examples. Source code and examples that you can run on your own systems are included. What You’ll Learn Understand what persistent memory is, what it does, and the value it brings to the industry Become familiar with the operating system and hardware requirements to use persistent memory Know the fundamentals of persistent memory programming: why it is different from current programming methods, and what developers need to keep in mind when programming for persistence Look at persistent memory application development by example using the Persistent Memory Development Kit (PMDK) Design and optimize data structures for persistent memory Study how real-world applications are modified to leverage persistent memory Utilize the tools available for persistent memory programming, application performance profiling, and debugging Who This Book Is For C, C++, Java, and Python developers, but will also be useful to software, cloud, and hardware architects across a broad spectrum of sectors, including cloud service providers, independent software vendors, high performance compute, artificial intelligence, data analytics, big data, etc.
Real-time Linked Dataspaces
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This open access book explores the dataspace paradigm as a best-effort approach to data management within data ecosystems. It establishes the theoretical foundations and principles of real-time linked dataspaces as a data platform for intelligent systems. The book introduces a set of specialized best-effort techniques and models to enable loose administrative proximity and semantic integration for managing and processing events and streams. The book is divided into five major parts: Part I “Fundamentals and Concepts” details the motivation behind and core concepts of real-time linked dataspaces, and establishes the need to evolve data management techniques in order to meet the challenges of enabling data ecosystems for intelligent systems within smart environments. Further, it explains the fundamental concepts of dataspaces and the need for specialization in the processing of dynamic real-time data. Part II “Data Support Services” explores the design and evaluation of critical services, including catalog, entity management, query and search, data service discovery, and human-in-the-loop. In turn, Part III “Stream and Event Processing Services” addresses the design and evaluation of the specialized techniques created for real-time support services including complex event processing, event service composition, stream dissemination, stream matching, and approximate semantic matching. Part IV “Intelligent Systems and Applications” explores the use of real-time linked dataspaces within real-world smart environments. In closing, Part V “Future Directions” outlines future research challenges for dataspaces, data ecosystems, and intelligent systems. Readers will gain a detailed understanding of how the dataspace paradigm is now being used to enable data ecosystems for intelligent systems within smart environments. The book covers the fundamental theory, the creation of new techniques needed for support services, and lessons learned from real-world intelligent systems and applications focused on sustainability. Accordingly, it will benefit not only researchers and graduate students in the fields of data management, big data, and IoT, but also professionals who need to create advanced data management platforms for intelligent systems, smart environments, and data ecosystems.
Rethinking Productivity in Software Engineering
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Get the most out of this foundational reference and improve the productivity of your software teams. This open access book collects the wisdom of the 2017 "Dagstuhl" seminar on productivity in software engineering, a meeting of community leaders, who came together with the goal of rethinking traditional definitions and measures of productivity. The results of their work, Rethinking Productivity in Software Engineering, includes chapters covering definitions and core concepts related to productivity, guidelines for measuring productivity in specific contexts, best practices and pitfalls, and theories and open questions on productivity. You'll benefit from the many short chapters, each offering a focused discussion on one aspect of productivity in software engineering. Readers in many fields and industries will benefit from their collected work. Developers wanting to improve their personal productivity, will learn effective strategies for overcoming common issues that interfere with progress. Organizations thinking about building internal programs for measuring productivity of programmers and teams will learn best practices from industry and researchers in measuring productivity. And researchers can leverage the conceptual frameworks and rich body of literature in the book to effectively pursue new research directions. What You'll Learn Review the definitions and dimensions of software productivity See how time management is having the opposite of the intended effect Develop valuable dashboards Understand the impact of sensors on productivity Avoid software development waste Work with human-centered methods to measure productivity Look at the intersection of neuroscience and productivity Manage interruptions and context-switching Who Book Is For Industry developers and those responsible for seminar-style courses that include a segment on software developer productivity. Chapters are written for a generalist audience, without excessive use of technical terminology. ; Collects the wisdom of software engineering thought leaders in a form digestible for any developer Shares hard-won best practices and pitfalls to avoid An up to date look at current practices in software engineering productivity.
Scientific Programming and Computer Architecture
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A variety of programming models relevant to scientists explained, with an emphasis on how programming constructs map to parts of the computer.What makes computer programs fast or slow? To answer this question, we have to get behind the abstractions of programming languages and look at how a computer really works. This book examines and explains a variety of scientific programming models (programming models relevant to scientists) with an emphasis on how programming constructs map to different parts of the computer's architecture. Two themes emerge: program speed and program modularity. Throughout this book, the premise is to "get under the hood," and the discussion is tied to specific programs. The book digs into linkers, compilers, operating systems, and computer architecture to understand how the different parts of the computer interact with programs. It begins with a review of C/C++ and explanations of how libraries, linkers, and Makefiles work. Programming models covered include Pthreads, OpenMP, MPI, TCP/IP, and CUDA.The emphasis on how computers work leads the reader into computer architecture and occasionally into the operating system kernel. The operating system studied is Linux, the preferred platform for scientific computing. Linux is also open source, which allows users to peer into its inner workings. A brief appendix provides a useful table of machines used to time programs. The book's website (https://github.com/divakarvi/bk-spca) has all the programs described in the book as well as a link to the html text.
Security in Computer and Information Sciences
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This open access book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the First International ISCIS Security Workshop 2018, Euro-CYBERSEC 2018, held in London, UK, in February 2018. The 12 full papers presented together with an overview paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 31 submissions. Security of distributed interconnected systems, software systems, and the Internet of Things has become a crucial aspect of the performance of computer systems. The papers deal with these issues, with a specific focus on societally critical systems such as health informatics systems, the Internet of Things, energy systems, digital cities, digital economy, mobile networks, and the underlying physical and network infrastructures.
Social Networks with Rich Edge Semantics (Open Access)
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This book introduces a new mechanism for representing social networks in which pairwise relationships can be drawn from a range of realistic possibilities, including different types of relationships, different strengths in the directions of a pair, positive and negative relationships, and relationships whose intensities change with time. For each possibility, the book shows how to model the social network using spectral embedding. It also shows how to compose the techniques so that multiple edge semantics can be modeled together. The modeling techniques are then applied to a range of datasets to show how they can produce results that are useful in understanding real-world social networks.
Special Topics in Information Technology
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This open access book presents nine outstanding doctoral dissertations in Information Technology from the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Information Technology has always been highly interdisciplinary, as many aspects have to be considered in IT systems. The doctoral studies program in IT at Politecnico di Milano emphasizes this interdisciplinary nature, which is becoming more and more important in recent technological advances, in collaborative projects, and in the education of young researchers. Accordingly, the focus of advanced research is on pursuing a rigorous approach to specific research topics starting from a broad background in various areas of Information Technology, especially Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics, Systems and Controls, and Telecommunications. Each year, more than 50 PhDs graduate from the program. This book gathers the outcomes of the nine best theses defended in 2018-19 and selected for the IT PhD Award. Each of the nine authors provides a chapter summarizing his/her findings, including an introduction, description of methods, main achievements and future work on the topic. Hence, the book provides a cutting-edge overview of the latest research trends in Information Technology at Politecnico di Milano, presented in an easy-to-read format that will also appeal to non-specialists.
The Amazing Journey of Reason: From DNA to Artificial Intelligence
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This Open Access book explores questions such as why and how did the first biological cells appear? And then complex organisms, brains, societies and –now– connected human societies? Physicists have good models for describing the evolution of the universe since the Big Bang, but can we apply the same concepts to the evolution of aggregated matter –living matter included? The Amazing Journey analyzes the latest results in chemistry, biology, neuroscience, anthropology and sociology under the light of the evolution of intelligence, seen as the ability of processing information. The main strength of this book is using just two concepts used in physics –information and energy– to explain: The emergence and evolution of life: procaryotes, eukaryotes and complex organisms The emergence and evolution of the brain The emergence and evolution of societies (human and not) Possible evolution of our "internet society" and the role that Artificial Intelligence is playing.
The Essence of Software Engineering
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This open access book includes contributions by leading researchers and industry thought leaders on various topics related to the essence of software engineering and their application in industrial projects. It offers a broad overview of research findings dealing with current practical software engineering issues and also pointers to potential future developments.Celebrating the 20th anniversary of adesso AG, adesso gathered some of the pioneers of software engineering including Manfred Broy, Ivar Jacobson and Carlo Ghezzi at a special symposium, where they presented their thoughts about latest software engineering research and which are part of this book. This way it offers readers a concise overview of the essence of software engineering, providing valuable insights into the latest methodological research findings and adesso’s experience applying these results in real-world projects.
The Ethics of Cybersecurity
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This open access book provides the first comprehensive collection of papers that provide an integrative view on cybersecurity. It discusses theories, problems and solutions on the relevant ethical issues involved. This work is sorely needed in a world where cybersecurity has become indispensable to protect trust and confidence in the digital infrastructure whilst respecting fundamental values like equality, fairness, freedom, or privacy. The book has a strong practical focus as it includes case studies outlining ethical issues in cybersecurity and presenting guidelines and other measures to tackle those issues. It is thus not only relevant for academics but also for practitioners in cybersecurity such as providers of security software, governmental CERTs or Chief Security Officers in companies.
The Future of Software Quality Assurance
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This open access book, published to mark the 15th anniversary of the International Software Quality Institute (iSQI), is intended to raise the profile of software testers and their profession. It gathers contributions by respected software testing experts in order to highlight the state of the art as well as future challenges and trends. In addition, it covers current and emerging technologies like test automation, DevOps, and artificial intelligence methodologies used for software testing, before taking a look into the future. The contributing authors answer questions like: "How is the profession of tester currently changing? What should testers be prepared for in the years to come, and what skills will the next generation need? What opportunities are available for further training today? What will testing look like in an agile world that is user-centered and fast-paced? What tasks will remain for testers once the most important processes are automated?" iSQI has been focused on the education and certification of software testers for fifteen years now, and in the process has contributed to improving the quality of software in many areas. The papers gathered here clearly reflect the numerous ways in which software quality assurance can play a critical role in various areas. Accordingly, the book will be of interest to both professional software testers and managers working in software testing or software quality assurance.
Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems
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The LNCS 11427 and 11428 proceedings set constitutes the proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems, TACAS 2019, which took place in Prague, Czech Republic, in April 2019, held as part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2019. The total of 42 full and 8 short tool demo papers presented in these volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from 164 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: SAT and SMT, SAT solving and theorem proving; verification and analysis; model checking; tool demo; and machine learning. Part II: concurrent and distributed systems; monitoring and runtime verification; hybrid and stochastic systems; synthesis; symbolic verification; and safety and fault-tolerant systems.
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