Human Reliability and Error in Transportation Systems

B.S. Dhillon, "Human Reliability and Error in Transportation Systems"
Springer | ISBN-10: 1846288118 | July 30, 2007 | 182 pages | PDF | 3.5MB

Each year billions of dollars are being spent to develop, manufacture, and operate transportation systems such as aircraft, ships, trains, and motor vehicles throughout the world. During their operation thousands of lives are lost annually due to various types accidents. Needless to say, approximately 70 to 90 percent of transportation crashes are the result of human error to a certain degree. Moreover, it may be added that human errors contribute significantly to most transportation crashes across all modes of transportation.

Human Reliability and Error in Transportation Systems is the first book to cover the subject of human reliability across all types of transportation system. The material will be accessible to readers with no previous knowledge in the field, and is supported with a full explanation of the necessary mathematical concepts together with numerous examples and test problems.

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Connections: Patterns of Discovery

H. Peter Alesso, Craig F. Smith, "Connections: Patterns of Discovery"
Wiley-IEEE Press | ISBN-10: 0470118814 | January 14, 2008 | 224 pages | PDF | 1.1MB

Many people envision scientists as dispassionate characters who slavishly repeat experiments until ‘eureka’ - something unexpected happens. Actually, there is a great deal more to the story of scientific discovery, but 'seeing the big picture' is not easy. Connections: Patterns of Discovery uses the primary tools of forecasting and three archetypal patterns of discovery — the Serendipity, the Proof of Principle, and 1% Inspiration and 99% Perspiration — to discern relationships of past developments to synthesize a cohesive and compelling vision for the future. It challenges readers to think of the consequences of extrapolating trends, such as Moore’s Law, to either reach real machine intelligence or retrench in the face of physical limitations. From this perspective, the book draws "the big picture" for the Information Revolution’s innovations in chips, devices, software, and networks.

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Optical System Design, Second Edition

Robert F. Fischer, "Optical System Design, Second Edition"
McGraw-Hill Professional | ISBN-10: 0071472487 | January 24, 2008 | 809 pages | PDF | 13MB

Honed for more than 20 years in an SPIE professional course taught by renowned optical systems designer Robert E. Fischer, Optical System Design, Second Edition brings you the latest cutting-edge design techniques and more than 400 detailed diagrams that clearly illustrate every major procedure in optical design.

This thoroughly updated resource helps you work better and faster with computer-aided optical design techniques, diffractive optics, and the latest applications, including digital imaging, telecommunications, and machine vision. No need for complex, unnecessary mathematical derivations-instead, you get hundreds of examples that break the techniques down into understandable steps.

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Systems Thinking: Coping with 21st Century Problems

John Boardman, Brian Sauser, "Systems Thinking: Coping with 21st Century Problems"
CRC Press | ISBN: 1420054910 | January 17, 2008 | 240 pages | PDF | 5.9MB

By examining the links and interactions between elements of a system, systems thinking is becoming increasingly relevant when dealing with global challenges, from terrorism to energy to healthcare. Addressing these seemingly intractable systems problems in our society, Systems Thinking: Coping with 21st Century Problems focuses on the inherent opportunities and difficulties of a systems approach. Taking an engineering systems view toward systems thinking, the authors place a high value on the thinking process and the things applied to this process.

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