Electrical Engineering and Industrial Informatics
Includes 14 Titles

Electrical Engineering and Industrial Informatics

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As the growing interest for industrial and engineering systems becomes more widespread, there becomes a need to produce them with intelligence and self-diagnosing properties. This valuable book bundle includes 14 scholarly titles that cover topics on industrial informatics, electrical engineering, nanotechnology, industrial engineering, wireless systems, and much more. This is an excellent resource equally suitable for researchers, academics, and practitioners.
Release date: June 1, 2012
ISBN13: 9781466617391|EISBN13: 9781466617384

Description

With the growing widespread interest in industrial and engineering systems, there is more of a focus on information technology methods and their use to enhance industrial production and manufacturing processes.

The Electrical Engineering and Industrial Informatics book bundle provides current, cutting-edge research in the field of industrial and electrical engineering. This assortment of 14 intellectual titles covers topics on industrial informatics, electrical engineering, nanotechnology, industrial engineering, and wireless systems. These titles represent IGI Global's exposure to the valuable use of technology in the fields of industrial and engineering systems.

Topics Covered

  • Algorithms
  • Electrical engineering
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Industrial Informatics
  • Nanotechnology
  • Wireless Systems

Books Included in this Collection

Hybrid Algorithms for Service, Computing and Manufacturing Systems: Routing and Scheduling Solutions
Hybrid Algorithms for Service, Computing and Manufacturing Systems: Routing and Scheduling Solutions
Jairo R. Montoya-Torres (Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia), Angel A. Juan (Open University of Catalonia, Spain), Luisa Huaccho Huatuco (University of Leeds, UK), Javier Faulin (Public University of Navarre, Spain), Gloria L. Rodriguez-Verjan (Ecole des mines de Saint-Etienne, France). © 2012. 354 pages.
In a global, highly competitive environment, organizations face increasing economic pressure and customer demands for more complex products and services. Hybrid algorithms have the potential to play an important role in helping organizations achieve cost reduction and increased product development....
Advances in Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits for Wireless Systems: Modeling and Design Technologies
Advances in Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits for Wireless Systems: Modeling and Design Technologies
Arjuna Marzuki (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia), Ahmad Ismat Abdul Rahim (Telekom Malaysia R&D, Malaysia), Mourad Loulou (Group EleCom of LETI Laboratory, Tunisia). © 2012. 380 pages.
Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) is an electronic device that is widely used in all high frequency wireless systems. In developing MMIC as a product, understanding analysis and design techniques, modeling, measurement methodology, and current trends are essential. Advances in Monolithic...
Innovation in Power, Control, and Optimization: Emerging Energy Technologies
Innovation in Power, Control, and Optimization: Emerging Energy Technologies
Pandian Vasant (Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia), Nadar Barsoum (Curtin University, Malaysia), Jeffrey Webb (Swinburne University of Technology, Malaysia). © 2012. 396 pages.
Developing a system that can cope with variations of system or control parameters, measurement uncertainty, and complex, multi-objective optimization criteria is a frequent problem in engineering systems design. The need for a priori knowledge and the inability to learn from past experience make the...
Power System Planning Technologies and Applications: Concepts, Solutions and Management
Power System Planning Technologies and Applications: Concepts, Solutions and Management
Fawwaz Elkarmi (Amman University, Jordan), Nazih Abu Shikhah (Amman University, Jordan). © 2012. 296 pages.
Planning is an important function of the management of any business, providing knowledge of future prospects and enabling prudent and appropriate decision-making. Planning is especially critical for power systems, since electricity is a fundamental part of modern societies and many conventional...
Computational Methods for Optimizing Manufacturing Technology: Models and Techniques
Computational Methods for Optimizing Manufacturing Technology: Models and Techniques
J. Paulo Davim (University of Aveiro, Portugal). © 2012. 395 pages.
As manufacturing technology and its applications become more complex and beyond the scope of conventional approaches, there has been considerable interest in developing computational methods for optimizing manufacturing. Computational Methods for Optimizing Manufacturing Technology: Models and...
Handbook of Research on Industrial Informatics and Manufacturing Intelligence: Innovations and Solutions
Handbook of Research on Industrial Informatics and Manufacturing Intelligence: Innovations and Solutions
Mohammad Ayoub Khan (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, India), Abdul Quaiyum Ansari (Jamia Millia Islamia, India). © 2012. 662 pages.
As industrial systems become more widespread, they are quickly becoming network-enabled, and their behavior is becoming more complex and intelligent. The Handbook of Research on Industrial Informatics and Manufacturing Intelligence: Innovations and Solutions is the best source for the most current...
Manufacturing Intelligence for Industrial Engineering: Methods for System Self-Organization, Learning, and Adaptation
Manufacturing Intelligence for Industrial Engineering: Methods for System Self-Organization, Learning, and Adaptation
Zude Zhou (Wuhan University of Technology, China), Huaiqing Wang (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong), Ping Lou (Wuhan University of Technology, China). © 2010. 407 pages.
The manufacturing industry has experienced dramatic change over the years with growing advancements, implementations, and applications in technology. Manufacturing Intelligence for Industrial Engineering: Methods for System Self-Organization, Learning, and Adaptation focuses on the latest innovations...
Handbook of Research on Building Information Modeling and Construction Informatics: Concepts and Technologies
Handbook of Research on Building Information Modeling and Construction Informatics: Concepts and Technologies
Jason Underwood (University of Salford, UK), Umit Isikdag (Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Turkey). © 2010. 757 pages.
In recent years, building information modeling has become a very active research area of construction informatics with investigation of ICT use within construction industry processes and organizations. The Handbook of Research on Building Information Modeling and Construction Informatics: Concepts and...
Technologies for Electrical Power Conversion, Efficiency, and Distribution: Methods and Processes
Technologies for Electrical Power Conversion, Efficiency, and Distribution: Methods and Processes
Mihail Antchev (Technical University, Bulgaria). © 2010. 348 pages.
As population increases, the need for energy becomes a crisis of great importance. Technologies for Electrical Power Conversion, Efficiency, and Distribution: Methods and Processes combines unparalleled research, contemporary achievements, and emerging trends within electrical energy conversion...
Industrial Informatics Design, Use and Innovation: Perspectives and Services
Industrial Informatics Design, Use and Innovation: Perspectives and Services
Jonny Holmström (Umea University, Sweden), Mikael Wiberg (Umea University, Sweden), Andreas Lund (Umea University, Sweden). © 2010. 238 pages.
Industrial informatics as a field is currently expanding beyond improving the manufacture of goods to facilitating every aspect of the process, from after-market sales, to service production, sourcing, and e-maintenance, demonstrating the profound impact of informatics in modern society. Industrial...
Intelligent Industrial Systems: Modeling, Automation and Adaptive Behavior
Intelligent Industrial Systems: Modeling, Automation and Adaptive Behavior
Gerasimos Rigatos (Industrial Systems Institute & National Technical University of Athens, Greece). © 2010. 601 pages.
In recent years, there has been growing interest in industrial systems, especially in robotic manipulators and mobile robot systems. As the cost of robots goes down and become more compact, the number of industrial applications of robotic systems increases. Moreover, there is need to design industrial...
Nanotechnology and Microelectronics: Global Diffusion, Economics and Policy
Nanotechnology and Microelectronics: Global Diffusion, Economics and Policy
Ndubuisi Ekekwe (Johns Hopkins University, USA). © 2010. 538 pages.
Modern technology has positioned us in the midst of a new revolution. Together, nanotechnology and microelectronics are the engines of modern commerce, and are directly or indirectly enabling numerous innovative global changes. Whenever there is advancement in their performances, a dawn emerges in the...
Integrating Advanced Computer-Aided Design, Manufacturing, and Numerical Control: Principles and Implementations
Integrating Advanced Computer-Aided Design, Manufacturing, and Numerical Control: Principles and Implementations
Xun Xu (University of Auckland, New Zealand). © 2009. 424 pages.
For many years, computers have been playing a prominent role in the process of product design and manufacture. As manufacturing continues to march into the future, there is a critical need to address the role of computer technologies in an integrated fashion, placing emphasis on product data exchange...
Knowledge Management in the Construction Industry: A Socio-Technical Perspective
Knowledge Management in the Construction Industry: A Socio-Technical Perspective
Abdul Samad Kazi (Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland). © 2005. 384 pages.
Knowledge Management in the Construction Industry: A Socio-Technical Perspective presents a portfolio of concepts, methods, models, and tools supported by real life case studies from various corners of the globe providing insights into the management of knowledge in the construction industry....