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Hardback. Looks at why ethnographic approaches are popular in the design of computing devices for the workplace, for the home and elsewhere. This book presents a history of ethnography, both as it was practiced before computer science picked it up and since, most especially in the CSCW and HCI domains. Series: Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPS; JHMC; TJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846287671
- ISBN
- 9781846287671
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.69
€ 200.69
Hardback. Presents a theoretical foundation of the modern mitigation technologies employed in the power quality arena. This book introduces the advanced concepts associated with power quality to engineers and students. It is suitable for facility electrical power engineers and maintenance technicians. Editor(s): Moreno-Munoz, Antonio. Series: Power Systems. Num Pages: 424 pages, 42 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: THRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 31. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846287718
- ISBN
- 9781846287718
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.73
€ 202.73
hardcover. Human errors contribute significantly to most transportation crashes: approximately 70 to 90 per cent of crashes are the result of human error. This book examines human reliability across various types of transportation systems. Series: Springer Series in Reliability Engineering. Num Pages: 182 pages, 8 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: TR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846288111
- ISBN
- 9781846288111
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.45
€ 131.45
Hardback. Shows the reader how to use robust iterative learning control in the face of model uncertainty Helps to improve the performance of repetitive electromechanical tasks, widespread in industry Provides a rounded and self-contained approach to the subject of iterative learning control not available elsewhere Series: Communications and Control Engineering. Num Pages: 248 pages, 32 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, 9 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: TJFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 589.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846288463
- ISBN
- 9781846288463
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.06
€ 195.06
Hardback. Provides knowledge of the governing laws of the fluid dynamics that have an effect on die cast die and die cast process design. This title is suitable for product designers that design die cast parts and die cast die and process engineers and designers. Series: Engineering Materials and Processes. Num Pages: 177 pages, 13 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: TDM; TGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 177
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846288494
- ISBN
- 9781846288494
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.81
€ 127.81
Hardback. An introduction to scattering phenomena and a guide to the technical requirements for investigating wave scattering problems. It reviews the principal mathematical topics required for approaching wave propagation and scattering problems, and shows how to develop the required solutions. Series: Springer Monographs in Mathematics. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHDS; PHJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846288517
- ISBN
- 9781846288517
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.18
€ 134.18
Hardback. Deals with the application of mass customization in a particular industry. This title shows examples of how a 'mature' manufacturing sector like shoe making can be renovated in business and mentality by applying this paradigm. Num Pages: 177 pages, 7 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: TD; UG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 177
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846288647
- ISBN
- 9781846288647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.23
€ 131.23
Hardback. Addresses passivity-based developments in various areas of control theory. This book places emphasis on real results that add insight. It is suitable for industrial, engineering and academic communities. Series: Advances in Industrial Control. Num Pages: 273 pages, 77 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: TJFM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846288920
- ISBN
- 9781846288920
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 228.09
€ 228.09
Hardback. Focusing on the difficulty of making practical use of new systems theory, this book shows how workable identification and control solutions can be derived by adapting and extrapolating from the theory. Each chapter has a common structure: a brief presentation of theory; the description of a particular application; and experimental results. Editor(s): Sanchez-Pena, Ricardo S.; Quevedo Casin, Joseba; Puig Cayuela, Vicenc. Num Pages: 330 pages, 187 black & white illustrations, 29 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: TJFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 679.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846288982
- ISBN
- 9781846288982
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.25
€ 129.25
Hardback. Presents a model-centred approach focusing on distributed development and use of autonomous intelligent software models, particularly the efficiency of the models, and their interaction and integration into distributed autonomous intelligent systems. Num Pages: 226 pages, 97 black & white illustrations, 17 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: TGB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 541.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846289088
- ISBN
- 9781846289088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.70
€ 194.70
Hardback. Covers the developments in applied quantum theory and their use in modeling materials properties. This title describes approaches to modeling disordered alloys and focuses on those approaches that combine the most efficient quantum-level theories of random alloys with the most sophisticated numerical techniques. Series: Engineering Materials and Processes. Num Pages: 237 pages, 92 black & white illustrations, 24 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PHQ; TGM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846289507
- ISBN
- 9781846289507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.68
€ 194.68
Frontiers in Computing Technologies for Manufacturing Applications
Shimizu, Yoshiaki; Zhong, Zhang; Batres, Rafa...
hardcover. In this competitive world, industries focus on shorter lead times, improved quality, reduced cost, improved productivity and better customer service. This book offers an overview of intelligent computing in manufacturing, discussing modeling, data processing, algorithms and computational analysis of problems encountered in advanced manufacturing. Series: Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing. Num Pages: 324 pages, 178 black & white illustrations, 30 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: TD; TGPC; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846289545
- ISBN
- 9781846289545
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.44
€ 195.44
Paperback. Presents the results in robot motion and control. In this title, forty-one short papers have been chosen from those presented at the sixth International Workshop on Robot Motion and Control held in Poland in June 2007. Editor(s): Kozlowski, Krzysztof. Series: Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences. Num Pages: 472 pages, 187 black & white illustrations, 13 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: TJFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846289736
- ISBN
- 9781846289736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 200.81
€ 200.81
Hardback. This volume features the proceedings of the 14th ISPE Conference on Concurrent Engineering, held in Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil, on the 16th -- 20th of July 2007. It highlights the application of concurrent engineering to the development of complex systems. Editor(s): Loureiro, Geilson; Curran, Richard. Num Pages: 831 pages, 70 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: TGP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1369.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 831
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846289750
- ISBN
- 9781846289750
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 377.53
€ 377.53
Hardback. Provides an introduction to robot-based nanohandling. This book presents work on the development of a versatile microrobot-based nanohandling robot station inside a scanning electron microscope (SEM). Editor(s): Fatikow, Sergej. Series: Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing. Num Pages: 362 pages, 20 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: TBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846289774
- ISBN
- 9781846289774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.79
€ 195.79
Hardback. Describes the production and characterization of biodiesel. This book presents experimental research work in the field, including techniques to reduce biodiesel's high viscosity. It is suitable for researchers in renewable energy, as well as fuel engineers. Num Pages: 208 pages, 64 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: THX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846289941
- ISBN
- 9781846289941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.90
€ 131.90
Hardback. This is an entertaining introduction to the development of numbers and their applications. The book is written in the same user-friendly style that characterises the author's previous books. It blends easy material with more challenging ideas. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 185 x 133 x 25. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 323
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848000001
- ISBN
- 9781848000001
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.14
€ 35.99
€ 31.14
Hardback. Integrates the literature on the physics of the failure of complex systems such as hospitals, banks and transport networks. This book covers particular aspects of maintenance by researchers and practitioners. It is suitable for maintenance engineers and managers in industry as well as researchers and graduate students in maintenance. Editor(s): Kobbacy, Khairy Ahmed Helmy; Murthy, D. N. Prabhakar. Series: Springer Series in Reliability Engineering. Num Pages: 672 pages, 77 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: TBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1111.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848000100
- ISBN
- 9781848000100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 253.49
€ 253.49
Hardback. Precision Motion Control - Design and Implementation Series: Advances in Industrial Control. Num Pages: 288 pages, 224 black & white illustrations, 15 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: TJFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848000209
- ISBN
- 9781848000209
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.10
€ 195.10
Paperback. The underlying theory on which much modern robust and nonlinear control is based can be difficult to grasp. This volume is a collection of lecture notes presented by experts in advanced control engineering. It is designed to provide a better grounding in the theory underlying several important areas of control. Editor(s): Turner, Matthew C.; Bates, Declan G. Series: Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences. Num Pages: 460 pages, 247 black & white illustrations, 19 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: TBJ; TJFM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848000247
- ISBN
- 9781848000247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 134.25
€ 134.25