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Books in Industrial engineering

The Industrial Engineering portfolio covers operations research, process optimization, supply chain management, quality control, and human factors engineering. It delivers advanced methodologies and practical strategies to enhance efficiency, productivity, and sustainability in manufacturing and service industries. Focused on innovation and data-driven decision-making, this collection equips engineers and researchers to optimize complex systems and workflows.

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    • Spaceflight Mechanics and Control

      • 1st Edition
      • December 1, 2025
      • Houman Hakima + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Spaceflight Mechanics and Control introduces readers to both the classical theories and cutting edge techniques used to simulate orbital and attitude motion. The theories discussed are connected to real world applications such as space debris removal, asteroid deflection and redirection, spacecraft solar sailing, and control of spacecraft manipulator systems. The book covers orbital trajectory specification and design, orbital maneuvers including both impulsive and low thrust approaches, and spacecraft formation flying. Also included is access to a companion website hosting Python scripts, STK simulations, and more.

    • Artificial Intelligence in Biomaterials Design and Development

      • 1st Edition
      • November 21, 2025
      • Mohsen Khodadadi Yazdi + 4 more
      • English
      Artificial Intelligence in Biomaterials Design and Development delves into the transformative role of artificial intelligence, particularly machine learning, in creating new biomaterials. Traditional challenges in this field, such as chemical waste, spatial constraints, and inadequate tools, have hindered the swift design and synthesis of versatile biomaterials. Machine learning methods address these barriers by enhancing discovery and development processes, reducing time, costs, and wastage. Generative models now enable the creation of novel molecular structures with desired properties, making inverse materials design a reality. This book is essential for those in materials science, machine learning, and biomedical engineering.Addition... this comprehensive resource explores the application of AI in various aspects of biomaterials science, from computational engineering to data science. The book provides insights into how novel machine learning models can expedite materials discovery and improve accuracy. It is an invaluable guide for academics and industry professionals alike, seeking to leverage AI for innovative biomaterials research and development.

    • Advances in Technical Nonwovens

      • 2nd Edition
      • November 17, 2025
      • George Kellie
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Advances in Technical Nonwovens, Second Edition provides an up-to-date accounting of the nonwoven industry's journey in a time of significant transformation. The book delves into the latest advancements in technology and showcases a wide array of innovative applications that have emerged in recent years. In summary, it offers an enriched and detailed exploration of nonwovens, introducing new chapters that cover Sustainable Developments, Nonwovens in Sports Apparel and Footwear, and Medical and Hygiene Nonwoven developments. With its extensive updates and comprehensive content, this edition is a must-have resource for anyone seeking to deepen their knowledge of the evolving world of nonwovens.Nonwovens, a versatile class of materials, have experienced continuous growth for over five decades, evolving from being predominantly used in hygiene products such as baby diapers, to becoming indispensable and technologically intricate components across various industries. Despite their modest nature, nonwovens play a crucial role in our daily lives.

    • Small Sample Modelling Based on Deep and Broad Forest Regression

      • 1st Edition
      • October 31, 2025
      • Wen Yu + 2 more
      • English
      Small Sample Modelling Based on Deep and Broad Forest Regression: Theory and Industrial Application delves into tree-structured methods in the industrial sector, encompassing classical ensemble learning, tree-structured deep forest classification, and broad learning systems with neural networks. It introduces an innovative deep/broad learning algorithm for small-sample industrial modeling tasks. The book is divided into two parts: methodology and practical application in dioxin emission modeling. Methodology sections include Preliminaries, Deep Forest Regression, Broad Forest Regression, and Fuzzy Forest Regression. The application part focuses on modeling dioxin emissions in municipal solid waste incineration. Throughout, various tree-structured strategies are presented, and the authors provide software systems for validating these methods. This book is suitable for advanced undergraduates, graduate engineering students, and practicing engineers looking for self-study resources.

    • Successful User Experience

      • 2nd Edition
      • October 27, 2025
      • Elizabeth Rosenzweig
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Successful User Experience: Strategy and Roadmaps, Second Edition provides a hands-on guide for pulling all of the User Experience (UX) pieces together to create a strategy that includes tactics, tools, and methodologies. Leveraging material honed in user experience courses and over 35 years in the field, the author explains the value of strategic models to refine goals against available data and resources. You will learn how to think about UX from a high level, design the UX while setting goals for a product or project, and how to turn that into concrete actionable steps.This book demonstrates how to translate high-level planning into concrete, actionable steps. It explains the connection between Design Thinking and creating a great user experience, and guides the reader in setting effective UX goals for their product or project You’ll learn how to choose the right tools and methodologies at each stage of the product lifecycle. Starting with UX acceptance as a foundation, the book builds on this with practical steps and real-world case studies, helping you develop a comprehensive strategy-from the big picture of product design, development, and commercialization, to leveraging UX for stronger, more successful products.

    • Internet of Things (IoT) - An Engineering Approach

      • 1st Edition
      • September 24, 2025
      • Xicai Yue
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Internet of Things (IoT) – An Engineering Approach: From Principles to Practice provides clear engineering practice guides on developing intelligent sensor/actuator nodes and then forming an IoT system, without the confusion of network/communicatio... protocols.IoT will be widely used in smart homes, smart cities, digital health, and digital manufacturers. However, the development of an IoT system can be complicated since it combines technologies in networking and security, wireless communication, broadband cellular networks, sensors and actuators, data acquisition and real-time embedded systems, edge computing with artificial intelligence, and low-power electronics technologies.All engineering practice topics come with examples mostly from the first-hand materials of the author’s research projects, e.g. digital switching, powering indoor IoT sensor nodes by photovoltaic energy harvesting, laser sensors for greenhouse plant, low-power electronics for implantable neural recording for blowfly, zero-power passive sensing, MEMs capacitor for ultrasound imaging/digital speaker, contactless electrode for physiological measurements, EoG based gaze tracking for augmented reality. Therefore, this book can be used for teaching or used as a reference for relevant research.

    • Reliable and Resilient Logistics Systems

      • 1st Edition
      • May 19, 2025
      • Agnieszka Tubis + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Reliable and Resilient Logistic Systems signposts the risks associated with common logistics systems and provides cutting-edge preventive and rapid response strategies to counter them. Today’s dynamically changing market conditions create an unstable and unpredictable environment for enterprises to operate in, which is not catered to by traditional approaches to logistics planning and organization. In response, this ground-breaking book explains how to create resilient logistic networks that can adapt quickly to changes in operational conditions, thus leading to more reliable supply. Adopting a process orientation, the authors consider a range of issues related to continuous improvement and sidestep the organizational boundaries that can stand in the way of process optimization. Their interdisciplinary approach addresses both technical and management aspects of logistics system performance, thus reflecting the complexity of the challenges targeted.

    • Control of Underactuated Mechanical Systems

      • 1st Edition
      • March 21, 2025
      • Afef Hfaiedh + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Control of Underactuated Mechanical Systems: Stabilization and Limit Cycle Generationclearly explains stabilization and limit cycle generation in underactuated mechanical systems (UMS),addressing control design challenges and demonstrating concepts through real-time experiments.The book begins with advancements in UMS, introducing key concepts such as stabilization and limitcycle generation, supported by literature examples. It then focuses on the inertia wheel invertedpendulum, presenting a detailed discussion. The second part tackles stabilization, offering variouscontrol solutions validated through numerical simulations and real-time experiments. The finalpart addresses stable limit cycle generation, detailing three proposed control solutions and theirvalidation through different case studies.This book is a valuable resource for PhD and Master students, engineers, researchers, and educators.It provides guidance in robotics and automatic control, utilizing a simplified methodology forcontrolling underactuated mechanical systems.

    • Nanocomposite Manufacturing Technologies

      • 1st Edition
      • January 24, 2025
      • Alokesh Pramanik + 4 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Nanocomposite Manufacturing Technologies provides the latest research in innovative manufacturing methods to produce nanocomposite materials for a range of applications. Nanocomposite material research has advanced rapidly in the past decade, revealing important insights into the nature of fiber or particle reinforcements on a nanoscale, unique properties, and specific new-generation uses. Emerging techniques such as additive manufacturing, friction stir processing, and rapid prototyping are opening a new era for nanocomposite manufacturing, and this comes with certain challenges. This book collates the most important of related research findings into a single volume and presents them alongside the latest advances in manufacturing technology to provide a coherent resource for students, researchers, and industrial R&D staff to navigate this field. Detailed descriptions of nanocomposite manufacturing processes help readers to understand the differences between them and to choose which process or combination of processes will lead to the material that solves a specific design challenge and advances product development.

    • Modeling and Simulation of Dynamical Systems

      • 1st Edition
      • November 27, 2024
      • Payam Zarafshan
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Modeling and Simulation of Dynamical Systems explores the common methods used in the modeling and simulation of dynamic systems, providing foundational information that is essential for further research. A key feature of this title is its systematic separation and classification of various modeling methods, enabling readers to select their preferred approach after studying the initial chapter and becoming familiar with fundamental definitions. Another unique feature is the use of numerous examples and solved problems throughout the book to support a basic understanding of a system’s behavior.This title is highly recommended for researchers, professionals, and students in mechanical, biosystems, and mechatronic engineering.

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