Bøker av B.S. (University of Ottawa Dhillon

Today, engineering systems are an important element of the world economy and each year billions of dollars are spent to develop, manufacture, operate, and maintain various types of engineering systems around the globe. Many of these systems are highly sophisticated and contain millions of parts. For example, a Boeing jumbo 747 is made up of appr

Each year billions of dollars are spent in the area of oil and gas to design, construct/manufacture, operate, and maintain equipment/systems around the globe. Safety and reliability has become an important issue due to various types of accidents and problems over the years. There has been a large number of articles on safety and reliability in t

Each year a vast sum of money is spent on health care around the globe and patient safety has become a serious global public health issue. Filled with up-to-date information, this book demonstrates how to handle patient safety-related problems by using methods developed in the area of engineering. It contains a chapter on mathematical concepts and another chapter on introductory material on safety and human factors considered essential to understand materials presented in subsequent chapters. The author¿s presentation covers topics in such a manner that readers will require no previous knowledge to understand the concepts.

Each year a vast sum of money is spent on health care around the globe and patient safety has become a serious global public health issue. Filled with up-to-date information, this book demonstrates how to handle patient safety-related problems by using methods developed in the area of engineering. It contains a chapter on mathematical concepts and another chapter on introductory material on safety and human factors considered essential to understand materials presented in subsequent chapters. The author 's presentation covers topics in such a manner that readers will require no previous knowledge to understand the concepts.

Provides engineers a tool for meeting the increasing problem of human error. This book offers access to information that can be applied to actual problems in the field. It includes examples and their solutions to illustrate engineering safety management at work and gives readers a view of the intensity of developments in the area.