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By B.S. Dhillon
This book combines coverage of safety and human factors in engineering into a single volume, eliminating the need to consult many different and diverse sources to obtain desired information. It discusses mathematical concepts necessary to understanding material presented in subsequent chapters. The...
To Be Published August 2nd 2012 by CRC Press
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An Engineering Approach
By B.S. Dhillon
With unintended harm during hospital care costing billions of dollars to the world economy, not to mention millions of deaths each year, it’s no wonder the issue is equally front and center in the minds of healthcare providers and the public. Although the issue has been tackled in journal articles...
Published November 7th 2011 by CRC Press
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By B.S. Dhillon
During day-to-day use, thousands of lives are lost each year due to accidents, directly or indirectly, resulting from poor transportation system reliability and safety. In the United States, automobile accidents alone result in around 42,000 deaths per year, costing billions of dollars to the...
Published February 13th 2011 by CRC Press
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By B.S. Dhillon
Cradle-to-grave analyses are becoming the norm, as an increasing amount of corporations and government agencies are basing their procurement decisions not only on initial costs but also on life cycle costs. And while life cycle costing has been covered in journals and conference proceedings, few,...
Published October 25th 2009 by CRC Press
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with Reference to Aviation and Power Generation
By B.S. Dhillon
Of the billions of dollars spent on plant management and operation annually, an estimated 80% of the total amount is spent to rectify the chronic failure of systems, machines, and humans. Although information on human reliability, error, and human factors in engineering maintenance is scattered...
Published April 7th 2009 by CRC Press
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By B.S. Dhillon
The effective and interrelated functioning of system reliability technology, human factors, and quality play an important role in the appropriate, efficient, and cost-effective delivery of health care. Simply put, it can save you time, money, and more importantly, lives. Over the years a large...
Published February 20th 2008 by CRC Press
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By B.S. Dhillon
The demands of the global economy require manufacturers to produce highly reliable and easily maintainable engineering products. Recent studies indicate that for many large and sophisticated products or systems, maintenance, and support account for as much as 60 to 75 percent of their life cycle...
Published March 26th 2006 by CRC Press
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By B.S. Dhillon
Due to global competition, safety regulations, and other factors, manufacturers are increasingly pressed to create products that are safe, highly reliable, and of high quality. Engineers and quality assurance professionals need a cross-disciplinary understanding of these topics in order to ensure...
Published November 14th 2004 by CRC Press
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A Modern Approach
By B.S. Dhillon
Of the more than $300 billion spent on plant maintenance and operations, U.S. industry spends as much as 80 percent of this amount to correct chronic failures of machines, systems, and people. With machines and systems becoming increasingly complex, this problem can only worsen, and there is a...
Published February 13th 2002 by CRC Press
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By B.S. Dhillon
Although Reliability Engineering can trace its roots back to World War II, its application to medical devices is relatively recent, and its treatment in the published literature has been quite limited. With the medical device industry among the fastest growing segments of the US economy, it is...
Published March 28th 2000 by CRC Press
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