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1. Intelligent Diagnosis and Prognosis of Industrial Networked Systems

   By Chee Khiang Pang, Frank L. Lewis, Tong Heng Lee, Zhao Yang Dong

   Series: Automation and Control Engineering

   In an era of intense competition where plant operating efficiencies must be maximized, downtime due to machinery failure has become more costly. To cut operating costs and increase revenues, industries have an urgent need to predict fault progression and remaining lifespan of industrial machines,...

   Published June 21st 2011 by CRC Press
2. Reform and Development in China

   What Can China Offer the Developing World

   Edited by Yang L. Yao, Ho-Mou Wu

   Between 1978 and 2006, GDP growth in China maintained an annual average rate of 9.7%, meaning the Chinese economy increased by more than twelve times. This was achieved with quite unorthodox approaches to reform and development as China has adopted a gradualist approach to adopting key institutions...

   Published August 3rd 2010 by Routledge
3. Techniques for Corrosion Monitoring

   Edited by L. Yang

   Corrosion monitoring technologies are a vital step in efforts to combat corrosion, which can have major economic and safety implications. This important book provides a comprehensive analysis of the range of techniques for corrosion monitoring. It includes practical applications and case studies....

   Published February 18th 2008 by CRC Press
4. Introductory Geotechnical Engineering

   An Environmental Perspective

   By Hsai-Yang Fang, John L. Daniels

   Integrating and blending traditional theory with particle-energy-field theory, this book provides a framework for the analysis of soil behaviour under varied environmental conditions. This book explains the why and how of geotechnical engineering in an environmental context. Using both SI and...

   Published May 10th 2006 by CRC Press
5. Beyond Beijing

   Liberalization and the Regions in China

   By Dali L. Yang

   Series: Routledge Studies on China in Transition

   This book offers a balanced assessment of the dynamics and consequences of the decentralization of power and resources in post- Mao China. The author argues that decentralization has increased tensions amongst ethnic groups and unleashed much competition and emulation among local governments. This...

   Published July 30th 1997 by Routledge