Radim Bris - Böcker

Applied Mathematics in Engineering and Reliability contains papers presented at the International Conference on Applied Mathematics in Engineering and Reliability (ICAMER 2016, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, 4-6 May 2016). The book covers a wide range of topics within mathematics applied in reliability, risk and engineering, including:- Risk and Reliability Analysis Methods- Maintenance Optimization- Bayesian Methods- Monte Carlo Methods for Parallel Computing of Reliability and Risk- Advanced Mathematical Methods in Engineering- Methods for solutions of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations- Statistics and Applied Statistics, etc. The application areas range from Nuclear, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering to Information Technology and Communication, Safety Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Finance or Health and Medicine. The papers cover both theory and applications, which are focused to a wide range of sectors and problem areas. Integral demonstrations of the use of reliability and engineering mathematics are provided in many practical applications concerning major technological systems and structures.

Safety and Reliability – Theory and Applications contains the contributions presented at the 27th European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2017, Portorož, Slovenia, June 18-22, 2017). The book covers a wide range of topics, including:• Accident and Incident modelling• Economic Analysis in Risk Management• Foundational Issues in Risk Assessment and Management• Human Factors and Human Reliability• Maintenance Modeling and Applications• Mathematical Methods in Reliability and Safety• Prognostics and System Health Management• Resilience Engineering• Risk Assessment• Risk Management• Simulation for Safety and Reliability Analysis• Structural Reliability• System Reliability, and• Uncertainty Analysis.Selected special sessions include contributions on: the Marie Skłodowska-Curie innovative training network in structural safety; risk approaches in insurance and fi nance sectors; dynamic reliability and probabilistic safety assessment; Bayesian and statistical methods, reliability data and testing; oganizational factors and safety culture; software reliability and safety; probabilistic methods applied to power systems; socio-technical-economic systems; advanced safety assessment methodologies: extended Probabilistic Safety Assessment; reliability; availability; maintainability and safety in railways: theory & practice; big data risk analysis and management, and model-based reliability and safety engineering. Safety and Reliability – Theory and Applications will be of interest to professionals and academics working in a wide range of industrial and governmental sectors including: Aeronautics and Aerospace, Automotive Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Energy Production and Distribution, Environmental Engineering, Information Technology and Telecommunications, Critical Infrastructures, Insurance and Finance, Manufacturing, Marine Industry, Mechanical Engineering, Natural Hazards, Nuclear Engineering, Offshore Oil and Gas, Security and Protection, Transportation, and Policy Making.

This book presents latest results and selected applications of Computational Intelligence in Biomedical Technologies. Most of contributions deal with problems of Biomedical and Medical Informatics, ranging from theoretical considerations to practical applications. Various aspects of development methods and algorithms in Biomedical and Medical Informatics as well as Algorithms for medical image processing, modeling methods are discussed. Individual contributions also cover medical decision making support, estimation of risks of treatments, reliability of medical systems, problems of practical clinical applications and many other topics. This book is intended for scientists interested in problems of Biomedical Technologies, for researchers and academic staff, for all dealing with Biomedical and Medical Informatics, as well as PhD students. Useful information is offered also to IT companies, developers of equipment and/or software for medicine and medical professionals.