Handbook of Measurements

Benchmarks for Systems Accuracy and Precision

Adedeji B. Badiru, LeeAnn Racz, Adedeji B. Badiru, LeeAnn Racz

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN: 9781482225235
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Industrial Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Planning, measuring, and paying attention to details form the basis for all successful engineering operations. Measurements pervade everything we do and must be viewed from a systems perspective. A comprehensive all-encompassing guide to measurements, Handbook of Measurements: Benchmarks for Systems Accuracy and Precision focuses on high-level engineering computations essential for benchmarks and technical innovation. The book uses a systems framework and a technically rigorous approach to systems linking of measurements—an approach that sets it apart from other handbooks.

The popular saying "measure twice and cut once" bears out the importance of measurements in human endeavors. This handbook covers both qualitative and quantitative topics of measurement. It opens with a chapter on the fundamentals of measurement and includes coverage of human-centric measurements, such as measurement of personnel productivity and contractor performance. It concludes with three appendices on measurement, references, conversion factors, equations, formulas, and statistics for measurement.

It is well understood that humans cannot manage anything that cannot be measured. All elements involved in our day-to-day decision making involve some form of measurement, whether in the kitchen, retail, sports, service operations, geographical exploration, health care delivery, worker productivity, clothing design, engineering product design, or space craft launching. Measuring an attribute of a system and then analyzing it against some standard, some specification, some best practice, or some benchmark empower a decision maker to take appropriate and timely actions. This book gives you a guide for sustainable practices to ensure accurate measurements, helping you make decisions backed by metrics.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Editors
• Contributors
• chapter one - Fundamentals of measurement
• chapter two - Human factors measurement
• chapter three - Measurements of environmental health
• chapter four - Measurement of environmental contamination
• chapter five - Measurement of land
• chapter six - Measuring building performance
• chapter seven - Energy systems measurements
• chapter eight - Economic systems measurement
• chapter nine - Measurement and quantum mechanics
• chapter ten - Social science measurement
• chapter eleven - Systems interoperability measurement
• chapter twelve - A generalized measurement model to quantify health
• chapter thirteen - Evolution of large-scale dimensional metrology from the viewpoint of scientific articles and patents
• chapter fourteen - Gaussian-smoothed Wigner function and its application to precision analysis
• chapter fifteen - Measurement issues in performance-based logistics
• chapter sixteen - Data processing and acquisition systems
• chapter seventeen - Part A: Visualization of big data: Current trends
• chapter eighteen - Part B: Visualization of big data: Ship maintenance metrics analysis
• chapter nineteen - Defining and measuring the success of services contracts
• chapter twenty - Measurement of personnel productivity: During government furlough programs
• chapter twenty-one - Measurement risk analysis
• chapter twenty-two - Data modeling for forecasting
• chapter twenty-three - Mathematical measurement of project parameters for multiresource control
• chapter twenty-four - Measurement and control of imprecision in engineering design
• chapter twenty-five - Fuzzy measurements in systems modeling
• chapter twenty-six - Using metrics to manage contractor performance
• chapter twenty-seven - Low-clutter method for bistatic RCS measurement
• Appendix A: Measurement references and conversion factors
• Appendix B: Measurement equations and formulas
• Appendix C: Slides of statistics for measurement
• Back Cover