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.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Editors
Contributors
Chapter 1 : Fundamentals of Measurement
Chapter 2 : Human Factors Measurement
Chapter 3 : Measurements of Environmental Health
Chapter 4 : Measurement of Environmental Contamination
Chapter 5 : Measurement of Land
Chapter 6 : Measuring Building Performance
Chapter 7 : Energy Systems Measurements
Chapter 8 : Economic Systems Measurement
Chapter 9 : Measurement and Quantum Mechanics
Chapter 10 : Social Science Measurement
Chapter 11 : Systems Interoperability Measurement
Chapter 12 : A Generalized Measurement Model to Quantify Health : The Multiattribute Preference Response Model
Chapter 13 : Evolution of Large-Scale Dimensional Metrology from the Viewpoint of Scientific Articles and Patents
Chapter 14 : Gaussian-Smoothed Wigner Function and Its Application to Precision Analysis
Chapter 15 : Measurement Issues in Performance-Based Logistics
Chapter 16 : Data Processing and Acquisition Systems
Chapter 17 : Part A : Visualization of Big Data : Current Trends
Chapter 18 : Part B : Visualization of Big Data : Ship Maintenance Metrics Analysis
Chapter 19 : Defining and Measuring the Success of Services Contracts
Chapter 20 : Measurement of Personnel Productivity : During Government Furlough Programs
Chapter 21 : Measurement Risk Analysis
Chapter 22 : Data Modeling for Forecasting
Chapter 23 : Mathematical Measurement of Project Parameters for Multiresource Control
Chapter 24 : Measurement and Control of Imprecision in Engineering Design
Chapter 25 : Fuzzy Measurements in Systems Modeling
Chapter 26 : Using Metrics to Manage Contractor Performance
Chapter 27 : 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
Index
