Author: Yasar Demirel
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Keywords: physical, biological, systems, processes, rate, thermodynamics, transport, nonequilibrium
Number of Pages: 420
Published: 2002-12-06
List price: $275.00
ISBN-10: 0444508864
ISBN-13: 9780444508867

The book begins with a brief review of equilibrium systems and transport and rate processes, then covers the following areas: theory of nonequilibrium thermodynamics; dissipation function; entropy and exergy; analysis and case studies on using the second law of thermodynamics; economic impact of the nonequilibrium thermodynamics theory; analysis of transport and rate processes; membrane transport; dissipative structures and biological systems; and other thermodynamic approaches and extended nonequilibrium thermodynamics. · Summarizes new applications of thermodynamics as tools for design and

Author: Yasar Demirel
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Keywords: physical, chemical, biological, systems, processes, rate, thermodynamics, second, transport, nonequilibrium
Number of Pages: 754
Published: 2007-10-24
List price: $259.00
ISBN-10: 0444530797
ISBN-13: 9780444530790

Natural phenomena consist of simultaneously occurring transport processes and chemical reactions. These processes may interact with each other and lead to instabilities, fluctuations, and evolutionary systems. The objective of this book is to explore the unifying role of thermodynamics in natural phenomena. Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics, Second Edition analyzes the transport processes of energy, mass, and momentum transfer processes, as well as chemical reactions. It considers various processes occurring simultaneously, and provides students with more realistic analysis and modelling by accou

Author: Yasar A. Ozcan PhD
Publisher: Jossey-Ba
Keywords: health, public, services, applications, text, management, methods, care, quantitative, techniques
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 2009-05-18
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 0470434627
ISBN-13: 9780470434628

Thoroughly revised and updated for Excel®, this second edition of Quantitative Methods in Health Care Management offers a comprehensive introduction to quantitative methods and techniques for the student or new administrator. Its broad range of practical methods and analysis spans operational, tactical, and strategic decisions. Users will find techniques for forecasting, decision-making, facility location, facility layout, reengineering, staffing, scheduling, productivity, resource allocation, supply chain and inventory management, quality control, project management, queuing models for capac

Author: Yasar A. Ozcan PhD
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Keywords: health, public, services, applications, text, management, methods, care, quantitative, techniques
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2005-08-03
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 0787971642
ISBN-13: 9780787971649

As health care organization leaders use data more consistently in decision making, it is important they understand the quantitative methods that help convert data to information. Quantitative Methods in Health Care Management provides important insights into the various quantitative methods, detailing many different problems and their solutions. It contains numerous helpful exhibits and graphics that explain and demonstrate the methods presented. It also provides a readable narrative for the manager who wants a high-level refresher on quantitative methods.”

Authors:Yasar Esroy, A. O. Moscardini,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: series, iii, computer, systems, sciences, nato, modelling, courses, engineering, education, mathematical
Number of Pages: 246
Published: 1994-07
List price: $122.00
ISBN-10: 0387580107
ISBN-13: 9780387580104

There is a gap between the mathematics taught to engineering students and the mathematics that engineers use in practice. The mathematics presented to undergraduates is often already in modelled form, there is always enough data, the solution is known, there is a preferred technique, and the students are expected to work by themselves. In practice the engineer will work on an ill-formulated problem and be expected to produce the model, will never have enough data, will never be perfectly sure if the solution is correct, and will be part of a team. Written by internationally renowned engineerin