Books published by Elsevier Science & Technology

Suitable for engineers, researchers and students dealing with the analysis and modeling of structures, from large civil engineering projects such as dams to aircraft structures and small engineered components, this edition focuses on the core knowledge, mathematical and analytical tools needed for successful structural analysis and modeling.

Presents a practical, instructive approach to successfully implementing the freemium model into your software products by building analytics into product design from the earliest stages of development. This book provides guidelines for using data and analytics through all stages of development to optimize your implementation of the freemium model.

Develops the value proposition for information in the enterprise and succinctly outlines the numerous forms of data storage. This book balances business and technology, with non-product-specific technical detail. It shows how to leverage data to deliver ROI for a business.

Agile software development approaches have had significant impact on industrial software development practices. This title focuses on gaps in the requirements of applying architecture-centric approaches and principles of agile software development and demystifies the agile architecture paradox.

Provides pipeline engineers with the tools to evaluate and inspect pipelines, safeguard the life cycle of their pipeline asset and ensure that they are optimizing delivery and capability. This book begins with an overview of pipeline risk management and engineering assessment, and regulatory approaches to liquid pipeline risk management.

A training and reference guide to the use of observation class ROVs for surveying, inspection, and research purposes. Intended for marine and offshore engineers and technicians using ROVs, it is also suitable for use by ROV designers and project managers in client companies making use of ROV technology.

The rare earths represent a group of chemical elements, the lanthanides, together with scandium and yttrium, which exhibit similar chemical properties. This title deals with the science and technology of the rare earth elements in an integrated manner. It offers the researcher and graduate student a complete and thorough coverage of the field.

Gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) has been the technique of choice of analytical scientists for many years. This book summarizes the major advances and relevant applications of GC-MS techniques over the years, with chapters by leading authors in the field of environmental chemistry.

Kenya is a thriving country in East Africa: its economy is largely based on the natural environment that frames the tourism sector, mainly through safaris and holidays on the coast. This book offers a holistic view on Kenya's natural environment and resources.

Bringing together advanced research on breathing, emotion and evolution, this book examines areas of basic and clinical research within neuroscience, as well as emerging and promising subfields.

Describes the principles that should always guide your interactions with participants from a real-world perspective. This title provides you with examples of how to apply these principles across a variety of situations throughout the user research process, from technical difficulties to emotional outbursts to awkward interactions.

Provides an overview of every phase of administering an application, from working with the vendor before installation, the installation process itself, handling upgrades, working with application users to report problems, scheduling backups, automating tasks that need to be done on a repetitive schedule, and finally retiring an application.

Explains how to apply the complex MARTE standard in practical situations. This guide illustrates with numerous examples how you can use MARTE to design and develop real-time and embedded systems and software.

Describes techniques for analyzing distributed algorithms based on award winning combinatorial topology research. This book presents a theoretical foundation relevant to many real systems reliant on parallelism with unpredictable delays, such as multicore microprocessors, wireless networks, distributed systems, and Internet protocols.

Describes the fundamental principles of physical metallurgy and the basic techniques for assessing microstructure. This book enables you to understand the properties and applications of metals and alloys at a deeper level than that provided in an introductory materials course.

Presents a practical hands-on instruction manual for enterprise architects. This book prepares you to better engage IT, management, and business users by equipping you with the tools and knowledge you need to address the most common enterprise architecture challenges.