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This book assembles new methods showing the automotive engineer for the first time how hybrid vehicle configurations can be modeled as systems with discrete and continuous controls. These hybrid systems describe naturally and compactly the networks of embedded systems which use elements such as integrators, hysteresis, state-machines and logical rules to describe the evolution of continuous and discrete dynamics and arise inevitably when modeling hybrid electric vehicles. They can throw light on systems which may otherwise be too complex or recondite.Hybrid Systems, Optimal Control and Hybrid Vehicles shows the reader how to formulate and solve control problems which satisfy multiple objectives which may be arbitrary and complex with contradictory influences on fuel consumption, emissions and drivability. The text introduces industrial engineers, postgraduates and researchers to the theory of hybrid optimal control problems. A series of novel algorithmic developments provides tools for solving engineering problems of growing complexity in the field of hybrid vehicles.Important topics of real relevance rarely found in text books and research publications—switching costs, sensitivity of discrete decisions and there impact on fuel savings, etc.—are discussed and supported with practical applications. These demonstrate the contribution of optimal hybrid control in predictive energy management, advanced powertrain calibration, and the optimization of vehicle configuration with respect to fuel economy, lowest emissions and smoothest drivability. Numerical issues such as computing resources, simplifications and stability are treated to enable readers to assess such complex systems. To help industrial engineers and managers with project decision-making, solutions for many important problems in hybrid vehicle control are provided in terms of requirements, benefits and risks.

Das Thema «Innovation» ist ein Dauerbrenner und steht stets an der Spitze der Prioritätenliste einer Unternehmung. Es ist existenziell für den Fortbestand einer Volkswirtschaft. In diesem Zusammenhang liegt die Schweiz in den verschiedenen Rankings zur Innovationskraft und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit weltweit an vorderster Front. In der vorliegenden Publikation wird dem schweizerischen Phänomen nachgegangen. In einem ersten Teil werden das Innovationsmanagement und dessen Chancen, Potenziale und Triebkräfte näher untersucht. In einem zweiten Teil geht es um Methoden und Tools zur Innovationsunterstützung, wobei insbesondere auf die Bedeutung des Wissensmanagements und auf die Web2.0-Technologie eingegangen wird. Der dritte Teil zeigt Erfolgsfaktoren für Innovationen an praktischen Beispielen auf, wobei unter anderem das neue Clustermanagement «aerospace», die Jungunternehmerförderung sowie die Schweizer Förderagentur für Innovation KTI ausführlich dargestellt werden. Im Anhang finden sich ein Fragebogen zur eigenen Messung und Beurteilung von Innovationen sowie ein Überblick über neuere Literatur zum Ideen- und Innovationsmanagement.

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Planning a meeting or event is no easy task. Just ask any of the administrative staffers who are increasingly being asked to do it. One minor mistake -- a plane ticket that doesn't arrive on time, not enough vegetarian meals at the luncheon, the wrong kind of audio/visual equipment -- can mean big trouble.Now this handy little how-to guide takes secretaries and assistants through the entire process step-by-step. From site selection and registration do's and don'ts to negotiating with vendors and food and beverage planning, this book gives them everything they need to get a meeting planned right.Packed with floor plans, checklists, glossaries of industry-specific terms, lists of resources, and more, Planning Successful Meetings and Events is sure to transform any take-charge assistant into the Martha Stewart of meeting and event planning. It's a good thing.