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Engineering Infrastructure Diagramming and Modeling.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington :
National Academies Press,
1986.
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| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Engineering Infrastructure Diagramming and Modeling
- Copyright
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Executive Summary
- INTRODUCTION
- FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- Engineering and the Engineering Community
- Definitions: Engineers, Engineering, and the Engineering Community
- Forces Affecting the Engineering Community
- Diagramming and Modeling
- Data Bases
- 1 Definition of Engineering
- INTRODUCTION
- DEFINITIONS
- 2 Forces Affecting the Engineering Community
- EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
- Supply of and Demand for Engineering Students and GraduatesGovernment Policies
- Industrial and Private Business Practices
- Societal Conditions
- Responses to Change
- INTERNAL FACTORS
- TECHNOLOGY AS A DRIVING FORCE FOR CHANGE
- EXPECTED IMPACT OF ADVANCES IN ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
- 3 Flow Diagrams of the Engineering Community
- INTRODUCTION
- DESCRIPTION OF THE DIAGRAMS
- Basic Flow Diagram
- Comprehensive Flow Diagram
- Detailed Flow Diagrams
- Disaggregated Flow Diagram
- THE BALANCE EQUATION
- DATA AVAILABILITY
- MAJOR DRIVING FORCESDemand-Side Forces
- Supply-Side Forces
- LIMITATIONS OF THE FLOW DIAGRAMS
- Part-Time Students
- Internal Training Programs
- Mobility
- NOTES
- 4 Modeling
- NEED FOR AND USE OF MODELS
- CRITIQUE OF EXISTING MODELS
- DEVELOPING THE CEUE SIMULATION MODEL
- Model Objectives
- Program Features
- RESULTS, SELF-CRITIQUE, AND LIKELY EXTENSIONS
- NOTES
- 5 Data Bases
- OVERVIEW OF DATA BASES
- Data Base Manager
- Data Collection Methods
- Respondents
- Target Population
- Focus
- Frequency
- Time Period CoveredAvailability
- DATA BASE COVERAGE
- Personal Variables
- Education
- Employment
- TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
- Sampling Frame
- Sampling Procedures
- Sample Size and Sampling Fraction
- Response Rate
- Accuracy of Data Base
- Data Compatibility
- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- NOTES
- Appendixes
- Appendix A The Definition of Engineering and of Engineers in Historical Context
- Engineering
- Engineering Technology
- Appendix B Trends in Engineering Enrollments and Degrees Granted
- ENGINEERING AND TOTAL U.S. ENROLLMENTS AND DEGREES AWARDEDRECENT TRENDS BY SEX AND ETHNICITY
- ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY TRENDS
- FACTORS INFLUENCING ENGINEERING ENROLLMENT TRENDS
- FUTURE DIRECTIONS
- Appendix C Flow Diagrams
- GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN COMPREHENSIVE FLOW DIAGRAM
- LABELING SYSTEM FOR FLOW DIAGRAMS
- DETAILED FLOW DIAGRAMS