04362nam 2200637 a 450 991101943690332120200520144314.0978661326829797811181742721118174275978128326829512832682999781118156483111815648X9781118174678111817467497804705488130470548819(MiAaPQ)EBC698660(PPN)158034333(CKB)1000000000808768(Perlego)1009577(EXLCZ)99100000000080876820090309d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFinancial management and accounting fundamentals for construction /Daniel W. Halpin, Bolivar A. Senior1st ed.Hoboken, N.J. Wileyc20091 online resource (xi, 308 p.) ill9780470182710 0470182717 Includes bibliographical references and index.1 Introduction -- 2 Understanding Financial Statements -- 3 Analyzing Company Financial Data -- 4 Accounting Basics -- 5 Project-Level Cost Control -- 6 Forecasting Financial Needs -- 7 Time Value of Money and Evaluating Investments -- 8 Construction Loans and Credit -- 9 The Impact of Taxes -- Appendix A Typical Chart of Accounts -- Appendix B Further Illustrations of Transactions -- Appendix C Compound Interest Tables -- References -- Index.Successful financial management in the construction industry begins with this hands-on guide. While construction professionals are skilled in the technical side of their work, they often find the financial management aspect of the business daunting. Financial Management and Accounting Fundamentals for Construction will help you better understand and navigate the financial decisions that are part of every construction project. This book is a compact summary of the basic financial skills that a construction professional must have to be successful in the management of a construction company and its projects. Its topics address many of the questions that any construction administrator will face, such as: How to organize and use a company's financial reports; What amount of cash must be made available to the contractor to complete a project; Why the early payment of supplier invoices can enhance profitability; How to quantify the time value of money in financial decisions; What tax amount is owed by a company and how it impacts the bottom line; How to control project costs; What financial sources are available to a construction contractor for capital expansion. In this text, you will learn about accounting fundamentals, project-related financial matters, and company level financial issues - three factors that are key to your career success. An ideal reference for students of construction management and engineering, as well as professionals who need a quick refresher when dealing with cost control analysis and other financial issues, this text also offers: Easy-to-understand coverage of financial concepts specific to the construction industry, including business taxation, project control, engineering economy, and financial forecasting; Numerous worked examples, plus end-of-chapter review questions and exercises; Helpful appendices that present the structure of a typical chart of accounts, the flow of transactions through a construction accounting system, and tables required for computing interest and the time value of money.BuildingEstimatesConstruction industryAccountingBuildingCost controlConstruction industryFinanceBuildingEstimates.Construction industryAccounting.BuildingCost control.Construction industryFinance.690.068/1Halpin Daniel W111024Senior Bolivar A1838732MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911019436903321Financial management and accounting fundamentals for construction4417782UNINA06126nam 22006495 450 991029956430332120200630222149.0981-10-6692-210.1007/978-981-10-6692-4(CKB)4100000000881599(DE-He213)978-981-10-6692-4(MiAaPQ)EBC6299350(MiAaPQ)EBC5591606(Au-PeEL)EBL5591606(OCoLC)1066188494(PPN)220125066(EXLCZ)99410000000088159920171026d2018 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierKinesthetic Perception A Machine Learning Approach /by Subhasis Chaudhuri, Amit Bhardwaj1st ed. 2018.Singapore :Springer Singapore :Imprint: Springer,2018.1 online resource (XV, 138 p. 50 illus., 44 illus. in color.) Studies in Computational Intelligence,1860-949X ;748981-10-6691-4 Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Authors -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Basics of Haptics -- 1.1.1 Various Research Areas in Haptics -- 1.1.2 Possible Applications -- 1.2 Kinesthetic Perception -- 1.3 Perception: Aware Engineering Design -- 1.4 Organization of the Book -- References -- 2 Perceptual Deadzone -- 2.1 Haptic Data Compression -- 2.2 Perceptual Deadzone for Multidimensional Signals -- 2.3 Effect of Rate of Change of Kinesthetic Stimuli -- References -- 3 Predictive Sampler Design for Haptic Signals -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Experimental Setup -- 3.2.1 Device Setup -- 3.2.2 Signal Characteristics -- 3.2.3 Lag in User Response -- 3.2.4 Collected Data -- 3.3 Classification of Haptic Response -- 3.3.1 Performance Metric -- 3.3.2 Weber Classifier -- 3.3.3 Level Crossing Classifier -- 3.3.4 Classifiers Based on Decision Tree and Random Forests -- 3.3.5 Effect of Temporal Spacing -- 3.3.6 Significance Test for Classifiers -- 3.4 Applications in Adaptive Sampling -- References -- 4 Deadzone Analysis of 2-D Kinesthetic Perception -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Experimental Setup -- 4.2.1 Signal Characteristics and User Response -- 4.2.2 Data Statistics -- 4.3 Determination of Perceptual Deadzone -- 4.3.1 The Weber Classifier -- 4.3.2 Level Crossing Classifier -- 4.3.3 Elliptical Deadzone -- 4.3.4 Oriented Elliptical Deadzone -- References -- 5 Effect of Rate of Change of Stimulus -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Design of Experiment -- 5.2.1 Kinesthetic Force Stimulus -- 5.2.2 Data Collection -- 5.3 System Correction -- 5.4 Estimation of Decision Boundary -- 5.4.1 Parametric Decision Boundary -- 5.4.2 Nonparametric Decision Boundary -- 5.5 Analysis of Results -- References -- 6 Temporal Resolvability of Stimulus -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.1.1 Motivation for the Study -- 6.1.2 Related Work -- 6.1.3 Our Approach.6.2 Experimental Setup -- 6.2.1 Signal Characteristics -- 6.2.2 Data Collection -- 6.3 Estimation of Temporal Resolution -- 6.4 Effect of Fatigue -- 6.5 Application in Data Communication -- References -- 7 Task Dependence of Perceptual Deadzone -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.1.1 Objective of the Study -- 7.1.2 Prior Work -- 7.1.3 Our Approach -- 7.2 Design of Experiment -- 7.2.1 Kinesthetic Force Stimulus -- 7.2.2 Data Statistics -- 7.3 Estimation of Perceptual Deadzones -- References -- 8 Sequential Effect on Kinesthetic Perception -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Sequential Effect -- 8.3 Quantification of Sequential Effect -- 8.3.1 Logistic Regression -- 8.3.2 Description of the Regression Model -- 8.4 Analysis of Effect on Comparative Task -- 8.5 Analysis of Effect on Discriminative Task -- References -- 9 Conclusions -- Index.This book focuses on the study of possible adaptive sampling mechanisms for haptic data compression aimed at applications like tele-operations and tele-surgery. Demonstrating that the selection of the perceptual dead zones is a non-trivial problem, it presents an exposition of various issues that researchers must consider while designing compression algorithms based on just noticeable difference (JND). The book begins by identifying perceptually adaptive sampling strategies for 1-D haptic signals, and goes on to extend the findings on multidimensional signals to study directional sensitivity, if any. The book also discusses the effect of the rate of change of kinesthetic stimuli on the JND, temporal resolution for the perceivability of kinesthetic force stimuli, dependence of kinesthetic perception on the task being performed, the sequential effect on kinesthetic perception, and, correspondingly, on the perceptual dead zone. Offering a valuable resource for researchers, professionals, and graduate students working on haptics and machine perception studies, the book can also support interdisciplinary work focused on automation in surgery.Studies in Computational Intelligence,1860-949X ;748RoboticsAutomationArtificial intelligenceAutomatic controlRobotics and Automationhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/T19020Artificial Intelligencehttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/I21000Control and Systems Theoryhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/T19010Robotics.Automation.Artificial intelligence.Automatic control.Robotics and Automation.Artificial Intelligence.Control and Systems Theory.004.77Chaudhuri Subhasisauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut846530Bhardwaj Amitauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910299564303321Kinesthetic Perception2504035UNINA