Advances in Asset Management: Strategies, Technologies, and Industry Applications

本書探討資產生命週期管理，特別是基礎設施和產業部門資產管理中的人為因素。

本書深入研究基於第四次工業革命（4IR）技術應用的先進決策支持系統，例如擴增實境（AR）和虛擬實境（VR）、機器學習和數位雙胞胎，用於監控、診斷和預測。書中包含了應用於不同操作環境的 methodologies 和案例。

本書還考慮了國際標準、地方法規和行業指導方針在風險和韌性工程資產運營中的應用影響。

Adolfo Crespo Márquez is currently Full Professor at the School of Engineering of the University of Seville, Department of Industrial Management. He holds a Ph.D. with Honors in Industrial Engineering from this same University. He is included in the Stanford University's list of world top-scientists in 2023 and he received the Spanish Maintenance Award from the Spanish Maintenance Association (AEM) in 2020. With research works published in many top journals, he is the author of 8 books and Editor of 6 books with Springer, Aenor, IGI Global and INGEMAN, about maintenance, warranty, supply chain and assets management. Prof. Crespo is Fellow Director of ISEAM, Editor-in-Chief of EAMR Springer Book Series and led the Spanish Research Network on Assets Management and the Spanish Committee for Maintenance Standardization (1995-2003). He also leads the SIM research group related to smart maintenance systems and has extensively participated in many engineering and consulting projectsfor different companies, for the Spanish Departments of Defense, Science and Education as well as for the European Commission (IPTS). He is the President of INGEMAN (a National Association for the Development of Maintenance Engineering in Spain) since 2002.

Georges Abdul-Nour is an Emeritus Professor at the Department of Industrial engineering, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada. He received his Bachelors and Master Degrees in IE from the Université de Moncton, N.B.' Canada. He completed his PhD at Texas Tech University; Lubbock Texas, U.S.A. Dr. Abdul-Nour authored and co-authored 10 books and books chapters, and more than 450-refereed papers in international journals and conferences proceeding, and technical reports. His research interest is in fields such as Intelligent Asset Management, Complexes Systems Resilience, Reliability and Maintenance, Intelligent Manufacturing, I4.0 and I5.0, Lean-Six Sigma, and JIT (TPS). He is a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Production Research (IJPR), and Fellow and Board member of ISEAM. Professor Abdul-Nour is a registered member of the Order of Engineers of Quebec (OIQ). He served as Chair of Engineering School and of Research Institute on Small and Medium Enterprises (SME), (INRPME) at UQTR. He is an Elected Member of the Academy of Industrial Engineering of Texas Tech. Dr. Abdul-Nour hold the HQ/NSERG Research Chair in Asset-Management.

Turuna Seecharan obtained her M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada, specializing in "Robust Design Optimization using Metamodels". She is a licensed Professional Engineer with the Professional Engineers of Ontario and a board member of the International Society of Engineering Asset Management. Presently, she is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Her current research interests are Gamification and the role of Human Factors in Asset Management.

Joe Amadi-Echendu is an Emeritus Professor at the Graduate School of Technology Management, the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment, and Information Technology the University of Pretoria. He specializes in the management of Engineering and Technology and has been consulted on a variety of issues regarding technology commercialization and asset management. Joe continues to apply knowledge and expertise in public and private sector industries. He has co-edited 7 books, sole-authored a book and authored/co-authored over 150 articles in various technical publications worldwide. Joe obtained the chartered engineer status in the UK and he is a registered professional engineer as well as a NRF rated researcher in South Africa. Joe recently served as an experienced researcher for the European Union Horizon 2020 MSCA RISE Project 645733 (2014-2018) on the Sustainable Design and Management of Industrial Assets through Total Value and Cost of Ownership. Joe is a Founding Fellow, Director and current Chair of the Board of Directors of the International Society of Engineering Asset Management (www.iseam.org), as well as a member of the Board of International Association for the Management of Technology (www.iamot.net).

Adolfo Crespo Márquez目前是塞維利亞大學工程學院工業管理系的全職教授。他擁有該大學工業工程的榮譽博士學位。他在2023年被列入史丹佛大學的全球頂尖科學家名單，並於2020年獲得西班牙維護獎（Spanish Maintenance Award），該獎項由西班牙維護協會（AEM）頒發。他在多本頂尖期刊上發表了研究作品，是8本書的作者，並擔任6本書的編輯，這些書籍由Springer、Aenor、IGI Global和INGEMAN出版，內容涉及維護、保固、供應鏈和資產管理。Crespo教授是ISEAM的Fellow Director，EAMR Springer書系列的主編，並曾領導西班牙資產管理研究網絡及西班牙維護標準化委員會（1995-2003）。他還領導與智慧維護系統相關的SIM研究小組，並廣泛參與多個工程和諮詢項目，為不同公司、西班牙國防部、科學部和教育部以及歐洲委員會（IPTS）提供服務。自2002年以來，他一直擔任INGEMAN（西班牙維護工程發展國家協會）的會長。

Georges Abdul-Nour是加拿大魁北克大學特魯瓦河校區工業工程系的名譽教授。他在加拿大新不倫瑞克省的蒙克頓大學獲得工業工程的學士和碩士學位，並在美國德克薩斯州的德克薩斯科技大學完成博士學位。Abdul-Nour博士著作及合著了10本書和書章，並在國際期刊和會議論文集中發表了超過450篇經過審核的論文和技術報告。他的研究興趣涵蓋智慧資產管理、複雜系統韌性、可靠性與維護、智慧製造、工業4.0和5.0、精實六西格瑪及及時生產（JIT/TPS）。他是《國際生產研究期刊》（IJPR）的編輯委員會成員，也是ISEAM的Fellow和董事會成員。Abdul-Nour教授是魁北克工程師公會（OIQ）的註冊成員，曾擔任UQTR工程學院及中小企業研究所（INRPME）的院長。他是德克薩斯科技工業工程學院的當選成員。Abdul-Nour博士擔任資產管理的HQ/NSERG研究主席。

Turuna Seecharan在加拿大滑鐵盧大學獲得系統設計工程的碩士和博士學位，專攻「使用元模型的穩健設計優化」。她是安大略省專業工程師公會的執業工程師，並且是國際工程資產管理學會的董事會成員。目前，她是明尼蘇達大學杜魯斯分校機械與工業工程系的助理教授。她目前的研究興趣包括遊戲化及人因在資產管理中的角色。

Joe Amadi-Echendu是普利托利亞大學技術管理研究所的名譽教授，該研究所隸屬於工程、建築環境與資訊技術學院。他專注於工程與技術的管理，並在技術商業化和資產管理方面提供諮詢。Joe持續在公共和私營部門的行業中應用其知識和專業。他共同編輯了7本書，獨立撰寫了一本書，並在全球各種技術出版物中發表了超過150篇文章。Joe在英國獲得了特許工程師資格，並且是南非的註冊專業工程師及NRF評級研究員。最近，Joe擔任歐盟地平線2020 MSCA RISE項目645733（2014-2018）的經驗研究員，專注於工業資產的可持續設計與管理。