{"product_id":"complex-public-private-systems-9781118984093","title":"Complex Public-Private Systems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExamines current and prospective challenges surrounding global challenges of education, energy, healthcare, security, and resilience \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book discusses issues in large-scale systems in the United States and around the world. The authors examine the challenges of education, energy, healthcare, national security, and urban resilience. The book covers challenges in education including America's use of educational funds, standardized testing, and the use of classroom technology. On the topic of energy, this book examines debates on climate, the current and future developments of the nuclear power industry, the benefits and cost decline of natural gases, and the promise of renewable energy. The authors also discuss national security, focusing on the issues of nuclear weapons, terrorism and cyber security. Urban resilience is addressed in the context of natural threats such as hurricanes and floods.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eStudies the usage of a globalized benchmark for both student and pedagogical performance\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers topics such as surveillance, operational capabilities, movement of resources, and the pros and cons of globalization\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines big data, evolving medical methodologies and effects on the medical educational curriculum, and the positive effects of electronic records in healthcare data\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerspectives on Complex Global Challenges: Education, Energy Healthcare, Security, and Resilience \u003c\/i\u003eserves as a reference for government officials, personnel in security, business executives and system engineers\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pate-Cornell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e John Wiley \u0026amp; Sons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/08\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781118984093\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElisabeth Paté-Cornell, PhD, \u003c\/b\u003e is the Burt and Deedee McMurtry Professor of Engineering at Stanford University in the department of Management Science and Engineering, which she chaired from its creation in 2000 to 2011. She is a past president of the Society for Risk Analysis. She served as a member of the President's (Foreign) Intelligence Advisory Board from 2001 to 2008. She is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and of several boards including InQtel, Draper Laboratory and Aerospace Corporation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam B. Rouse, PhD, \u003c\/b\u003e is the Alexander Crombie Humphreys Chair of Economics in Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology, and Director of the university-wide Center for Complex Systems and Enterprises. He is also Professor Emeritus of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Rouse is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles M. Vest, PhD, \u003c\/b\u003e was president emeritus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and president emeritus of the National Academy of Engineering. A mechanical engineer, he previously was dean of engineering and provost at the University of Michigan, and was a trustee of several universities and non-profit organizations devoted to education, research, and national security.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40689466703987,"sku":"9.78112E+12","price":108.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_2b5af0e8-c429-4db3-9f18-0b2100b49edf.jpg?v=1675265761","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/complex-public-private-systems-9781118984093","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}