Intro -- _Hlk123216703 -- _Hlk120537793 -- _Hlk130421287 -- _Hlk130602566 -- _Hlk130428045 -- _Hlk130428204 -- _Hlk129137470 -- Preface -- Part 1 -- A Short While Ago, in a Galaxy Not Too Far -- Chapter 1 -- Our Founding Fathers Wrote an Important Document -- Chapter 2 -- Bill Gates, Microsoft,...

This paper presents an ethical creed, which we refer to as the Hippocratic Oath for Technologists. The creed is built on three fundamental pillars: proactively understanding the ethical implications of technology for all stakeholders, telling the truth about the capabilities, advantages, and...

This research proposes a normative approach in two infrastructural manufacturing decisions: quality and product development. Quality, as employed in the research, is defined as satisfying customer needs given a market segment. Product defects lead to customer dissatisfaction and have a negative...

Many of the complex problems faced by decision makers involve uncertainty as well as multiple conflicting objectives. This book provides a complete understanding of the types of objective functions that should be used in multiattribute decision making. By using tools such as preference, value,...