NDLI: Engineering Problem Analysis with Microcomputer Spreadsheets

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Ziegler, W.L.
Copyright Year	1987
Description	Author affiliation: State University of New York - Binghamton (Ziegler, W.L.) The use of microcomputers (personal computers) to solve Engineering related problems is a recent and rapidly growing phenomenon. A considerable amount of software by literally hundreds of vendors is available for purchase. The vendor software that is available is usually for the purpose of solving major engineering problems as opposed to the "single formula" problems that may require large amounts of data. However, these "single formula" problems can be very time consuming to solve, especially if the same formula is to be used repeatedly to calculate various reactions to varying data. For those engineers knowledgeable of computer programming, a simple solution is for them to write a program to find answers to their engineering problems. However, there are a considerable number of engineers who do not know, nor want to know, how to program a computer. For those individuals, a solution is to use microcomputer spreadsheets. No knowledge of formal programming is required, just the use of a microcomputer and the spreadsheet software. Spreadsheets can be conceptualized as a two dimensional mathematical matrix consisting of input data to a formula, and the relationships between the various data (the formula). Results can be in mathematical or graphical form. This paper provides an overview of microcomputer spreadsheets in general, and how these spreadsheets can be utilized to solve specific engineering related problems. Problem examples discussed are component reliability, component failure time distribution, and manufacturing interval estimation.
Starting Page	32
Ending Page	32
File Size	60823
Page Count	1
File Format	PDF
DOI	10.1109/STIER.1987.716374
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1987-04-29
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Microcomputers Knowledge engineering Data engineering Programming Reliability engineering Manufacturing
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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