Engineering in Practice (8 results)

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Have you ever faced a machinery alarm during a watch and wondered whether it signaled a minor fault-or the beginning of a serious engine room casualty?Have you discovered that troubleshooting a malfunctioning pump, generator, purifier, or diesel engine is far more complex than the procedures written in the manual?Do you understand marine engineering theory but struggle to apply it when real operational decisions must be made under pressure at sea?And do you want to move beyond simply following procedures and develop the judgment, confidence, and technical competence of an experienced engineering officer?Modern ships operate in demanding environments where machinery failures, environmental regulations, commercial pressures, and unexpected emergencies require engineers to think critically-not just follow checklists.MARINE ENGINEERING HANDBOOK: Practical Engine Room Operations, Ship Machinery Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Operational Decision-Making for Modern Ships bridges the gap between classroom knowledge and real-world engineering practice.Rather than focusing on theory alone, this handbook emphasizes practical operations, systematic troubleshooting, maintenance excellence, machinery reliability, technical leadership, and sound engineering judgment.Whether you are a cadet preparing for your first voyage, a watchkeeping engineer building confidence, or a senior officer preparing for Chief Engineer responsibilities, this handbook delivers practical guidance for today's engine rooms.Unlike textbooks that explain equipment without showing how it behaves in service, this book teaches how failures develop, how machinery is diagnosed, and how experienced engineers make critical decisions under real operating conditions.Inside This Handbook, You'll Discover: - Engine room watchkeeping and operational best practices- Marine diesel engines, generators, boilers, pumps, compressors, purifiers, and auxiliary systems- Preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance- Machinery troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and reliability improvement- Condition monitoring using vibration analysis, lubricant analysis, thermography, and performance trending- Fuel efficiency, machinery optimization, and engine load management- MARPOL compliance, emissions control, ballast water, and environmental stewardship- PLCs, instrumentation, sensors, automation, alarms, and integrated machinery control- Emergency response for blackouts, propulsion failures, flooding, fires, and machinery casualties- Dry docking, classification surveys, major overhauls, and contractor management- Engine room resource management, technical leadership, and operational decision-making- Digitalization, remote diagnostics, alternative fuels, cybersecurity, and emerging marine technologiesYou'll progress: From following checklists to understanding machinery behavior.From reacting to failures to preventing them.From replacing components on assumption to diagnosing root causes with confidence.From uncertainty during emergencies to disciplined decision-making under pressure.Designed for cadets, junior engineers, watchkeepers, senior officers, maritime students, and experienced professionals, this handbook combines proven engineering principles with modern operational practices to strengthen safety, reliability, efficiency, compliance, troubleshooting, and leadership.The engine room demands more than technical knowledge-it demands sound judgment, disciplined troubleshooting, and the confidence to make the right decision when it matters most.If you're ready to sharpen your operational expert Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Have you tried building AI agents only to end up with chatbots that break after a few interactions?Do frameworks like LangGraph, CrewAI, and MCP seem powerful-but difficult to connect into real working systems?Are you overwhelmed by tutorials that explain concepts but never show how to build complete, production-ready automation projects?Do you feel stuck between basic prompt engineering and creating intelligent systems that can plan, reason, remember, and take action?If so, you're not alone.AI agents are transforming how businesses automate research, customer support, document processing, sales operations, workflow orchestration, and knowledge retrieval. Yet most learning resources leave a frustrating gap between understanding the concepts and building systems that actually work.Some focus only on prompting.Others present isolated code snippets.Many stop at simple chatbots that never evolve into practical automation solutions.This book bridges that gap.Using Python and today's leading agent frameworks, you'll progress from core concepts to building intelligent systems capable of planning, memory management, retrieval, tool integration, workflow orchestration, and multi-agent collaboration.You'll move: From experimenting with prompts to engineering intelligent agent systemsFrom disconnected tutorials to complete automation workflowsFrom framework confusion to confidently building production-ready agentsFrom simple chatbot interactions to autonomous systems that reason, remember, and take actionInside, you'll learn how to: Build AI agents with Python from the ground upDesign structured workflows using LangGraphCoordinate collaborative agent teams with CrewAIConnect external tools and services through MCPBuild retrieval-augmented knowledge systemsDevelop multi-agent architectures for complex tasksEvaluate, optimize, monitor, and deploy production-ready agent applicationsLearning is reinforced through 20 real-world automation projects, including: Research assistantsCustomer support agentsKnowledge retrieval systemsWorkflow automation solutionsContent production pipelinesCRM and sales automationBusiness intelligence assistantsDocument processing workflowsMulti-agent collaboration platformsEach project develops practical engineering skills while teaching you how to troubleshoot failures, improve reliability, optimize performance, and make sound architectural decisions.Unlike many competing books, this guide goes beyond building agents to cover the topics that determine whether a prototype becomes a dependable production system, including: Memory architecturesWorkflow orchestrationTool integrationMulti-agent communicationProduction deploymentPerformance optimizationCost controlEvaluation frameworksOperational best practicesWhether you're a complete beginner, a Python developer, an automation engineer, or a consultant building intelligent business solutions, this book provides a structured, project-driven path toward real competence.No shallow prompt tricks.No fragile chatbot demos.No endless theory without implementation.Just practical instruction designed to help you build intelligent systems that solve real problems.If you've been searching for the guide that finally bridges the gap between learning about AI agents and actually building them, you've Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

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