Testing of Agriculture Technological Processes : A System Approach

Contents: Foreword. Introduction. I. Scientific principles of testing: 1. Basic concepts of testing of agricultural technological processes. 2. Systems methods for estimation of agricultural technological processes in testing. 3. Formulation of decision making in testing of agricultural technological processes. 4. Statistic methods of analysis and synthesis. 5. Mathematical modeling in agricultural technological process testing. 6. Methods for forecasting the effectiveness of an agricultural technological process in the test stage. II. Methodological principles for types of agricultural machine estimations: 7. Agricultural technological evaluations. 8. Power rating of agricultural technological processes. 9. Operational and technological evaluation. 10. Methods for the estimation of the reliability of agricultural machines. 11. Economic estimation of agricultural technological processes and decision-making on test results. 12. Estimation of working conditions of machine operators. Bibliography. The authors of the present book have examined organizational and technological principles and scientific methods of testing agricultural technological processes. The discuss in detail modern methods of agricultural technological evaluation, power rating, operational and technological evaluation and economic estimation of agricultural machines and complexes. They also describe methods for estimating the reliability of agricultural machines and the working conditions for machine operators. The authors have introduced the fundamentals principles of systems analysis and methods for forecasting the effectiveness of an agricultural technological process in the testing stage. The book will be useful for engineers and technicians involved in the research and development, and testing agricultural technological processes. …