AccélérographeAn accelerograph can be referred to as a strong-motion instrument or seismograph, or simply an earthquake accelerometer. They are usually constructed as a self-contained box, which previously included a paper or film recorder (an analogue instrument) but now they often record directly on digital media and then the data is transmitted via the Internet. Accelerographs are useful for when the earthquake ground motion is so strong that it causes the more sensitive seismometers to go off-scale.
Structural integrity and failureStructural integrity and failure is an aspect of engineering that deals with the ability of a structure to support a designed structural load (weight, force, etc.) without breaking and includes the study of past structural failures in order to prevent failures in future designs. Structural integrity is the ability of an item—either a structural component or a structure consisting of many components—to hold together under a load, including its own weight, without breaking or deforming excessively.
Seismic analysisSeismic analysis is a subset of structural analysis and is the calculation of the response of a building (or nonbuilding) structure to earthquakes. It is part of the process of structural design, earthquake engineering or structural assessment and retrofit (see structural engineering) in regions where earthquakes are prevalent. As seen in the figure, a building has the potential to 'wave' back and forth during an earthquake (or even a severe wind storm). This is called the 'fundamental mode', and is the lowest frequency of building response.
Indicateur clé de performancevignette|Indicateurs clés de performance affichés à l'usine Scanfil de Sieradz, en Pologne. Un indicateur clé de performance (ICP) – en anglais : key performance indicator (KPI) – est un indicateur utilisé pour l'aide à la décision dans les organisations. Les ICP sont utilisés particulièrement en gestion de la performance organisationnelle. Le terme d'« indicateur clé de performance » est une traduction littérale provenant de l'anglais « key performance indicator » (KPI).
Performances (informatique)En informatique, les performances énoncent les indications chiffrées mesurant les possibilités maximales ou optimales d'un matériel, d'un logiciel, d'un système ou d'un procédé technique pour exécuter une tâche donnée. Selon le contexte, les performances incluent les mesures suivantes : Un faible temps de réponse pour effectuer une tâche donnée Un débit élevé (vitesse d'exécution d'une tâche) L'efficience : faible utilisation des ressources informatiques : processeur, mémoire, stockage, réseau, consommation électrique, etc.
Business performance managementBusiness performance management (BPM), also known as corporate performance management (CPM) enterprise performance management (EPM), organizational performance management, or simply performance management are a set of management and analytic processes that ensure activities and outputs meet an organization's goals in an effective and efficient manner. Business performance management is contained within approaches to business process management.
Performance engineeringPerformance engineering encompasses the techniques applied during a systems development life cycle to ensure the non-functional requirements for performance (such as throughput, latency, or memory usage) will be met. It may be alternatively referred to as systems performance engineering within systems engineering, and software performance engineering or application performance engineering within software engineering.
