News 4/2013 Engineering 39 B. Bandyopadhyay, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India; S. Janardhanan, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India; S. Spurgeon, University of Kent, UK (Eds) Advances in Sliding Mode Control Concept, Theory and Implementation e sliding mode control paradigm has become a mature technique for the design of robust control- lers for a wide class of systems including nonlin- ear, uncertain and time-delayed systems. Features 7 Latest research on Sliding Mode Con- trol 7 Constituted from the invited and plenary talks of the 12th IEEE International Workshop Variable Structure Systems (VSS), held 12-14 Jan. 2012 in Mumbai, India 7 Written by leading experts in the field Contents Comprehensive Approach to Sliding Mode Design and Analysis in Linear Systems.- Adaptive Sliding Mode Control.- Decentralised Variable Structure Control for Time Delay Interconnected Systems.- On the Second Order Sliding Mode Approach to Distributed and Boundary Control of Uncertain Parabolic PDEs.- Practical relative degree approach in sliding- mode control.- Higher Order Sliding Mode Based Accurate Tracking of Unmatched Perturbed Outputs.- On the Second Order Sliding Mode Approach to Distributed and Boundary Control of Uncertain Parabolic PDEs.- Practical relative degree approach in sliding- mode control.- Higher Order Sliding Mode Based Accu- rate Tracking of Unmatched Perturbed Outputs. Fields of interest Control; Systems eory, Control Target groups Research Product category Monograph Due April 2013 2013. XII, 380 p. (Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, Volume 440) Softcover 7 * € (D) 128,39 | € (A) 131,99 | sFr 160,00 7 € 119,99 | £108.00 ISBN 978-3-642-36985-8 9<HTOGPC=dgjifi> P. Caravani, University of L’Aquila, Italy Modern Linear Control Design A Time-Domain Approach is book offers a compact introduction to mod- ern linear control design. e simplified overview presented of linear time-domain methodology paves the road for the study of more advanced non-linear techniques. Only rudimentary knowl- edge of linear systems theory is assumed - no use of Laplace transforms or frequency design tools is required. Emphasis is placed on assumptions and logical implications, rather than abstract com- pleteness; on interpretation and physical meaning, rather than theoretical formalism; on results and solutions, rather than derivation or solvability. Features 7 Provides a single-source, compact and practical introduction to modern linear control design, including fast and effective design methods 7 In- cludes a state-of-the-art overview of time-domain linear methods 7 Covers methods typically dispersed in numerous books, such as constraints on control variables, control robustness and the Asymptotic Regulation problem 7 Uses examples from numerous application fields with solutions in MATLAB Contents Introduction to the Control Problem.- SIMO, x observed, w = 0.- SISO, x unobserved, w = 0.- MIMO, x observed, w = 0.- MIMO, x unobserved, w = 0.- MIMO, x observed, w 6= 0 unobserved, norm-bounded.- MIMO, x;w observed, w 6= 0.- MIMO, x;w unobserved, w 6= 0 exogenously generated. Fields of interest Control; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control Target groups Professional/practitioner Product category Professional book Due April 2013 2013. XIV, 126 p. 34 illus., 18 in color. Hardcover 7 * € (D) 96,29 | € (A) 98,99 | sFr 120,00 7 € 89,99 | £81.00 ISBN 978-1-4614-6942-1 9<HTMERB=egjecb> S. Carlucci, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Thermal Comfort Assessment of Buildings A number of metrics for assessing human thermal response to climatic conditions have been pro- posed in scientific literature over the last decades. ey aim at describing human thermal perception of the thermal environment to which an individu- al or a group of people is exposed. More recently, a new type of “discomfort index” has been proposed for describing, in a synthetic way, long-term phenomena. Starting from a systematic review of a number of long-term global discomfort indices, they are then contrasted and compared on a refer- ence case study in order to identify their similari- ties and differences and strengths and weaknesses. Features 7 Many tools for assessing the thermal comfort quality of a building during the design phase or the operational phase 7 New long-term general discomfort indices harmonized with respect to the three comfort models 7 A new short-term local discomfort index for the American Adaptive comfort model Contents A review of methods for long-term evaluation of the general thermal comfort conditions in build- ings.- A comparison of methods for long-term evaluation of general thermal comfort condi- tions in buildings.- A gap analysis of methods for long-term evaluation of general thermal comfort conditions.- A harmonized framework for the calculation of long-term discomfort indices.- A new index for long-term evaluation of the general thermal comfort conditions in building. Fields of interest Building Physics, HVAC; Energy Efficiency (incl. Buildings); Design, general Target groups Research Product category Brief Due May 2013 2013. XX, 157 p. 35 illus. (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology / PoliMI SpringerBriefs) Softcover 7 * € (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,00 7 € 49,99 | £44.99 ISBN 978-88-470-5237-6 9<HTTIPH=afcdhg>
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B. Bandyopadhyay, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India; S. Janardhanan, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India; S. Spurgeon, University of Kent, UK (Eds)
Advances in Sliding Mode ControlConcept, Theory and Implementation
The sliding mode control paradigm has become a mature technique for the design of robust control-lers for a wide class of systems including nonlin-ear, uncertain and time-delayed systems.
Features 7 Latest research on Sliding Mode Con-trol 7 Constituted from the invited and plenary talks of the 12th IEEE International Workshop Variable Structure Systems (VSS), held 12-14 Jan. 2012 in Mumbai, India 7 Written by leading experts in the field
Contents Comprehensive Approach to Sliding Mode Design and Analysis in Linear Systems.- Adaptive Sliding Mode Control.- Decentralised Variable Structure Control for Time Delay Interconnected Systems.- On the Second Order Sliding Mode Approach to Distributed and Boundary Control of Uncertain Parabolic PDEs.- Practical relative degree approach in sliding- mode control.- Higher Order Sliding Mode Based Accurate Tracking of Unmatched Perturbed Outputs.- On the Second Order Sliding Mode Approach to Distributed and Boundary Control of Uncertain Parabolic PDEs.- Practical relative degree approach in sliding- mode control.- Higher Order Sliding Mode Based Accu-rate Tracking of Unmatched Perturbed Outputs.
Fields of interestControl; Systems Theory, Control
Target groupsResearch
Product categoryMonograph
Due April 2013
2013. XII, 380 p. (Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, Volume 440) Softcover7 * € (D) 128,39 | € (A) 131,99 | sFr 160,007 € 119,99 | £108.00ISBN 978-3-642-36985-8
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P. Caravani, University of L’Aquila, Italy
Modern Linear Control DesignA Time-Domain Approach
This book offers a compact introduction to mod-ern linear control design. The simplified overview presented of linear time-domain methodology paves the road for the study of more advanced non-linear techniques. Only rudimentary knowl-edge of linear systems theory is assumed - no use of Laplace transforms or frequency design tools is required. Emphasis is placed on assumptions and logical implications, rather than abstract com-pleteness; on interpretation and physical meaning, rather than theoretical formalism; on results and solutions, rather than derivation or solvability.
Features 7 Provides a single-source, compact and practical introduction to modern linear control design, including fast and effective design methods 7 In-cludes a state-of-the-art overview of time-domain linear methods 7 Covers methods typically dispersed in numerous books, such as constraints on control variables, control robustness and the Asymptotic Regulation problem 7 Uses examples from numerous application fields with solutions in MATLAB
Contents Introduction to the Control Problem.- SIMO, x observed, w = 0.- SISO, x unobserved, w = 0.- MIMO, x observed, w = 0.- MIMO, x unobserved, w = 0.- MIMO, x observed, w 6= 0 unobserved, norm-bounded.- MIMO, x;w observed, w 6= 0.- MIMO, x;w unobserved, w 6= 0 exogenously generated.
Fields of interestControl; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control
Thermal Comfort Assessment of BuildingsA number of metrics for assessing human thermal response to climatic conditions have been pro-posed in scientific literature over the last decades. They aim at describing human thermal perception of the thermal environment to which an individu-al or a group of people is exposed. More recently, a new type of “discomfort index” has been proposed for describing, in a synthetic way, long-term phenomena. Starting from a systematic review of a number of long-term global discomfort indices, they are then contrasted and compared on a refer-ence case study in order to identify their similari-ties and differences and strengths and weaknesses.
Features 7 Many tools for assessing the thermal comfort quality of a building during the design phase or the operational phase 7 New long-term general discomfort indices harmonized with respect to the three comfort models 7 A new short-term local discomfort index for the American Adaptive comfort model
Contents A review of methods for long-term evaluation of the general thermal comfort conditions in build-ings.- A comparison of methods for long-term evaluation of general thermal comfort condi-tions in buildings.- A gap analysis of methods for long-term evaluation of general thermal comfort conditions.- A harmonized framework for the calculation of long-term discomfort indices.- A new index for long-term evaluation of the general thermal comfort conditions in building.
Fields of interestBuilding Physics, HVAC; Energy Efficiency (incl. Buildings); Design, general
M. de Rooij, TNO Built Environment and Geosciences, Delft, The Netherlands; K. Van Tittelboom, Ghent University, Belgium; N. De Belie, Ghent Unversity, Belgium; E. Schlangen, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands (Eds)
Self-Healing Phenomena in Cement-Based MaterialsState-of-the-Art Report of RILEM Technical Committee 221-SHC: Self-Healing Phenomena in Cement-Based Materials
Contents 1 Introduction: 1.1 Self-healing phenomena.- 1.2 Why self-healing in cement-based materials.- 1.3 Definitions in an emerging field.- 1.4 Outline of the report.- 1.5 Link to other RILEM TC’s.- 1.6 References.- 2 Experimental techniques used to verify healing: 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Techniques used to examine crack healing.- 2.3 Techniques used to verify recovery against environmental actions.- 2.4 Techniques used to verify recovery against mechanical actions.- 2.5 References.- 3 Recovery against environmental action: 3.1 Auto-genic self-healing.- 3.2 Autonomic self-healing.- 3.3 References.- 4 Recovery against mechanical actions: 4.1 Autogenic self-healing.- 4.2 Auto-nomic self-healing.- 4.3 References.- 5 Model-ling of self-healing cementitious materials: 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Lattice modelling for concrete with tubular encapsulation.- 5.3 Simulation of autogenic self-healing for concrete at early age.- 5.4 Simulation of self-healing capacity of hybrid fibre material.- 5.5 Analytical models for cracks hitting encapsulated materials.- 5.6 Self-healing by on-going hydration.- 5.7 References.- 6 Other materials, applications and future developments: 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Self-healing in other materi-als.- 6.3 Applications.- 6.4 Future developments and outlook.- 6.5 References.
Fields of interestCivil Engineering; Structural Materials; Continu-um Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials
G. Dodig-Crnkovic, Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden; R. Giovagnoli, Pontifical Lateran University, Vatican City, Italy (Eds)
Computing NatureTuring Centenary Perspective
Features 7 Presents recent advances in natural computa-tion, intended as computation found in nature, computation performed by natural materials and computation inspired by nature 7 Analyzes the relevance of the relationship between human representation and machine representation, the contrast between symbolic representation and processing on the one hand and nature-inspired, non-symbolic forms of computation on the other hand, with a special focus on connection-ism 7 Includes a selection of contributions from the Symposium on Natural Computing/Unconventional Computing and Its Philosophical Significance held during the AISB/IACAP World Congress 2012 in Birmingham, UK 7 Edited and written by leading experts in the field
Contents From the Contents: Computing Nature – A Network of Networks of Concurrent Informa-tion Processes.- A Framework for Computing Like Nature.- The Coordination of Probabilistic Inference in Neural Systems.-Neurobiological Computation and Synthetic Intelligence.-Nature-like Computation and a Measure of Programma-bility.- Alan Turing’s Legacy: Info-Computational Philosophy of Nature.- Dualism of Selective and Structural Information in Modelling Dynamics of Information.- Intelligence And Reference. Formal Ontology Of The Natural Computation.- Repre-sentation: Analytic Pragmatism and AI.- Salient Features and Key Frames: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Object Representation.
Fields of interestComputational Intelligence; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Philosophy of Mind
E. N. Dvorkin, R. G. Toscano, Simytec, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Finite Element Analysis of the Collapse and Post-Collapse Behavior of Steel Pipes: Applications to the oil industryThis book presents a detailed discussion of the models that were developed to simulate the col-lapse and post-collapse behavior of steel pipes. The finite element method offers to engineers the possibility of developing models to simulate the collapse behavior of casings inside oil wells and the collapse behavior of deepwater pipelines. However, if technological decisions are going to be reached from these model results, with implications for the economic success of industrial operations, for the occupational safety and health and for the environment, the engineering models need to be highly reliable. Using these models engineers can quantify the effect of manufacturing tolerances, wear, corrosion, etc.
Features 7 In-depth modeling guide, for practicing engineers using finite element simulations 7 Ad-dresses problems of thousands of researchers working on numerical methods
Contents Introduction.- Shell element formulations for general nonlinear analysis Modeling techniques.- Collapse and post-collapse behavior of steel pipes Finite element models.- Experimental validation of the finite element models Applications: slotted pipes and axial loads.- Collapse and post-collapse behavior of deepwater pipelines with buckle arres-tors. Cross-over mechanisms.- Conclusions.
Fields of interestContinuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materi-als; Civil Engineering; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools
Target groupsResearch
Product categoryBrief
Due April 2013
2013. V, 82 p. 81 illus., 66 in color. (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology / SpringerBriefs in Computational Mechanics) Softcover7 * € (D) 53,49 | € (A) 54,99 | sFr 67,007 € 49,99 | £44.99ISBN 978-3-642-37360-2
J. Eickhoff, University of Stuttgart, Germany (Ed)
A Combined Data and Power Management InfrastructureFor Small Satellites
This book describes the development and design of a unique combined data and power manage-ment infrastructure The use in small satellites gives some particular requirements to the systems like potential hardware failure robustness and handling of different types of external analog and digital interfaces. These requirements lead to a functional merge between On Board Computer and the satellite’s Power Control and Distribution Unit, which results in a very innovative design and even a patent affiliation. This book provides system engineers and university students with the technical knowledge as mix between technical brochure and a user guide.
Features 7 Gives details on the development background to estimate the overall system's function, perfor-mance and usability for satellite missions 7 Pro-vides a consistent documentation on the devel-oped Data and Power Management Infrastructure for small satellites 7 Written by experienced systems engineers from industry
Contents The OBC overall Design Concept.- The OBC Processor Board.- The I/O-Board.- The CCSDS Decoder/Encoder IP-Core.- The CCSDS Decoder/Encoder Board.- The Power Control and Distribu-tion Unit.- The OBC Power Supply Boards.- The OBC inter-board Harness.- OBC Mechanical and Thermal Design.- OBC HW/SW Integration Test-ing.- The Research Satellite Target.
Fields of interestAerospace Technology and Astronautics; Control Structures and Microprogramming; Circuits and Systems
J. Y. Foo, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore; S. J. Wilson, A. P. Bradley, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Qld, Australia; W. Gwee, Sunglade, Singapore; D. K.-W. Tam, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore
Ethics for Biomedical EngineersOver the last few decades, there are increasing public awareness of adverse events involving engineering failures that not only led to monetary losses but also more importantly, human injuries and deaths. Whilst it is vital for an engineering professional or student to acquire the necessary technical knowledge and skills in their respec-tive field, they must also understand the ethical essences that are relevant to their profession. Engineering professionals like biomedical engi-neers, need to appreciate the fundamentals of best practices and recognise how any derivation from such practices can have undesirable impacts on human lives. Through this book, it is hoped that readers would draw the relevance between the study of ethics and biomedical engineering. The book would be a useful source and reference for college-level and university-level students.
Features 7 Provide valuable insights for existing bio-medical engineers and those enrolled in continual engineering education programs 7 Explores the relevance of the study of ethics to biomedical engineering 7 Useful source and reference for college-level and university-level students
Contents Preface.- Ethical practices and engineering.- Eth-ics & biomedical engineering practice & research: origins of principles & consent.- Ethical con-siderations in clinical engineering.- Ethics of biomaterials for implants.- Ethics and data mining in biomedical engineering.- Whistle blowing: an option or an obligation?.- Index.
B. Godart, IFSTTAR, Paris, France; M. de Rooij, TNO Built Environment and Geosciences, Delft, The Netherlands; J. Wood, Structural Studies & Design Ltd.,Petworth, UK (Eds)
Guide to Diagnosis and Appraisal of AAR Damage to Concrete in StructuresPart 1 Diagnosis (AAR 6.1)
Contents 1. Introduction: 1.1 Why the need for a diagno-sis document.- 1.2 Scope.- 1.3 Definitions.- 2 Alkali-Aggregate Reaction: 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Alkali.- 2.3 Aggregates.- 2.4 Water.- 2.5 Pessi-mum behaviour.- 2.6 Summary.- 3 Symptoms of an expansive reaction during routine inspection: 3.1 General inspection remarks.- 3.2 Review of existing records.- 3.3 Planning of a comprehensive on-site inspection.- 3.4 The routine on-site inspec-tion.- 3.5 Concrete surface features suggestive of AAR.- 3.6 First assessment of field observations.- 4 Confirmation investigation: 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Available methods, personnel and expertise.- 4.3 Approach for diagnosis of AAR in structures.- 4.4 On-site sampling for AAR confirmation.- 4.5 Visual examination of cores.- 4.6 Petrographic examination.- 4.7 Additional tests.- 5 Severity investigation: 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Field inves-tigation.- 5.3 Laboratory tests.- 5.4 Summary of diagnosis.- 6 Reporting: 6.1 Purpose.- 6.2 Scope.- 6.3 Objectives of the investigation.- 6.4 Informa-tion concerning the structures.- 6.5 Methods and techniques used.- 6.6 Interpretation of results.- 6.7 Conclusions.- 6.8 Author.- References.- Appendix 1. Proceedings of ICAAR.- Appendix 2. Diagnosis of AAR within an overall investigation.
Fields of interestBuilding Repair and Maintenance; Structural Materials; Structural Mechanics
Biomedical Applications of Control EngineeringBiomedical Applications of Control Engineering is a lucidly written textbook for graduate control engin eering and biomedical engineering students as well as for medical prac ti tioners who want to get acquainted with quantitative methods. It is based on decades of experience both in control engineering and clinical practice. The book begins by reviewing basic concepts of system theory and the modeling process. It then goes on to discuss control engineering application areas like: Differ-ent models for the human operator,dosage and timing optimization in oral drug administration, measuring symptoms of and optimal dopaminer-gic therapy in Parkinson’s disease, measure ment and control of blood glucose le vels both naturally and by means of external controllers in diabetes, and control of depth of anaesthesia using inha-lational anaesthetic agents like sevoflurane using both fuzzy and state feedback controllers.
Features 7 Recent Biomedical Applications of Control Engineering 7 With applications on Parkinson's disease and blood glucose 7 Written by a leading expert in the field
Contents Introduction to Systems.- Modeling and Identi-fication.- The Human Operator.- Drug Admin-istration and Dosage Optimization.- Parkinson’s Disease.- Diabetes and Control of Blood Glucose.- Controlling Depth of Anaesthesia.
Fields of interestControl; Systems Theory, Control; Biomedicine general
Target groupsResearch
Product categoryMonograph
Due May 2013
2013. XII, 236 p. (Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, Volume 441) Softcover7 approx. * € (D) 128,35 | € (A) 131,95 | sFr 160,007 approx. € 119,95 | £108.00ISBN 978-3-642-37278-0
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M. Ismail, W. Zhuang, University of Waterloo, ON, Canada
Cooperative Networking in Heterogeneous Wireless MediumThis brief focuses on radio resource allocation in a heterogeneous wireless medium. It presents radio resource allocation algorithms with decentralized implementation, which support both single-network and multi-homing services. The brief provides a set of cooperative networking algo-rithms, which rely on the concepts of short-term call traffic load prediction, network cooperation, convex optimization, and decomposition theory. In the proposed solutions, mobile terminals play an active role in the resource allocation operation, instead of their traditional role as passive service recipients in the networking environment.
Contents Introduction.- Decentralized Optimal Resource Allocation.- Prediction Based Resource Alloca-tion.- Resource Allocation for Single-network and Multi-homing Services.- Conclusions and Future Directions.
Fields of interestCommunications Engineering, Networks; System Performance and Evaluation; Coding and Infor-mation Theory
H.-K. Jung, Paichai University, Daejeon, South Korea; J. T. Kim, Mokwon University, Daejeon, South Korea; T. Sahama, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; C.-H. Yang, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan (Eds)
Future Information Communication Technology and ApplicationsICFICE 2013
These proceedings are based on the 2013 Inter-national Conference on Future Information & Communication Engineering (ICFICE 2013), which will be held at Shenyang in China from June 24-26, 2013. The conference is open to all over the world, and participation from Asia-Pacific region is particularly encouraged.
Features 7 Focuses on the various aspects of advances in future information communication technology and its applications 7 Presents the latest issues and progress in the area of future information communication technology 7 Applicable to both researchers and professionals
Contents Communication System and Application.- Net-working and Services.- Intelligent Information System.- Multimedia and Digital Convergence.- Semiconductor and Communication Services.- Imaging and Biomedical Engineering.- Ubiq-uitous Sensor Network.- Database and Internet Application.- Mobile Communication.- IT Fusion Technology.
Fields of interestCommunications Engineering, Networks; Com-puter Communication Networks; Information Systems and Communication Service
Signals, Processes, and SystemsAn Interactive Multimedia Introduction to Signal Processing
This is a very new concept for learning Signal Processing, not only from the physically-based scientific fundamentals, but also from the didactic perspective, based on modern results of brain re-search. The textbook together with the DVD form a learning system that provides investigative stud-ies and enables the reader to interactively visualize even complex processes. The unique didactic con-cept is built on visualizing signals and processes on the one hand, and on graphical programming of signal processing systems on the other.
Features 7 A ground-breaking new approach to teaching elementary signal processing by closely con-necting theory and application 7 Includes a book, design software for hands-on exercises, and detailed explanations on how to learn from and use them 7 Almost no mathematics required 7 Suitable for self-study 7 For begin-ners and practitioners in electrical engineering
Contents Introduction.- The Concept: Methods, Contents, Objectives.- Signals in the time and frequency domain.- The Uncertainty Principle.- Language as a carrier of information.- The Symmetry Principle.- System analysis.- Linear and non-linear processes.- Classical modulation procedures.- Digitalisation.- Digital filters.- Digital transmis-sion technology I: Source encoding.- Digital transmission technology II: Channel encoding.- Digital Transmission Techniques III: Modulation.- Neuronal Networks.
Fields of interestSignal,Image and Speech Processing; Multimedia Information Systems
J.-H. Kim, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea; E. Matson, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA; H. Myung, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea; P. Xu, The University of Auckland, New Zealand (Eds)
Robot Intelligence Technology and ApplicationsAn Edition of the Presented Papers from the 1st International Conference on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications
In recent years, robots have been built based on cognitive architecture which has been developed to model human cognitive ability. The cogni-tive architecture can be a basis for intelligence technology to generate robot intelligence. In this edited book the robot intelligence is classified into six categories: cognitive intelligence, social intelligence, behavioral intelligence, ambient intelligence, collective intelligence and genetic intelligence. This classification categorizes the in-telligence of robots based on the different aspects of awareness and the ability to act deliberately as a result of such awareness.
Features 7 Recent Research on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications 7 Proceedings of the First International Conference on Robot Intel-ligence Technology and Applications (RiTA 2012) held in Gwangju, Korea on December 16 - 18, 2012 7 Written by leading experts in the field
Contents Cognitive Intelligence, Social Intelligence and Behavioral Intelligence.- Ambient Intelligence, Collective Intelligence and Genetic Intelligence.- Intelligent Robots and Applications.
Fields of interestComputational Intelligence; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Robotics and Automation
Target groupsResearch
Product categoryMonograph
Due April 2013
2013. Approx. 900 p. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Volume 208) Softcover7 approx. * € (D) 213,95 | € (A) 219,94 | sFr 266,507 approx. € 199,95 | £180.00ISBN 978-3-642-37373-2
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M. Krawczak, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Multilayer Neural NetworksA Generalized Net Perspective
The primary purpose of this book is to show that a multilayer neural network can be considered as a multistage system, and then that the learning of this class of neural networks can be treated as a special sort of the optimal control problem. In this way, the optimal control problem methodology, like dynamic programming, with modifications, can yield a new class of learning algorithms for multilayer neural networks. Another purpose of this book is to show that the generalized net theory can be successfully used as a new descrip-tion of multilayer neural networks.
Features 7 Recent research on Multilayer Neural Net-works 7 Shows that a multilayer neural network can be considered as a multistage system, and that the learning of this class of neural networks can be treated as a special sort of the optimal control problem 7 Presents a new way to describe the functioning of discrete dynamic systems 7 Shows that the generalized net theory developed by Atanassov (1984) as the extension of the ordinary Petri net theory and its modifications can be successfully used as a new description of multilayer neural networks
Contents Introduction to Multilayer Neural Networks.- Basics of Generalized Nets.- Simulation Process of Neural Networks.- Learning from Examples.- Learning as a Control Process.- Parameterisation of Learning.- Adjoint Neural Networks.
Fields of interestComputational Intelligence; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Control
Finite Elements in Fracture MechanicsTheory - Numerics - Applications
Fracture mechanics has established itself as an important discipline of growing interest to those working to assess the safety, reliability and service life of engineering structures and materials. In order to calculate the loading situation at cracks and defects, nowadays numerical techniques like finite element method (FEM) have become indis-pensable tools for a broad range of applications. The present monograph provides an introduction to the essential concepts of fracture mechanics, its main goal being to procure the special techniques for FEM analysis of crack problems, which have to date only been mastered by experts. All kinds of static, dynamic and fatigue fracture problems are treated in two- and three-dimensional elastic and plastic structural components.
Features 7 Unique presentation, from fracture mechanics basics up to advanced FEM techniques 7 Com-bination of fundamental mechanics theory with requirements for practical engineers 7 Densely illustrated
Contents Preface.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Classification of frac-ture processes.- 3 Basics of fracture mechanics.- 4 Finite Element Method.- 5 FE-techniques for crack analysis in linear-elastic structures.- 6 Nu-merical calculation of generalized energy balance integrals.- 7 FE-techniques for crack analysis in elastic-plastic structures.- 8 Numerical simulation of crack propagation.- 9 Practical applications.- 10 A Fundamentals of strength of materials.- Index.
Fields of interestContinuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materi-als; Materials Science, general; Computational Science and Engineering
2013. X, 480 p. 277 illus., 37 in color. (Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, Volume 201) Hardcover7 approx. * € (D) 80,20 | € (A) 82,45 | sFr 100,007 approx. € 74,95 | £67.99ISBN 978-94-007-6679-2
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T. Law, University of Tasmania, Launceston, TAS, Australia
The Future of Thermal Comfort in an Energy- Constrained WorldThe dissertation investigates the scientific and business factors that have resulted in air-con-ditioning being a major contributor to climate-change. With his architectural background, the author demonstrates how a design methodology, not commonly adopted in scientific studies, may actually be a suitable way of dealing with a complex problem: the ‘business as usual’ scenario involving building science, sociological values and consumer behavior.
Features 7 Nominated as outstanding PhD thesis from the University of Tasmania 7 Investigates the scien-tific and business factors that have resulted in air-conditioning being a major contributor to climate-change 7 Advances the theory of personalized thermal comfort that has led to the innovation of a novel air-conditioning system that can potentially resolve the air-conditioning conundrum
Contents The State of the World.- Literature Review: Ther-mal Comfort and Air-Conditioning.- Brain Cool-ing.- Comfort Energetics — Thermal Comfort Under Energy Constraints.-Research Methodol-ogy.- The Rain Tower.- Finding a market-oriented solution.- Personal air-conditioning.- Field Testing DTAC, Methodology & Results.- Future Re-search.- Future Research.
Fields of interestBuilding Construction; Energy Efficiency (incl. Buildings); Earth System Sciences
T. Lindblad, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden; J. M. Kinser, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
Image Processing using Pulse-Coupled Neural NetworksApplications in Python
Image processing algorithms based on the mammalian visual cortex are powerful tools for extraction information and manipulating images. This book reviews the neural theory and translates them into digital models. Applications are given in areas of image recognition, foveation, image fu-sion and information extraction. The third edition reflects renewed international interest in pulse image processing with updated sections presenting several newly developed applications. This edition also introduces a suite of Python scripts that assist readers in replicating results presented in the text and to further develop their own applications.
Features 7 Explains how to learn from nature image recognition 7 Applies pulse-coupled neu-ral networks to image processing 7 Displays many applications accompanied by Python scripts 7 Considers a wide variety of image processing applications
Contents Biological Models.- Programming in Python.- NumPy, SciPy and Python Image Library.- The PCNN and ICM.- Image Analysis.- Feedback and Isolation.- Recognition and Classification.- Tex-ture Recognition.- Color and Multiple Channels.- Image Signatures.- Logic.
Fields of interestSignal,Image and Speech Processing; Image Processing and Computer Vision; Biophysics and Biological Physics
Target groupsResearch
Product categoryMonograph
Due May 2013
3rd ed. 2013. 250 p. 213 illus., 20 in color. (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering) Hardcover7 * € (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,507 € 99,99 | £90.00ISBN 978-3-642-36876-9
J. Masuch, M. Delgado-Restituto, University of Seville, Spain
Ultra Low Power Transceiver for Wireless Body Area NetworksWireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) are expected to promote new applications for the ambulatory health monitoring of chronic patients and elderly population, aiming to improve their quality of life and independence. These networks are composed by wireless sensor nodes (WSNs) used for measuring physiological variables (e.g., glucose level in blood or body temperature) or controlling therapeutic devices (e.g., implanted insulin pumps). These nodes should exhibit a high degree of energy autonomy in order to extend their battery lifetime or even make the node sup-ply to rely on harvesting techniques.
Features 7 Guides readers through the design of ultra low power transceivers for body area networks, from architecture to circuit-level implementa-tion 7 Describes 4 key strategies for ultra-low power transceiver design and specific, innovative techniques for circuit-level design 7 Enables readers to design transceivers for body area net-works with a total TX efficiency of 27% and an RX power consumption close to 1mW 7 Includes a review of the state-of-the-art in low-power trans-ceivers in the GHz frequency range
Contents Introduction.- Review of the state of the art.- Low power strategies.- Implementation of the low power transceiver.- Co-integration of RF energy harvesting.- Conclusions.
Fields of interestCircuits and Systems; Electronics and Microelec-tronics, Instrumentation; Electronic Circuits and Devices
Target groupsResearch
Product categoryMonograph
Due April 2013
2013. VIII, 122 p. 94 illus., 34 in color. (Analog Circuits and Signal Processing) Hardcover7 * € (D) 106,99 | € (A) 109,99 | sFr 133,507 € 99,99 | £90.00ISBN 978-3-319-00097-8
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J. W. McPherson, McPherson Reliability Consulting, LLC, Plano, TX, USA
Reliability Physics and EngineeringTime-To-Failure Modeling
Contents Introduction.- Materials and Device Degradation.- From Material/Device Degradation to Time-To-Failure.- Time-To-Failure Modeling.- Gaussian Statistics – An Overview.- Time-To-Failure Statistics.- Failure Rate Modeling.- Accelerated Degradation.- Acceleration Factor Modeling.- Ramp-To-Failure Testing.- Time-To-Failure Mod-els for Selected Failure Mechanisms in Integrated Circuits Breakdown (TDDB).- Time-To-Failure Models for Selected Failure Mechanisms In Me-chanical Engineering.- Conversion of Dynamical Stresses Into Effective Static Values.- Increasing the Reliability of Device/Product Designs.- Screening.- Heat Generation and Dissipation.- Sampling Plans and Confidence Intervals.- Ap-pendix A: Useful Conversion Factors.- Appendix B: Useful Physical Constants.- Appendix C: Useful Rough Rules-Of-Thumb.- Appendix D: Useful Mathematical Expressions.- Appendix E: Useful Differentials and Definite Integrals.- Appendix F: Free-Energy.- Appendix G: t(1-α/2,ν) Distribution Values.- Appendix H: χ2(P,ν) Distribution Values.- Index.
Fields of interestElectronics and Microelectronics, Instrumenta-tion; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk; Statistical Theory and Methods
E. Mitleton-Kelly, The London School of Economics and Political Sciences, UK (Ed)
Co-evolution of Intelligent Socio-technical SystemsModelling and Applications in Large Scale Emergency and Transport Domains
Features 7 Provides the reader with application-orientated tools for studying complex socio-technical sys-tems 7 Authored by leading researchers in the field 7 Includes data-driven case studies
Contents Part I : Introduction and literature reviews.- The Socionical FP7 Project and an outline of the volume.- Enhancing Crowd Evacuation & Traffic Management, through AmI technologies - A Review of the Literature.- A The Concept of ‘Co-evolution’ and its Application in the Social Sciences – A Review of the literature.- Part II: EMERGENCY.- Using mobile technology and a participatory sensing approach for crowd moni-toring during large-scale mass gatherings.- Agent-based Modelling of Social Emotional Decision Making in Emergency Situations,- Designing Complex Socio-technical Systems: Empirically Grounded Simulations as Tools for Experience-based Design Space Explorations.- Part III: TRANSPORT.- Enhancing Future Mass ICT with Social Capabilities.- Emerging Phenomena During Driving Interactions.- Effective Assessment of AmI Intervention in Traffic Through Quantita-tive Measures.- Part IV: CITY SCALE.- City Scale Evacuation Simulation: A High-Performance Multi-Agent Simulation Framework.
Fields of interestComplexity; Computer Appl. in Social and Behav-ioral Sciences; Methodology of the Social Sciences
S. C. Mukhopadhyay, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand; A. Mason, Liverpool John Moores University, UK (Eds)
Smart Sensors for Real-Time Water Quality MonitoringSensors are being utilized to increasing degrees in all forms of industry.
Features 7 Recent research on Smart Sensors for Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring 7 For the first time International expertise for sensors to tackle the diverse subject of water quality is combined in a single text 7 Written by leading experts in the field
Contents Monitoring pollutants in wastewater: traditional lab based versus modern real-time approaches.- In situ phosphate monitoring in seawater: today and tomorrow.- Fluorescence and phosphorescence chemical sensors applied to water samples.- Moni-toring wastewater treatment using voltammetric electronic tongues.- Automatic water and waste-water quality monitoring systems.- Development and deployment of a microfluidic platform for water quality monitoring.- Nitrate anion sensors, their applications and a case study of their status in waste water from selected areas of coastal Guyana via a spectrophotometric method.- The selection of novel planar electromagnetic sensors for the application of nitrate contamination detec-tion.- Microwave sensors for real-time nutrient detection in water.- Remote Monitoring of Water Quality for Intensive Fish culture.- ICT as an enabler to Smart Water Management.- Emerging organic contaminants in groundwater.
Fields of interestElectronics and Microelectronics, Instrumenta-tion; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution; Hydrogeology
S. C. Mukhopadhyay, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Intelligent Sensing, Instrumentation and Measurements“Intelligent Sensing, Instrumentation and Measurements” addresses issues towards the development of sensor nodes for wireless Sensor Networks. The fundamentals of sensors, interfac-ing, power supplies, configuration of sensor node, and GUI development are covered. The book will be useful for engineers and researchers in the field ,especially for higher undergraduate and post-graduate students as well as practitioners working on the development of Wireless Sensor Networks or Smart Sensors.
Features 7 Introductory textbook on sensing and smart sensors, standards, instrumentation, interfacing, communication, measurements and effects of noises 7 Covers aspects of sensors and intelli-gent sensing techniques, measurement science and instrumentation techniques 7 Includes solved problems and exercises as well as applications to Noninvasive Instrumentation and Measurement in Medical Diagnosis
Contents Sensors Fundamental.- Interfacing of Sensors and Signal Conditioning.- Wireless Sensors and Sensors Network.- Power Supplies for Sensors.- Software Design for Data Reception and Analysis.- Sensors Signal Processing Techniques.- Descrip-tion of a Few Projects.
Fields of interestElectronics and Microelectronics, Instrumenta-tion; Communications Engineering, Networks; Computational Intelligence
A. Neustein, Linguistic Technology Systems, Fort Lee, NJ, USA; J. A. Markowitz, J. Markowitz Consultants, Chicago, IL, USA (Eds)
Where Humans Meet MachinesInnovative Solutions for Knotty Natural-Language Problems
Contents Preface.- Making the Case for an Open, Uni-fied System Architecture in Response to Rapid Developments in the Natural Language Industry: Translingual Automatic Language Exploration System (TALES).- The Burgeoning of Medical Social-Media Postings and the Need for Improved Natural Language Mapping Tools.- Machine Translation: the Enterprise Point of View.- Speech-Enabled Unified Communications: Overcoming the Multilingual Challenges of the European Mar-ket.- Exploiting Lexical Sensitivity in Performing Word-Sense Disambiguation.- Summarizing Short Texts through a Discourse-Centered Approach in a Multilingual Context.- Handling Two Difficult Challenges for Text-to-Speech Synthesis Systems: Out-of-Vocabulary Words and Prosody -- A Case Study in Romanian.- MAP: An Abstraction-Based Metaphor Analysis Program for Overcom-ing Cross-Modal Challenges.- Translation of Idiomatic Expressions across Different Languages: A Study of the Effectiveness of TransSearch.- Argumentation-Based Dialog Systems for Medical Training.- Design of Dialog-Based Intelligent Tutoring Systems to Simulate Human-to-Human Tutoring.- TCAD: Vocabulary Acquisition Tool for Motivating Bilingual Pupils with Hearing Impairments in Learning English.- A Hybrid Ap-proach to Automated Rating of Foreign Language Proficiency Using Oral Test Responses. [...]
Fields of interestSignal,Image and Speech Processing; Compu-tational Linguistics; Machinery and Machine Elements
M. Rakotondrabe, University of Franche-Comté at Besancon, France (Ed)
Smart Materials-Based Actuators at the Micro/Nano-ScaleCharacterization, Control, and Applications
Contents Introduction: Smart Materials as Essential Base for Actuators in Micro/Nanopositioning.- Char-acterization and Dynamics of Polymer Microac-tuators.- Design of Piezoelectric Actuators with Guaranteed Performances using the Performances Inclusion Theorem and Interval Tools.- Modeling and Robust H∞ Control of a Nonlinear and Oscil-lating 2-dof multimorph cantilevered piezoelectric actuator.- A Hybrid Control Approach to nanopo-sitioning.- Interval modeling and robust feedback control of Piezoelectric-Based Microactuators.- Kalman Filtering and State-Feedback Control of a Nonliear Piezoelectric Cantilevered Actua-tor.- Intelligent Hysteresis Modeling and Control of Piezoelectric Ac-tuators.- Compensation of Rate-Dependent Hysteresis in a Piezomicroposi-tioning Actuator.- Feedforward Control of Flexible and Nonlinear Piezoelectric Actuators.- Micro/Nanorobotic Manufacturing Thin-film NEMS Force Sensor.- Human Sperm Tracking, Analysis, and Manipulation.
Fields of interestControl; Nanotechnology and Microengineering; Nanotechnology
C. Reig, University of Valencia, Burjassot, Spain; S. Cardoso, INESC-MN, Lisboa, Portugal; S. C. Mukhopadhyay, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Giant Magnetoresistance (GMR) SensorsFrom Basis to State-of-the-Art Applications
Since the discovery of the giant magnetoresis-tance (GMR) effect in 1988, spintronics has been presented as a new technology paradigm, awarded by the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2007. Initially used in read heads of hard disk drives, and while disputing a piece of the market to the flash memo-ries, GMR devices have broadened their range of usage by growing towards magnetic field sensing applications in a huge range of scenarios.
Features 7 Reference in the field of GMR technol-ogy 7 Presents applications of GMR based sensing approaches in the fields of protein sequentiation, brain activity detection, electrical current sensing, or traffic monitoring 7 Written by leading experts in the field
Contents Giant Magnetoresistance basis.- Noise in GMR and TMR sensors.- Resistive sensor interfacing.- GMR based sensors for IC cur-rent monitoring.- GMR sensors in automotive applications.- Compass applications using GMR sensors.- Commercial-off-the-shelf GMR based sensor on board OPTOS picosatellite.- High-spatial resolution GMR sensors – Part I Applica-tion in non-destructive evaluation.- High-spatial resolution GMR sensors – Part II Application in Biomedicine.- Magnetoresistive sensors for surface imaging.
Fields of interestElectronics and Microelectronics, Instrumenta-tion; Signal,Image and Speech Processing; Mea-surement Science and Instrumentation
Particle Filters for Random Set ModelsContents Introduction.- References.- Background.- A brief review of particle filters.- Online sensor control.- Non-standard measurements.- Impre-cise measurements.- Imprecise measurement function.- Uncertain implication rules.- Particle filter implementation.- Applications.- Multiple objects and imperfect detection.- Random finite sets.- Multi-object stochastic filtering.- OSPA metric.- Specialized multi-object filters.- Bernoulli filter.- PHD and CPHD filter.- References.- Ap-plications involving non-standard measure-ments.- Estimation using imprecise measure-ment models.- Localization using the received signal strength.- Prediction of an epidemic using syndromic data.- Summary.- Fusion of spatially referring natural language statements.- Language, space and modelling.- An illustrative example.- Classification using imprecise likelihoods.- Mod-elling.- Classification results.- References.- object particle filters.- Bernoulli particle filters.- Standard Bernoulli particle filters.- Bernoulli box-particle filter.- PHD/CPDH particle filters with adaptive birth intensity.- Extension of the PHD filter.- Ex-tension of the CPHD filter.- Implementation.- A numerical study.- State estimation from PHD/CPHD particle filters.- Particle filter approxima-tion of the exact multi-object filter.- References.- Sensor control for random set based particle filters.- Bernoulli particle filter with sensor con-trol.- The reward function.- Bearings only tracking in clutter with observer control.- Target Tracking via Multi-Static Doppler Shifts.- Sensor control for PHD/CPHD particle filters.- The reward func-tion.- A numerical study. [...]
Fields of interestSignal,Image and Speech Processing; Information and Communication, Circuits; Probability and Statistics in Computer Science
K.-U. Schrogl, European Space Agency, Paris, France (Ed)
Handbook of Space SecurityPolicies, Applications and Programs
Contents Part 1: International Space Security Setting.- In-troduction.- Chapter 1: Defining Space Security.- Chapter 2: Key Space Security Policy Issues.- Chapter 3: Space and Cyber Security.- Chapter 4: Space Safety.- Chapter 5: Space Sustainability.- Chapter 6: Spacepower Theory.- Chapter 7: Dis-cussion on Space Weaponization.- Chapter 8: The Role of Space in Deterrence.- Chapter 9: Obstacles to International Space Governance.- Chapter 10: International Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities.- Chapter 11: Space Transparency and Confidence-Building Measures.- Chapter 12: Space Traffic Management.- Chapter 13: The Laws of War in Outer Space.- Chapter 14: Active Debris Removal and On-Orbit Servicing.- Chapter 15: Space Technology Export Controls.- Chapter 16: Responsive Space.- Chapter 17: Space as Critical Infrastructure.- Part 2: Space Security Policies and Strategies of States and International Organiza-tions.- Introduction.- Chapter 1: U.S. Space Security Priorities.- Chapter 2: External View of U.S. Space Security Priorities.- Chapter 3: Space Security in Russia.- Chapter 4.- External View of Space Security in Russia.- Chapter 5: Internal View of Current Chinese Space Policy.- Chapter 6: External View of China as an Emerging Space Power.- Chapter 7: Internal View of Space Security in Europe.- Chapter 8: External View of Space Security in Europe.- Chapter 9: Space Security in Japan.- Chapter 10: U.S. – Japan Space Security Cooperation.- Chapter 11: Space Security in In-dia.- Chapter 12: Space Security in Israel.- Chapter 13: Space Security in Brazil. [...]
Fields of interestAerospace Technology and Astronautics; Security Science and Technology; Computer Communica-tion Networks
L. Seung-Yeon, Sungkyunkwan University, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
On the Formation of the Upper Monastic Area of Seon Buddhist Temples from Korea´s Late Silla to the Goryeo EraWhen Seon (Zen) Buddhism was first introduced to Korea around Korea’s late Silla and early Goryeo eras, the function of the “beopdang” (Dharma hall) was transfused to the lecture hall found in ancient Buddhist temples, establishing a pivotal area within the temple compound called the “up-per monastic area.
Features 7 Explores the characteristics of Seon temple architecture from Korea’s late Silla to the early Goryeo eras through the evolution of the upper monastic area 7 One of the rare sources of information on Korean Buddhist architecture and temples 7 This book is a small endeavor to reinterpret the volumes of data gathered from field research based on excavated temple ruins and existing historical documents and, in the process, introduce Korean Seon temples to a global audi-ence
Contents Background of Seon Temple Establishment in Early Seon Buddhism.- Ancient Lecture Hall and the Spatial Organization of the Buildings on its Left and Right.- Establishment of the Upper Monastic Area with the Beopdang as its Center in Korean Seon Temples.- Formation of Multiple Areas within Seon Temples in the Aftermath of the Dissolution of the Upper Monastic Area.
Fields of interestBuilding Construction; Architectural History and Theory; Cities, Countries, Regions
D. J. Shayler, Halesowen, UK; M. Shayler, Birmingham, UK
Manned Spaceflight Log II—2006–2012“Manned Spaceflight Log” discusses over 40 recent spaceflights from September 2006 through September 2012, a time of great change in human spaceflight history.
Features 7 A completely new book to supplement, but not replace, the 'Praxis Manned Spaceflight Log 1961-2005' published in 2007 7 Details the missions which completed the building of the ISS, serviced Hubble for the last time, retired the shuttle from service and saw the first Chinese EVA and space station missions 7 Forecasts future human space exploration up to 2020 and beyond including the difficulties that need to be addressed even before a piece of hardware leaves the ground
Contents New foreword by Colonel Alfred M. Worden.- Reaching the Heavens in the Quest for Space.- In the Steps of Gagarin – Human Spaceflight Operations 1961-2012.- The New Mission Entries September 2006 through September 2012.- New Horizons to 2020 and Beyond.- Tables.- Manned Spaceflight Logbook 1961-2012.- Cumulative World Manned Spaceflight Experience 1961-2012.- World EVA Log 1965-2012.- Cumulative World EVA Log 1965-2012.- Future Flight Mani-fest Towards 2020 and Beyond.- Steps in History: A Selected Chronology of Manned Spaceflight History.
Fields of interestAerospace Technology and Astronautics; Popular Science in Astronomy; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences
A. S. Sidhu, Curtin University, Miri, Malaysia; S. K. Dhillon, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Eds)
Advances in Biomedical Infrastructure 2013Proceedings of International Symposium on Biomedical Data Infrastructure (BDI 2013)
Current Biomedical Databases are independently administered in geographically distinct locations, lending them almost ideally to adoption of intel-ligent data management approaches. This book focuses on research issues, problems and opportu-nities in Biomedical Data Infrastructure identify-ing new issues and directions for future research in Biomedical Data and Information Retrieval, Semantics in Biomedicine, and Biomedical Data Modeling and Analysis. The book will be a useful guide for researchers, practitioners, and graduate-level students interested in learning state-of-the-art development in biomedical data management.
Features 7 Recent Research on Biomedical Infrastruc-ture 7 Proceedings of the International Sym-posium on Biomedical Data Infrastructure (BDI 2013) 7 Written by leading experts in the field
Contents From the Contents: Integrative approaches for Drug discovery – PPAR gamma as a case study.- Biomedical Informatics and the Future of Medi-cine.- Inferring E. coli SOS Response Pathway from Gene Expression Data Using IST-DBN with Time Lag Estimation.- Framework for Biodiversity Information Retrieval in Malaysia.- Using Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) on Kinetic Modeling of the Acetoin Production in Lactococcus lactis C7.
Fields of interestComputational Intelligence; Biomedical Engineer-ing
S. K. Sinha, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India; N. Satyanarayana, S. C. Lim, National University of Singapore, Singapore (Eds)
Nano-tribology and Materials in MEMSFeatures 7 Brings together recent developments in the areas of MEMS tribology, novel lubricants and coatings for nanotechnological applications, bio-mimetics in tribology and fundamentals of micro/nano-tribology 7 Provides a helpful resource in the industrial growth of MEMS 7 Written by known experts
Contents Formation of arrayed Au nanoparticles on SiO2/Si substrate by use of dewetting phenomenon: An example of bottom-up technologies in MEMS.- Nanofriction by Reciprocating Sliding.- The struc-ture and tribological behaviors of nanostructure thin films.- Detection of lateral forces and forma-tion of atomic chains.- Reducing friction force on silicon surface using submicron- to atomic-scale geometry effects.- Microfabricated sleds for fric-tion studies.- Vapor Phase Lubrication-Nanotri-bology Fundamentals and MEMS Applications.- A Novel Method of Lubrication of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems.- Robust Tribological Solutions for Silicon and Polymer Based MEMS/NEMS.- Lubrication of High Sliding MEMS.- Pre-modifications of Si surface to enhance the wear durability of PFPE nano-lubricant.- Probing the complexities of Friction in submicron contacts be-tween two pristine surfaces.- Atomistic Simulation of Polymer Nanotribology.- Simulation of fric-tional behavior of polymer-on-polymer sliding.- Fundamentals of friction and wear mechanisms at loads relevant to MEMS applications.
Fields of interestNanotechnology and Microengineering; Tribol-ogy, Corrosion and Coatings; Mechatronics
Computational Intelligence in Biomedical ImagingFeatures 7 Presents computational intelligence technol-ogy uses in medical image analysis 7 Examines medical decision making based on biomedical images 7 Covers the state-of-the-art research and technologies in computational intelligence in medical decision making
Contents Brain Disease Classification and Progression us-ing Machine Learning Techniques.- The Role of Content-Based Image Retrieval in Mammography CAD.- A Novel Image-based Approach for Early Detection of Prostate Cancer using DCE-MRI.- Computational Intelligent Image Analysis for Assisting Radiation Oncologists’ Decision Making in Radiation Treatment Planning.- Computational Anatomy in the Abdomen: Automated Multi-Organ and Tumor Analysis from Computed To-mography.- Liver Volumetry in MRI by using Fast Marching Algorithm Coupled with 3D Geodesic Active Contour Segmentation.- Computer-aided Image Analysis for Vertebral Anatomy on X-ray CT Images.- Robust Segmentation of Challeng-ing Lungs in CT using Multi-Stage Learning and Level Set Optimization.- Image Segmentation for Connectomics using Machine Learning.- Im-age Analysis Techniques for the Quantification of Brain Tumors on MR Images.- Respiratory and Cardiac Function Analysis on the Basis of Dynamic Chest Radiography.- Adaptive Noise Reduction and Edge Enhancement in Medical Images by using ICA.- Subtraction Techniques for CT and DSA and Automated Detection of Lung Nodules in 3D CT.
Fields of interestComputational Intelligence; Biomedical Engineer-ing; Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recogni-tion and Graphics
R. C. TPU Wind Engineering, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Atsugi, Japan (Ed)
Advanced Structural Wind EngineeringThis book serves as a textbook for advanced cours-es as it introduces state-of-the-art information and the latest research results on diverse problems in the structural wind engineering field.
Features 7 Most advanced textbook on state-of-the-art structural wind engineering 7 World emi-nent professors collaborate to publish a text-book 7 Discusses wide range problems and provides their solutions in the field of structural wind engineering
Contents Strong winds and their characteristics.- Estimation of design wind speeds.- Bluff body aerodynam-ics.- Bluff body aerodynamics application.- Wind-induced vibration of structures.- The gust factor approach to along-wind excitation.- Wind loads on components and cladding.- Debris flight and impact criteria.- Understanding of wind codes and standards.- Computational tools for wind engi-neering.- CFD applications in wind engineering.- Human perception and tolerance of wind-induced building motions.- Damping in buildings.- Sup-pression of wind-induced responses of buildings and structures.
Fields of interestStructural Mechanics; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Architecture, general
Z.-R. Zhou, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China; H.-Y. Yu, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China; J. Zheng, L.-M. Qian, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China; Y. Yan, University of Science & Technology Beijing, China
Dental BiotribologyDental Biotribology summarizes the latest achievements in dental wear and is designed to help the reader better understand the relationship between structures and tribological properties of human teeth. This book provides guidance on the biomimic design of anti-wear engineering systems based on human teeth and also explains mecha-nisms of occlusal wear and erosion as well as fretting wear related to dental implants and ortho-dontics. Additionally, this book provides valuable insights into the development of improved dental materials and oral treatments.
Features 7 Explains the relationship between struc-tures and tribological properties of human teeth 7 Provides guidance on the biomimic design of anti-wear engineering systems based on human teeth 7 Explains mechanisms of occlusal wear and erosion as well as fretting wear related to dental implants and orthodontics 7 Provides valuable insights into the development of im-proved dental materials and oral treatments
Contents Introduction to Teeth.- Clinical Evaluation and Laboratory Wear Testing Methods.- Friction and Wear Behaviour of Human Teeth.- Effect of Oral Environment on Tribological Behaviour of Human Teeth.- Microtribology of Human Teeth.- Tribological behavior of Dental Restorative Materials.- Fretting Failure of Dental Implant-Bone Interface.- Enlightenment from Wear of Human Teeth.
Fields of interestBiomedical Engineering; Tribology, Corrosion and Coatings; Dentistry
Target groupsResearch
Product categoryMonograph
Due May 2013
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