Springer London: 1778 books
by Genserik Reniers, Yulia Pavlova
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2013
Though the game-theoretic approach has been vastly studied and utilized in relation to economics of industrial organizations, it has hardly been used to tackle safety management in multi-plant chemical industrial settings. Using Game Theory for Improving Safety within Chemical Industrial Parks presents...
Mobile Persuasion Design
Changing Behaviour by Combining Persuasion Design with Information Design
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Mobile Persuasion Design presents ten conceptual design projects (or ‘Machines’) for new mobile application's (smartphone or tablet with Web portals) that combine theories of persuasion and information design to change people’s behaviour.
Areas such as the environment, health, learning...
by Alejandro Héctor Toselli, Enrique Vidal, Francisco Casacuberta
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2011
This book presents a different approach to pattern recognition (PR) systems, in which users of a system are involved during the recognition process. This can help to avoid later errors and reduce the costs associated with post-processing. The book also examines a range of advanced multimodal interactions...
Designing Interfaces in Public Settings
Understanding the Role of the Spectator in Human-Computer Interaction
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Interaction with computers is becoming an increasingly ubiquitous and public affair. With more and more interactive digital systems being deployed in places such as museums, city streets and performance venues, understanding how to design for them is becoming ever more pertinent. Crafting interactions...
by German Ardul Munoz-Hernandez, Sa'ad Petrous Mansoor, Dewi Ieuan Jones
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2012
Hydroelectric power stations are a major source of electricity around the world; understanding their dynamics is crucial to achieving good performance. The electrical power generated is normally controlled by individual feedback loops on each unit. The reference input to the power loop is the grid...
Power Electronics for Renewable and Distributed Energy Systems
A Sourcebook of Topologies, Control and Integration
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2013
While most books approach power electronics and renewable energy as two separate subjects,
Power Electronics for Renewable and Distributed Energy Systems takes an integrative approach; discussing power electronic converters topologies, controls and integration that are specific to the renewable and...
Nanoalloys
Synthesis, Structure and Properties
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2012
Bimetallic nanoparticles, also called nanoalloys, are at the heart of nanoscience because of their ability to tune together composition and size for specific purposes. By approaching both their physical and chemical properties, Nanoalloys: Synthesis, Structure & Properties provides a comprehensive...
Creative Engineering Design Assessment
Background, Directions, Manual, Scoring Guide and Uses
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2013
The Creative Engineering Design Assessment or CEDA is a newly developed tool to assess creativity specific to engineering design which is vital for innovation. The revised CEDA assesses usefulness in addition to originality. Both originality and usefulness are key constructs in creativity but are...
by Heikki Torvela
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Due to the threat of a possible global climate change and the greenhouse effect caused by constituents of anthropogenic origin in the atmosphere, air quality has become a major environmental issue. As a consequence, emissions into the atmosphere need to be monitored and controlled. Measurement of...
by José Ramón San Cristóbal Mateo
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2012
Decision makers in the Renewable Energy sector face an increasingly complex social, economic, technological, and environmental scenario in their decision process. Different groups of decision-makers become involved in the process, each group bringing along different criteria therefore, policy formulation...
Optimization of Photovoltaic Power Systems
Modelization, Simulation and Control
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2012
Photovoltaic generation is one of the cleanest forms of energy conversion available. One of the advantages offered by solar energy is its potential to provide sustainable electricity in areas not served by the conventional power grid*. *
Optimisation of Photovoltaic Power Systems detailsexplicit...
Cleaner Combustion
Developing Detailed Chemical Kinetic Models
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2013
This overview compiles the on-going research in Europe to enlarge and deepen the understanding of the reaction mechanisms and pathways associated with the combustion of an increased range of fuels. Focus is given to the formation of a large number of hazardous minor pollutants and the inability of...
Systems Practice: How to Act
In situations of uncertainty and complexity in a climate-change world
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
This book shows how to do systems thinking and translate that thinking into praxis (theory informed practical action). It will be welcomed by those managing or governing in situations of complexity and uncertainty across all domains of professional and personal life. The development of capabilities...
by Gilles Falquet, Claudine Métral, Jacques Teller
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2011
Ontologies are increasingly recognized as essential tools in information science. Although the concepts are well understood theoretically , the practical implementation of ontologies remains challenging. In this book, researchers in computer science, information systems, ontology engineering, urban...