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Advances in Atmospheric Chemistry
Volume 1
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
The human race has altered the chemical composition of the atmosphere, as evidenced by the notorious London smog, photochemical air pollution, acid rain, stratospheric ozone depletion, and elevated greenhouse gas concentrations. The aim of this book series is to present invited summaries of important...
Emergent Information
A Unified Theory of Information Framework
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
At the dawn of the information age, a proper understanding of information and how it relates to matter and energy is of utmost importance for the survival of civilisation. Yet, attempts to reconcile information concepts underlying science and technology with those en vogue in social science, humanities,...
Colour
How We See It and How We Use It
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2016
Colour makes our lives more interesting — how dull it would be in a black-and-white world! It pleases us aesthetically, entertains us and is useful to us. This unique book aims to describe the scientific nature of colour and light, and how we see it, in an accessible and easily understandable style....
The Energy Conundrum
Climate Change, Global Prosperity, and the Tough Decisions We Have to Make
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2018
This book provides a comprehensive and balanced account of global energy policy; covering moral, political, social, technical and economic aspects of the subject. While The Energy Conundrum does not offer easy solutions, it provides the facts and evidence gathered from sources in government, industry,...
by Slawomir Koziel, Adrian Bekasiewicz
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
This book addresses computationally-efficient multi-objective optimization of antenna structures using variable-fidelity electromagnetic simulations, surrogate modeling techniques, and design space reduction methods. Based on contemporary research, it formulates multi-objective design tasks, highlights...
China's Economic Modernisation and Structural Changes
Essays in Honour of John Wong
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019
This book provides a timely update on the ongoing transformation of the Chinese economy. As the world's second largest economy, China marked the 40th anniversary of economic reform and opening-up in 2018. In this book, top scholars on Chinese economic studies review China's remarkable economic achievement...
ASEAN Matters!
Reflecting on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011
The initiative to establish the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Community was adopted by the ten leaders at the 2003 Bali Summit in Indonesia. Since then, the concept of a community-building process in ASEAN has become an issue that attracts a great deal of attention from scholars and...
Complexity-Intelligence Strategy
A New Paradigmatic Shift
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
The Newtonian mindset has dominated the entire human world for more than three centuries. It has provided the necessary knowledge, theories and conceptual foundation that supported the industrial revolution, hierarchical leadership and governance, deliberate planning and strategy, and operational...
by Willem T Bakker
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
Our world is constantly changing, governed by continuity, dynamic interactions and boundary conditions. For many coasts, the common denominators contributing to these changes are sand, waves, tides, salt gradients, and human interaction, all themes that are treated in this valuable textbook.
Confining...
Electrical and Control Engineering & Materials Science and Manufacturing
The Proceedings of Joint Conferences of the 6th (ICECE2015) and the 4th (ICMSM2015)
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2016
This proceedings brings together eighty seven selected articles presented at the joint conferences of the 6th International Conference on Electrical and Control Engineering (ICECE2015) and the 4th International conference on Materials Science and Manufacturing (ICMSM2015), which was held in Shanghai,...
Computer Science and Engineering Technology (CSET2015), Medical Science and Biological Engineering (MSBE2015)
Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on CSET & MSBE
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
This book brings together 106 papers presented at the Joint Conferences of 2015 International Conference on Computer Science and Engineering Technology (CSET2015) and 2015 International Conference on Medical Science and Biological Engineering (MSBE2015), which were held in Hong Kong on 30–31 May...
by Katta G Murty
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
This undergraduate textbook on Linear Algebra and n-Dimensional Geometry, in a self-teaching style, is invaluable for sophomore level undergraduates in mathematics, engineering, business, and the sciences. These are classical subjects on which there are many mathematics books in theorem-proof style,...
by Nigel G Halford
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015
The bioenergy industry has grown rapidly since the turn of the century as politicians and energy producers have sought alternatives to fossil fuels. This has been driven by the growing consensus that carbon dioxide released during the burning of fossil fuels is causing global warming and climate change...
Holistic Business Process Management
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2017
Holistic Business Process Management focuses on building business process management (BPM) as a model to address the importance of BPM views, analyze the effectiveness of the approach, and study the research trends in BPM. The book includes case studies of Japanese and Korean companies and BPM models...