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Control Theory for Engineers
A Primer
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
Control Theory is at the heart of information and communication technologies of complex systems. It can contribute to meeting the energy and environmental challenges we are facing.
The textbook is organized in the way an engineer classically proceeds to solve a control problem, that is, elaboration...
Logic, Rationality, and Interaction
6th International Workshop, LORI 2017, Sapporo, Japan, September 11-14, 2017, Proceedings
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
This LNCS volume is part of FoLLI book serie and contains the papers presented at the 6th International Workshop on Logic, Rationality and Interaction/ (LORI-VI), held in September 2017 in Sapporo, Japan.
The focus of the workshop is on following topics: Agency, Argumentation and Agreement,...
Descriptive Set Theoretic Methods in Automata Theory
Decidability and Topological Complexity
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
The book is based on the PhD thesis “Descriptive Set Theoretic Methods in Automata Theory,” awarded the E.W. Beth Prize in 2015 for outstanding dissertations in the fields of logic, language, and information. The thesis reveals unexpected connections between advanced concepts in logic, descriptive...
Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM)
A Practical Introduction and Survival Guide
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2009
This is the second edition of a very popular book on DICOM that introduces this complex standard from a very practical point of view. It is aimed at a broad audience of radiologists, clinical administrators, information technologists, medical students, and lecturers. The book provides a gradual, down...
Cyberspace and International Relations
Theory, Prospects and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
Cyberspace is everywhere in today’s world and has significant implications not only for global economic activity, but also for international politics and transnational social relations. This compilation addresses for the first time the “cyberization” of international relations - the growing...
by Thom Frühwirth, Slim Abdennadher
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
The use of constraints had its scientific and commercial breakthrough in the 1990s. Programming with constraints makes it possible to model and specify problems with uncertain, incomplete information and to solve combi natorial problems, as they are abundant in industry and commerce, such as scheduling,...
Transactions on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge-Centered Systems XXXVI
Special Issue on Data and Security Engineering
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
This volume, the 36th issue of Transactions on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge-Centered Systems, contains eight revised, extended papers selected from the 3rd International Conference on Future Data and Security Engineering, FDSE 2016, and the 10th International Conference on Advanced Computing and...
Combinatorial Optimization
Theory and Algorithms
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
This comprehensive textbook on combinatorial optimization places special emphasis on theoretical results and algorithms with provably good performance, in contrast to heuristics. It is based on numerous courses on combinatorial optimization and specialized topics, mostly at graduate level. This...
LATIN 2016: Theoretical Informatics
12th Latin American Symposium, Ensenada, Mexico, April 11-15, 2016, Proceedings
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2016
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th Latin American Symposium on Theoretical Informatics, LATIN 2016, held in Ensenada, Mexico, in April 2016.
The 52 papers presented together with 5 abstracts were carefully reviewed and selected from 131 submissions. The papers address a variety...
Algorithms and Computation
26th International Symposium, ISAAC 2015, Nagoya, Japan, December 9-11, 2015, Proceedings
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 26th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation, ISAAC 2015, held in Nagoya, Japan, in December 2015.
The 65 revised full papers presented together with 3 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 180 submissions...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2014
These transactions publish research in computer-based methods of computational collective intelligence (CCI) and their applications in a wide range of fields such as the semantic web, social networks, and multi-agent systems. TCCI strives to cover new methodological, theoretical and practical aspects...
Magnetoencephalography
From Signals to Dynamic Cortical Networks
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2014
Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is an invaluable functional brain imaging technique that provides direct, real-time monitoring of neuronal activity necessary for gaining insight into dynamic cortical networks. Our intentions with this book are to cover the richness and transdisciplinary nature of the...
The Software Industry
Economic Principles, Strategies, Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2012
Whether ERP software, office applications, open-source products or online games: In terms of its economic characteristics, software differs fundamentally from industrial goods or services. Based on the economic principles and rules of the software industry, the book reveals strategies and business...
Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks on Reconfigurable Hardware
Information Reduction Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Traditional wireless sensor networks (WSNs) capture scalar data such as temperature, vibration, pressure, or humidity. Motivated by the success of WSNs and also with the emergence of new technology in the form of low-cost image sensors, researchers have proposed combining image and audio sensors with...