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Law, Public Policies and Complex Systems: Networks in Action (Law, Governance and Technology Series #42)
by Claire Lajaunie Romain Boulet Pierre MazzegaThis book investigates how various scientific communities – e.g. legal scientists, political scientists, sociologists, mathematicians, and computer scientists – study law and public policies, which are portrayed here as complex systems. Today, research on law and public policies is rapidly developing at the international level, relying heavily on modeling that employs innovative methods for concrete implementation. Among the subject matter discussed, law as a network of evolving and interactive norms is now a prominent sphere of study. Similarly, public policies are now a topic in their own right, as policy can no longer be examined as a linear process; rather, its study should reflect the complexity of the networks of actors, norms and resources involved, as well as the uncertainty or weak predictability of their direct or indirect impacts. The book is divided into three maain parts: complexity faced by jurists, complexity in action and public policies, and complexity and networks. The main themes examined concern codification, governance, climate change, normative networks, health, water management, use-related conflicts, legal regime conflicts, and the use of indicators.
Algorithms and Discrete Applied Mathematics: 5th International Conference, CALDAM 2019, Kharagpur, India, February 14-16, 2019, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #11394)
by Sudebkumar Prasant Pal Ambat VijayakumarThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Algorithms and Discrete Applied Mathematics, CALDAM 2019, held in Kharagpur, India, in February 2019. The 22 papers presented together with 3 invited papers in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 86 submissions. The conference had papers in the areas of algorithms, graph theory, combinatorics, computational geometry, discrete geometry, and computational complexity.
Finite Difference Methods. Theory and Applications: 7th International Conference, FDM 2018, Lozenetz, Bulgaria, June 11-16, 2018, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #11386)
by Lubin Vulkov István Faragó Ivan DimovThis book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Finite Difference Methods, FDM 2018, held in Lozenetz, Bulgaria, in June 2018.The 69 revised full papers presented together with 11 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 94 submissions. They deal with many modern and new numerical techniques like splitting techniques, Green’s function method, multigrid methods, and immersed interface method.
Games and Learning Alliance: 7th International Conference, GALA 2018, Palermo, Italy, December 5–7, 2018, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #11385)
by Manuel Gentile Mario Allegra Heinrich SöbkeThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Games and Learning Alliance, GALA 2018, held in Palermo, Italy, in December 2018.The 38 revised regular papers presented together with 9 poster papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 68 submissions. The papers cover the following topics: games for skills training; game design; methods and tools; gamification and innovative game approaches.
Metaheuristics Algorithms in Power Systems (Studies in Computational Intelligence #822)
by Erik Cuevas Emilio Barocio Espejo Arturo Conde EnríquezThis book discusses the use of efficient metaheuristic algorithms to solve diverse power system problems, providing an overview of the various aspects of metaheuristic methods to enable readers to gain a comprehensive understanding of the field and of conducting studies on specific metaheuristic algorithms related to power-system applications. By bridging the gap between recent metaheuristic techniques and novel power system methods that benefit from the convenience of metaheuristic methods, it offers power system practitioners who are not metaheuristic computation researchers insights into the techniques, which go beyond simple theoretical tools and have been adapted to solve important problems that commonly arise. On the other hand, members of the metaheuristic computation community learn how power engineering problems can be translated into optimization tasks, and it is also of interest to engineers and application developers. Further, since each chapter can be read independently, the relevant information can be quickly found. Power systems is a multidisciplinary field that addresses the multiple approaches used for design and analysis in areas ranging from signal processing, and electronics to computational intelligence, including the current trend of metaheuristic computation.
Data-Driven Process Discovery and Analysis: 7th IFIP WG 2.6 International Symposium, SIMPDA 2017, Neuchatel, Switzerland, December 6-8, 2017, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #340)
by Paolo Ceravolo Maurice Van Keulen Kilian StoffelThis book constitutes the revised selected papers from the 7th IFIP WG 2.6 International Symposium on Data-Driven Process Discovery and Analysis, SIMPDA 2017, held in Neuchatel, Switzerland, in December 2017. The 6 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 19 submissions. They cover theoretical issues related to process representation, discovery, and analysis or provide practical and operational examples of their application.
Business Process Management Workshops: Bpm 2018 International Workshops Sydney, NSW, Australia, September 9–14, 2018, Revised Papers (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #342)
by Florian Daniel Quan Z. Sheng Hamid MotahariThis book constitutes revised papers from the eight International Workshops held at the 16th International Conference on Business Process Management, BPM 2018, in Sydney, Australia, in September 2018: BPI 2018: 14th International Workshop on Business Process Intelligence; BPMS2 2018: 11th Workshop on Social and Human Aspects of Business Process Management;‐ PODS4H 2018: 1st International Workshop on Process-Oriented Data Science for Healthcare; AI4BPM 2018: 1st International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Business Process Management; CCBPM 2018: 1st International Workshop on Emerging Computing Paradigms and Context in Business Process Management; BP-Meet-IoT / PQ 2018: Joint Business Processes Meet the Internet-of-Things and Process Querying Workshop; DeHMiMoP 2018: 1st Declarative/Decision/Hybrid Mining and Modelling for Business Processes Workshop; REBM /EdForum 2018: Joint Requirements Engineering and Business Process Management Workshop and Education Forum The 45 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 90 submissions.
Customer Engagement in Theory and Practice: A Marketing Management Perspective
by Katarzyna ŻyminkowskaOffering a pragmatic understanding of customer engagement as an object of effective marketing management, this book takes an integrative approach and brings together different streams of marketing research, such as customer activism and value formation. The author explores the notion of customer engagement by analysing empirical data compiled from firms operating in the consumer goods and services sectors, as well as from the consumers themselves. An insightful read for scholars of consumer behaviour and customer relationship management, this book advances understanding of the drivers, components and effects (both positive and negative) of customer engagement and proposes a comprehensive framework for its management.
Information Management and Big Data: 5th International Conference, SIMBig 2018, Lima, Peru, September 3–5, 2018, Proceedings (Communications in Computer and Information Science #898)
by Juan Antonio Lossio-Ventura Denisse Muñante Hugo Alatrista-SalasThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Information Management and Big Data, SIMBig 2018, held in Lima, Peru, in September 2018. The 34 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 101 submissions. The papers address issues such as data mining, artificial intelligence, Natural Language Processing, information retrieval, machine learning, web mining.
On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: Confederated International Workshops: EI2N, FBM, ICSP, and Meta4eS 2018, Valletta, Malta, October 22–26, 2018, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #11231)
by Christophe Debruyne Hervé Panetto Wided Guédria Peter Bollen Ioana Ciuciu Robert MeersmanThis volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Confederated International International Workshop on Enterprise Integration, Interoperability and Networking (EI2N ), Fact Based Modeling ( FBM), Industry Case Studies Program ( ICSP ), and International Workshop on Methods, Evaluation, Tools and Applications for the Creation and Consumption of Structured Data for the e-Society (Meta4eS), held as part of OTM 2018 in October 2018 in Valletta, Malta.As the three main conferences and the associated workshops all share the distributed aspects of modern computing systems, they experience the application pull created by the Internet and by the so-called Semantic Web, in particular developments of Big Data, increased importance of security issues, and the globalization of mobile-based technologies.
Information Technologies in the Research of Biodiversity: Proceedings of the International Conference "Information Technologies in the Research of Biodiversity", 11–14 September, 2018, Irkutsk, Russia (Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences)
by Igor Bychkov Victor VoroninThis book offers a collection of papers presented at the First International Conference” Information Technologies in the Research of Biodiversity” that was held from 11-14 September 2018 in Irkutsk (Russia). Papers in this book cover areas of interaction of knowledge on biodiversity and information technologies. The main topics include: methods, models, software systems for the analysis of biodiversity data; global data portals; information and analytical systems on biodiversity; application of remote methods in vegetation mapping; theoretical fundaments and organization technologies of the information and telecommunications infrastructures.
Brainlesion: 4th International Workshop, BrainLes 2018, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2018, Granada, Spain, September 16, 2018, Revised Selected Papers, Part I (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #11383)
by Alessandro Crimi Spyridon Bakas Hugo Kuijf Farahani Keyvan Mauricio Reyes Theo van WalsumThis two-volume set LNCS 11383 and 11384 constitutes revised selected papers from the 4th International MICCAI Brainlesion Workshop, BrainLes 2018, as well as the International Multimodal Brain Tumor Segmentation, BraTS, Ischemic Stroke Lesion Segmentation, ISLES, MR Brain Image Segmentation, MRBrainS18, Computational Precision Medicine, CPM, and Stroke Workshop on Imaging and Treatment Challenges, SWITCH, which were held jointly at the Medical Image Computing for Computer Assisted Intervention Conference, MICCAI, in Granada, Spain, in September 2018. The 92 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 95 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: brain lesion image analysis; brain tumor image segmentation; ischemic stroke lesion image segmentation; grand challenge on MR brain segmentation; computational precision medicine; stroke workshop on imaging and treatment challenges.
Brainlesion: 4th International Workshop, BrainLes 2018, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2018, Granada, Spain, September 16, 2018, Revised Selected Papers, Part II (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #11384)
by Alessandro Crimi Spyridon Bakas Hugo Kuijf Farahani Keyvan Mauricio Reyes Theo van WalsumThis two-volume set LNCS 11383 and 11384 constitutes revised selected papers from the 4th International MICCAI Brainlesion Workshop, BrainLes 2018, as well as the International Multimodal Brain Tumor Segmentation, BraTS, Ischemic Stroke Lesion Segmentation, ISLES, MR Brain Image Segmentation, MRBrainS18, Computational Precision Medicine, CPM, and Stroke Workshop on Imaging and Treatment Challenges, SWITCH, which were held jointly at the Medical Image Computing for Computer Assisted Intervention Conference, MICCAI, in Granada, Spain, in September 2018. The 92 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 95 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: brain lesion image analysis; brain tumor image segmentation; ischemic stroke lesion image segmentation; grand challenge on MR brain segmentation; computational precision medicine; stroke workshop on imaging and treatment challenges.
Introduction to Audio Processing
by Mads G. ChristensenThis textbook presents an introduction to signal processing for audio applications. The author’s approach posits that math is at the heart of audio processing and that it should not be simplified. He thus retains math as the core of signal processing and includes concepts of difference equations, convolution, and the Fourier Transform. Each of these is presented in a context where they make sense to the student and can readily be applied to build artifacts. Each chapter in the book builds on the previous ones, building a linear, coherent story. The book starts with a definition of sound and goes on to discuss digital audio signals, filters, The Fourier Transform, audio effects, spatial effects, audio equalizers, dynamic range control, and pitch estimation. The exercises in each chapter cover the application of the concepts to audio signals. The exercises are made specifically for Pure Data (Pd) although traditional software, such as MATLAB, can be used. The book is intended for students in media technology bachelor programs. The book is based on material the author developed teaching on the topic over a number of years.
Integrating Business Process Models and Rules: Empirical Evidence And Decision Framework (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #343)
by Wei WangThis book combines multiple research methods, experiment, survey, and design science, as well as traditional measurements and neurophysiological techniques that can capture a variety of cognitive behaviors in human information processing, providing more solid and comprehended research findings. While the focus of the book is the modelling of process models and rules, the methods and techniques used in this book can also be adopted and applied to broader conceptual modelling research incorporating a variety of notations (e.g. UML, ER diagrams) or ontologies.It is a revised version of the PhD dissertation written by the author at the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering of the University of Queensland, Australia. In 2018, the PhD dissertation won the "CAiSE PhD Award," granted to outstanding PhD theses in the field of information systems engineering.
Advanced Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Development: Vol 1: Advanced Intelligent Systems Applied to Agriculture (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing #911)
by Mostafa EzziyyaniThis book gathers papers presented at the International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Development (AI2SD-2018), which was held in Tangiers, Morocco on 12–14 July 2018. Highlighting the latest research and findings in the field of agriculture, it provides new solutions, efficient tools and techniques that draw on modern technologies to increase agricultural productivity. In addition, it provides a critical overview of the status quo, shares new propositions, and outlines future perspectives in agriculture.
Advanced Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Development: Vol 4: Advanced Intelligent Systems Applied to Health (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing #914)
by Mostafa EzziyyaniThis book gathers papers presented at the International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Development (AI2SD-2018), which was held in Tangiers, Morocco on 12–14 July 2018. Highlighting the latest research and advances in the field of healthcare, it shares essential insights into the health sector, and is intended to stimulate further discussion and promote closer interdisciplinary collaboration among researchers and health professionals.
Information Technology and Systems: Proceedings of ICITS 2019 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing #918)
by Álvaro Rocha Carlos Ferrás Manolo ParedesThis book features a selection of articles from The 2019 International Conference on Information Technology & Systems (ICITS'19), held at the Universidad de Las Fuerzas Armadas, in Quito, Ecuador, on 6th to 8th February 2019. ICIST is a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent findings and innovations, current trends, professional experiences and challenges of modern information technology and systems research, together with their technological development and applications. The main topics covered are: information and knowledge management; organizational models and information systems; software and systems modeling; software systems, architectures, applications and tools; multimedia systems and applications; computer networks, mobility and pervasive systems; intelligent and decision support systems; big data analytics and applications; human-computer interaction; ethics, computers & security; health informatics; information technologies in education; cybersecurity and cyber-defense; electromagnetics, sensors and antennas for security.
Quantum Phononics: Introduction to Ultrafast Dynamics of Optical Phonons (Springer Tracts in Modern Physics #282)
by Kazutaka NakamuraThis book presents quantum phononics as an exciting new field of research, and introduces readers to the quantum nature of phonons and their application to quantum technologies. Both the theory of and recent experiments in “quantum phononics,” involving e.g. coherent phonons, phonon squeezing, coherent control, and phonon quantum technologies, are presented. The theoretical background of the generation and detection of phonons is described in a way that will be easy to understand for graduate students and experimental scientists who are newcomers to the field. Moreover, the book focuses on coherent phonons produced by ultrafast laser pulses, which can be used for the coherent control of atomic motions in solids and phase transformation. The laser-matter interaction is treated using a density matrix formalism of the time-dependent Schröedinger equation. In addition, the third-order nonlinear optical response of condensed matter is also described.
Advanced Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Development: Volume 5: Advanced Intelligent Systems for Computing Sciences (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing #915)
by Mostafa EzziyyaniThis book includes the outcomes of the International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Development (AI2SD-2018), held in Tangier, Morocco on July 12–14, 2018. Presenting the latest research in the field of computing sciences and information technology, it discusses new challenges and provides valuable insights into the field, the goal being to stimulate debate, and to promote closer interaction and interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers and practitioners. Though chiefly intended for researchers and practitioners in advanced information technology management and networking, the book will also be of interest to those engaged in emerging fields such as data science and analytics, big data, internet of things, smart networked systems, artificial intelligence, expert systems and cloud computing.
Intergenerational Connections in Digital Families
by Sakari TaipaleThis book provides a comprehensive review of how digital communication technology can help families network and communicate across generations, despite differences in family composition, residential location, cultural values and orientations. Covering the full spectrum of intergenerational relations (including child to parent, and parent to grandparent), it offers a positive view of the value of digital technology usage within families.The author focuses on three European countries: Finland, Italy and Slovenia, but also touches on other European countries and parts of the United States, revealing evidence that challenges ideas of universal adoption of information communication technology (ICT) and consistency in the social effects of such adoption in different regions and cultures. Further, the book discusses numerous other challenges and issues, such as:• the social transformations and technological developments that have made digital families possible;• the resulting changes in family roles, responsibilities, and practices; and• the theoretical and conceptual implications of digital communication-technology use in families.The author illustrates how ICT can facilitate family solidarity and how it helps to provide new ways of being together, and they discuss how social media, particularly instant messaging applications, helps develop affinity between family members better than traditional one-to-one personal communication tools. Combining highly nuanced material with fresh sociological thinking, it enhances readers’ theoretical understanding of the meaning of the ‘digital family’, making it a powerful resource for graduate and undergraduate students, as well as academics. Thanks to its structured format with easy-to-understand explanations, it appeals to practitioners and researchers alike.
Foundations of Embedded Systems (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control #195)
by Alexander Barkalov Larysa Titarenko Małgorzata MazurkiewiczThis book is devoted to embedded systems (ESs), which can now be found in practically all fields of human activity. Embedded systems are essentially a special class of computing systems designed for monitoring and controlling objects of the physical world. The book begins by discussing the distinctive features of ESs, above all their cybernetic-physical character, and how they can be designed to deliver the required performance with a minimum amount of hardware. In turn, it presents a range of design methodologies. Considerable attention is paid to the hardware implementation of computational algorithms. It is shown that different parts of complex ESs could be implemented using models of finite state machines (FSMs). Also, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are very often used to implement different hardware accelerators in ESs. The book pays considerable attention to design methods for FPGA-based FSMs, before the closing section turns to programmable logic controllers widely used in industry. This book will be interesting and useful for students and postgraduates in the area of Computer Science, as well as for designers of embedded systems. In addition, it offers a good point of departure for creating embedded systems for various spheres of human activity.
Applications in Electronics Pervading Industry, Environment and Society: APPLEPIES 2018 (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering #550)
by Alessandro De Gloria Sergio SaponaraThis book provides a thorough overview of cutting-edge research on electronics applications relevant to industry, the environment, and society at large. It covers a broad spectrum of application domains, from automotive to space and from health to security, while devoting special attention to the use of embedded devices and sensors for imaging, communication and control. The book is based on the 2018 ApplePies Conference, held in Pisa, Italy in September 2018, which brought together researchers and stakeholders to consider the most significant current trends in the field of applied electronics and to debate visions for the future. Areas addressed by the conference included information communication technology; biotechnology and biomedical imaging; space; secure, clean and efficient energy; the environment; and smart, green and integrated transport. As electronics technology continues to develop apace, constantly meeting previously unthinkable targets, further attention needs to be directed toward the electronics applications and the development of systems that facilitate human activities. This book, written by industrial and academic professionals, represents a valuable contribution in this endeavor.
Tools for High Performance Computing 2017: Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Parallel Tools for High Performance Computing, September 2017, Dresden, Germany
by Christoph Niethammer Michael M. Resch Wolfgang E. Nagel Holger Brunst Hartmut MixThis book presents the proceedings of the 11th International Parallel Tools Workshop, a forum to discuss the latest advances in parallel tools, held September 11-12, 2017 in Dresden, Germany.High-performance computing plays an increasingly important role for numerical simulation and modeling in academic and industrial research. At the same time, using large-scale parallel systems efficiently is becoming more difficult. A number of tools addressing parallel program development and analysis has emerged from the high-performance computing community over the last decade, and what may have started as a collection of a small helper scripts has now matured into production-grade frameworks. Powerful user interfaces and an extensive body of documentation together create a user-friendly environment for parallel tools.
Computer and Communication Engineering: First International Conference, ICCCE 2018, Guayaquil, Ecuador, October 25–27, 2018, Proceedings (Communications in Computer and Information Science #959)
by Miguel Botto-Tobar Julio Barzola-Monteses Eduardo Santos-Baquerizo Mayken Espinoza-Andaluz Wendy Yánez-PazmiñoThis book constitutes the proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering, ICCCE 2018, held in Guayaquil, Ecuador, in October 2018. The 12 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 68 submissions. The papers deal with topics such as networking protocols and performance; software engineering; information systems; and computational intelligence. They are organized in the following topical headings: communications; and computer and software engineering.