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Challenges in Automation, Robotics and Measurement Techniques: Proceedings of AUTOMATION-2016, March 2-4, 2016, Warsaw, Poland (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing #440)
by Roman Szewczyk Małgorzata Kaliczyńska Cezary ZielińskiThisbook presents the set of papers accepted for presentation at the InternationalConference Automation, held in Warsaw, 2-4March of 2016. It presents the research results presented by top experts in thefields of industrial automation, control, robotics and measurement techniques. Eachchapter presents a thorough analysis of a specific technical problem which is usuallyfollowed by numerical analysis, simulation, and description of results ofimplementation of the solution of a real world problem. The presentedtheoretical results, practical solutions and guidelines will be valuable forboth researchers working in the area of engineering sciences and forpractitioners solving industrial problems.
Challenges in Computational Statistics and Data Mining (Studies in Computational Intelligence #605)
by Stan Matwin Jan MielniczukThis volume contains nineteen research papers belonging to the areas of computational statistics, data mining, and their applications. Those papers, all written specifically for this volume, are their authors' contributions to honour and celebrate Professor Jacek Koronacki on the occcasion of his 70th birthday. The book's related and often interconnected topics, represent Jacek Koronacki's research interests and their evolution. They also clearly indicate how close the areas of computational statistics and data mining are.
Challenges in Cybersecurity and Privacy - the European Research Landscape
by Antonio Skarmeta Jorge Bernal BernabeCybersecurity and Privacy issues are becoming an important barrier for a trusted and dependable global digital society development. Cyber-criminals are continuously shifting their cyber-attacks specially against cyber-physical systems and IoT, since they present additional vulnerabilities due to their constrained capabilities, their unattended nature and the usage of potential untrustworthiness components. Likewise, identity-theft, fraud, personal data leakages, and other related cyber-crimes are continuously evolving, causing important damages and privacy problems for European citizens in both virtual and physical scenarios.In this context, new holistic approaches, methodologies, techniques and tools are needed to cope with those issues, and mitigate cyberattacks, by employing novel cyber-situational awareness frameworks, risk analysis and modeling, threat intelligent systems, cyber-threat information sharing methods, advanced big-data analysis techniques as well as exploiting the benefits from latest technologies such as SDN/NFV and Cloud systems. In addition, novel privacy-preserving techniques, and crypto-privacy mechanisms, identity and eID management systems, trust services, and recommendations are needed to protect citizens’ privacy while keeping usability levels.The European Commission is addressing the challenge through different means, including the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation program, thereby financing innovative projects that can cope with the increasing cyberthreat landscape. This book introduces several cybersecurity and privacy research challenges and how they are being addressed in the scope of 15 European research projects.Each chapter is dedicated to a different funded European Research project, which aims to cope with digital security and privacy aspects, risks, threats and cybersecurity issues from a different perspective. Each chapter includes the project’s overviews and objectives, the particular challenges they are covering, research achievements on security and privacy, as well as the techniques, outcomes, and evaluations accomplished in the scope of the EU project.The book is the result of a collaborative effort among relative ongoing European Research projects in the field of privacy and security as well as related cybersecurity fields, and it is intended to explain how these projects meet the main cybersecurity and privacy challenges faced in Europe. Namely, the EU projects analyzed in the book are: ANASTACIA, SAINT, YAKSHA, FORTIKA, CYBECO, SISSDEN, CIPSEC, CS-AWARE. RED-Alert, Truessec.eu. ARIES, LIGHTest, CREDENTIAL, FutureTrust, LEPS. Challenges in Cybersecurity and Privacy - the European Research Landscape is ideal for personnel in computer/communication industries as well as academic staff and master/research students in computer science and communications networks interested in learning about cyber-security and privacy aspects.
Challenges in Information, Communication and Computing Technology: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Challenges in Information, Communication, and Computing Technology (ICCICCT 2024), April 26th & 27th, 2024, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India
by P. Sivakumar S. Kannadhasan V. Sharmila A. Rajiv Kannan V. VennilaThis book explores the critical challenges and emerging trends in Information, Communication, and Computing Technology (ICCT). It provides a comprehensive overview of the key issues facing these rapidly evolving fields, from data security and privacy to advancements in artificial intelligence, communication networks, and quantum computing. Through in-depth analysis and expert perspectives, this volume aims to shed light on the complexities of ICCT and offer innovative solutions for researchers, practitioners, and students.Building on its exploration of challenges in ICCT, this book delves into several core areas. These include the development and deployment of secure and efficient communication networks, the ethical implications and technical hurdles of artificial intelligence and machine learning, and the promise and complexity of quantum computing. The book also addresses the management of big data, highlighting both its potential and the challenges of ensuring data privacy and security. Additionally, it examines the role of sustainability in computing, advocating for greener technologies and practices. The findings presented in this volume emphasize the need for interdisciplinary approaches and innovative thinking to address these challenges, offering insights that are both practical and forward-looking.This book is intended for a diverse audience that includes researchers, practitioners, and students in the fields of Information, Communication, and Computing Technology (ICCT). It is particularly valuable for academics and professionals seeking to deepen their understanding of current challenges and emerging trends in these areas. Additionally, policymakers, industry leaders, and technologists will find the book's insights useful for informing decisions and strategies in the development and implementation of advanced technologies. Whether you are a seasoned expert or a newcomer to the field, this book provides valuable perspectives that can enhance your knowledge and contribute to your work in ICCT.
Challenges in Information, Communication and Computing Technology: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Challenges in Information, Communication, and Computing Technology (ICCICCT 2024), April 26th & 27th, 2024, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India
by P. Sivakumar S. Kannadhasan V. Sharmila A. Rajiv Kannan V. VennilaThis book explores the critical challenges and emerging trends in Information, Communication, and Computing Technology (ICCT). It provides a comprehensive overview of the key issues facing these rapidly evolving fields, from data security and privacy to advancements in artificial intelligence, communication networks, and quantum computing. Through in-depth analysis and expert perspectives, this volume aims to shed light on the complexities of ICCT and offer innovative solutions for researchers, practitioners, and students.Building on its exploration of challenges in ICCT, this book delves into several core areas. These include the development and deployment of secure and efficient communication networks, the ethical implications and technical hurdles of artificial intelligence and machine learning, and the promise and complexity of quantum computing. The book also addresses the management of big data, highlighting both its potential and the challenges of ensuring data privacy and security. Additionally, it examines the role of sustainability in computing, advocating for greener technologies and practices. The findings presented in this volume emphasize the need for interdisciplinary approaches and innovative thinking to address these challenges, offering insights that are both practical and forward-looking. This book is intended for a diverse audience that includes researchers, practitioners, and students in the fields of Information, Communication, and Computing Technology (ICCT). It is particularly valuable for academics and professionals seeking to deepen their understanding of current challenges and emerging trends in these areas. Additionally, policymakers, industry leaders, and technologists will find the book's insights useful for informing decisions and strategies in the development and implementation of advanced technologies. Whether you are a seasoned expert or a newcomer to the field, this book provides valuable perspectives that can enhance your knowledge and contribute to your work in ICCT.
Challenges in Modelling and Simulation of Shale Gas Reservoirs (Springerbriefs In Petroleum Geoscience And Engineering Ser.)
by Jebraeel Gholinezhad John Senam Fianu Mohamed Galal HassanThis book addresses the problems involved in the modelling and simulation of shale gas reservoirs, and details recent advances in the field. It discusses various modelling and simulation challenges, such as the complexity of fracture networks, adsorption phenomena, non-Darcy flow, and natural fracture networks, presenting the latest findings in these areas. It also discusses the difficulties of developing shale gas models, and compares analytical modelling and numerical simulations of shale gas reservoirs with those of conventional reservoirs. Offering a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art in developing shale gas models and simulators in the upstream oil industry, it allows readers to gain a better understanding of these reservoirs and encourages more systematic research on efficient exploitation of shale gas plays. It is a valuable resource for researchers interested in the modelling of unconventional reservoirs and graduate students studying reservoir engineering. It is also of interest to practising reservoir and production engineers.
Challenges in Social Network Research: Methods and Applications (Lecture Notes in Social Networks)
by Giancarlo Ragozini Maria Prosperina VitaleThe book includes both invited and contributed chapters dealing with advanced methods and theoretical development for the analysis of social networks and applications in numerous disciplines. Some authors explore new trends related to network measures, multilevel networks and clustering on networks, while other contributions deepen the relationship among statistical methods for data mining and social network analysis. Along with the new methodological developments, the book offers interesting applications to a wide set of fields, ranging from the organizational and economic studies, collaboration and innovation, to the less usual field of poetry. In addition, the case studies are related to local context, showing how the substantive reasoning is fundamental in social network analysis. The list of authors includes both top scholars in the field of social networks and promising young researchers. All chapters passed a double blind review process followed by the guest editors. This edited volume will appeal to students, researchers and professionals.
Challenges in the IoT and Smart Environments: A Practitioners' Guide to Security, Ethics and Criminal Threats (Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications)
by Hamid Jahankhani Haider Al-Khateeb Reza MontasariThis book is an invaluable reference for those operating within the fields of Cyber Security, Digital Forensics, Digital Policing, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. The Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem presents a wide range of consumer, infrastructure, organisational, industrial and military applications. The IoT technologies such as intelligent health-connected devices; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); smart grids; cyber-physical and cyber-biological systems; and the Internet of Military/Battlefield Things offer a myriad of benefits both individually and collectively. For example, implantable devices could be utilised to save or enhance patients’ lives or offer preventative treatments. However, notwithstanding its many practical and useful applications, the IoT paradigm presents numerous challenges spanning from technical, legal and investigative issues to those associated with security, privacy and ethics. Written by internationally-renowned experts in the field, this book aims to contribute to addressing some of these challenges. Lawyers, psychologists and criminologists could also find this book a very valuable resource at their disposal, and technology enthusiasts might find the book interesting. Furthermore, the book is an excellent advanced text for research and master’s degree students as well as undergraduates at their final years of studies in the stated fields.
Challenges of the Internet of Things: Technique, Use, Ethics
by Imad Saleh Samuel Szoniecky Mehdi AmmiThis book will examine the issues of IoT according to three complementary axes: technique, use, ethics. The techniques used to produce artefacts (physical objects, infrastructures), programs (algorithms, software) and data (Big data, linked data, metadata, ontologies) are the subject of many innovations as the field of IoT is rich and stimulating. Along with this technological boom, IoT uses colonize new fields of application in the fields of transport, administration, housing, maintenance, health, sports, well-being. ... Privileged interface with digital ecosystems now at the heart of social exchanges, the IoT develops a power to act whose consequences both good and bad make it difficult to assess a fair business.
Challenges of the Technological Mind: Between Philosophy and Technology (New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science)
by Paulo Alexandre e CastroThis book presents a set of texts that reflect different approaches to the relationship between mind and technology. In today’s increasingly technological world, a myriad of different and dizzying challenges face humanity: the ever-closer relationship between man and machine, the exponential development of Artificial Intelligence, man's relationship with virtual worlds, the relationship with new realities such as the neuro potentiation of his capacities, the appearance of robots in everyday life, and so on. In this volume, renowned world specialists explore these concerns, and discuss limitations and possible problems surrounding the interaction of man and machine. The book provides a well-researched, thought-provoking analysis of the need to rethink the theory of the mind, proposing relevant answers to pressing questions and raising new questions that need to be considered.
Challenging Formalization in Education and Beyond: Problems and Solutions for Traditional and Online Learning
by Peter SerdyukovChallenging Formalization in Education and Beyond addresses the effects of today’s attempts to organize knowledge, processes, and performance in education, particularly in its ever-growing digital environments. As on-site, blended, and fully online learning become deeply interdependent, secondary and higher education managers and instructors who seek to integrate, apply, and teach within these formats using standardized rules, assessments, algorithms, and accountability structures may be doing unintended harm to their students. Focusing on students’ performance, health, cognition, behavior, and learning outcomes, this book analyses how current trends, methods, and policies in formalization can be challenged and corrected to ensure high-quality education. Scholars, educators, administrators, and designers of traditional, asynchronous, precision, automated, and micro-learning formats will come away with new insights and pragmatic solutions for engaging students in more active, participatory, and creative activities.
Challenging Online Propaganda and Disinformation in the 21st Century (Political Campaigning and Communication)
by Miloš Gregor Petra MlejnkováDisinformation has recently become a salient issue, not just for researchers but for the media, politicians, and the general public as well. Changing circumstances are a challenge for system and societal resilience; disinformation is also a challenge for governments, civil society, and individuals. Thus, this book focuses on the post-truth era and the online environment, which has changed both the ways and forms in which disinformation is presented and spread. The volume is dedicated to the complex processes of understanding the mechanisms and effects of online propaganda and disinformation, its detection and reactions to it in the European context. It focuses on questions and dilemmas from political science, security studies, IT, and law disciplines with the aim to protect society and build resilience against online propaganda and disinformation in the post-truth era.
Challenging Problems and Solutions in Intelligent Systems (Studies in Computational Intelligence #634)
by Janusz Kacprzyk Sławomir Zadrożny Guy De Trė Przemysław Grzegorzewski Jan W. Owsiński Wojciech PenczekThis volume presents recent research, challenging problems and solutionsin Intelligent Systems- covering the following disciplines: artificial andcomputational intelligence, fuzzy logic and other non-classic logics,intelligent database systems, information retrieval, information fusion,intelligent search (engines), data mining, cluster analysis, unsupervisedlearning, machine learning, intelligent data analysis, (group) decision supportsystems, intelligent agents and multi-agent systems, knowledge-based systems,imprecision and uncertainty handling, electronic commerce, distributed systems,etc. The book defines a common ground for sometimes seemingly disparateproblems and addresses them by using the paradigm of broadly perceived intelligentsystems. It presents a broad panorama of a multitude of theoretical andpractical problems which have been successfully dealt with using the paradigmof intelligent computing.
Challenging Programming in Python: A Problem Solving Perspective
by Habib Izadkhah Rashid BehzadidoostThis book aims to strengthen programming skills and foster creative thinking by presenting and solving 90 challenging problems. The book is intended for individuals with elementary, intermediate, and advanced Python programming skills who aspire to take their abilities to the next level. Additionally, the book is valuable for individuals interested in enhancing their creative thinking and logical reasoning skills. It is a self-instructional book meant to provide readers with the ability to solve challenging problems independently. The presented challenges are lucidly and succinctly expressed, facilitating readers to follow along and comprehend the problem-solving process. The challenges cover various fields, making it suitable for a wide range of individuals. The book is divided into eight chapters, beginning with an introduction in chapter one. The second chapter presents essential Python basics for programming challenging problems, while the subsequent chapters focus on specific types of challenges. These include math-based challenges in chapter three, number-based challenges in chapter four, string-based challenges in chapter five, game-based challenges in chapter six, count-based challenges in chapter seven, and miscellaneous challenges in chapter eight. Each chapter comprises a set of challenges with examples, hints, algorithms, and Python code solutions. The target audience of the book includes computer science and engineering students, teachers, software developers, and participants in programming competitions.
Challenging the Future with Lean: 9th IFIP WG 5.7 European Lean Educator Conference, ELEC 2023, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, October 24-26, 2023, Proceedings (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology #681)
by Olivia McDermott Ton Van Kollenburg Alinda KokkinouThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th European Lean Educator Conference on Challenging the Future with Lean, ELEC 2023, held in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands during October 24-26, 2023. There are 24 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 35 submissions. The conference and presenting papers aimed to encourage Lean practitioners, educators, and researchers to “Challenge the Future with Lean,” examining how important societal issues such as war, healthcare, digitalization, and sustainability can be addressed through Lean thinking.
Champions of Illusion: The Science Behind Mind-Boggling Images and Mystifying Brain Puzzles
by Susana Martinez-Conde Stephen MacknikA full-color celebration of stunning visual illusions and the science behind themIn Champions of Illusion, Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen Macknik present a smorgasbord of mystifying images, many selected from their Best Illusion of the Year Contest. Whether it’s false motion, tricks of perspective, or shifting colors, Champions of Illusion is packed with adventures in visual perception. If you have ever found yourself face-to-face with an utterly bewildering illusion, you know the powerful effect such images have on the mind. The question we often ask ourselves is, How is that possible? Martinez-Conde and Macknik, who study the intersection of neuroscience, illusions, and stage magic, explain just why we think we see the things we see. The Best Illusion of the Year Contest draws entries from vision scientists, artists, magicians, and mathematicians bent on creating today’s most beguiling illusions. Featuring the contest’s most bizarre effects and unbelievable mind tricks, along with classic illusions and illuminating descriptions of what is actually going on in your brain when you are deceived by visuals on the page, Champions of Illusion is an electrifying mix of science and magic that you will not soon forget.
Chance in Physics, Computer Science and Philosophy: Chance as the Foundation of the World (Die blaue Stunde der Informatik)
by Walter HehlChance is uncanny to us. We thought it didn't exist, that God or a reasonable explanation was behind everything. But we know today: It exists. We know that much of what surrounds us and which we do not see through, nevertheless runs causally. Unlike what was thought in the days of the Enlightenment, chance is the rule around us rather than lawful order. The clouds are stochastic fractals, the waves on the sea are pure random machinery. The philosopher Charles Peirce recognized the fundamental importance of chance in precisely this sense, even before quantum and chaos theory, and gave the doctrine its name: Tychism. Without chance there would be nothing new, no life, no creativity, no history. This book looks at chance from the perspective of physics, computer science, and philosophy. It spans from antiquity to quantum physics and shows that chance is firmly built into the world and that it would not exist without chance. This book is a translation of the original German 1st edition Der Zufall in Physik, Informatik und Philosophie by Walter Hehl, published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature in 2021. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.
Chance, Calculation and Life
by Jean-Charles Pomerol Thierry Gaudin Marie-Christine MaurelChance, Calculation and Life brings together 16 original papers from the colloquium of the same name, organized by the International Cultural Center of Cerisy in 2019. From mathematics to the humanities and biology, there are many concepts and questions related to chance. What are the different types of chance? Does chance correspond to a lack of knowledge about the causes of events, or is there a truly intrinsic and irreducible chance? Does chance preside over our decisions? Does it govern evolution? Is it at the origin of life? What part do chance and necessity play in biology? This book answers these fundamental questions by bringing together the clear and richly documented contributions of mathematicians, physicists, biologists and philosophers who make this book an incomparable tool for work and reflection.
Chancen einer nachhaltigen IT: Wege zu einer ressourceneffizienten Softwareentwicklung
by Gerhard Wanner Konrad Pfeilsticker Daniel SonnetDas Buch adressiert die zwei Themen Erstellung ressourceneffizienter Software sowie den ressourceneffizienten Betrieb von Software. Für die Mehrheit aller Unternehmen in Deutschland sind bei der Entwicklung von Software die Dimensionen „in budget“, „in time“ und „in function“ wichtig. Die Dimension „in climate“ gewinnt vor dem Hintergrund der Klima- und der Energiekrise stark an Bedeutung. Dabei muss die Dimension „in climate“ nicht im Kontrast zu den anderen Dimensionen stehen. Bei näherer Betrachtung kann sie sogar die anderen Dimensionen ergänzen. In Bezug auf den Betrieb von IT-Systemen liegt aktuell der Fokus bei den deutschen Firmen auf Performance und Verfügbarkeit. Einbußen in diesen beiden Bereichen wird oftmals mit einem Mehr an Infrastruktur begegnet, welches höheren Ressourcenverbrauch bedeutet und damit ggf. höhere CO2-Emissionen impliziert. Dabei müssen Performance und Verfügbarkeit nicht im Widerspruch zu moderaten CO2-Emissionen stehen. Dieses Buch stellt zunächst die Ergebnisse einer Umfrage unter Entscheiderinnen und Entscheidern zum Thema Green-IT dar, mit Fragen zu einer nachhaltigen IT in Bezug auf die Entwicklung und den Betrieb von Software. Aufbauend auf der Umfrage werden konkrete Maßnahmen zur Reduktion von CO2 beim Entwurf und beim Bau von Software dargestellt sowie Möglichkeiten eines energieeffizienten Betriebs im eigenen Rechenzentrum und in der Cloud aufgezeigt. Neben einem ausführlichen Theorieteil bietet das Buch mehrere Best-Practice-Beispiele und eine illustrative Fallstudie.
Chancenwahrnehmung und unternehmerisches Verhalten von Akteuren im Vorgründungsprozess: Auswirkungen soziodigitaler Routinen und Praktiken (Markenkommunikation und Beziehungsmarketing)
by Dirk LiebersDieses Buch widmet sich der Untersuchung, wie soziodigitale Routinen und Praktiken die Wahrnehmung unternehmerischer Chancen und das Verhalten von Akteuren im Vorgründungsprozess beeinflussen. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf der Soziodigitalität, die die wechselseitige Durchdringung von digitalen Technologien und sozialen Interaktionen beschreibt und deren Einfluss auf kognitive Prozesse untersucht. Insbesondere werden die komplexen Zusammenhänge zwischen digitalen Artefakten, sozialen Netzwerken und kognitiven Prozessen beleuchtet, die zur Entstehung beziehungsweise Entdeckung und Nutzung von Geschäftsmöglichkeiten führen. Mithilfe qualitativer Methoden und der Heidelberger Strukturlegetechnik wird detailliert analysiert, wie digitale Technologien und soziale Netzwerke das Denken und Handeln von Gründern prägen. Die Arbeit zeigt, wie diese soziodigitalen Interaktionen den Zugang zu Informationen und Ressourcen erleichtern und damit die kognitive Wahrnehmung und Bewertung unternehmerischer Chancen beeinflussen. Diese umfassende Analyse liefert wertvolle Einblicke für die Entrepreneurship-Forschung und eröffnet neue Perspektiven für die Förderung des digitalen Unternehmertums.
Chances and Challenges of Digital Management: Proceedings of the International Scientific-Practical Conference (ISPC 2022) (Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics)
by Richard C. Geibel Shalva MachavarianiThis book presents selected contributions to the International Scientific-Practical Conference 2022 (ISCP 2022) organized by East European University (Georgia) and E-Commerce Institute (Germany). It discusses the possibilities of digital management under current conditions, highlights recent technological advances, and addresses further marketing perspectives. The topics covered include digitalization, digital transformation, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, big data, blockchain, online marketing, the transformation of small and medium-sized businesses, digital law, digital social innovation, and digital ethics.
Change Detection and Image Time Series Analysis 2: Supervised Methods
by Lorenzo Bruzzone Francesca Bovolo Abdourrahmane M. AttoChange Detection and Image Time Series Analysis 2 presents supervised machine-learning-based methods for temporal evolution analysis by using image time series associated with Earth observation data. Chapter 1 addresses the fusion of multisensor, multiresolution and multitemporal data. It proposes two supervised solutions that are based on a Markov random field: the first relies on a quad-tree and the second is specifically designed to deal with multimission, multifrequency and multiresolution time series.Chapter 2 provides an overview of pixel based methods for time series classification, from the earliest shallow learning methods to the most recent deep-learning-based approaches.Chapter 3 focuses on very high spatial resolution data time series and on the use of semantic information for modeling spatio-temporal evolution patterns.Chapter 4 centers on the challenges of dense time series analysis, including pre processing aspects and a taxonomy of existing methodologies. Finally, since the evaluation of a learning system can be subject to multiple considerations,Chapters 5 and 6 offer extensive evaluations of the methodologies and learning frameworks used to produce change maps, in the context of multiclass and/or multilabel change classification issues.
Change Detection and Image Time-Series Analysis 1: Unsupervised Methods
by Lorenzo Bruzzone Francesca Bovolo Abdourrahmane M. AttoChange Detection and Image Time Series Analysis 1 presents a wide range of unsupervised methods for temporal evolution analysis through the use of image time series associated with optical and/or synthetic aperture radar acquisition modalities. Chapter 1 introduces two unsupervised approaches to multiple-change detection in bi-temporal multivariate images, with Chapters 2 and 3 addressing change detection in image time series in the context of the statistical analysis of covariance matrices. Chapter 4 focuses on wavelets and convolutional-neural filters for feature extraction and entropy-based anomaly detection, and Chapter 5 deals with a number of metrics such as cross correlation ratios and the Hausdorff distance for variational analysis of the state of snow. Chapter 6 presents a fractional dynamic stochastic field model for spatio temporal forecasting and for monitoring fast-moving meteorological events such as cyclones. Chapter 7 proposes an analysis based on characteristic points for texture modeling, in the context of graph theory, and Chapter 8 focuses on detecting new land cover types by classification-based change detection or feature/pixel based change detection. Chapter 9 focuses on the modeling of classes in the difference image and derives a multiclass model for this difference image in the context of change vector analysis.
Change Management for Risk Professionals
by James J. Leflar JrChange Management for Risk Professionals addresses a need in the marketplace for risk professionals to learn about change management. Organizations exist within a complex and changing environment. The changes within the organizational context (e.g., societal, technological, and customer preferences) place pressure upon the organization to remain relevant and competitive. Change is not inherently wrong; our perceptions of the change make it negative or positive. A perceived negative change can become a real opportunity for improvement if desired. Systemic degradation and irrelevancy are the results of an organization that fails to acknowledge the reality of change. The book focuses on the dynamics of change management with an eye toward the risk professional. There is a real need for an uncomplicated resource that helps educate non-change management professionals involved in risk-oriented change initiatives. Examples of risk disciplines are organizational resilience, business continuity, risk management, crisis management, and security management, but any discipline or function within an organization focuses on risk. Any organizational project is an initiative requiring dynamic change management skills. The author brings his extensive experience to offer risk practitioners advice, industry examples, and best practices to the change management process. Change Management for Risk Professionals will be a welcome addition to enterprise-wide business continuity, crisis management, disaster recovery, security management, and homeland security professionals wanting to learn the secrets to becoming successful in initiating organizational change.
Change Request Impacts in Software Maintenance (Computational Intelligence and Management Science Paradigm)
by Vinit Kumar Gunjan Madapuri Rudra Kumar Kalli Srinivasa Prasad Annaluri Sreenivasa RaoThis book discusses Change Management Impact Analysis and how this method is used to analysis the risks and benefits of a change management initiative when it pertains to obtaining critical insight into how the change management program budget should be allotted. The process also offers useful indicators for what areas within the system should be monitored during the change management process. This book presents theoretical analysis of practical implications and surveys, along with analysis. It covers the functions aimed at identifying various stakeholders associated with the software such as requirement component, design component, and class component. The book talks about the interrelationship between the change and the effects on the rest of the system and dives deeper to include the critical role that the analysis places on the existing multiple functions such as estimating the development costs, the project overhead costs, cost for the modification of the system, and system strength or detecting errors in the system during the process. Case studies are also included to help researchers and practitioners to absorb the material presented. This book is useful to graduate students, researchers, academicians, institutions, and professionals that interested in exploring the areas of Impact Analysis.