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Book SynopsisThis book focuses mainly on the recent developments of all types of theoretical, mathematical, and computational conceptions, as well as modelling and simulation of specific research themes covering all scientific and technical disciplines from chemistry, physics, and engineering to biology and medicine. The book contains timely reviews and research covering fundamental and applied research aspects in all disciplines of natural sciences, including their historical representations and philosophical perspectives. The book discusses the fact that the largest and smallest values of the fukui function and local softness do not necessarily correspond to the softness and hardness regions of the molecules such as porphyrins. The authors have adopted two popular calculation procedures for this venture. One is the very old Hückel molecular orbital calculation, and the other is one of best semi-empirical AM-1 procedures for such systems. Our finding is that neither the fukui functions nor the local softnesses can predict the preferred donor sites of porphyrins toward metal ions. Table of ContentsPreface. The Time Evolution of the Hard and Soft Acids and Bases (HSAB) Theory. Magneto Hydrodynamic Effects on an Atherosclerotic Artery: A Theoretical Study. A Fast Solver for the Backward Heat Conduction Problem in Unbounded Domains. Steganographic Method for Color Images Using Variance Field Estimation and Scaling Factor for Energy Conservation. Breviary of Quantum Computation. Classical Charged Particles in Arbitrary Motion. Second Order Linear Differential Equation in Its Exact Form. On the Operator Exp( 2 Λ (P + Q)). Quantum Computational Studies on Porphycene. The Evaluation of Protonation Energy of Molecules in Terms of Quantum Theoretical Descriptors. Analysis of Casson Fluid Model for Blood Flow in Externally Applied Magnetic Field. Index.

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Book SynopsisE-based systems and computer networks are becoming standard practice across all sectors, including health, engineering, business, education, security, and citizen interaction with local and national government. They facilitate rapid and easy dissemination of information and data to assist service providers and end-users, offering existing and newly engineered services, products, and communication channels. Recent years have witnessed rising interest in these computerized systems and procedures, which exploit different forms of electronic media to offer effective and sophisticated solutions to a wide range of real-world applications.With contributions from researchers and practitioners from around the world, this two-volume book discusses and reports on new and important developments in the field of e-systems, covering a wide range of current issues in the design, engineering, and adoption of e-systems. E-Systems for the 21st Century: Concept, Developments and Applic

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Book SynopsisEdited by professionals with years of experience, this book provides an introduction to the theory of evolutionary algorithms and single- and multi-objective optimization, and then goes on to discuss to explore applications of evolutionary algorithms for many uses with real-world applications. Covering both the theory and applications of evolutionary computation, the book offers exhaustive coverage of several topics on nontraditional evolutionary techniques, details working principles of new and popular evolutionary algorithms, and discusses case studies on both scientific and real-world applications of optimizationTable of ContentsTheory and Applications in Engineering Systems. Introduction. Bio-Mimetic Adaptations of Genetic Algorithm and Their Applications to Chemical Engineering. Surrogate-Assisted Evolutionary Computing Methods. Evolutionary Algorithms in Ironmaking Applications. Harmony Search Optimization for Multilevel Thresholding in Digital Images. Swarm Intelligence in Software Engineering Design Problems. Gene Expression Programming in Nanotechnology Applications. Theory and Applications of Single Objective Optimization Studies. An Alternate Hybrid Evolutionary Method for Solving MINLP Problems. Differential Evolution for Optimal Design of Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers. Evolutionary Computation Based QoS-Aware Multicast Routing. Performance Assessment of the Canonical Genetic. An Efficient Approach for Populating Deep Web Repositories Using SFLA. Closed Loop Simulation of Quadraple Tank Process Using Adaptive Multi-Loop Fractional. Theory and Applications of Single and Multi-Objective Optimization Studies. A Practical Approach towards Multi Objective Shape Optimization. Nature-Inspired Computing Techniques for Integer Factorization. Genetic Algorithm Based Real-Time Parameter Identifier for an Adaptive Power System Stabilizer. Applied Evolutionary Computation in Fire Safety Upgrading. Elitist Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms for Voltage and Reactive Power Optimization in Power Systems. Evaluation of Simulated Annealing, Differential Evolution and Particle Swarm Optimization for Solving Pooling Problems. Performance Improvement of NSGA-II Algorithm by Modifying Crossover Probability Distribution. Evolutionary Algorithms for Malware Detection and Classification. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis title includes a number of Open Access chapters. In today’s world, there are new opportunities for disaster communications through modern technology and social media. Social network applications such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram can connect friends, family, first responders, and those providing relief and assistance. However, social media and other modern communication tools have their limitations. They can be affected by disaster situations where there are power outages or interrupted cellular service. The research contained in this valuable compendium offers much-needed information for emergency responders, utility companies, relief organizations, and governments as they invest in infrastructure to support post-disaster communications.In order to make use of modern communication methods, as well as fully utilize more traditional communication networks, it is imperative that we understand how people actually communicate in the wake of a disaster situation and how various communication strategies can best be utilized. Communication during and immediately after a disaster situation is a vital component of response and recovery. Effective communication connects first responders, support systems, and family members with the communities and individuals immersed in the disaster. Reliable communication also plays a key role in a community’s resilience. With research from internationally recognized experts, this volume provides an overview of communication challenges and best-practice analyses, looks at the internet and social media and mobile phones and other technology for disaster communication, and explores the challenges to effective communication. Presents a quality improvement project that gathered expert consensus on best practices used to improve disaster communication Analyzes the information dissemination mechanisms of different media to establish an efficient information dissemination plan for disaster pre-warning, including short message service (SMS), microblogs, news portals, cell phones, television, and oral communication Gauges the effectiveness of disaster risk communication Looks at the future of social media use during emergencies and afterwards Proposes a disaster resilient network that integrates various wireless networks into a cognitive wireless network in the event of disaster occurrences Effective Communication During Disasters: Making Use of Technology, Media, and Human Resources is an informative, multi-faceted resource on preparedness planning for effective communication before, during, and after a disaster occurs.Table of ContentsPreparing for effective communication during disasters: Lessons from a world health organization quality improvement project. Information dissemination analysis of different media towards the application of disaster Pre-warning. The effectiveness of disaster risk communication: A systematic review of intervention studies. Near-Real-Time analysis of publicly communicated disaster response information. The future of social media use during emergencies in Australia: Insights from the 2014 Australian and New Zealand disaster and emergency management conference social media workshop. Resilient disaster network based on software defined cognitive wireless network technology. Web 2.0 and internet social networking: A new tool for disaster management? Lessons from Taiwan. Global health and Natural disaster alerts: Preparing mobile phones to endure the unthinkable. What it takes to get passed on: Message content, style, and structure as predictors of retransmission in the Boston marathon bombing response. Leveraging Public health nurses for disaster risk communication in Fukushima city: A qualitative analysis of nurses’ written records of parenting counseling and peer discussions. Communication, perception, and behaviour during a natural disaster involving a "Do not Drink" and a subsequent "Boil Water" notice: A postal questionnaire study.

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Book SynopsisOver 60 recipes to model and handle real-life biological data using modern libraries from the R ecosystem Key Features Apply modern R packages to handle biological data using real-world examples Represent biological data with advanced visualizations suitable for research and publications Handle real-world problems in bioinformatics such as next-generation sequencing, metagenomics, and automating analyses Book DescriptionHandling biological data effectively requires an in-depth knowledge of machine learning techniques and computational skills, along with an understanding of how to use tools such as edgeR and DESeq. With the R Bioinformatics Cookbook, you’ll explore all this and more, tackling common and not-so-common challenges in the bioinformatics domain using real-world examples. This book will use a recipe-based approach to show you how to perform practical research and analysis in computational biology with R. You will learn how to effectively analyze your data with the latest tools in Bioconductor, ggplot, and tidyverse. The book will guide you through the essential tools in Bioconductor to help you understand and carry out protocols in RNAseq, phylogenetics, genomics, and sequence analysis. As you progress, you will get up to speed with how machine learning techniques can be used in the bioinformatics domain. You will gradually develop key computational skills such as creating reusable workflows in R Markdown and packages for code reuse. By the end of this book, you’ll have gained a solid understanding of the most important and widely used techniques in bioinformatic analysis and the tools you need to work with real biological data.What you will learn Employ Bioconductor to determine differential expressions in RNAseq data Run SAMtools and develop pipelines to find single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and Indels Use ggplot to create and annotate a range of visualizations Query external databases with Ensembl to find functional genomics information Execute large-scale multiple sequence alignment with DECIPHER to perform comparative genomics Use d3.js and Plotly to create dynamic and interactive web graphics Use k-nearest neighbors, support vector machines and random forests to find groups and classify data Who this book is forThis book is for bioinformaticians, data analysts, researchers, and R developers who want to address intermediate-to-advanced biological and bioinformatics problems by learning through a recipe-based approach. Working knowledge of R programming language and basic knowledge of bioinformatics are prerequisites.Table of ContentsTable of Contents Performing Quantitative RNAseq Finding Genetic Variants With Next-Generation Sequence Data Analyzing Gene and Protein Sequence For Domains and Motifs Phylogenetic Analysis and Visualisation Metagenomics Proteomics from Spectrum to Annotation Producing Publication and Web-Ready Visualizations Working with Databases and Remote Data Sources Useful Statistical and Machine Learning Methods in Bioinformatics Programming and Analysis with Tidyverse Building reusable workflows with packages and objects for code re-use

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Book SynopsisNow in its third edition, this dictionary contains 3,400 key terms, words, and phrases used in the day-to-day practice of project management. Along with traditional project management terms, it includes broader business terms to help seasoned managers and their successors navigate more easily the ubiquitous language of project-speak. Within the book, readers find the meaning of hundreds of technical terms and acronyms, with each entry providing important insight into some aspect of project management.

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Book SynopsisWenn du mit deinem Smartphone eine Nachricht versendest, möchtest du, dass niemand mitliest oder mitkriegt, worum es geht. Deine Nachrichten sollen privat bleiben. Nachrichten über größere Entfernungen zu übermitteln und Nachrichten unter Verschluss zu halten, war den Menschen schon immer wichtig. In diesem Buch erfährst du, welche Lösungen man dafür gefunden hat; vom historischen Fackeltelegraf über die Vigenère-Verschlüsselung bis hin zum heute eingesetzten RSA-Kryptosystem. Bestens geeignet für Kinder und Jugendliche ab 10 Jahre.Trade Review"...(Das Buch beschreibt)in sechs Kapiteln Themen wie verschiedene Möglichkeiten der Nachrichtenübermittlung (u.a. ingeralphabet, Morsezeichen, Brailleschrift, Fackeltelegraf, Skytale, Passworte), Codes (Barcodes, QR,ASCII), Geschichte der Codierung (Cäsar, Vigenère) sowie Verschlüsselung am Computer und das entsprechende Knacken. ... Überall gerne empfohlen." (EKZ 1m 17. Juni 2019)Table of ContentsEinführung 5 Hallo Bastler, Tüftler und Knobelfreund! 5 Über dieses Buch 5 Über dich 6 Über die Symbole, die wir verwenden 7 Kapitel 1: Nachrichten 8 Nachricht, Sender und Empfänger 8 Nachrichten austauschen – Fackeltelegraf 14 Geheimnisse austauschen – Skytale 19 Geheimnisse bewahren – Passworte 23 Kapitel 2: Codes 29 Das codierte Ei 29 Der Fahrradcode 32 Der Artikel-Code EAN 34 Der QR-Code 39 Der ASCII-Code 43 Kapitel 3: Damals 45 Noch nicht geheim 46 Buchstabensalat 47 Noch mehr Buchstabensalat 49 Die alten Römer 53 Kleine Helferlein 55 Hilfsmittel – clever selbst gebastelt 58 Jetzt geht’s rund – die Cäsar-Scheibe 59 Vigenère-Verschlüsselung 62 One-Time-Pad 69 Kapitel 4: heute 71 Zwei Schlösser 72 Noch einmal zwei Schlösser 74 Trick »öffentliche und private Schlüssel« 75 Einweg-Funktionen 77 Das RSA-Verfahren 80 Kapitel 5: knacken 82 Mit Geduld und viel Zeit 83 Mit Köpfchen 85 Mit Computern 90 Kapitel 6: Cryptool 92 Lange Texte ver- und entschlüsseln 94 Cäsar-Verschlüsselung 94 Vigenère-Verschlüsselung 96 Geheime Texte knacken 96 Cäsar-Verschlüsselung 96 Vigenère-Verschlüsselung 97 Was CrypTool noch bringt 98 Fingeralphabet 99 Morsealphabet 100 Braille-Alphabet 101 Lösungen 102 Zu Kapitel 1: Nachrichten 102 Zu Kapitel 2: Codes 103 Zu Kapitel 3: Geheimes damals 104 Zu Kapitel 4: Geheimes heute 105 Zu Kapitel 5: Geheimnis knacken 106 Zu Kapitel 6: Tool zum Knacken 107 Zum Wiederfinden 108 Ü ber die Autoren 110

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Book SynopsisSichere Mediennutzung begleiten Welche Apps und Dienste fördern und unterhalten Ihr Kind, wo lauert Gefahr? Mit diesem Buch richten Sie Smartphones, Tablets, PCs und Spielekonsolen altersgerecht ein und vermitteln Ihrem Kind fundiert den richtigen Umgang mit (Online-)Medien. Sie verstehen, wie bei Kindern und Jugendlichen verbreitete Apps oder Dienste auf allen gängigen Gerätetypen funktionieren und vernetzt sind. Und wie Sie die Zugriffsmöglichkeiten so steuern, wie Sie es für Ihr Kind für geeignet halten. So kann Ihr Kind sicher surfen, spielen oder soziale Netzwerke nutzen. Sie erfahren Wie Kinder digitale Medien nutzen Was erlaubt ist und was nicht Welche Einstellungen Sie kennen sollten Wie Sie sich und Ihre Kinder vor digitalen Angriffen schützen

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Book Synopsis1 Ermittlung von CIM-Potentialen.- 1.1 CIM in mittelständischen und kleinen Firmen.- 1.2 Klassifizierung von Fertigungsunternehmen.- 1.3 Vorhandene Insellösungen.- 1.4 CIM-Schwerpunkte.- 1.5 Kunden- und Literantenbeziehungen.- 2 CIM-Basiskenntnisse, Hardware/Software.- 2.1 Allgemeines.- 2.2 Software-Systeme.- 2.3 Hardware-Systeme (Rechnerwelten, Leistungsklassen).- 2.4 Zentrale und dezentrale Systeme.- 2.5 Netze.- 2.6 CIM-Baukasten, Hardware/Software.- 3 CIM-Basiskenntnisse, Anwendungen.- 3.1 PPS.- 3.2 CAD.- 3.3 CAP.- 3.4 CAM.- 3.5 CAQ.- 3.6 CIM-Baukasten, Anwendungen.- 4 Durchführung von CIM-Projekten.- 4.1 Organisation von CIM-Projekten.- 4.2 Vorgehensmethodik.- 4.3 Entscheidungsprozeß.- 5 Wirtschaftlichkeitsabschätzungen.- 5.1 Ermittlung quantitativer CIM-Potentiale.- 5.2 Ermittlung qualitativer CIM-Potentiale.- A 1 CA- und Cl-Begriffe im Überblick.- A 2 CIM-relevante Normen.- A 3 CIM-Standardisierung.- A 4 CIM-Strukturkonzepte im Überblick.- Sachwortverzeichnis.Table of Contents1 Ermittlung von CIM-Potentialen.- 1.1 CIM in mittelständischen und kleinen Firmen.- 1.2 Klassifizierung von Fertigungsunternehmen.- 1.3 Vorhandene Insellösungen.- 1.4 CIM-Schwerpunkte.- 1.4.1 Anlagenbauer.- 1.4.2 Auftragsfertiger.- 1.4.3 Serien- und Massenfertiger.- 1.4.4 Zulieferer.- 1.5 Kunden- und Literantenbeziehungen.- 2 CIM-Basiskenntnisse, Hardware/Software.- 2.1 Allgemeines.- 2.2 Software-Systeme.- 2.2.1 Aufbau, Bestandteile.- 2.2.2 Software-Familien, Beispiele.- 2.3 Hardware-Systeme (Rechnerwelten, Leistungsklassen).- 2.3.1 Aufbau, Bestandteile.- 2.3.2 Hardware-Familien, Beispiele.- 2.4 Zentrale und dezentrale Systeme.- 2.5 Netze.- 2.6 CIM-Baukasten, Hardware/Software.- 3 CIM-Basiskenntnisse, Anwendungen.- 3.1 PPS.- 3.1.1 Hauptfunktionen.- 3.1.2 Arbeiten mit PPS.- 3.1.3 PPS-Kopplungen.- 3.2 CAD.- 3.2.1 Hauptfunktionen.- 3.2.2 Arbeiten mit CAD.- 3.2.3 CAD-Kopplungen.- 3.3 CAP.- 3.3.1 Hauptfunktionen.- 3.3.2 Arbeiten mit CAP.- 3.3.3 CAP-Kopplungen.- 3.4 CAM.- 3.4.1 Hauptfunktionen.- 3.4.2 Arbeiten mit CAM.- 3.4.3 CAM-Kopplungen.- 3.5 CAQ.- 3.5.1 Hauptfunktionen.- 3.5.2 Arbeiten mit CAQ.- 3.6 CIM-Baukasten, Anwendungen.- 4 Durchführung von CIM-Projekten.- 4.1 Organisation von CIM-Projekten.- 4.1.1 Projektleiter.- 4.1.2 Projektplanung.- 4.1.3 Projektsteuerung.- 4.2 Vorgehensmethodik.- 4.2.1 Hilfsmittel.- 4.2.2 Arbeitsweise.- 4.3 Entscheidungsprozeß.- 4.3.1 Betriebsanalyse.- 4.3.2 Informationsflußanalyse.- 4.3.3 Analyse vorhandener Insellösungen.- 5 Wirtschaftlichkeitsabschätzungen.- 5.1 Ermittlung quantitativer CIM-Potentiale.- 5.2 Ermittlung qualitativer CIM-Potentiale.- 5.2.1 Nutzen von PPS.- 5.2.2 Nutzen von CAD.- 5.2.3 Nutzen von CAP.- 5.2.4 Nutzen von CAM.- A 1 CA- und Cl-Begriffe im Überblick.- A 2 CIM-relevante Normen.- A 3 CIM-Standardisierung.- A 4 CIM-Strukturkonzepte im Überblick.- Sachwortverzeichnis.

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Book SynopsisGiven the broad popularity of Internet technology, even in its present immature state, and also the recent progress made towards a human-centered view of information technology, the time now seems ripe to essentially extend the scope and power of enterprise information systems.This carefully arranged book concentrates on the relationships between coordination technology and business application requirements and introduces general elements of a cooperative infrastructure allowing for the construction of collaborative applications. It is essential reading for research and development professionals active in the area as well as for IT managers interested in applying this promising new technology in order to remain competitive in the future.Table of ContentsA perspective on technology-assisted collaboration.- Coordination in knowledge-intensive organizations.- Co-ordination of management activities — Mapping organisational structure to the decision structure.- A cooperative approach to distributed applications engineering.- Towards logic programming based coordination in virtual worlds.- Enhancement of creative aspects of a daily conversation with a topic development agent.- Coordinating human and computer agents.- Coordination in workflow management systems — A rule-based approach.- A framework and mathematical model for collaboration technology.- Practical experiences and requirements on workflow.- Coordination science: Challenges and directions.- Supporting autonomous work and reintegration in collaborative systems.- Workspace awareness for distributed teams.- GeM and WeBUSE: Towards a WWW-database interface.- Post-client/server coordination tools.- An experimental delay analysis for local audio video streams for desktop collaborations.- Supporting both client-server and peer-to-peer models in a framework of a distributed object management system.

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Book SynopsisDas Buch bietet einen idealen Einstieg in die Mathematik: Jedes Kapitel beginnt mit konkreten und vertrauten Begriffen oder Situationen. Davon ausgehend abstrahieren die Autoren schrittweise bis sie zu den Begriffen der modernen Mathematik kommen. Dabei wird auf Anwendungen mit einem engen Bezug zur Informatik wie etwa Routenplaner oder Codierungstheorie eingegangen. Das Buch ist so angelegt, dass jeder der drei Teile (Algebra, Analysis und Diskrete Strukturen) unabhängig voneinander gelesen und verstanden werden kann.Trade ReviewAus den Rezensionen: “Das vorliegende Buch bietet eine klassische Einführung in die für Informatiker relevante Bereiche der Mathematik: Algebra ... Analysis ... Diskrete Strukturen ... Insgesamt handelt es sich um eine nette Bereicherung der aktuellen Literatur zu diesem Thema und ich kann es nur jedem Interessierten empfehlen.“ (G. TESCHL, Monatshefte für Mathematik, October/2010, Vol. 161, Issue 3, S. 335)Table of ContentsAlgebra.- Zahlen.- Lineare Algebra.- Analysis.- Reelle Zahlen und Folgen.- Funktionen.- Diskrete Strukturen.- Diskrete Mathematik.- Grundlagen der Mathematik.

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Book SynopsisAufbau und Funktion des Raspberry Pi werden sachlich und praxisorientiert vorgestellt. Zunächst wird das System in Betrieb gesetzt, um damit eine Grundlage zu schaffen, auf die auch in Problemsituationen zurückgegriffen werden kann. Die Konfigurierung, Optimierung und Programmierung ist von besonderer Bedeutung, weil die gegenüber anderen Architekturen limitierten Ressourcen stets mit zu berücksichtigen sind. Die Schaltungstechnik der verschiedenen Raspberry Pi Boards (A, B, A+, B+, Compute Module) wird ausführlich behandelt. Der Schwerpunkt des Buches liegt auf der Hardware mit den Schnittstellen (LAN, WLAN, GPIO, seriell SPI, I2C, I2S, One-Wire), die für die Kommunikation und den Datenaustausch mit Sensoren und anderen Einheiten prädestiniert sind. Damit sind optimale und zudem kostengünstige Ergebnisse zu erzielen. Dies beinhaltet den Low Power-Betrieb, wie er insbesondere für akkubetriebene und somit für mobile Anwendungen essenziell ist.Die 3. Auflage wurde überarbeitet, erweitert und auf Raspberry Pi 4 aktualisiert.Table of ContentsEinführung: Entwicklung, Open Source, Modelle im Überblick - Schnellstart: Vorbereitung, anschließen und starten - Hardware: ARM-Architektur, Speicher, Ethernet, WLAN, Bluetooth - Konfigurierung und Optimierung: Setup, Netzwerke, Mobilfunk, Audio, Video - Software und Programmiergrundlagen: Firmware, Linux, Windows 10 IoTCore, Programmiersprachen - Hardware-Programmierung: GPIO, UART, SPI, I2C, I2S, One-Wire - Professioneller Einsatz: Low Power-Betrieb, USV, PoE, Compute Module

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Book SynopsisKönnen wir uns heute noch ein Leben ohne Computer vorstellen? Wie würde unser Tagesablauf ohne Smartphone aussehen? An welchen Stellen hilft uns Technologie, an welchen macht sie das Leben komplizierter? Welche Entwicklungen zeichnen sich ab, welche Auswirkungen werden diese haben? Das alles und mehr steht im Zentrum des Lebens von Nœrdman, dem Nerd aus dem Norden. In humorvoller und informativer Weise werden Themen des Alltags aufgegriffen, erläutert und ein Blick in die Zukunft gewagt. Denn irgendwie sind wir ja alle zu Nerds geworden. Gehörst Du zu den „digital natives“, die in die moderne Computerwelt hineingeboren wurden, oder möchtest zumindest mit diesen reden können? Das Buch richtet sich an Menschen aller Altersgruppen deren Privat- und Arbeitswelt durch die Digitalisierung massiv verändert wurde.Table of ContentsWie alles begann… - Ist die Welt heute noch zu verstehen? - Wohin entwickelt sich die Technologie? - Können wir uns in einer Welt voller Technik noch erholen? - Wie abhängig sind wir von der modernen Technik? - Wie kommunizieren wir mit einander? - Wie sicher brauchen wir die Welt? - Wie lernen wir richtig? - Können Computer besser denken als Menschen? - Bin ich selbst ein Nerd?

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Book SynopsisA discussion of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) and language learning, aimed at researchers and practitioners in the field. It deals with developments in Europe, with the majority of the chapters focusing on the results of collaborative international projects.

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Book SynopsisThe conical approach provides a geometrical understanding of optimization and is a powerful research tool and useful problem-solving technique (for example, in decision support and real time control applications). Conical optimality conditions are first stated in a very general optimization framework, and then applied to linear programming. A complete theory along with primal and dual algorithms is given, and solutions and algorithms are also provided for vector and robust linear optimization. The advantages of parameter dependence of conical methods are fully discussed. In addition to numerical results, the book provides source codes and detailed documentation of a Modula-2 implementation for the main algorithms.Table of ContentsPart I: General Theory Part II: Further Advanced Results Part III: Implementations and Numerical Results

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Book SynopsisFocuses on the argument that performance modelling and simulation has become a central issue in computer science and engineering, in part due to its applications to the structures comprising the internet. Dealing primarily with theory, tools, and techniques related to communications systems, it provides tutorials and surveys and relates new important research results. Each chapter provides background information, describes and analyses important work done in the field, and provides important direction to the reader on future work and further readings. The topics covered include traffic models for ATM networks, simulation environments, analytical methods, interprocessor communications and an evaluation of process architectures.Table of Contents1. Wormhole Data Routing in Multiprocessors: Networks and Algorithms 2. Reusability Techniques for Building a Simulation Environment and Modeling Communication Systems 3. Reductions in GSPN and SWN: An Overview and an Example of Application 4. Traffic Modeling for ATM Networks An Overview of Source Characterization in ATM Networks 5. Procedures for Estimating and Guaranteeing Delays in High Speed Communication Networks 6. BMAP Modeling of a Correlated Queue 7. Hierarchical Performance Modeling of Computer Communication Systems 8. A Framework for Measuring the Performance of Alternative Process Architectures for Parallelizing Communication Subsystems

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Book SynopsisComputational techniques for the analysis and design of structural dynamic systems using numerical methods have been the focus of an enormous amount of research for several decades. In general, the numerical methods utilized to solve these problems include two phases: (a) spatial discretization by either the finite element method (FEM) or the finite difference method (FDM), and (b) solution of systems of time dependent second-order ordinary differential equations. In addition, the significantly powerful advances in computer systems capabilities have put on the desks of structural systems designers enormous computing power either by means of increasingly effective computer workstations or else through PCs (personal computers), whose increasing power has succeeded in marginalizing the computational power differences between PCs and workstations in many cases. This volume is a comprehensive treatment of the issues involved in computational techniques in structural dynamic systems.Table of Contents1. Partitioned Methods of Solution 2. Generalized Differential Quadrature Techniques in Structural Systems 3. Computational Aspects of the Ritz Method for Vibration Analysis 4. Techniques in the Identification and Uncertainty Estimation of Parameters 5. An Explicit Time-Integration Method for Damped Structural Systems 6. Adaptive Vibration Control of Structural Systems with Periodic Dynamics

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Book SynopsisExploring the findings of the conference entitled 'System-based Vision for Strategic and Creative Design', this text focuses around the following key themes:· systemic framework - the capacity to survey all aspects and connections of any problem and its solution· creative work - the challenge to develop something new· design - a method to improve the world and make it better With the main objective of the conference being to define the knowledge and technologies needed in the design and development of project processes able to produce competitive, 'green' and consumer-friendly structures, the text also clearly relates to the development and use of quality materials, as well as to excellence in construction management, and to reliable measurement and testing methods.

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Book SynopsisThe general problem addressed in this book is a large and important one: how to usefully deal with huge storehouses of complex information about real-world situations. Every one of the major modes of interacting with such storehouses – querying, data mining, data analysis – is addressed by current technologies only in very limited and unsatisfactory ways. The impact of a solution to this problem would be huge and pervasive, as the domains of human pursuit to which such storehouses are acutely relevant is numerous and rapidly growing. Finally, we give a more detailed treatment of one potential solution with this class, based on our prior work with the Probabilistic Logic Networks (PLN) formalism. We show how PLN can be used to carry out realworld reasoning, by means of a number of practical examples of reasoning regarding human activities inreal-world situations.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Knowledge Representation Using Formal Logic.- Quantifying and Managing Uncertainty.- Representing Temporal Knowledge.- Temporal Reasoning.- Representing and Reasoning On Spatial Knowledge.- Representing and Reasoning on Contextual Knowledge.- Causal Reasoning.- Extracting Logical Knowledge from Raw Data.- Scalable Spatiotemporal Logical Knowledge Storage.- Mining Patterns from Large Spatiotemporal Logical Knowledge Stores.- Probabilistic Logic Networks.- Temporal and Contextual Reasoning in PLN.- Inferring the Causes of Observed Changes.-Adaptive Inference Control.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1: Climate Change.- Chapter 2: Current carbon market ecosystem.- Chapter 3: Scandals and scams.- Chapter 4: Critical need for regulation: Integrity of voluntary carbon markets.- Chapter 5: Regulation, Governance and Compliance.- Chapter 6: Regulation, Governance and Compliance.- Chapter 7: Benchmarks and Pricing.- Chapter 8: Additionality.

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