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  • 1
    ISBN: 9783031559600
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXXI, 968 p. 595 illus., 66 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Advanced Textbooks in Control and Signal Processing
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; System theory. ; Control theory. ; Electric power production. ; Industrial engineering. ; Production engineering.
    Abstract: Introduction -- Linear ordinary differential equations -- Basic tools for arbitrary order systems -- Time response-based design -- Frequency response-based design -- The state variables approach -- Advanced topics in control -- Discrete-time systems -- Control of PM brushed DC-motor -- Control of a ball and beam system -- Control of a magnetic levitation system -- Control of Pendubot -- Tilt angle estimation -- Control of wheeled pendulum -- Control of mechanical systems with flexibility -- Control of DC/DC power electronic converters.
    Abstract: This book offers an enhanced and comprehensive understanding of control theory and its practical applications. The theoretical chapters on control tools have been meticulously revised and improved to provide a clearer and more insightful exploration of the fundamental concepts and ideas. The explanations have been refined, and new examples have been added to aid comprehension. Additionally, a new chapter on discrete-time systems has been included, delving into an important aspect of control theory. Advanced topics in control are also covered in greater detail, ensuring a comprehensive treatment of the subject matter. The section on experimental applications has been revamped to showcase the application of control ideas in various scenarios. Several chapters have been replaced with fresh content that focuses on controlling new and different experimental prototypes. These examples illustrate how control concepts can be effectively applied in real-world situations. Furthermore, this book introduces a new approach for control of non-minimum phase systems and explores the concept of differential flatness for multiple-input multiple-output systems. Additionally, a fascinating application involving a wheeled pendulum mobile robot has been included. While some chapters have been replaced, the second edition retains the chapters on the control of DC motors and the control of a magnetic levitation system. However, the material in the former chapter is mostly new, and the latter chapter is entirely supported by new control concepts and ideas.
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  • 2
    ISBN: 9783031467356
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VI, 442 p. 42 illus., 31 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control 513
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: This book chooses the topic which is due to the editors' experience in modeling projects in healthcare systems. Also, the transfer of experiences is the reason why mathematical modeling and decision making in the field of health are not given much attention. To this end, the new aspect of this book is the lack of reference needed to carry out projects in the field of health for researchers whose main expertise is not modeling. Students of health, mathematics, management, and industrial engineering fields are in the direct readership with this book. Different projects in the field of healthcare systems can use the topics presented in different chapters mentioned in this book.
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  • 3
    ISBN: 9783031500855
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VI, 187 p. 17 illus., 12 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Philosophy of Engineering and Technology 46
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    Keywords: Technology ; Ethnology. ; Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation.
    Abstract: 1. Diachronic Perspectives on Embodiment and Technology: Gestures and Artefacts – An Introduction -- 2. Playing with Arte(f)actors -- 3. The Ineffability of Motion in Robotics -- 4. Sophia the Robot as a Political Choreography to Advance Economic Interests: An Exercise in Political Phenomenology and Critical Performance-Oriented Philosophy of Technology -- 5. Gestures, Diagrams, and the Craft of Musical Composition -- 6. Describing Robot Gestures by Design and Agency: An Exploration with Dennett’s Stances -- 7. The Philosophy of Gesture and Technological Artefacts -- 8. The Orchestration of Bodies and Artifacts in French Family Dinners -- 9. Towards an Ecology of Gesture: A Review (and some Promising Paths) -- 10. Petrified Practice: Is there a Vernacular Choreography of Neanderthal Movements? -- 11. The logos of techné — A Case for Technology as Interdisciplinary Anthropology.
    Abstract: This book investigates the relationships between gestures and artefacts theoretically and historically, by analyzing different phenomena stemming from a variety of fields such as robotics, archaeology, gesture studies, anthropology, philosophy, and gestural practices like choreography, music performance, and composition. It underlines how embodiment and technology change the interplay between maker and artefact over time and appeals to students and researchers in these fields. Its goal is to enable the reader to understand that the recurring topics and questions as well as multi-level similarities are by no means accidental, but can best be understood if one pays attention to the intertwinements of materiality and cognition, praxis and techne.
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  • 4
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    ISBN: 9783031230882
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 146 p. 95 illus., 84 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering 103
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation.
    Abstract: Introduction -- Kinematic Models -- Dynamic Models -- Motion Control -- Control of multi-robot systems -- Index.
    Abstract: The focus of this book is kinematic and dynamic control of a single mobile robot or a group of them. New simple and integrated solutions are presented for tasks of positioning, trajectory tracking and path following. Control of Ground and Aerial Robots synthesizes new results on control of mobile robots developed by M.Sc. and Ph.D. students supervised by the authors. The robots considered are wheeled mobile platforms, with emphasis on differential drive vehicles, and the multirotor aerial robots. Integrated control solutions based on the technique of feedback linearization are proposed to guide either a single robot or a homogeneous/heterogeneous group of mobile robots. Examples on the use of the proposed controllers are also provided. Finally, Control of Ground and Aerial Robots is intended to help graduate and advanced undergraduate students in engineering, as well as researchers in the area of robot control, to design controllers to autonomously guide the more common mobile platforms.
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  • 5
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    ISBN: 9783031160783
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 873 p. 385 illus., 281 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 543
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: This book is a remarkable collection of chapters covering a wide domain of topics related to artificial intelligence and its applications to the real world. The conference attracted a total of 494 submissions from many academic pioneering researchers, scientists, industrial engineers, and students from all around the world. These submissions underwent a double-blind peer-reviewed process. Of the total submissions, 176 submissions have been selected to be included in these proceedings. It is difficult to imagine how artificial intelligence has become an inseparable part of our life. From mobile phones, smart watches, washing machines to smart homes, smart cars, and smart industries, artificial intelligence has helped to revolutionize the whole globe. As we witness exponential growth of computational intelligence in several directions and use of intelligent systems in everyday applications, this book is an ideal resource for reporting latest innovations and future of AI. Distinguished researchers have made valuable studies to understand the various bottlenecks existing in different arenas and how they can be overcome with the use of intelligent systems. This book also provides new directions and dimensions of future research work. We hope that readers find the volume interesting and valuable.
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  • 6
    ISBN: 9783031107801
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 653 p. 222 illus., 189 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Automation, Collaboration, & E-Services 10
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Manufactures. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: Future of Work and Work Systems: Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence for Designing Smart, Safe, Healthy & Ethical Work in Financial Services -- Supporting production management in the fourth industrial revolution: a framework based on shop-floor data -- Perceived Usability in User-Centered Design: Analysis of Usability Aspects for Improving Human-Machine System -- Synthesizing Construction Professionals’ Perceived Measures of Mitigating Contractors’ Opportunism -- Systematic Review of the Relationship between Advanced Production Management and Workplace Safety.
    Abstract: This book provides practical guidance and awareness for a growing body of knowledge developing across a variety of disciplines and many countries. This book is a celebration of the Gavriel Salvendy International Symposium (GSIS) and provides a survey of topics and emerging areas of interest in human–automation interaction. This book for the GSIS emphasizes main thematic areas: manufacturing, services and user experience. Main areas of coverage include Section A: Advanced Production Management and Production Control; Section B: Healthcare Automation; Section C: Measuring and Modeling Human Performance; Section D: Usability and User Experience; Section E: Safety Management and Occupational Ergonomics; Section F: Manufacturing and Services; Section G: Data and Probabilistic Information; Section H: Training and Collaboration Technologies. Contributions from especially early career researchers were featured as part of this (virtual) symposium and celebration. Gavriel Salvendy initiated the conferences that run annually as Human–Computer Interaction International and Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics International (AHFE), both within the Lecture Notes in Springer. The book is inclusive of human–computer interaction and human factors and ergonomics principles, yet it is intended to serve a much wider audience that has interest in automation and human modeling. The emerging need for human–automation interaction expertise has developed from an ever-growing availability and presence of automation in our everyday lives. .
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  • 7
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    ISBN: 9783031008207
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 610 p. 17 illus., 8 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control 442
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Computational intelligence.
    Abstract: Short Introduction on the Logic -- Error Sets -- Transformation Connectives in Error Logic -- Mathematical Error Propositional Logic -- Applications of Error Logic -- Glossary.
    Abstract: This book offers a brand-new theoretical system and relevant tools for intelligently identifying errors in the decision-making process, investigating the complexities and erring mechanisms of dysfunctional socioeconomic systems, and therefore helping design error-proof systems. The error logic is invented to pioneer a new branch for the field of logic, which can be applied to various fields including mathematics, philosophy, computer science, artificial intelligence, linguistics, management science, and systems science. Researchers, postgraduates, and undergraduates in relevant fields can use it as a reference for enhancing their understanding of the tempo-spatial dynamics and transformation of errors in complicated systems. The manuscript also provides vivid and thought-provoking examples and applications to help readers understand how to apply the concepts and theory in real socioeconomic systems.
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    ISBN: 9783031240171
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 184 p. 81 illus., 76 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics 137
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    Keywords: Image processing—Digital techniques. ; Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Computer vision. ; Image processing
    Abstract: Simultaneous Localization And Mapping -- Least Squares Optimization -- Motivation - When Optimization Fails -- A Robust Back-End for SLAM -- Evaluation.
    Abstract: Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) has been a long-standing research problem in robotics. It describes the problem of a robot mapping an unknown environment, while simultaneously localizing in it with the help of the incomplete map. This book describes a technique called Switchable Constraints. Switchable Constraints help to increase the robustness of SLAM against data association errors and in particular against false positive loop closure detections. Such false positive loop closure detections can occur when the robot erroneously assumes it re-observed a landmark it has already mapped or when the appearance of the observed surroundings is very similar to the appearance of other places in the map. Ambiguous observations and appearances are very common in human-made environments such as office floors or suburban streets, making robustness against spurious observations a key challenge in SLAM. The book summarizes the foundations of factor graph-based SLAM techniques. It explains the problem of data association errors before introducing the novel idea of Switchable Constraints. We present a mathematical derivation and probabilistic interpretation of Switchable Constraints along with evaluations on different datasets. The book shows that Switchable Constraints are applicable beyond SLAM problems and demonstrates the efficacy of this technique to improve the quality of satellite-based localization in urban environments, where multipath and non-line-of-sight situations are common error sources.
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  • 9
    ISBN: 9783031210655
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXII, 601 p. 335 illus., 326 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 589
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Computational intelligence.
    Abstract: This book contains a selection of papers accepted for presentation and discussion at ROBOT 2022—Fifth Iberian Robotics Conference, held in Zaragoza, Spain, on November 23-25, 2022. ROBOT 2022 is part of a series of conferences that are a joint organization of SEIDROB—Sociedad Española para la Investigación y Desarrollo en Robótica/Spanish Society for Research and Development in Robotics, and SPR—Sociedade Portuguesa de Robótica/Portuguese Society for Robotic. ROBOT 2022 builds upon several previous successful events, including three biennial workshops and the four previous editions of the Iberian Robotics Conference, and is focused on presenting the research and development of new applications, on the field of Robotics, in the Iberian Peninsula, although open to research and delegates from other countries. ROBOT 2022 featured four plenary talks on state-of-the-art subjects on robotics and 15 special sessions, plus a main/general robotics track. In total, after a careful review process, 98 high-quality papers were selected for publication, with a total of 219 unique authors, from 22 countries.
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  • 10
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    ISBN: 9783031110511
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 2081 p. 808 illus., 529 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 510
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Telecommunication.
    Abstract: Control of large-scale distributed energy systems over communication networks is an important topic with many application domains. The book presents novel concepts of distributed control for networked and cyber-physical systems (CPS), such as smart industrial production lines, smart energy grids, and autonomous vehicular systems. It focuses on new solutions in managing data and connectivity to support connected and automated vehicles (CAV). The book compiles original research papers presented at the conference “Networked Control Systems for Connected and Automated Vehicles” (Russia). The latest connected and automated vehicle technologies for next generation autonomous vehicles are presented. The book sets new goals for the standardization of the scientific results obtained and the advancement to the level of full autonomy and full self-driving (FSD). The book presents the latest research in artificial intelligence, assessing virtual environments, deep learning systems, and sensor fusion for automated vehicles. Particular attention is paid to new safety standards, safety and security systems, and control of epidemic spreading over networks. The issues of building modern transport infrastructure facilities are also discussed in the articles presented in this book. The book is of considerable interest to scientists, researchers, and graduate students in the field of transport systems, as well as for managers and employees of companies using or producing equipment for these systems.
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  • 11
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    ISBN: 9783031218125
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXV, 387 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in Financial Services Technology
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    Keywords: Virtuelle Währung ; Datensicherheit ; Regulierung ; USA ; Finance—Law and legislation. ; Virtuelle Währung ; Datensicherheit ; Regulierung ; USA ; Financial engineering. ; Financial services industry. ; Finance ; digital currencies ; virtual currencies ; cryptocurrencies ; Bitcoin ; federal and state regulation ; financial regulation ; taxation ; international regulation ; banking ; investments and securities ; regulation of crypto ; regulation of bitcoin ; Datensicherheit ; Regulierung ; USA ; Virtuelle Währung ; Blockchains (Databases) ; Electronic funds transfers ; USA ; Virtuelle Währung ; Datensicherung ; Blockchain ; Regulierung
    Abstract: Chapter 1. The Digital Transformation -- Chapter 2. Technology Underlying Cryptocurrencies and Types of Cryptocurrencies -- Chapter 3. Legal Issues of Digital Technology -- Chapter 4. US Federal Regulation of Virtual Currencies -- Chapter 5. States' Regulation of Virtual Currencies -- Chapter 6. Criminal and Civil Enforcement of Virtual Currencies -- Chapter 7. Central Bank Digital Currencies -- Chapter 8. International Regulation -- Chapter 9. Conclusion: The Future of Cryptocurrencies.
    Abstract: This second edition further explores the regulatory landscape of cryptocurrency, highlighting the rise of Bitcoin, which is based on blockchain technology, and some of the many types of coins and tokens that emerged thereafter. Although Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have made national and international news with their dramatic rise and decline in value, nevertheless the underlying technology is being adopted by both industry and governments, which have noted the benefits of speed, cost efficiency, and protection from hacking. Based on numerous downloaded articles, laws, cases, and other materials, the book discusses the digital transformation, the types of cryptocurrencies, key actors, and the benefits and risks. It also addresses legal issues of digital technology and the evolving U.S. federal regulation. The varying treatment by individual U.S. states is reviewed together with attempts by organizations to arrive at a uniform regulatory regime. Both civil and criminal prosecutions are highlighted with an examination of the major cases that have arisen. This second edition specifically explores the creation of stablecoins, governments issuance of their own versions of digital currencies, new regulations that have been enacted and promulgated, and a clearer examination of futuristic evolutions that potentially will have a major impact upon the current cited technologies. Rosario Girasa is Distinguished Professor of Law at the Lubin School of Business, Pace University, USA. He is the author of seven previously published works that range from cyberlaw, law of finance, and shadow banking. He is also the author of approximately 130 articles published in diverse U.S. and international journals.
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    ISBN: 9783031153891
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 351 p. 23 illus., 20 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Herrschaftssystem ; Internationales politisches System ; Bipolarität ; Rivalität ; Internationale Politik ; Drittland ; Strategie ; Außenpolitik ; Neutralismus ; China ; USA ; Erde
    Abstract: China-US Strategic Competition: Impact on Small and Middle Powers in Europe and Asia -- US-China Strategic Competition in the Context of the Global Covid-19 Pandemic -- U.S.-China Strategic Competition in Each Domestic Context -- Strategic Choices for Switzerland in the US-China Competition -- The China Nudge: Naivety, Neutrality and Non-alignment in Sweden -- Continuity and change in Italy-China relations: From economic pragmatism to selective followership and back -- China and Germany after the 2021 Election: Between Continuity and Increasing Confrontation -- The UK’s response to the challenge of managing its relationships with China and the USA -- Navigating and Riding the Double Bind of Economic and Political Hedging: Japan and the US-China Strategic Competition -- Explaining Korea’s Positioning in the US-China Strategic Competition -- Taking side with the US against China? An analysis of the Taiwanese Choice -- Other Countries are Small Countries, and That’s Just a Fact: Singapore’s Efforts to Navigate the US-China Strategic Rivalry.
    Abstract: “This edited volume is a collection of chapters by noted scholars of US-China relations as well as regional experts on Europe and East Asia. It makes a major contribution to our understanding of the impacts of great power competition on the middle powers in the two most important and dynamic areas of the world. All chapters are clearly written and original, providing fresh and unique insights into the complicated issues in the contemporary world. Strongly recommended for anyone who is interested in the great power relations and regional dynamics in Asia and Europe.” --Suisheng Zhao, Professor, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, and Editor of Journal of Contemporary China. “Focusing on two uniquely important countries, the US and China, and the spillover effects of their competition on middle powers and smaller states in Europe and East Asia, the contributors have produced a volume that offers valuable comparative insights and fresh perspectives on the defining great power competition of our era.” --Jacques deLisle is Professor of Law and Political Science, and Director of the Center for the Study of Contemporary China, at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, USA. This open access edited book brings together a closer examination of European and Asian responses to the escalating rivalry between the US and China. As the new Cold War has surfaced as a perceivable reality in the post-COVID era, the topic itself is of great importance to policymakers, academic researchers, and the interested public. Furthermore, this manuscript makes a valuable contribution to an under-studied and increasingly important phenomenon in international relations: the impact of the growing strategic competition between the United States and China on third parties, such as small and middle powers in the two arguably most affected regions of the world: Europe and East Asia. Simona A. Grano is Senior Lecturer and Director of the Taiwan Studies Project at the University of Zurich. David Wei-Feng Huang is Associate Research Fellow at Academia Sinica, Taiwan.
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    ISBN: 9783031227318
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 249 p. 127 illus., 107 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics 26
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Computational intelligence.
    Abstract: A Literature-Based Perspective on Human-Centered Design and Evaluation of Interfaces for Virtual Reality in Robotics -- A Multi-Modal Feedback Communication Interface for Human Working Posture Adjustments -- An Optimal Human-Based Control Approach for Mobile Human-Robot Collaboration -- Approximating Robot Reachable Space Using Convex Polytopes -- Complexity and Similarity Metrics for Unsupervised Identification of Programming Methods for Robot Cooking Tasks -- Damping Design for Robot Manipulators.
    Abstract: This book contains seventeen contributions in the form of independent chapters, covering a broad range of topics related to human–robot interaction at physical and cognitive levels. Each chapter represents a novel piece of work presented during HFR 2022 by researchers in the different areas of robotics, where new theories, methodologies, technologies, challenges, and empirical and experimental studies are discussed. Additionally, this compilation is rich in viewpoints due to the multidisciplinary nature of its authors. Hence, this book represents an excellent opportunity for academics, researchers, and industry partners to get acquainted with the most recent work on human–robot interaction.
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    ISBN: 9783030781057
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 531 p. 240 illus., 169 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 252
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    Keywords: Environmental sciences—Social aspects. ; Computational intelligence. ; Economic development. ; Control engineering. ; Environmental sciences
    Abstract: Bubbling Pressure in Clay Soils as a Physical Quantity and Approximation Parameter -- Geodetic Observations of Building Settlings on Weak Water-Saturated Clay Soils -- Paleogeography of the Black and Azov Seas and Their Coasts in Pleistocene and Holocene (Within the Krasnodar Region of Russia) -- Methodology for Developing a Geoinformation Project for Rational Nature Management of the Land and Property Complex of Russian Northern Territories -- The Pyrological Situation in the Steppe Regions of North Eurasia and Adjacent Territories: FIRMS Data Analysis for the Multi-year Period -- The Ecological State of Vegetation in Urban Areas of Various Administrative Districts of Ulan-Ude: A Comprehensive Assessment -- Territorial Features of Manifesting Hazardous Hydrological Phenomena in the Altai Republic -- Synanthropization and Species Diversity of Floodplain Ecosystems of the Ob-Irtysh Basin -- Assessment of Surface Water Quality in the Markha River Basin on the Territory of the Nyurba Ulus (District) of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) -- A Fractal Character of the Multidimensional Ecological Niche: Formation in Real Habitats in South Trans Urals. .
    Abstract: This book enables readers to develop a multidisciplinary understanding of natural, human-made, and coupled human-natural systems. The authors explore the structure, function, and dynamic mechanisms of various systems, both natural and human-made, as well as analyze their reciprocal interactions under the concept of “coupled human-natural systems.” The chapters challenge traditional planning and management assumptions and strategies for natural resources, human-altered systems, and the environment. Acknowledging the critical role of effective regulations, policies, and governance structures, the authors analyze advanced research and practices on policy design for managing natural, human-made, and coupled human-natural systems. They conduct impact evaluation and integrative ecosystems assessment, as well as discuss policy interventions and decision-making strategies. They acknowledge the localization of policy design, considering regional and global dynamics that shape responses of local human-made and coupled human-natural systems. A special collection of chapters analyzes legal foundations for sustainable development and strong institution. The authors explore models from both natural and social sciences to obtain and present significant research results. The book is a dispensable source of sustainability research and practice in human-made, natural, and coupled human-natural systems. It is for the scholars, practitioners, and advanced graduate students interested in systems theories, methodologies, and applications.
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    ISBN: 9783031357558
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(IX, 249 p. 8 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering 104
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; System theory. ; Control theory. ; Computer science. ; Mathematical models. ; Linguistics.
    Abstract: Part 1. Introduction -- Part 2.Terminological Dictionary of Automatic Control, Systems and Robotics -- Part 3. Reference.
    Abstract: This dictionary contains terms from the fields of automatic control, which includes mathematical modelling, simulation of dynamic systems, automation technology with its corresponding elements, and robotics. It also includes signal processing, information technologies and production technologies. The terminological dictionary is primarily aimed at experts and students who deal with control technology and dynamic systems in both technical and non-technical domains. To be able to use the dictionary, at least basic knowledge in this field is required. In the dictionary users will find concise terminological definitions. A given concept may be expressed by different terms; therefore, cross-references are used. The aim of the dictionary is to collect and unify – at least to an achievable extent – the terminology in the field of automatic control, dynamic systems and robotics.
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    ISBN: 9783031443732
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXV, 476 p. 238 illus., 185 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Automation, Collaboration, & E-Services 14
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation.
    Abstract: Brief History of the PRISM Center and the PRISM Global Research Network (PGRN) -- Modelling Collections as a Collaborative Workflow Process Model -- The (not so) Little Robot that could Foster Collaboration -- Challenges and Contributions to Intelligent and Transformative Production Before, During, and Beyond Pandemic Times. .
    Abstract: This book is a groundbreaking exploration of the historical and contemporary challenges in systems collaboration and integration. This exceptional book delves into engineering design, planning, control, and management, offering invaluable insights into the evolving nature of systems and networks. In an era defined by the ongoing cyber and digital transformation, coupled with artificial intelligence and machine learning, this book offers insights into the future of systems collaboration and integration. Over the past three decades, the PRISM Center and its affiliated PRISM Global Research Network (PGRN) have spearheaded pioneering theories, technologies, and applications in the realm of systems collaboration and integration. Their research, driven by the motto “Knowledge through information; Wisdom through collaboration,” has yielded remarkable advancements. Those achievements and papers presented and updated by the PGRN scholars in the 26th ICPR are included in this book. .
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    ISBN: 9783031225208
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 276 p. 93 illus., 45 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Advanced Textbooks in Control and Signal Processing
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Automotive engineering. ; System theory. ; Control theory.
    Abstract: Introduction -- ADAS Models and Control Goals -- System Analysis -- Control System Architecture -- Optimal Control and Kalman Filter -- Further ADAS Control Techniques -- Autonomous, Hybrid and Electrical Vehicles -- Appendix A: Linear Algebra -- Appendix B: Study and Design of Dynamic Systems with MATLAB -- Appendix C: Optimal Control Robustness.
    Abstract: Analysis and Design of Control Laws for Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) teaches students how to solve classical problems in automotive control in a step-by-step fashion. It begins by motivating the use of ADAS and then explains different ADAS models and the goals of their control systems. Systems analysis and control architectures are presented, followed by a treatment of the use of optimal control and the Kalman filter. The author then presents more advanced control techniques and gives an overview of control problems involved in fully autonomous, hybrid and electric vehicles. Each chapter contains a specific discussion of its subject in terms of various ADAS functionalities, such as active suspension, power steering, lane control and automated parking. The text is developed by extensive use of worked examples, related to the applications discussed. Appendices, including necessary aspects of linear algebra and the use of MATLAB render the text self-contained. MATLAB files are provided to help both student and instructor model and analyse the systems being discussed. An electronic solutions manual is freely available for download by instructors adopting the book for their classroom teaching. This textbook will help final-year undergraduate and graduate students to understand the practical issues they will face when working on automotive systems in the real world and the theoretical underpinnings they will need to get to grips with the control systems of present and future generations of cars and other automotive transport. A basic grounding in mathematics and physics is all that is required to get the most from this text.
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    ISBN: 9783031483035
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 147 p. 90 illus., 64 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 836
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation.
    Abstract: The book focuses the latest endeavors relating researches and developments conducted in fields of control, robotics, and automation. Through ten revised and extended articles, the present book aims to provide the most up-to-date state-of-the-art of the aforementioned fields allowing researcher, Ph.D. students, and engineers not only updating their knowledge but also benefiting from the source of inspiration that represents the set of selected articles of the book. The deliberate intention of editors to cover as well theoretical facets of those fields as their practical accomplishments and implementations offers the benefit of gathering in a same volume a factual and well-balanced prospect of nowadays research in those topics. A special attention toward “Intelligent Robots and Control” may characterize another benefit of this book.
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    ISBN: 9783031357671
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXXII, 442 p. 27 illus., 16 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control 482
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Engineering mathematics. ; Engineering ; System theory. ; Control theory.
    Abstract: Part I Basics of Fault Diagnosis -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Modelling Systems with Faults -- 3 Fault Diagnosis -- 4 Model Detection -- Part II Synthesis of Residual Generators -- 5 Synthesis of Fault Detection and Isolation Filters -- 6 Synthesis of Model Detection Filters -- 7 Computational Issues -- 8 Case Studies -- Part III Background Material -- 9 System Theoretical Concepts -- 10 Computational Algorithms and Software -- A Introduction to Julia Language and Packages -- References -- Index.
    Abstract: The model-based approach to fault detection and diagnosis has been the subject of continuing research for several decades. While the theoretical aspects of the fault diagnosis relying on linear models are well understood, most of the proposed computational methods for the synthesis of fault detection and isolation filters are not satisfactory from a numerical point of view. Therefore, the aim of this book to address the fault detection and isolation topics from a computational perspective, contrasts with most existing literature. This book is an attempt to close the gap between the existing well developed theoretical results and the realm of reliable computational synthesis procedures. Several features make this book unique in the fault detection literature: · solution of standard synthesis problems in the most general setting, for both continuous- and discrete-time systems, regardless they are proper or not; consequently, the proposed synthesis procedures can solve a specific problem whenever a solution exists · emphasis on the best numerical algorithms to solve the synthesis problems for linear systems in generalized state-space form (also known as descriptor systems). · development of general synthesis procedures relying on new computational paradigms, as factorization-based design based on filter updating techniques and nullspace-based synthesis · availability of a comprehensive set of free supporting software tools implemented in the Julia language, which ensures the reproducibility of the results of all presented synthesis examples. This book is primarily aimed at researchers and advanced graduate students in the areas of fault diagnosis and fault tolerant control. It will also appeal to mathematicians with interests in control oriented numerics.
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    ISBN: 9783031160721
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 819 p. 349 illus., 283 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 542
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: This book is a remarkable collection of chapters covering a wide domain of topics related to artificial intelligence and its applications to the real world. The conference attracted a total of 494 submissions from many academic pioneering researchers, scientists, industrial engineers, and students from all around the world. These submissions underwent a double-blind peer-reviewed process. Of the total submissions, 176 submissions have been selected to be included in these proceedings. It is difficult to imagine how artificial intelligence has become an inseparable part of our life. From mobile phones, smart watches, washing machines to smart homes, smart cars, and smart industries, artificial intelligence has helped to revolutionize the whole globe. As we witness exponential growth of computational intelligence in several directions and use of intelligent systems in everyday applications, this book is an ideal resource for reporting latest innovations and future of AI. Distinguished researchers have made valuable studies to understand the various bottlenecks existing in different arenas and how they can be overcome with the use of intelligent systems. This book also provides new directions and dimensions of future research work. We hope that readers find the volume interesting and valuable.
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    ISBN: 9783031102127
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 1005 p. 62 illus., 43 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control 216
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Computational intelligence. ; Sustainability.
    Abstract: E-Marketing, Advertisement, E-Commerce and Business Success -- Artificial Intelligence, TechManagement, Women Entrepreneurship and Social Implications -- Driving Innovative, Sustainability and Creative Practices -- Modern Social media, Public Relations and its Effects on Society and Business -- Education Management, Technology, Smart Universities, and Covid-19 impact -- Sustainable finance, innovation and business uncertain situations -- The Fourth Industrial Revolution, Tourism and Hospitality, and Health Care Services.
    Abstract: Industry 4.0 technologies identified as the main contributor to the digitalization era. New technology delivers optimal outputs by utilization of effective resource. Therefore, smart technologies that has inventive and creative objects became critical to enterprise; recent studies shows that its led enterprises business such as SMEs to considerable investments, which many organizations over the world attempt to use innovative technologies such as IoT and AI, these technologies have potential on sustainable business models. In addition to that, innovation usage in business models led to significant benefits towards sustainability concept in SMEs marketplace. Furthermore, Sustainability objectives refers to corporate sustainability term, which integrate enterprise operations with social, educational, environmental and economic benefits, as process of decision-making can impact during sustainability implications. This book focus on the implementation of smart technologies for growing business, the book includes research articles and expository papers on the applications of technology on Decision Making, Healthcare, Smart Universities, Advertising, E-marketing, Public Sector and Digital Government, FinTech, RegTech. Some researchers also discussed the role of smart technologies in the current COVID-19 pandemic, whether in the health sector, education, and others. On all of these, the researchers discussed the impact of smart technologies on decision-making in those vital sectors of the economy.
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    ISBN: 9783031183447
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 817 p. 316 illus., 227 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 561
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: The seventh Future Technologies Conference 2022 was organized in a hybrid mode. It received a total of 511 submissions from learned scholars, academicians, engineers, scientists and students across many countries. The papers included the wide arena of studies like Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Vision, Ambient Intelligence and Security and their jaw- breaking application to the real world. After a double-blind peer review process 177 submissions have been selected to be included in these proceedings. One of the prominent contributions of this conference is the confluence of distinguished researchers who not only enthralled us by their priceless studies but also paved way for future area of research. The papers provide amicable solutions to many vexing problems across diverse fields. They also are a window to the future world which is completely governed by technology and its multiple applications. We hope that the readers find this volume interesting and inspiring and render their enthusiastic support towards it.
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    ISBN: 9783031107849
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 522 p. 215 illus., 179 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Automation, Collaboration, & E-Services 11
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Transportation engineering. ; Traffic engineering. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: The Shorter Takeover Request Time the Better? Car-Driver Handover Control in Highly Automated Vehicles -- Automating the Driving Task – How to Get More Human-Centered -- Task Simulation Automation via Digital Human Models: A Case Study on Cockpit Fire and Smoke Emergencies -- Facility Layout Design Optimization of Wing Assembly of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Based on Particle Swarm Optimization -- Human-Computer Interaction in Mobility System -- Design for Inclusion and Aged Population in Transportation and Human-Automation Interaction. .
    Abstract: This book provides practical guidance and awareness for a growing body of knowledge developing across a variety of disciplines. This initiative is a celebration of the Gavriel Salvendy International Symposium (GSIS) and provides a survey of topics and emerging areas of interest in human–automation interaction. This set of articles for the GSIS emphasizes a main thematic area: transportation. Main areas of coverage include Section A: Interaction with Vehicle Automation; Section B: HCI in Automated Vehicles; Section C: Trust in Vehicle Automation; Section D: Physical Modeling of Vehicle Cabs; Section E: Task Simulation Automation via Digital Human Models; Section F: Maintenance and Manufacturing; Section G: Smart Cities and Connected Vehicles. Contributions from especially early career researchers were featured as part of this (virtual) symposium and celebration. Gavriel Salvendy initiated the conferences that run annually as Human–Computer Interaction within LNCS of Springer and Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics International (AHFE). The book is inclusive of human–computer interaction and human factors and ergonomics principles, yet it is intended to serve a much wider audience that has interest in automation and human modeling. The emerging need for human–automation interaction expertise has developed from an ever-growing availability and presence of automation in our everyday lives. This initiative is intended to provide practical guidance and awareness for a growing body of knowledge developing across a variety of disciplines and many countries.
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    ISBN: 9783031181009
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 242 p. 62 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control 219
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
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    Keywords: Engineering—Data processing. ; Computational intelligence. ; Control engineering. ; Engineering
    Abstract: Understanding Risk -- Standard Risk Metrics -- Risk in Digital Assets -- Networks of Risk -- Analyzing Rare Risks -- Humans in the Network.
    Abstract: This book presents a foray into the fascinating process of risk management, beginning from classical methods and approaches to understanding risk all the way into cutting-age thinking. Risk management by necessity must lie at the heart of governing our ever more complex digital societies. New phenomena and activities necessitate a new look at how individuals, firms, and states manage the uncertainty they must operate in. Initial chapters provide an introduction to traditional methods and show how they can be built upon to better understand the workings of the modern economy. Later chapters review digital activities and assets like cryptocurrencies showing how such emergent risks can be conceptualized better. Network theory figures prominently and the book demonstrates how it can be used to gauge the risk in the digital sectors of the economy. Predicting the unpredictable black swan events is also discussed in view of a wider adoption of economic simulations. The journey concludes by looking at how individuals perceive risk and make decisions as they operate in a virtual social network. This book interests the academic audience, but it also features insights and novel research results that are relevant for practitioners and policymakers. .
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    ISBN: 9783031110580
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XX, 1703 p. 689 illus., 447 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 509
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Telecommunication.
    Abstract: This book is a collection of the latest research findings in such areas as networked multi-agent systems, co-design of communication and control, distributed control strategies that can cope with asynchrony between local loops, event-triggered control, modelling of network infrastructure, novel concepts of distributed control for networked and cyber-physical systems. The book contains the result of the latest research in the field of communication and control system design to support networked control systems with stringent real-time requirements. It introduces readers to research in the field of joint design of the control and communication protocol and presents the latest developments in the area of novel optimal control and scheduling designs under resource constraints. The book also covers the issues of creating emerging information and communication technologies for traffic estimation and control, connected and autonomous technology applications and modelling for commercial and shared vehicle operations. The reader will find information on emerging cyber-physical systems, networked multi-agent systems, large-scale distributed energy systems, as well as on real-time systems, safety and security systems. A significant block of studies is devoted to the topic of transitions towards electrification and automation of vehicles. Modern concepts of road infrastructure construction are described in detail in the presented research papers. Automotive industry professionals will be particularly interested in the sections on the novel mechanisms for medium access in multi-hop wireless networks with real-time requirements, optimal layering architecture and co-design for wireless communication. The book will be incredibly interesting for researchers interested in human–digital interfaces, industrial Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and machine learning.
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    ISBN: 9783031129544
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 392 p. 140 illus., 116 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control 248
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Dynamics. ; Nonlinear theories.
    Abstract: Introduction -- Notations and Preliminaries -- Synchronization of Continuous-Time MAS -- Synchronization of Discrete-Time MAS -- Regulated State Synchronization of Homogeneous MAS in the Presence of Input Delays -- State Synchronization of Homogeneous Continuous-Time MAS in the Presence of Nonuniform Communication Delays -- State Synchronization of Homogeneous Discrete-Time MAS in the Presence of Nonuniform Communication Delays -- Regulated Output Synchronization of Heterogeneous MAS in the Presence of Nonuniform Communication Delays -- Delayed Regulated Synchronization of Continuous-Time MAS in the Presence of Unknown, Non-uniform, and Arbitrarily Large Communication Delays -- Delayed Regulated Synchronization of Discrete-time MAS in the Presence of Unknown, Non-uniform, and Arbitrarily Large Communication Delays.
    Abstract: This monograph represents the outcome of research effort of the authors on scalable synchronization of large-scale multi-agent systems (MAS). Cooperative control of multi-agent systems has been growing in popularity and is highly interdisciplinary in recent years. The application of synchronization of MAS includes automobile systems, aerospace systems, multiple-satellite GPS, high-resolution satellite imagery, aircraft formations, highway traffic platooning, industrial process control with multiple processes, and more. Most of the proposed protocols in the literature for synchronization of MAS require some knowledge of the communication network such as bounds on the spectrum of the associated Laplacian matrix and the number of agents. These protocols suffer from scale fragility wherein stability properties are lost for large-scale networks or when the communication graph changes. In the past few years, the authors of this monograph have worked on developing scale-free protocol design for various cases of MAS problems. The key contribution of the monograph is to offer a scale-free design framework and provide scale-free protocols to achieve synchronization, delayed synchronization, and almost synchronization in the presence of input and communication delays, input saturation and external disturbances. The scale-free design framework solely is based on the knowledge of agent models and does not depend on information about the communication network such as the spectrum of the associated Laplacian matrix or size of the network. Drawing upon their extensive work in this area, the authors provide a thorough treatment of agents with higher-order dynamics, different classes of models for agents, and the underlying networks representing actions of the agents. The high technical level of their presentation and their rigorous mathematical approach make this monograph a timely and valuable resource that will fill a gap in the existing literature.
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    ISBN: 9783031323942
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VIII, 209 p. 144 illus., 97 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Machinery. ; Dynamics. ; Nonlinear theories.
    Abstract: 1.Rotordynamic Modal Testing via Journal Bearing Lubricant Film – An Experimental Validation -- 2.Problems of Development of Tribotronics -- 3.A Presentation of Control Theory Applied to the Design of Controllable Segmented Gas Foil Bearings -- 4.Tilting-Pad Journal Bearing with Active Pads: A Way of Attenuating Rotor Lateral Vibrations -- 5.Studying the Effect of Viscous Friction Minimization in Actively Lubricated Journal Hybrid Bearings -- 6.On The Feedback Control of a Rotor System with Active Flexible Bearings -- 7.A novel monolithic shape-morphing bearing for real-time NVH control -- 8.Application of Squeeze film dampers -- 9.Investigation of Active Configuration in Gas Foil Bearings for Stable Ultra High-Speed Operation -- 10.Gyroid lattice structures for Tilting Pad Journal Bearings -- 11.Behavior of an Active Magnetic Bearing as a Stern Tube Bearing: A first approach via simulations -- 12.On the Stability Margins of Parametrically Excited Rotating Shafts on Gas Foil Bearings: Linear and Nonlinear Approach.
    Abstract: This book reports on cutting-edge experimental and numerical findings related to the application of active bearings, including smart ones, in rotating machinery. It discusses their role in improving stability and control of rotor systems and reports in depth on the corresponding modeling and control approaches. Chapters are based on peer-reviewed contributions to the 1st Workshop on Active Bearings in Rotating Machinery (ABROM 2022), held on June 29- 30, 2022, in Athens, Greece, and organized in collaboration between the School of Mechanical Engineering of The National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). In connection with the increasing digital transformation of machine elements, this book offers a timely perspective and extensive information on testing methods and experimental procedures involved in the development of intelligent rotors for industrial applications.
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    ISBN: 9783031153938
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XX, 156 p. 101 illus., 70 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics 151
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation.
    Abstract: Introduction -- Modeling -- Tracking and interaction control -- Wind estimation -- Force discrimination -- Applications and outlook -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book addresses the topic of autonomous flying robots physically interacting with the environment under the influence of wind. It aims to make aerial robots aware of the disturbance, interaction, and faults acting on them. This requires reasoning about the external wrench (force and torque) acting on the robot and distinguishing between wind, interactions, and collisions. The book takes a model-based approach and covers a systematic approach to parameter identification for flying robots. The book aims to provide a wind speed estimate independent of the external wrench, including estimating the wind speed using motor power measurements. Aerodynamics modeling is approached in a data-driven fashion, using ground-truth measurements from a 4D wind tunnel. Finally, the book bridges the gap between trajectory tracking and interaction control, to allow physical interaction under wind influence. Theoretical results are accompanied by extensive simulation and experimental results.
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    ISBN: 9783031220531
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 313 p. 5 illus., 4 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in International Relations
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Security, International. ; Internationale Politik ; Rivalität ; Militärisches Gleichgewicht ; Strategische Stabilität ; Bedrohungsvorstellung ; Rüstungswettlauf ; Geschichte ; Japan ; USA ; Pazifischer Raum
    Abstract: 1. Overbalancing as a Systemic Pathology -- 2. Explaining Japan’s Rush to the Pacific War -- 3. Appropriate Balancing in the Naval Arms Control Era, 1920-1931 -- 4. The Manchurian Crisis as an Exogenous Shock, 1931-1933 -- 5. Overbalancing and Japan’s Rush to the Pacific War, 1933-1941 -- 6. Beyond Japan and the Pacific War.
    Abstract: This book investigates the phenomenon of overbalancing through an analysis of Japan’s foreign policy during the interbellum. In the mid-1930s, Japan withdrew from a naval arms control framework that had restrained military buildup on both sides of the Pacific Ocean since the early 1920s. By doing so, Japan not only triggered a naval arms race with the United States that exhausted its economy, it also destroyed the last institutionalized structure regulating the relationship between the two Pacific powers. Japan and the United States became caught in a spiral of tensions that culminated with the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. Puzzling is the fact that the international environment in the Asia-Pacific was relatively stable in the mid-1930s, while Washington was pursuing a policy of accommodation toward Tokyo. By rejecting arms control and engaging in unfettered naval expansion, Japan overbalanced against the United States and began its rush to the Pacific War. The book explains Japan’s overbalancing with a neoclassical realist model that combines the literatures on threat perception and civil-military relations. Amid the Manchurian crisis of 1931-1933, as the Japanese government collaborated with the military institution to address the situation in China, military influence on the formulation of foreign policy surged. The perceptual and policy biases of the military, which include the tendency to distrust other countries’ intentions, to adopt worst-case analyses of international dynamics and to strive to maximize military power, gradually penetrated the decision-making process. Dysfunctions in the preexisting structure of Japanese civil-military relations, engendered by an over-depoliticization of the military institution, allowed the navy to convince policymakers that the United States was inherently hostile to Japan, hence the necessity to prepare for war. The government was brainstormed, adopting the biased military perspective on international affairs. Japan overbalanced in a myopic but conscious way. Lionel P. Fatton is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Webster University Geneva, Switzerland, and Research Collaborator at the Research Institute for the History of Global Arms Transfer, Meiji University, Japan.
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    ISBN: 9783031249907
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 225 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Studies of Jews in Society 5
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The future of Judaism in America
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    Keywords: United States—History. ; Religion and sociology. ; Judaism. ; United States ; Aufsatzsammlung ; USA ; Judentum ; Religiöse Identität ; Geschichte 2000-
    Abstract: Acknowledgements -- Series Editors’ Introduction: The Future of Religion in America (Mark Silk and Andrew H. Walsh) -- Chapter 1. Introduction: The Future of Judaism in America: Judaism Is Now Choice (Jerome A. Chanes) -- Chapter 2. The Future of American Jewish Denominations (Lawrence Grossman) -- Chapter 3. Perspectives from Demography and Geography (Ira M. Sheskin) -- Chapter 4. Renewal (Shaul Magid and Jerome A. Chanes) -- Chapter 5. Women’s Active Partnership in Revitalizing American Judaism (Sylvia Barack Fishman) -- Chapter 6. Jewish Political Involvement (Marc D. Stern) -- Chapter 7. American Jews, Judaism and Other Faith Communities (Eugene Korn) -- Chapter 8. Conclusion (Jerome A. Chanes and Mark Silk) -- Index.
    Abstract: This book explores the state of the American Jewish world in the early 21st century, after decades of accelerating change that has transformed it and all other religious groups in the United States. It reveals a community in an unparalleled state of flux grappling with a society in which religious identity is more and more considered an individual choice, rather than an inheritance, and where fewer adults feel impelled to identify with any religious tradition at all. In chapters written by leading experts, the book examines the community’s evolving demographics, the direction of the principal denominational movements, contemporary religious trends, interactions with other American religious communities and engagements in the country’s secular politics. This text uniquely covers all these aspects of Judaism in America making it appealing to students and researchers in such fields as the sociology of religion, Judaism, and American history.
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    ISBN: 9783031307966
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(V, 218 p. 2 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Außenpolitik ; Innenpolitik ; Internationale Politik ; Diskussion ; Politische Willensbildung ; Politische Einstellung ; Politisches System ; Einflussgröße ; Internationale Organisation ; Mitwirkung ; Bündnis ; Verteidigung ; USA
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Continuity and Change in U.S. Foreign Policy Toward NATO -- Chapter 2: American Public Perceptions and U.S. Foreign Policy toward Europe -- Chapter 3: Foreign Policy Elites and the National Security State -- Chapter 4: Democracy Promotion and Euro-Atlantic Integration -- Chapter 5: From Nation-Building at Home to America First and Make America Great Again -- Chapter 6: A Foreign Policy for the Middle Class? -- Chapter 7: Conclusions. .
    Abstract: “Professor Dolan’s book is must-reading for students, scholars, and observers of American foreign policy interested in understanding the U.S. relationship with NATO and domestic forces within the United States threatening the long-term support and health of that important international institution. Given the rise of populism in the United States, President Trump’s attempts to disengage from NATO and refocus on the perceived threat from China, and Russia’s unprovoked invasion and continued brutal military action in Ukraine, Dolan’s work could not be more timely and relevant.” —Dr. David B. Cohen, University of Akron “Turbulent global events like the fall of the Berlin Wall, 9/11, the rise of China, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have changed the international system that the United States and NATO have known since the end of the Second World War. From the perspective of American domestic politics, the world has become a more dangerous place. Read this exceptional analysis to help understand why.” —Dr. Alan G. Stolberg, Former Director of European Studies, United States Army War College This book argues that domestic politics and political pressures determine the extent of the U.S. role in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) from the emergence of containment strategy against the Soviet Union to the Russian war in Ukraine. NATO has evolved in the domestic politics of U.S. foreign policy from a conventional military alliance to contain the Soviet Union during the Cold War to an important instrument in the competition against China and Russia. This book examines American domestic political implications of U.S. security commitments to NATO. It adopts a historical approach and places the U.S. foreign policy toward NATO on the domestic level of analysis by highlighting domestic political determinants in the foreign policymaking process. It also highlights the connections between the Biden Administration’s definition of a struggle between democracy and autocracy and the state of American democracy following the January 6th insurrection by far-right Trump extremists. U.S. These include the evolution of American attitudes towards NATO, societal and economic factors, and entrenched bureaucratic interests shaping U.S. foreign policy. The book incorporates the contributions of major theoretical works on the domestic political factors that shape foreign policy preferences and behavior to understand the extent to which domestic politics influences the historical evolution of the U.S. role in NATO and American foreign policy toward Europe. Chris J. Dolan is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Master’s of Science program in Intelligence and Security Studies at Lebanon Valley College and a two-time Fulbright U.S. Scholar (North Macedonia, 2022; Kosovo, 2020).
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    ISBN: 9783031263613
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 326 p. 143 illus., 96 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control 464
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Mechatronics.
    Abstract: This book presents the main results of the 19th Latin American Congress of Automatic Control held in November 2022 in Havana, Cuba. The Congress showed several main research results obtained by researchers from diverse countries in the last four years. Of the papers sent to Congress, 28 were finally accepted for presentation after a rigorous analysis of scientific novelty and quality. For their presentation in this book, the papers were divided into 5 major sections that appear in the following order: Part 1. Robust and Nonlinear Control The main research topics addressed in this part are related to fault-tolerant control loops, control by sliding modes, and robust tuning of PID controllers. Examples of electrical motors and chemical processes are used to demonstrate the feasibility of using the proposed techniques. Part 2. Fault Diagnosis in Industrial Systems Fault diagnosis in industrial plants is a very important topic in the Industry 4.0 paradigm. In this part, new techniques of fault diagnosis in mechanical systems using Poincaré features; a real case study for predicting the time of the remaining job cycle at a water treatment plant; and a predictive fault diagnosis for isolated photovoltaic systems are presented. A novel methodology for detecting and locating cyber-attacks in water distribution networks using computational intelligence tools is also presented. Part 3. Robotic and Autonomous Systems New control strategies for path following for autonomous tractors and unmanned aquatic vehicles are analyzed in this part. Moreover, the important topic related to the battery health-aware model predictive control planning for autonomous racing vehicles and the use of robots for monitoring and remediation applications are examined. Part 4. Modeling, Identification, and Delayed Systems A model-based methodology for the efficient selection of centrifugal pumps; the use of probabilistic Boolean networks in smart grid models; the utilization of PSO metaheuristic algorithm in the selection of a model structure; and two schemes to control high-order delayed systems are among the main topics examined in this part. Part 5. Low-Cost Systems and Biomedical Applications In this part, some applications of low-cost monitoring and control systems and two automatic systems used for the characterization of creatinine in wastes samples during hemodialysis process and differential acquisition of blood pressure are shown.
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    ISBN: 9783031204470
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXI, 293 p. 120 illus., 62 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Communications and Control Engineering
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; System theory. ; Control theory. ; Transportation engineering. ; Traffic engineering. ; Computers, Special purpose. ; Industrial engineering. ; Production engineering.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. H-systems -- Chapter 3. Discrete Structure of H-systems and Background on Finite State Machines -- Chapter 4. Observability, Diagnosability and Predictability of Finite State Machines -- Chapter 5. Extending Diagnosability Properties for Finite State Machines -- Chapter 6. Observability of H-systems -- Chapter 7.Continuous Dynamics Distinguishability -- Chapter 8. Enriching Discrete Information in H-systems -- Chapter 9. Observability Characterization for H-systems -- Chapter 10. Relaxing the Observability Notion -- Chapter 11. Diagnosability and Predictability for H-systems -- Chapter 12. Observer Design for LH-systems -- Chapter 13. Some Applications to Automotive Control -- Index.
    Abstract: This book focuses on the observability of hybrid systems. It enables the reader to determine whether and how a hybrid system’s state can be reconstructed from sometimes necessarily partial information. By explaining how available measurements can be used to deduce past and future behaviours of a system, the authors extend this study of observability to embrace the properties of diagnosability and predictability. H-systems shows how continuous and discrete dynamics and their interaction affect the observability of this general class of hybrid systems and demonstrates that hybrid characteristics are not simply generalizations of well-known aspects of traditional dynamics. The authors identify conditions for state reconstruction, prediction and diagnosis of the occurrence of possibly faulty states. The formal approach to proving those properties for hybrid systems is accompanied by simple illustrative examples. For readers who are interested in the use of state estimation for controller design, the book also provides design methods for hybrid state observers and covers their application in some industrial cases. The book’s tutorial approach to the various forms of observability of hybrid systems helps to make H-systems of interest to academic researchers and graduate students working in control and to practitioners using control in an industrial environment.
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    ISBN: 9783031370892
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xl, 573 p. 208 illus., 174 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Studies in systems, decision and control volume 490
    Series Statement: Studies in systems, decision and control
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Engineering mathematics. ; Mathematical optimization. ; System theory.
    Abstract: New Sliding-Mode Algorithms -- Generalized Super-twisting with Robustness to Arbitrary Disturbances: Disturbance-Tailored Super-twisting -- Prescribed-Time Stabilization and Inverse Optimality for Nonlinear Systems -- Designing Controllers with Predefined Convergence-Time Bound Using Bounded Time-Varying Gains -- Observers -- Bi-homogeneous Differentiators -- On Finite- and Fixed-Time State Estimation for Uncertain Linear Systems -- Robust State Estimation for Linear Time-Varying Systems Using High-Order Sliding-Mode Observers. Discretization -- Effect of Time-Discretization on Variable-Structure Differentiators -- Discrete-Time Implementations of Differentiators Homogeneous in the Bi-Limit -- Lyapunov-Based Consistent Discretization of Quasi-Continuous High-Order Sliding Modes -- Low-Chattering Discretization of Sliding Modes. Part IV: Adaptation -- Adaptive Sliding-Mode and Higher-Order Sliding-Mode Control Techniques with Applications: A Survey -- Adaptive Unit-Vector Control with Fixed-Time and Prescribed Performance via Monitoring and Barrier Functions -- Part V: Chattering -- Chattering in Mechanical Systems Under Sliding-Mode Control -- Describing-Function-Based Analysis and Design of Approximated Sliding-Mode Controllers with Reduced Chattering -- Applications -- Blood Glucose Regulation for Type 1 Diabetic Patients at Intensive Care Unit via Continuous Sliding-Mode Algorithms -- A Reduced-Order Model-Based Design of Event-Triggered Sliding-Mode Control -- A Robust Approach for Fault Diagnosis in Railway Suspension Systems -- Flight Evaluation of a Sliding-Mode Fault-Tolerant Control Scheme -- Sliding-Mode-Based Fault Diagnosis and Fault-Tolerant Control for Quad-rotors -- Second-Order Sliding-Mode Leader–Follower Consensus for Networked Uncertain Diffusion Partial Differential Equations with Spatially Varying Diffusivity.
    Abstract: This book reflects the latest developments in sliding-mode control (SMC) and variable-structure systems (VSS), comprising contributions by leading researchers and an international range of experts. Such contributions highlight advances in various branches of the field—conventional and higher-order SMC with continuous- and discrete-time implementation and theory and applications both receive attention. The book consists of six parts. In the first, new SMC/VSS algorithms are proposed and their properties are analyzed. The second part focuses on the use of observers to solve the estimation and output-feedback control problems. The third part discusses the discretization aspects of SMC algorithms. Parts IV and V provide important insights on the use of adaptation laws for non-overestimated control gains and chattering alleviation. The last part examines the applications of these SMC/VSS ideas to real-world systems. Sliding-Mode Control and Variable-Structure Systems introduces postgraduates and researchers to the state of the art in the field. It includes theory, methods, and applications relevant to workers in disciplines including control, automation, applied mathematics, electrical and mechanical engineering, instrumentation, electronics, computer science, robotics, transportation, and power engineering. Its clear style and deep exposition help readers to keep in touch with tools that are, thanks to the robustness and insensitivity to perturbations of the SMC/VSS paradigm, among the most efficient for dealing with uncertain systems.
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    ISBN: 9783031293207
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXI, 355 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Mechatronics. ; Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Microprogramming . ; Mechanical engineering. ; Electronic circuits. ; Mathematical physics. ; Computer simulation.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Basic Electrical Circuit Elements and Circuit Analysis -- Chapter 3. Basic Electronics -- Chapter 4. Dynamic System Characteristics -- Chapter 5. Analog Signal Processing and Operational Amplifiers -- Chapter 6. Data Acquisition and Digital Signal Processing -- Chapter 7. Sensors -- Chapter 8. Digital Circuits -- Chapter 9. Actuators -- Chapter 10. Microcontroller Programming and Interfacing -- Chapter 11. Basic Control Systems -- Chapter 12. Mechatronic Systems.
    Abstract: This textbook presents mechatronics through an integrated approach covering instrumentation, circuits and electronics, computer-based data acquisition and analysis, analog and digital signal processing, sensors, actuators, digital logic circuits, microcontroller programming and interfacing. The use of computer programming is emphasized throughout the text, and includes Matlab for system modeling, simulation, and analysis; LabVIEW for data acquisition and signal processing; and C++ for Arduino-based microcontroller programming and interfacing. Prof. Samanta provides numerous examples along with appropriate program codes, for simulation and analysis, that are discussed in detail to illustrate the concepts covered in each section. The book also includes the illustration of theoretical concepts through the virtual simulation platform Tinkercad to provide students virtual lab experience. Adopts a hands-on and “minds-on” pedagogy emphasized throughout the text. Reinforces concepts with solved examples and computer codes, integrated with validation of each topical cluster. Provides visualizations, computational analysis, design, simulation, and physical and virtual demonstration experiments.
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    ISBN: 9783031323560
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(IX, 423 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Private international law. ; Conflict of laws. ; International law. ; Comparative law. ; Criminal law. ; Civil law. ; Information technology ; Mass media ; Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Transportation engineering. ; Traffic engineering.
    Abstract: Part 1: Drones – aviation/aerial automated autonomous transportation systems -- Introduction -- “Drones: The New Delivery Men? A South African and UK perspective.” -- Unmanned Air Transports: the use of drones and legal issues arising thereof -- The Civil Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Law of China: A Comparative Study of the mainland, Hong Kong, and Macao of China -- Part 2: Ships – Maritime automated / autonomous transportation systems -- The Intersection Between Law and Technology in Maritime Law -- Salvage and Autonomous Maritime Navigation -- Uncharted Legal Waters: “The Applicability of the Law on Seaworthiness & Good seamanship to Autonomous vessels.” -- Reforming the Law of the Sea for the Future of Automated Shipping -- Part 3: Road Vehicles – Road automated / autonomous transportation systems -- Automated Vehicles, Liability and Insurance -- Legal and Ethical Aspects of Autonomous Vehicles -- Cyber Risks: Social, Functional and Ethical Dimensions -- Road Traffic Law and Application to Automated Vehicles.
    Abstract: This book discusses various legal aspects of automated and autonomous transport. The regulation of automated and autonomous transport encompasses legislation on automated cars, ships, vessels, and drones. Questions surrounding this novel area of the law, which has attracted major worldwide interest and publicity, are likely to dominate our societies and everyday life in the years ahead. One major challenge addressed in this book is remedying the regulatory fragmentation that can be observed around the globe concerning legislation on automated and autonomous transportation systems. Written and edited by respected experts in the field, including academics and practitioners alike, this book seeks to fill an important gap in the literature. Given its focus and scope, the book will be of considerable interest to practitioners, academics, and policymakers, judges, students and secondary audiences, including engineers, sociologists, naval architects, all those involved in the automated industry, and people working in AI.
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    ISBN: 9783031265648
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 670 p. 363 illus., 278 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Studies in Computational Intelligence 1090
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Computational intelligence.
    Abstract: Leader-Follower Formation Control of Mobile Robots Based on Simplified Super-Twisting Algorithm -- Deep Reinforcement Learning Applied to Multiagent Path Planning for Information Gathering in Environmental Missions -- Analysis of Computer Vision-Based Techniques for the Recognition of Landing Platforms for UAVs -- Monitoring Peak Pollution Points of Water Resources with Autonomous Surface Vehicles using a PSO-based Informative Path Planner -- Robots in Medicine: Mobile Robots Versus Mobile Decision, Necessity Versus Possibility and Future Challenges -- Event-based Robust Control Techniques for Wheel-Based Robots Under Cyber-attack and Dynamic Quantizer -- Path Optimization and Multi-Level Path Planning for The Steam Field Navigation Algorithm -- Modeling and Simulation of Quadcopter using Self-Tuning Fuzzy-PI Controller -- Using an Interactive Theorem Prover for Formally Analyzing the Dynamics of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles -- Adaptive Fault-Tolerant Control Design for Multi-Linked Two-Wheel Drive Mobile Robots -- Design and Implementation of a Robust 6-DOF Quadrotor Controller Based on Kalman Filter for Position Control -- Wireless Sensor Network Based Mobile Robot Applications -- Fault Diagnosis and Fault Tolerant Control for linked Two Wheel Drive Mobile Robots -- Fractional Order Extended State Observer Enhances the Performance of Controlled Tri-copter UAV Based on Active Disturbance Rejection Control -- Robust Adaptive Sliding Mode Controllers Design for a Non-holonomic Mobile Robot.
    Abstract: This book presents the recent research advances in linear and nonlinear control techniques. From both a theoretical and practical standpoint, motion planning and related control challenges are key parts of robotics. Indeed, the literature on the planning of geometric paths and the generation of time-based trajectories, while accounting for the compatibility of such paths and trajectories with the kinematic and dynamic constraints of a manipulator or a mobile vehicle, is extensive and rich in historical references. Path planning is vital and critical for many different types of robotics, including autonomous vehicles, multiple robots, and robot arms. In the case of multiple robot route planning, it is critical to produce a safe path that avoids colliding with objects or other robots. When designing a safe path for an aerial or underwater robot, the 3D environment must be considered. As the number of degrees of freedom on a robot arm increases, so does the difficulty of path planning. As a result, safe pathways for high-dimensional systems must be developed in a timely manner. Nonetheless, modern robotic applications, particularly those requiring one or more robots to operate in a dynamic environment (e.g., human–robot collaboration and physical interaction, surveillance, or exploration of unknown spaces with mobile agents, etc.), pose new and exciting challenges to researchers and practitioners. For instance, planning a robot's motion in a dynamic environment necessitates the real-time and online execution of difficult computational operations. The development of efficient solutions for such real-time computations, which could be offered by specially designed computational architectures, optimized algorithms, and other unique contributions, is thus a critical step in the advancement of present and future-oriented robotics. .
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    ISBN: 9783031448294
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXI, 288 p. 5 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: America ; Political leadership. ; Communication in politics. ; Communication. ; Politisches Verhalten ; Sozialverhalten ; Politische Kultur ; Politische Einstellung ; Beeinflussung ; Populismus ; USA
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Theorizing Conspiracy, Conspiracy Theories -- Chapter 2. Paranoia, Conspiracy Panic, and the Regime of Truth -- Chapter 3. New Conspiracism, Fake News, and QAnon -- Chapter 4. Conspiracies in the Voting Booth -- Chapter 5. Globalization, Populism, Conspiracism -- Chapter 6. Dark Money and Trumpism -- Chapter 7. The Deep State, Hegemony, Democracy -- Chapter 8. American Conspiracism Before and After January 6, 2021.
    Abstract: “A rare effort that prompts us to consider that conspiracy theories exist as do conspiracies. Finding a way to hold both phenomena in our minds without letting one overwhelm the other is a task and project that few are willing to undertake. Thank goodness Hellinger does it.” – Jack Z. Bratich, Associate Professor of Communications, Rutgers University “This is a cracking book. A fantastically rich and compelling analysis. It fills a lacuna of social science theorization of conspiracy with a superbly crafted and updated contribution.” – Julia Buxton, British Academy Global Professor, Criminology, University of Manchester Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theory in the Age of Trump stands out in the burgeoning literature on conspiracism with its call for political scientists to analyze not only “conspiracy theory” as political pathology but conspiracies themselves as political behavior symbiotically related to moral hazards and other forces unleashed by dark money, disinformation, changing technologies, and globalization. This new updated edition extends this analysis to the belief by many Americans that the 2020 election was stolen, resistance to social measures to counter the Covid epidemic, attempts by Trump and his allies to “stop the steal,” and the resulting mob insurrection at the Capitol on January 6. We likely will see both conspiracism and actual conspiracies play a greater role due to institutional decay in American politics. For this reason, political scientists need to analyse and theorize the role of conspiracies in politics—why they prosper and fail, how conspiracies may inflect political outcomes, what relationship they bear to social forces unleashed by great economic and social change. Daniel C. Hellinger is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Webster University, USA. Among his previous publications are “Paranoia, Conspiracy, Hegemony in American Politics” in Transparency and Conspiracy: Ethnographies of Suspicion in the New World Order (2003), (co-authored )The Democratic Façade (2nd edition, 1991), Comparative Politics of Latin America: Democracy at Last? (2014), and (co-editor, contributor) Bolivarian Democracy in Venezuela: Participation, Politics and Culture (2011).
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    ISBN: 9783031477300
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXII, 287 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: New Security Challenges
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    Keywords: Security, International. ; Politics and war. ; Peace. ; Kollektive Sicherheit ; Außenpolitik ; Strategie ; Sicherheit ; Regierungschef ; Militärtechnik ; Drohne ; USA
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Unmasking the Nexus: Exploring US Grand Strategy and the Dynamic Role of Drones -- Chapter 3: Historicising the role of drones in US Grand Strategy -- Chapter 4: Drone Warfare and US Grand Strategy during the Bush Administration -- Chapter 5: Obama’s Drone Wars and US Grand Strategy -- Chapter 6: The Trump Administration, Drones and US Grand Strategy -- Chapter 7: The Dialectics and Dilemma of US Drone Warfare in Afghanistan and Pakistan -- Chapter 8: The Implications of Drone Proliferation for US Grand Strategy, The Implications of Dron: e Proliferation for US Grand Strategy.
    Abstract: “Modern warfare has a lot to do with disruptive strategy and technology. The arrival of drones as an instrument of warfare is changing the way wars are planned, prosecuted, won, or lost. This development holds salient implications for statecraft globally. Francis Okpaleke’s book (Drones and US Grand Strategy in the Contemporary World) is a timely and modest contribution to the emerging scholarship on the strategic import of dronification in the context of the rapidly evolving international praxis of warfare. I strongly recommend the book for all stakeholders of the global community of Defence and Strategy.” — Al Chukwuma Okoli, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Political Science and Security Studies, Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria This book makes a compelling case that lethal drone deployment as a counterterrorism tool and instrument of statecraft in targeted states engenders far-reaching consequences for US grand strategy. By examining how successive US administrations since 9/11 have deployed drones in pursuant of different typologies of US grand strategic objectives, the book probes the putative political and strategic goals drones supposedly advance, and the impact of its continued proliferation for US for international security. The book provides a powerful base of evidence for policy makers and researchers by pointing to the perils of deployment of drone technology beyond their immediate or short-term objectives. It also explores how non-state actors and authoritarian regimes such as armed groups are harnessing armed drone technologies for their own political and military ends, as well as the underlying implications for US grand strategy and international security at large. Francis Okpaleke is a Senior Research and Policy Analyst for the Information and Communication Technology Council, Canada. He was formerly a Teaching and Research Fellow at the Department of Politics and Public Policy, University of Waikato, New Zealand. Francis holds a Ph.D. in International Relations and Security Studies, an MSc in Terrorism and Security Studies from the University of Salford, United Kingdom, and a BSc (First Class Honors) in Political Science from the University of Nigeria.
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    ISBN: 9783031205453
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 94 p. 50 illus., 21 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Automation, Collaboration, & E-Services 13
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Microeconomics. ; Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: Introduction to Engineering Applications of Social Welfare -- Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks – Energy Welfare -- Ambulance Dispatching – Preparedness Welfare -- Group Decision Making in Intelligent Shared Environments – Preference Welfare -- Task Allocation in Multi-Robot Systems – Resource Welfare -- Resource Sharing in Cyber-Physical Systems – Utility Welfare -- Conclusion, Limitations, and Research Opportunities.
    Abstract: This book presents social welfare functions as a unified multidisciplinary framework for various resource allocation problems. By measuring the impact of local decisions on broader society, social welfare functions enable “socialized” decisions and thereby produce an emergent property that “global” balance and welfare emerge from “local” welfare-maximizing behaviors. Social welfare functions are originally used in economics to quantify income welfare, jointly considering average and inequality to arrive at better measures of welfare than average alone. Wishing the readers to find opportunities for their problems of interest, this book introduces research results of social welfare functions applied in five different engineering applications, defining welfare metrics pertaining to the characteristics of the application. The “energy welfare” in wireless sensor network measures richness of distributed sensors in energy. The “preparedness welfare” in emergency medical services quantifies the preparedness level of an entire service area by aggregating preparedness levels of individual zones. The “preference welfare” in intelligent shared environments represents the opinions of real people for groups. The “resource welfare” in multi-robot task allocation quantifies the efficiency of utilizing distributed resources across robots. The “utility welfare” in complex cyber-physical systems quantifies the impact of local resource sharing decisions on the broader task communities.
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    ISBN: 9783031166846
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 446 p. 184 illus., 147 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 1435
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Computational intelligence.
    Abstract: Automatic system based on Riesz MV-algebras, for predictive maintenance of bearings of industrial equipment using temperature sensors -- Smart contracts: A valuable technology in ERP e-commerce systems and for customer experience -- A nursing mobile robot for COVID19 patients using a RPI and mobile device -- Electric vehicles between recycling and sustainable development -- A new way of controlling traffic data inside a Smart City based on IoT devices and communication protocols designed for preserving perfect anonymity -- Research on the storage of integrated pipe corridor monitoring data based on blockchain technology -- Short-Term Covid-19 Incidence Prediction in Countries Using Clustering and Regression Analysis -- Importance of flexibility in design and organizational structure -- Green AI from Kirchhoff to Shannon.
    Abstract: The book contains 37 papers presented at the ninth edition of the International Conference of Computers, Communications and Control—ICCCC-2022 held in Oradea and Băile Felix, Romania. A balanced selection of both methodological and application-oriented papers has been made to reflect several recent worldwide trends and results. The book is organized into five sections: a) integrated solutions in computer-based control, b) advanced control systems integrating computers and communications, c) soft computing including fuzzy system approach, d) decision making and support systems, and e) trustworthy and green design. The study of the papers contained in the book is useful for researchers, consultants, and postgraduate students in computer science and design, applied informatics, control systems, and industrial engineering. The book is also used as auxiliary material for student-level courses such as artificial intelligence, computational intelligence, and decision support systems.
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    ISBN: 9783031268892
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 459 p. 304 illus., 253 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 642
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Computational intelligence.
    Abstract: We are starting to enter a post-COVID-19 life. While this pandemic has made everyone’s life challenging, it also expedited the transition of our everyday lives into a new form, often called “The New Normal.” Although many people often use the terminology, perhaps we still do not have consensus about what it is and what it should be like. However, one thing that is clear namely that robotics and artificial intelligence technologies are playing a critical role in this transition phase of our everyday lives. We saw the emergence of last-mile delivery robots on the street, AI-embedded service robots in restaurants, uninhabited shops, non-face-to-face medical services, conferences and talks in metaverses, and AI-based online education programs. This book is an edition that aims at serving researchers and practitioners in related fields with a timely dissemination of the recent progress in the areas of robotics and artificial intelligence. This book is based on a collection of papers presented at the 10th International Conference on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications (RiTA), held at Griffith University in the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The conference was held in a hybrid format on December 7–9, 2022, with the main theme “Artificial, Agile, Acute Robot Intelligence.” For better readability, the total of 41 papers are grouped into five chapters: Chapter I: Motion Planning and Control; Chapter II: Vision and Image Processing; Chapter III: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Autonomous Vehicles; Chapter IV: Learning and Classification; and Chapter V: Environmental and Societal Robotic Applications. The articles were accepted through a rigorous peer-review process and presented at the RiTA 2022 conference. Also, they were updated, and final versions of the manuscripts were produced after in-depth discussions during the conference. We would like to thank all the authors and editors for contributing to this edition.
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    ISBN: 9783031184581
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 865 p. 407 illus., 339 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 560
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: The seventh Future Technologies Conference 2022 was organized in a hybrid mode. It received a total of 511 submissions from learned scholars, academicians, engineers, scientists and students across many countries. The papers included the wide arena of studies like Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Vision, Ambient Intelligence and Security and their jaw- breaking application to the real world. After a double-blind peer review process 177 submissions have been selected to be included in these proceedings. One of the prominent contributions of this conference is the confluence of distinguished researchers who not only enthralled us by their priceless studies but also paved way for future area of research. The papers provide amicable solutions to many vexing problems across diverse fields. They also are a window to the future world which is completely governed by technology and its multiple applications. We hope that the readers find this volume interesting and inspiring and render their enthusiastic support towards it.
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    ISBN: 9783031182792
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 238 p. 6 illus., 5 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Canada and International Affairs
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Politics and war. ; Security, International. ; Militärische Intervention ; Operation ; Niederschlagung ; Strategie ; Militär ; Sicherheitspolitik ; Ressourcen ; Einsatz ; Bereitschaft ; USA ; Kanada ; Afghanistan
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Countries with Different Material Capabilities Behaving Similarly -- 3. Unipolarity and Irregular Warfare: Assessing the Afghanistan Intervention’s Strategic Environment -- 4. American and Canadian Security Beliefs: Transitioning to Similar Foreign and Security Policies during the Afghanistan Intervention -- 5. Domestic Hurdles, Canadian and American Foreign Policy Executives(FPEs)’ Structural Autonomy and Resource-Extraction Capability -- 6. Conclusion: Unravelling the Research Puzzle.
    Abstract: “Federman Rodriguez sets out to resolve an intriguing puzzle: How did two countries with so great a disparity of national power, Canada and the United States, come to adopt similar military policies in Afghanistan in 2006-2011? International Relations theory and historical precedent would have predicted otherwise. Rodriguez’s highly readable volume provides a compelling explanation of Canadian and US foreign policy and sheds light on the opportunities and limitations of power in the international system.” --Elinor Sloan, Carleton University, Canada. “Federman Rodriguez adapts the theory of neoclassical realism to explain, despite vastly different capabilities, how Canada and the United States’ foreign and security policy in Afghanistan converged on a counterinsurgency campaign. He provides a theoretically unique and empirically rich analysis of the decisions made by each country. This book is important in understanding what happened to the ill-fated intervention in Afghanistan.” --Brian C. Schmidt, Carleton University, Canada. The book aims to explain the factors that brought about a high degree of similarity between American and Canadian foreign and security policies during the Afghanistan intervention. Specifically, it seeks to explain why, despite their different positions in the international distribution of power, the United States and Canada embraced similar counterinsurgency (COIN) strategies from 2005/2006 to 2011. During this time, the United States and Canada fought against insurgent groups, sought to maintain stabilized areas by mentoring Afghan forces, and invested in infrastructure and governance. These goals, which corresponded to the ‘clear,’ ‘hold,’ and ‘build’ COIN components, entailed sending troops and civilian officials to a war zone and committing financial resources. Federman Rodriguez is Assistant Professor of the Faculty of International Relations, Political and Urban Studies at Rosario University, Bogotá, Colombia.
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    ISBN: 9783031173936
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 157 p. 95 illus., 91 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing 421
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Control engineering. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: An Introduction to Fuzzy and Fuzzy Control Systems -- Chapter 2: Classification of Adaptive Fuzzy Controllers -- Chapter 3: Type-2 Fuzzy Systems -- Chapter 4: Training Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Systems Based on Error Backpropagation.
    Abstract: This book explains the basic concepts, theory and applications of fuzzy systems in control in a simple unified approach with clear ex-amples and simulations in the MATLAB programming language. Fuzzy systems, especially, type-2 neuro-fuzzy systems, are now used extensively in various engineering fields for different purposes. In plain language, this book aims to practically explain fuzzy sys-tems and different methods of training and optimizing these systems. For this purpose, type-2 neuro-fuzzy systems are first analyzed along with various methods of training and optimizing these systems through implementation in MATLAB. These systems are then em-ployed to design adaptive fuzzy controllers. The authors aim at pre-senting all the well-known optimization methods clearly and code them in the MATLAB language.
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    ISBN: 9783031152269
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXXI, 619 p. 336 illus., 309 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 530
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Computational intelligence.
    Abstract: This book includes recent research on climbing and walking robots. CLAWAR 2022 is the twenty-fifth International Conference Series on Climbing and Walking Robots and Mobile Machine Support Technologies. The conference is organized by CLAWAR Association in collaboration with the University of the Azores, S. Miguel, Portugal, during September 12-14, 2022. CLAWAR 2022 provides an updated state of the art on robotics and its use in a diversity of applications and/or simulation scenarios, within the framework “Robotics in Natural Settings”. The topics covered include Bio-Inspired Robotics, Biped Locomotion, Educational Robotics, Human-Machine/Human-Robot Interaction, Innovative Actuators, Inspection, Legged Locomotion, Modeling and Simulation of CLAWAR, Outdoor and Field Robotics, Planning and Control, Wearable Devices and Assistive Robotics, and the Use of A.I. in Robotics. The intended readership includes participants of CLAWAR 2022 conference, international robotic researchers, scientists, and professors of related topics worldwide, and professors and students of postgraduate courses in Robotics and Automation, Control Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Mechatronics.
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    ISBN: 9783031094132
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVI, 283 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Zhou, Jinghao, 1955 - Great Power Competition as the New Normal of China–US Relations
    Keywords: International relations. ; Herrschaftssystem ; Internationales politisches System ; Hegemonie ; Rivalität ; Internationale Politik ; Position ; Großmacht ; Internationaler Konflikt ; Politisches Interesse ; Außenpolitik ; Interessenkonflikt ; Wettbewerb ; Competition ; Diplomatic relations ; China ; USA ; China ; United States
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: U.S. Engagement Strategy Partially Failed -- Chapter 3: Nature of the Great Power Competition -- Chapter 4: Real Trap of China-U.S. Relations -- Chapter 5: Intention of Chinese Policymakers: Cultural Source of the Great Power Competition -- Chapter 6: China’s Global Expansion and the International Institutions -- Chapter 7: China’s Core Interests vs. American Vital Interests -- Chapter 8: War Is Not Imminent During the Great Power Competition -- Chapter 9: Great Power Competition in the Post-Pandemic Era. .
    Abstract: Will China–U.S. relations come back to the normal track? Does the confrontational approach work for China–US relations? This book argues that it is an unrealistic hope to bring China–US relations back to the so-called normal track because the great power competition will be a new normal of China–US relations and the USA will gain more from strategic competition than cooperation in the long run. This book shows that the strategy of “great power cooperation through competition” is more positive and constructive than the approaches of “peaceful coexist” and “maximum pressure.” This book does not intend to provide policy recommendations for governments to consider, but mainly to explain why the great power competition is inevitable and why it is necessary to continuously work with China in some areas through strategic competition. This book alarms the importance of understanding the nature of the Chinese Communist Party during the great power competition and aims to motivate both sides to revisit their foreign policy practice and come up with a better foreign policy strategy of handling China–US relations. Jinghao Zhou is Associate Professor of Asian Studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in New York, USA. His research focuses on Chinese ideology, politics, religions, and US–China relations. He has five books published which are as follows: Why Is the China Model Losing Its Power? (2020), Chinese vs. Western Perspectives: Understanding Contemporary China (2014), China’s Peaceful Rise in a Global Context: A Domestic Aspect of China’s Road Map to Democratization (2010), Remaking China’s Public Philosophy and Chinese Women’s Liberation: The volatile mixing of Confucianism, Marxism, and Feminism (2006), and Remaking China’s Public Philosophy for the Twenty-First Century (2003).
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    ISBN: 9783031164156
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 304 p. 45 illus., 31 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control 217
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: Baudelaire's Ideas of Vagueness and Uniqueness in Art: Algorithm-Based Explanations -- Selfish Gene Theory Explains Oedipus Complex -- How to Teach Advanced Highly Motivated Students: Teaching Strategy of Iosif Yakovlevich Verebeichik -- Why 70/100 Is Satisfactory? Why Five Letter Grades? Why Other Academic Conventions? -- Shall We Ignore All Intermediate Grades? -- Why ∞ is a Reasonable Symbol for Infinity -- What is 1/0 from the Practical Viewpoint: A Pedagogical Note -- Historical Diversity Through base-10 Representation of Mayan Maths.
    Abstract: This book shows, on numerous examples, how to make decisions in realistic situations when we have both uncertainty and constraints. In most these situations, the book's emphasis is on the why-question, i.e., on a theoretical explanation for empirical formulas and techniques. Such explanations are important: they help understand why these techniques work well in some cases and not so well in others, and thus, help practitioners decide whether a technique is appropriate for a given situation. Example of applications described in the book ranges from science (biosciences, geosciences, and physics) to electrical and civil engineering, education, psychology and decision making, and religion—and, of course, include computer science, AI (in particular, eXplainable AI), and machine learning. The book can be recommended to researchers and students in these application areas. Many of the examples use general techniques that can be used in other application areas as well, so it is also useful for practitioners and researchers in other areas who are looking for possible theoretical explanations of empirical formulas and techniques.
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    ISBN: 9783031151125
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVIII, 173 p. 94 illus., 75 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Fuel cells. ; Materials. ; Hydrogen as fuel.
    Abstract: Introduction -- Modeling of Fuel Cell Systems -- Model Tuning and Validation.
    Abstract: This book reports on a comprehensive study on the modeling, online and offline parameter estimation and control strategies for fuel cell systems. Upon reviewing the control-oriented modeling of proton-exchange membrane fuel cell systems (PEMFC) and solid oxide fuel cell systems (SOFC), it describes a new a set of methodologies to estimate the parameters of these models, both online and offline. In turn, it reports on the design of different control systems for PEMFC and SOFC. Experimental findings are shown to demonstrate the efficiency of the newly developed methods in practical applications, and their improved performance over classical methods.
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    ISBN: 9783031164231
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 240 p. 8 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Security, International. ; Militär ; Bewachungsgewerbe ; Privatisierung ; Mobilmachung ; Beschränkung ; Militärpolitik ; USA ; Großbritannien ; Italien
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Military Privatization and State Power in Historical Perspective -- 3. Domestic Political Constraints and Contractor Support to Military Operations: a new Theoretical Framework -- 4. Mobilization Constraints and Military Privatization in the United States -- 5. Mobilization Constraints and Military Privatization in the United Kingdom -- 6. Military Mobilization Constraints and Military Privatization in Italy -- 7. Effectiveness, Norms, and Military Cultures: Assessing Mobilization Constraints against Competing Explanations -- 8. Conclusions.
    Abstract: This book investigates the connection between tightening mobilization constraints and the use of PMSCs in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Italy. Drawing on neoclassical realism and institutionalist theory, it conceptualizes democracies’ use of private military and security companies (PMSCs) as an attempt to circumvent the tightening constraints on the mobilization of military power. The use of private military contractors is less subjected to parliamentary restrictions and less visible to public opinion than the deployment of soldiers. Rather than cheaper in financial terms, PMSCs are therefore politically cost-effective, as they enable decision-makers to minimize the institutional obstacles on conducting military operations and the electoral costs attached thereto. The need to reduce the ex ante hurdles and the ex post costs of military deployments fills the blind spots of alternative explanations for the use of PMSCs based on effectiveness, ideology, and organizational interests. Eugenio Cusumano is Associate Professor of political science at the University of Messina, Italy.
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    ISBN: 9783031160080
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XIX, 425 p. 11 illus., 9 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 8th ed. 2023.
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Aliber, Robert Z., 1930 - Manias, panics, and crashes
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    Keywords: Finanzkrise ; Spekulation ; Bankenkrise ; Wirtschaftskrise ; Geldgeschichte ; Bankgeschichte ; Finanzkrise ; Lender of Last Resort ; Welt ; USA ; Financial crises ; Business cycles ; Depressions ; Macroeconomics. ; Finance. ; History. ; Economic history. ; Financial services industry. ; International relations. ; Financial crises ; Financial history ; Financial crashes ; Global financial crisis ; Financial markets ; Financial bubbles ; National banking systems ; Asset-price bubbles ; Exchange-rate volatility ; International financial systems ; Economic history ; Lender of last resort ; International economy ; Liquid capital ; Capital markets ; Housing based credit bubbles ; Minksy moment ; Japanese bubble of late 1980s ; Credit fueled price bubbles ; Cryptocurrencies ; Finanzkrise ; Bankenkrise ; Depression ; Geschichte ; Finanzwirtschaft ; Spekulation ; Börsenkrach ; Krise ; Weltwirtschaft ; Geschichte
    Abstract: 1: Financial Crises: a Hardy Perennial -- 2: The Anatomy of a Typical Crisis.-3: Speculative Manias -- 4: Fueling the Flames: the Expansion of Credit -- 5: The Critical Stage – When the Bubble Is About To Pop -- 6: Bernie Madoff: Frauds, Swindles, and the Credit Cycle -- 7: Domestic Contagion: Twin Peaks? -- 8: International Contagion 1618–1933 -- 9: Bubble Contagion: Mexico City to Tokyo to Bangkok to New York, London, and Reykjavik -- 10: Policy Responses: Benign Neglect, Exhortation, and Bank Holidays -- 11: The Domestic Lender of Last Resort -- 12: The International Lender of Last Resort before 2000.-13: The 21st Century International Lender of Last Resort -- 14: Bitcoin: Worse than a Ponzi -- 15 The Lessons of History.
    Abstract: In the Eighth Edition of this classic text on the financial history of bubbles and crashes, Robert McCauley joins with Robert Aliber in building on Charles Kindleberger's renowned work. McCauley draws on his central banking experience to introduce new chapters on cryptocurrency and the United States as the 21st Century global lender of last resort. He also updates the book's coverage of the recent property bubble in China, as well as providing new perspectives on the US housing bubble of 2003-2006, and the Japanese bubble of the late 1980s. And he gives new attention to the social psychology that leads people to take the risk of investing in Ponzi schemes and asset price bubbles. For the first time in this revised and updated edition, figures highlight key points to ensure that today’s generation of finance and economic researchers, students, practitioners and policy-makers—as well as investors looking to avoid crashes—have access to this panoramic history of financial crisis.
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    ISBN: 9783031210907
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 558 p. 188 illus., 170 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics 25
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Computational intelligence.
    Abstract: Parametrized Motion Planning and Topological Complexity -- A New Application of Discrete Morse Theory to Optimizing Safe Motion Planning Paths -- Design Space Exploration for Sampling-Based Motion Planning Programs with Combinatory Logic Synthesis -- Large-scale Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Coverage via Domain Decomposition and Generative Allocation -- Efficient Motion Planning under Obstacle Uncertainty with Local Dependencies -- Distributed Spacing Control for Multiple, Buoyancy-controlled Underwater Robots.
    Abstract: This book includes significant recent research on robotic algorithms. It has been written by leading experts in the field. The 15th Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (WAFR) was held on June 22–24, 2022, at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. Each chapter represents an exciting state-of-the-art development in robotic algorithms that was presented at this 15th incarnation of WAFR. Different chapters combine ideas from a wide variety of fields, spanning and combining planning (for tasks, paths, motion, navigation, coverage, and patrol), computational geometry and topology, control theory, machine learning, formal methods, game theory, information theory, and theoretical computer science. Many of these papers explore new and interesting problems and problem variants that include human–robot interaction, planning and reasoning under uncertainty, dynamic environments, distributed decision making, multi-agent coordination, and heterogeneity.
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    ISBN: 9783031264740
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 209 p. 112 illus., 103 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 1006
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Control engineering.
    Abstract: Approximation Methods and Reference Values for Maximum Allowed Collaborative Operating Speeds in Quasi-static and Transient Contact Cases -- Toward Real-time Multi-Objective Optimization for Bus Service KPIs -- A Two-stage Trajectory Prediction Algorithm for Mobile Robots Combining the Bayesian and the DMOC Frameworks -- Adaptive Neural Network based Fractional Order Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle -- Design and Development of a Dexterous Teleoperation Setup for Nuclear Waste Remote Manipulation -- Pose Optimization of Task-redundant Robots in Second-order Rest-to-Rest Motion with Cascaded Dynamic Programming and Nullspace Projection -- Output Feedback Reference Tracking and Disturbance Rejection for Constrained Linear Systems using Invariant Sets -- Output-feedback Model Predictive Control using Set of State Estimates -- Prediction of Overdispersed Count Data using Real-time Cluster-based Discretization of Explanatory Variables -- Model-based Optimization of Vaccination Strategies in Different Phases of Pandemic Virus Spread.
    Abstract: The book focuses the latest endeavors relating researches and developments conducted in fields of control, robotics, and automation. Through more than ten revised and extended articles, the present book aims to provide the most up-to-date state of the art of the aforementioned fields allowing researcher, Ph.D. students, and engineers not only updating their knowledge but also benefiting from the source of inspiration that represents the set of selected articles of the book. The deliberate intention of editors to cover as well theoretical facets of those fields as their practical accomplishments and implementations offers the benefit of gathering in a same book a factual and well-balanced prospect of nowadays research in those topics. A special attention toward “Intelligent Robots and Control” may characterize another benefit of this book.
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    ISBN: 9783031445750
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXI, 249 p. 71 illus., 51 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Topics in Intelligent Engineering and Informatics 17
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Control engineering. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: Key Messages of the Book -- Outline of the Book -- Notations and Basic Concepts -- Discretization via Random and Rectangular Grids Leading to Bi-Linear Approximations -- TP Grid Structure of Functions -- TP Model Transformation -- TS Fuzzy Model Transformation.
    Abstract: The TP and TS Fuzzy model transformation based control design has revolutionized the field of control design by introducing a highly effective approach. Through the TP model transformation, it has become evident that the design of controllers and observers, as well as the effectiveness of applied LMIs, are greatly influenced by the shape of the antecedent Fuzzy sets and the number and location of the consequent systems. Furthermore, the TP model transformation has revealed that the sensitivity of controller and observer design differs in nature. This implies that the overseer and controller design require different TS Fuzzy model representations of the system at hand. This book offers a comprehensive exploration of this phenomenon. The book introduces several new theoretical advancements in the TP or TS Fuzzy model transformation based control design framework. It presents a complete framework for TP and TS Fuzzy model transformation and offers various tools based on this approach to enhance control design effectiveness. The book introduces novel theoretical concepts, such as interpolation between alternative TS Fuzzy model representations, which leads to a new optimization framework. It also explores methods to achieve further complexity reduction beyond rank minimization. Additionally, the book addresses the execution of TS Fuzzy model transformation for large-sized problems and demonstrates how to reinforce various properties of antecedent Fuzzy sets through manipulation. Practical hints and guidance for control design is provided throughout the book, with examples illustrating the application of novel solutions. Matlab codes are also included to facilitate the implementation of the proposed methods.
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    ISBN: 9783031064692
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXVI, 824 p. 635 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 3rd ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics 146
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Computer vision. ; Signal processing. ; Cognitive psychology.
    Abstract: Introduction.-Foundations: Representing Position and Orientation -- Time and Motion -- Mobile Robotics: Mobile Robot Vehicles -- Navigation -- Localization and Mapping -- Robot Manipulators: Robot Arm Kinematics -- Manipulator Velocity -- Dynamics and Control -- Computer Vision: Light and Color -- Images and Image Processing,- Image Feature Extraction,- Image Formation -- Using Multiple Images -- Vision-Based Control: Vision-Based Control -- Advanced Visual Servoing -- Installing the Toolboxes -- Linear Algebra -- Geometry -- Lie Groups and Algebras.
    Abstract: This textbook provides a comprehensive, but tutorial, introduction to robotics, computer vision, and control. It is written in a light but informative conversational style, weaving text, figures, mathematics, and lines of code into a narrative that covers robotics and computer vision—separately, and together as robotic vision. Over 1600 code examples show how complex problems can be decomposed and solved using just a few simple lines of code. This edition is based on Python and is accompanied by fully open-source Python-based Toolboxes for robotics and machine vision. The new Toolboxes enable the reader to easily bring the algorithmic concepts into practice and work with real, non-trivial, problems on a broad range of computing platforms. For the beginning student the book makes the algorithms accessible, the Toolbox code can be read to gain understanding, and the examples illustrate how it can be used. The code can also be the starting point for new work, for practitioners, students, or researchers, by writing programs based on Toolbox functions, or modifying the Toolbox code itself.
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    ISBN: 9783030935825
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(645 illus., 456 illus. in color. eReference.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Computer science. ; Database management. ; Production management. ; Industrial engineering. ; Production engineering. ; Cooperating objects (Computer systems).
    Abstract: Introduction -- MBSE Foundations -- Model-Based Verification and Validation -- MBSE Testbeds -- MBSE for Human-Systems Integration -- Infrastructure Management and Model Curation -- MBSE for Cyber-Physical-Human Systems -- Engineering Resilient Systems and System-of-Systems -- Exploiting Disciplinary Convergence -- Stretch Goals.
    Abstract: This handbook brings together diverse domains and technical competences of Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) into a single, comprehensive publication. It is intended for researchers, practitioners, and students/educators who require a wide-ranging and authoritative reference on MBSE with a multidisciplinary, global perspective. It is also meant for those who want to develop a sound understanding of the practice of systems engineering and MBSE, and/or who wish to teach both introductory and advanced graduate courses in systems engineering. It is specifically focused on individuals who want to understand what MBSE is, the deficiencies in current practice that MBSE overcomes, where and how it has been successfully applied, its benefits and payoffs, and how it is being deployed in different industries and across multiple applications. MBSE engineering practitioners and educators with expertise in different domains have contributed chapters that address various uses of MBSE and related technologies such as simulation and digital twin in the systems lifecycle. The introductory chapter reviews the current state of practice, discusses the genesis of MBSE and makes the business case. Subsequent chapters present the role of ontologies and meta-models in capturing system interdependencies, reasoning about system behavior with design and operational constraints; the use of formal modeling in system (model) verification and validation; ontology-enabled integration of systems and system-of-systems; digital twin-enabled model-based testing; system model design synthesis; model-based tradespace exploration; design for reuse; human-system integration; and role of simulation and Internet-of-Things (IoT) within MBSE. .
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    ISBN: 9783030967291
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(LII, 1536 p. 350 illus., 200 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Springer Handbooks
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Electrical engineering. ; Application software.
    Abstract: Development and Impacts of Automation -- Automation Theory and Sceintific Foundations -- Automation Design: Theory, Elements, and Methods -- Automation Design: Theory and Methods of Integration -- Automation Management -- Industrial Automation -- Infrastructure and Service Automation -- Automation in Medical and Healthcare Systems -- Home, Office, and Enterprise Automation -- Automation Case Studies and Statistics. .
    Abstract: This thoroughly revised and updated second edition of the bestselling Springer Handbook of Automation provides the most advanced, comprehensive, and balanced coverage of the technical and engineering aspects of automation. Starting with a holistic discussion on the history and societal impacts of automation, the book provides the tools to understand, design and implement automation solutions. This includes: the scientific foundations, from traditional control theory to the latest developments in artificial intelligence and machine learning; the technical aspects of automation design, from hardware such as mechatronics and sensors to cyber-physical systems and human-machine interaction, to collaborative automation; the methods of automation integration in products, processes and services; and finally, the technical, economic and ethical management of automation. Readers will find the most complete and state-of-the-art overview on the implementation, effects and examples of automation in industrial contexts, as well as infrastructure, service, medical and healthcare, home, office and enterprise automation. The book concludes with up-to-date case studies from industrial forerunners. Edited by an internationally renowned and experienced expert and supported by a distinguished advisory board, this Springer Handbook offers a wealth of information for industry practitioners, aspiring engineers and automation experts alike. .
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    ISBN: 9783031100710
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VIII, 380 p. 194 illus., 152 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Robotics. ; Control engineering. ; Automation. ; Machine learning.
    Abstract: Artificial Intelligence -- Resource Allocation -- Augmented Reality -- Digital Twin -- Modeling -- Ergonomics -- Path Planning 1 -- Path Planning 2 -- Vacuum Gripper -- Gripping Technology and Industry 4.0.
    Abstract: This Open Access proceedings presents a good overview of the current research landscape of assembly, handling and industrial robotics. The objective of MHI Colloquium is the successful networking at both academic and management level. Thereby, the colloquium focuses an academic exchange at a high level in order to distribute the obtained research results, to determine synergy effects and trends, to connect the actors in person and in conclusion, to strengthen the research field as well as the MHI community. In addition, there is the possibility to become acquatined with the organizing institute. Primary audience is formed by members of the scientific society for assembly, handling and industrial robotics (WGMHI). The Editors Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thorsten Schüppstuhl is head of the Institute of Aircraft Production Technology (IFPT) at the Hamburg University of Technology. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kirsten Tracht is head of the Bremen Institute for Mechanical Engineering (bime) at the University of Bremen. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Fleischer is head of the Institute of Production Science (wbk) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).
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    ISBN: 9783031107887
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 673 p. 329 illus., 320 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Automation, Collaboration, & E-Services 12
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: Don’t Stand so Close to Me: Acceptance of delegating intimate health care tasks to assistive robots -- Designing a Voice Intelligent Agent: A Review and Appraisal -- Job crafting & re-design in a rapidly changing world of work: A bibliometric analysis & review -- Resilience Engineering and Safe Work Method Statements in Construction Projects -- Agent Transparency for Human-Autonomy Teaming -- Cuteness Engineering and UX Design -- Small screen-large information challenge for older adults: navigating through big pictures and menus of mobile phones.
    Abstract: This book provides practical guidance and awareness for a growing body of knowledge developing across a variety of disciplines. This initiative is a celebration of the Gavriel Salvendy International Symposium (GSIS) and provides a survey of topics and emerging areas of interest in human–automation interaction. This set of articles for the GSIS emphasizes a main thematic areas: mobile computing. Main areas of coverage include Section A: Health, Care and Assistive Technologies; Section B: Usability, User Experience and Design; Section C: Virtual Learning, Training and Collaboration; Section D: Ergonomics in Work, Automation and Production. In total, there are more than 600 pages emphasizing contributions from especially early career researchers that were featured as part of this (virtual) symposium and celebration. Gavriel Salvendy initiated the conferences that run annually as Human–Computer Interaction within LNCS of Springer and Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics International (AHFE). The book is inclusive of human–computer interaction and human factors and ergonomics principles, yet is intended to serve a much wider audience that has interest in automation and human modeling. The emerging need for human–automation interaction expertise has developed from an ever-growing availability and presence of automation in our everyday lives. This initiative is intended to provide practical guidance and awareness for a growing body of knowledge developing across a variety of disciplines and many countries. .
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    ISBN: 9783031161599
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 450 p. 182 illus., 136 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 545
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Computational intelligence.
    Abstract: The main subject matter of the book is related to the demands of research and industrial centers for diagnostics, monitoring, and decision-making systems that result from the increasing complexity of automation and systems, the need to ensure the highest level of reliability and safety, and continuing research and the development of innovative approaches to fault diagnosis. Most welcome are combinations of domains of engineering knowledge for diagnosis, including detection, isolation, localization, identification, reconfiguration, and fault-tolerant control. This field is open to new challenges, including industrial diagnostics, diagnostics of computer systems and networks, as well as non-industrial applications in the form of medical diagnostics, especially those based on artificial intelligence and deep neural networks. Our community is mainly interested in the following six topics: (i) fault detection, isolation, and identification (FDI); (ii) fault-tolerant control systems; (iii) process safety, quality, and reliability; (iv) medical diagnostics; as well as (v) methodologies based on mathematical modeling, parameter identification and state estimation, qualitative models, statistical and signal processing, artificial intelligence, fuzzy logic and rough sets, expert systems, neural networks; and (vi) industrial applications of diagnostics in fault-tolerant problems, safety, monitoring and alarming, quality control, computer systems and networks, diagnostic software, software reliability, medicine and therapy, environment protection, production control, and other industries such as chemistry, electronics, and power systems. The book is divided into six parts: (I) Artificial Intelligence in Medicine; (II) Cybersecurity; (III) Artificial Neural Networks; (IV) Fault Detection; (V) Systems Modeling; and (VI) Adaptive, Robust and FTC Systems.
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    ISBN: 9783031221828
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 209 p. 44 illus., 32 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences 492
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Luan, Xiaoli Robust control for discrete-time Markovian jump systems in the finite-time domain
    Keywords: Control engineering. ; System theory. ; Control theory. ; Stochastic processes. ; Robust statistics. ; Markov-Sprungprozess ; Robuste Kontrolle ; Zeitdiskretes Regelungssystem ; Transienter Zustand ; Stabilisierung ; Übergangswahrscheinlichkeit ; Stochastische Kontrolltheorie
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Finite-Time Stability and Stabilization for Discrete-Time Jumping Systems -- 3. Finite-Time Stability and Stabilization for Jumping Systems Governed by Deterministic Switches -- 4. Finite-Time Stability and Stabilization for Jumping Systems with Non-Homogenous Transition Probabilities -- 5. Finite-Time H-Infinity Control for Multi-Mode Jumping Systems -- 6. Sliding Mode Control for Jumping Systems in Finite Time Domain -- 7. Finite-Time Multiple Frequency Control for Jumping Systems Based on De-Randomization -- 8. Self-Triggered Finite-Time Control for Multi-Mode Jumping Systems -- 9. High-Order Moment Stabilization for Jumping Systems in Finite Time Domain -- 10. Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book provides robust analysis and synthesis tools for Markovian jump systems in the finite-time domain with specified performances. It explores how these tools can make the systems more applicable to fields such as economic systems, ecological systems and solar thermal central receivers, by limiting system trajectories in the desired bound in a given time interval. Robust Control for Discrete-Time Markovian Jump Systems in the Finite-Time Domain focuses on multiple aspects of finite-time stability and control, including: finite-time H-infinity control; finite-time sliding mode control; finite-time multi-frequency control; finite-time model predictive control; and high-order moment finite-time control for multi-mode systems and also provides many methods and algorithms to solve problems related to Markovian jump systems with simulation examples that illustrate the design procedure and confirm the results of the methods proposed. The thorough discussion of these topics makes the book a useful guide for researchers, industrial engineers and graduate students alike, enabling them systematically to establish the modeling, analysis and synthesis for Markovian jump systems in the finite-time domain.
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    ISBN: 9783030754839
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 943 p. 60 illus., 42 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 234
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    Keywords: Environmental sciences—Social aspects. ; Computational intelligence. ; Economic development. ; Control engineering. ; Environmental sciences
    Abstract: Public Opinion on Park Transformation Projects: The Case of the Oktyabrsky District in Barnaul, Russia -- Application of Polygraph in the Environmental Crimes Investigation -- Reproductive Attitudes of Young Women as a Potential Threat to Social Safety -- International Tourism Before and After the Pandemic -- A Novel Natural Strain of Bacillus Pumilus as a Biological Resource for the Microbial Preparations Development. .
    Abstract: This book is a collection of cutting-edge and cross-disciplinary studies on natural, human-made, and coupled human-natural systems, addressing the challenge of developing integrated knowledge from multiple disciplines. The authors explore the structure, function, and dynamic mechanisms of various systems, both natural and human-made, as well as analyze their reciprocal interactions under the concept of “coupled human-natural systems.” These interactions are used to understand feedback, nonlinearities, thresholds, time lags, legacy effects, and path dependencies, emerging across multiple spatial, temporal, and organizational scales. In other words, this book is a collection of advanced research on unique properties of natural and human-made systems, as well as human-environment dynamics, reciprocal relationships, and cross-scale interactions. The authors outline prospects on building a holistic view of social development and coherent sustainability. Among the topics covered are the following: human networks research; adaptation of local people to social and environmental challenges; coupled dynamics of socioeconomic and environmental systems; critical issues in social science climate change research; education for greater sustainability; peace, justice, and strong institutions; advances in cultural traditions and strategies for social stability; innovative development and barriers to sustainable development; economic systems in the age of digital changes and unstable external environments. The scholars analyze how more effective technologies can enhance resilience, reduce vulnerability, and minimize human impacts on natural systems, taking into consideration critical thresholds to prevent harmful feedback to human systems. The authors grasp the complexity of systems by integrating knowledge of constituent subsystems and their interactions. The framework developed by the authors is used to integrate human and natural systems for achieving greater sustainability, covering critical threats, challenges, and best governance approaches and practices. The research results obtained from studies on coupled human-natural systems are stronger, the authors argue, if compared with traditional (discipline) approaches. .
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    ISBN: 9783031274701
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VII, 264 p. 135 illus., 75 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 611
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Computational intelligence.
    Abstract: Decision-Support for Additive Repair Processes with a Multi-Agent System -- AI Education for Middle/ High School Level: A Proposal of a System that Supports Teachers to Design their AI Lessons -- Sensor Data Restoration in Internet of Things Systems Using Machine Learning Approach -- Potential of eXtended Intelligence (XI) for Extending Human Expression from Digitization of Analog Elements -- Two-stage Approach to Cluster Categorical Medical Data -- Design of a Memory Palace Memory Aid Application Based on Trajectory Mnemonics.
    Abstract: This book is a collection of a wide range of research papers that combine both the humanities and sciences in applied informatics. In particular, it is intended for readers interested in the fields of artificial intelligence, data science, virtual reality, and intelligent systems. Technologies and findings in artificial intelligence, data science, virtual reality, and intelligent systems are being used in all academic disciplines today. This book is a compilation of specific and advanced research findings from a wide range of research fields where they are being applied today. The papers included are based on those presented in August 2022 at the International Conference on Systems Engineering (ICSEng-Tokyo), a prestigious academic conference that has been held annually since 1974. The papers have been rigorously reviewed and selected by multiple peer reviewers.
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    ISBN: 9783031229343
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 462 p. 21 illus., 13 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Security, International. ; Security systems. ; International relations. ; Militärische Intervention ; Kriegsfolge ; Notlage ; Humanität ; Kollektive Sicherheit ; Abschätzung ; Evaluation ; USA ; Afghanistan
    Abstract: 1. America’s Longest War: A Twenty-Year Epiphany -- 2. A Problem We Fueled: Learning Lessons from Corruption in Afghanistan -- 3. How America’s Great Power Competitors Privatized the GPC -- 4. Organizing US: Regime Theory for Integrated Statecraft -- 5. A Cyber Solarium Commission Approach to Cyber Security Cooperation -- 6. Putting the Afghan Puzzle Together: Afghan and U.S. Perspectives on Legitimacy -- 7. The Taliban’s Exploitation of Afghan Information and Information Systems -- 8. 500 Men: An Alternate Approach to America’s War in Afghanistan -- 9. Reflections on the Fateful Collapse of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces -- 10. Restoring and Relinquishing Women’s Rights in Afghanistan: Fundamental but Fragile Gains.
    Abstract: Lessons Learned from Afghanistan: America’s Longest War examines the lessons of how America’s “longest war” came to an ignominious end with staggering consequences for the United States and the Afghan nation. Afghanistan today faces an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, looming threat of a civil war and a resurgence of violent extremism organizations similar to pre-9/11. As the U.S. enters a new era in the strategic geopolitical Great Power Competition, an analysis of the original mission intent, shifting policy and strategic objectives, and ineffective implementation of security, political and economic programs reveal critical lessons and questions such as: What led to the “strategic failure” of the U.S. in Afghanistan? What decisions resulted in the present-day humanitarian, civil, and political crises in Afghanistan? Were these consequences in fact avoidable? Was there an alternative approach that could have maintained the hard-fought gains of the last two decades, and better demonstrated America's standing as a defender of global human rights? Lessons Learned from Afghanistan: America’s Longest War further explores lessons of the past negotiations between the United States, Taliban, and former U.S. backed Afghan government to suggest alternative pathways that honor the original intent of the mission and meet present-day obligations to an Afghan nation in crisis.
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    ISBN: 9783031287152
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 486 p. 257 illus., 202 illus. in color.)
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    Series Statement: Studies in Computational Intelligence 1093
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Computational intelligence. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: Efficient Machine Learning of Mobile Robotic Systems based on Convolutional Neural Networks -- UAV Path Planning Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning -- Drone Shadow Cloud: A New Concept to Protect Individuals from Danger Sun Exposure in GCC Countries -- Accurate Estimation of 3D-Repetitive-Trajectories using Kalman Filter, Machine Learning and Curve-Fitting Method for High-speed Target Interception -- Robotics and Artificial Intelligence in the Nuclear Industry: from Tele-operation to Cyber-physical Systems -- Deep Learning and Robotics, Surgical Robot Applications -- Deep Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Mobile Robot Navigation -- Event Vision for Autonomous Off-road Navigation -- Multi-armed Bandit Approach for Task Scheduling of a Fixed-Base Robot in the Warehouse -- Machine Learning and Deep Learning for Robotics Applications -- A Review on Deep Learning on UAV Monitoring Systems for Agricultural Applications -- Navigation and Path Planning Techniques for UAV Swarm -- Intelligent Control System for Hybrid Electric Vehicle with Autonomous Charging -- Advanced Sensor Systems for Robotics and Autonomous Vehicles -- Four Wheeled Humanoid Second-Order Cascade Control of Holonomic Trajectories.
    Abstract: This book addresses many applications of artificial intelligence in robotics, namely AI using visual and motional input. Robotic technology has made significant contributions to daily living, industrial uses, and medicinal applications. Machine learning, in particular, is critical for intelligent robots or unmanned/autonomous systems such as UAVs, UGVs, UUVs, cooperative robots, and so on. Humans are distinguished from animals by capacities such as receiving visual information, adjusting to uncertain circumstances, and making decisions to take action in a complex system. Significant progress has been made in robotics toward human-like intelligence; yet, there are still numerous unresolved issues. Deep learning, reinforcement learning, real-time learning, swarm intelligence, and other developing approaches such as tiny-ML have been developed in recent decades and used in robotics. Artificial intelligence is being integrated into robots in order to develop advanced robotics capable of performing multiple tasks and learning new things with a better perception of the environment, allowing robots to perform critical tasks with human-like vision to detect or recognize various objects. Intelligent robots have been successfully constructed using machine learning and deep learning AI technology. Robotics performance is improving as higher quality, and more precise machine learning processes are used to train computer vision models to recognize different things and carry out operations correctly with the desired outcome. We believe that the increasing demands and challenges offered by real-world robotic applications encourage academic research in both artificial intelligence and robotics. The goal of this book is to bring together scientists, specialists, and engineers from around the world to present and share their most recent research findings and new ideas on artificial intelligence in robotics. .
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    ISBN: 9783031160752
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 847 p. 398 illus., 284 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 544
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: This book is a remarkable collection of chapters covering a wide domain of topics related to artificial intelligence and its applications to the real world. The conference attracted a total of 494 submissions from many academic pioneering researchers, scientists, industrial engineers, and students from all around the world. These submissions underwent a double-blind peer-reviewed process. Of the total submissions, 176 submissions have been selected to be included in these proceedings. It is difficult to imagine how artificial intelligence has become an inseparable part of our life. From mobile phones, smart watches, washing machines to smart homes, smart cars, and smart industries, artificial intelligence has helped to revolutionize the whole globe. As we witness exponential growth of computational intelligence in several directions and use of intelligent systems in everyday applications, this book is an ideal resource for reporting latest innovations and future of AI. Distinguished researchers have made valuable studies to understand the various bottlenecks existing in different arenas and how they can be overcome with the use of intelligent systems. This book also provides new directions and dimensions of future research work. We hope that readers find the volume interesting and valuable.
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    ISBN: 9783031346927
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(xii, 159 p., 12 illus., 3 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023
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    Keywords: Trump, Donald ; America—Politics and government ; International relations ; Political science ; Globalization ; America ; Außenpolitik ; Strategie ; Nationalismus ; Außenwirtschaftspolitik ; Interesse ; Protektionismus ; United States Foreign relations 2017-2021 ; United States Foreign relations 2021- ; United States Politics and government 2017-2021 ; United States Politics and government 2021- ; USA ; Trump, Donald 1946- ; Außenpolitik ; Strategie
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Theorizing Trump: A Critical Political -Economy Approach -- Chapter 3: American Grand Strategy before Trump: The History and Nature of Open-Door Globalism -- Chapter 4: Enter Trump and the Trumpists: A Social Network Analysis of Trump’s Foreign Policy-Makers -- Chapter 5: The Changing Global Context of US Foreign Policy: Great Power Competition and “the China Challenge” -- Chapter 6: The Trumpian Shift: From Open Door Globalism to Economic Nationalism -- Chapter 7: Conclusion: Trump and the Enduring Crisis of the American Power Elite.
    Abstract: “A brilliant, impeccably researched must-read analysis of the shifting tectonic plates of American power.” — Inderjeet Parmar, Professor of International Politics, City University of London, UK This book offers a comprehensive explanatory account of Trump’s foreign policy by assessing its nature, determining the extent to which it broke with the policy of preceding presidencies, and explaining this shift’s genesis. We argue that Trump has succeeded in remaking America’s grand strategy by unmaking its long-standing strategy of what we call Open Door Globalism, a strategy of economic expansionism through the promotion of open markets globally and its institutionalization into a US-led liberal world order. Trump has broken with Open Door Globalism in probably lasting ways by adopting an outlook and strategy of neo mercantilist economic nationalism based upon an ‘America First’ redefinition of US sovereignty and national interests. Explaining this Trumpian shift in US foreign policy we focus on the social sources of Trump’s foreign policy-making elite’s agency, analysing its embeddedness in elite networks and within the changing global and domestic context. The latter, coupled with a crisis of established elite power, also indicates why Biden has not returned to Open Door Globalism but doubled down on aspects of the Trumpian economic nationalist break. Bastiaan van Apeldoorn is Professor of Global Political Economy and Geopoliticsat the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He is the author of several books, edited volumes and articles in journals like International Affairs, European Journal of International Relations, Journal of European Public Policy, New Political Economy, Globalizations and Global Networks. Jaša Veselinovič is a PhD Researcher in Political Science at the Berlin Graduate School for Global and Transregional Studies, SCRIPTS, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. Naná de Graaff is Associate Professor in International Relations at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She is the author of several books, edited volumes and articles in journals like International Affairs, Review of International Political Economy, European Journal of International Relations, and Global Networks. De Graaff chairs the EU-COST China in Europe Research Network.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9783031090622
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VI, 240 p. 144 illus., 125 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Studies in Computational Intelligence 1051
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Operating systems (Computers). ; Artificial intelligence. ; Computational intelligence.
    Abstract: micro-ROS- Lab-scale Smart Factory Implementation Using ROS -- High Fidelity IMU and Wheel Encoder Models for ROS based AGV Simulations -- Autonomous Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy System for Chemical and Mineralogical Designation of Interplanetary.
    Abstract: This book is the seventh volume of the successful book series on Robot Operating System: The Complete Reference, which started in 2016. The book's objective is to provide the reader with comprehensive coverage on the Robot Operating Systems (ROS) and the latest trends and contributed systems. ROS has been considered as the primary development framework for robotics applications. There are seven chapters organized into three parts. Part I presents one chapter dealing with ROS2 and presents a tutorial on using the MediaPipe framework with ROS2. In Part II, three chapters present new contributions of ROS frameworks and applications, including micro-ROS, Autonomous 3D Thermal Mapping of Disaster Environments, and Lab-scale Smart Factory Implementation Using ROS. Part III provides contributions on how to use ROS for cooperative robotics behaviors, particularly in platoon applications, in addition to developing new perception and control algorithms with sensing technologies. This book will be a valuable companion for ROS users and developers to learn more about ROS capabilities and features. .
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    ISBN: 9783031184611
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 937 p. 445 illus., 371 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 559
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: The seventh Future Technologies Conference 2022 was organized in a hybrid mode. It received a total of 511 submissions from learned scholars, academicians, engineers, scientists and students across many countries. The papers included the wide arena of studies like Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Vision, Ambient Intelligence and Security and their jaw- breaking application to the real world. After a double-blind peer review process 177 submissions have been selected to be included in these proceedings. One of the prominent contributions of this conference is the confluence of distinguished researchers who not only enthralled us by their priceless studies but also paved way for future area of research. The papers provide amicable solutions to many vexing problems across diverse fields. They also are a window to the future world which is completely governed by technology and its multiple applications. We hope that the readers find this volume interesting and inspiring and render their enthusiastic support towards it.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 104 p. 37 illus., 36 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics 152
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Cooperating objects (Computer systems).
    Abstract: Introduction to Cloud Robotics -- Offloading Robots’ Processing to the Cloud -- Connectivity for Mobile Robots -- Cloud-Robot Communication -- A Common Methodology for Cloud Robotics Experimentation -- Conclusions and Future Directions.
    Abstract: This book explores cloud robotics by casting a light on key issues and proposing a novel approach towards implementation and practical aspects to allow for the widespread adoption of cloud-based functionality. The advent of cloud robotics can to unleash a new generation of smart robotic devices by allowing robots to explore cloud computing capabilities to share data and to offload heavy processing applications. Cloud robotics is investigated as an enabler to a series of applications and devices, questioning how the insertion of network and cloud technologies into such systems might affect the interaction between a robot and the human operating it, and what are the limiting requirements for cloud-based solutions. Aiming at researchers and practitioners, this book also presents a methodology based on open-source software and commercial off-the-shelf devices to provide a common standard for reproducing and benchmarking different cloud robotics systems.
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    ISBN: 9783031216060
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 157 p. 18 illus., 16 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Intelligent Systems Reference Library 235
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: Why AI does not include gender in its agenda? The role of gender in AI, both as part of the community of agents creating such technologies, as well as part of the contents processed by such technologies is, by far, conflictive. Women have been, again, obliterated by this fundamental revolution of our century. Highly innovative and the first step in a series of future studies in this field, this book covers several voices, topics, and perspectives that allow the reader to understand the necessity to include into the AI research agenda such points of view and also to attract more women to this field. The multi-disciplinarity of the contributors, which uses plain language to show the current situation in this field, is a fundamental aspect of the value of this book. Any reader with a genuine interest in the present and future of AI should read it.
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    ISBN: 9783031169410
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 246 p. 32 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control 451
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    Abstract: Basic Concepts of Decision Theory -- Individual and Collective Decisions -- Group Ordering of Multi-Attribute Objects. .
    Abstract: This book describes an original approach to solving tasks of individual and collective choice: classification, ranking, and selection of multi-attribute objects. Object representation with multisets allows considering simultaneously numerical and symbolic variables. In group verbal decision analysis, judgments of all participants are taken into account without a compromise between contradictory. Natural language is used to describe problems and objects, formalize knowledge of experts and preferences of decision makers, and explain results. Verbal methods and technologies are more transparent, less laborious for a person, and weakly sensitive to measurement errors. The book also includes examples of applying new tools in real ill-structured high-dimensional choice tasks. It is intended for researchers, managers, consultants, analysts, and developers as well as for teachers and students of applied mathematics, computer science, information processing, engineering, economics, and management.
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    ISBN: 9783031193545
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVI, 199 p. 72 illus., 70 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Advances in Industrial Control
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Offshore structures. ; System theory. ; Control theory.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. AUV Modelling -- 3. Receding Horizon Optimization for Integrated Path Planning and Tracking Control of an AUV -- 4. Lyapunov-Based Model Predictive Control for Dynamic Positioning and Trajectory Tracking Control of an AUV -- 5. Multi-Objective Model Predictive Control for Path Following Control of an AUV -- 6. Efficient Implementation Algorithms for NMPC Trajectory Tracking Control of an AUV -- 7. Distributed Lyapunov-based Model Predictive Formation Tracking Control for AUVs Subject to Disturbances -- 8. Conclusions and Future Work.
    Abstract: This book provides a comprehensive overview of marine control system design related to underwater robotics applications. In particular, it presents novel optimization-based model predictive control strategies to solve control problems appearing in autonomous underwater vehicle applications. These novel approaches bring unique features, such as constraint handling, prioritization between multiple design objectives, optimal control performance, and robustness against disturbances and uncertainties, into the control system design. They therefore form a more general framework to design marine control systems and can be widely applied. Advanced Model Predictive Control for Autonomous Marine Vehicles balances theoretical rigor – providing thorough analysis and developing provably-correct design conditions – and application perspectives – addressing practical system constraints and implementation issues. Starting with a fixed-point positioning problem for a single vehicle and progressing to the trajectory-tracking and path-following problem of the vehicle, and then to the coordination control of a large-scale multi-robot team, this book addresses the motion control problems, increasing their level of challenge step-by-step. At each step, related subproblems such as path planning, thrust allocation, collision avoidance, and time constraints for real-time implementation are also discussed with solutions. In each chapter of this book, compact and illustrative examples are provided to demonstrate the design and implementation procedures. As a result, this book is useful for both theoretical study and practical engineering design, and the tools provided in the book are readily applicable for real-world implementation.
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    ISBN: 9783031072628
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIV, 819 p. 651 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 3rd ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics 147
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Computer vision. ; Signal processing. ; Cognitive psychology. ; Robotik ; Künstliche Intelligenz
    Abstract: Introduction.-Foundations: Representing Position and Orientation -- Time and Motion -- Mobile Robotics: Mobile Robot Vehicles -- Navigation -- Localization and Mapping -- Robot Manipulators: Robot Arm Kinematics -- Manipulator Velocity -- Dynamics and Control -- Computer Vision: Light and Color -- Images and Image Processing,- Image Feature Extraction,- Image Formation -- Using Multiple Images -- Installing the Toolboxes -- Linear Algebra -- Geometry -- Lie Groups and Algebras.
    Abstract: This textbook provides a comprehensive, but tutorial, introduction to robotics, computer vision, and control. It is written in a light but informative conversational style, weaving text, figures, mathematics, and lines of code into a cohesive narrative. Over 1600 code examples show how complex problems can be decomposed and solved using just a few simple lines of code. This edition is based on MATLAB® and a number of MathWorks® toolboxes. These provide a set of supported software tools for addressing a broad range of applications in robotics and computer vision. These toolboxes enable the reader to easily bring the algorithmic concepts into practice and work with real, non-trivial, problems. For the beginning student, the book makes the algorithms accessible, the toolbox code can be read to gain understanding, and the examples illustrate how it can be used. The code can also be the starting point for new work, for practitioners, students, or researchers, by writing programs based on toolbox functions. Two co-authors from MathWorks have joined the writing team and bring deep knowledge of these MATLAB toolboxes and workflows.
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    ISBN: 9783030780838
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 500 p. 248 illus., 180 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 250
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    Keywords: Environmental sciences—Social aspects. ; Computational intelligence. ; Economic development. ; Control engineering. ; Environmental sciences
    Abstract: The Comfort Potential and Development Prospects of Cities in the Steppe Zone of Russia Using the Index Method -- Water Resources of Transboundary Rivers in the Steppe Zone under Modern Hydroclimatic Conditions -- Ecological-economical Security in the Steppe Regions of Russia -- Developing Institutional Support for Rational Steppe Land Use -- The Role of Late Pleistocene Permafrost Processes in the Formation of Thufurs in the Southern Cis-Urals Steppe -- Natural Fires in the Steppe Regions of Russia: Causing Factors and Detection Experience -- Dynamics of Erosion Processes in Steppe Landscapes Caused by Agricultural and Oil Production -- Challenges in Developing Ecological and Economic Areas in the Mountainous Region of the Greater Altai, Russia -- The Integrated Regulation of a Cyber-Physical System -- The Resource Availability and Resource Dependence of Yakutia, a Russian Economic region. .
    Abstract: This book is a unique collection of advanced research on natural, human-made, and coupled human–natural systems. The contributors analyze the current state of knowledge, address methodological challenges, and explore engaging cases. The chapters demonstrate the balanced disciplinary strength and discuss interdisciplinary perspectives. The authors undertake a holistic and spatially integrative analysis to understand the sustainability of environmental, economic, and social systems, emphasizing the coupled nature of such systems. In particular, the chapters explore biodiversity conservation and natural resources, the sustainability of natural and human-altered ecosystems, sustainability–vulnerability issues in coupled human–natural systems, mechanisms to foster sustainable environmental practices, eventually accumulating sustainability research and practice in various fields. More than that, the challenges of educational and economic systems are studied closely. The authors rely on unique data, develop regional and local knowledge, and explore global trends at local scales. A separate focus is devoted to human health and well-being. The book has seven sections: (1) Advances in Natural and Coupled Human–Natural Systems Research; (2) Economic Systems in the Age of Digital Changes and Unstable Environments; (3) Sustainable Social Systems, Migration Flows, and Social Cohesion; (4) Taking Action for Greater Security and Effective Partnerships for Sustainable Development; (5) Systemic Challenges and Changes in Education Systems in Russia and Around the Globe; (6) Advances in Cultural Traditions and Innovation, Development Barriers, and Social Stability; (7) Human Health and Well-being: Taking Action for Sustainable Development. Written by scholars and practitioners from multiple fields of knowledge, the book is designed for a broader audience interested in the following research areas: systems research and thinking, sustainability research and thinking, system dynamics, management of complexity, decision analysis, organization theory, governance, natural resources, environmental studies, economic development, social policies, cleaner production, innovation, cultural studies, and sustainable practices.
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    ISBN: 9783031229381
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 712 p. 299 illus., 173 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control 457
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Semantic Modeling of Predicate Calculus Based on N-Tuple Algebra -- Chapter 2: Method of Iterative-Order Optimization of Multicriteria Problems Using the Local Importance of Criteria -- Chapter 3: Neural Network Representation for Ordinary Differential Equations -- Chapter 4: Modeling Situations in Spatial Analysis.
    Abstract: This book is based on the accepted research papers presented in the International Conference "Artificial Intelligence in Engineering & Science" (AIES-2022). The aim of the AIES Conference is to bring together researchers involved in the theory of computational intelligence, knowledge engineering, fuzzy systems, soft computing, machine learning and related areas and applications in engineering, bioinformatics, industry, medicine, energy, smart city, social spheres and other areas. This book presents new perspective research results: models, methods, algorithms and applications in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Particular emphasis is given to the medical applications - medical images recognition, development of the expert systems which could be interesting for the AI researchers as well for the physicians looking for the new ideas in medicine. The central audience of the book are researchers, industrial practitioners, students specialized in the Artificial Intelligence.
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    ISBN: 9783031253003
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXVII, 157 p. 5 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications
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    Keywords: Middle East—Politics and government. ; Security, International. ; Terrorism. ; Political violence. ; Middle East ; Sicherheitspolitik ; Bedrohungsvorstellung ; Securitization ; Entscheidungsprozess ; Internationale Politik ; Politische Kommunikation ; Akzeptanz ; Theorie ; Nahostkonflikt ; Israel ; USA
    Abstract: 1. An Archeology of Knowledge on Securitization and the Middle East -- 2. Securitization and the Audience Component: Reconceptualising and Operationalising the Concept -- 3. The Six Day War -- 4. The Oslo Accords 1993-1995 -- 5. Operation "Defensive Shield" -- 6. Operation "Outside the Box" -- 7. Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book is the first comprehensive, book-length analysis of Israel and securitization processes. It develops an original analytical framework to ameliorate the theoretical understanding of the audience component during the securitization process, drawing upon insights from both securitization theory, political psychology, and IR theory. This gives us significant new insights into why some audiences are essential to be persuaded for securitization to occur, while others are not. This book also examines the role of the United States in defining what matters in Israeli National Security. In essence, since the United States is Israel's most significant ally, it is essential for the Israeli leadership to gain the American government's support (or its lack of resistance) for almost any securitization acts. The book analyses a highly original set of interviews with prominent figures in Israel who were at the top level of the Israeli decision-making process, including members of the political and military echelons. "Through unparalleled access to Israel's political and security echelons, Israel: National Security and Securitization provides a unique overview of Israel’s decision-maker's political perception over the years". Ehud Olmert, Prime Minister of Israel 2006-2009 "Israel: National Security and Securitization provides a powerful analysis of how the State of Israel confronted security threats, and what was the American involvement in the Israeli decision-making process". Amos Yadlin, IDF Military Intelligence Directorate Chief 2006-2010 "This book makes us understand securitization in a novel and enlightening way, thus making a substantial contribution to our understanding of national security in general and Israeli security in particular". Gabriel Ben-Dor, University of Haifa "Wertman and Kaunert's book makes an important and unique contribution to the existing and developing literature on securitization". Kobi Michael, Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)- Tel Aviv University.
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    ISBN: 9783031283949
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVI, 310 p. 114 illus., 110 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Advances in Industrial Control
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    Keywords: Engineering—Data processing. ; Control engineering. ; Computational intelligence. ; Production engineering. ; Engineering mathematics. ; Industrial engineering. ; System theory. ; Engineering
    Abstract: 1. Background on Reinforcement Learning and Optimal Control -- 2. H-infinity Control Using Reinforcement Learning -- 3. Robust Tracking Control and Output Regulation -- 4. Interleaved Robust Reinforcement Learning -- 5. Optimal Networked Controller and Observer Design -- 6. Interleaved Q-Learning -- 7. Off-Policy Game Reinforcement Learning -- 8. Game Reinforcement Learning for Process Industries.
    Abstract: This book offers a thorough introduction to the basics and scientific and technological innovations involved in the modern study of reinforcement-learning-based feedback control. The authors address a wide variety of systems including work on nonlinear, networked, multi-agent and multi-player systems. A concise description of classical reinforcement learning (RL), the basics of optimal control with dynamic programming and network control architectures, and a brief introduction to typical algorithms build the foundation for the remainder of the book. Extensive research on data-driven robust control for nonlinear systems with unknown dynamics and multi-player systems follows. Data-driven optimal control of networked single- and multi-player systems leads readers into the development of novel RL algorithms with increased learning efficiency. The book concludes with a treatment of how these RL algorithms can achieve optimal synchronization policies for multi-agent systems with unknown model parameters and how game RL can solve problems of optimal operation in various process industries. Illustrative numerical examples and complex process control applications emphasize the realistic usefulness of the algorithms discussed. The combination of practical algorithms, theoretical analysis and comprehensive examples presented in Reinforcement Learning will interest researchers and practitioners studying or using optimal and adaptive control, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and operations research, whether advancing the theory or applying it in mineral-process, chemical-process, power-supply or other industries.
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    ISBN: 9783031299124
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVI, 11 p. 28 illus., 19 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Middle East—Politics and government. ; International relations. ; Middle East ; Internationale Politik ; Außenpolitik ; Krieg ; Kriegsfolge ; Terrorismus ; Bekämpfung ; Staat ; Innenpolitik ; Politischer Wandel ; Gesellschaft ; Entwicklung ; Failed State ; Begrenzte Staatlichkeit ; USA ; Naher Osten ; Mittlerer Osten ; Nordafrika
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part I – War, Expanding Chaos & Failed State-Building Across the Middle East -- Chapter 2. Afghanistan since 2001: US Geostrategic Ambitions, a Failed State, and the Return of the Taliban -- Chapter 3. Iraq 2003-2007, Geopolitics of an Imperial Democratization -- Chapter 4. Rebel Governance of Oil: The Case of the Houthis in Yemen -- Chapter 5. Wars on Terror in Arab Oil Lands, Russian Interventions, and Chinese Energy Policies: The Case of Northern Iraq and Syria -- Part II – Indirect Consequences of the War on Terror and Legacy -- Chapter 6. Political Instabilities and large-scale migrations in the MENA region: Libyan, Syrian, and Yemeni cases in regional perspective -- Chapter 7. Overcoming Jihadism in Arabia: Tight Counter-Terrorism Policies in the Gulf Monarchies -- Chapter 8. Trump and Netanyahu’s Failed Palestine Sell-out: ‘A hate plan, not a peace plan’ -- Chapter 9. Natural Gas and Regional Energy Dis-integration in the Middle East -- Chapter 10. Conclusions. .
    Abstract: “A unique book analyzing with depth and breadth why and how the so-called ‘War on Terror’ has had for more than two decades a dramatic impact on the broad Middle East region, contributing to the effective rise of China and Russia in this part of the world. (…)” — Prof. Cristina D’Alessandro, Centre on Governance at the University of Ottawa, Canada. “An important contribution to research on U.S. policy in the Middle East. (…)” —Dr. Farkhad AliMukhamedov, Sciences Po, France. “A new indispensable addition for every library featuring Middle Eastern studies. (…)” —Dr. Ignacio Rullansky, National University of San Martin, Argentina. After two decades of War on Terror, it is particularly important, for both academic and policy purposes, to clearly understand why the US formidable mobilization of means and might has transformed into a such a blatant geostrategic defeat of the US and its allies in the broad Middle East. This is all the more paradoxical that the WOT achieved a series of tactical victories – such as the toppling of hostile regimes in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya; the crippling of the national economies of enemy states by sanctions; the successful targeted killing of lead terrorist Usama Bin Laden, ISIS cult leaders Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi and his successor, etc. So, why have these tactical victories not led to what was supposed to become, according to the US government, a ‘Greater Middle East’? With most authors being from or living in the Middle East, this book is unique as it brings perspectives and answers from the region. This is crucially important as we are entering, we argue, the era of a Post-American Middle East. Chapters 1 and 10 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com Prof. Laurent A. Lambert teaches energy policy and geopolitics, as well as climate change diplomacy and hydropolitics at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies and previously taught at Sciences Po Paris and Qatar University. Prof. Moosa Elayah specializes in Conflict Studies, Peacebuilding, and International Development. He has pioneered teaching and research in governance, community-based initiatives, alternative and cooperative services delivery during conflicts in Yemen and beyond.
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    ISBN: 9783031376122
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 294 p. 7 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Global Foreign Policy Studies
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Herrschaftssystem ; Internationales politisches System ; Bipolarität ; Internationale Politik ; Geopolitik ; USA ; China ; Erde
    Abstract: 1. Introduction: Rethinking and Reframing the Great Power Rivalry -- 2. US-China Relations: From Engagement to Competition -- 3. South Asia in U.S.-China Great Power Competition -- 4. The Material and Ideational Forces Behind Japan’s Shifting Identity in the Face of the China-US Rivalry -- 5. From Hedging to Balancing: Australia’s China Policy and Implications for US-China Rivalry -- 6. The Kingmaker’s Conundrum: South Korea Navigating the Sino-US Peer Competition -- 7. ASEAN’s Agency amid U.S.-China Rivalry: Small-State Hedging across the Twin Chessboards -- 8. Last Among Unequals: Russia and the Contemporary Great Power Rivalry -- 9. New Europe on the New Silk Road: Central, East and Southeast Europe amid US-China Rivalry -- 10. The EU's Strategic Readjustment and its Impact on US-China Relations -- 11. Never Going to Let You Go: The Middle East, Great Power Competition, and the Rise of China -- 12. Stoking the US-China Rivalry: Zimbabwe and the Internationalization of its Anti-Sanctions Agenda -- 13. Latin America’s Role in the Great Power Competition -- 14. Managing the Sino-American Arctic Rivalry -- 15. Conclusion. .
    Abstract: Great power competition is back on the world stage, and today’s international system is home to regional influences on great power relations that cannot be ignored. The United States’ unipolar moment is long over, and China’s hegemonic ambitions find expression in a comprehensive global competition with the US that plays out across multiple spheres of world politics. The US-China rivalry can be felt in geostrategic, economic, governance, diplomacy, intelligence, and technological spheres, to name a few. Most accounts of China-US relations in the context of great power conflict emphasize the many ways in which this rivalry has a ripple effect across the globe, with an impact upon the relations and interests of smaller powers. And while these effects are considerable and important, this book contends that attention must also be paid to the ways in which smaller, regional states have the potential to shape this great power rivalry. Put simply, great powers both shape, and are shaped by, smaller states. Any understanding of contemporary great power relations between the US and China requires both a top down, but also a bottom up consideration of the interplay between great powers and regional ones. Often the interests of regional powers are rooted in domestic considerations such as their identities and national interests, and these influences transcend borders and often have an impact upon the great powers. This book considers these smaller, regional actors and attempts to measure the extent to which they influence the US-China rivalry. For this study, constructivist theory, which prioritizes the agency that regional powers enjoy, is loosely used as a tool to enable a more robust and comprehensive understanding of the influences on the contemporary great power relationship. Each of the book’s chapters represents a region, or part of a region, that enjoys a considerable impact upon US-China relations. Kari Roberts is Associate Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Department of Economics, Justice, and Policy Studies at Mount Royal University (MRU). She is also a Coordinator of the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN). Saira Bano is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy, History, and Politics at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) in Kamloops, British Columbia. Her research focuses on the nuclear non-proliferation regime, nuclear weapons issues in South Asia and IR theories.
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    ISBN: 9783031394935
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(IX, 105 p. 16 illus., 8 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: The Evolving American Presidency
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    Keywords: America ; Executive power. ; Communication in politics. ; Political leadership. ; Außenpolitik ; Ausnahmezustand ; Regierungschef ; Vollziehende Gewalt ; Information ; Kommunikation ; Kommunikationspolitik ; Informationspolitik ; Sanktion ; USA
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Presidential Rhetoric and US Foreign Policy -- Chapter 2: Presidential Powers and National Emergencies -- Chapter 3: Presidential Rhetoric and National Emergencies -- Chapter 4: Sanction Rhetoric and Sanction Activities -- Chapter 5: Tough Talk in US Foreign Policy.
    Abstract: This book examines how presidents utilize their emergency powers, as well as factors that influence presidential rhetoric in U.S. foreign policy and declarations of national emergencies. Although scholars have examined presidential rhetoric and the influence it has on various policy arenas, this project is the first to take a text analytic approach to assess the nature of presidential rhetoric in the area of U.S. foreign policy and declarations of national emergencies. Broadly, Ouyang and Morgan seek to understand (1) how presidents exercise their authority to declare national emergencies and (2) how presidential rhetoric associated with each declaration of national emergencies changes over time. They begin by providing an overview of the development of presidential emergency powers. Then, they analyze the nature of presidential rhetoric in the context of U.S. foreign policy and national emergencies. Finally, they assess the strategic use of rhetoric in national emergency declarations and evaluate how this influences the implementation of economic sanctions stemming from these policies. In addressing these questions, this book helps to advance our understanding of U.S. foreign policy generally, national emergencies specifically, as well as the impact of presidential rhetoric on the policy selection and execution. Yu Ouyang is Associate Professor of Political Science at Purdue University Northwest, USA. He received his undergraduate degree from Valdosta State University and his PhD from the University of Kentucky. His research on U.S. executive politics and quantitative methods has appeared in Congress & the Presidency, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Public Administration Review, and Social Science Quarterly. His recent book examines Donald Trump’s use of Twitter: Trump, Twitter, and the American Democracy: Political Communication in the Digital Age. Michael A. Morgan is Associate Professor of Political Science at Marietta College, USA. He received his undergraduate degree from Marietta College and his MA and PhD from the University of Kentucky. His research focuses primarily on American foreign policy and international security. He has had work published in Presidential Studies Quarterly and Contemporary Cases in U.S. Foreign Policy.
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    ISBN: 9783030821999
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 887 p. 483 illus., 405 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 296
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Mechatronics. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: This book presents Proceedings of the 2021 Intelligent Systems Conference which is a remarkable collection of chapters covering a wider range of topics in areas of intelligent systems and artificial intelligence and their applications to the real world. The conference attracted a total of 496 submissions from many academic pioneering researchers, scientists, industrial engineers, and students from all around the world. These submissions underwent a double-blind peer-review process. Of the total submissions, 180 submissions have been selected to be included in these proceedings. As we witness exponential growth of computational intelligence in several directions and use of intelligent systems in everyday applications, this book is an ideal resource for reporting latest innovations and future of AI. The chapters include theory and application on all aspects of artificial intelligence, from classical to intelligent scope. We hope that readers find the book interesting and valuable; it provides the state-of-the-art intelligent methods and techniques for solving real-world problems along with a vision of the future research. .
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    ISBN: 9783030714468
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 216 p. 84 illus., 64 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control 364
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; System theory. ; Electronic circuits.
    Abstract: On the stability of Caputo fractional-order systems: A survey -- State estimation for Fractional-order systems -- Design of Robust Fractional Predictive Control for a Class of Uncertain Fractional Order Systems -- Pricing European and American Options under Fractional Model.
    Abstract: This book aims to bring together the latest innovative knowledge, analysis, and synthesis of fractional control problems of nonlinear systems as well as some related applications. Fractional order systems (FOS) are dynamical systems that can be modelled by a fractional differential equation carried with a non-integer derivative. In the last few decades, the growth of science and engineering systems has considerably stimulated the employment of fractional calculus in many subjects of control theory, for example, in stability, stabilization, controllability, observability, observer design, and fault estimation. The application of control theory in FOS is an important issue in many engineering applications. So, to accurately describe these systems, the fractional order differential equations have been introduced.
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    ISBN: 9783030876753
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(IX, 386 p. 106 illus., 68 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control 399
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state. ; Energy systems.
    Abstract: On Applicability of Model Checking Technique in Power Systems and Electric Power Industry -- Method of Regulating the Operating Modes of Main Electrical Systems in Terms of Voltage and Reactive Power -- Creation of High-Speed Methods for Solving Mathematical Models of Inverse Problems of Heat Power Engineering -- Mathematical Model of Optimal Support of Thermal Energy with Coal Products Taking into Account Environmental Constraints -- Modelling the Impact of Energy-saving Technological Changes on the Market Capitalization of Companies -- Mathematical Approaches to Forecasting and Researching the Technical State of Cylindrical Shells of Energy Objects’ Elements Based on Vibration Monitoring Systems.
    Abstract: This book describes new energy saving methods and technologies for heat power engineering. The book is devoted to topical issues of energy and related industries. Leading Ukrainian scientists from both scientific institutes and educational universities took part in its creation. The research results are presented in 6 parts: electrical engineering, heat power engineering, nuclear power engineering, fossil fuels, cybersecurity and computer science, environmental safety. Results of regulating of operating modes and applicability of model checking technique in power systems are showed. Separate block of questions regarding the functioning of nuclear power plants, their waste and preventive measures of protection against negative effects on living organisms (including, for example, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant) is considered. The results of the peculiarities of the extraction, purification and use of fossil fuels are presented. In some chapters, presented the results on improving the cybersecurity of energy systems and its resilience to various threats, including the use of 5G technology. Traditionally for this series, issues of ecological safety, the impact of different energy systems on the environment and its protection are considered. A book is for researchers, engineers, as well as lecturers and postgraduates of higher education institutions dealing with energy sector, power systems, ecological safety, etc.
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    ISBN: 9783030821968
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 845 p. 355 illus., 259 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 295
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Mechatronics. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: Zero-Touch Customer Order Fulfillment to Support the New Normal of Retail in the 21st Century -- VitrAI: Applying Explainable AI in the Real World -- Contactless Interface for Navigation in Medical Imaging Systems -- Mobile Apps for 3D Face Scanning -- Tabu Search for Locating-Routing in the Goods Delivery and Waste Pickup in Trujillo-Peru -- The Emergence of Hybrid Edge-Cloud Computing for Energy Efficiency in Buildings -- Particle Swarm Model for Predicting Student Performance in Computing Programs -- A Genetic Algorithm for Quantum Circuit Generation in OpenQASM -- An Improved Clustering-based Harmony Search Algorithm (IC-HS) -- Supporting Financial Inclusion with Graph Machine Learning and Super-App Alternative Data -- Electromagnetism-Like Algorithm and Harmony Search for Chemical Kinetics Problem -- Learning Incorrect Verdict Patterns of the Established Face Recognizing CNN Models using Meta-Learning Supervisor ANN -- SmartData: An Intelligent Decision Support System to Predict the Readers Permanence in News -- High Capacity Data Hiding for AMBTC Decompressed Images using Pixel Modification and Difference Expansion -- Fraud Detection in Online Market Research.
    Abstract: This book presents Proceedings of the 2021 Intelligent Systems Conference which is a remarkable collection of chapters covering a wider range of topics in areas of intelligent systems and artificial intelligence and their applications to the real world. The conference attracted a total of 496 submissions from many academic pioneering researchers, scientists, industrial engineers, and students from all around the world. These submissions underwent a double-blind peer-review process. Of the total submissions, 180 submissions have been selected to be included in these proceedings. As we witness exponential growth of computational intelligence in several directions and use of intelligent systems in everyday applications, this book is an ideal resource for reporting latest innovations and future of AI. The chapters include theory and application on all aspects of artificial intelligence, from classical to intelligent scope. We hope that readers find the book interesting and valuable; it provides the state-of-the-art intelligent methods and techniques for solving real-world problems along with a vision of the future research. .
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    ISBN: 9783030812140
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXI, 313 p. 81 illus., 8 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control 385
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Robotics. ; Mechatronics.
    Abstract: Introduction -- Stabilization Synthesis of T-S Fuzzy Delayed Systems -- Output Feedback Control of Fuzzy Stochastic Systems -- Output Feedback Control of Fuzzy Switching Systems -- Dissipative Filtering of Fuzzy Switched Systems -- Fault Detection for Switched Stochastic Systems -- Reliable Filtering for T-S Fuzzy Time-Delay Systems -- Reduced-Order Model Approximation of Switched Systems -- Model Reduction of Time-Varying Delay Fuzzy Systems -- Model Approximation of Fuzzy Switched Systems -- Reduced-Order Filter Design of Fuzzy Stochastic Systems -- Dissipative Event-Triggered Fuzzy Control of Truck-Trailer Systems -- Event-Triggered Fuzzy Control of Inverted Pendulum Systems -- Conclusion and Further Work.
    Abstract: This book aims to introduce the state-of-the-art research of stability/performance analysis and optimal synthesis methods for fuzzy-model-based systems. A series of problems are solved with new approaches of design, analysis and synthesis of fuzzy systems, including stabilization control and stability analysis, dynamic output feedback control, fault detection filter design, and reduced-order model approximation. Some efficient techniques, such as Lyapunov stability theory, linear matrix inequality, reciprocally convex approach, and cone complementary linearization method, are utilized in the approaches. This book is a comprehensive reference for researchers and practitioners working on intelligent control, model reduction, and fault detection of fuzzy systems, and is also a useful source of information for senior undergraduates and graduates in these areas. The readers will benefit from some new concepts and methodologies with theoretical and practical significance in system analysis and control synthesis.
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    ISBN: 9783030899721
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 397 p. 131 illus., 46 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control 402
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Mechatronics. ; Computational intelligence.
    Abstract: Fractional Dynamical Systems: State-of-the-Art -- Fractional Dynamical Systems: Mathematical Introduction -- Mixed Logical Dynamical Modeling of Discrete-time Hybrid Fractional Systems -- Fractional Variable-Order Derivative and Difference Operators and Their Applications to Dynamical Systems Modelling -- Asymptotic Behavior of Discrete Fractional Systems -- Fractional Variable-Order Linear System State-State Description Transformations -- Balanced Truncation Model Reduction in Approximation of Nabla Difference-based Discrete-time Fractional-order Systems -- State Feedback Law for Discerte-time Nonlonear Fractional Systems -- Some Specific Properties of Positive Standard and Fractional Interval Systems -- Global Stability of Nonlinear Fractional Dynamical Systems -- Controllability and Minimum Energy Control of Linear Fractional Systems -- Selected Engineering Applications of Fractional-Order Calculus -- Fractional Order State Space Models of One-dimensional Heat Transfer Process.
    Abstract: This book presents a wide and comprehensive spectrum of issues and problems related to fractional-order dynamical systems. It is meant to be a full-fledge, comprehensive presentation of many aspects related to the broadly perceived fractional-order dynamical systems which constitute an extension of the traditional integer-order-type descriptions. This implies far-reaching consequences, both analytic and algorithmic, because—in general—properties of the traditional integer-order systems cannot be directly extended by a straightforward generalization to fractional-order systems, modeled by fractional-order differential equations involving derivatives of an non-integer order. This can be useful for describing and analyzing, for instance, anomalies in the behavior of various systems, chaotic behavior, etc. The book contains both analytic contributions with state-of-the-art and theoretical foundations, algorithmic implementation of tools and techniques, and—finally—some examples of relevant and successful practical applications.
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    ISBN: 9783030883645
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 153 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Steward, Dwight Economic losses and mitigation after an employment termination
    Keywords: Kündigung ; Kündigungsschutz ; Qualifikation ; Arbeitsuche ; USA ; Law and economics. ; Labor economics. ; Population—Economic aspects. ; Civil law. ; Entlassung ; Kündigungsschutz ; Kündigungsschutzklage
    Abstract: 1. Employment Economic Damage Models Overview -- 2. Plaintiff's Job Search Activities Post-Employment Termination -- 3. Labor Market Analysis and Mitigation following Termination -- 4. Valuation Concepts for Back and Front Pay Losses -- 5. Labor Market and Job Search Research Review -- 6. Valuation of Stock Based Employee Compensation -- 7. Document Requests for Back and Front Pay Analyses -- 8. Case Study Set 1: Highly Skilled Individuals -- 9. Case Study Set 2: Less Skilled Individuals -- 10. Case Study Set 3: Public Sector Employees -- 11. Case Study Set 4: Highly Educated Individuals -- 12. Case Study Set 5: Managers and Executives -- 13. Case Study Set 6: Defamation and Damage to Reputation -- 14. Labor Market Data Sources.
    Abstract: This Palgrave Pivot provides a conceptual and practical discussion of the factors that comprise a standard economic damage model in an employment termination case. This book discusses the economic factors and assumptions that comprise an economic damages model in an employment termination case. It also provides a discussion of the valuation of employee fringe benefits and employee stock option valuations. Background on the concept of discounting and discussions of the required information in employment cases are also provided. Readers are able to see the analysis in action, with case studies revolving around highly skilled individuals, less skilled individuals, public sector employees, highly educated individuals, managers and executives, and defamation and damage to reputation.
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    ISBN: 9783030983437
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VIII, 187 p. 60 illus., 36 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control 432
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Computational intelligence. ; Machine learning.
    Abstract: Introduction and Overview: Structural Control and Tuned Mass Dampers -- Robust design of different tuned mass damper techniques to mitigate wind-induced vibrations under uncertain conditions -- Machine Learning-Based Model for Optimum Design of TMDs by Using Artificial Neural Networks.
    Abstract: This book is a timely book to summarize the latest developments in the optimization of tuned mass dampers covering all classical approaches and new trends including metaheuristic algorithms. Also, artificial intelligence and machine learning methods are included to predict optimum results by skipping long optimization processes. Another difference and advantage of the book are to provide chapters about several types of control types including passive tuned mass dampers, active tuned mass dampers, tuned liquid dampers, tuned liquid column dampers and inerter dampers. Tuned mass dampers (TMDs) are vibration absorber devices used in all types of mechanic systems. The key factor in the design is an effective tuning of TMDs for the desired performance. In practice, several high-rise structures and bridges were designed by including TMDs. Also, TMDs were installed after the construction of the structures after several negative experiences resulting from the disturbing sway of the structures. In optimum design, several closed-form expressions have been proposed for optimum frequency and damping ratio of TMDs, but the exact optimization requires iterative optimization approaches. The current trend is to use evolutionary algorithms and metaheuristic optimization methods to reach the goal. .
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    ISBN: 9783030932206
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXVII, 826 p. 362 illus., 361 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 3rd ed. 2022.
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    Keywords: Robotics. ; Control engineering. ; Automation. ; Mechatronics. ; System theory. ; Control theory. ; Mechanical engineering.
    Abstract: Introduction -- Kinematics -- Rotation Kinematics -- Orientation Kinematics -- Motion Kinematics -- Forward Kinematics -- Inverse Kinematics -- Angular Velocity -- Velocity Kinematics -- Numerical Methods in Kinematics -- Dynamics -- Acceleration Kinematics -- Motion Dynamics -- Robot Dynamics -- Control -- Path Planning -- F Time Optimal Control -- Control Techniques -- Appendix A: Global Frame Triple Rotation -- Appendix B: Local Frame Triple Rotation -- Appendix C: Principal Central Screws Triple Combination. Appendix D: Trigonometric Formula.
    Abstract: Theory of Applied Robotics: Kinematics, Dynamics, and Control presents detailed robotics concepts at a theoretical-practical level, concentrating on their practical use. Related theorems and formal proofs are provided, as are real-life applications. This new edition is completely revised, and includes updated and expanded example sets and problems and new materials. This textbook is designed for undergraduate or first-year graduate programs in mechanical, systems, and industrial engineering. Practicing engineers, researchers, and related professionals will appreciate the book’s user-friendly presentation of a wealth of robotics topics, most notably in 3D kinematics and dynamics of manipulator robots. Provides practical examples to clarify all aspects of theories; Presents materials in a "fact-reason-application" method; Optimization of minimum time robot motion is a unique feature of this book.
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    ISBN: 9783030915810
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 360 p. 145 illus., 70 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Studies in Computational Intelligence 1008
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Machine learning. ; Control engineering. ; Biomedical engineering.
    Abstract: This book describes new theories and applications of artificial neural networks, with a special focus on answering questions in neuroscience, biology and biophysics and cognitive research. It covers a wide range of methods and technologies, including deep neural networks, large scale neural models, brain computer interface, signal processing methods, as well as models of perception, studies on emotion recognition, self-organization and many more. The book includes both selected and invited papers presented at the XXIII International Conference on Neuroinformatics, held on October 18-22, 2021, Moscow, Russia.
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    ISBN: 9783030899066
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 1009 p. 397 illus., 326 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 358
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Mechatronics. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: Augmented Reality: Reflections at Thirty Years -- Design a Mobile Augmented Reality System to Facilitate Users’ Companionship Needs -- Symbiont AI and Embodied Symbiotic Learning -- A New Matrix Model for Human-AI Integration -- Which Intelligence for Human-machine Dialogue Systems? -- Threat Analysis of 5G Technology within IIoT Sensors -- Validation of AlertMeter® Mobile Phone Fatigue Assessment Device.
    Abstract: This book covers a wide range of important topics including but not limited to Technology Trends, Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Vision, Communication, Security, e-Learning, and Ambient Intelligence and their applications to the real world. The sixth Future Technologies Conference 2021 was organized virtually and received a total of 531 submissions from academic pioneering researchers, scientists, industrial engineers, and students from all over the world.. After a double-blind peer review process, 191 submissions have been selected to be included in these proceedings. One of the meaningful and valuable dimensions of this conference is the way it brings together a large group of technology geniuses in one venue to not only present breakthrough research in future technologies, but also to promote discussions and debate of relevant issues, challenges, opportunities and research findings. We hope that readers find the book interesting, exciting, and inspiring; it provides the state-of-the-art intelligent methods and techniques for solving real-world problems along with a vision of the future research.
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    ISBN: 9783030859800
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 374 p. 180 illus., 158 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 798
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Computational complexity. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; System theory.
    Abstract: A General Overview of Robot Manipulators -- Position, Orientation and Velocity of Rigid Robot Manipulators -- Dynamics of Rigid Robot Manipulators -- Mathematical Background -- Common Control Approaches for Robot Manipulators.
    Abstract: This book offers a unique compendium of the authors´ own research on the use of theoretical stability analysis, showing how to take advantage of local stability design and ultimate boundedness for practical robot control. It addresses researchers and postgraduate students dealing with control theory, particularly with nonlinear systems. Thanks to the numerous worked examples, it could also be used as a textbook in postgraduate courses.
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    ISBN: 9783030888961
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 411 p. 7 illus., 3 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Rethinking and reforming American policing
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    Keywords: Public safety. ; Critical criminology. ; Criminal behavior. ; Crime—Sociological aspects. ; Aufsatzsammlung ; USA ; Nordirland ; Polizei ; Krise ; Reform ; Protestbewegung ; Gemeinwesenbezogene Polizeiarbeit
    Abstract: I -- Introduction (Schafer & Myers)_ II -- Perspectives from police executives: Reimaging policing and public safety (Myers & Schafer)_ III -- Views of the chief executive_ IV -- Views of a police supervisor_ V -- Views of a front-line police officer_ VI -- Views of a city manager_ VII -- Recruitment & selection_ VIII -- Women in policing_ IX -- Police training & education_ X -- Police use of force review boards_ XI -- Policing accountability systems/methods/technology_ XII -- Policing protests_ XIII -- Officer well-being and resilience_ XIV -- Policing and race_ XV -- International considerations_ XVI -- Conclusion (Schafer and Myers).
    Abstract: "Dr. Schafer and Chief Myers have developed a comprehensive and contemporary guidebook for leading the next generation of police reform. An evidence-based mix of research and policy that goes beyond the norm providing thoughtful insights on police change that is of value to both the policing scholar and police practitioner.” -David L. Carter, Professor, Michigan State University, USA Policing in the US and many western nations is in an era of crisis, facing extensive calls for reformation and change. This edited book outlines the major challenges and changes needed to achieve a more stable future for the policing profession and police organizations. The chapters come from innovative police leaders and officers as well as academics with subject matter expertise, to provide insight into how reform can be achieved. It starts with an examination of how policing reached this state of crisis and discusses some interviews conducted with police leaders, particularly chiefs as agents of change and reform. This is followed by chapters from veteran police leaders and personnel describing some of the factors that brought policing to this critical time of change and reform, and some potential strategies to create meaningful change while considering unintended consequences. The book concludes with chapters from academics and police leaders defining paths that policing can take toward needed changes that will increase legitimacy, trust, and equality of policing services. The text speaks to students, academics and professionals interested in police organization and administration, police leadership, and contemporary issues in policing and criminal justice. Joseph A. Schafer is Professor of Criminology and Criminal at Saint Louis University, USA. His research focuses on policing, organizational change, leadership, citizen perceptions of police, and futures research in policing. Richard W. Myers is a retired police chief with over 40 years of law enforcement experience, including 33 years as the chief of 8 different agencies in six different US states. He has served leadership roles in a range of police professional associations, including serving as the President/Chair for the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) and as the Executive Director for the Major Cities Chiefs Association (MCCA.
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    ISBN: 9783031060786
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVI, 170 p. 98 illus., 92 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics 148
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Industrial Management.
    Abstract: Robot-assisted instore operations in grocery retailing -- Robots collecting data: Modelling stores -- Robots collecting data: Robust identification of products -- Robots working in the backroom: Depalletization of mixed-case pallets -- Robots helping humans: Collaborative shelf refilling -- Robotic clerks: Autonomous shelf refilling.
    Abstract: This book aims at sharing knowledge about the technological opportunities and the main research challenges regarding robotics for logistics in supermarkets and retail stores, from the perspectives of the end-users, logistic companies, technology providers, and robotic researchers. The authors have been involved into the H2020 project Robotics Enabling Fully Integrated Logistics Lines for Supermarkets (REFILLS), aimed at improving logistics in supermarkets thanks to mobile robotic systems in close and smart collaboration with humans. The readers will find a comprehensive analysis of the main logistic processes in retail stores with possible robotized solutions, involving mechanical design, perception, and control. These technologies have been validated in realistic environments, and some of them have been tested into real supermarkets. The book is intended for a broad academic and industrial readership, including operators in the field of logistics, distribution, and retail.
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    ISBN: 9783030926045
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXX, 508 p. 230 illus., 154 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 364
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Computational intelligence.
    Abstract: This book features high-quality, peer-reviewed papers from the 28th International Conference Systems Engineering (ICSEng 2021), held at Wrcław University of Science and Technology, Wrocław, Poland, on December 14–16, 2021. Presenting the latest developments and technical solutions in systems engineering, it covers a variety of topics, such as analog and digital hardware systems, artificial intelligence and machine learning, distance learning & games, E-business systems, financial technology, general control systems, hyper-automation and Industry 4.0, Internet of things, sensor and biometric systems, medical systems and applications, robotics, computer vision, HCI, and parallel and distributed systems. As such, it helps those in the computer industry and academia to use the advances in next-generation systems engineering technology to shape real-world applications.
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    ISBN: 9783030907730
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 345 p. 62 illus., 42 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control 408
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Mathematical optimization. ; System theory. ; Control theory. ; Robust statistics.
    Abstract: Introduction -- Problems to be Solved and Scope of the Book -- Modeling via Convex Structures -- Stability Analysis -- State Feedback -- Performance, Robustness, Observation, and Output Feedback -- Conclusions and Perspectives.
    Abstract: This book presents a modern perspective on the modelling, analysis, and synthesis ideas behind convex-optimisation-based control of nonlinear systems: it embeds them in models with convex structures. Analysis and Synthesis of Nonlinear Control Systems begins with an introduction to the topic and a discussion of the problems to be solved. It then explores modelling via convex structures, including quasi-linear parameter-varying, Takagi–Sugeno models, and linear fractional transformation structures. The authors cover stability analysis, addressing Lyapunov functions and the stability of polynomial models, as well as the performance and robustness of the models. With detailed examples, simulations, and programming code, this book will be useful to instructors, researchers, and graduate students interested in nonlinear control systems.
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    ISBN: 9783030875640
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VI, 387 p. 31 illus., 21 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Natural Resource Management and Policy 47
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Interdisciplinary approaches to climate change for sustainable growth
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    Keywords: Klimawandel ; Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Soziale Lage ; Umweltschutz ; Soziales Verhalten ; Umweltpolitik ; Europa ; USA ; Power resources. ; Environmental policy. ; Environmental Law. ; Sustainability.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. The Ideological Trick of Climate Change and Sustainability -- 3. Words Count: the Role of Language in Overcoming Climate Inertia -- 4. Measuring Complex Socio-Economic Phenomena. Conceptual and Methodological Issues -- 5. Glaciers: Vanishing Elements of our Mountains and Precious Witnesses of Climate Change -- 6. Rural Revival and Coastal Areas: Risks and Opportunities -- 7. Climate Change: from Science to Policies, Back and Forward -- 8. The EU Perspective from Setbacks to Success: Tackling Climate Change from Copenhagen to the Green Deal and the Next Generation EU -- 9. Carbon Pricing from the Origin to the European Green Deal -- 10. Technology Innovation in the Energy Sector and Climate Change: the Role of Governments and Policies -- 11. How Emerging Technologies are Finally Matching the Policy Leverage of Cities with their Political Ambitions -- 12. Sustainable Transportation -- 13. From Green to Social Procurement -- 14. Climate, Sustainability, and Waste : European Union & United States Regulatory Approaches Compared -- 15. Construction Industry and Sustainability -- 16. Impact Climate Change in Agriculture: Adaptation and Mitigation Options -- 17. Climate Change and Consumer Behavior -- 18. Climate Change Litigation : Losing the Political Dimension of Sustainable Development -- 19. The Judicial Review of Administrative Decisions with Environmental Consequences -- 20. fcarpinetiMediation in Environmental Disputes. .
    Abstract: The book is an edited collection of contributions by a distinguished international panel of academics on the main scientific, juridical, and economic aspects involved in the mitigation and adaptation processes imposed by climate change. Explicitly interdisciplinary, the book transversally cuts through different disciplines offering an outline of a phenomenon that is too often left to specific and sectorial insights. The volume is divided into four parts. The first part introduces the main concepts of the book: climate change and sustainability, wellbeing, and mitigation and adaptation. The second part presents the scientific understanding of climate change and explores some of the more pressing issues driving policy development, such as the melting of the glaciers and the impact on coastal areas. The third part discusses significant experiences in the environmental policies both in the European Union and in the United States of America. The last section explains possible approaches to climate change, by exploring the legal and economic aspects of both adversarial and more lenient approaches towards a more sustainable world. It faces four main issues in the economic and juridical context: consumer behaviors, climate litigations, environmental litigations and the alternative forms of dispute resolution on environmental matters, with particular regard to environmental mediation. Offering a new vision of sustainable policies, this volume will be of interest to researchers and students of environmental policy, resource economics, environmental law, sustainable development, and public administration, as well as practitioners and policy makers working in related areas.
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    ISBN: 9783030848958
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXVII, 282 p. 180 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Advances in Industrial Control
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state. ; Environmental engineering. ; Biotechnology. ; Bioremediation. ; System theory. ; Control theory.
    Abstract: Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Basic Modelling Concepts -- Part II: Modelling Wind Turbines for Control Purposes -- Chapter 3. Modelling the Aerodynamic Subsystem -- Chapter 4. Modelling the Rotating Subsystem -- Chapter 5. Modelling of the Blade-Tower Subsystem -- Chapter 6. Model Parameterization -- Part III: Control System Design -- Chapter 7. Control Problems and Control Strategies -- Chapter 8. Generator Control -- Blade Pitch Control -- Chapter 9. Supervisory Control -- Chapter 10. Evaluation of Control Performance -- Part IV: Implementation and Case Studies -- Chapter 11. Reference Wind Turbines -- Chapter 12. Implementation of Algorithms -- Chapter 13. Control of the Reference Wind Turbines.
    Abstract: Wind energy systems are central contributors to renewable energy generation, and their technology is continuously improved and updated. Without losing sight of theory, Control of Large Wind Energy Systems demonstrates how to implement concrete control systems for modern wind turbines, explaining the reasons behind choices and decisions. This book provides an extended treatment of different control topics divided into three thematic parts including modelling, control and implementation. Solutions for real-life difficulties such as multi-parameter tuning of several controllers, curve fitting of nonlinear power curves, and filter design for concrete signals are also undertaken. Examples and a case study are included to illustrate the parametrization of models, the control systems design with problems and possible solutions. Advice for the selection of control laws, calculation of specific parameters, which are necessary for the control laws, as the sensitivity functions, is given, as well as an evaluation of control performance based on indices and load calculation. Control of Large Wind Energy Systems covers methodologies which are not usually found in literature on this topic, including fractional order PID and nonlinear PID for pitch control, peak shaving control and extremum seeking control for the generator control, yaw control and shutdown control. This makes it an ideal book for postgraduate students, researchers and industrial engineers in the field of wind turbine control. Advances in Industrial Control reports and encourages the transfer of technology in control engineering. The rapid development of control technology has an impact on all areas of the control discipline. The series offers an opportunity for researchers to present an extended exposition of new work in all aspects of industrial control.
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    ISBN: 9783030988326
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVIII, 609 p. 147 illus., 71 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 442
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    Keywords: Control engineering. ; Robotics. ; Automation. ; Cooperating objects (Computer systems).
    Abstract: Origins and Prospects of Systems Theory -- Complex, Adaptive, and Evolvable System Theory: Basis and Uses -- Increasing Objectivity in the System Analysis of Socio-Economic Objects -- Business Ecosystem Strategy: Design and Specifics -- Scientific Basis of Management and Cybernetics Methodologies Integration -- System Analysis of the Russian Space Future -- Application of Classification to Determine the Level of Awareness of the Foresight Process -- Ontological Problems of System Analysis -- System Analysis of the Intelligence Structures Evolution.
    Abstract: This book covers the results of research that has been obtained during the last decades by scholars representing several scientific schools working in the field of theory of systems and system analysis. In the book chapters, attention is paid to the development of the general theory of systems’ provisions, approaches, models, and methods of system analysis; such as the concepts of an open system and adaptive systems; the concepts of “the movable equilibrium” and “disequilibrium”, the approach of “growing” the system and its developing through innovations; the system-target approach, systems’ regularities; ontological, cognitive and logical-linguistic models of systems, etc. The book includes parts devoted to the general theoretical and philosophical-methodological problems of systems theory; methods and models of system analysis; innovation technologies in technical and socioeconomic systems; system analyses in the educational process, and higher education management. The materials of the book may be of interest to researchers and specialists working in the field of systems analysis, engineering, computer technologies, including human–computer interaction in socio-technical systems; for the representatives of the academic and engineering society.
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