Cybernetics and systems theory

This book introduces a new way of analyzing, measuring and thinking about mega-risks, a "e;paradigm shift"e; that moves from single-solutions to multiple competitive solutions and strategies.

This work addresses dynamical aspects of quantum criticality in two space dimensions.

Building upon a long tradition of scientifi c conferences dealing with problems ofreliability in technical systems, in 2006 Department of Computer Engineering atWroclaw University of Technology established DepCoS-RELCOMEX series of eventsin order to promote a comprehensive approach to evaluation of system performabilitywhich is now commonly called dependability.

This book provides the readers with a timely guide to the application of biomimetic principles in architecture and engineering design.

This book offers a concise and in-depth exposition of specific algorithmic solutions for distributed optimization based control of multi-agent networks and their performance analysis.

This brief considers recent results on optimal control and stabilization of systems governed by hyperbolic partial differential equations, specifically those in which the control action takes place at the boundary.

This work presents a study of methods useful for modeling and understanding dynamical systems in the Galaxy.

This work represents the third entry of the series of works on "e;Chaos, Complexity and Leadership"e;.

This work presents a series of experiments with ultracold one-dimensional Bose gases, which establish said gases as an ideal model system for exploring a wide range of non-equilibrium phenomena.

The volume presents, in a synergistic manner, significant theoretical and practical contributions in the area of social media reputation and authorship measurement, visualization, and modeling.

This volume collects recent advances in nonlinear delay systems, with an emphasis on constructive generalized Lyapunov and predictive approaches that certify stability properties.

This book is devoted to the encounter and interaction of agents such as robots with other agents and describes how they cooperate with their previously unknown teammates, forming an Ad Hoc team.

This book presents an Assessment of Physical Sciences and Engineering Advances in Life Sciences and Oncology (APHELION) by a panel of experts.

The second edition of this monograph describes the set-theoretic approach for the control and analysis of dynamic systems, both from a theoretical and practical standpoint.

This book contains two review articles on nonlinear data assimilation that deal with closely related topics but were written and can be read independently.

This book will help readers gain a solid understanding of non-functional requirements inherent in systems design endeavors.

This volume is dedicated to Professor Okyay Kaynak to commemorate his life time impactful research and scholarly achievements and outstanding services to profession.

Mathematical analyses and computational predictions of the behavior of complex systems are needed to effectively deal with weather and climate predictions, for example, and the optimal design of technical processes.

This book contains two review articles on mathematical physiology that deal with closely related topics but were written and can be read independently.

The purpose of this introductory book is to couple the teaching of chaotic circuit and systems theory with the use of field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs).

This book presents up-to-date results on abstract evolution equations and differential inclusions in infinite dimensional spaces.

This monograph develops a generalised energy flow theory to investigate non-linear dynamical systems governed by ordinary differential equations in phase space and often met in various science and engineering fields.

This volume presents five different methods recently developed to tackle the large scale behavior of highly correlated random systems, such as spin glasses, random polymers, local times and loop soups and random matrices.

This volume reflects "e;New Trends in Shape Optimization"e; and is based on a workshop of the same name organized at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nurnberg in September 2013.

This book describes system dynamics with discontinuity caused by system interactions and presents the theory of flow singularity and switchability at the boundary in discontinuous dynamical systems.

This Volume presents the selected papers from the 5 Parallel Symposiums of the 2014 Fourth World Congress on Information and Communication Technologies (WICT 2014) held in Malacca, Malaysia.

The topics covered in this book, written by researchers at the forefront of their field, represent some of the most relevant research areas in modern coding theory: codes and combinatorial structures, algebraic geometric codes, group codes, quantum codes, convolutional codes, network coding and cryptography.

This monograph presents a novel method of sliding mode control for switch-regulated nonlinear systems.

Chaos and nonlinear dynamics initially developed as a new emergent field with its foundation in physics and applied mathematics.

Introducing the reader to the mathematics beyond complex networked systems, these lecture notes investigate graph theory, graphical models, and methods from statistical physics.

Stunning recent results by Host-Kra, Green-Tao, and others, highlight the timeliness of this systematic introduction to classical ergodic theory using the tools of operator theory.

This book addresses topics of mobile multi-agent systems, pattern formation, biological modelling, artificial life, unconventional computation, and robotics.

This book provides the mathematical foundations of networks of linear control systems, developed from an algebraic systems theory perspective.

Dynamical models on graphs or random graphs are increasingly used in applied sciences as mathematical tools to study complex systems whose exact structure is too complicated to be known in detail.

Using a wealth of anecdotes, data from academic literature, and original research, this very accessible little book highlights how we all struggle to cope with the maelstrom of choices, influences and experiences that come our way.

This primer offers readers an introduction to the central concepts that form our modern understanding of complex and emergent behavior, together with detailed coverage of accompanying mathematical methods.

This book will be particularly useful to those interested in multibody simulation (MBS) and the formulation for the dynamics of spatial multibody systems.

This book covers the major problems of turbulence and turbulent processes, including physical phenomena, their modeling and their simulation.

The focus of this volume is research carried out as part of the program Mathematics of Planet Earth, which provides a platform to showcase the essential role of mathematics in addressing problems of an economic and social nature and creating a context for mathematicians and applied scientists to foster mathematical and interdisciplinary developments that will be necessary to tackle a myriad of issues and meet future global economic and social challenges.

This book provides an emerging computational intelligence tool in the framework of collective intelligence for modeling and controlling distributed multi-agent systems referred to as Probability Collectives.

This book concentrates on a wide range of advances related to IT cybersecurity management.

In this brief the authors establish a new frequency-sweeping framework to solve the complete stability problem for time-delay systems with commensurate delays.

This brief examines a deterministic, ODE-based model for gene regulatory networks (GRN) that incorporates nonlinearities and time-delayed feedback.

This book approaches the analysis of forensic contact traces from a polymer science perspective.

This monograph presents an application of concepts and methods from algebraic topology to models of concurrent processes in computer science and their analysis.

This book emphasizes in detail the applicability of the Optimal Homotopy Asymptotic Method to various engineering problems.

This book provides a general overview of several concepts of synchronization and brings together related approaches to secure communication in chaotic systems.

The second edition of this textbook provides a single source for the analysis of system models represented by continuous-time and discrete-time, finite-dimensional and infinite-dimensional, and continuous and discontinuous dynamical systems.

This edited volume highlights the scientific contributions of Volker Mehrmann, a leading expert in the area of numerical (linear) algebra, matrix theory, differential-algebraic equations and control theory.

Highlighting the control of networked robotic systems, this book synthesizes a unified passivity-based approach to an emerging cross-disciplinary subject.