Cybernetics and systems theory

This volume contains extended abstracts outlining selected presentations delivered by participants of the joint international multidisciplinary workshop MURPHYS-HSFS-2018 (MUltiRate Processes and HYSteresis; Hysteresis and Slow-Fast Systems), dedicated to the mathematical theory and applications of the multiple scale systems, the systems with hysteresis and general trends in the dynamical systems theory.

The book provides an encompassing overview of all aspects relating to the sharing economy paradigm in different fields of study, and shows the ongoing research efforts in filling previously identified gaps in understanding in this area.

This book is the first of its kind, combining international perspectives on the current ethical considerations and challenges facing bioarchaeologists in the recovery, analysis, curation, and display of human remains.

The book discusses subjective ratings of quality and preference of unknown voices and dialog partners - their likability, for example.

This book provides profound insights into industrial control system resilience, exploring fundamental and advanced topics and including practical examples and scenarios to support the theoretical approaches.

From past decades, Computational intelligence embraces a number of nature-inspired computational techniques which mainly encompasses fuzzy sets, genetic algorithms, artificial neural networks and hybrid neuro-fuzzy systems to address the computational complexities such as uncertainties, vagueness and stochastic nature of various computational problems practically.

Neural Approximations for Optimal Control and Decision provides a comprehensive methodology for the approximate solution of functional optimization problems using neural networks and other nonlinear approximators where the use of traditional optimal control tools is prohibited by complicating factors like non-Gaussian noise, strong nonlinearities, large dimension of state and control vectors, etc.

Fractional equations and models play an essential part in the description of anomalous dynamics in complex systems.

Written by leading experts in an emerging field, this book offers a unique view of the theory of stochastic partial differential equations, with lectures on the stationary KPZ equation, fully nonlinear SPDEs, and random data wave equations.

This book provides a brief, self-contained introduction to Carleman estimates for three typical second order partial differential equations, namely elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic equations, and their typical applications in control, unique continuation, and inverse problems.

This book presents high-quality, original contributions (both theoretical and experimental) on software engineering, cloud computing, computer networks & internet technologies, artificial intelligence, information security, and database and distributed computing.

This book deals with the science of science by applying network science methods to citation networks and uniquely presents a physics-inspired model of citation dynamics.

This book is about improving human decision making and performance in complex, dynamic tasks.

This book aims to explore the supercomplexity of interaction and to suggest ways of teaching about this supercomplexity in various settings, including intercultural communication and language-learning.

Nobody has to tell you that when things go bad, they go bad quickly and seemingly in bunches.

This fourth edition of the book provides readers with a detailed explanation of PLM, enabling them to gain a full understanding and the know-how to implement PLM within their own business environment.

This book discusses human perception and performance within the framework of the theory of self-organizing systems.

This book presents a general and comprehensive framework for the assurance of quality in measurements.

This book deals with integrated Web, mobile, and IoT technologies.

This book is an introduction to a comprehensive and unified dynamic transition theory for dissipative systems and to applications of the theory to a range of problems in the nonlinear sciences.

This book is aimed toward graduate students and researchers in mathematics, physics and engineering interested in the latest developments in analytic inequalities, Hilbert-Type and Hardy-Type integral inequalities, and their applications.

This research monograph is highly contextual in the present era of spatial/spatio-temporal data explosion.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Chaos, Complexity and Leadership (ICCLS).

This book contains a modern selection of about 200 solved problems and examples arranged in a didactic way for hands-on experience with course work in a standard advanced undergraduate/first-year graduate class in thermodynamics and statistical physics.

This book applies cutting-edge methods from cognitive and evolutionary theories to develop models of conflict between hierarchically-structured cognitive entities under circumstances of imprecision, uncertainty and stress.

This book provides an overview of network science from the perspective of diverse academic fields, offering insights into the various research areas within network science.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of thermodynamics.

This book is devoted to Prof.

This book offers an introduction to a classical problem in ergodic theory and smooth dynamics, namely, the Kolmogorov-Bernoulli (non)equivalence problem, and presents recent results in this field.

This book describes and analyzes in detail the encoding effort and the encoding tool usage applied to 3D-HEVC depth map coding.

This book presents recent theoretical advances in the analysis and synthesis of discrete-time switched systems under the time-dependent switching scheme, including stability and disturbance attenuation performance analysis, control and filtering, asynchronous switching, finite-time analysis and synthesis, and reachable set estimation.

Integrable models have a fascinating history with many important discoveries that dates back to the famous Kepler problem of planetary motion.

This book describes for readers the entire, interconnected complex of theoretical and practical aspects of designing and organizing the production of various electronic devices, the general and main distinguishing feature of which is the high speed of processing and transmitting of digital signals.

This book examines the requirements, risks, and solutions to improve the security and quality of complex cyber-physical systems (C-CPS), such as production systems, power plants, and airplanes, in order to ascertain whether it is possible to protect engineering organizations against cyber threats and to ensure engineering project quality.

This book is based on the 18 tutorials presented during the 28th workshop on Advances in Analog Circuit Design.

This volume contains extended abstracts outlining selected presentations delivered by participants of the joint international multidisciplinary workshop MURPHYS-HSFS-2018 (MUltiRate Processes and HYSteresis; Hysteresis and Slow-Fast Systems), dedicated to the mathematical theory and applications of the multiple scale systems, the systems with hysteresis and general trends in the dynamical systems theory.

This volume presents some recent and principal developments related to computational intelligence and optimization methods in control.

Discrete-Time and Discrete-Space Dynamical Systems provides a systematic characterization of the similarities and differences of several types of discrete-time and discrete-space dynamical systems, including:Boolean control networks;nondeterministic finite-transition systems;finite automata;labelled Petri nets; andcellular automata.

This text provides training on the fundamental tools and methodologies used in active forensic laboratories for the complicated analysis of fire debris and explosives evidence.

This book reports on research and developments in human-technology interaction.

This book presents a compilation of state-of-the-art work on biomedical and cyber-physical systems in connection with the Internet of Things, and successfully blends theory and practice.

This book systematically presents a fundamental theory for the local analysis of bifurcation and stability of equilibriums in nonlinear dynamical systems.

The book discusses subjective ratings of quality and preference of unknown voices and dialog partners - their likability, for example.

This book introduces the basic concepts of fuzzy collaborative forecasting and clustering, including its methodology, system architecture, and applications.

This book is aimed at mathematicians, scientists, and engineers, studying models that involve a discontinuity, or studying the theory of nonsmooth systems for its own sake.

This book focuses on the theoretical side of temporal network research and gives an overview of the state of the art in the field.

This volume offers a collection of carefully selected, peer-reviewed papers presented at the BIOMAT 2018 International Symposium, which was held at the University Hassan II, Morocco, from October 29th to November 2nd, 2018.

This book gathers papers presented at the International Conference "e;Vision Zero for Sustainable Road Safety in Baltic Sea Region"e;, held on December 2018 at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, in Vilnius, Lithuania.

The book presents the proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on 5G for Ubiquitous Connectivity (5GU 2018), which took place on December 4-5, 2018 in Nanjing, People's Republic of China.

This collection of selected, revised and extended contributions resulted from a Workshop on BSDEs, SPDEs and their Applications that took place in Edinburgh, Scotland, July 2017 and included the 8th World Symposium on BSDEs.