Cybernetics and systems theory

Resilience engineering has consistently argued that safety is more than the absence of failures.

Resilience engineering has consistently argued that safety is more than the absence of failures.

From businesses, public administrations, universities and schools, to hospitals, prisons, political parties, or the military, peoples' lives are inextricably bound up with organizations from cradle to grave.

From businesses, public administrations, universities and schools, to hospitals, prisons, political parties, or the military, peoples' lives are inextricably bound up with organizations from cradle to grave.

This book includes the proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Smart Technologies & Education (STE2024).

The Second International Conference on Innovations in Computing Research (ICR'23) brings together a diverse group of researchers from all over the world with the intent of fostering collaboration and dissemination of the innovations in computing technologies.

This title was first published in 2000: The second edition of Social Work as Community Development is thoroughly revised and updated taking into account lessons from community development and international experiences applicable in developed economies.

This title was first published in 2000: The second edition of Social Work as Community Development is thoroughly revised and updated taking into account lessons from community development and international experiences applicable in developed economies.

This book contains original, peer-reviewed research articles from the 5th International Conference on Recent Trends in Machine Learning, IoT, Smart Cities, and Applications, held in Hyderabad, India on 28-29 March 2024.

Every action performed by a crime scene investigator has an underlying purpose: to both recover evidence and capture scene context.

Every action performed by a crime scene investigator has an underlying purpose: to both recover evidence and capture scene context.

This book provides an innovative foundation for looking at human and social behavior u as a system of purposeful (teleological) events.

This book provides an innovative foundation for looking at human and social behavior u as a system of purposeful (teleological) events.

A comprehensive work in finite-value systems that covers the latest achievements using the semi-tensor product method, on various kinds of finite-value systems.

A comprehensive work in finite-value systems that covers the latest achievements using the semi-tensor product method, on various kinds of finite-value systems.

This is the first textbook on C*-algebra theory with a view toward Noncommutative Geometry.

Forensic Entomology: The Utility of Arthropods in Legal Investigations, Third Edition continues in the tradition of the two best-selling prior editions and maintains its status as the single-most comprehensive book on Forensic Entomology currently available.

Forensic Entomology: The Utility of Arthropods in Legal Investigations, Third Edition continues in the tradition of the two best-selling prior editions and maintains its status as the single-most comprehensive book on Forensic Entomology currently available.

Murders, cover-ups, infidelities, financial and political skulduggery: Dr.

Murders, cover-ups, infidelities, financial and political skulduggery: Dr.

This multifaceted reference work surveys the history, development, leadership, and priorities of Black Lives Matter (BLM), including the group's efforts to raise public awareness of police violence in communities of color.

Thought-provoking perspectives from experts in library serials!

Thought-provoking perspectives from experts in library serials!

This book includes the proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Smart Technologies & Education (STE2024).

This book describes cutting-edge research and technologies aimed at increasing the efficiency of production processes and supporting the implementation of Industry 4.

The Third International Conference on Innovations in Computing Research (ICR'24), August 12-14, 2024, Athens, Greece, brings together a diverse group of researchers from all over the world with the intent of fostering collaboration and dissemination of the innovations in computing technologies.

This book contains original, peer-reviewed research articles from the 5th International Conference on Recent Trends in Machine Learning, IoT, Smart Cities, and Applications, held in Hyderabad, India on 28-29 March 2024.

The reality of everyday organizational life is that it is filled with uncertainty, contradictions and paradoxes.

The reality of everyday organizational life is that it is filled with uncertainty, contradictions and paradoxes.

This book contains a comprehensive collection of chapters on recent and original research, along with review articles, on mathematical modeling of dynamical systems described by various types of differential equations.

Complexity theories gained prominence in the 1990s with a focus on self-organising and complex adaptive systems.

Complexity theories gained prominence in the 1990s with a focus on self-organising and complex adaptive systems.

Forensic Psychology takes a broad-based perspective, incorporating both experimental and clinical topics.

Forensic Psychology takes a broad-based perspective, incorporating both experimental and clinical topics.

Popolo applies Foucauldian methodology to the understanding of Complexity Science for the purposes of generating new understandings related to International Relations in general and to the Kosovo conflict in particular.

Popolo applies Foucauldian methodology to the understanding of Complexity Science for the purposes of generating new understandings related to International Relations in general and to the Kosovo conflict in particular.

Drawing extensively on the research findings of natural and social sciences both in America and Europe, Reframing the Social argues for a critical realist and systemist social ontology, designed to shed light on current debates in social theory concerning the relationship of social ontology to practical social research, and the nature of 'the social'.

Drawing extensively on the research findings of natural and social sciences both in America and Europe, Reframing the Social argues for a critical realist and systemist social ontology, designed to shed light on current debates in social theory concerning the relationship of social ontology to practical social research, and the nature of 'the social'.

Traditional project management approaches assume that project contexts are unchanging and key factors, though complicated, are reducible to unambiguous elements for management and control.

Traditional project management approaches assume that project contexts are unchanging and key factors, though complicated, are reducible to unambiguous elements for management and control.

First published in 1987, the seven chapters that comprise this book review contemporary work on the geometric side of robotics.

First published in 1987, the seven chapters that comprise this book review contemporary work on the geometric side of robotics.

Criminal Investigation on the Street presents investigative principles and techniques-and applies them to solving real-world crimes-in an engaging, student-friendly style centered on the Investigative Triangle: legal aspects, evidence, and behavioral analysis.

Criminal Investigation on the Street presents investigative principles and techniques-and applies them to solving real-world crimes-in an engaging, student-friendly style centered on the Investigative Triangle: legal aspects, evidence, and behavioral analysis.

The daily work of General Practitioners can seem at once simple and immensely complicated.

The brand new John Rebus thriller from the iconic Number One bestseller Ian Rankin: one of the must-read books of the year.

Note to the interested reader to have a look at the companion to this volume Challenges for Sciences and Communication I | ISBN: 978-3-031-28048-1.

Drawing on court records from London and the South West, Sexual Forensics in Victorian and Edwardian England explores medical roles in trials for sexual offences.

Innovation is the creation of new, technologically feasible, commercially realisable products and processes and, if things go right, it emerges from the ongoing interaction of innovative organisations such as universities, research institutes, firms, government agencies and venture capitalists.

Innovation is the creation of new, technologically feasible, commercially realisable products and processes and, if things go right, it emerges from the ongoing interaction of innovative organisations such as universities, research institutes, firms, government agencies and venture capitalists.