Cybernetics and systems theory

The problem of irreversibility is ubiquitous in physics and chemistry.

Quantum and chaos, key concepts in contemporary science, are incompatible by nature.

Oaxaca, Mexico, was the place chosen by a large international group of scientists to meet and discuss on the recent advances on the understanding of the physical prop- ties of low dimensional systems; one of the most active fields of research in condensed matter in the last years.

Information Highways are widely considered as the next generation of high speed communication systems.

Active networking is an exciting new paradigm in digital networking that has the potential to revolutionize the manner in which communication takes place.

Entropy and entropy generation play essential roles in our understanding of many diverse phenomena ranging from cosmology to biology.

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.

Writings by a thinker—a psychiatrist, a philosopher, a cybernetician, and a poet—whose ideas about mind and brain were far ahead of his time.

The evolution of a set of fields—including operations research and systems analysis—intended to improve policymaking and explore the nature of rational decision-making.

This Second Edition is an essential guide to understanding, modeling, and predicting complex dynamical systems using new methods with stochastic tools.

A historical study of Chile''s twin experiments with cybernetics and socialism, and what they tell us about the relationship of technology and politics.

A forensics team investigates the murder of a child and is drawn into a chilling international coverupThe body of a young boy is found floating in a city river with pollen in his lungs from a warm river valley far from the country where he died.

This book examines the contributions made by Talcott Parsons to sociology over the course of a career spanning half a century.

This book contains the proceedings of the Seventh National Conference of the Italian Systems Society.

Chaos theory has captured scientific and popular attention.

DNA fingerprinting is a revolutionary technique that enables scientists to match minute tissue samples and facilitates scientific studies on the composition, reproduction, and evolution of animal and plant populations.

Design Principles for the Immune System and Other Distributed Autonomous Systems is the first book to examine the inner workings of such a variety of distributed autonomous systems--from insect colonies to high level computer programs to the immune system.

Computers have dramatically altered life in the late twentieth century.

This sweeping introduction to the science of virtual environment technology masterfully integrates research and practical applications culled from a range of disciplines, including psychology, engineering, and computer science.

The main target of this book is to present a new concept of Ulam-type stability, i.

The main target of this book is to present a new concept of Ulam-type stability, i.

Galileo Unbound traces the journey that brought us from Galileo's law of free fall to today's geneticists measuring evolutionary drift, entangled quantum particles moving among many worlds, and our lives as trajectories traversing a health space with thousands of dimensions.

The best parts of physics are the last topics that our students ever see.

The robot "e;concept"e; was clearly established by those many creative historical realizations, such as those recalled above.

Physics has reduced fear and increased safety for society, largely by extending the power to see.

This volume resulted from presentations given at the international "e;Brainstorming Workshop on New Developments in Discrete Mechanics, Geometric Integration and Lie-Butcher Series"e;, that took place at the Instituto de Ciencias Matematicas (ICMAT) in Madrid, Spain.

Behavioral Forensics: Using Applied Behavior Analysis in Psychological Court Evaluations presents the first compendia on the application of behavioral principles for the assessment and analysis of criminal behavior in court-ordered psychological evaluations.

Profiling and Serial Crime examines the principles of behavioral profiling and then applies them to serial crime.

Philosophical and ethical discussions of warfare are often tied to emerging technologies and techniques.

Design Principles for the Immune System and Other Distributed Autonomous Systems is the first book to examine the inner workings of such a variety of distributed autonomous systems--from insect colonies to high level computer programs to the immune system.

Philosophical and ethical discussions of warfare are often tied to emerging technologies and techniques.

'Gribbin takes us through the basics with his customary talent for accessibility and clarity' Sunday TimesThe world around us can be a complex, confusing place.

Focused on Behavioral Evidence Analysis (BEA), a method of criminal profiling developed and refined by the author over the past 15 years, the fourth edition of Criminal Profiling maintains the same core foundation that made previous editions best sellers in the professional and academic community worldwide.

Microbial Forensics is a rapidly evolving scientific discipline.

This book enables readers to understand, model, and predict complex dynamical systems using new methods with stochastic tools.

Input-to-State Stability presents the dominating stability paradigm in nonlinear control theory that revolutionized our view on stabilization of nonlinear systems, design of robust nonlinear observers, and stability of nonlinear interconnected control systems.

This book is a compilation of scientific articles written by recognized researchers, and select students, participating in the Second Conference on the Study of Complex Systems and their Applications (EDIESCA 2021).

This book addresses the urgent issue of massive and inefficient energy consumption by data centers, which have become the largest co-located computing systems in the world and process trillions of megabytes of data every second.

The sixth edition provides expanded Discussion and Comments and References sections at the end of each chapter, creating a spotlight on practical applications of the theory presented in that chapter.

The book covers a variety of feasible technology options, both wired and wireless, to enable 6G connectivity in rural and remote regions.

How the classic mirror test served as a portal for scientists to explore questions of self-awarenessSince the late eighteenth century, scientists have placed subjects-humans, infants, animals, and robots-in front of mirrors in order to look for signs of self-recognition.

This monograph explores the synchronization of large-scale, multi-agent dynamical systems in the presence of disturbances, delays, and time-varying networks.

This book takes the notions of adaptivity and learning from the realm of engineering into the realm of biology and natural processes.

This book, Proceedings of the ICR'22 International Conference on Innovations in Computing Research, provides an essential compilation of relevant and cutting-edge academic and industry work on key computer and network security, smart cities, smart energy, IoT, health informatics, biomedical imaging, data science and computer science and engineering education topics.

This book presents recent improvements in peridynamic modeling of structures.

This fifth edition of "e;Product Lifecycle Management"e; updates and adds to the successful fourth edition, the most frequently cited PLM publication.

This book systematically presents the consolidated findings of the phenomenon of self-organization observed during the onset of thermoacoustic instability using approaches from dynamical systems and complex systems theory.

This book presents a comprehensive study covering the design and application of models and algorithms for assessing the joint device failures of telecommunication backbone networks caused by large-scale regional disasters.

Chemical Analysis for Forensic Evidence provides readers with the fundamental framework of forensic analytical chemistry, describing the entire process, from crime scene investigation to evidence sampling, laboratory analysis, quality aspects, and reporting and testifying in court.

Security Controls Evaluation, Testing, and Assessment Handbook, Second Edition, provides a current and well-developed approach to evaluate and test IT security controls to prove they are functioning correctly.