Cybernetics and systems theory

This book presents the latest in decision-making tools, techniques, and solutions for policy makers to utilize in overcoming the challenges faced by healthcare systems.

This monograph introduces the theory of generalized homogeneous systems governed by differential equations in both Euclidean (finite-dimensional) and Banach/Hilbert (infinite-dimensional) spaces.

Here, the authors present modern methods of analysis for nonlinear systems which may occur in fields such as physics, chemistry, biology, or economics.

This textbook covers the fundamental theories of signals and systems analysis, while incorporating recent developments from integrated circuits technology into its examples.

This book is a collection of high-quality peer-reviewed research papers presented at International Conference on Recent Trends in Computing (ICRTC 2024) organized by SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Ghaziabad, Delhi, India, during July 5-6, 2024.

This volume presents selected papers from the International Conference on Urban Intelligence and Applications (ICUIA), which took place on May 10-12, 2019 in Wuhan, China.

This book comprises the select proceedings of the International Conference on Future Learning Aspects of Mechanical Engineering (FLAME) 2020.

For the past 150 years, economics has been treated as a social science in which economies are modeled as a circular flow of income between producers and consumers.

A theory is the more impressive, the simpler are its premises, the more distinct are the things it connects, and the broader is its range of applicability.

Our future is pervasive.

This volume contains extended abstracts outlining selected talks and other selected presentations given by participants throughout the "e;Intensive Research Program on Advances in Nonsmooth Dynamics 2016"e;, held at the Centre de Recerca Matematica (CRM) in Barcelona from February 1st to April 29th, 2016.

This volume defends a novel approach to the philosophy of physics: it is the first book devoted to a comparative study of probability, causality, and propensity, and their various interrelations, within the context of contemporary physics -- particularly quantum and statistical physics.

In the past, the possibilities of structural optimization were restricted to an optimal choice of profiles and shape.

This book deals with the simulation of the mechanical behavior of engineering structures, mechanisms and components.

This book offers a thorough introduction to the highly promising complex agent-based approach to economics, in which agent-based models (ABMs) are used to represent economic systems as complex and evolving systems composed of heterogeneous agents of limited rationality who interact with each other, generating the system's emergent properties in the process.

This book begins with a historical overview of the evolution of mobile technologies and addresses two key questions: why do we need 6G?

This book presents Networked Control System (NCS) as a particular kind of a real-time distributed system (RTDS), composed of a set of nodes, interconnected by a network, and able to develop a complete control process.

This book combines two distinctive topics: data science/image analysis and materials science.

This book presents recent results and envisages new solutions of the stabilization problem for infinite-dimensional control systems.

This book provides an innovative approach to learning dynamics of particles and rigid bodies, emphasizing a consistent problem-solving framework designed to help students understand the subject while building and reinforcing the mathematical tools needed to bridge the gap between physical intuition and quantitative results.

The importance of thermodynamics, particularly its Second Principle, to all branches of science in which systems with very large numbers of particles are involved cannot be overstated.

This volume applies the science of complexity to study coupled human-environment systems (CHES) and integrates ideas from the social sciences of climate change into a study of rural development amid flooding and urbanization in the Poyang Lake Region (PLR) of China.

"e;Discontinuous Dynamical Systems"e; presents a theory of dynamics and flow switchability in discontinuous dynamical systems, which can be as the mathematical foundation for a new dynamics of dynamical system networks.

This book provides an inter-disciplinary introduction to the theory of random fields and its applications.

Dynamics of Coupled Structures, Volume 4:  Proceedings of the 42nd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2024, the fourth volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

Stochastic reachability analysis (SRA) is a method of analyzing the behavior of control systems which mix discrete and continuous dynamics.

This textbook provides an exciting new addition to the area of network science featuring a stronger and more methodical link of models to their mathematical origin and explains how these relate to each other with special focus on epidemic spread on networks.

The Springer Handbook of Augmented Reality presents a comprehensive and authoritative guide to augmented reality (AR) technology, its numerous applications, and its intersection with emerging technologies.

Nonlinear dynamics is now recognized as playing a crucialrole in a wide variety of disciplines.

- Models of vibro-impact systems are widely used in machine dynamics, vibration engineering, and structural mechanics.

This book offers a cutting-edge exploration of key advancements in artificial intelligence, IoT, data science, and their transformative impact on industries, particularly health care, in a rapidly evolving technological landscape.

Solid Freeform Fabrication is a set of manufacturing processes that are capable of producing complex freeform solid objects directly from a computer model of an object without part-specific tooling or knowledge.

This short primer offers non-specialist readers a concise, yetcomprehensive introduction to the field of classical fluids providing bothfundamental information and a number of selected topics to bridge the gapbetween the basics and ongoing research.

This book presents the proceedings of the International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems and Control (CPS&C'2019), held in Peter the Great St.

VIII über den Inhalt im einzelnen unterrichtet das ausführliche Ver­ zeichnis.

New finite elements are needed as well in research as in industry environments for thedevelopment of virtual prediction techniques.

This book presents simple design paradigms related to lightweight design, that are derived from an in-depth and theoretically sound analysis based on Pareto theory.

Fuzzy Logic: State of the Art covers a wide range of both theory and applications of fuzzy sets, ranging from mathematical basics, through artificial intelligence, computer management and systems science to engineering applications.

Flexible Neuro-Fuzzy Systems is the first professional literature about the new class of powerful, flexible fuzzy systems.

This volume aims at assessing the current approaches and technologies, as well as to outline the major challenges and future perspectives related to the security and privacy protection of social networks.

As soon as we (AS and PS) completed writing the book on H Optimal Con- 2 trol, another task of equal magnitude was laid to our charge.

This book is an edited selection of the papers presented at the International Workshop on VLSI for Artifidal Intelligence and Neural Networks which was held at the University of Oxford in September 1990.

This book draws on the latest research to discuss the history and development of high-entropy alloys and ceramics in bulk, film, and fiber form.

This book provides a comprehensive perspective on issues related to the trustworthiness of information in the emerging "e;Smart City.

This book can be looked upon in more ways than one.

This book highlights various applications of renewable energy systems and their enabling technologies in electrical power systems.

Quite apart from the fact that percolation theory had its ongm in an honest applied problem, it is a source of fascinating problems of the best kind for which a mathematician can wish: problems which are easy to state with a minimum of preparation, but whose solutions are apparently difficult and require new methods.

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.