Cybernetics and systems theory

This book discusses technology and systems to create valuable ideas from data through the construction of knowledge.

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

Wildfire arson is often considered an impossible crime to solve.

The book presents hands-on protocols for conventional and advanced forensic DNA fingerprinting experiments.

Wildfire arson is often considered an impossible crime to solve.

The International Conference on Complex Networks (CompleNet) brings together researchers and practitioners from diverse disciplines working on areas related to complex networks.

This book discusses the architecture, design and implementation of critical components of Sustainable Smart Cities to support governance, transportation, energy, healthcare, factories, technologies, securities, agriculture and education.

The book discusses the evolution of cellular technology, then focusing in on 5G and its architecture and what it means for current engineers.

This book covers power systems cybersecurity.

This book provides a lucid introduction to the theory of elasticity as applied to isotropic, specially orthotropic and laminated structures.

The block diagrams as engineering means for closed loop control, which have been established by classic control theory for decades, are replaced in the above mentioned book by networks, the signals are replaced by data.

En este estudio sobre las cárceles de Lima entre 1850 y 1935, Carlos Aguirre reconstruye las influencias sociales, culturales y doctrinales detrás de las formas en que se trataba a los delincuentes, la implementación –parcial y llena de contradicciones– de proyectos de reforma carcelaria, y las estrategias desplegadas por los reclusos para enfrentar la experiencia de la prisión.

This book provides valuable information and recommendations for current and future officers and correctional system employees, introducing them to civil liability and federal law, as well as recommending strategies that can be taken to minimize risks.

This book provides valuable information and recommendations for current and future officers and correctional system employees, introducing them to civil liability and federal law, as well as recommending strategies that can be taken to minimize risks.

This book examines how the rapid acceleration and interconnection of globalization comes with the need for more flexible and adaptable solutions to complex problems and solutions.

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This book contains contributions in the area of Network Science, presented at the 14th International Conference on Complex Networks (CompleNet), 24-28 April, 2023 in Aveiro, Portugal.

This book offers an in-depth overview of digital resilience, defined as the ability of individuals, organizations, and societies to adapt to and counter various digital threats such as cyberattacks, data breaches, and other forms of cyber threats.

"Cuadernos de Psicología Criminal y Forense" está concebido desde la perspectiva multidisciplinar del conjunto de Operadores Jurídicos que intervienen en las Salas de Justicia.

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This book presents frontier research on the use of computational methods to model complex interactions in economics and finance.

First published in 1977, Angel Face documents the penal life of Walter Probyn, who spent 30 out of 44 years in prison and escaped 15 times.

First published in 1977, Angel Face documents the penal life of Walter Probyn, who spent 30 out of 44 years in prison and escaped 15 times.

À partir d’exemples simples et communs puisés dans différentes disciplines (mécanique, hydrodynamique, chimie, dynamique de populations, etc), cet ouvrage introduit le langage et les notions propres aux sciences non linéaires permettant d’analyser, de comprendre et de décrire tous ces phénomènes en adoptant progressivement une approche formelle à visée universelle.

Cet ouvrage est un cours de probabilités appliquées à la physique.

This book is about coexistence patterns in ensembles of globally coupled nonlinear oscillators.

This book provides an overview of computational methods based on peridynamics and nonlocal operators and their application to challenging numerical problems which are difficult to deal with traditional methods such as the finite element method, material failure being "e;only"e; one of them.

This book shows that evolutionary game theory can unravel how mutual cooperation, trust, and credit in a group emerge in organizations and institutions.

This textbook for courses in Embedded Systems introduces students to necessary concepts, through a hands-on approach.

Police Administration, 11th Edition, is a best-selling textbook that examines police administration from multiple perspectives: a systems perspective (emphasizing the interrelatedness among units and organizations); a traditional, structural perspective (administrative principles, management functions, and the importance of written guidelines); a human behavioral perspective (the human element in organizations); and a strategic management perspective (communications and information systems, performance evaluation, strategies and tactics, and prevailing and promising approaches to increasing effectiveness of police agencies).

The text presents aspects of virtual worlds and highlights the emerging trends in simulation and modeling, comprising machine learning, artificial intelligence, deep learning, robotics, cloud computing, and data mining algorithms.

The title concept was a name to reach out to a broad spectrum of readers and those that do very little reading.

A sheriff investigates his own brother's murder, deep in the heart of Appalachia.

In its third edition, The Minister's Guide to Psychological Disorders and Treatments is the definitive guide to everything a minister might need to know about the most common psychological disorders and current evidence-based mental health treatments.

In its third edition, The Minister's Guide to Psychological Disorders and Treatments is the definitive guide to everything a minister might need to know about the most common psychological disorders and current evidence-based mental health treatments.

This book shows that evolutionary game theory can unravel how mutual cooperation, trust, and credit in a group emerge in organizations and institutions.

This work assesses the various meanings attached to calls for police reform in the public discourse on social media, providing readers with a greater appreciation of the assumptions, empirical claims, and rhetorical nuances that underpin the current dialogue about police policy.

This work assesses the various meanings attached to calls for police reform in the public discourse on social media, providing readers with a greater appreciation of the assumptions, empirical claims, and rhetorical nuances that underpin the current dialogue about police policy.

The human brain is made up of billions of neurons that communicate with each other through chemical messengers, which are referred to as neuroactive substances.

This book delves into the complexities of fault estimation and fault-tolerant control for nonlinear time-delayed systems.

This book presents a novel design framework for the development of Digital Twin (DT) models for process- and motion-control applications.

This book is aimed to undergraduate STEM majors and to researchers using ordinary differential equations.

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

This book explores new methods, architectures, tools, and algorithms for Artificial Intelligence Hardware Accelerators.

El paisaje urbano cercano a las prisiones se puebla, semanalmente y con extraordinaria regularidad, de una siempre creciente cantidad de personas que, sin encontrarse encerradas, mantienen relaciones continuas con quienes están detenidos.

Software Defined Networks: A Comprehensive Approach, Second Edition provides in-depth coverage of the technologies collectively known as Software Defined Networking (SDN).

This book delves into the complexities of fault estimation and fault-tolerant control for nonlinear time-delayed systems.

This book focuses on nonextensive statistical mechanics, a current generalization of Boltzmann-Gibbs (BG) statistical mechanics.

This book highlights cutting-edge research in the field of network science, offering scientists, researchers, students and practitioners a unique update on the latest advances in theory and a multitude of applications.

Commissioned by the Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS), this needed, useful new 'Body of Knowledge' (BoK) collects and organizes the common understanding of a wide collection of professionals and professional associations.