Cybernetics and systems theory

The aim of this book is the pedagogical exploration of the basic principles of quantum-statistical thermodynamics as applied to various states of matter - ranging from rare gases to astrophysical matter with high-energy density.

Forensic Analysis of Tattoos and Tattoo Inks is the single most comprehensive resource on the analysis of tattoo inks and use of tattoos as a tool in forensic investigations and criminalistics.

This book presents a method for creating a working model of society, using data systems and simulation techniques, that can be used for testing propositions of scientific and policy nature.

This book presents recent developments and results found by participants of the Third International Conference on the Dynamics of Information Systems, which took place at the University of Florida, Gainesville FL, USA on February 16-18, 2011.

Coercive medico-legal interventions are often employed to prevent people deemed to be unable to make competent decisions about their health, such as minors, people with mental illness, disability or problematic alcohol or other drug use, from harming themselves or others.

This book offers an applied approach to criminology suitable for prospective police officers.

This proceedings of 15th CHAOS2022 International Conference highlights recent developments in nonlinear, dynamical, and complex systems.

Frequency Domain Criteria for Absolute Stability focuses on recently-developed methods of delay-integral-quadratic constraints to provide criteria for absolute stability of nonlinear control systems.

Teaching Evidence Law sets out the contemporary experiences of evidence teachers in a range of common law countries across four continents: Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Psychological Aspects of Crisis Negotiation, Third Edition, explores the methods and strategies for confronting the nine types of subjects typically encountered in hostage/suicide sieges by correctional staff and law enforcement crisis negotiators.

This second of three volumes includes  papers from the second series of NODYCON which was held virtually in February of 2021.

This book examines whether the integration of edge intelligence (EI) and blockchain (BC) can open up new horizons for providing ubiquitous intelligent services.

Welcome to the proceedings of the Seventh International Conference of the UK Systems Society being held at York University, United Kingdom from July 7th to 10th, 2002.

Explore the transformative potential of the Internet of Things (IoT) within the unique context of Africa.

Investigative Interviewing: Adopting a Forensic Mindset is a straight-forward, practical textbook outlining proper interview planning and techniques, detailing all relevant case law concerning confessions.

This book presents high-quality research papers presented at the 6th International Conference on Sustainable and Innovative Solutions for Current Challenges in Engineering and Technology (ICSISCET 2024) held at Madhav Institute of Technology & Science (MITS), Gwalior, India, during October 26-27, 2024.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of recent developments in network dynamics and control with applications to supply chains, manufacturing and logistics systems.

Using novel, bioethical framing alongside critical and comprehensive analysis of harm reduction approaches, this cutting-edge book addresses the multifaceted and transdisciplinary issue of drug addiction in society, exploring how addiction can be conceptualized from various disciplinary perspectives for positive policy outcomes.

This monograph deals with theoretical fundamentals and numerical methods of optimizing nondetermined models of systems.

Along with firearms, tool marks, fingerprints, and footwear, the analysis of tire marks is a key area within the forensic discipline of impression evidence.

Das vorliegende Buch ist eine Einführung in die Grundlagen der mathematischen Optimierung, die sich dadurch auszeichnet, dass diskrete und kontinuierliche Methoden integriert behandelt werden.

This book provides a system-level approach to making packaging decisions for millimeter-wave transceivers.

This book explores the identification of influencers in complex networks, bridging theoretical approaches with practical applications across diverse fields.

This volume presents infectious diseases modeled mathematically, taking seasonality and changes in population behavior into account, using a switched and hybrid systems framework.

This book consolidates decades of knowledge on space flight navigation theory, which has thus far been spread across various research articles.

The book is a collection of peer-reviewed scientific papers submitted by active researchers in the 36th National System Conference (NSC 2012).

In recent years, problems such as environmental and economic crises and pandemics caused by new viruses have been occurring on a global scale.

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

Revolutionizing the field of complex system optimization and management, this book introduces the innovative concept of cyber-collaborative protocols (CCP), representing a new approach to managing the complexity of interconnected systems.

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.

Distributed control systems offer the advantages of local control, while retaining the ease of control at a single centralized location.

Child Abuse and Neglect: Forensic Issues in Evidence, Impact and Management provides an overview of all aspects of child abuse and neglect, approaching the topic.

Dieses Buch vermittelt Praxiswissen zum Ermittlungsverfahren in seinen nationalen und internationalen Bezügen.

This book presents the proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Frontiers of Intelligent Computing: Theory and Applications (FICTA 2017), held in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

This book is devoted to the study and optimization of spatiotem- ral stochastic processes.

This book is dedicated to Professor Selim G.

This book is a collection of papers presented at the 14th International Conference on the Mechanical Behavior of Materials (ICM-14) held in Santiago, Chile, July 12-14, 2023.

This brief provides unified methods for the stabilization of some fractional evolution systems, nicely complementing existing literature on fractional calculus.

While there is no such thing as a perfect match in the field of forensic comparative science, Forensic Comparative Science: Qualitative Quantitative Source Determination of Unique Impressions, Images, and Objects provides the experience, understanding, and judgment, necessary for concluding whether two unique images share common origin from a unique and persistent source.

Non-linear stochastic systems are at the center of many engineering disciplines and progress in theoretical research had led to a better understanding of non-linear phenomena.

This book is dedicated to the issues of security, trust and privacy models, and architectures in IoT environments.

This book offers an introduction to the physics of nonlinear phenomena through two complementary approaches: bifurcation theory and catastrophe theory.

This book presents an internationally comprehensive perspective into the field of complex systems.

Soils have important roles to play in criminal and environmental forensic science.

This book is an introduction to health care as a complex adaptive system, a system that feeds back on itself.

This text addresses the how, why, and when of utilizing force against citizens in a democracy.

Forensische Psychiater finden ihr Fach spannend.