Operations Research in Space and Air is a selection of papers reflecting the experience and expertise of international OR consulting companies and academic groups.
Educational Planning of Court-Involved Youth provides a framework for alleviating chronic barriers for youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems.
This book is guided by the typical application scenarios of distributed coordination control strategies inspired by the collective behaviors of flocks of birds, schools of fish, swarm of herds, and so on.
This book is comprised of the latest research into CSS methods, uses, and results, as presented at the 2020 annual conference of the Computational Social Science Society of the Americas (CSSSA).
This practical guidebook describes the basic concepts, the mathematical developments, and the engineering methodologies for exploiting possibility theory for the computer-based design of an information fusion system where the goal is decision support for industries in smart ICT (information and communications technologies).
This book concentrates on innovations in research in the areas of Data Science, Computer Science and Computer Engineering Education, Computer and Network Security, Health Informatics and Digital Imaging, Internet of Things, Smart Cities and Smart Energy, and Quantum ComputingThe Fourth International Conference on Innovations in Computing Research (ICR’25), August 25–27, 2025, London, UK, 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 2-volume set constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on 6G for Future Wireless Networks, 6GN 2022, held in Harbin, China, in December 2022.
The Equality Act 2010 in Mental Health provides a critical guide to the Act: what it means for mental health services and how it should be implemented.
This book illustrates the broad range of Jerry Marsden's mathematical legacy in areas of geometry, mechanics, and dynamics, from very pure mathematics to very applied, but always with a geometric perspective.
This book states that current developments in air pollution modeling are explored as a series of contributions from researchers at the forefront of their field.
The primary objective of the book is to provide advanced undergraduate or frrst-year graduate engineering students with a self-contained presentation of the principles fundamental to the analysis, design and implementation of computer controlled systems.
Providing a comprehensive overview of domestic violence across all racial/ethnic groups, this book explores topics rarely discussed in other domestic violence texts and identifies barriers that discourage victims from reporting abuse.
Backscattering and RF Sensing for Future Wireless Communication Discover what lies ahead in wireless communication networks with this insightful and forward-thinking book written by experts in the fieldBackscattering and RF Sensing for Future Wireless Communication delivers a concise and insightful picture of emerging and future trends in increasing the efficiency and performance of wireless communication networks.
Offender profiling is now viewed as an integral part of serious crime investigations by many law enforcement agencies across the world and continues to attract a high public and media profile.
The IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration (the 'Rules') are used in the majority of international arbitration cases, regardless of the administering institution or the legal background of the parties.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Development Informatics Association Conference, IDIA 2020, held in Macau, China, in March 2020.
Stay updated with expert techniques for solving data analytics and machine learning challenges and gain insights from complex projects and power up your applicationsKey FeaturesBuild independent machine learning (ML) systems leveraging the best features of R 3.
Drawn from recent proceedings of the International Police Executive Symposium (IPES), this volume explores major policing initiatives and evolutions across the globe and presents practical insights on how police are retooling their profession.
A pragmatic guide to a growing area of professional practice, this book describes the multiple roles of the trial consultant and provides tools for carrying them out competently and ethically.
The interpretation and evaluation of scientific evidence and its presentation in a court of law is central both to the role of the forensic scientist as an expert witness and to the interests of justice.
On Friday, February 20, 1980, I had the pleasure to be present at the inaugural lecture of my colleague Jan Reedijk, who had just been named at the Chair of Inorganic Chemistry of Leiden University.
This two-volume set LNCS 12194 and 12195 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Social Computing and Social Media, SCSM 2020, held as part of the 22nd International Conference, HCI International 2020, which was planned to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in July 2020.
The five-volume set LNCS 14961, 14962, 14963, 14964 and 14965 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Joint Conference on Web and Big Data, APWeb-WAIM 2024, held in Jinhua, China, during August 30-September 1, 2024.
Forensic DNA Applications: An Interdisciplinary Perspective, Second Edition is fully updated to outline the latest advances in forensic DNA testing techniques and applications.
Evidence: Law and Context explains the key concepts of evidence law in England and Wales clearly and concisely, set against the backdrop of the broader political and theoretical contexts.
Mining the World Wide Web: An Information Search Approach explores the concepts and techniques of Web mining, a promising and rapidly growing field of computer science research.
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Business Information Systems, BIS 2020, which was planned to take place in Colorado Springs, CO, USA.
Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch not only feature the world's most powerful mobile operating system, they also usher in a new standard of human-computer interaction through gestural interfaces and multi-touch navigation.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th China Conference on Machine Translation, CCMT 2019, held in Nanchang, China, in September 2019.
A universal service desk (USD) is the central point of contact between a service provider and users for everyday activities, and within an organisation for all requests for and enquiries about the services provided to customers, both internal and external.
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.
"e;Systemic thinking"e; is the process of understanding how systems influence one another within a world of systems and has been defined as an approach to problem solving by viewing "e;problems"e; as parts of an overall system, rather than reacting to a specific part, outcome, or event.
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries, AFRICOMM 2020, held in Ebene City, Mauritius, in December 2020.
