Research and information: general

This monograph presents new theories and methods for fixed-time cooperative control of multi-agent systems.

The book presents theory and algorithms for secure networked inference in the presence of Byzantines.

This textbook covers the theoretical backgrounds and practical aspects of image, video and audio feature expression, e.

This book investigates data security approaches in Heterogeneous Communications Networks (HCN).

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This book bears testimony to the value of a progressive form of academisation of social work education in most European countries, including former communist countries which had to re-establish social work education.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust, HCI-CPT  2022, held as part of the 23rd International Conference, HCI International 2022, which was held virtually in June/July 2022.

This book summarizes the main research results and preliminaries of quantum obfuscation and systematically introduces quantum obfuscation methods.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Provable Security, ProvSec 2017, held in Xi'an, China, in October 2017.

Was hat Bill Clinton mit Niklas Luhmann zu tun und was die Fernsehsendung "Big Brother" mit der Systemtheorie?

Supply Chain Simulation allows readers to practice modeling and simulating a multi-level supply chain.

In the last two decades fractional differential equations have been used more frequently in physics, signal processing, fluid mechanics, viscoelasticity, mathematical biology, electro chemistry and many others.

The present book is the result of a three year research project which investigated the creative act of composing by means of algorithmic composition.

Statistics is made simple with this award-winning guide to using R and applied statistical methods.

This lecture presents a first compendium of established and emerging standards in pervasive computing systems.

Fully revised, with an updated bibliography and new, relevant illustrative examples based on work inspired by critical realism, this new edition of Explaining Society constitutes an up-to-date resource connecting methodology, theory, and empirical research.

This book reports on the development and assessment of a novel framework for studying neural interactions (the connectome) and their dynamics (the chronnectome).

This book presents advanced methods for the electronic modeling of dynamical systems governed by ordinary differential equations.

Based on the highly successful 3-volume reference Handbook of Computer Vision and Applications, this concise edition covers in a single volume the entire spectrum of computer vision ranging form the imaging process to high-end algorithms and applications.

This important resource helps researchers in all disciplines share their findings, knowledge, and ideas effectively and beyond their own field.

Information is a core concept in animal communication: individuals routinely produce, acquire, process and store information, which provides the basis for their social life.

This book reports on cutting-edge theories and methods for analyzing complex systems, such as transportation and communication networks and discusses multi-disciplinary approaches to dependability problems encountered when dealing with complex systems in practice.

In an era of rapid technological change, are qualitative researchers taking advantage of new and innovative ways to gather, analyse and share community narratives?

The new multimedia standards (for example, MPEG-21) facilitate the seamless integration of multiple modalities into interoperable multimedia frameworks, transforming the way people work and interact with multimedia data.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the IFIP TC 5, WG 8.

This book advances a new interdisciplinary approach that engages with the concepts of science and literature through the mediation of philosophy (with a focus on the ideas of Gilbert Simondon and Gilles Deleuze).

This book has been written for several reasons, not all of which are academic.

This book describes how control of distributed systems can be advanced by an integration of control, communication, and computation.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is the leading sponsor of basic academic research in engineering, and its influence far exceeds its budget.

Mixed Methods in Ethnographic Research: Historical Perspectives captures the dynamic history and development of mixed methods research in a narrative of personal discovery, growth, and experience.

Practical Research is an engaging, cross-disciplinary guide to research methodology.

Liquid Architecture challenges the idea of architecture as a fixed, inert container and reconceptualises it as a body whose boundaries are rather blurred and ever-changing.

This book constitutes refereed proceedings of the 10th Ecuadorian Conference on Information and Communication Technologies, TICEC 2022, held in Manta, Ecuador, in October 2022.

This volume explores state-of-the-art developments in theoretical and applied fluid mechanics with a focus on stabilization and control.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Security and Cryptography, SCN 2012, held in Amalfi, Italy, in September 2012.

This volume collects ten surveys on the modeling, simulation, and applications of active particles using methods ranging from mathematical kinetic theory to nonequilibrium statistical mechanics.

Work and the nature of occupations are matters of central concern to the sociologist.

A clear and comprehensive introduction to what philosophy is, how it should be done and why we should do it.

George Herbert Mead has long been known for his social theory of meaning and the 'self' - an approach which becomes all the more relevant in light of the ways we develop and represent ourselves online.

Motivated by the death of his partner, Adams seeks to redefine the closet as a relational construct between all people and all sexualities.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Cyber Security Cryptography and Machine Learning, CSCML 2021, held in Be'er Sheva, Israel, in July 2021.

This is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the methods researchers use to study child language, written by experienced scholars in the study of language development.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Graphical Models for Security, GramSec 2020, which took place on June 22, 2020.

This book presents the latest tools, techniques, and solutions that decision makers use to overcome the challenges faced by their sustainable supply chains.

In his signature pragmatic and friendly style, David Silverman acts as your stand-in supervisor in the seventh edition of this book, taking you step-by-step through different methods for making sense of qualitative data.

Anyone who has ever bought a car, rented an apartment, had a job or conversation that they would rather not see in their employee review may find this book of interest.

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