Architecture

This book includes peer-reviewed papers presented at the 3rd International Conference on Emerging Electronics & Automation (E2A) 2023.

In 1941 Isaac Asimov famously introduced us to the idea of Robots with the ability to tell between right and wrong.

In 1941 Isaac Asimov famously introduced us to the idea of Robots with the ability to tell between right and wrong.

Reinforcement Learning: Theory and Python Implementation is a tutorial book on reinforcement learning, with explanations of both theory and applications.

This book provides an overview of the latest innovations in prefabrication.

This book includes peer-reviewed articles from the 1st International Conference on Intelligent Healthcare and Computational Neural Modelling (ICIHCNN-2022), held on November 30, 2022, at Dehradun, India.

This book includes peer-reviewed articles from the 1st International Conference on Intelligent Healthcare and Computational Neural Modelling (ICIHCNN-2022), held on November 30, 2022, at Dehradun, India.

This book explores the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the construction industry, examining its readiness for widespread integration and its potential to reshape various facets of the construction lifecycle.

This book focuses on the emerging topic of embedded artificial intelligence and provides a systematic summary of its principles, platforms, and practices.

This book focuses on the emerging topic of embedded artificial intelligence and provides a systematic summary of its principles, platforms, and practices.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 26th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems, SSS 2024, held in Nagoya, Japan, during October 20-22, 2024.

With the reinassance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI-empowered technologies, such as robots, we are all asking ourselves the question: What role will these new technologies play in our lives and in our society?

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 26th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems, SSS 2024, held in Nagoya, Japan, during October 20-22, 2024.

This volume brings together twelve previously unpublished essays on the theme of Wittgenstein on practice and on the insight that careful attention to human or animal activity is essential for thinking about philosophical problems.

This volume brings together twelve previously unpublished essays on the theme of Wittgenstein on practice and on the insight that careful attention to human or animal activity is essential for thinking about philosophical problems.

This book compiles a curated selection of texts authored by architects and scholars hailing from Asia, Europe, and North America.

Architectural Design Strategies for Saving Energy in Buildings: An Architect's View employs an architect's perspective, defined equally as art and engineering science, to the contemporary concept of designing buildings that use less energy.

This book presents the proceedings of the 5th International Conference of IFToMM ITALY (IFIT), held in Turin, Italy on September 11-13, 2024.

This book features high-quality research papers presented at the International Conference of Mechanical and Robotic Engineering "e;Congress on Control, Robotics, and Mechatronics"e; (CRM 2024), jointly organized by SR University, Warangal, India, and Soft Computing Research Society, India, during 3-4 February 2024.

This book features high-quality research papers presented at the International Conference of Mechanical and Robotic Engineering "e;Congress on Control, Robotics, and Mechatronics"e; (CRM 2024), jointly organized by SR University, Warangal, India, and Soft Computing Research Society, India, during 3-4 February 2024.

This book provides the first comprehensive, easy-to-read, and up-to-date account of the fascinating discipline of archaeoastronomy, in which the relationship between ancient constructions and the sky is studied to gain a better understanding of the ideas of the architects of the past and their religious and symbolic worlds.

This book focuses on the indirect effects on environmental resilience.

This book examines how discarded marble heaps can be repurposed, in situ, to breathe new life into the landscape, offering solutions that are as innovative as they are practical and sustainable.

This book examines how discarded marble heaps can be repurposed, in situ, to breathe new life into the landscape, offering solutions that are as innovative as they are practical and sustainable.

This book examines the persistent global problem of low productivity of systems in the construction industry and how it mobilizes research and social efforts to find more efficient procedures and processes associated with production, construction, and operation.

This book presents a collection of case reviews on robotic HPB (Hepato-pancreato-biliary) surgeries contributed by distinguished surgical experts and robotics engineers.

This book presents a collection of case reviews on robotic HPB (Hepato-pancreato-biliary) surgeries contributed by distinguished surgical experts and robotics engineers.

This book evaluates the impact of climate conditions on adaptive strategies, diagnoses prosumers' energy patterns in Positive Energy Buildings, and assesses the social and global dimensions of energy poverty.

This book evaluates the impact of climate conditions on adaptive strategies, diagnoses prosumers' energy patterns in Positive Energy Buildings, and assesses the social and global dimensions of energy poverty.

This book gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of machine science and mechanical engineering, as presented by international researchers and engineers at the 12th International Conference on Machine and Industrial Design in Mechanical Engineering (KOD), held in Balatonfured, Hungary on May 23-26, 2024.

This book gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of machine science and mechanical engineering, as presented by international researchers and engineers at the 12th International Conference on Machine and Industrial Design in Mechanical Engineering (KOD), held in Balatonfured, Hungary on May 23-26, 2024.

This book introduces a comprehensive and sustainable project delivery framework tailored for managing the Water, Energy and Food (WEF) nexus in developing economies.

Since before the time of our last common ancestor, microbes have been shaping our evolution and our environment, just as we have shaped theirs.

This book looks at the translations which appeared in the Philosophical Transactions and whose source texts had appeared in the Journal des Scavans during the period 1665 to 1700.

This book looks at the translations which appeared in the Philosophical Transactions and whose source texts had appeared in the Journal des Scavans during the period 1665 to 1700.

This book aims to provide a comprehensive overview of how climate change affects planetary health and what this means for our collective future.

Since before the time of our last common ancestor, microbes have been shaping our evolution and our environment, just as we have shaped theirs.

This volume proposes an interdependent relationship between progress and obstacles in architecture and the built environment.

This book is an interdisciplinary study linking the circular economy and renewable energy, satisfying the public interest in sustainable energy solutions from a social, political, economic, and technological perspective.

This book is an interdisciplinary study linking the circular economy and renewable energy, satisfying the public interest in sustainable energy solutions from a social, political, economic, and technological perspective.

This book aims to offer an in-depth guide and fundamental comprehension of sustainable energy technologies and their essential function in decreasing energy consumption in buildings under diverse climatic conditions.

This book aims to offer an in-depth guide and fundamental comprehension of sustainable energy technologies and their essential function in decreasing energy consumption in buildings under diverse climatic conditions.

Gathering the proceedings of the 8th IFToMM International Symposium on Robotics and Mechatronics (ISRM), held in Djerba, Tunisia, on April 17-19, 2024, this volume covers topics in the broad range of topics related to robotics and mechatronics such as mechanism design, modeling and simulation, kinematics and dynamics of multibody systems, navigation and motion planning, wireless sensors and wearable devices, biomechanics and bio-robotics, micro/nano-robotics, complex robotic systems, walking machines, humanoids, smart devices.

Gathering the proceedings of the 8th IFToMM International Symposium on Robotics and Mechatronics (ISRM), held in Djerba, Tunisia, on April 17-19, 2024, this volume covers topics in the broad range of topics related to robotics and mechatronics such as mechanism design, modeling and simulation, kinematics and dynamics of multibody systems, navigation and motion planning, wireless sensors and wearable devices, biomechanics and bio-robotics, micro/nano-robotics, complex robotic systems, walking machines, humanoids, smart devices.

This book reviews air pollution, discussing its far-reaching impacts and presenting sustainable strategies to effectively address and mitigate these challenges.

This book reviews air pollution, discussing its far-reaching impacts and presenting sustainable strategies to effectively address and mitigate these challenges.

This book comprises the latest collection of peer reviewed research articles presented at the 9th International Conference on Civil Engineering, ICOCE 2025, held in Singapore from March 22 to 24.

This book considers the work of two philosophers situated within the anglo-american analytical tradition, Stanley Cavell (1926-2018) and Bernard Williams (1929-2003).

This book considers the work of two philosophers situated within the anglo-american analytical tradition, Stanley Cavell (1926-2018) and Bernard Williams (1929-2003).

This book presents a new reading of the history of French social science and religion through an investigation of early sociology's techniques for narrating the category of belief.