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Power systems are evolving towards the Smart Grid paradigm, featured by large-scale integration of renewable energy resources, e.g. wind and solar power, deeper participation of demand side, and enhanced interaction with electric vehicles. While these emerging elements are inherently stochastic in n... More

The purpose of this edited volume is to provide a comprehensive overview on the fundamentals of deep learning, introduce the widely-used learning architectures and algorithms, present its latest theoretical progress, discuss the most popular deep learning platforms and data sets, and describe how ma... More

Energy Harvesting Wireless Communications offers a review of the most current research as well as the basic concepts, key ideas and powerful tools of energy harvesting wireless communications. Energy harvesting is both renewable and cheap and has the potential for many applications in future wireles... More

This two-volume set, LNCS 11317 and 12318, constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 4th International Joint Conference, APWeb-WAIM 2020, held in Tianjin, China, in September 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference was organizedas a fully online conference. The 42 full papers ... More

This two-volume set, LNCS 11317 and 12318, constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 4th International Joint Conference, APWeb-WAIM 2020, held in Tianjin, China, in September 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference was organizedas a fully online conference. The 42 full papers ... More

The 4-volume set LNAI 13013 – 13016 constitutes the proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2021, which took place in Yantai, China, during October 22-25, 2021.The 299 papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected f... More

The 4-volume set LNAI 13013 – 13016 constitutes the proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2021, which took place in Yantai, China, during October 22-25, 2021.The 299 papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected f... More

The 4-volume set LNAI 13013 – 13016 constitutes the proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2021, which took place in Yantai, China, during October 22-25, 2021.The 299 papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected f... More

The 4-volume set LNAI 13013 – 13016 constitutes the proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2021, which took place in Yantai, China, during October 22-25, 2021.The 299 papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected f... More

A must-have read for anyone looking to take their independently-produced film or video into the 3rd dimension. The text features technical, practical, and inspirational insight from the visionaries who've been producing 3D film and video for decades, not just in the recent past. They offer low-cost ... More

This book equips students and practising managers with strategic insights into the process of managing odds and for dealing with emerging fluid situations which can affect any organization. The authors emphasize that managers should not rely on theories and models for dealing with organizational ... More

<p>Clergy suffer from certain health issues at a rate higher than the general population. Why are pastors in such poor health? And what can be done to help them step into the abundant life God desires for them? <p>Although anecdotal observations about poor clergy health abound, concrete data from... More

Advanced Placement Economics prepares high school students for their AP Economics Exam.... More

A report from the International Monetary Fund.... More

This book deals with the attempts made by the scientists, researchers and practitioners to address different emerging issues in transportation and geotechnical engineering. Papers focus on the following: (i) polymer-based dust suppressant,(ii) cement concrete materials, (iii) pavement preservation t... More

Advancement in design and construction to embrace the impact of rapid global urbanization growth in infrastructure development is inevitable. This proceedings volume includes many smart and green solutions for civil infrastructures, incorporating geotechnical and engineering geology aspects. The art... More

A report from the International Monetary Fund.... More

A report from the International Monetary Fund.... More

In this volume, Prof. Zhang reviews the systematic theoretical studies in his group on the growth mechanisms and properties of silicon quantum dots, nanotubes and nanowires, including: mechanisms of oxide-assisted growth of silicon nanowires, energetic stability of pristine silicon nanowires and na... More

This book outlines 11 courses and 15 research topics in bioinformatics, based on curriculums and talks in a graduate summer school on bioinformatics that was held in Tsinghua University. The courses include: Basics for Bioinformatics, Basic Statistics for Bioinformatics, Topics in Computational Gen... More

This proceedings book gathers contributions presented at the First International Conference on Embankment Dams (1st ICED, Beijing, 5–7 June 2020), which was the inaugural conference of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) Technical Committee TC210 on Emba... More

This proceedings book gathers contributions presented at the First International Conference on Embankment Dams (1st ICED, Beijing, 5–7 June 2020), which was the inaugural conference of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) Technical Committee TC210 on Emba... More

This book discusses various aspects of text data mining. Unlike other books that focus on machine learning or databases, it approaches text data mining from a natural language processing (NLP) perspective. The book offers a detailed introduction to the fundamental theories and methods of text dat... More

Quantum Simulations of Materials and Biological Systems features contributions from leading world experts in the fields of density functional theory (DFT) and its applications to material and biological systems. The recent developments of correlation functionals, implementations of Time-dependent a... More

TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD FOR MULTIBODY SYSTEMS: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS Xiaoting Rui, Guoping Wang and Jianshu Zhang - Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China Featuring a new method of multibody system dynamics, this book introduces the transfer matrix method systematically for the first ... More