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Fortifying China explores the titanic struggle to turn China into an aspiring world-class military technological power. The defense economy is leveraging the country's vibrant civilian economy and gaining access to foreign sources of technology and know-how. Drawing on extensive Chinese-language sou... More

Experts examine how innovation and technology are transforming China’s defense industry.Among the most important issues in international security today are the nature and the global implications of China’s emergence as a world-class defense technology power. Since the beginning of the twenty-first c... More

“His collection of nine essays offers a comprehensive and insightful assessment of the Chinese defense science and technology (S&T).” —Pacific AffairsAmong the most important issues in international security today are the nature and the global implications of China’s emergence as a world-class defen... More

Through extensive primary source analysis and independent analysis, this report seeks to answer a number of important questions regarding the state of China's armed forces. The authors found that the PLA is keenly aware of its many weaknesses and is vigorously striving to correct them. Although it... More

This book highlights recent research and developments in floating structures on rivers, lakes, seas and oceans for energy harvesting, aquaculture and farming, leisure activities, infrastructure, industrial plants, real estate and cities, with a focus on sustainably living, relaxing and working offsh... More

Structure- and Adatom-Enriched Essential Properties of Graphene Nanoribbons offers a systematic review of the feature-rich essential properties in emergent graphene nanoribbons, covering mainstream theoretical and experimental research. It includes a wide range of 1D systems; namely, armchair and zi... More

Quality Assurance in Distance Education and E-Learning: Challenges and Solutions from Asia documents the existing regulatory framework covering quality assurance (QA) systems in distance education (DE) in a number of Asian countries. It draws on the knowledge and experience of 16 selected DE/e-learn... More

The book provides necessary knowledge for readers interested in developing the theory of uniform experimental design. It discusses measures of uniformity, various construction methods of uniform designs, modeling techniques, design and modeling for experiments with mixtures, and the usefulness of th... More

The two-volume set LNCS 11961 and 11962 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 25th International Conference on MultiMedia Modeling, MMM 2020, held in Daejeon, South Korea, in January 2020. Of the 171 submitted full research papers, 40 papers were selected for oral presentation an... More

The two-volume set LNCS 11961 and 11962 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 25th International Conference on MultiMedia Modeling, MMM 2020, held in Daejeon, South Korea, in January 2020. Of the 171 submitted full research papers, 40 papers were selected for oral presentation an... More

This monograph offers a comprehensive overview of diverse quantization phenomena in layered materials, covering current mainstream experimental and theoretical research studies, and presenting essential properties of layered materials along with a wealth of figures. This book illustrates commonly ... More

The two-volume set LNCS 13141 and LNCS 13142 constitutes the proceedings of the 28th International Conference on MultiMedia Modeling, MMM 2022, which took place in Phu Quoc, Vietnam, during June 6–10, 2022.The 107 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a tota... More

The two-volume set LNCS 13141 and LNCS 13142 constitutes the proceedings of the 28th International Conference on MultiMedia Modeling, MMM 2022, which took place in Phu Quoc, Vietnam, during June 6–10, 2022.The 107 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a tota... More