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Metamaterial-Based Optical and Radio Frequency Sensing (Advances in Optics and Optoelectronics)
by Jun Luo Dong Wei Xinyu ZhangThis book highlights the fundamentals and practical methods of metamaterials-based optical and radio frequency sensing. Combined with engineering practices, the book illustrates in detail wide frequency electromagnetic signal cloaking and the detection behavior of metasurfaces, including the structure of metasurfaces, electric-controlled behaviors, layout design and fabrication methods, and related experiment results. This book is expected to inspire the research and development of new optical and radio frequency detectors. It is suitable for researchers and engineers working on semiconductor devices, applied optics, and wide frequency signal detection. It is also a good reference for students in these areas.
Intelligent Decision Technologies: Proceedings of the 15th KES-IDT 2023 Conference (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies #352)
by Ireneusz Czarnowski R. J. Howlett Lakhmi C. JainThis book gathers selected papers from the KES-IDT 2023 Conference, held in Rome, Italy, on June 14–16, 2023. The book presents and discusses the latest research results and generates new ideas in the field of intelligent decision-making. The range of topics discussed is classification, prediction, data analysis, big data, data science, decision support, knowledge engineering and modeling in diverse areas such as finance, cybersecurity, economics, health, management and transportation. The problems in industry 4.0 and IoT are also addressed. The book contains several sections devoted to specific topics, such as intelligent data processing and its applications, high-dimensional data analysis and its applications, multi-criteria decision analysis—theory and applications, large-scale systems for intelligent decision-making and knowledge engineering, decision technologies and related topics in big data analysis of social and financial issues and decision-making theory for economics.
Bioinoculants: Biological Option for Mitigating global Climate Change
by Surender Singh Radha Prasanna Kumar PranawThis edited book covers various bioinoculants for sustainable crop production under the changing global climate. The book envisages a compilation of articles relevant to the current status of production and use of novel microbial inoculants for different crops and highlights their role in mitigating global climate challenges. These include nutrient deficiencies, salinity, drought, and emerging pathogens. In addition, success stories and commercialization aspects are also discussed. Growing environmental concerns related to climate change can potentially decrease the global yield capacity of agricultural systems. Agricultural productivity is severely affected by major biotic and abiotic factors. The phytomicrobiome plays a critical role in the survival of the holobiont, particularly for plants growing in extreme environments. The use of microbial-based agricultural inputs has a long history, beginning with a broad-scale rhizobial inoculation of legumes in the early twentieth century. Microbial inoculants are considered one of the best and most effective strategies for sustainable agriculture under climate change, and a viable solution to meet the twin challenges of global food security and environmental sustainability. It is therefore imperative to understand the current status and development in the area of bioinoculants from a global perspective. The chapter’s focus would be on major agro-ecologies, covering all major crops across the globe, along with the commercialization status of different bioinoculants in different countries The book caters to the needs of the students, faculty, policymakers, and researchers working in the area of microbiology, biotechnology, environmental sciences, and botany.
Smart Education and e-Learning—Smart University: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Smart Education and e-Learning (KES SEEL-2023) (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies #355)
by Vladimir L. Uskov Robert J. Howlett Lakhmi C. JainThis book contains the contributions presented at the 10th international KES conference on Smart Education and e-Learning (SEEL-2023) with the Smart University as the main conference theme. The conference is being held on June 14-16, 2023 in Rome, Italy in both in-person and online modes. The book contains high quality peer-reviewed papers that are grouped into several interconnected parts: Part 1 – Smart Education, Part 2 – Smart e-Learning, Part 3 – Smart University, Part 4 – Smart Education: Case Studies and Research, and Part 5 – Smart Company: Case Studies and Research. Smart education, smart e-learning, smart universities and smart companies are emerging and rapidly growing areas with the potential to transform the existing teaching strategies, learning environments, and educational/training activities and technology in academic institutions and training centers. Smart education/training and smart e-learning are focused on enabling instructors/trainers to develop innovative ways of achieving excellence in teaching in highly technological smart classrooms/labs, and providing students/learners with new opportunities to maximize their success and select the best options for their education/training, location and learning style, as well as the mode of content delivery. This book serves as a useful source of research data and valuable information on current research projects, best practices and case studies for faculty, scholars, Ph.D. students, administrators, and practitioners – all those who are interested in smart education, smart e-learning, smart university and smart business/company paradigms, concepts, systems and technology.
Bioenergy: Impacts on Environment and Economy (Energy, Environment, and Sustainability)
by Praveen Kumar Ramanujam Binod Parameswaran B. Bharathiraja A. MageshThis contributed volume discusses the impact of bioenergy on the environment and economy. The book contents include contributions on themes, such as the impact of emulsified biofuels on the environment, environmental impacts of the current uses of biomass energy, sustainable development in ecosystem, trends in microbial fuel cells and the ecological and economic impacts on biofuel production, among others. The book also uses visual elements to aid learning. This book is a valuable, hands-on resource for researchers, academics and industry professionals, who are interested in alternative fuels, sustainability, clean energy, biofuel production, waste management, environmental pollution, renewable energy and allied fields.
International Conference on Innovative Computing and Communications: Proceedings of ICICC 2023, Volume 3 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #537)
by Aboul Ella Hassanien Oscar Castillo Sameer Anand Ajay JaiswalThis book includes high-quality research papers presented at the Sixth International Conference on Innovative Computing and Communication (ICICC 2023), which is held at the Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi, India, on February 17–18, 2023. Introducing the innovative works of scientists, professors, research scholars, students, and industrial experts in the field of computing and communication, the book promotes the transformation of fundamental research into institutional and industrialized research and the conversion of applied exploration into real-time applications.
Functionalized Nanomaterials Based Supercapacitor: Design, Performance and Industrial Applications (Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials)
by Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain M. Basheer AhamedThis book portrays an extensive outline of “functionalized nanomaterials based supercapacitor”, including their fundamental as well as industrial-scale exploratory research. The contributed parts stretch the readers a complete report of the field of functionalized nanomaterials-based supercapacitor appropriate hypothetical standard of their structure to their execution, realization and potential application. It covers the latest system and functionalized nanomaterials for preparation, development, construction, validation and design of supercapacitor for commercial application. To best of our knowledge, there is no book available on the topic.Advanced undergraduate and graduate students can find this book a good source of knowledge and guidelines for their studies. They can find this book highly up to date, easy to use and understandable. This book is able to ease their thirst of learning of new and advanced electrochemical sensors.Moreover, the volume editors anticipate that this book is of significant interest to scientists working on the basic issues surrounding applications of nanotechnology in electrochemical sensors. Because of the multidisciplinary nature of this topic, this book attracts a broad audience including chemists, materials scientists, pharmacist, biologist and chemical engineers, who are involved and interested in the future frontiers of functionalized nanomaterials-based supercapacitor sciences and technology.Overall, this book is planned to be a reference book for researchers and scientists who are searching for new and advancement in supercapacitors sciences and technology.
Surface Engineering and Functional Nanomaterials for Point-of-Care Analytical Devices
by Buddhadev Purohit Pranjal ChandraThis book chronicles the role of advanced nanomaterials and surface engineering technologies in the development of point-of-care biosensors for health and environmental monitoring. All aspects of nanomaterial synthesis and characterization, functionalization methods, sensing surface engineering, signal amplification strategies, use of innovative technologies to enhance sensor efficiency and performances, and innovative applications of nanobiosensors to tackle real-life problems are discussed in this book with a focus on optical and electrochemical based sensing. It also covers the detection of infectious diseases and various disease biomarkers, smartphone-based biosensing, and portable diagnostics module developments with a discussion on the working mechanisms of these devices in various domains. The book also illustrates the recent trends in biosensing, and an overview of the challenges and probable solutions for the translation of biosensors from laboratory prototypes to commercial success.
Advances in Engineering Design: Select Proceedings of FLAME 2022 (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering)
by Rohit Sharma Ravindra Kannojiya Naveen Garg Sachin S. GautamThis volume comprises the select proceedings of the 3rd Biennial International Conference on Future Learning Aspects of Mechanical Engineering (FLAME) 2022. It aims to provide a comprehensive and broad-spectrum picture of the state-of-the-art research and development in engineering design. Various topics covered include engineering system, synthesis of mechanism, failure analysis, solid and structural mechanics, contact mechanics, multi-body dynamics, fracture mechanics, vibration and acoustics, etc. This volume will prove a valuable resource for researchers and professionals in the area of mechanical engineering, especially engineering design and allied fields.
Magnetic Micro and Nanorobot Swarms: From Fundamentals to Applications (Springer Tracts in Electrical and Electronics Engineering)
by Li Zhang Shihao Yang Qianqian Wang Dongdong JinThis book is focused on the attractive emerging field of micro-/nanorobot swarms (microswarms). It introduces fundamental understandings of various microswarms, including pattern generation, transformation, locomotion, and imaging. This book also demonstrates applications of micro-/nanorobot swarms in different fields, such as biomedical, environmental, and electrical applications. The detailed theoretical analysis and experimental demonstrations in this book provide readers ranging from students to researchers with a realistic picture of progress achieved in the field of micro-/nanorobot swarms.
Proceedings of Eighth International Congress on Information and Communication Technology: ICICT 2023, London, Volume 3 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #695)
by Xin-She Yang R. Simon Sherratt Nilanjan Dey Amit JoshiThis book gathers selected high-quality research papers presented at the Eighth International Congress on Information and Communication Technology, held at Brunel University, London, on 20–23 February 2023. It discusses emerging topics pertaining to information and communication technology (ICT) for managerial applications, e-governance, e-agriculture, e-education and computing technologies, the Internet of Things (IoT) and e-mining. Written by respected experts and researchers working on ICT, the book offers a valuable asset for young researchers involved in advanced studies. The work is presented in four volumes.
Control and Optimization Methods for Complex System Resilience (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control #478)
by Chao ZhaiThis book provides a systematic framework to enhance the ability of complex dynamical systems in risk identification, security assessment, system protection, and recovery with the assistance of advanced control and optimization technologies. By treating external disturbances as control inputs, optimal control approach is employed to identify disruptive disturbances, and online security assessment is conducted with Gaussian process and converse Lyapunov function. Model predictive approach and distributed optimization strategy are adopted to protect the complex system against critical contingencies. Moreover, the reinforcement learning method ensures the efficient restoration of complex systems from severe disruptions. This book is meant to be read and studied by researchers and graduates. It offers unique insights and practical methodology into designing and analyzing complex dynamical systems for resilience elevation.
Emerging Technologies for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles (Green Energy and Technology)
by Christopher H. T. LeeThis book presents advanced theoretical and technological findings in electric and hybrid vehicle applications. It covers numerous emerging technologies in this field such as new electric machine topology, new control algorithms, new power converter designs, sophisticated energy managements, improved charging processes, new energy storage technologies and sources, wireless power transfer technologies. The book caters to not only researchers and educators in the field, but also other readers who are interested in new concepts in electric and hybrid vehicular technologies.
Agents and Multi-agent Systems: Proceedings of 17th KES International Conference, KES-AMSTA 2023, June 2023 (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies #354)
by Gordan Jezic J. Chen-Burger M. Kusek R. Sperka R. J. Howlett Lakhmi C. JainThis book highlights new trends and challenges in research on agents and the new digital and knowledge economy. It includes papers on business process management, agent-based modeling and simulation and anthropic-oriented computing that were originally presented at the 17th International KES Conference on Agents and Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Applications (KES-AMSTA 2023), held in Rome, Italy, in June 14–16, 2023. The respective papers cover topics such as software agents, multi-agent systems, agent modeling, mobile and cloud computing, big data analysis, business intelligence, artificial intelligence, social systems, computer embedded systems and nature-inspired manufacturing, all of which contribute to the modern digital economy.
Novel Developments in Futuristic AI-based Technologies (Algorithms for Intelligent Systems)
by Manoj Sahni José M. Merigó Walayat HussainThe book offers many ideas based on the artificial intelligence techniques, fueled by digital technologies that can be implemented in human lives to make them smarter and more intelligent to survive in this rapidly changing world. This book contains diverse applications based on intelligence systems, such as in the development of innovative digital technologies based on cloud-based infrastructure, agriculture supply-chain management, technology that enables the visually impaired to live more comfortably and confidently in their daily lives. It contains new techniques of encryption and decryption, development of various decision-making systems, artificial intelligence techniques in medical areas, etc. This book addresses newly developed technologies and key ideas for new theory which can be used in the development of more advanced and intelligent world for better future.
Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Mathematics and Computing: ICMC 2023 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #697)
by Debasis Giri Dieter Gollmann S. Ponnusamy Sakurai Kouichi Predrag S. Stanimirović J. K. SahooThis book features selected papers from the 9th International Conference on Mathematics and Computing (ICMC 2023), organized at BITS Pilani K. K. Birla Goa Campus, India, during 6–8 January 2023. It covers recent advances in the field of mathematics, statistics, and scientific computing. The book presents innovative work by leading academics, researchers, and experts from industry in mathematics, statistics, cryptography, network security, cybersecurity, machine learning, data analytics, and blockchain technology in computer science and information technology.
Proceedings of Eighth International Congress on Information and Communication Technology: ICICT 2023, London, Volume 2 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #694)
by Xin-She Yang R. Simon Sherratt Nilanjan Dey Amit JoshiThis book gathers selected high-quality research papers presented at the Eighth International Congress on Information and Communication Technology, held at Brunel University, London, on 20–23 February 2023. It discusses emerging topics pertaining to information and communication technology (ICT) for managerial applications, e-governance, e-agriculture, e-education and computing technologies, the Internet of Things (IoT) and e-mining. Written by respected experts and researchers working on ICT, the book offers a valuable asset for young researchers involved in advanced studies. The work is presented in four volumes.
Bio-based Superabsorbents: Recent Trends, Types, Applications and Recycling (Engineering Materials)
by Sukanya Pradhan Smita MohantyThis book examines the synthetic approaches, properties, applications, and recyclability of bio-based superabsorbent polymers (SAP) in depth. It describes and compares bio-based SAPs with petro-based SAPs. Additionally, it explores the structure–property relationships of bio-based SAPs derived from various natural sources. The book covers current and emerging applications in health and hygiene products, agriculture, construction, and other areas. It also explores the recycling and reusing methods available for water recovery, pressure sensitive adhesives, etc. It discusses the issues behind the sharp increase in research attention, namely the prevailing research hotspots/clusters and suggestions with regard to present studies, works that have been significant and pivotal in the development of SAP research, and the current advances and future directions of research. It also presents the emerging applications of superabsorbent polymers.
Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging: Basic Theory and Practical Methodology (Lecture Notes in Chemistry #95)
by Yi ChenThis book introduces the fundamentals, instruments, methodology, and applications of surface plasmon resonance imaging (SPRi) and related techniques. It provides an overview of SPRi development and an easy-to-understand interpretation of theory and operation principles. Some unique ideas proposed by the authors to design and set up SPRi devices and methods are disclosed for the first time. Crucial manipulation experiences are also summarized here, including chip surface functionalization, sensitivity enhancement and coupling of SPRi with other analytical techniques. The application of SPRi for molecular interaction study, featuring high throughput, label-freeness, and physiologically compatible analysis, is discussed in detail. This book is of interest and useful to a wide readership in bioanalytical chemistry, molecular biology, and many related interdisciplinary fields.
Boiler Tube Failure Mechanisms: Case Studies (Springer Tracts in Mechanical Engineering)
by Atanu SahaThis book presents failure mechanisms of different boiler components and preventive measures. It illustrates the basic steam flow and circuit design of steam boiler, boiler design parameters, boiler components materials and their behavior at different temperatures. The book aims to identify the cause(s) of in-service failure of secondary superheater tube, platen superheater tube and furnace water wall tube and also presents the solutions to avoid the future failures. This volume will be of interest to researchers and professionals working in the areas of energy, power generation, electric power plants, thermodynamics, industrial chemistry, etc.
Latest Ordovician to Early Silurian Shale Gas Strata of the Yangtze Region, China
by Xu Chen Hongyan Wang Daniel GoldmanThis book presents the accumulated data and current state of geological knowledge on China’s main shale gas fields. It addresses a broad range of topics, including the geological setting, reference sections and published boreholes, lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy and chronostratigraphy, sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of the late Ordovician to early Silurian, spatial and temporal distribution patterns and environmental changes in the black shales of the Wufeng and Lungmachi formations, numerical analysis of the Wufengian and Lungmachian Total Organic Carbon (TOC), late Ordovician to early Silurian bentonites of the Yangtze region, and a graptolite atlas of the Wufeng and Lungmachi formations. Given its scope, the book represents a valuable asset for researchers and petroleum engineers alike.
Recent Trends in Transportation Infrastructure, Volume 1: Select Proceedings of TIPCE 2022 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering #354)
by Rajat Rastogi G. Bharath Dharamveer SinghThis book presents the select proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Transportation Infrastructure Projects: Conception to Execution (TIPCE 2022) and emphasizes the understanding of transportation infrastructure projects being conceptualized, designed, and executed so as to bring the desired development in the focused area. It comprises case studies from the transportation sector, construction industries, consulting agencies, and academia. These studies present the bottlenecks experienced during the implementation of the projects, from their conceptualization to their execution and the corrective measures that were incorporated to finish the work. The book will be a valuable reference for beginners, researchers, and professionals interested in construction planning and technology, infrastructure engineering, highway engineering, traffic and transportation planning and systems.
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Industry (Advanced Technologies and Societal Change)
by Jyotismita Talukdar Thipendra P. Singh Basanta BarmanThis book presents a systematic evolution of artificial intelligence (AI), its applications, challenges and solutions in the field of healthcare. The book mainly covers the foundations and various methods of learning in artificial intelligence with its application in healthcare industry. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to data analysis using AI as a tool in the generation, normalization and analysis of healthcare data in association with several evaluation techniques and accuracy measurements. The book is divided into three major sections describing the basic foundations of AI and its associated algorithms, history of artificial intelligence in healthcare, recent developments and several modeling techniques for the same. The last section of the book provides insights into several implementations and methods of evaluation and accuracy prediction for healthcare analysis in AI. Extensive use of data for analysis and prediction using several technologies has transformed the lives of normal people indirectly effecting our process to communicate, learn, work and socialize within the society. Thus, the book also provides an insight into the ethics of AI that is very vital in the process of implementation and evaluation of healthcare data. The book provides an organized analysis to a considerable part of data in a digitized society. In view of this, it covers the theory, methodology, perfection and verification of empirical work for health-related data processing. Particular attention is devoted to in-depth experiments and applications.
Intelligent Computing and Networking: Proceedings of IC-ICN 2023 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #699)
by Valentina Emilia Balas Vijay Bhaskar Semwal Anand KhandareThis book gathers high-quality peer-reviewed research papers presented at the International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Networking (IC-ICN 2023), organized by the Computer Engineering Department, Thakur College of Engineering and Technology, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, on February 24–25, 2023. The book includes innovative and novel papers in the areas of intelligent computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, fuzzy logic, natural language processing, human–machine interaction, big data mining, data science and mining, applications of intelligent systems in healthcare, finance, agriculture and manufacturing, high-performance computing, computer networking, sensor and wireless networks, Internet of Things (IoT), software-defined networks, cryptography, mobile computing, digital forensics and blockchain technology.
Cable Supported Composite Bridges
by Changyu ShaoThis book introduces the latest developments in long-span cable-supported composite cable-stayed bridges, suspension bridges, and mid- and through-type cable-supported composite arch bridges. Based on the engineering application and practice of cable-supported composite bridges, this book systematically expounds the structural systems of these bridge types. It also summarizes the main construction methods, analyzes the mechanical properties of cable-stayed bridges and suspension bridges with composite girders and the influence rule with alternative spans, and proposes the reasonable span range based on economic efficiency. The prospect of using orthotropic composite bridge decks in long-span cable-supported bridges is also analyzed. This book is a valuable reference for both bridge professional technicians and graduate students for research, design and construction.