This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 19th and 20th International Workshop on Job Scheduling Strategies for Parallel Processing, JSSPP 2015 and 2016, held re
This book introduces context-aware computing, providing definitions, categories, characteristics, and context awareness itself and discussing its applications with a particular focus on smart learning
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications, and Worksharing, CollaborateCom 2016, held in Beiji
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Mobile computing is a form of human-computer interaction facilitated by wireless communications. Some of the significant aspects of this field include mobile communications, mobile software, data tran
Computer scientists describe computing techniques that have been inspired by natural physics, chemistry, biology, and collective intelligence. Their topics include applying an electromagnetism-like
This book covers diverse types of ceramic membranes applied in separation processes. The authors present the preparation methods and well as the main application of ceramic membranes. Modules, microfi
Localization and tracking are key functionalities in ubiquitous computing systems and techniques. In recent years a very high variety of approaches, sensors and techniques for indoor and GPS-denied en
What Makes Variables Random: Probability for the Applied Researcher provides an introduction to the foundations of probability that underlie the statistical analyses used in applied research. By expla
Advances in Applied Microbiology, Volume 99, continues to be one of the most widely read and authoritative review sources in microbiology, containing comprehensive reviews of the most current research
This book summarizes the recent breakthroughs in hardware implementation of neuro-inspired computing using resistive synaptic devices. The authors describe how two-terminal solid-state resistive memor
With a highly pragmatic, yet rigorous and theoretically driven approach, this edited book demonstrates why qualitative research in psychology matters, and how it is applied in real world settings. &nb
With a highly pragmatic, yet rigorous and theoretically driven approach, this edited book demonstrates why qualitative research in psychology matters, and how it is applied in real world settings. &nb
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Green, Pervasive, and Cloud Computing, GPC 2017, held in Cetara, Italy, in May 2017 and the following colocated workshops:
This book presents the first comprehensive overview of various verifiable computing techniques, which allow the computation of a function on outsourced data to be delegated to a server. It provides a
With recent innovations in the arena of remote sensing and geographic information systems, the use of geoinformatics in applied geomorphology is receiving more attention than ever. Geoinformatics in A
This book introduces the classical and modern image reconstruction technologies. It covers topics in two-dimensional (2D) parallel-beam and fan-beam imaging, three-dimensional (3D) parallel ray, paral
This book presents extended versions of papers originally presented and discussed at the 3rd International Doctoral Symposium on Applied Computation and Security Systems (ACSS 2016) held from August 1
The book provides readers with a snapshot of the state of the art in the field of nature-inspired computing and its application in optimization. The approach is mainly practice-oriented: each bio-insp
A Gift of Fire: Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing Technology, 5/e, is ideal for courses in Computer Ethics and Computers and Society. It is also a useful reference for computer science
Grid and Cloud Computing and Applications is a compendium of articles and papers that were presented at GCA '16, an international conference that serves researchers, scholars, professionals, students,
Internet Computing and the Internet of Things is a compendium of articles and papers that were presented at ICOMP '16, an international conference that serves researchers, scholars, professionals, stu
This book provides an essential overview of the authors’ work in the field of cable-suspended parallel robots, focusing on innovative design, mechanics, control, development and applications. It prese
This book provides two general granular computing approaches to mining relational data, the first of which uses abstract descriptions of relational objects to build their granular representation, whil
Explore cultural anthropology and its relevance in today's world with CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY: AN APPLIED PERSPECTIVE, Eleventh Edition. Interesting real-world examples and applications of the principle
This book provides a timely and thorough snapshot into the emerging and fast evolving area of applied genomics of foodborne pathogens. Driven by the drastic advance of whole genome shot gun sequencing
This ESV German/English Parallel Bible positions two columns of Scripture on each page: the recently revised Luther 2017 German text on the left alongside the ESV English-language Bible text on the ri
Handbook on Numerical Methods for Hyperbolic Problems: Applied and Modern Issues details the large amount of literature in the design, analysis, and application of various numerical algorithms for sol
In 1944, Britain led the world in electronic computing. By 1974, the British computer industry was all but extinct. What happened in the intervening thirty years holds lessons for all postindustrial s
Full of relevant, diverse, and current real-world applications, Stefan Waner and Steven Costenoble's FINITE MATHEMATICS AND APPLIED CALCULUS, Sixth Edition helps you relate to mathematics. A large num
The pervasiveness of multi-core processors affects a large spectrum of systems from embedded and general-purpose to high-end computing systems. This book assists the programmers in mastering the effic
Applied Mechanics and Civil Engineering VI includes the contributions to the 6th International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Civil Engineering (AMCE 2016, Hong kong, China, 30-31 December 2016),
This book presents the theory of waves propagation in a fluid-saturated porous medium (a Biot medium) and its application in Applied Geophysics. In particular, a derivation of absorbing boundary cond
This book addresses Software-Defined Radio (SDR) baseband processing from the computer architecture point of view, providing a detailed exploration of different computing platforms by classifying diff
The aim of this work is to provide an introduction to the theory of non-autonomous and stochastic dynamical systems, with a focus on the importance of the theory in the Applied Sciences. The book wil
The book offers a comprehensive survey of soft-computing models for optical character recognition systems. The various techniques, including fuzzy and rough sets, artificial neural networks and geneti
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