The NSA, computer chips, surveillance cameras, search engines, social media and major corporations spy on our every move and try to influence our every decision. Big Ag and Big Pharma sell us food, me
Provides information on gun control, the Second Amendment, changes in weapons and the laws they inspire, mass shootings, background checks, assault weapons, the issue in other countries, possible effe
Examines the issue of gun control, asking if control laws reduce deaths, if background checks should be expanded, if military-style assault weapons should be banned, and if concealed handguns should b
This book introduces a unique, packet-based co-design control framework for networked control systems. It begins by providing a comprehensive survey of state-of-the-art research on networked control s
Media Control: News as an Institution of Power and Social Control challenges traditional (and even some radical) perceptions of how the news works. While it's clear that journalists don't operate obje
From the New York Times bestselling author David Mack comes an original, thrilling Section 31 novel set in the Star Trek: The Next Generation universe!No law…no conscience…no mercy. Amoral, shrouded i
The classic text on control systems – completely updated and revised for the most student-friendly edition everThis completely overhauled Tenth Edition of the renowned textbook delivers practical cove
Aircraft Control Allocation Wayne Durham, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA Kenneth A. Bordignon, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA Roger Beck, Dynamic Concepts, Inc., U
This book is a fully up-to-date, comprehensive guide to the law, economics and practice of UK merger control law. This guide presents an integrated legal and economic assessment of the substantive app
The aim of this work is to present a unified approach to the modern field of control theory and to provide a technique for making problems involving deterministic, stochastic, and adaptive processes o
Discontinuously working elements (on-off controls) are widely used in automatic control systems. From an engineering point of view they are attractive because they are nearly always Simpler, more rugg
In her personal life, FBI agent Andra Bailey works hard to control her sociopathic tendencies. But on the job, her cold logic comes in handy.Now two world-renowned scientists have disappeared, and the
Media Control: News as an Institution of Power and Social Control challenges traditional (and even some radical) perceptions of how the news works. While it's clear that journalists don't operate obje
This book explores connections between control theory and geometric mechanics. The author links control theory with a geometric view of classical mechanics in both its Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formu
This book provides readers with alternative robust approaches to control design for an important class of systems characteristically associated with ocean-going vessels and structures. These systems,
Instrumentation and Control Systems addresses the basic principles of modern instrumentation and control systems, including examples of the latest devices, techniques and applications in a clear and r
This is the Student Study Guide designed to accompany Food and Beverage Cost Control, Sixth Edition.The fully updated sixth edition of Food and Beverage Cost Control provides students and managers wit
This book investigates the phenomenon of control structures, configurations in which the subject of the embedded clause is missing and is construed as coreferential with the subject of the embedding c
This book investigates the phenomenon of control structures, configurations in which the subject of the embedded clause is missing and is construed as coreferential with the subject of the embedding c
Statistics for Quality Control is a basic level study of statistics used in a production operations setting. It is primarily intended for students entering quality control or other industrial and oper
The book lays stress on the significance of infection control with the help of valuable information. Due to Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI) growing worldwide, they have become a serious problem
Orphaned by a tragic plane crash, Zel struggles to protect her younger sister, who is abducted by strangers using bizarre sensory weapons while Zel herself ends up in a safe house for teens where she
Animal control offices are busy places. They offer many services, such as pet licensing and microchipping, to make sure the animals within their communities remain safe and healthy. Students will be w
Updated with the latest technology, machines, and controls in the industry, ELECTRIC MOTOR CONTROL, 10E delivers comprehensive coverage and practical insight for anyone who will install, monitor, and/
Highly regarded for its case studies and accessible writing, Control Systems Engineering is a valuable resource for engineers. It takes a practical approach while presenting clear and complete explana
Vehicle Dynamics and Control provides a comprehensive coverage of vehicle control systems and the dynamic models used in the development of these control systems. The control system applications cover
The idea of space control and the militarization or weaponization of space has becomeincreasingly prominent in contemporary society. This book puts the widely-held view that'arms control in space is n
The volume contains 19 contributions by international experts in the field of multibody system dynamics, robotics and control. The book aims to bridge the gap between the modeling of mechanical system
Heavily illustrated with 900 pictures of actual well control sites, Common Well Control Hazards: Identification and Countermeasures provides a visual representation of 177 common well control hazards
Digital controllers are part of nearly all modern personal, industrial, and transportation sytems. Every senior or graduate student of electrical, chemical or mechanical engineering should therefore
By providing all the basic knowledge needed to assess how useful active noise control will be for a given problem, this book assists in the designing, setting up, and tuning of an active noise-control
A reference to answer all your statistical confidentiality questions.This handbook provides technical guidance on statistical disclosure control and on how to approach the problem of balancing the nee
The present book includes a set of selected papers from the eighth "International Conference on Informatics in Control Automation and Robotics"(ICINCO 2011), held in Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands,
By all accounts, Janet Neal was living the ideal life - or at least she thought she was. The reality was quite another story: She was exhausted, unhappy, and unsure of just who the real Janet truly wa
The 10th International Workshop on Intelligent Statistical Quality Control took place in Seattle, USA, Aug 18-20, 2010. It was hosted by Professor C. M. Mastrangelo, Department of Industrial and Syste
Congestion Control in Data Transmission Networks details the modeling and control of data traffic in communication networks. It shows how various networking phenomena can be represented in a consisten
The story of Adam and Eve—one of the oldest and most widely cherished stories in human history—has been misused and abused in the battleground of America’s culture war. Dating back to the Scopes Trial
The story of Adam and Eve—one of the oldest and most widely cherished stories in human history—has been misused and abused in the battleground of America’s culture war. Dating back to the Scopes Trial
Constructive Nonlinear Control presents a broad repertoire of constructive nonlinear designs not available in other works by widening the class of systems and design tools. Several streams of nonlinea
