These essays form a conjectural historiography of how aspects of Philippine media shape and are shaped by various political, economic, and cultural infrastructures. As a whole, the collection renders
Engineering, business, and other researchers from the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and Latin America present 20 chapters on the use of intelligent techniques and modeling applications in marketing a
Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) are considered to be powerful tools for sustainable growth of mobility at all levels (local, regional, national, transnational). The book reviews the current Resear
Going beyond performing simple analyses, researchers involved in the highly dynamic field of computational intelligent data analysis design algorithms that solve increasingly complex data problems in
Overall, this book presents a detailed and comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art development of different nanoscale intelligent materials for advanced applications. Apart from fundamental asp
This book examines the nature of retail financial transaction infrastructures. Contributions assume a long-term outlook in their exploration of the key financial processes and systems that support
Intelligent Data Analysis for e-Learning addresses information security within e-Learning based on trustworthiness assessment and prediction. Over the past decade, many learning management systems ha
'e-Business Strategies for Virtual Organizations' enables IT managers and directors to develop and implement IT strategies and infrastructures for new models of doing business based on the Internet.Th
Introduces aspects on security threats and their countermeasures in both fixed and wireless networks, advising on how countermeasures can provide secure communication infrastructures. Enables the read
A hugely reassuring, common-sense guide no parent of teenage boys should be without.' - Sunday TimesIn his bestselling An Intelligent Person s Guide to Education, Tony Little, former Head Master of Et
This two volume set LNAI 9834 and 9835 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2016, held in Tokyo, Japan, in August 20
This two volume set LNAI 9834 and 9835 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2016, held in Tokyo, Japan, in August 20
The Politically Intelligent Leader will help leaders at all levels understand how to operate ethically during politically volatile times and how to deal with the special groups that are unique to the
The Politically Intelligent Leader will help leaders at all levels understand how to operate ethically during politically volatile times and how to deal with the special groups that are unique to the
Angels with Attitude: The Socially Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Personal Safety brings the training that self defense expert Danny Kessler teaches his students in workshops around the world to YOU. Th
This book targets the key concern of protecting critical infrastructures such as smart grids. It explains various static and dynamic security analysis techniques that can automatically verify smart gr
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, ITS 2016, held in Zagreb, Croatia, in June 2016.The 20 revised full papers, 32 shor
The continued growth of e-commerce mandates the emergence of new technical standards and methods that will securely integrate online activities with pre-existing infrastructures, laws and processes. P
Increased use of composite materials in engineering fields such as aerospace, energy, and civil infrastructures has led to concerns over composite material failures, leading to a need for smart/intell
Cisco Intelligent Wide Area Network (IWAN) customers are achieving remarkable savings in WAN costs, and typically achieving ROI within 6-12 months. IWAN is helping them simplify WAN design, improve ne
The 6th International Conference in Methodologies and intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning held in Seville (Spain) is host by the University of Seville from 1st to 3rd June, 2016. The
This book presents an Introduction and 11 independent chapters, which are devoted to various new approaches of intelligent image processing and analysis. The book also presents new methods, algorithms
How can infographics help magazines and newspapers succeed? Francesco Franchi, author of Designing News, answers this question in The Intelligent Lifestyle Magazine.
Urban DC Microgrid: Intelligent Control and Power Flow Optimization focuses on microgrids for urban areas, particularly associated with building-integrated photovoltaic and renewable sources. This boo
The controversy over Intelligent Design (ID) has now continued for over two decades, with no signs of ending. For its defenders, ID is revolutionary new science, and its opposition is merely ideologic
Neal managed to survive the initial weeks after an EMP decimated the grid and all critical infrastructures. Using his cunning, skills and mindset, he navigated the harsh new landscape. Life became har
Information security is everyone's concern. The way we live is underwritten by information system infrastructures, most notably the Internet. The functioning of our business organizations, the managem
Pervasive Computing: Next Generation Platforms for Intelligent Data Collection presents current advances and state-of-the-art work on methods, techniques, and algorithms designed to support pervasive
There's priceless insight trapped in the flood of data users leave behind as they interact with web pages and applications. Those insights can be unlocked by using intelligent algorithms like the ones
The continued growth of emerging nations depends largely on the development of their built infrastructures and communities. Roads, dams, bridges, hospitals, schools, and housing are all examples of th
The objective of this book is to contribute to the development of the intelligent information and database systems with the essentials of current knowledge, experience and know-how.The book contains a
This book at hand explores emerging scientific and technological areas in which Intelligent Computing Systems provide efficient solutions and, thus, may play a role in the years to come. It demonstrat
This introductory textbook links theory with practice using real illustrative cases involving products, plants and infrastructures and exposes the student to the evolutionary trends in maintenance.Pro
This book presents a broad variety of different contemporary IT methods and applications in Intelligent Systems is displayed. Every book chapter represents a detailed, specific, far reaching and origi
In this carefully edited book some selected results of theoretical and applied research in the field of broadly perceived intelligent systems are presented. The problems vary from industrial to web an
This concise textbook examines the fundamental aspects of intelligent computing for surveillance systems, from camera calibration and data capturing, to secure data transmission. The text covers digit
This book consists of one hundred and twenty-five selected papers presented at the 2015 International Conference on Applied Mechanics, Mechatronics and Intelligent System (AMMIS2015), which was held i
This book presents recent research in the recognition of vulnerabilities of national systems and assets which gained special attention for the Critical Infrastructures in the last two decades. The boo
This book, based on the FP7 project ICSI (Intelligent Cooperative Sensing for Improved traffic efficiency), presents up-to-date and beyond state of the art work on the most challenging and demanding r
Cloud computing has proven to be a successful paradigm of service-oriented computing, and has revolutionized the way computing infrastructures are abstracted and used. By means of cloud computing tech
