Modelling and Optimization

What are the limits for well-designed building performance models?Should we move away from the "modelled versus measured" debate and instead use models to compliment, not replace, real energ

Many complex aeronautical design problems can be formulated with efficient multi-objective evolutionary optimization methods and game strategies.This book describes the role of advanced innovative evo

Flow and Heat Transfer in Geothermal Systems: Basic Equations for Description and Modeling Geothermal Phenomena and Technologies is the ideal reference for research in geothermal systems and alternati

This work investigated two different approaches to optimize biological sulphate reduction in order to develop a process control strategy to optimize the input of an electron donor and to study how to

The Cognitive Rampage is a scientific approach to self discovery, change and life optimization. This book fuses the latest research from the cognitive, behavioral, social and biological sciences into

This book covers system-level design optimization and implementation of hybrid energy storage systems. The author introduces various techniques to improve the performance of hybrid energy storage syst

The book proposes concepts and a general framework for computer-based modeling. It puts forward a modeling language as a kernel representation for mathematical models. It explores fundamental featu

Approachable, practical guide to state-of-the art techniques and the fundamentals of river modeling Teaches within the context of a software package Covers the development and application of computa

Every year, financial services organizations make billions of dollars worth of decisions using automated systems. For example, who to give a credit card to and the premium someone should pay for their

With a focus on macroscopic properties and microstructural changes at the origin of mechanisms, this book analyzes the changes of metal materials? mechanical and physical properties as they undergo mi

Approachable, practical guide to state-of-the art techniques and the fundamentals of river modeling Teaches within the context of a software package Covers the development and application of computa

Sintering is a manufacturing technique that has existed for centuries to make bricks, china and pottery and is now increasingly used to produce a wide range of high-tech materials and products. The pr

Back and bracing as ever, Search Engine Optimization: An Hour a Day, Second Edition offers brisk advice, bite-sized tasks, and smart tools to help you increase visibility for your website on the major

The building blocks of today’s embedded systems-on-a-chip (SoC) are complex IP components and programmable processor cores. This means that more and more system functionality is implemented in softwar

This book brings together novel concepts in machine vision, computer graphics, and threedimensional modelling, in solving real practical inspection problems. Automated inspection of three-dimensional

In this book applications of cooperative game theory that arise from combinatorial optimization problems are described. It is well known that the mathematical modeling of various real-world decisio

Modelling Early Christianity explores the intriguing and foreign social context of first-century Palestine and the Graeco-Roman East, in which the Christian faith was first proclaimed and the New Test

This textbook gives the material for a course in the major principles of modelling of crop growth processes. It provides a sound basis for research and study in this field. Chapter by chapter this boo

This is a collection of papers on the work of Leonid Kantorovich, a Russian mathematician and economist, and a leading contributor to the fields of optimization and mathematical economics. Kantorovich

Approach your problems from the right It isn't that they can't see the solution. It end and begin with the answers. Then is that they can't see the problem. one day, perhaps you will find the final qu

本書共分6章，分別是：緒論、冷再生用乳化瀝青微細觀特性研究、乳化瀝青蒸發殘留物獲取方法及流變特性研究、乳化瀝青冷再生混合料早期性能研究、乳化瀝青冷再生混合料配合比設計方法優化、乳化瀝青冷再生混合料性能優化研究等內容。本書以提升乳化瀝青冷再生混合料技術性能為目標，從材料特性與混合料設計入手，基於不同尺度深入開展材料的性能與關鍵影響因素研究，優化冷再生混合料設計方法，提升冷再生混合料技術性能。本書可供從事公路工程道路建設、維修、養護人員使用，也可供相關專業及大專院校師生使用。

Modelling for the Camera pays tribute to two important systems of architectural representation: the model and the photograph. Rescuing over 100 original photographs of outstanding models--some eventua

本書旨在幫助開發者應對AI推理計算性能優化這一重要挑戰。隨著深度學習模型的規模和複雜性日益增長，如何提升推理效率已成為開發者關注的核心問題。本書詳細介紹了OpenVINOTM(Open Visual Inference and Neural Network Optimization)這款由英特爾推出的，專為深度學習模型的優化、加速推理和跨平臺部署設計的開源工具套件。通過簡單易用的功能，開發者可以快速上手，實現AI應用的高效落地。本書涵蓋了從OpenVINO的基礎入門到高級優化的完整內容，包括設備插件、量化技術、大語言模型和生成式AI的優化與部署等，幫助開發者靈活應對不同應用場景的需求。此外，書中還介紹了端到端AI推理計算性能提升的實戰案例，以及與PyTorch、ONNX Runtime等工具的集成，確保開發者在熟悉的環境中提升開發效率。書中代碼獲取方式見前言。本書不僅適合AI領域的初學者，也為有經驗的開發者提供了深入的技術指南。通過OpenVINO，開發者可以輕鬆提升AI推理計算性能，加速AI應用項目的成功落地。

Recovered in 1755 during excavations in the Villa dei Papiri in Herculaneum, the prosciutto sundial is the earliest known portable Roman sundial. Palm-sized and in the shape of an Italian cured ham, its silver-plated cast bronze form cleverly combines an accurate modelling of a prosciutto with a relatively sophisticated scientific device capable of capturing the seasonal hours of the zodiacal year by employing the pig's tail to cast the sun's shadow onto the dial. This book explores the significance of this curious object's discovery in the Villa dei Papiri and offers the first comprehensive survey of its reception and analysis by drawing on contemporary correspondence and manuscripts, travel journals, popular accounts, archaeological studies, and scientific and horological assessments. Christopher Parslow shows how the prosciutto sundial is a rare example of an ancient artifact that has attracted the attention of a very broad audience, from archaeologists, art historians, and philolog

OpenFOAM software and its growing popularity is attributed to the scope of customization for specific applications and large scale parallel simulations. This open source software is widely used in aerospace community and its popularity is increasing at a rapid pace. Introduction to OpenFOAM for Aeronautical Engineers covers aerospace CFD which includes turbulence modelling, external aerodynamics, compressible flows, sprays and combustion from the OpenFOAM usage perspective. The book provides adequate examples covering most of the aspects of CFD code and enables readers to carry out their own modifications. Additionally, modification of existing solvers and utilities to implement new models as well as tips and tricks related to solvers used in aeronautical applications are included. Lastly, a short introduction to Linux and C++ is provided along with references to other easily available sources. Introduction to OpenFOAM for Aeronautical Engineers is for aerospace researchers, engineers,