Here is a collection of papers presented at the 11th On-line World Conference on Soft Computing in Industrial Applications, held in September-October 2006. This carefully edited book provides a compre
With the growing complexity of personal mobile communication systems demanding higher data-rates and high levels of integration using low-cost CMOS technology, overall system performance has become mo
The energy consumption issue in distributed computing systems raises various monetary, environmental and system performance concerns. Electricity consumption in the US doubled from 2000 to 2005. From
This book describes the physics of the second-generation quartz crystal microbalance (QCM), a fundamental method of analysis for soft matter at interfaces.From a device for measuring film thickness in
This book describes the state-of-the-art in trusted computing for embedded systems. It shows how a variety of security and trusted computing problems are addressed currently and what solutions are exp
Today computing systems are more and more complex and they assume more and more responsibilities in all sectors of human activity. Unfortunately, many faults can harm the development or the use of the
This book provides a systematic exposition of a group-based statistical method for analyzing longitudinal data in the social and behavioral sciences and in medicine. The methods can be applied to a wi
This book covers ideas, methods, algorithms, and tools for the in-depth study of the performance and reliability of dependable fault-tolerant systems. The chapters identify the current challenges that
In the first of a projected three volumes on battery management systems, Plett focuses on deriving mathematical sets of equations or models that describe how battery cells work, inside and out. He cov
Neural systems models are computer programs that provide insight into brain function. This hands-on tutorial is written in an accessible style, and can be used as a textbook for a one-semester course
"This book highlights the applications and conclusions associated with soft computing in different technological environments, providing potential results based on new trends in the development of the
This collection of nineteen articles on Kansei engineering, the principle of designing products based on human-like reactions and interaction, explores current scholarship in the integration of this J
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction, held in College Park, MD, USA, in April 2012. The 4
For one-semester sophomore- or junior-level courses in Differential Equations. Fosters the conceptual development and geometric visualization students need—now available with MyLab Math
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction, held in College Park, MD, USA, March 29-31, 2011. T
Taking the reader from advanced state estimation strategies right up to the latest techniques in soft computing, this book explains how to implement the Takagi-Sugeno models of fuzzy-systems fault dia
This book provides the latest research findings, and discusses, from both theoretical and practical perspectives, innovative research methods and development techniques related to intelligent social n
Systems and their mathematical description play an important role in all branches of science. This book offers an introduction to mathematical modeling techniques. It is intended for undergrad student
Systems and their mathematical description play an important role in all branches of science. This book offers an introduction to mathematical modeling techniques. It is intended for undergrad student
This book gathers contributions presented at the 7th International Conference on Soft Methods in Probability and Statistics SMPS 2014, held in Warsaw (Poland) on September 22-24, 2014. Its aim is to p
This book introduces soft computing methods that extend the envelope of problems that data mining can efficiently solve. It presents practical soft-computing approaches in data mining, including vari
This volume focuses on the biomechanical modeling of biological tissues in the context of Computer Assisted Surgery (CAS). More specifically, deformable soft tissues are addressed since they are the s
This revised and expanded edition features many interactive extras, and covers everything from the fundamental concepts to the numerical problem-solving in digital signal processing for the biomedical
