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Signal and Information Processing, Networking and Computers

Autor: Songlin Sun , Na Chen , Tao Tian

Número de Páginas: 520

This proceedings book presents the latest research in the fields of information theory, communication system, computer science and signal processing, as well as other related technologies. Collecting selected papers from the 3rd Conference on Signal and Information Processing, Networking and Computers (ICSINC), held in Chongqing, China on September 13-15, 2017, it is of interest to professionals from academia and industry alike.

A2 ICT

Autor: P.m. Heathcote

Número de Páginas: 182

This textbook covers Modules 4 and 5 of the AQA Information & Communications Technology 'A' level course and is suitable for a wide range of IT courses. Case studies are used throughout to illustrate the concepts as they are explained and questions from past exams are included.

Recent Trends in Mechatronics Towards Industry 4.0

Autor: Ahmad Fakhri Ab. Nasir , Ahmad Najmuddin Ibrahim , Ismayuzri Ishak , Nafrizuan Mat Yahya , Muhammad Aizzat Zakaria , Anwar P. P. Abdul Majeed

Número de Páginas: 990

This book presents part of the iM3F 2020 proceedings from the Mechatronics track. It highlights key challenges and recent trends in mechatronics engineering and technology that are non-trivial in the age of Industry 4.0. It discusses traditional as well as modern solutions that are employed in the multitude spectra of mechatronics-based applications. The readers are expected to gain an insightful view on the current trends, issues, mitigating factors as well as solutions from this book.

Psychology A2

Autor: Mike Cardwell , Cara Flanagan

Número de Páginas: 338

The unique approach of this book is that it provides comprehensive coverage of only the most popular areas of the AQA A A2 specification: relationships, pro- and anti-social behaviour, biological rhythms, cognitive development, social and personality development, evolutionary explanationsof human behaviour, psychopathology, treating mental disorders, plus issues, debates and approaches. This core textbook offers students the opportunity to improve their grades and have their very own expert to take home the friendly examiner - The Complete Companion!

Advanced PE for OCR A2

Número de Páginas: 356

This student text provides activities and material to complete students' personal performance portfolios and identifies key words and phrases throughout, following the subject specification unit by unit as it covers the course.

Venza sus obsesiones

Autor: Edna B. Foa , Reid Wilson

Número de Páginas: 244

Constraint Handling in Metaheuristics and Applications

Autor: Anand J. Kulkarni , Efrén Mezura-montes , Yong Wang , Amir H. Gandomi , Ganesh Krishnasamy

Número de Páginas: 336

This book aims to discuss the core and underlying principles and analysis of the different constraint handling approaches. The main emphasis of the book is on providing an enriched literature on mathematical modelling of the test as well as real-world problems with constraints, and further development of generalized constraint handling techniques. These techniques may be incorporated in suitable metaheuristics providing a solid optimized solution to the problems and applications being addressed. The book comprises original contributions with an aim to develop and discuss generalized constraint handling approaches/techniques for the metaheuristics and/or the applications being addressed. A variety of novel as well as modified and hybridized techniques have been discussed in the book. The conceptual as well as the mathematical level in all the chapters is well within the grasp of the scientists as well as the undergraduate and graduate students from the engineering and computer science streams. The reader is encouraged to have basic knowledge of probability and mathematical analysis and optimization. The book also provides critical review of the contemporary constraint handling...

Soft Computing: Theories and Applications

Autor: Tarun K. Sharma , Chang Wook Ahn , Om Prakash Verma , Bijaya Ketan Panigrahi

Número de Páginas: 734

This book focuses on soft computing and how it can be applied to solve real-world problems arising in various domains, ranging from medicine and healthcare, to supply chain management, image processing and cryptanalysis. It gathers high-quality papers presented at the International Conference on Soft Computing: Theories and Applications (SoCTA 2020), organized online. The book is divided into two volumes and offers valuable insights into soft computing for teachers and researchers alike; the book will inspire further research in this dynamic field.

Ski

Número de Páginas: 102

AQA Religious Ethics for AS and A2

Autor: Jill Oliphant

Número de Páginas: 353

This book covers all necessary topics of the Religious Ethics A-level specification in an enjoyable student-friendly fashion.

A2 Level Psychology

Autor: Michael W. Eysenck

Número de Páginas: 816

This thoroughly updated edition of the bestselling Psychology for A2 Level has been written specifically for the new AQA-A Psychology A2-level specification for teaching from September 2009. It is the ideal follow-up to AS Level Psychology, 4th edition by the same author, but also to any AS-level textbook. This full-colour book, which builds on the ideas and insights explored at AS Level to promote a deeper understanding of psychology, is written in an engaging and accessible style by a highly experienced author. It incorporates contributions, advice and feedback from a host of A-Level teachers and psychologists including Philip Banyard, Evie Bentley, Clare Charles, Diana Dwyer, Mark Griffiths and Craig Roberts. At this level, students select options from a range of specified topics and this book includes chapters on all of the compulsory and optional topics that are on the new A2 syllabus in sufficient depth for the requirements of the course. It has a new focus on the nature and scope of psychology as a science with an emphasis on how science works, and guidance on how to engage students in practical scientific research activities. Presented in a clear, reader-friendly layout,...

Proceedings of the 11th National Technical Seminar on Unmanned System Technology 2019

Autor: Zainah Md Zain , Hamzah Ahmad , Dwi Pebrianti , Mahfuzah Mustafa , Nor Rul Hasma Abdullah , Rosdiyana Samad , Maziyah Mat Noh

Número de Páginas: 1239

This book includes research papers from the 11th National Technical Symposium on Unmanned System Technology. Covering a number of topics, including intelligent robotics, novel sensor technology, control algorithms, acoustics signal processing, imaging techniques, biomimetic robots, green energy sources, and underwater communication backbones and protocols, it will appeal to researchers developing marine technology solutions and policy-makers interested in technologies to facilitate the exploration of coastal and oceanic regions.

Computational Sciences - Modelling, Computing and Soft Computing

Autor: Ashish Awasthi , Sunil Jacob John , Satyananda Panda

Número de Páginas: 277

This book constitutes revised and selected papers of the First International Conference on Computational Sciences - Modelling, Computing and Soft Computing, held in Kozhikode, Kerala, India, in September 2020. The 15 full papers and 6 short papers presented were thoroughly reviewed and selected from the 150 submissions. They are organized in the topical secions on computing; soft computing; general computing; modelling.

A Student's Guide to A2 Drama and Theatre Studies for the AQA Specification

Autor: Philip Rush , Robert Lowe

Número de Páginas: 170

Anglais. 33 situations du quotidien A2-B1-B2

Autor: Sophie Sebah

Número de Páginas: 349

Ancré dans la réalité et l’exercice de la langue anglaise dans la vie de tous les jours, cet ouvrage s’adresse à toute personne ayant déjà des connaissances en anglais, cherchant à être plus à l’aise à l’oral et à gagner en autonomie. Composé de 33 unités thématiques s’appuyant sur des dialogues du quotidien, il fournit les outils lexicaux et grammaticaux nécessaires pour savoir se débrouiller dans des situations d’expression orale ordinaire. Chaque unité comprend : · une partie compréhension-apprentissage-entraînement à partir d’un dialogue · une partie application en situation réelle à l’aide d’une activité guidée et d’une activité autonome · une rubrique : « How to express » proposant des formules pour exprimer la surprise, l’accord, la colère, ou bien encore pour demander des précisions, remercier, conseiller… Les plus : · guide pour échanger au téléphone · kit de survie pour s’assurer d’avoir compris ou demander de l’aide · rappel sur les chiffres et les mesures · corrigés et traduction des dialogues en fin d’ouvrage

El retrato de Dorian Gray

Autor: Oscar Wilde

Número de Páginas: 255

Este ebook presenta "El retrato de Dorian Gray", con un índice dinámico y detallado. Se trata de una novela que escribió Oscar Wilde, publicada en 1890. Se considera una de las últimas obras clásicas de la novela de terror gótica con una fuerte temática faustiana. La novela cuenta la historia de un joven llamado Dorian Gray, retratado por el artista Basilio Hallward, quien queda enormemente impresionado por la belleza física de Dorian y comienza a encapricharse con él, creyendo que esta belleza es la responsable de la nueva forma de su arte. Dorian conoce a Lord Henry Wotton, un amigo de Basil, y empieza a cautivarse por la visión del mundo de Lord Henry. Exponiendo un nuevo tipo de hedonismo, Lord Henry indica que "lo único que vale la pena en la vida es la belleza, y la satisfacción de los sentidos". Al darse cuenta de que un día su belleza se desvanecerá, Dorian desea tener siempre la edad de cuando le pintó en el cuadro Basil. El deseo de Dorian se cumple, mientras él mantiene para siempre la misma apariencia del cuadro, la figura en él retratada envejece por él. Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) fue un escritor, poeta y dramaturgo irlandés. Wilde es considerado uno ...

Factfulness

Autor: Hans Rosling , Ola Rosling , Anna Rosling Rönnlund

Número de Páginas: 481

¿Qué porcentaje de la población global vive en la pobreza? ¿Cuántas niñas acaban la educación básica en los países pobres? ¿Cuál es actualmente la esperanza de vida en el mundo? La mayoría de personas responden incorrectamente a estas preguntas y a otras similares. ¿A qué se debe? Este libro explica por qué somos más pesimistas de lo que en realidad deberíamos ser dada la situación real de nuestro mundo. Hans Rosling, una eminencia del análisis y divulgación de tendencias globales, afirma que tenemos diez instintos que distorsionan nuestra visión. Desde nuestra tendencia a dividir el mundo en dos campos (nosotros contra ellos) a la manera en que consumimos la información de los medios (basada en la explotación del miedo), pasando por el modo en que percibimos el progreso (creyendo que las cosas siempre empeoran). Nuestro problema es que no somos conscientes de lo que no sabemos, e incluso cuando estamos informados nos dejamos llevar por sesgos inconscientes y predecibles. Porque, pese a todas sus imperfecciones, la realidad económica y social del mundo es mucho mejor de lo que pensamos, lo cual no significa que no haya motivos para preocuparse ni cuestiones ...

AQA A2 Economics Module 5 & 6 Digital Textbook

Número de Páginas: 381

Recent Advances in Computational Optimization

Autor: Stefka Fidanova

Número de Páginas: 238

This book presents new optimization approaches and methods and their application in real-world and industrial problems, and demonstrates how many of the problems arising in engineering, economics and other domains can be formulated as optimization problems. Constituting a comprehensive collection of extended contributions from the 9th International Workshop on Computational Optimization (WCO) held in Gdansk, Poland, September 11–14, 2016, the book discusses important applications such as job scheduling, wildfire modeling, parameter settings for controlling different processes, capital budgeting, data mining, finding the location of sensors in a given network, identifying the conformation of molecules, algorithm correctness, decision support system, and computer memory management. Further, it shows how to develop algorithms for these based on new intelligent methods like evolutionary computations, ant colony optimization and constraint programming. The book is a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners alike.

Computer Science And Artificial Intelligence - Proceedings Of The International Conference On Computer Science And Artificial Intelligence (Csai2016)

Autor: Wen-jer Chang

Número de Páginas: 958

Held in Guilin of China from August 13-14, 2016, the 2016 International Conference on Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence (CSAI2016) provides an excellent international platform for all invited speakers, authors and participants to share their results and establish research collaborations for future research.The conference enjoys a wide spread participation. It would not only serve as an academic forum, but also a good opportunity to establish business cooperation.CSAI2016 proceedings collects the most up-to-date, comprehensive, and worldwide state-of-art knowledge on computer science and artificial intelligence. After strict peer-review, the proceedings put together 117 articles based on originality, significance and clarity for the purpose of the conference.

Multidimensional Particle Swarm Optimization for Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition

Autor: Serkan Kiranyaz , Turker Ince , Moncef Gabbouj

Número de Páginas: 343

For many engineering problems we require optimization processes with dynamic adaptation as we aim to establish the dimension of the search space where the optimum solution resides and develop robust techniques to avoid the local optima usually associated with multimodal problems. This book explores multidimensional particle swarm optimization, a technique developed by the authors that addresses these requirements in a well-defined algorithmic approach. After an introduction to the key optimization techniques, the authors introduce their unified framework and demonstrate its advantages in challenging application domains, focusing on the state of the art of multidimensional extensions such as global convergence in particle swarm optimization, dynamic data clustering, evolutionary neural networks, biomedical applications and personalized ECG classification, content-based image classification and retrieval, and evolutionary feature synthesis. The content is characterized by strong practical considerations, and the book is supported with fully documented source code for all applications presented, as well as many sample datasets. The book will be of benefit to researchers and...

A2 Level ICT for AQA

Autor: Sharon Yull , Jackie Rogers

Número de Páginas: 220

This student text provides complete coverage of the AQA specifications at A2. A task driven approach ensures that the student is able to understand the role and use of information and communication technology within organisations and society.

Swarm Intelligence

Autor: Marco Dorigo , Mauro Birattari , Xiaodong Li , Manuel López-ibáñez , Kazuhiro Ohkura , Carlo Pinciroli , Thomas Stützle

Número de Páginas: 312

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Swarm Intelligence, ANTS 2016, held in Brussels, Belgium, in September 2016. The 18 full papers and 7 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 47 submissions. They are devoted to the field of swarm intelligence as a whole, without any bias towards specific research directions.

Intelligent Information and Database Systems

Autor: Ali Selamat , Ngoc Thanh Nguyen , Habibollah Haron

Número de Páginas: 542

The two-volume set LNAI 7802 and LNAI 7803 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th Asian Conference on Intelligent Information and Database Systems, ACIIDS 2013, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in March 2013. The 108 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers included are grouped into topical sections on: innovations in intelligent computation and applications; intelligent database systems; intelligent information systems; tools and applications; intelligent recommender systems; multiple modal approach to machine learning; engineering knowledge and semantic systems; computational biology and bioinformatics; computational intelligence; modeling and optimization techniques in information systems, database systems and industrial systems; intelligent supply chains; applied data mining for semantic Web; semantic Web and ontology; integration of information systems; and conceptual modeling in advanced database systems.

Advanced PE and Sport

Autor: John Hill Honeybourne , Michael Hill , Helen Moors

Número de Páginas: 252

This Teacher Support Pack supports the Advanced PE & Sport AS and A2 Level (3e) textbook, and offers student worksheets and activities directly related to the AQA specifications.

Swarm Optimization for Biomedical Applications

Autor: Saurav Mallik , Zhongming Zhao , Nanda Dulal Jana , Prabhu Jayagopal , Tapas Si , Sandeep Kumar Mathivanan

Número de Páginas: 327

Biomedical engineering is a rapidly growing interdisciplinary area that is providing solutions to biological and medical problems and improving the healthcare system. It is connected to various applications like protein structure prediction, computer-aided drug design, and computerized medical diagnosis based on image and signal data, which accomplish low-cost, accurate, and reliable solutions for improving healthcare services. With the recent advancements, machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) techniques are widely used in biomedical engineering to develop intelligent decision-making healthcare systems in real-time. However, accuracy and reliability in model performance can be a concern in tackling data generated from medical images and signals, making it challenging for researchers and practitioners. Therefore, optimized models can produce quality healthcare services to handle the complexities involved in biomedical research. Various optimization techniques have been employed to optimize parameters, hyper-parameters, and architectural information of ML/DL models explicitly applied to biological, medical, and signal data. The swarm intelligence approach has the potential...

Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Autor: Masato Akagi , Thanh-thuy Nguyen , Duc-thai Vu , Trung-nghia Phung , Van-nam Huynh

Número de Páginas: 676

This book features papers presented at the International Conference on Advances in Information and Communication Technology (ICTA 2016), which was held in Thai Nguyen city, Vietnam, from December 1 to 13, 2016. The conference was jointly organized by Thai Nguyen University of Information and Communication Technology (ICTU), the Institute of Information Technology – Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (IoIT), Feng Chia University, Taiwan (FCU), the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) and the National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan (CCU) with the aim of bringing together researchers, academics, practitioners and students to not only share research results and practical applications but also to foster collaboration in information and communication technology research and education. The book includes the 66 best peer-reviewed papers, selected from the 150 submissions received.

Practicar la felicidad

Autor: Tal Ben-shahar

Número de Páginas: 135

Tal Ben Shahar pone a disposición de los lectores una guía para la felicidad en forma de diario con ejercicios semanales pensados para todo un año. Mediante los innovadores principios de la psicología positiva que imparte en sus exitosos cursos de la Universidad de Harvard, el profesor Ben-Shahar presenta una serie de técnicas diseñadas por él mismo para ayudar a las personas a aumentar su felicidad y encontrar un sentido pleno a su vida. 52 semanas de nuevos ejercicios, meditación y autodescubrimiento Un diario de tis pensamientos, tus emociones y tus progresos Con iluminadoras citas de filósofos, psicólogos, artistas, escritores, científicos y emprendedores de éxito Este no es un libro corriente de autoayuda de los de usar y tirar, sino un diario que completarás tú mismo con tus propios retos y desafíos, con preguntas estimulantes y pautas necesarias para la reflexión y el descubrimiento personal. Las actividades diarias estimularán tu creatividad y aumentarán tu capacidad de autocontrol, para el logro de una mejor calidad de vida y... sí, para ser más feliz.

Computational Intelligence for Multimedia Big Data on the Cloud with Engineering Applications

Autor: Arun Kumar Sangaiah , Zhiyong Zhang , Michael Sheng

Número de Páginas: 364

Computational Intelligence for Multimedia Big Data on the Cloud with Engineering Applications covers timely topics, including the neural network (NN), particle swarm optimization (PSO), evolutionary algorithm (GA), fuzzy sets (FS) and rough sets (RS), etc. Furthermore, the book highlights recent research on representative techniques to elaborate how a data-centric system formed a powerful platform for the processing of cloud hosted multimedia big data and how it could be analyzed, processed and characterized by CI. The book also provides a view on how techniques in CI can offer solutions in modeling, relationship pattern recognition, clustering and other problems in bioengineering. It is written for domain experts and developers who want to understand and explore the application of computational intelligence aspects (opportunities and challenges) for design and development of a data-centric system in the context of multimedia cloud, big data era and its related applications, such as smarter healthcare, homeland security, traffic control trading analysis and telecom, etc. Researchers and PhD students exploring the significance of data centric systems in the next paradigm of...

Presidential Elections

Autor: Nelson W. Polsby , Aaron Wildavsky , Steven E. Schier , David A. Hopkins

Número de Páginas: 329

Polsby and Wildavsky’s classic text, now updated by Stephen Schier and David Hopkins, argues that the institutional rules of the presidential nomination and election processes, in combination with the behavior of the mass electorate, structure the strategic choices faced by politicians in powerful and foreseeable ways. We can make sense of the decisions made by different political actors—incumbents, challengers, Democrats, Republicans, consultants, party officials, activists, delegates, journalists, and voters—by understanding the ways in which their world is organized by incentives, regulations, events, resources, customs, and opportunities. Thoroughly revised and updated, this Sixteenth Edition provides everything students need to know about presidential elections going into the 2024 cycle.

Numerical Optimization in Engineering and Sciences

Autor: Debashis Dutta , Biswajit Mahanty

Número de Páginas: 569

This book presents select peer-reviewed papers presented at the International Conference on Numerical Optimization in Engineering and Sciences (NOIEAS) 2019. The book covers a wide variety of numerical optimization techniques across all major engineering disciplines like mechanical, manufacturing, civil, electrical, chemical, computer, and electronics engineering. The major focus is on innovative ideas, current methods and latest results involving advanced optimization techniques. The contents provide a good balance between numerical models and analytical results obtained for different engineering problems and challenges. This book will be useful for students, researchers, and professionals interested in engineering optimization techniques.

Information, Communication and Computing Technology

Autor: Saroj Kaushik , Daya Gupta , Latika Kharb , Deepak Chahal

Número de Páginas: 396

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Information, Communication and Computing Technology, ICICCT 2017, held in New Delhi, India, in May 2017. The 29 revised full papers and the 5 revised short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 219 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on network systems and communication security; software engineering; algorithm and high performance computing.

Medicine in Sports Training and Coaching

Autor: J. Karvonen , P. W. R. Lemon , I. Iliev

Número de Páginas: 259

Handbook of Research on Swarm Intelligence in Engineering

Autor: Bhattacharyya, Siddhartha

Número de Páginas: 770

Swarm Intelligence has recently emerged as a next-generation methodology belonging to the class of evolutionary computing. As a result, scientists have been able to explain and understand real-life processes and practices that previously remained unexplored. The Handbook of Research on Swarm Intelligence in Engineering presents the latest research being conducted on diverse topics in intelligence technologies such as Swarm Intelligence, Machine Intelligence, Optical Engineering, and Signal Processing with the goal of advancing knowledge and applications in this rapidly evolving field. The enriched interdisciplinary contents of this book will be a subject of interest to the widest forum of faculties, existing research communities, and new research aspirants from a multitude of disciplines and trades.

A Student's Guide to A2 Religious Studies for the OCR Specification

Autor: Michael Wilcockson

Número de Páginas: 178

Handbook on Project Management and Scheduling Vol. 2

Autor: Christoph Schwindt , Jürgen Zimmermann

Número de Páginas: 768

Due to the increasing importance of product differentiation and collapsing product life cycles, a growing number of value-adding activities in the industry and service sector are organized in projects. Projects come in many forms, often taking considerable time and consuming a large amount of resources. The management and scheduling of projects represents a challenging task and project performance may have a considerable impact on an organization's competitiveness. This handbook presents state-of-the-art approaches to project management and scheduling. More than sixty contributions written by leading experts in the field provide an authoritative survey of recent developments. The book serves as a comprehensive reference, both, for researchers and project management professionals. The handbook consists of two volumes. Volume 1 is devoted to single-modal and multi-modal project scheduling. Volume 2 presents multi-project problems, project scheduling under uncertainty and vagueness, managerial approaches and a separate part on applications, case studies and information systems.

Multivariate Biomarker Discovery

Autor: Darius M. Dziuda

Número de Páginas: 296

Multivariate biomarker discovery is increasingly important in the realm of biomedical research, and is poised to become a crucial facet of personalized medicine. This will prompt the demand for a myriad of novel biomarkers representing distinct 'omic' biosignatures, allowing selection and tailoring treatments to the various individual characteristics of a particular patient. This concise and self-contained book covers all aspects of predictive modeling for biomarker discovery based on high-dimensional data, as well as modern data science methods for identification of parsimonious and robust multivariate biomarkers for medical diagnosis, prognosis, and personalized medicine. It provides a detailed description of state-of-the-art methods for parallel multivariate feature selection and supervised learning algorithms for regression and classification, as well as methods for proper validation of multivariate biomarkers and predictive models implementing them. This is an invaluable resource for scientists and students interested in bioinformatics, data science, and related areas.

Intelligent Systems Design and Applications

Autor: Ajith Abraham , Aswani Kumar Cherukuri , Patricia Melin , Niketa Gandhi

Número de Páginas: 1135

This book highlights recent research on Intelligent Systems and Nature Inspired Computing. It presents 212 selected papers from the 18th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (ISDA 2018) and the 10th World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing (NaBIC), which was held at VIT University, India. ISDA-NaBIC 2018 was a premier conference in the field of Computational Intelligence and brought together researchers, engineers and practitioners whose work involved intelligent systems and their applications in industry and the “real world.” Including contributions by authors from over 40 countries, the book offers a valuable reference guide for all researchers, students and practitioners in the fields of Computer Science and Engineering.