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Books in Computer science

The Computing collection presents a range of foundational and applied content across computer and data science, including fields such as Artificial Intelligence; Computational Modelling; Computer Networks, Computer Organization & Architecture, Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition, Data Management; Embedded Systems & Computer Engineering; HCI/User Interface Design; Information Security; Machine Learning; Network Security; Software Engineering.

    • Motion Control of Soft Robots

      • 1st Edition
      • July 30, 2025
      • Wenyu Liang + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Motion Control of Soft Robots provides an overview of the general concepts and most recent technological updates in soft robot motion control. The book provides systematic coverage of theoretical and practical aspects in system modeling and motion control strategies, presenting novel ideas, methods, and future outlook related to motion control of soft actuators and robots, including model-based control, model-free control, and bioinspired control. This book is useful for researchers, engineers, and students of robotics who can expect to learn how to design and implement various techniques to obtain solutions to control problems in soft robot control and nonlinear system control.
    • Decentralized Optimization in Networks

      • 1st Edition
      • July 23, 2025
      • Qingguo Lü, + 5 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Decentralized Optimization in Networks: Algorithmic Efficiency and Privacy Preservation provides the reader with theoretical foundations, practical guidance, and solutions to decentralized optimization problems. The book demonstrates the application of decentralized optimization algorithms to enhance communication and computational efficiency, solve large-scale datasets, maintain privacy preservation, and address challenges in complex decentralized networks. The book covers key topics such as event-triggered communication, random link failures, zeroth-order gradients, variance-reduction, Polyak’s projection, stochastic gradient, random sleep, and differential privacy. It also includes simulations and practical examples to illustrate the algorithms' effectiveness and applicability in real-world scenarios.
    • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Open-world Novelty

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 134
      • February 19, 2024
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Open-world Novelty, Volume 134 in the Advances in Computers series presents innovations in computer hardware, software, theory, design and applications, with this updated volume including new chapters on AI and Machine Learning for Real-world problems, Graph Neural Network for learning complex problems, Adaptive Software platform architecture for Aerial Vehicle Safety Levels in real-world applications, OODA Loop for Learning Open-world Novelty Problems, Privacy-Aware Crowd Counting Methods for Real-World Environment, AI and Machine Learning for 3D Computer Vision Applications in Open-world, and PIM Hardware accelerators for real-world problems.Other sections cover Irregular Situations in Real-World Intelligent Systems, Offline Reinforcement Learning Methods for Real-world Problems, Addressing Uncertainty Challenges for Autonomous Driving in Real-World Environments, and more.
    • Internet of Things: Architectures for Enhanced Living Environments

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 133
      • February 7, 2024
      • Goncalo Marques
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Internet of Things: Architectures for Enhanced Living Environments, Volume 133 presents interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics, including Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Enhanced Living Environments: A Study on User Perspective, Human behavioral anomaly pattern mining within an IoT environment: an exploratory study, Indoor Activity Localization Technologies for Assisted Living: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Directions, Smart Indoor Air Quality Monitoring for Enhanced Living Environments and Ambient Assisted Living, Usability evaluation for the IoT use in Enhanced Living Environments, Roadmap to the elderly enhanced living and care environments: applications and challenges on the Internet of Things domain, and much more.
    • Fixed Point Optimization Algorithms and Their Applications

      • 1st Edition
      • November 23, 2024
      • Watcharaporn Cholamjiak
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Fixed Point Optimization Algorithms and Their Applications discusses how the relationship between fixed point algorithms and optimization problems is connected and demonstrates hands-on applications of the algorithms in fields such as image restoration, signal recovery, and machine learning. The book is divided into nine chapters beginning with foundational concepts of normed linear spaces, Banach spaces, and Hilbert spaces, along with nonlinear operators and useful lemmas and theorems for proving the book’s main results. The author presents algorithms for nonexpansive and generalized nonexpansive mappings in Hilbert space, and presents solutions to many optimization problems across a range of scientific research and real-world applications. From foundational concepts, the book proceeds to present a variety of optimization algorithms, including fixed point theories, convergence theorems, variational inequality problems, minimization problems, split feasibility problems, variational inclusion problems, and equilibrium problems. Fixed Point Optimization Algorithms and Their Applications equips readers with the theoretical mathematics background and necessary tools to tackle challenging optimization problems involving a range of algebraic methods, empowering them to apply these techniques in their research, professional work, or academic pursuits.
    • Iris and Periocular Recognition using Deep Learning

      • 1st Edition
      • June 12, 2024
      • Ajay Kumar
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Iris and Periocular Recognition using Deep Learning systematically explains the fundamental and most advanced techniques for ocular imprint-based human identification, with many applications in sectors such as healthcare, online education, e-business, metaverse, and entertainment. This is the first-ever book devoted to iris recognition that details cutting-edge techniques using deep neural networks. This book systematically introduces such algorithmic details with attractive illustrations, examples, experimental comparisons, and security analysis. It answers many fundamental questions about the most effective iris and periocular recognition techniques.
    • Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

      • 1st Edition
      • November 29, 2024
      • Mahsa Ghajarzadeh + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Stepwise Approach for Medical and Biomedical Researchers presents a step-by-step approach to develop systematic reviews and meta-analysis for biomedical and medical research. Systematic reviews are the highest quality evidence in medical research, providing an answer to a specific question, and they can be developed in the form of comprehensive literature search, critical appraisal, and synthesis of the evidence. Systematic reviews and meta-analysis are key elements of evidence-based medicine by summarizing the results of previous studies with the use of specific and reliable methods.Initially, systematic review and meta-analysis were exclusive to clinical trials, however systematic reviews of observational and diagnostic studies have expanded, making it essential for members of the field to master those techniques. This practical reference is a valuable resource for biostaticians, researchers, students, and members of medical and biomedical fields who need to understand more about systematic reviews and meta-analysis in their research work.
    • Intelligent Learning Approaches for Renewable and Sustainable Energy

      • 1st Edition
      • February 21, 2024
      • Josep M. Guerrero + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Intelligent Learning Approaches for Renewable and Sustainable Energy provides a practical, systematic overview of the application of advanced intelligent control techniques, adaptive techniques, machine learning algorithms, and predictive control in renewable and sustainable energy. Sections introduce intelligent learning approaches and the roles of artificial intelligence and machine learning in terms of energy and sustainability, grid transformation, large-scale integration of renewable energy, and variability and flexibility of renewable sources. Other sections provide detailed coverage of intelligent learning techniques as applied to key areas of renewable and sustainable energy, including forecasting, supply and demand, integration, energy management, optimization, and more.This is a useful resource for researchers, scientists, advanced students, energy engineers, R&D professionals, and other industrial personnel with an interest in sustainable energy and integration of renewable energy sources, energy systems, energy engineering, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.
    • Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms

      • 1st Edition
      • May 5, 2024
      • Laith Abualigah
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms: Optimizers, Analysis, and Applications presents the most recent optimization algorithms and their applications across a wide range of scientific and engineering research fields. The book provides readers with a comprehensive overview of eighteen optimization algorithms to address this complex data, including Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm, Arithmetic Optimization Algorithm, Whale Optimization Algorithm, and Marine Predators Algorithm, along with new and emerging methods such as Aquila Optimizer, Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm, Manta-Ray Foraging Optimization Algorithm, and Gradient Based Optimizer, among others. Each chapter includes an introduction to the modeling concepts used to create the algorithm that is followed by the mathematical and procedural structure of the algorithm, associated pseudocode, and real-world case studies.
    • Computational Intelligence and Blockchain in Complex Systems

      • 1st Edition
      • March 26, 2024
      • Fadi Al-Turjman
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Computational Intelligence and Blockchain in Complex Systems: System Security and Interdisciplinary Applications provides readers with a guide to understanding the dynamics of AI, machine learning, and computational intelligence in blockchain, and how these rapidly developing technologies are revolutionizing a variety of interdisciplinary research fields and applications. This book examines the role of computational intelligence and machine learning in the development of algorithms to deploy blockchain technology across a number of applications, including healthcare, insurance, smart grid, smart contracts, digital currency, precision agriculture, and supply chain. The authors cover the unique and developing intersection between cyber security and blockchain in modern networks, as well as in-depth studies on cybersecurity challenges and multidisciplinary methods in modern blockchain networks. Readers will find mathematical equations throughout the book as part of the underlying concepts and foundational methods, especially the complex algorithms involved in blockchain security aspects for hashing, coding, and decoding. This book also provides readers with the most in-depth technical guide to the intersection of computational intelligence and blockchain, two of the most important technologies for the development of next-generation complex systems