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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.

  • Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT)

    Current and Future Trends
    • 1st Edition
    • Fadi Al-Turjman + 2 more
    • English
    Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT): Current and Future Trends brings together researchers and developers from a wide range of domains to share ideas on how to implement technical advances, create application areas for intelligent systems, and how to develop new services and smart devices connected to the Internet. Section One covers AIoT in Everything, providing a wide range of applications for AIoT methods and technologies. Section Two gives readers comprehensive guidance on AIoT in Societal Research and Development, with practical case studies of how AIoT is impacting cultures around the world. Section Three covers the impact of AIoT in educational settings.The book also covers new capabilities such as pervasive sensing, multimedia sensing, machine learning, deep learning, and computing power. These new areas come with various requirements in terms of reliability, quality of service, and energy efficiency.
  • Speech Signal Processing Based on Deep Learning in Complex Acoustic Environments

    • 1st Edition
    • Xiao-Lei Zhang
    • English
    Speech Signal Processing Based on Deep Learning in Complex Acoustic Environments provides a detailed discussion of deep learning-based robust speech processing and its applications. The book begins by looking at the basics of deep learning and common deep network models, followed by front-end algorithms for deep learning-based speech denoising, speech detection, single-channel speech enhancement multi-channel speech enhancement, multi-speaker speech separation, and the applications of deep learning-based speech denoising in speaker verification and speech recognition.
  • The Evolution of Immunotherapy Against Tumors

    An Historical Approach
    • 1st Edition
    • Domenico Ribatti
    • English
    The Evolution of Immunotherapy Against Tumors: An Historical Approach summarizes the literature concerning the development of the theory of immune surveillance against tumors. It discusses the evidence for and against this theory, along with the concept of immunoediting. Finally, current approaches in anti-tumor immunotherapy will be analyzed.The immune system plays a major role in the surveillance against tumors. To avoid attack from the immune system, tumor cells develop different strategies to escape immune surveillance. Evidence of immune surveillance comes from both animal models and clinical observations. Mice with a wide variety of immunodeficiencies have a high rate of tumor incidence and are more susceptible to transplanted or chemical carcinogen-induced tumors. Immunosuppressed patients have a high incidence of tumors. However, many patients develop cancer even in the presence of an apparently normal immune system. This indicates that tumor cells can escape immune surveillance.
  • Computational Knowledge Vision

    The First Footprints
    • 1st Edition
    • Wenbo Zheng + 1 more
    • English
    Computational Knowledge Vision: The First Footprints presents a novel, advanced framework which combines structuralized knowledge and visual models. In advanced image and visual perception studies, a visual model's understanding and reasoning ability often determines whether it works well in complex scenarios. This book presents state-of-the-art mainstream vision models for visual perception. As computer vision is one of the key gateways to artificial intelligence and a significant component of modern intelligent systems, this book delves into computer vision systems that are highly specialized and very limited in their ability to do visual reasoning and causal inference.Questions naturally arise in this arena, including (1) How can human knowledge be incorporated with visual models? (2) How does human knowledge promote the performance of visual models? To address these problems, this book proposes a new framework for computer vision–computational knowledge vision.
  • Decision-Making Models

    A Perspective of Fuzzy Logic and Machine Learning
    • 1st Edition
    • Tofigh Allahviranloo + 2 more
    • English
    Decision Making Models: A Perspective of Fuzzy Logic and Machine Learning presents the latest developments in the field of uncertain mathematics and decision science. The book aims to deliver a systematic exposure to soft computing techniques in fuzzy mathematics as well as artificial intelligence in the context of real-life problems and is designed to address recent techniques to solving uncertain problems encountered specifically in decision sciences. Researchers, professors, software engineers, and graduate students working in the fields of applied mathematics, software engineering, and artificial intelligence will find this book useful to acquire a solid foundation in fuzzy logic and fuzzy systems.Other areas of note include optimization problems and artificial intelligence practices, as well as how to analyze IoT solutions with applications and develop decision-making mechanisms realized under uncertainty.
  • Distributed Optimization and Learning

    A Control-Theoretic Perspective
    • 1st Edition
    • Zhongguo Li + 1 more
    • English
    Distributed Optimization and Learning: A Control-Theoretic Perspective illustrates the underlying principles of distributed optimization and learning. The book presents a systematic and self-contained description of distributed optimization and learning algorithms from a control-theoretic perspective. It focuses on exploring control-theoretic approaches and how those approaches can be utilized to solve distributed optimization and learning problems over network-connected, multi-agent systems. As there are strong links between optimization and learning, this book provides a unified platform for understanding distributed optimization and learning algorithms for different purposes.
  • Recent Trends in Swarm Intelligence Enabled Research for Engineering Applications

    • 1st Edition
    • Siddhartha Bhattacharyya + 3 more
    • English
    Recent Trends in Swarm Intelligence Enabled Research for Engineering Applications focuses on recent, up-to-date technologies, combining other intelligent tools with swarm intelligence techniques to yield robust and failsafe solutions to real world problems. This book aims to provide audiences with a platform to learn and gain insights into the latest developments in hybrid swarm intelligence. It will be useful to researchers, engineers, developers, practitioners, and graduate students working in the major and interdisciplinary areas of computational intelligence, communication systems, computer networks, and soft computing.With the advent of data-intensive applications, the elimination of redundancy in disseminated information has become a serious challenge for researchers who are on the lookout for evolving metaheuristic algorithms which can explore and exploit the information feature space to derive the optimal settings for specific applications. Swarm intelligence algorithms have developed as one of the most widely used metaheuristic techniques for addressing this challenge in an effective way. Inspired by the behavior of a swarm of bees, these swarm intelligence techniques emulate the corresponding natural instincts to derive optimal solutions for data-intensive applications.
  • Artificial Intelligence for a More Sustainable Oil and Gas Industry and the Energy Transition

    Case Studies and Code Examples
    • 1st Edition
    • Mohammadali Ahmadi
    • English
    Artificial Intelligence for a More Sustainable Oil and Gas Industry and the Energy Transition: Case Studies and Code Examples presents a package for academic researchers and industries working on water resources and carbon capture and storage. This book contains fundamental knowledge on artificial intelligence related to oil and gas sustainability and the industry’s pivot to support the energy transition and provides practical applications through case studies and coding flowcharts, addressing gaps and questions raised by academic and industrial partners, including energy engineers, geologists, and environmental scientists. This timely publication provides fundamental and extensive information on advanced AI applications geared to support sustainability and the energy transition for the oil and gas industry.
  • Cancer Epigenetics and Nanomedicine

    Targeting the Right Player via Nanotechnology
    • 1st Edition
    • Prashant Kesharwani + 1 more
    • English
    Cancer Epigenetics and Nanomedicine: Targeting the Right Player via Nanotechnology is a complete package that provides a comprehensive and thorough understanding of the key players that modulate the various steps of carcinogenesis and malignant progression of the disease and the critical targets to be exploited for developing novel modalities of diagnosis and therapeutics.Since epigenetic aberrations can be potentially reversed and restored to their normal state through epigenetic therapy, the book also discusses the challenges and the future of the field with the cutting-edge revelations and limitations that this research endeavor can offer, thereby helping the readers to enhance their critical thinking and adopt strategies of therapeutic importance.
  • Fractional Calculus

    Bridging Theory with Computational and Contemporary Advances
    • 1st Edition
    • Behzad Ghanbari
    • English
    Fractional Calculus: Bridging Theory with Computational and Contemporary Advances is an authoritative and comprehensive guide that delves into the world of fractional calculus, offering a unique blend of theoretical foundations, numerical algorithms, practical applications, and innovative perspectives. This book explores the mathematical framework of fractional calculus and its relevance across various disciplines, providing readers with a deep understanding of this rapidly growing field. The author presents a rigorous yet accessible approach to fractional calculus, making it suitable for mathematicians, researchers, academics, graduate students, and professionals in engineering and applied sciences. The book covers a wide range of topics, including numerical methods for fractional calculus equations, fractional differential equations, fractal dynamics, and fractional control systems. It also explores applications in areas such as physics, engineering, signal processing, and data analysis. Fractional Calculus: Bridging Theory with Computational and Contemporary Advances equips readers with the necessary tools to tackle challenging problems involving fractional calculus, empowering them to apply these techniques in their research, professional work, or academic pursuits. The book provides a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of fractional calculus, explaining the theoretical concepts and key definitions in a clear and accessible manner. This helps readers build a strong foundation in the subject. The book then covers a range of numerical algorithms specifically designed for fractional calculus problems, explaining the underlying principles, step-by-step implementation, and computational aspects of these algorithms. This enables readers to apply numerical techniques to solve fractional calculus problems effectively. The book also provides examples that illustrate how fractional calculus is applied to solve real-world problems, providing readers with insights into the wide-ranging applications of the subject.
  • Iris and Periocular Recognition using Deep Learning

    • 1st Edition
    • Ajay Kumar
    • English
    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.
  • Medical Modeling

    The Application of Advanced Design and Additive Manufacturing Techniques in Medicine
    • 3rd Edition
    • Richard Bibb + 3 more
    • English
    Medical Modelling: The Application of Advanced Design and Rapid Prototyping Techniques in Medicine, Third Edition provides readers with a thorough update of the core contents, along with key information on innovative imaging techniques, additive manufacturing technologies, and a range of applied case studies. This comprehensive new edition includes new coverage of advanced technologies, such as selective laser melting, electron beam melting, multi jet fusion, and more. The extensive section of peer-reviewed case studies is thoroughly updated and includes additional clinical examples, describing the practical applications of advanced design technologies in surgical, prosthetic, orthotic, dental and research applications.Finally... the book explores the future potential of medical modeling, such as in simulations for training, the development of new medical devices, and more.
  • Responsible Artificial Intelligence Re-engineering the Global Public Health Ecosystem

    A Humanity Worth Saving
    • 1st Edition
    • Dominique J. Monlezun
    • English
    Responsible Artificial Intelligence Re-engineering the Global Public Health Ecosystem: A Humanity Worth Saving is the first comprehensive book showing how trustworthy AI can revolutionize decolonized global public health. It explains how it works as an ecosystem and how it can be fixed to equitably empower us all to solve the defining crises of our era, from poverty to pandemics, climate to conflicts, debt to divisions. It is written from the first-hand perspective of the world’s first triple doctorate trained physician-data scientist and ethicist who has cared for more than 10,000 patients and authored 5 AI textbooks and more than 400 scientific and ethics papers. This essential resource integrates science, political economics, and ethics to unite our unique cultures, belief systems, institutions, and governments. In doing so, it is meant to give humanity a fighting chance against shared existential threats through cooperation and managed strategic competition for integral sustainable development.Taking seriously diverse voices, perspectives, and insights from the Global North and the Global South, this book uses concrete examples backed up by clear explanations to elucidate the current failures, emerging successes, and societal trends of global public health. It shows how a small number of powerful governments and corporations—amid digitalization, deglobalization, and demographic shifts—dominate global health, and how we can re-engineer a better future for it both societally and technologically. The book spans health breakthroughs in federated data architectures, machine learning, deep learning, swarm learning, quantum computing, blockchain, agile data governance and solidarity, value blocks (of democracies and autocracies), adaptive value supply chains, social networks, pandemics, health financing, universal health coverage, public–private partnerships, healthcare system design, precision agriculture, clean energy, human security, and multicultural global ethics. This book therefore is meant to provide a clear, coherent, and actionable guide equipping students, practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and leaders in digital technology, public health, healthcare, health policy, public policy, political economics, and ethics to generate the solutions that will define humanity’s next era—while recovering what that humanity means, and why it is worth saving.
  • Towards Neuromorphic Machine Intelligence

    Spike-Based Representation, Learning, and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Hong Qu + 2 more
    • English
    Towards Neuromorphic Machine Intelligence: Spike-Based Representation, Learning, and Applications provides readers with in-depth understanding of Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs), which is a burgeoning research branch of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), AI, and Machine Learning that sits at the heart of the integration between Computer Science and Neural Engineering. In recent years, neural networks have re-emerged in relation to AI, representing a well-grounded paradigm rooted in disciplines from physics and psychology to information science and engineering.This book represents one of the established cross-over areas where neurophysiology, cognition, and neural engineering coincide with the development of new Machine Learning and AI paradigms. There are many excellent theoretical achievements in neuron models, learning algorithms, network architecture, and so on. But these achievements are numerous and scattered, with a lack of straightforward systematic integration, making it difficult for researchers to assimilate and apply. As the third generation of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) simulate the neuron dynamics and information transmission in a biological neural system in more detail, which is a cross-product of computer science and neuroscience. The primary target audience of this book is divided into two categories: artificial intelligence researchers who know nothing about SNNs, and researchers who know a lot about SNNs. The former needs to acquire fundamental knowledge of SNNs, but the challenge is that much of the existing literature on SNNs only slightly mentions the basic knowledge of SNNs, or is too superficial, and this book gives a systematic explanation from scratch. The latter needs learning about some novel research achievements in the field of SNNs, and this book introduces the latest research results on different aspects of SNNs and provides detailed simulation processes to facilitate readers' replication. In addition, the book introduces neuromorphic hardware architecture as a further extension of the SNN system.The book starts with the birth and development of SNNs, and then introduces the main research hotspots, including spiking neuron models, learning algorithms, network architectures, and neuromorphic hardware. Therefore, the book provides readers with easy access to both the foundational concepts and recent research findings in SNNs.
  • Federated Learning for Digital Healthcare Systems

    • 1st Edition
    • Agbotiname Lucky Imoize + 2 more
    • English
    Federated Learning for Digital Healthcare Systems critically examines the key factors that contribute to the problem of applying machine learning in healthcare systems and investigates how federated learning can be employed to address the problem. The book discusses, examines, and compares the applications of federated learning solutions in emerging digital healthcare systems, providing a critical look in terms of the required resources, computational complexity, and system performance.In the first section, chapters examine how to address critical security and privacy concerns and how to revamp existing machine learning models. In subsequent chapters, the book's authors review recent advances to tackle emerging efficient and lightweight algorithms and protocols to reduce computational overheads and communication costs in wireless healthcare systems. Consideration is also given to government and economic regulations as well as legal considerations when federated learning is applied to digital healthcare systems.
  • Intelligent Fractal-Based Image Analysis

    Applications in Pattern Recognition and Machine Vision
    • 1st Edition
    • Soumya Ranjan Nayak + 3 more
    • English
    Intelligent Fractal-Based Image Analysis: Application in Pattern Recognition and Machine Vision provides insights into the current strengths and weaknesses of different applications as well as research findings on fractal graphics in engineering and science applications. The book aims to improve the exchange of ideas and coherence between various core computing methods and highlights the relevance of related application areas for advanced as well as novice-user application. The book presents core concepts, methodological aspects, and advanced feature opportunities, focusing on major, real-time applications in engineering and health science. It will appeal to researchers, data scientists, industry professionals, and graduate students.Fractals are infinite, complex patterns used in modeling physical and dynamic systems. Fractal theory research has increased across different fields of applications including engineering science, health science, and social science. Recent literature shows the vital role fractals play in digital image analysis, specifically in biomedical image processing. Fractal graphics is an interdisciplinary field that deals with how computers can be used to gain high-level understanding from digital images. Integrating artificial intelligence with fractal characteristics has resulted in new interdisciplinary research in the fields of pattern recognition and image processing analysis.
  • Intelligent Algorithms

    Theory and Practice
    • 1st Edition
    • Han Huang + 1 more
    • English
    Intelligent Algorithms: Theory and Practice discusses the latest achievements of the computation time analysis theory and practical applications of intelligent algorithms. In five chapters, the book covers (1) New methods of intelligent algorithm computation time analysis; (2)Application of intelligent algorithms in computer vision; (3) Application of intelligent algorithms in logistics scheduling; (4) Application of intelligent algorithms in software testing; and (5) Application of intelligent algorithm in multi-objective optimization.The content of each chapter is supported by papers published in top journals. The book's authors introduce the work of each part, which mainly includes a brief introduction (mainly for readers to understand) and academic discussion (rigorous theoretical and experimental support), in a vivid and interesting way through excellent pictures and literary compositions. To help readers learn and make progress together, each part of this book provides relevant literature, code, experimental data, and so on.
  • Computational Intelligence Techniques for Sustainable Supply Chain Management

    • 1st Edition
    • Sanjoy Kumar Paul + 1 more
    • English
    Computational Intelligence Techniques for Sustainable Supply Chain Management presents state-of-the-art computational intelligence techniques and applications for supply chain sustainability issues and logistic problems, filling the gap between general textbooks on sustainable supply chain management and more specialized literature dealing with methods for computational intelligence techniques. This book focuses on addressing problems in advanced topics in the sustainable supply chain and will appeal to practitioners, managers, researchers, students, and professionals interested in sustainable logistics, procurement, manufacturing, inventory and production management, scheduling, transportation, and supply chain network design.
  • API Design for C++

    • 2nd Edition
    • Martin Reddy
    • English
    API Design for C++, Second Edition provides a comprehensive discussion of Application Programming Interface (API) development, from initial design through implementation, testing, documentation, release, versioning, maintenance, and deprecation. It is the only book that teaches the strategies of C++ API development, including interface design, versioning, scripting, and plug-in extensibility. Drawing from the author's experience on large scale, collaborative software projects, the text offers practical techniques of API design that produce robust code for the long-term. It presents patterns and practices that provide real value to individual developers as well as organizations.The Second Edition includes all new material fully updated for the latest versions of C++, including a new chapter on concurrency and multithreading, as well as a new chapter discussing how Objective C++ and C++ code can co-exist and how a C++ API can be accessed from Swift programs. In addition, it explores often overlooked issues, both technical and non-technical, contributing to successful design decisions that produce high quality, robust, and long-lived APIs. It focuses on various API styles and patterns that will allow you to produce elegant and durable libraries. A discussion on testing strategies concentrates on automated API testing techniques rather than attempting to include end-user application testing techniques such as GUI testing, system testing, or manual testing.
  • Modern Assembly Language Programming with the ARM Processor

    • 2nd Edition
    • Larry D Pyeatt
    • English
    Modern Assembly Language Programming with the ARM Processor, Second Edition is a tutorial-based book on assembly language programming using the ARM processor. It presents the concepts of assembly language programming in different ways, slowly building from simple examples towards complex programming on bare-metal embedded systems. The ARM processor was chosen as it has fewer instructions and irregular addressing rules to learn than most other architectures, allowing more time to spend on teaching assembly language programming concepts and good programming practice.Careful consideration is given to topics that students struggle to grasp, such as registers vs. memory and the relationship between pointers and addresses, recursion, and non-integral binary mathematics. A whole chapter is dedicated to structured programming principles. Concepts are illustrated and reinforced with many tested and debugged assembly and C source listings. The book also covers advanced topics such as fixed- and floating-point mathematics, optimization, and the ARM VFP and NEONTM extensions.
  • Securing Next-Generation Connected Healthcare Systems

    Artificial Intelligence Technologies
    • 1st Edition
    • Deepak Gupta + 1 more
    • English
    Securing Next-Generation Connected Healthcare Systems: Artificial Intelligence Technologies focuses on the crucial aspects of IoT security in a connected environment, which will not only benefit from cutting-edge methodological approaches but also assist in the rapid scalability and improvement of these systems. This book shows how to utilize technologies like blockchain and its integration with IoT for communication, data security, and trust management. It introduces the security aspect of next generation technologies for healthcare, covering a wide range of security and computing methodologies.Resear... data scientists, students, and professionals interested in the application of artificial intelligence in healthcare management, data security of connected healthcare systems and related fields, specifically on data intensive secured systems and computing environments, will finds this to be a welcomed resource.
  • Cognitive Assistant Supported Human-Robot Collaboration

    • 1st Edition
    • Cecilio Angulo + 2 more
    • English
    Cognitive Assistant Supported Human-Robot Collaboration covers the design and development of cognitive assistants in the smart factory era, its application domains, challenges, and current state-of-the-art in assistance systems with collaborative robotics and IoT technologies, standards, platforms, and solutions. This book also provides a sociotechnical view of collaborative work in human-robot teams, investigating specific methods and techniques to analyze assistance systems. This provides readers with a comprehensive overview of how cognitive assistants function and work in human-robot teams.
  • Application of Artificial Intelligence in Early Detection of Lung Cancer

    • 1st Edition
    • Madhuchanda Kar + 3 more
    • English
    Application of Artificial Intelligence in Early Detection of Lung Cancer presents the most up-to-date computer-aided diagnosis techniques used to effectively predict and diagnose lung cancer. The presence of pulmonary nodules on lung parenchyma is often considered an early sign of lung cancer, thus using machine and deep learning technologies to identify them is key to improve patients’ outcome and decrease the lethal rate of such disease. The book discusses topics such as basics of lung cancer imaging, pattern recognition techniques, deep learning, and nodule detection and localization. In addition, the book discusses risk prediction based on radiological analysis and 3D modeling.This is a valuable resource for cancer researchers, oncologists, graduate students, radiologists, and members of biomedical field who are interested in the potential of AI technologies in the diagnosis of lung cancer.
  • Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms

    Optimizers, Analysis, and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Laith Abualigah
    • English
    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.
  • Performance Enhancement and Control of Photovoltaic Systems

    • 1st Edition
    • Saad Motahhir + 1 more
    • English
    Performance Enhancement and Control of Photovoltaic Systems brings together the latest advances in photovoltaic control and integration, with various embedded technologies applied to standalone and grid connected systems in normal and abnormal operating conditions, with new approaches intended to overcome a number of critical limitations in using PV technology. The book begins by introducing modern photovoltaic (PV) systems, system integration, materials, and thermodynamic analysis for improved performance, before examining applications in industrial processes, artificial neural network technology, and economic analysis of PV systems.In-depth chapters then demonstrate the use of advanced control and optimization techniques, covering the use of new embedded technologies, through different applications such as MPPT controllers, solar trackers, cleaning systems, cooling systems, and monitoring systems. Applications of photovoltaic energy systems in distributed generation, microgrid, and smart grid systems will be considered.
  • Foundations of Quantum Programming

    • 2nd Edition
    • Mingsheng Ying
    • English
    Foundations of Quantum Programming, Second Edition provides a systematic exposition of the subject of quantum programming. Emphasis is placed on foundational concepts, methods, and techniques that can be widely used for various quantum programming models and languages. The book describes how programming methodologies developed for current computers can be extended for quantum computers, along with new programming methodologies that can effectively exploit the unique power of quantum computing. In addition, this resource introduces a chain of quantum programming models from sequential to parallel and distributed programming in the paradigm of superposition-of-dat... to the paradigm of superposition-of-pro... content presents a series of logical and mathematical tools for verification and analysis of quantum programs, including invariant generation, termination analysis, and abstract interpretation.
  • Theory of Structured Parallel Programming

    • 1st Edition
    • Yong Wang
    • English
    Theory of Structured Parallel Programming is a comprehensive guide to structured parallel programming corresponding to traditional structured sequential programming. The book provides readers with comprehensive coverage of theoretical foundations of structured parallel programming, including analyses of parallelism and concurrency, truly concurrent process algebras, building block-based structured parallel programming, modelling and verification of parallel programming language, modelling and verification of parallel programming patterns, as well as modeling and verification of distributed systems.There have been always two ways to approach parallel computing: one is the structured way, and the other is the graph-based (true concurrent) way. The structured way is often based on the interleaving semantics, such as process algebra CCS. Since the parallelism in interleaving semantics is not a fundamental computational pattern (the parallel operator can be replaced by alternative composition and sequential composition), the parallel operator often does not occur as an explicit operator, such as in the mainstream programming languages C, C++, Java, et al.
  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Women’s Health Issues

    • 1st Edition
    • Meenu Gupta + 1 more
    • English
    Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Women’s Health Issues discusses the applications, challenges, and solutions that machine learning can bring to women’s health challenges. The book illustrates advanced, innovative techniques, frameworks, concepts, and methodologies of machine learning which enhance the future healthcare system. This book's primary focus is on women’s health issues and machine learning's role in providing solutions to these challenges, providing novel ideas for feasible implementation. It also provides an early-stage analysis for early diagnosis of women’s health issues.
  • Intelligent Evolutionary Optimization

    • 1st Edition
    • Hua Xu + 1 more
    • English
    Intelligent Evolutionary Optimization introduces biologically-inspire... intelligent optimization algorithms to address complex optimization problems and provide practical solutions for tackling combinatorial optimization problems. The book explores efficient search and optimization methods in high-dimensional spaces, particularly for high-dimensional multi-objective optimization problems, offering practical guidance and effective solutions across various domains. Providing practical solutions, methods, and tools to tackle complex optimization problems and enhance modern optimization techniques, this book will be a valuable resource for professionals seeking to enhance their understanding and proficiency in intelligent evolutionary optimization.
  • Bio-Inspired Strategies for Modeling and Detection in Diabetes Mellitus Treatment

    • 1st Edition
    • Alma Y Alanis + 3 more
    • English
    Bio-Inspired Strategies for Modeling and Detection in Diabetes Mellitus Treatment focuses on bioinspired techniques such as modeling to generate control algorithms for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. The book addresses the identification of diabetes mellitus using a high-order recurrent neural network trained by an extended Kalman filter. The authors also describe the use of metaheuristic algorithms for the parametric identification of compartmental models of diabetes mellitus widely used in research works such as the Sorensen model and the Dallaman model. In addition, the book addresses the modeling of time series for the prediction of risk scenarios such as hyperglycaemia and hypoglycaemia using deep neural networks. The detection of diabetes mellitus in the early stages or when current diagnostic techniques cannot detect glucose intolerance or prediabetes is proposed, carried out by means of deep neural networks present in the literature. Readers will find leading-edge research in diabetes identification based on discrete high-order neural networks trained with an extended Kalman filter; parametric identification of compartmental models used to describe diabetes mellitus; modeling of data obtained by continuous glucose-monitoring sensors for the prediction of risk scenarios such as hyperglycaemia and hypoglycaemia; and screening for glucose intolerance using glucose-tolerance test data and deep neural networks. Application of the proposed approaches is illustrated via simulation and real-time implementations for modeling, prediction, and classification.
  • Ethics in Online AI-Based Systems

    Risks and Opportunities in Current Technological Trends
    • 1st Edition
    • Santi Caballé + 2 more
    • English
    Ethics in Online AI-Based Systems: Risks and Opportunities in Current Technological Trends creates a space to explore the ethical relevance that new technologies under development may have. Stimulating reflection and considerations with respect to the design, deployment, and use of technology helps readers guide current and future technological advancements from an ethically informed position to ensure that such advancements contribute towards solving current global and social challenges that we, as a society, have today. This will not only be useful for researchers and professional engineers, but also for educators, policy makers, and ethicists.Recent technological advancements have deeply transformed society and the way people interact with each other. Instantaneous communication platforms have allowed connections with other people, forming global communities and creating unprecedented opportunities in many sectors, making access to online resources more ubiquitous by reducing limitations imposed by geographical distance and temporal constrains. These technological developments bear ethically relevant consequences with their deployment, and legislations often lag behind such advancements. Because the appearance and deployment of these technologies happen much faster than legislative procedures, the way these technologies affect social interactions have profound ethical effects before any legislative regulation can be built in order to prevent and mitigate those effects.
  • Current Molecular Targets of Heterocyclic Compounds for Cancer Therapy

    • 1st Edition
    • Vivek Asati + 1 more
    • English
    Current Molecular Targets of Heterocyclic Compounds for Cancer Therapy discusses recently developed treatments based on molecular targets which are genetically altered in cancer cells and are essential for tumor development and survival. Considerable research effort has been devoted to the development of targeted drugs that inhibit the action of pathogenic kinases, and clinical studies performed so far have validated the positive effects of kinase inhibitors for cancer treatment. Each chapter discusses a molecular target, such as ALK2, ATR, CK, Src-Abl, EGFR, Fyn-Blk-Lyn, IGFs, and PAK1.The book's chapters are written by experts who actively work on the targets to help readers fully understand how they can be used. This is a valuable resource for cancer researchers, oncologists, graduate students and members of the biomedical field who are interested in the potential of novel cancer therapies based on molecular targets.
  • Construction Methods for an Autonomous Driving Map in an Intelligent Network Environment

    • 1st Edition
    • Zhijun Chen
    • English
    Construction Methods for an Autonomous Driving Map in an Intelligent Network Environment not only supports the development of Intelligent & Connected Transportation, but also promotes the landing application of autonomous driving. Areas covered include the fusion target perception method based on vehicle vision and millimeter wave radar, cross-field of view object perception method, vehicle motion recognition method based on vehicle road fusion information, vehicle trajectory prediction method based on improved hybrid neural network and driving map construction driven by road perception fusion are introduced in this book.Benefiting from the development of computer technique, the advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence theories are used by this book to show readers the construction process of the Autonomous Driving Map.
  • Computational Intelligence and Blockchain in Complex Systems

    System Security and Interdisciplinary Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Fadi Al-Turjman
    • English
    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
  • Smart Spaces

    • 1st Edition
    • Zhihan Lyu
    • English
    Smart Spaces covers the latest concepts and technologies surrounding smart spaces, providing technical personnel engaged in smart space related research and industries a more in-depth understanding of smart spaces. This book can be used as a reference for practicing this emerging discipline, but it will also be useful for researchers, scientists, developers, practitioners, and graduate students working in the fields of smart spaces and artificial intelligence. It combines the study of working or living spaces with computing, information equipment, and multimodal sensing devices, and with natural and convenient interactive interfaces to support how people can easily obtain services from computer systems.People's work and life in smart spaces use computer systems; it is a process of uninterrupted interaction between people and the computer system. In this process, the computer is no longer just an information processing tool that passively executes explicit human operation commands but a collaborator with people to complete tasks – a partner to human beings. International research on smart spaces is quite extensive, which shows the important role of smart spaces in ubiquitous computing research.
  • Object-Oriented Analysis and Design for Information Systems

    Modeling with BPMN, OCL, IFML, and Python
    • 2nd Edition
    • Raul Sidnei Wazlawick
    • English
    Object-Oriented Analysis and Design for Information Systems, Second Edition clearly explains real object-oriented programming in practice. Expert author Raul Sidnei Wazlawick explains concepts such as object responsibility, visibility, and the real need for delegation in detail. The object-oriented code generated by using these concepts in a systematic way is concise, organized and reusable.The patterns and solutions presented in this book are based in research and industrial applications. You will come away with clarity regarding processes and use cases and a clear understanding of how to expand a use case. Wazlawick clearly explains how to build meaningful sequence diagrams. Object-Oriented Analysis and Design for Information Systems illustrates how and why building a class model is not just placing classes into a diagram. You will learn the necessary organizational patterns so that your software architecture will be maintainable. The Second Edition includes all new content shifting the focus of the book to agile software development, including Scrum software project management, BPMN diagrams, user stories, and Python code examples.
  • Artificial Intelligence for Medicine

    An Applied Reference for Methods and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Shai Ben- David + 5 more
    • English
    Artificial Intelligence for Medicine: An Applied Reference for Methods and Applications introduces readers to the methodology and AI/ML algorithms as well as cutting-edge applications to medicine, such as cancer, precision medicine, critical care, personalized medicine, telemedicine, drug discovery, molecular characterization, and patient mental health. Research in medicine and tailored clinical treatment are being quickly transformed by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). The content in this book is tailored to the reader's needs in terms of both type and fundamentals. It covers the current ethical issues and potential developments in this field.This book will be beneficial for academics, professionals in the IT industry, educators, students, and anyone else involved in the use and development of AI in the medical field.
  • Data Fusion Techniques and Applications for Smart Healthcare

    • 1st Edition
    • Amit Kumar Singh + 1 more
    • English
    Data Fusion Techniques and Applications for Smart Healthcare covers cutting-edge research from both academia and industry, with a particular emphasis on recent advances in algorithms and applications that involve combining multiple sources of medical information. The book can be used as a reference for practicing engineers, scientists, and researchers, but it will also be useful for graduate students and practitioners from government and industry as well as healthcare technology professionals working on state-of-the-art information fusion solutions for healthcare applications.Medical data exists in several formats, from structured data and medical reports to 1D signals, 2D images, 3D volumes, or even higher dimensional data such as temporal 3D sequences. Healthcare experts can make auscultation reports in text format; electrocardiograms can be printed in time series format, X-rays saved as images; volume can be provided through angiography; temporal information by echocardiograms, and 4D information extracted through flow MRI.
  • Sequences and the de Bruijn Graph

    Properties, Constructions, and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Tuvi Etzion
    • English
    Sequences and the de Bruijn Graph: Properties, Constructions, and Applications explores the foundations of theoretical mathematical concepts and their important applications to computer science, electrical engineering, and bioinformatics. The book introduces the various concepts, ideas, and techniques associated with the use of the de Bruijn Graph, providing comprehensive coverage of sequence classification, one-dimensional and two-dimensional properties, constructions, and interconnection networks. This book is suitable for researchers, graduate students, professors, and professionals working in the fields of applied mathematics, electrical engineering, computer science, and bioinformatics.The de Bruijn graph was defined in 1946 to enumerate the number of closed sequences where each n-tuple appears exactly once as a window in a sequence. Through the years, the graph and its sequences have found numerous applications – in space technology, wireless communication, cryptography, parallel computation, genome assembly, DNA storage, and microbiome research, among others.
  • The Metaverse and Smart Cities

    Urban Environments in the Age of Digital Connectivity
    • 1st Edition
    • Zaheer Allam + 1 more
    • English
    The Metaverse and Smart Cities: Urban Environments in the Age of Digital Connectivity explores the intersection between the rapidly growing metaverse and the future of cities. The metaverse is a virtual world that is increasingly gaining attention as a new frontier for human interaction and commerce. At the same time, cities are undergoing significant transformation as they face challenges such as population growth, urbanization, and environmental degradation. Urban planners and city administrators will find valuable insights on how the metaverse can be integrated into the planning and development of smart, sustainable, and future cities.The book begins with an introduction to the concepts and technology of the metaverse as well as its history. It then sheds light on the current and future challenges and opportunities that the metaverse presents to cities and the quality of life of urban dwellers. It delves into the ways in which the metaverse can change cities, both in terms of their physical and virtual environments, and the impact it can have on the lives of those who live in them. It brings together the latest research and perspectives from experts in the fields of virtual reality, urban planning, and sustainability, to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date picture of this rapidly evolving field.
  • Machine Learning with Noisy Labels

    Definitions, Theory, Techniques and Solutions
    • 1st Edition
    • Gustavo Carneiro
    • English
    Machine Learning and Noisy Labels: Definitions, Theory, Techniques and Solutions provides an ideal introduction to machine learning with noisy labels that is suitable for senior undergraduates, post graduate students, researchers and practitioners using, and researching, machine learning methods. Most of the modern machine learning models based on deep learning techniques depend on carefully curated and cleanly labeled training sets to be reliably trained and deployed. However, the expensive labeling process involved in the acquisition of such training sets limits the number and size of datasets available to build new models, slowing down progress in the field. This book defines the different types of label noise, introduces the theory behind the problem, presents the main techniques that enable the effective use of noisy-label training sets, and explains the most accurate methods.
  • Intelligent Learning Approaches for Renewable and Sustainable Energy

    • 1st Edition
    • Josep M. Guerrero + 3 more
    • English
    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.
  • Curcumin-Based Nanomedicines as Cancer Therapeutics

    • 1st Edition
    • Amirhossein Sahebkar + 1 more
    • English
    Curcumin-based Nanomedicines as Cancer Therapeutics presents a consistent and thorough overview of nanocurcumin applications in cancer treatments. It brings together the novel applications of nanocurcumin in biological milieu as well as helps readers to define the major gaps in knowledge that can lead to significant scientific discoveries.Nanocurc... has been widely explored for the treatment of various cancers; however, the scientific literature is inconsistent in style and structure and scattered across many sources. By providing an explicit account on vital aspects on nanocurcumin-based anticancer delivery approaches and discussing the perspectives of the technologies explored so far based upon the findings outlined, the book offers updated and in-depth knowledge on the topic in one single source written by global leading experts.In addition, the book aims to stimulate the interest of the academic researchers, industrial scientists, businessmen, and young scholars to address key multidisciplinary challenges faced by nanotechnologists to foster the desired collaboration among biologists, chemists, physicists, engineers, and clinicians to find proper and efficient new cancer treatments.
  • Putting AI in the Critical Loop

    Assured Trust and Autonomy in Human-Machine Teams
    • 1st Edition
    • Prithviraj Dasgupta + 6 more
    • English
    Putting AI in the Critical Loop: Assured Trust and Autonomy in Human-Machine Teams takes on the primary challenges of bidirectional trust and performance of autonomous systems, providing readers with a review of the latest literature, the science of autonomy, and a clear path towards the autonomy of human-machine teams and systems. Throughout this book, the intersecting themes of collective intelligence, bidirectional trust, and continual assurance form the challenging and extraordinarily interesting themes which will help lay the groundwork for the audience to not only bridge knowledge gaps, but also to advance this science to develop better solutions. The distinctively different characteristics and features of humans and machines are likely why they have the potential to work well together, overcoming each other's weaknesses through cooperation, synergy, and interdependence which forms a “collective intelligence.” Trust is bidirectional and two-sided; humans need to trust AI technology, but future AI technology may also need to trust humans.
  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Open-world Novelty

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 134
    • English
    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.
  • Federated Learning

    Theory and Practice
    • 1st Edition
    • Lam M. Nguyen + 2 more
    • English
    Federated Learning: Theory and Practi ce provides a holisti c treatment to federated learning as a distributed learning system with various forms of decentralized data and features. Part I of the book begins with a broad overview of opti mizati on fundamentals and modeling challenges, covering various aspects of communicati on effi ciency, theoretical convergence, and security. Part II featuresemerging challenges stemming from many socially driven concerns of federated learning as a future public machine learning service. Part III concludes the book with a wide array of industrial applicati ons of federated learning, as well as ethical considerations, showcasing its immense potential for driving innovation while safeguarding sensitive data.Federated Learning: Theory and Practi ce provides a comprehensive and accessible introducti on to federated learning which is suitable for researchers and students in academia, and industrial practitioners who seek to leverage the latest advance in machine learning for their entrepreneurial endeavors.
  • Internet of Things: Architectures for Enhanced Living Environments

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 133
    • Goncalo Marques
    • English
    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.
  • Engineering Simulation and its Applications

    Algorithms and Numerical Methods
    • 1st Edition
    • Xin-She Yang
    • English
    Engineering Simulation and its Applications: Algorithms and Numerical Methods covers the essential quantitative methods needed for engineering simulations, introducing optimization techniques that can be used in the design of systems to minimize cost and maximize efficiency. This book serves as a reference and textbook for courses such as engineering simulation, design optimization, mathematical modeling, numerical methods, data analysis, and engineering management. Diverse coverage of the various subject areas within the field puts the essential topics into a single book for easy access for graduates and senior undergraduates. It also serves as a reference book for lecturers and industrial practitioners.
  • Trolley Crash

    Approaching Key Metrics for Ethical AI Practitioners, Researchers, and Policy Makers
    • 1st Edition
    • Peggy Wu + 3 more
    • English
    The prolific deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across different fields has introduced novel challenges for AI developers and researchers. AI is permeating decision making for the masses, and its applications range from self-driving automobiles to financial loan approvals. With AI making decisions that have ethical implications, responsibilities are now being pushed to AI designers who may be far-removed from how, where, and when these ethical decisions occur.Trolley Crash: Approaching Key Metrics for Ethical AI Practitioners, Researchers, and Policy Makers provides audiences with a catalogue of perspectives and methodologies from the latest research in ethical computing. This work integrates philosophical and computational approaches into a unified framework for ethical reasoning in the current AI landscape, specifically focusing on approaches for developing metrics. Written for AI researchers, ethicists, computer scientists, software engineers, operations researchers, and autonomous systems designers and developers, Trolley Crash will be a welcome reference for those who wish to better understand metrics for ethical reasoning in autonomous systems and related computational applications.
  • Computational Intelligence Methods for Sentiment Analysis in Natural Language Processing Applications

    • 1st Edition
    • D. Jude Hemanth
    • English
    Computational Intelligence for Sentiment Analysis in Natural Language Processing Applications provides a solution to this problem through detailed technical coverage of AI-based Sentiment Analysis methods for various applications. The book's authors provide readers with an in-depth look at the challenges and associated solutions, including case studies and real-world scenarios from across the globe. Development of scientific and enterprise applications are covered that will aid computer scientists in building practical/real-world AI-based Sentiment Analysis systems. With the vast increase in Big Data, computational intelligence approaches have become a necessity for Natural Language Processing and Sentiment Analysis in a wide range of decision-making application areas.