Books in Physical sciences and engineering

Machine Learning in Manufacturing

1st Edition
March 17, 2024
Carlos A. Escobar + 1 more
English
Paperback
9 7 8 0 3 2 3 9 9 0 2 9 5
eBook
9 7 8 0 3 2 3 9 9 0 3 0 1

Machine Learning in Manufacturing: Quality 4.0 and the Zero Defects Vision reviews process monitoring based on machine learning algorithms and the technologies of the fourth industrial revolution and proposes Learning Quality Control (LQC), the evolution of Statistical Quality Control (SQC). This book identifies 10 big data issues in manufacturing and addresses them using an ad-hoc, 5-step problem-solving strategy that increases the likelihood of successfully deploying this Quality 4.0 initiative. With two case studies using structured and unstructured data, this book explains how to successfully deploy AI in manufacturing and how to move quality standards forward by developing virtually defect-free processes. This book enables engineers to identify Quality 4.0 applications and manufacturing companies to successfully implement Quality 4.0 practices.

Object-Oriented Analysis and Design for Information Systems

2nd Edition
March 16, 2024
Raul Sidnei Wazlawick
English
Paperback
9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 3 7 3 9 6
eBook
9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 3 7 4 0 2

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.

Emerging Biofuels

1st Edition
March 15, 2024
Sonil Nanda + 2 more
English
Paperback
9 7 8 0 3 2 3 9 9 5 4 7 4
eBook
9 7 8 0 3 2 3 9 9 5 5 9 7

Emerging Biofuels: Stationary and Mobile Applications presents a comprehensive assessment of supply chains and conversion pathways of the promising biofuels in the 21st century. Highlighting the potential of emerging biofuels, the book covers the latest breakthroughs and process intensification strategies for the development of near to mid-term commercialization. Chapters provide readers with an overview of emerging biofuels, key advantages, and major drivers for the biofuel industry. The majority of the book is dedicated to assessing each emerging biofuel, including renewable diesel, bio-CNG, 3rd generation lignocellulosic ethanol, fisher-tropsch biofuels, biohydrogen, microalgal biodiesel, bio jet fuel, hythane, methanol, and bio-oil, dimethyl ether, and more. The final chapters of the book examine techno-economic viability, sustainability, and the lifecycle of selected biofuel through detailed case studies while also analyzing international policy frameworks for biofuels. This book is a valuable reference for students, researchers and industry engineers involved in biofuels production, but will also be of interest to multidisciplinary teams working across Renewable Energy, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Science and Sustainability Science.

The East African Rift System

1st Edition
March 14, 2024
Athanas Simon Macheyeki + 1 more
English
Paperback
9 7 8 0 3 2 3 9 5 6 4 2 0
eBook
9 7 8 0 3 2 3 9 5 6 4 3 7

The East African Rift System: Geodynamics and Natural Resource Potentials provides state-of-the-art knowledge on the processes pertaining to intra continental rifting, including the principles of rifting, volcanic activities, and microplates. The book also provides knowledge on key natural resources available in the rift system such as geothermal and mineral resources and hydrogeological and hydrocarbon resources. Each aspect discussed in the East African Rift System has its equivalent case study, giving readers interested in each rift of the world a way to connect or link to their rift system of interest, be it a sub-chapter on rifting processes or natural resource models.The book also describes rifting models of selected major rifts (especially continental rifts) of the world, such as the Basin and Range Province, Rio Grande (USA); Rhine Graben (France and Germany); the Tibetan Rohai (Tibet); the Shaanxi Bohai (China); Lake Baikal (Russia); North Island (Australia) and the Aegean Sea Rift (Turkey). Key aspects presented are: rift type, rift age, rift physical dimensions, geothermal gradient models, natural resources and where possible, models of exploration of particular natural resources have been provided. 

Organic Radicals

1st Edition
March 14, 2024
Chuanyi Wang + 2 more
English
Paperback
9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 3 3 4 6 6
eBook
9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 3 3 4 7 3

Organic Radicals summarizes the applications of these materials in several fields, in addition to analyzing challenges, limitations and impacts of materials containing organic radicals on human, plants, water, soil, and animals. Sections cover uses of organic radicals as effective precursors for block molecules building and discuss their effectiveness as precursors of organic radical- containing materials synthesis and their applications in medicine, biology, electronics, environmental sciences, plastics synthesis, polymers building and the several impacts after organic radicals uses. In recent years, the rapid development of organic radical-containing materials has afforded an interesting research area in various applications.

Artificial Intelligence for Medicine

1st Edition
March 14, 2024
Shai Ben- David + 5 more
English
Paperback
9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 3 6 7 1 9
eBook
9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 3 6 7 2 6

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.

Sustainable Natural Gas Drilling

1st Edition
March 13, 2024
David A. Wood + 1 more
English
Paperback
9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 3 4 2 2 7
eBook
9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 3 4 2 1 0

Sustainable Natural Gas Drilling, the latest release in The Fundamentals and Sustainable Advances in Natural Gas Science and Engineering series, delivers many of the technical fundamentals needed in the natural gas industry with an additional sustainability lens. Introductory topics include underbalanced technologies, well integrity, and well trajectory. Advanced applications include utilizing nanoparticles to reduce environmental impact, and techniques to drill for underground gas storage and carbon capture operations. Supported by corporate and academic contributors along with two well-distinguished editors, Sustainable Natural Gas Drilling provides today’s natural gas engineers the knowledge to adjust current drilling practices in a more environmentally sustainable way.

Eco-efficient Repair and Rehabilitation of Concrete Infrastructures

2nd Edition
March 13, 2024
Fernando Pacheco-Torgal + 3 more
English
Paperback
9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 3 4 7 0 8
eBook
9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 3 4 7 1 5

Eco-efficient Repair and Rehabilitation of Concrete Infrastructures, Second Edition provides an updated, state-of-the-art review of the latest advances in this important research field. The first section is brought fully up-to-date and focuses on deterioration assessment methods. The second section contains brand new chapters on innovative concrete repair and rehabilitation materials, including fly ash–based alkali-activated repair materials for concrete exposed to aggressive environments, retrofitting of concrete structures with biomaterials, and the assessment of concrete after repair operations and durability of concrete repair. The final section has been revised to include new chapters on climate change’s influence and life cycle assessment (LCA). These chapters include deterioration of concrete infrastructure due to climate change, influence of climate change on bridge deterioration, probabilistic modeling of chloride diffusion in repaired reinforced concrete structures, and LCA of concrete repaired with recycled aggregates.

Treatise on Process Metallurgy

2nd Edition
March 12, 2024
Seshadri Seetharaman + 4 more
English
Hardback
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eBook
9 7 8 0 3 2 3 8 5 8 9 6 0

Treatise on Process Metallurgy: Volume Three, Industrial Processes provides academics with the fundamentals of the manufacturing of metallic materials, from raw materials into finished parts or products. In these fully updated volumes, coverage is expanded into four volumes, including Process Fundamentals, encompassing process fundamentals, structure and properties of matter; thermodynamic aspects of process metallurgy, and rate phenomena in process metallurgy; Processing Phenomena, encompassing interfacial phenomena in high temperature metallurgy, metallurgical process phenomena, and metallurgical process technology; Metallurgical Processes, encompassing mineral processing, aqueous processing, electrochemical material and energy processes, and iron and steel technology, non-ferrous process principles and production technologies, and more. The work distills the combined academic experience from the principal editor and the multidisciplinary four-member editorial board.

Data Fusion Techniques and Applications for Smart Healthcare

1st Edition
March 12, 2024
Amit Kumar Singh + 1 more
English
Paperback
9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 3 2 3 3 9
eBook
9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 3 2 3 4 6

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.

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