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Book Trends in Applied Knowledge Based Systems and Data Science

Download or read book Trends in Applied Knowledge Based Systems and Data Science written by Hamido Fujita and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-13 with total page 1019 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering and Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems, IEA/AIE 2016, held in Morioka, Japan, in August 2-4, 2016. The 80 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 168 submissions. They are organized in topical sections: data science; knowledge base systems; natural language processing and sentiment analysis; semantic Web and social networks; computer vision; medical diagnosis system and bio-informatics; applied neural networks; innovations in intelligent systems and applications; decision support systems; adaptive control; soft computing and multi-agent systems; evolutionary algorithms and heuristic search; system integration for real-life applications.

Book Mobile Networks and Cloud Computing Convergence for Progressive Services and Applications

Download or read book Mobile Networks and Cloud Computing Convergence for Progressive Services and Applications written by Rodrigues, Joel J.P.C. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2013-11-30 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent technology trends involving the combination of mobile networks and cloud computing have offered new chances for mobile network providers to use specific carrier-cloud services. These advancements will enhance the utilization of the mobile cloud in industry and corporate settings. Mobile Networks and Cloud Computing Convergence for Progressive Services and Applications is a fundamental source for the advancement of knowledge, application, and practice in the interdisciplinary areas of mobile network and cloud computing. By addressing innovative concepts and critical issues, this book is essential for researchers, practitioners, and students interested in the emerging field of vehicular wireless networks.

Book Power Electronic Converter Configuration and Control for DC Microgrid Systems

Download or read book Power Electronic Converter Configuration and Control for DC Microgrid Systems written by Jens Bo Holm-Nielsen and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2020-11-13 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The DC/AC microgrid system is a crucial empowering technology for the integration of various types of renewable energy sources (RES) accompanied by a smart control approach to enhance the system reliability and efficiency. This book presents cutting-edge technology developments and recent investigations performed with the help of power electronics. Large-scale renewable energy integration presents challenges and issues for power grids. In particular, these issues include microgrid adaption to RES, AC machines, the new configuration of AC/DC converters, and electrification of domestic needs with optimal cost expenses from domestic standalone microgrids. Furthermore, this book elaborates cutting-edge developments in electric vehicle fast charging configuration, battery management, and control schemes with renewable energies through hardware-in-loop testing and validation for performance durability in real-time application. Overall, the book covers the diverse field of microgrids, allowing readers to adopt new technologies and prepare for future power demands with sustainable green engineering.

Book Sensor Technology for Smart Homes

Download or read book Sensor Technology for Smart Homes written by Juan Ye and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2021-04-21 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Special Issue presents the recent advances in sensor technologies for smart homes, including fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors for detecting the presence and number of occupants, the Internet of things for monitoring CO2 concentration, and designing a novel eye-tracking system for monitoring and controlling a smart home, and infrared thermal sensors for fall detection. Such new explorations are pushing the boundary of sensing technologies and, thus, will have more profound implications for the future smart home. Advanced machine learning and data mining algorithms have been proposed to address sensor failure, appliance identification, and human activity recognition in a home environment. These results will enable a promising, sustainable deployment of sensing technologies. A novel multi-agent gamification system is proposed for managing tasks between household members and between families, which demonstrate another dimension of future smart home application. This Special Issue concludes with a review on sensors for human activity recognition. This work paves the roadmap for deploying smart home systems in different socioeconomic contexts. The whole Special Issue has significantly helped to shape our understanding of the strength, implications, and barriers of deploying long-term, sustainable, sensor technologies for smart homes.

Book Computer Human Interaction Research and Applications

Download or read book Computer Human Interaction Research and Applications written by Andreas Holzinger and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-10-19 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications, CHIRA 2017, held in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, in October/November 2017. The 8 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 35 submissions. The papers selected to be included in this book contribute to the understanding of relevant trends of current research on computer-human interaction, including Interaction design, human factors, entertainment, cognition, perception, user-friendly software and systems, pervasive technologies and interactive devices.

Book Information Systems and Management in Media and Entertainment Industries

Download or read book Information Systems and Management in Media and Entertainment Industries written by Artur Lugmayr and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book defines an agenda for research in information management and systems for media and entertainment industries. It highlights their particular needs in production, distribution, and consumption. Chapters are written by practitioners and researchers from around the world, who examine business information management and systems in the larger context of media and entertainment industries. Human, management, technological, and content creation aspects are covered in order to provide a unique viewpoint. With great interdisciplinary scope, the book provides a roadmap of research challenges and a structured approach for future development across areas such as social media, eCommerce, and eBusiness. Chapters address the tremendous challenges in organization, leadership, customer behavior, and technology that face the entertainment and media industries every day, including the transformation of the analog media world into its digital counterpart. Professionals or researchers involved with IT systems management, information policies, technology development or content creation will find this book an essential resource. It is also a valuable tool for academics or advanced-level students studying digital media or information systems.

Book Handbook of Smart Cities

Download or read book Handbook of Smart Cities written by Muthucumaru Maheswaran and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook provides a glimpse of the research that is underway in smart cities, with an examination of the relevant issues. It describes software infrastructures for smart cities, the role of 5G and Internet of things in future smart cities scenarios, the use of clouds and sensor-based devices for monitoring and managing smart city facilities, a variety of issues in the emerging field of urban informatics, and various smart city applications. Handbook of Smart Cities includes fifteen chapters from renowned worldwide researchers working on various aspects of smart city scale cyber-physical systems. It is intended for researchers, developers of smart city technologies and advanced-level students in the fields of communication systems, computer science, and data science. This handbook is also designed for anyone wishing to find out more about the on-going research thrusts and deployment experiences in smart cities. It is meant to provide a snapshot of the state-of-the-art at the time of its writing in several software services and cyber infrastructures as pertinent to smart cities. This handbook presents application case studies in video surveillance, smart parking, and smart building management in the smart city context. Unique experiences in designing and implementing the applications or the issues involved in developing smart city level applications are described in these chapters. Integration of machine learning into several smart city application scenarios is also examined in some chapters of this handbook.

Book Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology  Fourth Edition

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology Fourth Edition written by Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., Mehdi and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2017-06-20 with total page 8356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, our world has experienced a profound shift and progression in available computing and knowledge sharing innovations. These emerging advancements have developed at a rapid pace, disseminating into and affecting numerous aspects of contemporary society. This has created a pivotal need for an innovative compendium encompassing the latest trends, concepts, and issues surrounding this relevant discipline area. During the past 15 years, the Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology has become recognized as one of the landmark sources of the latest knowledge and discoveries in this discipline. The Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition is a 10-volume set which includes 705 original and previously unpublished research articles covering a full range of perspectives, applications, and techniques contributed by thousands of experts and researchers from around the globe. This authoritative encyclopedia is an all-encompassing, well-established reference source that is ideally designed to disseminate the most forward-thinking and diverse research findings. With critical perspectives on the impact of information science management and new technologies in modern settings, including but not limited to computer science, education, healthcare, government, engineering, business, and natural and physical sciences, it is a pivotal and relevant source of knowledge that will benefit every professional within the field of information science and technology and is an invaluable addition to every academic and corporate library.

Book Seamless Healthcare Monitoring

Download or read book Seamless Healthcare Monitoring written by Toshiyo Tamura and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-24 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shares the knowledge of active and prestigious worldwide researchers and scholars in the field of healthcare monitoring as authors investigate historical developments, summarize latest advancements, and envision future prospects on wearable, attachable, and invisible devices that monitor diverse physiological information. The coverage of the book spans multiple disciplines, from biomechanics, to bioelectricity, biochemistry, biophysics and biomaterials. There is also wide coverage of various physical and chemical quantities such as electricity, pressure, flow, motion, force, temperature, gases, and biomarkers. Each chapter explores the background of a specific monitoring device, as well as its physical and chemical principles and instrumentation, signal processing and data analysis, achieved outcomes and application scenarios, and future research topics. There are chapters on: Electrocardiograms, electroencephalograms, and electromyograms Measurement of flow phenomenon Latest wearable technologies for the quantification of human motion Various forms of wearable thermometers Monitoring of gases and chemical substances produced during metabolism...and more! This book is appropriate and accessible for students and scientists, as well as researchers in biomedical engineering, computer engineers, healthcare entrepreneurs, administrative officers, policy makers, market vendors, and healthcare personnel. It helps to provide us with insights into future endeavors, formulate innovative businesses and services, and will help improve people’s health and quality of life.

Book Smart Innovations in Communication and Computational Sciences

Download or read book Smart Innovations in Communication and Computational Sciences written by Shailesh Tiwari and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-11-19 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book presents the latest advances and research findings in the fields of computational science and communication. The areas covered include smart innovation; systems and technologies; embedded knowledge and intelligence; innovation and sustainability; advanced computing; and networking and informatics. It also focuses on the knowledge-transfer methodologies and the innovation strategies employed to make these effective. This fascinating compilation appeals to researchers, academics and engineers around the globe.

Book Knowledge Graphs and Semantic Web

Download or read book Knowledge Graphs and Semantic Web written by Boris Villazón-Terrazas and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-05-18 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the First Iberoamerican Conference, KGSWC 2019, held in Villa Clara, Cuba, in June 2019. The 14 full papers and 1 short paper presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 33 submissions. The papers cover wide research fields including artificial intelligence; knowledge representation and reasoning; ontology engineering; natural language processing; description logics; information systems; query languages; world wide web; semantic web description languages; and information retrieval.

Book Media Production  Delivery and Interaction for Platform Independent Systems

Download or read book Media Production Delivery and Interaction for Platform Independent Systems written by Oliver Schreer and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-12-06 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents current trends and potential future developments by leading researchers in immersive media production, delivery, rendering and interaction The underlying audio and video processing technology that is discussed in the book relates to areas such as 3D object extraction, audio event detection; 3D sound rendering and face detection, gesture analysis and tracking using video and depth information. The book will give an insight into current trends and developments of future media production, delivery and reproduction. Consideration of the complete production, processing and distribution chain will allow for a full picture to be presented to the reader. Production developments covered will include integrated workflows developed by researchers and industry practitioners as well as capture of ultra-high resolution panoramic video and 3D object based audio across a range of programme genres. Distribution developments will include script based format agnostic network delivery to a full range of devices from large scale public panoramic displays with wavefield synthesis and ambisonic audio reproduction to ’small screen’ mobile devices. Key developments at the consumer end of the chain apply to both passive and interactive viewing modes and will incorporate user interfaces such as gesture recognition and ‘second screen’ devices to allow manipulation of the audio visual content. Presents current trends and potential future developments by leading researchers in immersive media production, delivery, rendering and interaction. Considers the complete production, processing and distribution chain illustrating the dependencies and the relationship between different components. Proposes that a format-agnostic approach to the production and delivery of broadcast programmes will overcome the problems faced with the steadily growing number of production and delivery formats. Explains the fundamentals of media production in addition to the complete production chain, beyond current-state-of-the-art through to presenting novel approaches and technologies for future media production. Focuses on the technologies that will allow for the realization of an E2E media platform that supports flexible content representations and interactivity for users. An essential read for Researchers and developers of audio-visual technology in industry and academia, such as engineers in broadcast technology companies and students working toward a career in the rapidly changing area of broadcast both from a production and an engineering perspective.

Book Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Network Architecture  Mobile Computing  and Data Analytics

Download or read book Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Network Architecture Mobile Computing and Data Analytics written by Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., Mehdi and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2018-10-19 with total page 1857 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From cloud computing to data analytics, society stores vast supplies of information through wireless networks and mobile computing. As organizations are becoming increasingly more wireless, ensuring the security and seamless function of electronic gadgets while creating a strong network is imperative. Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Network Architecture, Mobile Computing, and Data Analytics highlights the challenges associated with creating a strong network architecture in a perpetually online society. Readers will learn various methods in building a seamless mobile computing option and the most effective means of analyzing big data. This book is an important resource for information technology professionals, software developers, data analysts, graduate-level students, researchers, computer engineers, and IT specialists seeking modern information on emerging methods in data mining, information technology, and wireless networks.

Book Recent Innovations in Computing

Download or read book Recent Innovations in Computing written by Pradeep Kumar Singh and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book features selected papers presented at the 3rd International Conference on Recent Innovations in Computing (ICRIC 2020), held on 20–21 March 2020 at the Central University of Jammu, India, and organized by the university’s Department of Computer Science & Information Technology. It includes the latest research in the areas of software engineering, cloud computing, computer networks and Internet technologies, artificial intelligence, information security, database and distributed computing, and digital India.

Book Smart Computing

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mohammad Ayoub Khan
  • Publisher : CRC Press
  • Release : 2021-06-22
  • ISBN : 1000382567
  • Pages : 926 pages

Download or read book Smart Computing written by Mohammad Ayoub Khan and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 926 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of SMART technologies is an interdependent discipline. It involves the latest burning issues ranging from machine learning, cloud computing, optimisations, modelling techniques, Internet of Things, data analytics, and Smart Grids among others, that are all new fields. It is an applied and multi-disciplinary subject with a focus on Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic & Timely system operations combined with Machine intelligence & Real-Time computing. It is not possible for any one person to comprehensively cover all aspects relevant to SMART Computing in a limited-extent work. Therefore, these conference proceedings address various issues through the deliberations by distinguished Professors and researchers. The SMARTCOM 2020 proceedings contain tracks dedicated to different areas of smart technologies such as Smart System and Future Internet, Machine Intelligence and Data Science, Real-Time and VLSI Systems, Communication and Automation Systems. The proceedings can be used as an advanced reference for research and for courses in smart technologies taught at graduate level.

Book Parallel Architectures  Algorithms and Programming

Download or read book Parallel Architectures Algorithms and Programming written by Li Ning and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-02-06 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Parallel Architectures, Algorithms and Programming, PAAP 2020, held in Shenzhen, China, in December 2020. The 37 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 75 submissions. The papers deal with research results and development activities in all aspects of parallel architectures, algorithms and programming techniques.