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Robust Integration of Model-Based Fault Estimation and Fault-Tolerant Control (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Jianglin Lan, Ronald... Robust Integration of Model-Based Fault Estimation and Fault-Tolerant Control (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Jianglin Lan, Ronald J. Patton
R2,901 Discovery Miles 29 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Robust Integration of Model-Based Fault Estimation and Fault-Tolerant Control is a systematic examination of methods used to overcome the inevitable system uncertainties arising when a fault estimation (FE) function and a fault-tolerant controller interact as they are employed together to compensate for system faults and maintain robustly acceptable system performance. It covers the important subject of robust integration of FE and FTC with the aim of guaranteeing closed-loop stability. The reader's understanding of the theory is supported by the extensive use of tutorial examples, including some MATLAB (R)-based material available from the Springer website and by industrial-applications-based material. The text is structured into three parts: Part I examines the basic concepts of FE and FTC, providing extensive insight into the importance of and challenges involved in their integration; Part II describes five effective strategies for the integration of FE and FTC: sequential, iterative, simultaneous, adaptive-decoupling, and robust decoupling; and Part III begins to extend the proposed strategies to nonlinear and large-scale systems and covers their application in the fields of renewable energy, robotics and networked systems. The strategies presented are applicable to a broad range of control problems, because in the absence of faults the FE-based FTC naturally reverts to conventional observer-based control. The book is a useful resource for researchers and engineers working in the area of fault-tolerant control systems, and supplementary material for a graduate- or postgraduate-level course on fault diagnosis and FTC. Advances in Industrial Control reports and encourages the transfer of technology in control engineering. The rapid development of control technology has an impact on all areas of the control discipline. The series offers an opportunity for researchers to present an extended exposition of new work in all aspects of industrial control.

Synergetic Cities: Information, Steady State and Phase Transition - Implications to Urban Scaling, Smart Cities and Planning... Synergetic Cities: Information, Steady State and Phase Transition - Implications to Urban Scaling, Smart Cities and Planning (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Hermann Haken, Juval Portugali
R4,735 Discovery Miles 47 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The book offers a novel approach to the study of the complex dynamics of cities. It is based on (1) Synergetics as a science of cooperation and selforganization, (2) information theory including semantic and pragmatic aspects, and optimization principles, (3) a theory of steady state maintenance, and of (4) phase transition, i.e. qualitative changes of structure or behavior. From this novel theoretical vantage point, the book addresses particularly three issues that stand at the core of current discourse on cities: Urban Scaling, Smart Cities and City Planning. An important consequence of "the 21st century as the age of cities", is that the study of cities currently attracts scientists from a variety of disciplines, ranging from physics, mathematics and computer science, through urban studies, architecture, planning and human geography, to economics, psychology, sociology, public administration and more. The book is thus likely to attract scholars, researchers and students of these research domains, of complexity theories of cities, as well as of general complexity theory. In addition, it is directed also to practitioners of urbanism, city planning and urban design.

Complex Networks IX - Proceedings of the 9th Conference on Complex Networks CompleNet 2018 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Sean... Complex Networks IX - Proceedings of the 9th Conference on Complex Networks CompleNet 2018 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Sean Cornelius, Kate Coronges, Bruno Goncalves, Roberta Sinatra, Alessandro Vespignani
R2,925 Discovery Miles 29 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working across domains and research disciplines to measure, model, and visualize complex networks. It collects the works presented at the 9th International Conference on Complex Networks (CompleNet) in Boston, MA, March, 2018. With roots in physical, information and social science, the study of complex networks provides a formal set of mathematical methods, computational tools and theories to describe, prescribe and predict dynamics and behaviors of complex systems. Despite their diversity, whether the systems are made up of physical, technological, informational, or social networks, they share many common organizing principles and thus can be studied with similar approaches. This book provides a view of the state-of-the-art in this dynamic field and covers topics such as group decision-making, brain and cellular connectivity, network controllability and resiliency, online activism, recommendation systems, and cyber security.

Chaos, Complexity and Leadership 2018 - Explorations of Chaotic and Complexity Theory (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Sefika Sule... Chaos, Complexity and Leadership 2018 - Explorations of Chaotic and Complexity Theory (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Sefika Sule Ercetin, Suay Nilhan Acikalin
R5,611 Discovery Miles 56 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Chaos, Complexity and Leadership (ICCLS). Written by interdisciplinary researchers and students from the fields of mathematics, physics, education, economics, political science, statistics, the management sciences and social sciences, the peer-reviewed contributions explore chaotic and complex systems, as well as chaos and complexity theory in the context of their applicability to management and leadership. The book discusses current topics, such as complexity leadership in the healthcare fields and tourism industry, conflict management and organization intelligence, and presents practical applications of theoretical concepts, making it a valuable resource for managers and leaders.

Understanding Understanding - Essays on Cybernetics and Cognition (Hardcover, 2003 ed.): Heinz Von Foerster Understanding Understanding - Essays on Cybernetics and Cognition (Hardcover, 2003 ed.)
Heinz Von Foerster
R5,468 Discovery Miles 54 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In these ground-breaking essays, Heinz von Foerster discusses some of the fundamental principles that govern how we know the world and how we process the information from which we derive that knowledge. The author was one of the founders of the science of cybernetics.

Inherently Parallel Algorithms in Feasibility and Optimization and their Applications, Volume 8 (Hardcover): D. Butnariu, S.... Inherently Parallel Algorithms in Feasibility and Optimization and their Applications, Volume 8 (Hardcover)
D. Butnariu, S. Reich, Y. Censor
R4,867 Discovery Miles 48 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Haifa 2000 Workshop on "Inherently Parallel Algorithms for Feasibility and Optimization and their Applications" brought together top scientists in this area. The objective of the Workshop was to discuss, analyze and compare the latest developments in this fast growing field of applied mathematics and to identify topics of research which are of special interest for industrial applications and for further theoretical study.


Inherently parallel algorithms, that is, computational methods which are, by their mathematical nature, parallel, have been studied in various contexts for more than fifty years. However, it was only during the last decade that they have mostly proved their practical usefulness because new generations of computers made their implementation possible in order to solve complex feasibility and optimization problems involving huge amounts of data via parallel processing. These led to an accumulation of computational experience and theoretical information and opened new and challenging questions concerning the behavior of inherently parallel algorithms for feasibility and optimization, their convergence in new environments and in circumstances in which they were not considered before their stability and reliability. Several research groups all over the world focused on these questions and it was the general feeling among scientists involved in this effort that the time has come to survey the latest progress and convey a perspective for further development and concerted scientific investigations. Thus, the editors of this volume, with the support of the Israeli Academy for Sciences and Humanities, took the initiative of organizing a Workshop intended to bring together the leading scientists in the field. The current volume is the Proceedings of the Workshop representing the discussions, debates and communications that took place. Having all that information collected in a single book will provide mathematicians and engineers interested in the theoretical and practical aspects of the inherently parallel algorithms for feasibility and optimization with a tool for determining when, where and which algorithms in this class are fit for solving specific problems, how reliable they are, how they behave and how efficient they were in previous applications. Such a tool will allow software creators to choose ways of better implementing these methods by learning from existing experience.

Zhang-Gradient Control (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Yunong Zhang, Binbin Qiu, Xiaodong Li Zhang-Gradient Control (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Yunong Zhang, Binbin Qiu, Xiaodong Li
R2,912 Discovery Miles 29 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book introduces readers to using the simple but effective Zhang-gradient (ZG) method to solve tracking-control problems concerning various nonlinear systems, while also highlighting the applications of the ZG method to tracking control for practical systems, e.g. an inverted-pendulum-on-a-cart (IPC) system and a two-wheeled mobile robot (showing its potential applications). In addition to detailed theoretical analyses of ZG controllers, the book presents a wealth of computer simulations to demonstrate the feasibility and efficacy of the controllers discussed (as well as the method itself). More importantly, the superiority of ZG controllers in overcoming the division-by-zero (DBZ) problem is also illustrated. Given its scope and format, the book is well suited for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as academic and industrial researchers in the fields of neural dynamics/neural networks, nonlinear control, computer mathematics, time-varying problem solving, modeling and simulation, analog hardware, and robotics.

The Diversity and Beauty of Applied Operator Theory (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Albrecht Boettcher, Daniel Potts, Peter... The Diversity and Beauty of Applied Operator Theory (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Albrecht Boettcher, Daniel Potts, Peter Stollmann, David Wenzel
R5,526 Discovery Miles 55 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book presents 29 invited articles written by participants of the International Workshop on Operator Theory and its Applications held in Chemnitz in 2017. The contributions include both expository essays and original research papers illustrating the diversity and beauty of insights gained by applying operator theory to concrete problems. The topics range from control theory, frame theory, Toeplitz and singular integral operators, Schroedinger, Dirac, and Kortweg-de Vries operators, Fourier integral operator zeta-functions, C*-algebras and Hilbert C*-modules to questions from harmonic analysis, Monte Carlo integration, Fibonacci Hamiltonians, and many more. The book offers researchers in operator theory open problems from applications that might stimulate their work and shows those from various applied fields, such as physics, engineering, or numerical mathematics how to use the potential of operator theory to tackle interesting practical problems.

Cyber Resilience of Systems and Networks (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): Alexander Kott, Igor Linkov Cyber Resilience of Systems and Networks (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Alexander Kott, Igor Linkov
R5,229 Discovery Miles 52 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book introduces fundamental concepts of cyber resilience, drawing expertise from academia, industry, and government. Resilience is defined as the ability to recover from or easily adjust to shocks and stresses. Unlike the concept of security - which is often and incorrectly conflated with resilience -- resilience refers to the system's ability to recover or regenerate its performance after an unexpected impact produces a degradation in its performance. A clear understanding of distinction between security, risk and resilience is important for developing appropriate management of cyber threats. The book presents insightful discussion of the most current technical issues in cyber resilience, along with relevant methods and procedures. Practical aspects of current cyber resilience practices and techniques are described as they are now, and as they are likely to remain in the near term. The bulk of the material is presented in the book in a way that is easily accessible to non-specialists. Logical, consistent, and continuous discourse covering all key topics relevant to the field will be of use as teaching material as well as source of emerging scholarship in the field. A typical chapter provides introductory, tutorial-like material, detailed examples, in-depth elaboration of a selected technical approach, and a concise summary of key ideas.

Simplicity of Complexity in Economic and Social Systems - Proceedings of the 54th Winter School of Theoretical Physics, Ladek... Simplicity of Complexity in Economic and Social Systems - Proceedings of the 54th Winter School of Theoretical Physics, Ladek Zdroj, Poland, February 18-24th 2018 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Dariusz Grech, Janusz Miskiewicz
R4,348 Discovery Miles 43 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book presents the Proceedings of the 54th Winter School of Theoretical Physics on Simplicity of Complexity in Economic and Social Systems, held in Ladek Zdroj, Poland, from 18 to 24 February 2018. The purpose of the book is to introduce the new interdisciplinary research that links statistical physics, and particular attention is given to link physics of complex systems, with financial analysis and sociology. The main tools used in these areas are numerical simulation of agents behavior and the interpretation of results with the help of complexity methods, therefore a background in statistical physics and in physics of phase transition is necessary to take the first steps towards these research fields called econophysics and sociophysics. In this perspective, the book is intended to graduated students and young researchers who want to begin the study of this established new area, which connects physicists, economists, sociologists and IT professionals, to better understand complexity phenomena existing not only in physics but also in complex systems being seemingly far from traditional view at physics.

Developments and Novel Approaches in Biomechanics and Metamaterials (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Bilen Emek Abali, Ivan Giorgio Developments and Novel Approaches in Biomechanics and Metamaterials (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Bilen Emek Abali, Ivan Giorgio
R5,090 Discovery Miles 50 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book presents a selection of cutting-edge methods that allow readers to obtain novel models for nonlinear solid mechanics. Today, engineers need more accurate techniques for modeling solid body mechanics, chiefly due to innovative methods like additive manufacturing-for example, 3D printing-but also due to miniaturization. This book focuses on the formulation of continuum and discrete models for complex materials and systems, and especially the design of metamaterials. It gathers outstanding papers from the international conference IcONSOM 2019

Fixed-Time Cooperative Control of Multi-Agent Systems (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): Zongyu Zuo, Qinglong Han, Boda Ning Fixed-Time Cooperative Control of Multi-Agent Systems (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Zongyu Zuo, Qinglong Han, Boda Ning
R3,365 Discovery Miles 33 650 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This monograph presents new theories and methods for fixed-time cooperative control of multi-agent systems. Fundamental concepts of fixed-time stability and stabilization are introduced with insightful understanding. This book presents solutions for several problems of fixed-time cooperative control using systematic design methods. The book compares fixed-time cooperative control with asymptotic cooperative control, demonstrating how the former can achieve better closed-loop performance and disturbance rejection properties. It also discusses the differences from finite-time control, and shows how fixed-time cooperative control can produce the faster rate of convergence and provide an explicit estimate of the settling time independent of initial conditions. This monograph presents multiple applications of fixed-time control schemes, including to distributed optimization of multi-agent systems, making it useful to students, researchers and engineers alike.

Self-organizing Coalitions for Managing Complexity - Agent-based Simulation of Evolutionary Game Theory Models using Dynamic... Self-organizing Coalitions for Managing Complexity - Agent-based Simulation of Evolutionary Game Theory Models using Dynamic Social Networks for Interdisciplinary Applications (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Juan C. Burguillo
R5,085 Discovery Miles 50 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides an interdisciplinary approach to complexity, combining ideas from areas like complex networks, cellular automata, multi-agent systems, self-organization and game theory. The first part of the book provides an extensive introduction to these areas, while the second explores a range of research scenarios. Lastly, the book presents CellNet, a software framework that offers a hands-on approach to the scenarios described throughout the book. In light of the introductory chapters, the research chapters, and the CellNet simulating framework, this book can be used to teach undergraduate and master's students in disciplines like artificial intelligence, computer science, applied mathematics, economics and engineering. Moreover, the book will be particularly interesting for Ph.D. and postdoctoral researchers seeking a general perspective on how to design and create their own models.

Diagnostics of Mechatronic Systems (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Pavol Bozek, Yury Nikitin, Tibor Krenicky Diagnostics of Mechatronic Systems (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Pavol Bozek, Yury Nikitin, Tibor Krenicky
R3,611 Discovery Miles 36 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book provides novel approach to the diagnosis of complex technical systems that are widely used in various kinds of transportation, energy, metallurgy, metalworking, fuels, mining, chemical, paper industries, etc. Effective diagnostic systems are necessary for the early detection of errors in mechatronic systems, for the organization of maintenance and for the assessment of the performed service quality. Unfortunately, the practical use of AI in the diagnosis of mechatronic systems is still quite limited and the inability to build effective mechatronic systems leads to significant economic losses and dangers. The main aim of this book is to contribute to knowledge within the topic of diagnostics of mechatronic systems by the analysis of the elements reliability characteristics, using methods, models and algorithms for diagnostics and by studying examples of model diagnostic systems using AI methods based on neural networks, fuzzy inference systems and genetic algorithms.

Systemics of Incompleteness and Quasi-Systems (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): Gianfranco Minati, Mario R. Abram, Eliano Pessa Systemics of Incompleteness and Quasi-Systems (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Gianfranco Minati, Mario R. Abram, Eliano Pessa
R2,930 Discovery Miles 29 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book contains the proceedings of the Seventh National Conference of the Italian Systems Society. The title, Systemics of Incompleteness and Quasi-Systems, aims to underline the need for Systemics and Systems Science to deal with the concepts of incompleteness and quasiness. Classical models of Systemics are intended to represent comprehensive aspects of phenomena and processes. They consider the phenomena in their temporal and spatial completeness. In these cases, possible incompleteness in the modelling is assumed to have a provisional or practical nature, which is still under study, and because there is no theoretical reason why the modelling cannot be complete. In principle, this is a matter of non-complex phenomena, to be considered using the concepts of the First Systemics. When dealing with emergence, there are phenomena which must be modelled by systems having multiple models, depending on the aspects being taken into consideration. Here, incompleteness in the modelling is intrinsic, theoretically relating changes in properties, structures, and status of system. Rather than consider the same system parametrically changing over time, we consider sequences of systems coherently. We consider contexts and processes for which modelling is incomplete, being related to only some properties, as well as those for which such modelling is theoretically incomplete-as in the case of processes of emergence and for approaches considered by the Second Systemics. In this regard, we consider here the generic concept of quasi explicating such incompleteness. The concept of quasi is used in various disciplines including quasi-crystals, quasi-particles, quasi-electric fields, and quasi-periodicity. In general, the concept of quasiness for systems concerns their continuous structural changes which are always meta-stable, waiting for events to collapse over other configurations and possible forms of stability; whose equivalence depends on the type of phenomenon under study. Interest in the concept of quasiness is not related to its meaning of rough approximation, but because it indicates an incompleteness which is structurally sufficient to accommodate processes of emergence and sustain coherence or generate new, equivalent or non-equivalent, levels. The conference was devoted to identifying, discussing and understanding possible interrelationships of theoretical disciplinary improvements, recognised as having prospective fundamental roles for a new Quasi-Systemics. The latter should be able to deal with problems related to complexity in more general and realistic ways, when a system is not always a system and not always the same system. In this context, the inter-disciplinarity should consist, for instance, of a constructionist, incomplete, non-ideological, multiple, contradiction-tolerant, Systemics, always in progress, and in its turn, emergent.

Open Boundaries - Creating Business Innovation Through Complexity (Hardcover): Howard Sherman, Ron Schultz Open Boundaries - Creating Business Innovation Through Complexity (Hardcover)
Howard Sherman, Ron Schultz
R1,212 R1,019 Discovery Miles 10 190 Save R193 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Imperfect Bifurcation in Structures and Materials - Engineering Use of Group-Theoretic Bifurcation Theory (Hardcover, 3rd ed.... Imperfect Bifurcation in Structures and Materials - Engineering Use of Group-Theoretic Bifurcation Theory (Hardcover, 3rd ed. 2019)
Kiyohiro Ikeda, Kazuo Murota
R2,302 Discovery Miles 23 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Most physical systems lose or gain stability through bifurcation behavior. This book explains a series of experimentally found bifurcation phenomena by means of the methods of static bifurcation theory.

Electronic Texts in the Humanities - Principles and Practice (Hardcover, New): Susan Hockey Electronic Texts in the Humanities - Principles and Practice (Hardcover, New)
Susan Hockey
R2,260 Discovery Miles 22 600 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

With word processing and the Internet, computing is much more part and parcel of the everyday life of the humanities scholar, but computers can do much more than assist with writing or Internet searching. This book introduces a range of tools and techniques for manipulating and analysing electronic texts in the humanities. It shows how electronic texts can be used for the literary analysis, linguistic analysis, authorship attribution, and the preparation and publication of electronic scholarly editions. It assesses the ways in which research in corpus and computational linguistics can feed into better electronic tools for humanities research. The tools and techniques discussed in this book will feed into better Internet tools and pave the way for the electronic scholar of the twenty-first century.

Quantitative Analysis and Optimal Control of Energy Efficiency in Discrete Manufacturing System (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Yan... Quantitative Analysis and Optimal Control of Energy Efficiency in Discrete Manufacturing System (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Yan Wang, Chenglin Liu, Zhi-Cheng Ji
R4,379 Discovery Miles 43 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book provides energy efficiency quantitative analysis and optimal methods for discrete manufacturing systems from the perspective of global optimization. In order to analyze and optimize energy efficiency for discrete manufacturing systems, it uses real-time access to energy consumption information and models of the energy consumption, and constructs an energy efficiency quantitative index system. Based on the rough set and analytic hierarchy process, it also proposes a principal component quantitative analysis and a combined energy efficiency quantitative analysis. In turn, the book addresses the design and development of quantitative analysis systems. To save energy consumption on the basis of energy efficiency analysis, it presents several optimal control strategies, including one for single-machine equipment, an integrated approach based on RWA-MOPSO, and one for production energy efficiency based on a teaching and learning optimal algorithm. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable guide for students, teachers, engineers and researchers in the field of discrete manufacturing systems.

Handbook of Model Predictive Control (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): Sasa V. Rakovic, William S. Levine Handbook of Model Predictive Control (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Sasa V. Rakovic, William S. Levine
R4,454 Discovery Miles 44 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Recent developments in model-predictive control promise remarkable opportunities for designing multi-input, multi-output control systems and improving the control of single-input, single-output systems. This volume provides a definitive survey of the latest model-predictive control methods available to engineers and scientists today. The initial set of chapters present various methods for managing uncertainty in systems, including stochastic model-predictive control. With the advent of affordable and fast computation, control engineers now need to think about using "computationally intensive controls," so the second part of this book addresses the solution of optimization problems in "real" time for model-predictive control. The theory and applications of control theory often influence each other, so the last section of Handbook of Model Predictive Control rounds out the book with representative applications to automobiles, healthcare, robotics, and finance. The chapters in this volume will be useful to working engineers, scientists, and mathematicians, as well as students and faculty interested in the progression of control theory. Future developments in MPC will no doubt build from concepts demonstrated in this book and anyone with an interest in MPC will find fruitful information and suggestions for additional reading.

Inspired by Nature - Essays Presented to Julian F. Miller on the Occasion of his 60th Birthday (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Susan... Inspired by Nature - Essays Presented to Julian F. Miller on the Occasion of his 60th Birthday (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Susan Stepney, Andrew Adamatzky
R4,126 R3,582 Discovery Miles 35 820 Save R544 (13%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book is a tribute to Julian Francis Miller's ideas and achievements in computer science, evolutionary algorithms and genetic programming, electronics, unconventional computing, artificial chemistry and theoretical biology. Leading international experts in computing inspired by nature offer their insights into the principles of information processing and optimisation in simulated and experimental living, physical and chemical substrates. Miller invented Cartesian Genetic Programming (CGP) in 1999, from a representation of electronic circuits he devised with Thomson a few years earlier. The book presents a number of CGP's wide applications, including multi-step ahead forecasting, solving artificial neural networks dogma, approximate computing, medical informatics, control engineering, evolvable hardware, and multi-objective evolutionary optimisations. The book addresses in depth the technique of 'Evolution in Materio', a term coined by Miller and Downing, using a range of examples of experimental prototypes of computing in disordered ensembles of graphene nanotubes, slime mould, plants, and reaction diffusion chemical systems. Advances in sub-symbolic artificial chemistries, artificial bio-inspired development, code evolution with genetic programming, and using Reed-Muller expansions in the synthesis of Boolean quantum circuits add a unique flavour to the content. The book is a pleasure to explore for readers from all walks of life, from undergraduate students to university professors, from mathematicians, computer scientists and engineers to chemists and biologists.

Models and Theories in Social Systems (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): Elena Cristina Flaut, Sarka Hoskova-Mayerova, Daniel Flaut Models and Theories in Social Systems (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Elena Cristina Flaut, Sarka Hoskova-Mayerova, Daniel Flaut
R4,770 R4,440 Discovery Miles 44 400 Save R330 (7%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book concisely presents a broad range of models and theories on social systems. Because of the huge spectrum of topics involving social systems, various issues related to Mathematics, Statistics, Teaching, Social Science, and Economics are discussed. In an effort to introduce the subject to a wider audience, this volume, part of the series "Studies in Systems, Decision and Control", equally addresses the needs of mathematicians, statisticians, sociologists and philosophers. The studies examined here are divided into four parts. The first part, "Perusing the Minds Behind Scientific Discoveries", traces the winding path of Syamal K. Sen and Ravi P. Agarwal's scholarship throughout history, and most importantly, the thought processes that allowed each of them to master their subject. The second part covers "Theories in Social Systems" and the third discusses "Models in Social Systems", while the fourth and final part is dedicated to "Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences". Given its breadth of coverage, the book will offer inquisitive readers a valuable point of departure for exploring these rich, vast, and ever-expanding fields of knowledge.

Discrete-Time and Discrete-Space Dynamical Systems (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Kuize Zhang, Li Jun Zhang, Lihua Xie Discrete-Time and Discrete-Space Dynamical Systems (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Kuize Zhang, Li Jun Zhang, Lihua Xie
R2,887 Discovery Miles 28 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Discrete-Time and Discrete-Space Dynamical Systems provides a systematic characterization of the similarities and differences of several types of discrete-time and discrete-space dynamical systems, including: Boolean control networks; nondeterministic finite-transition systems; finite automata; labelled Petri nets; and cellular automata. The book's perspective is primarily based on topological properties though it also employs semitensor-product and graph-theoretic methods where appropriate. It presents a series of fundamental results: invertibility, observability, detectability, reversiblity, etc., with applications to systems biology. Academic researchers with backgrounds in applied mathematics, engineering or computer science and practising engineers working with discrete-time and discrete-space systems will find this book a helpful source of new understanding for this increasingly important class of systems. The basic results to be found within are of fundamental importance for further study of related problems such as automated synthesis and safety control in cyber-physical systems using formal methods.

Advances in Variable Structure Systems and Sliding Mode Control-Theory and Applications (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Shihua Li,... Advances in Variable Structure Systems and Sliding Mode Control-Theory and Applications (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Shihua Li, Xing Huo Yu, Leonid Fridman, Zhihong Man, Xiangyu Wang
R4,709 R3,613 Discovery Miles 36 130 Save R1,096 (23%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book reflects the latest developments in variable structure systems (VSS) and sliding mode control (SMC), highlighting advances in various branches of the VSS/SMC field, e.g., from conventional SMC to high-order SMC, from the continuous-time domain to the discrete-time domain, from theories to applications, etc. The book consists of three parts and 16 chapters: in the first part, new VSS/SMC algorithms are proposed and their properties are analyzed, while the second focuses on the use of VSS/SMC techniques to solve a variety of control problems; the third part examines the applications of VSS/SMC to real-time systems. The book introduces postgraduates and researchers to the state-of-the-art in VSS/SMC field, including the theory, methodology, and applications. Relative academic disciplines include Automation, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Instrument Science and Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Computer Science and Technology, Transportation Engineering, Energy and Power Engineering, etc.

Recent Advances in Nonlinear Dynamics and Synchronization - With Selected Applications in Electrical Engineering,... Recent Advances in Nonlinear Dynamics and Synchronization - With Selected Applications in Electrical Engineering, Neurocomputing, and Transportation (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Kyandoghere Kyamakya, Wolfgang Mathis, Ruedi Stoop, Jean Chamberlain Chedjou, Zhong Li
R4,656 R3,560 Discovery Miles 35 600 Save R1,096 (24%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book focuses on modelling and simulation, control and optimization, signal processing, and forecasting in selected nonlinear dynamical systems, presenting both literature reviews and novel concepts. It develops analytical or numerical approaches, which are simple to use, robust, stable, flexible and universally applicable to the analysis of complex nonlinear dynamical systems. As such it addresses key challenges are addressed, e.g. efficient handling of time-varying dynamics, efficient design, faster numerical computations, robustness, stability and convergence of algorithms. The book provides a series of contributions discussing either the design or analysis of complex systems in sciences and engineering, and the concepts developed involve nonlinear dynamics, synchronization, optimization, machine learning, and forecasting. Both theoretical and practical aspects of diverse areas are investigated, specifically neurocomputing, transportation engineering, theoretical electrical engineering, signal processing, communications engineering, and computational intelligence. It is a valuable resource for students and researchers interested in nonlinear dynamics and synchronization with applications in selected areas.

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