|
Showing 1 - 25 of
27 matches in All Departments
This volume helps to address the genuine 21st century need for
advances in data science and computing technology. It provides an
abundance of new research and studies on progressive and innovative
technologies, including artificial intelligence, communication
systems, cyber security applications, data analytics, Internet of
Things (IoT), machine learning, power systems, VLSI, embedded
systems, and much more. The book presents a variety of interesting
and important aspects of data science and computing technologies
and methodologies in a wide range of applications, including deep
learning, DNA cryptography, classy fuzzy MPPT controller, driving
assistance, and safety systems. Novel algorithms and their
applications for solving cutting-edge computational and data
science problems are included also for an interdisciplinary
research perspective. The book addresses recent applications of
deep learning and ANN paradigms, the role and impact of big data in
the e-commerce and retail sectors, algorithms for load balancing in
cloud computing, advances in embedded system based applications,
optimization techniques using a MATLAB platform, and techniques for
improving information and network security. Advances in Data
Science and Computing Technology: Methodology and Applications
provides a wealth of valuable information and food for thought on
many important issues for data scientists and researchers, industry
professionals, and faculty and students in the data and computing
sciences.
This book provides comprehensive coverage of the major aspects in
designing, implementing, and deploying wireless sensor networks by
discussing present research on WSNs and their applications in
various disciplines. It familiarizes readers with the current state
of WSNs and how such networks can be improved to achieve
effectiveness and efficiency. It starts with a detailed
introduction of wireless sensor networks and their applications and
proceeds with layered architecture of WSNs. It also addresses
prominent issues such as mobility, heterogeneity, fault-tolerance,
intermittent connectivity, and cross layer optimization along with
a number of existing solutions to stimulate future research.
Computational Intelligence for Wireless Sensor Networks: Principles
and Applications provides an integrative overview of the
computational intelligence (CI) in wireless sensor networks and
enabled technologies. It aims to demonstrate how the paradigm of
computational intelligence can benefit Wireless Sensor Networks
(WSNs) and sensor-enabled technologies to overcome their existing
issues. This book provides extensive coverage of the multiple
design challenges of WSNs and associated technologies such as
clustering, routing, media access, security, mobility, and design
of energy-efficient network operations. It also describes various
CI strategies such as fuzzy computing, evolutionary computing,
reinforcement learning, artificial intelligence, swarm
intelligence, teaching learning-based optimization, etc. It also
discusses applying the techniques mentioned above in wireless
sensor networks and sensor-enabled technologies to improve their
design. The book offers comprehensive coverage of related topics,
including: Emergence of intelligence in wireless sensor networks
Taxonomy of computational intelligence Detailed discussion of
various metaheuristic techniques Development of intelligent MAC
protocols Development of intelligent routing protocols Security
management in WSNs This book mainly addresses the challenges
pertaining to the development of intelligent network systems via
computational intelligence. It provides insights into how
intelligence has been pursued and can be further integrated in the
development of sensor-enabled applications.
While technology is developing at a fast pace, urban planners and
cities are still behind in finding effective ways to use technology
to address citizen's needs. Multiple aspects of sustainable
urbanism are brought together in this book, along with advanced
technologies and their connections to urban planning and
management. It integrates urban studies, smart cities, AI, IoT,
remote sensing, and GIS. Highlights include land use planning,
spatial planning, and ecosystem-based information to improve
economic opportunities. Urban planners and engineers will
understand the use of AI in disaster management and the use of GIS
in finding suitable landfill sites for sustainable waste
management. Features Explains the process of urban heritage
conservation, including the process of urban renewal and its
regeneration and the role of citizens in urban renewal, planning,
and management. Includes several case studies highlighting urban
environmental problems and challenges in developed and developing
countries and the ways for converting urban areas into smart
cities. Focuses on urban resources, the supply of energy in smart
cities, and their proper management practices. Introduces the role
of remote sensing, GIS, and IoT in making a smart city and meeting
sustainable goals. Analyzes unique case studies, their challenges
and obstacles, and proposes a set of factors to understanding smart
city initiatives and projects.
1 Investigates the interdisciplinary approach in urbanism including
urban ecology, ecosystem services, sustainable landscapes, and
advanced geographical systems. 2 Analyses unique case studies of
rapid urbanization, from local to national scale, in countries like
India, Sri Lanka, China, Bangladesh, Malaysia, and Indonesia, and
their global impact. 3 Examine the use of GIS and spatial
statistics in analyzing urban sprawl and the massive amount of data
gathered by every operational activity of municipalities. 4 Focuses
on the holistic perspective of sustainable urbanism and the harmony
in man - nature relationship the achieve sustainable development 5
Covers a wide range of issues manifested in urban areas with
economic, societal, and environmental implications contributed by
leading scholars in Global South
This book highlights emerging trends in terahertz engineering and
system technologies, mainly, devices, advanced materials, and
various applications in THz technology. It includes advanced topics
such as terahertz biomedical imaging, pattern recognition and
tomographic reconstruction for THz biomedical imaging by use of
machine learning and artificial intelligence, THz imaging radars
for autonomous vehicle applications, THZ imaging system for
security and surveillance. It also discusses theoretical,
experimental, established and validated empirical work on these
topics and the intended audience is both academic and professional.
This book highlights the growing applications of THz technology and
various modules used for their successful realization. The enormous
advantages of THz devices like higher resolution, spatial
directivity, high-speed communication, greater bandwidth,
non-ionizing signal nature and compactness make them useful in
various applications like communication, sensing, security, safety,
spectroscopy, manufacturing, bio-medical, agriculture, imaging,
etc. Since the THz radiation covers frequencies from 0.1THz to
around 10THz and highly attenuated by atmospheric gases, they are
used in short-distance applications only. The book focuses on
recent advances and different research issues in terahertz
technology and presents theoretical, methodological,
well-established and validated empirical works dealing with the
different topics.
This book highlights emerging trends in terahertz engineering and
system technologies, mainly, devices, advanced materials, and
various applications in THz technology. It includes advanced topics
such as terahertz biomedical imaging, pattern recognition and
tomographic reconstruction for THz biomedical imaging by use of
machine learning and artificial intelligence, THz imaging radars
for autonomous vehicle applications, THZ imaging system for
security and surveillance. It also discusses theoretical,
experimental, established and validated empirical work on these
topics and the intended audience is both academic and professional.
This book highlights recent advances and applications in terahertz
(THz) technology, addressing advanced topics such as THz biomedical
imaging, pattern recognition and tomographic reconstruction for THz
biomedical imaging by machine learning and artificial intelligence,
THz imaging radars for autonomous vehicle applications, and THz
imaging systems for security and surveillance. It also discusses
theoretical, experimental, established and validated empirical work
on these topics.
The book discusses the recent research trends in various
sub-domains of computing, communication and control. It includes
research papers presented at the First International Conference on
Emerging Trends in Engineering and Science. Focusing on areas such
as optimization techniques, game theory, supply chain, green
computing, 5g networks, Internet of Things, social networks, power
electronics and robotics, it is a useful resource for academics and
researchers alike.
This book provides comprehensive coverage of the major aspects in
designing, implementing, and deploying wireless sensor networks by
discussing present research on WSNs and their applications in
various disciplines. It familiarizes readers with the current state
of WSNs and how such networks can be improved to achieve
effectiveness and efficiency. It starts with a detailed
introduction of wireless sensor networks and their applications and
proceeds with layered architecture of WSNs. It also addresses
prominent issues such as mobility, heterogeneity, fault-tolerance,
intermittent connectivity, and cross layer optimization along with
a number of existing solutions to stimulate future research.
This interdisciplinary book incorporates various aspects of
environment, ecology, and natural disaster management including
cognitive informatics and computing. It fosters research innovation
and discovery on basic science and information technology for
addressing various environmental problems, while providing the
right solutions in environment, ecology, and disaster management.
This book is a unique resource for researchers and practitioners of
energy informatics in various scientific, technological,
engineering, and social fields to disseminate original research on
the application of digital technology and information management
theory and practice to facilitate the global transition toward
sustainable and resilient energy systems. Cognitive informatics is
also the need of the hour and deals with cutting-edge and
multidisciplinary research area that tackles the fundamental
problems shared by modern informatics, computation, software
engineering, AI, cybernetics, cognitive science, neuropsychology,
medical science, systems science, philosophy, linguistics,
economics, management science, and life sciences, which this book
also presents.
This book presents scientific and technological innovations and
advancements already developed or under development in academia,
industry, and research communities. It includes fundamental ideas
and advancement in terahertz technology covering high intensity
terahertz wave generation, THz detection, different modes of THz
wave generation, THz modulation system, and terahertz propagation
channel modeling. It highlights methodologies for the design of
terahertz components and system technologies including emerging
applications. The chapter contents are based on theoretical,
methodological, well-established, and validated empirical work
dealing with different topics in the terahertz domain. The book
covers a very broad audience ranging from basic sciences to experts
and learners in engineering and technology. It would be a good
reference for advanced ideas and concepts in THz technology which
will best suit microwave, biomedical, and electrical and
communication engineers working towards next-generation technology.
This book highlights the importance of Electron Statistics (ES),
which occupies a singular position in the arena of solid state
sciences, in heavily doped (HD) nanostructures by applying
Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle directly without using the
complicated Density-of-States function approach as given in the
literature. The materials considered are HD quantum confined
nonlinear optical, III-V, II-VI, IV-VI, GaP, Ge, PtSb2, stressed
materials, GaSb, Te, II-V, Bi2Te3, lead germanium telluride, zinc
and cadmium diphosphides, and quantum confined III-V, IV-VI, II-VI
and HgTe/CdTe super-lattices with graded interfaces and effective
mass super-lattices. The presence of intense light waves in
optoelectronics and strong electric field in nano-devices change
the band structure of materials in fundamental ways, which have
also been incorporated in the study of ES in HD quantized
structures of optoelectronic compounds that control the studies of
the HD quantum effect devices under strong fields. The influence of
magnetic quantization, magneto size quantization, quantum wells,
wires and dots, crossed electric and quantizing fields, intense
electric field, and light waves on the ES in HD quantized
structures and superlattices are discussed. The content of this
book finds six different applications in the arena of nano-science
and nanotechnology and the various ES dependent electronic
quantities, namely the effective mass, the screening length, the
Einstein relation and the elastic constants have been investigated.
This book is useful for researchers, engineers and professionals in
the fields of Applied Sciences, solid state and materials science,
nano-science and technology, condensed matter physics, and allied
fields, including courses in semiconductor nanostructures. ​
This book presents the systematic evolution of digitized education:
trends, advances, challenges encountered and their solutions toward
the use of advanced technologies. The book mainly covers variety of
areas such as blended learning in modern education, flipped
classroom, ICT-based education, digital transformation of
education. Explosion of information and communication technologies
has transformed the way we live, learn, work and socialize. This
heavy intervention of technologies in the modern world has
triggered us to think how we engage and interact with each other
and how we make use of these digital tools and communications
channels. And consequent upon which societies are transforming into
digitized education where datafication, platformization and
algorithmic governance are a common vocabulary.
This book highlights the growing applications of THz technology and
various modules used for their successful realization. The enormous
advantages of THz devices like higher resolution, spatial
directivity, high-speed communication, greater bandwidth,
non-ionizing signal nature and compactness make them useful in
various applications like communication, sensing, security, safety,
spectroscopy, manufacturing, bio-medical, agriculture, imaging,
etc. Since the THz radiation covers frequencies from 0.1THz to
around 10THz and highly attenuated by atmospheric gases, they are
used in short-distance applications only. The book focuses on
recent advances and different research issues in terahertz
technology and presents theoretical, methodological,
well-established and validated empirical works dealing with the
different topics.
This book contains detailed descriptions and associated discussions
regarding different generation, detection and signal processing
techniques for the electrical and optical signals within the THz
frequency spectrum (0.3-10 THz). It includes detailed reviews of
some recently developed electronic and photonic devices for
generating and detecting THz waves, potential materials for
implementing THz passive circuits, some newly developed systems and
methods associated with THz wireless communication, THz antennas
and some cutting-edge techniques associated with the THz signal and
image processing. The book especially focuses on the recent
advancements and several research issues related to THz sources,
detectors and THz signal and image processing techniques; it also
discusses theoretical, experimental, established and validated
empirical works on these topics. The book caters to a very wide
range of readers from basic science to technological experts as
well as students.
This book provides an understanding of the evolution of
digitization in our day to day life and how it has become a part of
our social system. The obvious challenges faced during this process
and how these challenges were overcome have been discussed. The
discussions revolve around the solutions to these challenges by
leveraging the use of various advanced technologies. The book
mainly covers the use of these technologies in variety of areas
such as smart cities, healthcare informatics, transportation
automation, digital transformation of education. The book intends
to be treated as a source to provide the systematic discussion to
the bouquet of areas that are essential part of digitized
societies. In light of this, the book accommodates theoretical,
methodological, well-established, and validated empirical work
dealing with various related topics.
This book presents scientific and technological innovations and
advancements already developed or under development in academia,
industry, and research communities. It includes fundamental ideas
and advancement in terahertz technology covering high intensity
terahertz wave generation, THz detection, different modes of THz
wave generation, THz modulation system, and terahertz propagation
channel modeling. It highlights methodologies for the design of
terahertz components and system technologies including emerging
applications. The chapter contents are based on theoretical,
methodological, well-established, and validated empirical work
dealing with different topics in the terahertz domain. The book
covers a very broad audience ranging from basic sciences to experts
and learners in engineering and technology. It would be a good
reference for advanced ideas and concepts in THz technology which
will best suit microwave, biomedical, and electrical and
communication engineers working towards next-generation technology.
This book contains detailed descriptions and associated discussions
regarding different generation, detection and signal processing
techniques for the electrical and optical signals within the THz
frequency spectrum (0.3-10 THz). It includes detailed reviews of
some recently developed electronic and photonic devices for
generating and detecting THz waves, potential materials for
implementing THz passive circuits, some newly developed systems and
methods associated with THz wireless communication, THz antennas
and some cutting-edge techniques associated with the THz signal and
image processing. The book especially focuses on the recent
advancements and several research issues related to THz sources,
detectors and THz signal and image processing techniques; it also
discusses theoretical, experimental, established and validated
empirical works on these topics. The book caters to a very wide
range of readers from basic science to technological experts as
well as students.
This interdisciplinary book incorporates various aspects of
environment, ecology, and natural disaster management including
cognitive informatics and computing. It fosters research innovation
and discovery on basic science and information technology for
addressing various environmental problems, while providing the
right solutions in environment, ecology, and disaster management.
This book is a unique resource for researchers and practitioners of
energy informatics in various scientific, technological,
engineering, and social fields to disseminate original research on
the application of digital technology and information management
theory and practice to facilitate the global transition toward
sustainable and resilient energy systems. Cognitive informatics is
also the need of the hour and deals with cutting-edge and
multidisciplinary research area that tackles the fundamental
problems shared by modern informatics, computation, software
engineering, AI, cybernetics, cognitive science, neuropsychology,
medical science, systems science, philosophy, linguistics,
economics, management science, and life sciences, which this book
also presents.
This book highlights the importance of Electron Statistics (ES),
which occupies a singular position in the arena of solid state
sciences, in heavily doped (HD) nanostructures by applying
Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle directly without using the
complicated Density-of-States function approach as given in the
literature. The materials considered are HD quantum confined
nonlinear optical, III-V, II-VI, IV-VI, GaP, Ge, PtSb2, stressed
materials, GaSb, Te, II-V, Bi2Te3, lead germanium telluride, zinc
and cadmium diphosphides, and quantum confined III-V, IV-VI, II-VI
and HgTe/CdTe super-lattices with graded interfaces and effective
mass super-lattices. The presence of intense light waves in
optoelectronics and strong electric field in nano-devices change
the band structure of materials in fundamental ways, which have
also been incorporated in the study of ES in HD quantized
structures of optoelectronic compounds that control the studies of
the HD quantum effect devices under strong fields. The influence of
magnetic quantization, magneto size quantization, quantum wells,
wires and dots, crossed electric and quantizing fields, intense
electric field, and light waves on the ES in HD quantized
structures and superlattices are discussed. The content of this
book finds six different applications in the arena of nano-science
and nanotechnology and the various ES dependent electronic
quantities, namely the effective mass, the screening length, the
Einstein relation and the elastic constants have been investigated.
This book is useful for researchers, engineers and professionals in
the fields of Applied Sciences, solid state and materials science,
nano-science and technology, condensed matter physics, and allied
fields, including courses in semiconductor nanostructures.
The concepts of the Electron Statistics (ES) and the ES dependent
electronic properties are basic pillars in semiconductor
electronics and this first-of-its-kind book deals with the said
concepts in doping superlattices (SLs), quantum well, quantum wire
and quantum dot SLs, effective mass SLs, SLs with graded interfaces
and Fibonacci SLs under different physical conditions respectively.
The influences of intense radiation and strong electric fields
under said concepts have been considered together with the heavily
doped SLs in this context on the basis of newly formulated the
electron energy spectra in all the cases. We have suggested
experimental determinations of the Einstein relation for the
Diffusivity-Mobility ratio, the Debye screening length, Elastic
Constants and the content of this book finds 25 different
applications in the arena of nanoscience and nanotechnology.This
book contains hundred open research problems which form the
integral part of the text and are useful for both PhD aspirants and
researchers. It is written for post graduate students of various
departments of different academic organizations, engineers and
professionals in the fields of solid state electronics, materials
science, solid state sciences, nano-science, nanotechnology and
nano materials in general.
|
|