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The climate change crisis presents a multi-dimensional challenge to
the development of the built environment. With finite global
resources and increasingly unpredictable climate patterns, the need
to improve our understanding of sustainable practices and materials
for construction has never been more pressing. The Handbook of
Research on Corrosion Sciences and Engineering aims to shed light
on the recent developments in the usage of sustainable materials to
protect metallic materials against corrosion and provides emerging
research exploring the theoretical and practical aspects of
corrosion engineering science and technology. Covering key topics
such as machine learning, smart coating, sustainability, and
artificial intelligence, this major reference work is ideal for
construction workers, industry professionals, researchers,
academicians, scholars, practitioners, instructors, and students.
Identifying the input-output relationship of a system or
discovering the evolutionary law of a signal on the basis of
observation data, and applying the constructed mathematical model
to predicting, controlling or extracting other useful information
constitute a problem that has been drawing a lot of attention from
engineering and gaining more and more importance in econo metrics,
biology, environmental science and other related areas. Over the
last 30-odd years, research on this problem has rapidly developed
in various areas under different terms, such as time series
analysis, signal processing and system identification. Since the
randomness almost always exists in real systems and in observation
data, and since the random process is sometimes used to model the
uncertainty in systems, it is reasonable to consider the object as
a stochastic system. In some applications identification can be
carried out off line, but in other cases this is impossible, for
example, when the structure or the parameter of the system depends
on the sample, or when the system is time-varying. In these cases
we have to identify the system on line and to adjust the control in
accordance with the model which is supposed to be approaching the
true system during the process of identification. This is why there
has been an increasing interest in identification and adaptive
control for stochastic systems from both theorists and
practitioners."
A recent development in SDC-related problems is the
establishment of intelligent SDC models and the intensive use of
LMI-based convex optimization methods. Within this theoretical
framework, control parameter determination can be designed and
stability and robustness of closed-loop systems can be analyzed.
This book describes the new framework of SDC system design and
provides a comprehensive description of the modelling of controller
design tools and their real-time implementation. It starts with a
review of current research on SDC and moves on to some basic
techniques for modelling and controller design of SDC systems. This
is followed by a description of controller design for
fixed-control-structure SDC systems, PDF control for general input-
and output-represented systems, filtering designs, and fault
detection and diagnosis (FDD) for SDC systems. Many new LMI
techniques being developed for SDC systems are shown to have
independent theoretical significance for robust control and FDD
problems.
Aerospace vehicles are by their very nature a crucial environment
for safety-critical systems. By virtue of an effective safety
control system, the aerospace vehicle can maintain high performance
despite the risk of component malfunction and multiple
disturbances, thereby enhancing aircraft safety and the probability
of success for a mission. Autonomous Safety Control of Flight
Vehicles presents a systematic methodology for improving the safety
of aerospace vehicles in the face of the following occurrences: a
loss of control effectiveness of actuators and control surface
impairments; the disturbance of observer-based control against
multiple disturbances; actuator faults and model uncertainties in
hypersonic gliding vehicles; and faults arising from actuator
faults and sensor faults. Several fundamental issues related to
safety are explicitly analyzed according to aerospace engineering
system characteristics; while focusing on these safety issues, the
safety control design problems of aircraft are studied and
elaborated on in detail using systematic design methods. The
research results illustrate the superiority of the safety control
approaches put forward. The expected reader group for this book
includes undergraduate and graduate students but also industry
practitioners and researchers. About the Authors: Xiang Yu is a
Professor with the School of Automation Science and Electrical
Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China. His research
interests include safety control of aerospace engineering systems,
guidance, navigation, and control of unmanned aerial vehicles. Lei
Guo, appointed as "Chang Jiang Scholar Chair Professor", is a
Professor with the School of Automation Science and Electrical
Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China. His research
interests include anti-disturbance control and filtering,
stochastic control, and fault detection with their applications to
aerospace systems. Youmin Zhang is a Professor in the Department of
Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering, Concordia
University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. His research interests
include fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control, and cooperative
guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) of unmanned
aerial/space/ground/surface vehicles. Jin Jiang is a Professor in
the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Western
University, London, Ontario, Canada. His research interests include
fault-tolerant control of safety-critical systems, advanced control
of power plants containing non-traditional energy resources, and
instrumentation and control for nuclear power plants.
Corrosion is a great challenge in many industries, especially in
the automotive, aerospace, and oil and gas industries, with
conservative estimations accounting for losses of around 2.2
trillion US dollars per year in the United States alone. Providing
a comprehensive overview of the history and development of
nanomaterials, this book discusses various practices for protection
against corrosion. Key Features: Provides a comprehensive and
updated review of major innovations in the field of nanomaterials
in industrial, corrosion, and environmental science and engineering
Encompasses design, characterization, mechanism, and application of
nanomaterials from different strategies on the efficacy and major
challenges associated with successful scaleup designing Essential
reference for present and future research in nanomaterials Includes
relevant aspects of organic and inorganic nanomaterials, hybrid
nanomaterials, and nanocoatings in anticorrosion applications
Coalescing a wide range of research on nanomaterials and
anticorrosion practices, this book is of particular appeal to
students, industry professionals, and academics.
This book adopts a systematic view of the control systems in
cyber-physical systems including the security control of the
optimal control system, security control of the non-cooperative
game system, quantify the impact of the Denial-of-Service attacks
on the optimal control system, and the adaptive security control of
the networked control systems. Because the cyber-physical system is
a hybrid system, it adopts cross layer approach to handle the
security control of the CPS. It presents a number of attack models
according to the attack scenario and defense facilities, and a
number of cross-layer co-design methodologies to secure the control
of CPS.
This book aims at illustrating the OBOR Initiative (also known as
'Belt and Road Initiative' or BRI), its many facets, including its
background, and how the Chinese government intends to develop this
ambitious project. It describes in detail the role and involvement
of Institutions (lenders, in particular) in the OBOR Initiative. It
offers guidance on how interested parties can participate in the
different projects connected to the Initiative. The views of the
authors, on the main aspects of this Initiative, serve as
suggestions to parties interested in taking part in this
Initiative.The book provides an exceptional amount of information
about how projects connected to the BRI Initiative are financed and
developed. The involvement of UBS clearly shows that financial
institutions are interested in financing the Initiative.There is a
special focus on the relationship between China and the EU, because
the scope of this Initiative is not only to boost trade
relationships between the two regions but also create new
opportunities for all the countries along the new Silk Road.
The news media have significant influence on the formation of
public opinion. Called the agenda-setting role of the media, this
influence occurs at three levels. Focusing public attention on a
select few issues or other topics at any moment is level one.
Emphasizing specific attributes of those issues or topics is level
two. The Power of Information Networks: The Third Level of Agenda
Setting introduces the newest perspective on this influence. While
levels one and two are concerned with the salience of discrete
individual elements, the third level offers a more comprehensive
and nuanced perspective to explain media effects in this evolving
media landscape: the ability of the news media to determine how the
public associates the various elements in these media messages to
create an integrated picture of public affairs. This is the first
book to detail the theoretical foundations, methodological
approaches, and international empirical evidence for this new
perspective. Cutting-edge communication analytics such as network
analysis, Big Data and data visualization techniques are used to
examine these third-level effects. Diverse applications of the
theory are documented in political communication, public relations,
health communication, and social media research. The Power of
Information Networks will interest scholars, students and
practitioners concerned with the media and their social and
cultural effects.
The news media have significant influence on the formation of
public opinion. Called the agenda-setting role of the media, this
influence occurs at three levels. Focusing public attention on a
select few issues or other topics at any moment is level one.
Emphasizing specific attributes of those issues or topics is level
two. The Power of Information Networks: The Third Level of Agenda
Setting introduces the newest perspective on this influence. While
levels one and two are concerned with the salience of discrete
individual elements, the third level offers a more comprehensive
and nuanced perspective to explain media effects in this evolving
media landscape: the ability of the news media to determine how the
public associates the various elements in these media messages to
create an integrated picture of public affairs. This is the first
book to detail the theoretical foundations, methodological
approaches, and international empirical evidence for this new
perspective. Cutting-edge communication analytics such as network
analysis, Big Data and data visualization techniques are used to
examine these third-level effects. Diverse applications of the
theory are documented in political communication, public relations,
health communication, and social media research. The Power of
Information Networks will interest scholars, students and
practitioners concerned with the media and their social and
cultural effects.
Aerospace vehicles are by their very nature a crucial environment
for safety-critical systems. By virtue of an effective safety
control system, the aerospace vehicle can maintain high performance
despite the risk of component malfunction and multiple
disturbances, thereby enhancing aircraft safety and the probability
of success for a mission. Autonomous Safety Control of Flight
Vehicles presents a systematic methodology for improving the safety
of aerospace vehicles in the face of the following occurrences: a
loss of control effectiveness of actuators and control surface
impairments; the disturbance of observer-based control against
multiple disturbances; actuator faults and model uncertainties in
hypersonic gliding vehicles; and faults arising from actuator
faults and sensor faults. Several fundamental issues related to
safety are explicitly analyzed according to aerospace engineering
system characteristics; while focusing on these safety issues, the
safety control design problems of aircraft are studied and
elaborated on in detail using systematic design methods. The
research results illustrate the superiority of the safety control
approaches put forward. The expected reader group for this book
includes undergraduate and graduate students but also industry
practitioners and researchers. About the Authors: Xiang Yu is a
Professor with the School of Automation Science and Electrical
Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China. His research
interests include safety control of aerospace engineering systems,
guidance, navigation, and control of unmanned aerial vehicles. Lei
Guo, appointed as "Chang Jiang Scholar Chair Professor", is a
Professor with the School of Automation Science and Electrical
Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China. His research
interests include anti-disturbance control and filtering,
stochastic control, and fault detection with their applications to
aerospace systems. Youmin Zhang is a Professor in the Department of
Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering, Concordia
University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. His research interests
include fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control, and cooperative
guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) of unmanned
aerial/space/ground/surface vehicles. Jin Jiang is a Professor in
the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Western
University, London, Ontario, Canada. His research interests include
fault-tolerant control of safety-critical systems, advanced control
of power plants containing non-traditional energy resources, and
instrumentation and control for nuclear power plants.
The book aims to exemplify the recent developments in operad
theory, in universal algebra and related topics in algebraic
topology and theoretical physics. The conference has established a
better connection between mathematicians working on operads (mainly
the French team) and mathematicians working in universal algebra
(primarily the Chinese team), and to exchange problems, methods and
techniques from these two subject areas.
The main focus of this monograph will be on the Enhanced
Anti-Disturbance Control and filtering theory and their
applications. In fact, the classical anti-disturbance control
theory only considered one "equivalent" disturbance which is merged
by different unknown sources. However, it is noted that along with
the development of information obtaining and processing
technologies, one can get more information or knowledge about
various types of disturbances.
Developing the essential theory for architecting and tackling
issues faced during complex realistic engineering problems, this
volume focuses on enhanced anti-disturbance control and filtering
theory and applications. The book specifically addresses the novel
disturbance observer based control (DOBC) methodologies for
uncertain and nonlinear systems in time domain. It also examines
novel anti-disturbance control and filtering with the composite
hierarchical architecture to enhance control and filtering for the
complex control systems with multiple disturbances. The book
provides application examples, including flight control, robotic
system, altitude control, and initial alignment to show how to use
the theoretical methods in engineering
This book adopts a systematic view of the control systems in
cyber-physical systems including the security control of the
optimal control system, security control of the non-cooperative
game system, quantify the impact of the Denial-of-Service attacks
on the optimal control system, and the adaptive security control of
the networked control systems. Because the cyber-physical system is
a hybrid system, it adopts cross layer approach to handle the
security control of the CPS. It presents a number of attack models
according to the attack scenario and defense facilities, and a
number of cross-layer co-design methodologies to secure the control
of CPS.
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Applications and Techniques in Information Security - 6th International Conference, ATIS 2015, Beijing, China, November 4-6, 2015, Proceedings (Paperback, 1st ed. 2015)
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International
Conference on Applications and Techniques in Information Security,
ATIS 2015, held in Beijing, China, in November 2015. The 25 revised
full papers and 10 short papers presented were carefully reviewed
and selected from 103 submissions. The papers are organized in
topical sections on invited speeches; cryptograph; evaluation,
standards and protocols; trust computing and privacy protection;
cloud security and applications; tools and methodologies; system
design and implementations.
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Web Technologies and Applications - APWeb 2014 Workshops, SNA, NIS, and IoTS, Changsha, China, September 5, 2014, Proceedings (Paperback, 2014 ed.)
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the workshops
held at the 16th Asia-Pacific Web Conference, APWeb 2014, in
Changsha, China, in September 2014. The 34 full papers were
carefully reviewed and selected from 59 submissions. This volume
presents the papers that have been accepted for the following
workshops: First International Workshop on Social Network Analysis,
SNA 2014; First International Workshop on Network and Information
Security, NIS 2014; First International Workshop on Internet of
Things Search, IoTS 2014. The papers cover various issues in social
network analysis, security and information retrieval against the
heterogeneous big data.
Identifying the input-output relationship of a system or
discovering the evolutionary law of a signal on the basis of
observation data, and applying the constructed mathematical model
to predicting, controlling or extracting other useful information
constitute a problem that has been drawing a lot of attention from
engineering and gaining more and more importance in econo metrics,
biology, environmental science and other related areas. Over the
last 30-odd years, research on this problem has rapidly developed
in various areas under different terms, such as time series
analysis, signal processing and system identification. Since the
randomness almost always exists in real systems and in observation
data, and since the random process is sometimes used to model the
uncertainty in systems, it is reasonable to consider the object as
a stochastic system. In some applications identification can be
carried out off line, but in other cases this is impossible, for
example, when the structure or the parameter of the system depends
on the sample, or when the system is time-varying. In these cases
we have to identify the system on line and to adjust the control in
accordance with the model which is supposed to be approaching the
true system during the process of identification. This is why there
has been an increasing interest in identification and adaptive
control for stochastic systems from both theorists and
practitioners."
A recent development in SDC-related problems is the
establishment of intelligent SDC models and the intensive use of
LMI-based convex optimization methods. Within this theoretical
framework, control parameter determination can be designed and
stability and robustness of closed-loop systems can be analyzed.
This book describes the new framework of SDC system design and
provides a comprehensive description of the modelling of controller
design tools and their real-time implementation. It starts with a
review of current research on SDC and moves on to some basic
techniques for modelling and controller design of SDC systems. This
is followed by a description of controller design for
fixed-control-structure SDC systems, PDF control for general input-
and output-represented systems, filtering designs, and fault
detection and diagnosis (FDD) for SDC systems. Many new LMI
techniques being developed for SDC systems are shown to have
independent theoretical significance for robust control and FDD
problems.
The growth of technology for chemical assessment has led to great
developments in the investigation of chemical reactivity in recent
years, but key information is often dispersed across many different
research fields. Combining both original principles and the
cutting-edge theories used in chemical reactivity analysis,
Chemical Reactivity, Volume 1 present the latest developments in
theoretical chemistry and its application for the assessment of
chemical processes. Beginning with an exploration of different
theories and principles relating to electronic structure and
reactivity of confined electronic systems, the book goes on to
highlight key information on such topics as Dyson orbitals,
target-ion overlaps, reaction fragility, magnetizability principles
and the Fuki function. Density Functional Theory is discussed in
relation to numerous different principles and approaches, with
further information on constrained methods and diabatic models,
bonding evolution theory, orbital-based population analysis models
and charge transfer models, and Quantum chemistry and QTAIM.
Consolidating the knowledge of a global team of experts in the
field, Chemical Reactivity, Volume 1: Theories and Principles is a
useful resource for both students and researchers interested in
gaining greater understanding of the principles and theories
underpinning chemical reactivity analysis.
This ground-breaking volume on early modern inter-Asian translation
examines how translation from plain Chinese was situated at the
nexus between, on the one hand, the traditional standard of
biliteracy characteristic of literary practices in the Sinographic
sphere, and on the other, practices of translational
multilingualism (competence in multiple spoken languages to produce
a fully localized target text). Translations from plain Chinese are
shown to carve out new ecologies of translations that not only
enrich our understanding of early modern translation practices
across the Sinographic sphere, but also demonstrate that the
transregional uses of a non-alphabetic graphic technology call for
different models of translation theory.
This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of
the 10th International Conference on Mobile Communication and
Healthcare, MobiHealth 2021, held in November 2021. Due to Covid-19
pandemic the conference was held virtually.
Women's tanci, or ""plucking rhymes,"" are chantefable narratives
written by upper-class educated women from seventeenth-century to
early twentieth-century China. Writing Gender in Early Modern
Chinese Women's Tanci Fiction offers a timely study on early modern
Chinese women's representations of gender, nation, and political
activism in their tanci works before and after the Taiping
Rebellion (1850 to 1864), as well as their depictions of warfare
and social unrest. Women tanci authors' redefinition of female
exemplarity within the Confucian orthodox discourses of virtue,
talent, chastity, and political integrity could be bourgeoning
expressions of female exceptionalism and could have foreshadowed
protofeminist ideals of heroism. They establish a realistic tenor
in affirming feminine domestic authority, and open up spaces for
discussions of ""womanly becoming,"" female exceptionalism, and
shifting family power structures. The vernacular mode underlying
these texts yields productive possibilities of gendered
self-representations, bodily valences, and dynamic performances of
sexual roles. The result is a vernacular discursive frame that
enables women's appropriation and refashioning of orthodox moral
values as means of self-affirmation and self-realization.
Validations of women's political activism and loyalism to the
nation attest to tanci as a premium vehicle for disseminating
progressive social incentives to popular audiences. Women's tanci
marks early modern writers' endeavors to carve out a space of
feminine becoming, a discursive arena of feminine appropriation,
reinvention, and boundary-crossings. In this light, women's tanci
portrays gendered mobility through depictions of a heroine's
voyages or social ascent, and entails a forward-moving historical
progression toward a more autonomous and vested model of feminine
subjectivity.
Thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) have been widely used to protect
the superalloy components from the hot gas stream in gas turbine
engines. Driven by the higher inlet temperature of modern gas
turbine engines for higher efficiency and less harmful gas
emission, exploration of TBC new materials and thermal radiation
effects of TBCs have recently attracted more attentions. This
research explored the potential application of gadolinium zirconate
as a promising new TBC material due to its lower thermal
conductivity, higher phase stability, and higher CMAS-resistance
than conventional YSZ material. The thermal cycling tests were
performed using a novel test rig which was designed to mimic the
complex working condition of TBCs, and the thermal radiation
properties were characterized in the wavelength range where turbine
engine thermal radiation is most concentrated. This book is
suitable for both beginners and professions in the field of TBCs,
as it covers both the brief introduction of TBC system, deposition
methods, recent development and the in-depth analysis of failure
mechanisms and different models to determine the coating absorption
and scattering coefficients.
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