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Embodying Data - Chinese Aesthetics, Interactive Visualization and Gaming Technologies (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Qi Li Embodying Data - Chinese Aesthetics, Interactive Visualization and Gaming Technologies (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Qi Li
R1,474 Discovery Miles 14 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book investigates a new interactive data visualisation concept that employs traditional Chinese aesthetics as a basis for exploring contemporary digital technological contexts. It outlines the aesthetic approach, which draws on non-Western aesthetic concepts, specifically the Yijing and Taoist cosmological principles, and discusses the development of data-based digital practices within a theoretical framework that combines traditional Taoist ideas with the digital humanities. The book also offers a critique of the Western aesthetics underpinning data visualisation, in particular the Kantian sublime, which prioritises the experience of power over the natural world viewed at a distance. Taoist philosophy, in contrast, highlights the integration of the surface of the body and the surface of nature as a Taoist body, rather than promoting an opposition of mind and body. The book then explores the transformational potential between the human body and technology, particularly in creating an aesthetic approach spanning traditional Chinese aesthetics and gesture-based technology. Representing a valuable contribution to the digital humanities, the book helps readers understand data-based artistic practices, while also bringing the ideas of traditional Chinese aesthetics to Western audiences. In addition, it will be of interest to practitioners in the fields of digital art and data visualisation seeking new models.

Survival of the Fittest - The Shifting Contours of Higher Education in China and the United States (Hardcover, 2014 ed.): Qi... Survival of the Fittest - The Shifting Contours of Higher Education in China and the United States (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)
Qi Li, Cynthia Gerstl-Pepin
R2,794 Discovery Miles 27 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book will examine how universities in China and the US are responding to markets and increasing global competition. For both countries, a university education is seen as key to economic development. While China and the US have two very different political systems, they represent the two largest economies in the world and share beliefs that higher education plays an integral role to economic development. The book will bring together scholars with multiple perspectives on the topic to create dialogue around similarities and differences. This book will appeal to students, scholars, and higher educational administrators in both countries and other countries as well who are seeking to understand the strategic change in higher education in both China and the US.

Advanced Dielectric Materials for Electrostatic Capacitors (Hardcover): Qi Li Advanced Dielectric Materials for Electrostatic Capacitors (Hardcover)
Qi Li
R3,889 R3,407 Discovery Miles 34 070 Save R482 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Capacitors are passive electrical components that store energy in an electric field. Applications include electric power conditioning, signal processing, motor starting, and energy storage. The maximum charge a capacitor can hold largely depends on the dielectric material inside. That material is the enabler for the performance. Ongoing development in fields such as high-power electronics, renewable energy, hybrid electric vehicles and electric aircraft, is posing an urgent need for more advanced electrostatic capacitor technology. This book for researchers in industry and academia provides an overview of key dielectric materials for capacitor technology. It covers preparation and characterization of state-of-the art dielectric materials including ceramics, polymers and polymer nanocomposites, for the most popular applications including energy storage, microwave communication and multi-layer ceramic capacitors. The book begins with an introduction to electrostatic capacitor technology, then goes on to cover the following topics: techniques for capacitor dielectrics characterization; dielectric polymers and dielectric metamaterials for high energy capacitors; polymer/nanofiller composites; high-temperature polymer-based dielectrics for electrostatic energy storage; design and simulations of capacitor dielectrics by phase-field computations; rational design on polymer dielectrics; inorganic dielectrics for high-energy-density capacitors; ceramic dielectrics for microwave communication; ceramic dielectrics for MLCCs; and finally two chapters on future prospects for polymers and ceramics.

Control and State Estimation for Dynamical Network Systems with Complex Samplings (Hardcover): Bo Shen, Zidong Wang, Qi Li Control and State Estimation for Dynamical Network Systems with Complex Samplings (Hardcover)
Bo Shen, Zidong Wang, Qi Li
R3,564 Discovery Miles 35 640 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book focuses on the control and state estimation problems for dynamical network systems with complex samplings subject to various network-induced phenomena. It includes a series of control and state estimation problems tackled under the passive sampling fashion. Further, it explains the effects from the active sampling fashion, i.e., event-based sampling is examined on the control/estimation performance, and novel design technologies are proposed for controllers/estimators. Simulation results are provided for better understanding of the proposed control/filtering methods. By drawing on a variety of theories and methodologies such as Lyapunov function, linear matrix inequalities, and Kalman theory, sufficient conditions are derived for guaranteeing the existence of the desired controllers and estimators, which are parameterized according to certain matrix inequalities or recursive matrix equations. Covers recent advances of control and state estimation for dynamical network systems with complex samplings from the engineering perspective Systematically introduces the complex sampling concept, methods, and application for the control and state estimation Presents unified framework for control and state estimation problems of dynamical network systems with complex samplings Exploits a set of the latest techniques such as linear matrix inequality approach, Vandermonde matrix approach, and trace derivation approach Explains event-triggered multi-rate fusion estimator, resilient distributed sampled-data estimator with predetermined specifications This book is aimed at researchers, professionals, and graduate students in control engineering and signal processing.

Nonparametric Econometric Methods (Hardcover, New): Qi Li, Jeffrey Scott Racine Nonparametric Econometric Methods (Hardcover, New)
Qi Li, Jeffrey Scott Racine
R4,496 Discovery Miles 44 960 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This Volume of "Advances in Econometrics" contains a selection of papers presented initially at the 7th Annual Advances in Econometrics Conference held on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana during November 14-16, 2008. The theme of the conference was 'Nonparametric Econometric Methods', and the papers selected for inclusion in this Volume span a range of nonparametric techniques including kernel smoothing, empirical copulas, series estimators, and smoothing splines along with a variety of semiparametric methods. The papers in this Volume cover topics of interest to those who wish to familiarize themselves with current nonparametric methodology. Many papers also identify areas deserving of future attention. There exist survey papers devoted to recent developments in nonparametric nance, constrained nonparametric regression, miparametric/nonparametric environmental econometrics and nonparametric models with non-stationary data. There exist theoretical papers dealing with novel approaches for partial identification of the distribution of treatment effects, xed effects semiparametric panel data models, functional coefficient models with time series data, exponential series estimators of empirical copulas, estimation of multivariate CDFs and bias-reduction methods for density estimation. There also exist a number of applications that analyze returns to education, the evolution of income and life expectancy, the role of governance in growth, farm production, city size and unemployment rates, derivative pricing, and environmental pollution and economic growth. In short, this Volume contains a range of theoretical developments, surveys, and applications that would be of interest to those who wish to keep abreast of some of the most important current developments in the field of nonparametric estimation.

Social Development And Social Policy: International Experiences And China's Reform (Hardcover): Dongtao Qi, Li Jun Yang Social Development And Social Policy: International Experiences And China's Reform (Hardcover)
Dongtao Qi, Li Jun Yang
R3,874 Discovery Miles 38 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Social policy reforms driven by profound social changes have been a popular and pressing topic worldwide in recent years in both policy and academic circles. In this book, prominent social policy scholars from Europe, North America, and Asia discuss the history of social policies, compare different social development models, and analyze the challenges facing these economies' social policy reforms. The book provides comprehensive and comparative perspectives and updated data on social development and social policy reforms in the world's major economies, and particularly, in mainland China.

Industrial Relations in China (Hardcover): Bill Taylor, Kai Chang, Qi Li Industrial Relations in China (Hardcover)
Bill Taylor, Kai Chang, Qi Li
R3,149 Discovery Miles 31 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This enlightening book provides the first systematic introduction to, and exploration of, the emerging system of industrial relations in China, and draws on the authors' extensive research and direct involvement in the developments taking place. The authors argue that there are both unifying and fragmenting elements to the ongoing development of industrial relations, but overall it is one in which the state continues to maintain a major, and direct, influence. Divisions between workers and managers may be escalating with increased open conflicts, but this book reveals that the picture is far more complex and contradictory than to assume that the solution is convergence with western style industrial relations systems. They conclude that industrial relations institutions and processes still act within a political context and with the guiding hand of the Chinese Communist party. Industrial Relations in China draws on up-to-date material and will ensure the book's appeal to industrial relations and Chinese scholars. It will also appeal to a wider audience of Asian labour and development studies scholars.

Survival of the Fittest - The Shifting Contours of Higher Education in China and the United States (Paperback, Softcover... Survival of the Fittest - The Shifting Contours of Higher Education in China and the United States (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014)
Qi Li, Cynthia Gerstl-Pepin
R3,334 Discovery Miles 33 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book will examine how universities in China and the US are responding to markets and increasing global competition. For both countries, a university education is seen as key to economic development. While China and the US have two very different political systems, they represent the two largest economies in the world and share beliefs that higher education plays an integral role to economic development. The book will bring together scholars with multiple perspectives on the topic to create dialogue around similarities and differences. This book will appeal to students, scholars, and higher educational administrators in both countries and other countries as well who are seeking to understand the strategic change in higher education in both China and the US. ​

The Art of War Collection - Deluxe 7-Volume Box Set Edition (Paperback): Sun Tzu, Wu Qi, Li Jing, Wei Liao, Jiang Ziya, Sima... The Art of War Collection - Deluxe 7-Volume Box Set Edition (Paperback)
Sun Tzu, Wu Qi, Li Jing, Wei Liao, Jiang Ziya, …
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R1,711 Discovery Miles 17 110 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Nonparametric Econometrics - Theory and Practice (Paperback): Qi Li, Jeffrey Scott Racine Nonparametric Econometrics - Theory and Practice (Paperback)
Qi Li, Jeffrey Scott Racine
R1,976 Discovery Miles 19 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A comprehensive, up-to-date textbook on nonparametric methods for students and researchers Until now, students and researchers in nonparametric and semiparametric statistics and econometrics have had to turn to the latest journal articles to keep pace with these emerging methods of economic analysis. Nonparametric Econometrics fills a major gap by gathering together the most up-to-date theory and techniques and presenting them in a remarkably straightforward and accessible format. The empirical tests, data, and exercises included in this textbook help make it the ideal introduction for graduate students and an indispensable resource for researchers. Nonparametric and semiparametric methods have attracted a great deal of attention from statisticians in recent decades. While the majority of existing books on the subject operate from the presumption that the underlying data is strictly continuous in nature, more often than not social scientists deal with categorical data-nominal and ordinal-in applied settings. The conventional nonparametric approach to dealing with the presence of discrete variables is acknowledged to be unsatisfactory. This book is tailored to the needs of applied econometricians and social scientists. Qi Li and Jeffrey Racine emphasize nonparametric techniques suited to the rich array of data types-continuous, nominal, and ordinal-within one coherent framework. They also emphasize the properties of nonparametric estimators in the presence of potentially irrelevant variables. Nonparametric Econometrics covers all the material necessary to understand and apply nonparametric methods for real-world problems.

Information and Communications Security - 23rd International Conference, ICICS 2021, Chongqing, China, November 19-21, 2021,... Information and Communications Security - 23rd International Conference, ICICS 2021, Chongqing, China, November 19-21, 2021, Proceedings, Part I (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
Debin Gao, Qi Li, Xiaohong Guan, Xiaofeng Liao
R3,092 Discovery Miles 30 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This two-volume set LNCS 12918 - 12919 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 23nd International Conference on Information and Communications Security, ICICS 2021, held in Chongqing, China, in September 2021. The 49 revised full papers presented in the book were carefully selected from 182 submissions. The papers in Part I are organized in the following thematic blocks: blockchain and federated learning; malware analysis and detection; IoT security; software security; Internet security; data-driven cybersecurity.

Information and Communications Security - 23rd International Conference, ICICS 2021, Chongqing, China, November 19-21, 2021,... Information and Communications Security - 23rd International Conference, ICICS 2021, Chongqing, China, November 19-21, 2021, Proceedings, Part II (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
Debin Gao, Qi Li, Xiaohong Guan, Xiaofeng Liao
R2,232 Discovery Miles 22 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This two-volume set LNCS 12918 - 12919 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 23nd International Conference on Information and Communications Security, ICICS 2021, held in Chongqing, China, in September 2021. The 49 revised full papers presented in the book were carefully selected from 182 submissions. The papers in Part II are organized in the following thematic blocks: machine learning security; multimedia security; security analysis; post-quantum cryptography; applied cryptography.

Embodying Data - Chinese Aesthetics, Interactive Visualization and Gaming Technologies (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020): Qi Li Embodying Data - Chinese Aesthetics, Interactive Visualization and Gaming Technologies (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
Qi Li
R1,469 Discovery Miles 14 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book investigates a new interactive data visualisation concept that employs traditional Chinese aesthetics as a basis for exploring contemporary digital technological contexts. It outlines the aesthetic approach, which draws on non-Western aesthetic concepts, specifically the Yijing and Taoist cosmological principles, and discusses the development of data-based digital practices within a theoretical framework that combines traditional Taoist ideas with the digital humanities. The book also offers a critique of the Western aesthetics underpinning data visualisation, in particular the Kantian sublime, which prioritises the experience of power over the natural world viewed at a distance. Taoist philosophy, in contrast, highlights the integration of the surface of the body and the surface of nature as a Taoist body, rather than promoting an opposition of mind and body. The book then explores the transformational potential between the human body and technology, particularly in creating an aesthetic approach spanning traditional Chinese aesthetics and gesture-based technology. Representing a valuable contribution to the digital humanities, the book helps readers understand data-based artistic practices, while also bringing the ideas of traditional Chinese aesthetics to Western audiences. In addition, it will be of interest to practitioners in the fields of digital art and data visualisation seeking new models.

Soil Nematodes of Grasslands in Northern China (Paperback): Qi Li, Wenju Liang, Xiaoke Zhang, Mohammad Mahamood Soil Nematodes of Grasslands in Northern China (Paperback)
Qi Li, Wenju Liang, Xiaoke Zhang, Mohammad Mahamood
R2,031 R1,868 Discovery Miles 18 680 Save R163 (8%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Soil Nematodes of Grasslands in Northern China presents research on China's temperate grasslands, providing the findings and results of a large field survey along a transect across the northern temperate grassland. It examines nematode distribution patterns along the transect from trophic group and family, to genus level, also evaluating their relationship with climatic conditions, plant biomass and soil parameters. The book then presents detailed taxonomy information of nematodes to genus or species level, providing keen insights into nematode diversity along the grassland transect in north China. Final sections review the advances and perspectives for the research of soil ecology on soil nematodes in China, including recent major discoveries of soil microbial diversity and eco-function during this field survey. This work will help researchers predict the impact of global change drivers on below ground soil biota and better understand the functioning and services they provide in terrestrial ecosystems.

Nonparametric Econometrics - Theory and Practice (Hardcover): Qi Li, Jeffrey Scott Racine Nonparametric Econometrics - Theory and Practice (Hardcover)
Qi Li, Jeffrey Scott Racine
R3,310 R2,542 Discovery Miles 25 420 Save R768 (23%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

""Nonparametric Econometrics" by Li and Racine is a must for any serious econometrician or statistician who is working on cutting-edge problems. The theoretical treatment of nonparametric methods is remarkably complete in its coverage of mainstream and relatively arcane topics. I particularly like Li and Racine's general treatment of continuous and discrete regressors and of specification testing, topics that I have not seen handled in such a comprehensive fashion. I will certainly use this in my graduate econometrics courses and in conducting my own research."--Robin Sickles, Rice University

"Very few studies have tried to apply the nonparametric techniques to analyze real data. The lack of applications of those techniques is perhaps attributable to the lack of a good textbook that explains intuitively how and why those techniques work. This book by Li and Racine serves both applied researchers and graduate students. It is written in plain language so that it can be understood by anyone with basic econometrics but zero knowledge of nonparametric methods. And it contains enough specifics that clearly spell out steps to implement those methods."--Chunrong Ai, University of Florida

"This book represents a very significant contribution to the field of econometrics. It provides an extremely thorough coverage of our knowledge in the area of nonparametric and semiparametric methods as they apply to economic models and economic data. And it makes accessible, for the first time, a body of relatively new material relating to discrete and 'mixed' data. There is a good balance of theoretical material and applications. Apart from serving as a superb teaching text in graduate-level courseswhere the students have a strong econometrics/statistics preparation, I believe this book will become a must-have reference resource for many researchers."--David E. Giles, University of Victoria

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