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This monograph presents a comprehensive review of literature related to the generation and usage of nonverbal signals that facilitate legibility of non-humanoid robot state and behavior.

The second part of the two-part monograph Fundamentals of Source and Video Coding. This part describes the application of the techniques described in the first part to video coding. In doing so it provides a description of the fundamentals concepts of video coding and, in particular, the signal processing in video encoders and decoders.

Discusses tensor network models for super-compressed higher-order representation of data/parameters and cost functions, together with an outline of their applications in machine learning and data analytics.

Provides a systematic and example-rich guide to the basic properties and applications of tensor network methodologies, and demonstrates their promise as a tool for the analysis of extreme-scale multidimensional data. The book demonstrates the ability of tensor networks to provide linearly or even super-linearly, scalable solutions.

The Age of Information is destined to become an important research topic in networked systems. This monograph provides the reader with an easy-to-read tutorial-like introduction into this novel approach of dealing with the freshness of information within systems.

While intended for both theoreticians and practitioners, this monograph is written to be accessible to novices while covering state-of-the-art topics of interest to advanced researchers of localization and synchronization systems.

Familiarizes machine learning experts with imitation learning, statistical supervised learning theory, and reinforcement learning and roboticists and experts in applied AI with broader appreciation for the frameworks and tools available for imitation learning.

This monograph surveys the current state of the art including the concept of indicators and a schematic model of the STI system that can identify gaps in the set of indicators commonly in use.

This monograph brings together research on all elements of Geographic Information Retrieval. It provides an overview of the research field, and in so doing identifies key remaining research challenges in GIR.

This monograph reviews some of the recent theoretical results on efficient data processing on large distributed architectures and some of the relevant classical results on parallel sorting and parallel matrix multiplication.

This monograph summarizes the treatment of ethical considerations that have been made by information systems researchers.

In analyzing the role of stakeholders in corporate governance, the focus of this monograph is on their ability and incentives to discipline corporate managers.

This monograph provides a connected overview of the academic literature. The authors develop a theoretical framework that not only provides insight into the different sources of entrepreneurial equity finance but also guides the volume's structure.

This monograph brings together a collection of 14 value sensitive design methods. These methods-along with the heuristics and examples discussed here-go a good distance toward providing tools for engaging substantively with human values in the technical design process.

This monograph is an ideal primer for medical and computer science professionals designing and understanding data infrastructure for medical research. It is intended to appeal to both audiences: technical/computer scientists in the process of designing infrastructure and systems for the analysis of medical data as well as medical professionals who want to understand the challenges involved.

Expands the interdisciplinary scope of Web Science, specifically to accommodate cognitive science and the philosophy of mind. There is a substantial literature to support this expansionist agenda, and now is arguably the time to review it and explore the nature of the linkages that connect the science of the Web with the sciences of the mind.

The Many Faces of Degeneracy in Conic Optimization describes various reasons for the loss of strict feasibility, whether due to poor modeling choices or (more interestingly) rich underlying structure, and discusses ways to cope with it and, in many pronounced cases, how to use it as an advantage.

Investigates smart electric vehicle charging. The book focuses jointly on the quality of service for EV users and the stability and reliability of the power grid. It lays out a solution framework that addresses many of the key problems arising from both the lower and upper levels.

Integrated Risk Management in Supply Chains examines supply chain risk management. The increased interest in the topic is due to a number of factors including the increased volatility of commodity prices and exchange rates, recent natural disasters, and the increased importance of multinational corporations.

Supply Chain Finance focuses is on creating liquidity in the supply chain through various Buyer or Seller-led solutions with or without a facilitating technology.

This monograph introduces the area of Human Computation and present an overview of different applications for which Hybrid Human-Machine Information Systems have already been used in the realms of data management, information retrieval, natural language processing, semantic web, machine learning, and multimedia to better solve existing problems.

HCI's Making Agendas examines how making has emerged as an interdisciplinary arena of scholarship, research and design that connects entrepreneurs, designers, researchers, critical theorists, historians, anthropologists, computer scientists and engineers.

Unit Commitment in Electric Energy Systems presents the most relevant mathematical optimization models for the unit commitment problem. It is an ideal starting reference for practitioner and researchers interested in this important and challenging problem, as it introduces the key technical details and summarizing their significance.

Error-Efficient Computing Systems explores techniques to make computing systems faster or more energy-efficient by allowing them to make controlled errors. It is intended for anyone interested in a holistic summary of the theory, practice, and history of making computing systems more efficient by trading errors for improved efficiency.

Engineers, researchers and students deploying MEMS inertial sensors will find this tutorial an essential monograph on how to optimize the design of their devices and systems.

Operations in Financial Services establishes a framework for this research area from an operations management perspective.

This monograph reviews the integration of satellite and terrestrial networks, focusing on Multi Path TCP (MPTCP) and Information Centric Networking (ICN). It also extensively reviews content-based networking.

This monograph is intended as an entry course in Abstract Interpretation, after which the reader should be ready to read the research literature on current advances in Abstract Interpretation, as well as more practical articles on the design of industrial-strength static analyzers for real languages.

Non-convex Optimization for Machine Learning takes an in-depth look at the basics of non-convex optimization with applications to machine learning. It introduces the rich literature in this area, as well as equips the reader with the tools and techniques needed to apply and analyze simple but powerful procedures for non-convex problems.

Examines the various privacy breaches that may arise due to the use of LBSs, and considers and compares the mechanisms and metrics that have been proposed to protect user privacy, focusing in particular on a comparison between probabilistic spatial obfuscation techniques.