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This book covers data refinement and its application to Z; generalisations of refinement that change the interface and atomicity of operations; refinement in Object-Z; and modelling state and behaviour by combining Object-Z with CSP.

Previously published as Handbook of Critical Care by CMG this book is a pocket-sized basic intensive care manual. The handbook is divided into 15 chapters, eight substantial ones covering the major organ systems, as well as infection, nutrition, physical injury and toxicology, and brief chapters on scoring systems and obstetrics.

This book describes a method which fulfils optimal solution criterion, taking advantage of greater computing power and robust algorithms to produce enough candidate models to be sure of providing a suitable candidate for given data.

The book explains the process of conceptual design of new manufactured products and shows how the principles involved are employed in real examples of consumer products from some of the world's most important corporations detailed by the designers themselves.

This comprehensive textbook reviews the most popular neural-network methods and associated techniques. Each chapter describes important research results of the respective neural-network methods. Useful for those working in pattern recognition, signal processing, speech and image processing, data analysis and artificial intelligence.

This book presents a coherent framework for understanding the dynamics of piecewise-smooth and hybrid systems. The results are presented in an informal style, and illustrated with many examples. The book is aimed at a wide audience of applied mathematicians, engineers and scientists at the beginning postgraduate level.

The purpose of the book is to provide an overview of clinical research (types), activities, and areas where informatics and IT could fit into various activities and business practices. This book will introduce and apply informatics concepts only as they have particular relevance to clinical research settings.

This atlas provides sequential pictures for most existing reconstructive urology procedures. Though the use of technology is described, the book has been constructed in such a way that urologists from all countries will be able to pickup the technical tips to perform the laparoscopic procedures using simplified devices.

Biomechanics of the Gastrointestinal Tract is an up-to-date book for researchers on the study of the mechanical properties and the motor system of the gastrointestinal tract.

The purpose of this book is to present a comprehensive account of the different definitions of stochastic integration for fBm, and to give applications of the resulting theory. Particular emphasis is placed on studying the relations between the different approaches.

This comprehensive book covers the fundamental concepts of formal languages and compilation. It presents the subject in a minimalist way, using illustrated examples throughout and providing pedagogical tools, such as slides for lecturers via website.

This book presents an approach to designing added value for businesses, non-profit organizations, end-users and society. It shows how organizations can capture value for themselves in a business ecosystem that cares for people and the planet at the same time.

This book provides a broad survey of advanced pattern recognition techniques for human behavior analysis. investigates methods for activity recognition, including gait and posture analysis, hand gesture analysis, and semantics of human behavior in image sequences;

This unique text/reference provides a coherent and comprehensive overview of all aspects of video analysis of humans. In addition to presenting state-of-the-art research, the book reviews the historical origins of the different existing methods, and predicts future trends and challenges.

This volume comprises a collection of contributions by leading experts in system identification, time-series analysis, environmetric modelling and control system design - modern research in topics that reflect important areas of interest in Professor Young's research career.

This book presents a comprehensive review on the state of the art and future prospects of femtosecond laser processing for fabrication of microfluidics and optofludics including principle of femtosecond laser processing, detailed fabrication procedures of each microcomponent and practical applications to biochemical analysis.

Furthering the aim of reducing human exposure to hazardous environments, this monograph presents a detailed study of the modeling and control of vehicle-manipulator systems.

This book addresses the core issues involved in the dynamic modeling, simulation and control of a selection of energy systems such as gas turbines, wind turbines, fuel cells and batteries.

This book covers nonlinear dynamic modeling and stability analysis of flexible riser systems, advanced control design for an installation system with a single rigid payload attached by thrusters, robust adaptive control for mooring systems and other topics.

The proposed book explores the theme of identity, specifically as applied to its role and development in virtual worlds. factors that support the development of identity in virtual worlds; managing multiple identities across different environments and creating an online identity for a physical world purpose.

Syngas from Waste presents the most recent concepts, methods and techniques for the preliminary design of a promising emerging technology: production of clean syngas from waste materials.

Green Energy: Basic Concepts and Fundamentals addresses the need for diversity within energy systems.

This hands-on guide to conducting user studies in informatics explores the foundations of various experimental designs together with the appropriate statistical analyses for common studies in computing. Offers tips on every facet of design and implementation.

It then goes on to construct a fault diagnosis system to improve plant safety above this control structure.PEM Fuel Cells with Bio-Ethanol Processor Systems is divided into two parts: the first covers fuel cells and the second discusses plants for hydrogen production from bio-ethanol to feed PEM fuel cells.

Section 2 explores other research and development projects that attempt to exploit the power of contemporary ICT systems to support Law Enforcement Agencies in many aspects of their work including investigations, data analysis and presentation, identification, training and crime prevention.

Recent Advances in System Reliability discusses developments in modern reliability theory such as signatures, multi-state systems and statistical inference.

Ever since its discovery in 1742 the carotid body has remained an organ of mystery.

This book presents a thorough review of the main acquired reading disorders: hemianopic, pure and central alexia. Describes each condition, offers imaging studies and diagnostic criteria, and assesses the efficacy of therapeutic measures toward remediation.

This book develops a systematic and rigorous mathematical theory of finite difference methods for linear elliptic, parabolic and hyperbolic partial differential equations with nonsmooth solutions. Finite difference methods are a classical class of techniques for the numerical approximation of partial differential equations.

This book discusses effects of temperature variations and contamination on the capacitive sensor, and applies a network based classification technique to predict the actual quantity of the fluid contained in a tank under sloshing conditions.