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The recent advances in display technologies and mobile devices is having an important effect on the way users interact with all kinds of devices (computers, mobile devices, laptops, tablets, and so on).

This work presents a full generic approach to the detection and recognition of traffic signs. Following an introduction to the problems of traffic sign detection and categorization, the text focuses on the problem of detection, and presents recent developments in this field.

Images in Urology is a unique book that integrates images of urological conditions within their clinical context. Improvements in imaging techniques have meant greater diagnostic power and a dramatic rise in the number and quality of images obtained and viewed by practicing clinicians.

This book explains in detail the behavioural science and human factors that make image guided medical procedures difficult to teach, learn and practice, and offers a new training paradigm with significant benefits for educators, students and researchers.

This book introduces the features of quaternions and explains their associated algebra, offers historical details about their invention by Sir William Rowan Hamilton and shows how they are used in computer graphics to rotate vectors about an arbitrary axis.

This book covers the synthesis and chemical-physical characteristics of iron phosphates, and presents methods for making LiFePO4 a suitable cathode material for lithium-ion batteries, along with means of predicting voltage profiles at various discharge rates.

This book examines the practical electric power applications of high-temperature superconductors. It validates the concept of a prototype energy storage system using newly available 2G HTS conductors by investigating the process of building a complete system.

This book addresses the challenge of improving vehicle fuel economy and reducing emissions without sacrificing performance, reliability and durability. It details several key technologies in the design phases of hybrid electric vehicles.

Stressing the importance of understanding causation, factual necessity and the attitude of courts, this book details the principles of global claims and calculation methodologies, using extensive references to literature, case law and a real world case study.

Here is an interdisciplinary study of ontology engineering and its application in urban development projects, which includes case studies of the development of ontologies for urban mobility, urban morphological processes, road systems, and cultural heritage.

This book allows readers to practice modeling and simulating a multi-level supply chain. The chapters are a combination of the practical and the theoretical. The book includes illustrations and graphs related to simulation results from the Vensim program.

Affine geometry and quadrics are fascinating subjects alone, but they are also important applications of linear algebra.

This book presents innovative methodologies that can be used to resolve issues raised by the interaction of customers and suppliers in an e-marketplace environment. The presented methodologies have been statistically tested in different market conditions.

Multicriteria Analysis and LCA Techniques introduces the reader to the basic principles of multicriteria analysis (MCA) and life cycle assessment (LCA) techniques.

Reliability and Safety of Complex Technical Systems and Processes offers a comprehensive approach to the analysis, identification, evaluation, prediction and optimization of complex technical systems operation, reliability and safety.

With the aim of improving power system reliability, this volume covers the background, analytical methodology, reliability assessment, and optimization as well as their application in straightforward language that emphasizes practical implementation.

This book offers a general method of Lyapunov functional construction which lets researchers analyze the degree to which the stability properties of differential equations are preserved in their difference analogues. Includes examples from physical systems.

Offering case studies from the energy sector, this book explains the principles of organizational learning aimed at improving organizational intelligence. Includes a corporate IQ test for insight into how an organization can stay at the competitive frontier.

With a particular focus on the practical advantages and applications of grid computing - including real case studies - the book provides an in-depth study of grid technology for a wide range of different needs.

This book explores visual analysis of behaviour from computational-modeling and algorithm-design perspectives, covering learning-group activity models, unsupervised behaviour profiling, hierarchical behaviour discovery, modelling rare behaviours, and more.

Covering image processing methods for analyzing residential land use, this book combines theoretical framework with practical applications, and describes a high resolution system for effective detection of single houses, vegetation and shadow-water indices.

Thoroughly revised and updated, this second edition of Adaptive Control covers new developments in the field, including multi-model adaptive control with switching, direct and indirect adaptive regulation, and adaptive feedforward disturbance compensation.

Finite Element Modeling for Materials Engineers Using MATLAB (R) combines the finite element method with MATLAB to offer materials engineers a fast and code-free way of modeling for many materials processes.

Greening Airports considers the sustainable development of the entire air transport system, from airports and air traffic control to airlines. The text provides a broad overview of the topic, as well as a system for both monitoring and assessment.

This up-to-date and authoritative volume, written by experts in the field, covers the latest research on procedures used to assess the risk to, and vulnerability of, critical infrastructures such as telephone networks and the electricity distribution system.

Warranty data is collected during the processing of claims under warranty. Properly analyzing this data, we can better estimate product reliability and the costs of warranty. This book unifies the range of literature on warranty data collection and analysis.

Case Studies in Systemic Sclerosis deals specifically with Systemic Sclerosis in a case study format.

Reflecting the burgeoning field of nanotechnology research and its potential impact of the growing energy crisis, this volume provides comprehensive coverage of cutting-edge research in the energy-related fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology.

This book explores the research and development of fully-functional miniature rotorcraft unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). It also provides a complete treatment of their design and examines possible future research directions.

Introduction to Enumeration provides a comprehensive and practical introduction to this subject giving a clear account of fundamental results and a thorough grounding in the use of powerful techniques and tools.Two major themes run in parallel through the book, generating functions and group theory.