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This book introduces opportunities and challenges that arise in the recommenders' area with the advent of Web 2.0. It presents the mains aspects in the Web 2.0 hype which have to be incorporated in traditional recommender systems.

Creative Space summarizes and integrates the various up-to-date approaches of computational intelligence to knowledge and technology creation including the specific novel feature of utilizing the creative abilities of the human mind, such as tacit knowledge, emotions and instincts, and intuition.

Contains unique recent developments of various finite elements such as nonconforming, mixed, discontinuous, characteristic, and adaptive finite elements, along with their applications.

This book considers various approaches for surpassing the standard quantum limit for force measurements. It then proposes different experimental protocols for using optomechanical interactions to explore quantum behaviors of macroscopic mechanical objects.

The book comprises three parts. Part 2 is the core of the book and deals with the metallurgical basis of microstructures, with four main themes: phase diagrams, solidification processes, diffusion, and solid state phase transformations.

This book shows how to calculate arbitrarily high orders of derivatives of the Douglas Energy defined on the infinite dimensional manifold of all surfaces spanning a contour, breaking new ground in the Calculus of Variations.

Sand control issues in wells can result from improper completion or changes in reservoir properties. Covering all aspects of the topic, this volume shows how methods such as reducing drag forces and mechanical sand bridging can reduce the problems that arise.

With a special focus on NdFeB permanent magnets and the materials studied in the field of spintronics, this volume summarizes new developments in ferromagnetism research as well as covering the basic physics of ferromagnetism such as exchange coupling.

This coherent presentation of the achievements made in bionanoelectronics deals with the state of the art in the broadest range of relevant topics, from nanodevices applied to biostructures to novel methods in nanomedicine, biomimetics and DNA sequencing.

The study of complex systems involves researchers in diverse fields, with some systems such as epidemiology possessing an emergency priority. This volume collates existing methods for creating decision-support systems and places them in a more coherent system.

The book concerns the notion of association in probability and statistics. The goal of this book is to bring together the bulk of these results, presenting the theory in a unified way, explaining relations and implications of the results.

With numerous illustrations, this volume guides readers through both the components and the overall process of Innovators' Marketplace, a game-based business innovation learning tool that allows players to both invent and evaluate commercial ideas.

With a Foreword by Grady Booch

The emerging and interdisciplinary field of modernization science studies the potential of both developed and developing nations for continued advancement. This volume provides systematic data from this new discipline covering 97% of global population.

This thesis by an award-winning researcher summarizes the potential to use passive seismic methods to monitor the sequestration of anthropogenic CO2 in geologic reservoirs. In doing so it synthesizes innovative research in both seismology and geomechanics.

Covering a range of hydrogen combustion and explosion processes, this work collects many experimental results, providing valuable information on the thermo-gas-dynamical parameters of combustion processes in a range of scientific and industrial applications.

This book examines the wide range of phenomena and processes applicable to the study of transport of species in porous materials. It explains the true properties of porous materials particularly in terms of nano, micro and macro mechanisms.

This book covers the important issues of terminal ballistics, combining experimental data, numerical simulations and analytical modeling. It demonstrates the advantages of numerical simulations in understanding the basic physics behind the subject.

The unexpected patterns on a bird's body are often seen as bizarre events that demand little attention. This book presents findings in molecular biology related to avian structure and function. After reading this, you'll never see birds the same way again.

This book provides state-of-the-art knowledge in continuum concepts and associated fluid dynamics. It supplies the means to design mathematical models of these flows that adequately express the engineering physics involved.

This book presents the state of the art of cognitive information systems. It details the fundamentals of cognitive informatics, guiding readers on an interesting journey through the intricacies of information and cognitive science.

This book provides an overview of the development of the Common Information Model (CIM), describes which international projects and roadmaps have already been covered and outlines the basic use cases for CIM. Covers both theoretical and practical aspects.

This book introduces the capability map, a novel general representation of the kinematic capabilities of a robot arm. The coverage includes examples from several distinct application domains, including a bi-manual interface for tele-operation and more.

This book covers advances in the algorithms used for processing satellite accelerometry and Two-Line Element (TLE) orbit data in the collection of data on atmosphere and wind. Coverage includes an extensive analysis of the resulting density and wind products.

Undertaken with the aim of providing a better understanding of the multiphase fluid flow characteristics of fluid-rock systems during the geo-sequestration process, the research detailed in this volume addresses issues not previously covered in the literature.

This two-pronged research paper details a new approach to detecting and tracking extreme weather in climate models as well as applying an extreme-value statistical model to facilitate modeling assessment of possible changes in severe weather patterns.

Focusing on the physical aspects of ultrasonic de-ashing and de-sulfurization, such as cavitation, streaming and their combined effects, this thesis proposes an ultrasound-assisted coal particle breakage mechanism using aqueous and solvent-based techniques.

This book examines income inequality in China using a two-sectors model to analyze the impact of population migration from urban areas to rural areas on income inequality of residents. Includes an economic mode explaining the causes of rent-seeking activities.

The book analyzes export consortia from the strategic management perspective. Insights into the functioning of export consortia may also be of interest to policy-makers and institutions that develop support programs for the growth of SMEs in developing countries.