General Fractional Derivatives with Applications in Viscoelasticity introduces the newly established fractional-order calculus operators involving singular and non-singular kernels with applications to fractional-order viscoelastic models from the calculus operator viewpoint. Fractional calculus and its applications have gained considerable popularity and importance because of their applicability to many seemingly diverse and widespread fields in science and engineering. Many operations in...

The book focuses on control methods of hardware-in-the-loop simulation robots on the ground to simulate the contact dynamics of spacecraft and space manipulators in space. Both principles and engineering practice have been addressed. This is achieved by providing an in-depth study of several major topics such as control system structure and modeling, simulation distortion analysis, distortion compensation control methods, simulation and experimental verification, and applications. The comp...

This book investigates the control and optimization of grid-tied power converters, with a special attention attached to pulse width modulation, which determines the size and cost of power converters as well as switching harmonics. Through the methods introduced in this book, multiple grid-tied power converters safely operate and coordinate in a highly efficient and reliable fashion, thereby boosting the operation of modern power grids. To facilitate understanding, the key methods are prese...

This book delves into the problems and challenges faced in achieving improved performance in connected vehicles traffic flow prediction in intelligent connected transportation systems and provides an in-depth analysis of spatial-temporal feature extraction, global local spatial feature extraction, and fusion of external factors. The book is divided into ten chapters, and the introductory section presents the history of the development of artificial intelligence and graph neural networks in...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the foundational attributes of the Particle Swarm Optimization(PSO) algorithm, including general descriptions, topological structures, evaluation metrics, and diversity. It explores in depth the issues of premature convergence and the kinematic characteristics of the Gbest (Global best), Pbest (Personal best), and standard particle models. The book also introduces a stability criterion based on dynamic time-varying systems and examines the Mar...

This book starts from the design requirements of variable geometry turbines for marine gas turbines. It systematically and comprehensively introduces the flow mechanism and characteristics of variable geometry turbines, aerodynamic design methods, variable vane turning design methods, structural design technology of the variable vane system, aerodynamic characteristics and reliability test technology for variable geometry turbines, and so on.

This book addresses the high performance computing of the Discrete Element Model (DEM). It is a comprehensive presentation of parallel implementation of the DEM on three popular parallel computing platforms; the multi-core PC, the GPU computer, and the cluster supercomputer. Featuring accompanying MatLab source this book helps you implement the DEM model for use with high performing technology, for particular implementation of the dynamic failure of solids, granular flow and stress wave pr...

Algae are sunlight-driven cell factories, and can efficiently absorb CO2 and convert light energy to chemical energy such as lipid, starch and other carbohydrates and release O2. Algal feedstock is a promising resource for bioproduct production, given its high photosynthetic efficiency for producing biomass compared to conventional crops. Microalgae can be used for flue-gas and wastewater bioremediation. This book highlights recent breakthroughs in the multidisciplinary areas of algal biot...

China in the Era of Social Media discusses how social media is changing the world in an unprecedented way through speed, scope, and depth. In the last decade or so, social media in China has witnessed the most explosive growth in the world. Being the most populous nation in the world, it has the most social media users in the world as well. This book examines the current situation and unique characteristics of Chinese social media, the significance of social media in the country’s...

Social media platforms have been ubiquitously used in our daily lives and are steadily transforming the ways people communicate, socialize and conduct business. However, the growing popularity of social media adversely leads to wild spread of unreliable information. This in turn inevitably creates serious pollution problem of the global social media environment, which is harmful against humanity. For example, President Donald Trump used social media strategically to win in the 2016 USA Pre...

A comprehensive review of both the causes of greenhouse gas emissions from livestock and the range of ways these emissions can be reducedParticularly strong focus on the range of nutritional strategies, from forage and silage to feed supplements such as plant bioactive compounds and direct-fed microbials as well as inhibitors and vaccinesCovers other approaches such as genetics and selection, improved husbandry as well as manure management

This volume explores the latest developments in protein secretion research in plants, as compared to yeast and mammalian systems. The chapters in this book present a diverse and thorough perspective of the field and cover topics such as bioinformatic analysis, proteomic studies, ultrastructural analysis, and genetic screening methods. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the...