This book constitutes the proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Hybrid Artificial Intelligence Systems, HAIS 2025, held in Salamanca, Spain, during October 16–17, 2025.The 53 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 120 submissions. They focus on the following topical sections:Part I: Agricultural and Environmental Monitoring; Biomedical Applications; Cybersecurity and Network Protection; Data Mining and Decision Support Syst...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Hybrid Artificial Intelligence Systems, HAIS 2025, held in Salamanca, Spain, during October 16–17, 2025.The 53 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 120 submissions. They focus on the following topical sections:Part I: Agricultural and Environmental Monitoring; Biomedical Applications; Cybersecurity and Network Protection; Data Mining and Decision Support Syst...

This Open Access book aims to present practical contributions to the ethics governance framework, the conceptualization and characteristics of ethics tools, as well as the experience gained from their application in different institutions.Its main objective is to provide a practical and useful guide that will help other institutions to start introducing Research Ethics effectively in their organizations. The European initiative ETHNA System has designed an ethics governance framewo...

Microplastic pollution is an increasingly important issue in science, industry, and politics. This book presents global case studies from fields such as materials science, analytical chemistry, toxicology, and public health. It explores the widespread presence of microplastics in the environment and details the methods used for their detection, separation, and identification in complex environmental samples. The book examines the fate and transport of microplastics in wastewater treatment ...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Hybrid Artificial Intelligence Systems, HAIS 2026, held in Marbella, Spain, during June 18–19, 2026.The 38 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 89 submissions. They are organized into the the following topical sections: Health & Biomedical AI; Applied AI: Food, Water & Resources; Vision, Robotics & Inspection; LLMs, RAG & Agents; Hybrid Optimization & Planning; Hybri...

This two-part proceedings volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Hybrid Artificial Intelligent Systems (HAIS 2024), held in Salamanca, Spain, during October 9–11, 2024.The 52 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 112 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows:Part I: Biomedical Applications, Data Mining and Decision Support Systems, Deep Learning, Evolutionary Computation and Optimization....

The First World War and its aftermath were significant events with widespread consequences that impacted everyday people. This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the various ways in which the Great War affected urban life, extending beyond the typically recognized regions such as the European Great powers, the USA, and its colonies and spheres of influence. It explores the impacts on peripheral cities in East Asia, Southern Europe, Latin America, and Africa, which have often been ...

This two-part proceedings volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Hybrid Artificial Intelligent Systems (HAIS 2024), held in Salamanca, Spain, during October 9–11, 2024.The 52 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 112 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows:Part I: Biomedical Applications, Data Mining and Decision Support Systems, Deep Learning, Evolutionary Computation and Optimization....

This volume of LNNS contains accepted papers presented at DCAI conference in the Special Session on Intelligent Systems Applications (ISA), Salamanca (Spain), June 2024. ISA is a major forum for presentation of development and applications of innovative techniques in the fields of building management, assistive technologies, the applied engineering, and industry. The scientific committee of the ISA has selected 9 full papers for its publication. This year ISA Special Session has teamed up ...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Entertainment Computing (IFIP-ICEC 2024) which was held in Manaus, Brazil, during September 30 – October 3, 2024.The 13 full papers, 8 short papers and 17 papers of other types presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. The works collected in this volume discuss latest findings in the areas of Game Experience, Player Engagement and Analysis, Serious Gamepla...

This volume of Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing contains accepted papers presented at the SOCO 2024 conference held in the beautiful and historic city of Salamanca (Spain) in October 2024.Soft computing represents a collection or set of computational techniques in machine learning, computer science, and some engineering disciplines that investigate, simulate, and analyze very complex issues and phenomena.After a thorough peer-review process, the 18th SOCO 2023 Int...

This book highlights cutting-edge research in the field of network science, offering scientists, researchers, students, and practitioners a unique update on the latest advances in theory and a multitude of applications. It presents the peer-reviewed proceedings of the X International Conference on Complex Networks and their Applications (COMPLEX NETWORKS 2021). The carefully selected papers cover a wide range of theoretical topics such as network models and measures; community structure, n...