This book provides an analytic description of the converging trend entailed by the technological development related to cinema industries. It is becoming essential for the development of the cinema industry to settle the competition issues raised by the convergence trade. Furthermore, this book tries to define the relationship between the production, distribution and exhibition stages of the cinema industry. In the end, this book explores the impact the latest technology can have on the ov...

This two volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th EAI International Conference on Communications and Networking, ChinaCom 2019, held in November/December 2019 in Shanghai, China. The 81 papers presented were carefully selected from 162 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on Internet of Things (IoT), antenna, microwave and cellular communication, wireless communications and networking, network and information security, communication QoS, reliability ...

Ion channels generate bioelectricity. Recent findings have documented the biophysical properties, the structure, assembly and regulation, and function and dysfunction of nonclassical nervous system ion channels. This book reviews nonclassical ion channel research, ranging from the basic biology, structure, regulations to their functions not only in normal physiology but also neurological disorders, using a variety of cutting-edge techniques and novel animal models.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th EAI International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems, ChinaCom 2023, held in Sanya, China, in November 2023.The 34 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 88 submissions.The conference covers a wide range of topics, such as: advanced networking and optimization strategies; signal processing and communication optimization; deep learning applications and optimization; ...

A fully comprehensive introduction to smart grid standards and their applications for developers, consumers and service providersThe critical role of standards for smart grid has already been realized by world-wide governments and industrial organizations. There are hundreds of standards for Smart Grid which have been developed in parallel by different organizations. It is therefore necessary to arrange those standards in such a way that it is easier for r...

This book proposes the concept of a multi-layer pavement system to fulfill the blast resistance requirement for pavement design. It also presents a damage pattern chart for multi-layer pavement design and rapid repair after blast load. Such a multi-layer system consists of three layers including asphalt concrete (AC) reinforced with Geogrid (GST) at the top, a high-strength concrete (HSC) layer in the middle, and engineered cementitious composites (ECC) at the bottom. A series of large-sca...

Although the particle swarm optimisation (PSO) algorithm requires relatively few parameters and is computationally simple and easy to implement, it is not a globally convergent algorithm. In Particle Swarm Optimisation: Classical and Quantum Perspectives, the authors introduce their concept of quantum-behaved particles inspired by quantum mechanics, which leads to the quantum-behaved particle swarm optimisation (QPSO) algorithm. This globally convergent algorithm has fewer...

The Beauty of Mathematics in Computer Science explains the mathematical fundamentals of information technology products and services we use every day, from Google Web Search to GPS Navigation, and from speech recognition to CDMA mobile services. The book was published in Chinese in 2011 and has sold more than 600,000 copies. Readers were surprised to find that many daily-used IT technologies were so tightly tied to mathematical principles. For example, the automatic classi...

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 13th EAI International Conference on Broadband Communications, Networks, and Systems, Broadnets 2022, which took place in March 2023. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually.The 9 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 23 submissions. The papers are thematically grouped as follows: Mobile Communication Networks; Mobile Software Security; and Algorithm, Model and Applica...

This proceedings constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Communications and Networking, ChinaCom 2022, held in November 19-20, 2022. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually.The 31 full papers presented were carefully selected from 83 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on Signal Processing and Communication Optimization; Scheduling and Transmission Optimization; Network Communication Performance Enhanceme...

This two volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th EAI International Conference on Communications and Networking, ChinaCom 2019, held in November/December 2019 in Shanghai, China. The 81 papers presented were carefully selected from 162 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on Internet of Things (IoT), antenna, microwave and cellular communication, wireless communications and networking, network and information security, communication QoS, reliability ...

This book aims to examine innovation in the fields of computer engineering and networking. The book covers important emerging topics in computer engineering and networking, and it will help researchers and engineers improve their knowledge of state-of-art in related areas. The book presents papers from The Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Computer Engineering and Network (CENet2013) which was held on 20-21 July, in Shanghai, China.