Gain a solid understanding of algorithms and improve your problem-solving abilities using Python code. With practical examples and clear explanations, this book bridges the gap between dense academic texts and overly simple industry guides.Focusing on the logic behind essential algorithms such as Breadth First Search (BFS), Depth First Search (DFS), Divide-and-Conquer, Greedy Methods, and Dynamic Programming, the book provides ample examples, from easy to more advanced. By connecti...

A comprehensive review of state-of-the-art CCHP modeling, optimization, and operation theory and practiceThis book was written by an international author team at the forefront of combined cooling, heating, and power (CCHP) systems R&D. It offers systematic coverage of state-of-the-art mathematical modeling, structure optimization, and CCHP system operation, supplemented with numerous illustrative case studies and examples.CCHP systems are an exciting emergi...

Mit der Reihe Chinesische Perspektiven sollen grundlegende Werke chinesischen Denkens einem größeren deutschen Publikum zugänglich gemacht werden. Mit dem vorliegenden Band, der anlässlich des 40. Jahrestages der Aufnahme der diplomatischen Beziehungen zwischen China und Deutschland verfasst wurde, halten uns die Herausgeber einen faszinierenden Spiegel vor. Der chinesische, auf jeden Fall gut gemeinte Blick auf Deutschland ist auch und gerade für uns reich an Informationen und gibt Anlass...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of marine control system design related to underwater robotics applications. In particular, it presents novel optimization-based model predictive control strategies to solve control problems appearing in autonomous underwater vehicle applications. These novel approaches bring unique features, such as constraint handling, prioritization between multiple design objectives, optimal control performance, and robustness against disturbances and uncerta...

This book offers readers a series of robotic methods for manipulating zebrafish larva, one of the most popular model vertebrates widely used in biomedical research and clinical applications. The authors leverage advanced control theories, image processing algorithms, and artificial intelligence to establish a robot-assisted automated or semi-automated zebrafish larva-targeted micromanipulation system for different experimental purposes. The methods presented are generic and can be translat...

This book offers a comprehensive, easy-to-understand overview of receding-horizon control for nonlinear networks. It presents novel general strategies that can simultaneously handle general nonlinear dynamics, system constraints, and disturbances arising in networked and large-scale systems and which can be widely applied. These receding-horizon-control-based strategies can achieve sub-optimal control performance while ensuring closed-loop stability: a feature attractive to engineers....

La riscoperta delle proprie radici si accompagna a una serie inevitabile di nuove sfide, spesso estremamente pericolose…Dopo il successo del romanzo "Il cinese" (2018), Andrea Cotti torna a narrare le avventure del suo personaggio più amato, il vicequestore italo-cinese Luca Wu. Tormentato dai problemi coniugali con Anna – complici, se non altro, i ripetuti tradimenti di lui – l'investigatore trova l'occasione per allontanarsi momentaneamente da Roma e dall'amato figlio Giacomo. I ...

Nel commissariato di Torpignattara, quartiere della periferia romana, c'è un nuovo vicequestore, Luca Wu, il primo poliziotto di origini cinesi in forza in questo distretto. Quando due rapinatori uccidono un commerciante cinese e sua figlia, Luca comincia ad indagare trovandosi presto avviluppato nelle trame criminali che si snodano nel sottobosco capitolino. Un giallo dal ritmo serrato, ambientato nella Chinatown romana, che immerge gli ascoltatori in un mondo parallelo fatto di lotte tra...

This book presents macroscopic theories of magnetoelastic interactions in solids, mainly for saturated ferromagnetoelastic materials. In these materials, the distributed magnetic moments are aligned and have a fixed magnitude. A disturbance of the magnetic moments propagates as what is called spin waves. In elastic ferromagnets, acoustic waves may interact with spin waves, which is referred to as phonon-magnon interaction. Continuum modeling of magnetoelastic interactions in saturated ferr...

This textbook presents a concise and comprehensive treatment of the theory of elasticity. It covers both the linear and nonlinear aspects of the theory, including both statics and dynamics. Written to be accessible to the graduate student reader, this text promotes approachability by minimizing the use of complex mathematical tools, and instead emphasizing the formulation of the initial boundary value problems. This approach makes it an ideal resource for students as well as instructors se...

CHECK DAM CONSTRUCTION FOR SUSTAINABLE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT AND PLANNINGAuthoritative and comprehensive reference on the potential for watershed development through the use of check damsCheck Dam Construction for Sustainable Watershed Management and Planning summarizes current knowledge of check dams as key soil and water conservation structures in some of the most sensitive and vulnerable ecosystems in the world, as exemplified by...

A fully comprehensive examination of state-of-the-art technologies for measurement at the small scale• Highlights the advanced research work from industry and academia in micro-nano devices test technology• Written at both introductory and advanced levels, provides the fundamentals and theories• Focuses on the measurement techniques for characterizing MEMS/NEMS devices