In the era of e-commerce and digitalization, new commercial patterns and opportunities are emerging. For example, in addition to traditional reselling marketing channels, manufacturers can easily open direct channels using a variety of digital marketing strategies. These new marketing channels will cause conflict and competition between manufacturers and resellers. This raises the important question of how to make optimal decisions for multiple players in dual-channel supply chain contexts...

This unique compendium describes the development status and trends of international climate-smart agriculture, research methods and development strategies, monitoring, evaluation and extension, typical cases and their implications for the development of climate-smart agriculture in China.The useful reference text also comprehensively summarizes the relevant achievements and experiences obtained by the Climate-Smart Staple Crop Production Project, and highlights future policy sugges...

This book tackles the intricacies of decision-making processes where alternatives stem from distinct, finite sets. Discover the cutting-edge in decision-making with our groundbreaking book on complex two-sided matching methods. Harnessing the power of probabilistic linguistic term sets, it introduces innovative methods that enhance matching efficiency and practicality.It addresses the pressing question of how to navigate and optimize in scenarios with multifaceted matching challeng...

In an era where efficiency and real-time data are paramount, “Edge Computing Applications in Supply Chain Management” delves into the transformative power of edge computing across the supply chain. This comprehensive guide explores how edge computing enhances procurement, production, warehousing, logistics, and last-mile delivery by bringing computational power closer to data sources. Through detailed analysis and real-world case studies, this book illustrates how edge computing reduces la...

"Colours of Malaysia: The Art of Amirudin Ariffin" features the works of Malaysian artist Amirudin Ariffin whose oil paintings and watercolours capture the true spirit of Malaysia and the lives and emotions of ordinary citizens. For the first time, some of Ariffin's most distinctive and remarkable works, including city scenes, landscapes, portraits, and abstracts, are brought together in a single volume that demonstrates the quality and breadth of his art and the narratives underlying the ...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference on Theory and Applications of Models of Computation, TAMC 2024, which was held in Hong Kong, China, during May 13–15, 2024.The 30 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 69 submissions. The main themes of the selected papers are computability, complexity, algorithms, information theory, as well as their integration with machine learning theory and the foundations of artificial i...

This book investigates recent progress in synthesis of soft, hard and hybrid Janus structures and looks at processing strategy, such as emulsion polymerization, microfluidics, co-jetting and seeded growth. Also reviewed are both the experimental and theoretical studies on the unique self-assembly behaviour of Janus particles.Janus particles are special types of nanoparticles whose surfaces have two or more distinct physical properties. These two hemistructures are of different composition ...

This book presents over 500 breast imaging questions with detailed answers to prepare readers for the Radiology Core Exam. Radiology residents looking for preparation materials to use for the Core Exam are often frustrated with the lack of resources available. This book addresses that lack by providing an informative and invaluable high-yield breast imaging case review book for board review and lifelong learning purposes.Editors and authors have collected numerous high quality brea...

This collection of folktales provides readers with an extensive overview of the breadth of Tibetan culture, revealing the character of the region and its people as well as their traditional customs and values.Most Westerners are unlikely to travel to the mountainous region of East Asia and experience the Tibetan people and their culture directly. This book provides a way to experience and learn about this remote nation through carefully selected Tibetan folktales t...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Joint Conference on Theoretical Computer Science-Frontier of Algorithmic Wisdom (IJTCS-FAW 2024), consisting of the 18th International Conference on Frontier of Algorithmic Wisdom (FAW) and the 5th International Joint Conference on Theoretical Computer Science (IJTCS), held in Hong Kong, SAR, China, during July 29-31, 2024.FAW started as the Frontiers of Algorithmic Workshop in 2007 at Lanzhou, China, and was h...

This two volume set constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the Second International Conference on Machine Learning and Intelligent Communications, MLICOM 2017, held in Weihai, China, in August 2017.The 143 revised full papers were carefully selected from 225 submissions. The papers are organized thematically in machine learning, intelligent positioning and navigation, intelligent multimedia processing and security, intelligent wireless mobile network and security, c...

Two typical hybrid laser surface modification processes, i.e. electro/magnetic field aided laser process and supersonic laser deposition technology, are introduced in the book, to solve the common problems in quality control and low efficiency of the laser-only surface modification technology, high contamination and high consumption of the traditional surface modification technology. This book focuses on the principle, characteristics, special equipment, process and industrial applications...