This book highlights the practical models and algorithms of earth observation satellite (EOS) task scheduling. EOS task scheduling is a typical complex combinatorial optimization problem with NP-Hard computational complexity. It is a key technology in aerospace scheduling and has attracted global attention. Based on the actual needs of the EOS operation control center, the book summarizes and reviews the state of the art in this research and engineering field. In both deterministic scenari...

Real Taoist power was never about escaping your life. It's about the life you already have.The old stories promise hidden mountains and secret masters. The truth is quieter — and closer. For a householder with a job, a family, bills, and a body that gets tired, the classic practices can feel like they belong to someone else's life. This book argues they belong to yours.Master Tian-Hao Chen lays out a complete ninety-day path through Taoist cultivation and practical magick, ...

A complete twelve-week path from occult curiosity to a grounded daily ceremonial magick practice - no lodge, no elaborate temple, no blind belief required.You have read the books. You have six tabs open, four conflicting systems, and no idea where to actually begin. Every source seems written for someone with a temple room, a teacher, or absolute certainty you do not have.This book is the missing first step. Western Occultism and Ceremonial Magick in 12 Weeks takes you from...

This book constitutes the proceedings of First International Workshop, TML4H 2023, held virtually, in May 2023.The 16 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 30 submissions. The goal of this workshop is to bring together experts from academia, clinic, and industry with an insightful vision of promoting trustworthy machine learning in healthcare in terms of scalability, accountability, and explainability.

Processes of flow and displacement of multiphase fluids through porous media occur in many subsurface systems and have found wide applications in many scientific, technical, and engineering fields. This book focuses on the fundamental theory of fluid flow in porous media, covering fluid flow theory in classical and complex porous media, such as fractured porous media and physicochemical fluid flow theory. Key concepts are introduced concisely and derivations of equations are presented logi...

This book brings together scientific experts in different areas that contribute to the design, analysis, and performance of sustainable pavements. This book also contributes to transportation engineering challenges and solutions, evaluate the state of the art, identify the shortcomings and opportunities for research, and promote the interaction with the industry. In particular, scientific topics that are addressed in this book include the use of different waste and recycled materials to im...

This book aims to reveal the dynamic mechanism of China's economic system innovation. It measures the efficiency of China’s economic growth under the New Normal with the tools of DEA, SFA, and PCA. The book analyzes the contribution of capital, labor, and productivity to China's economic growth by Solow residual value method and the power source of China's economic development under the New Normal. In this book, it adopts the vertical integration of logical thinking, combined with the hori...

This book constitutes the MICCAI Challenge, MMAC 2023, that held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2023, Vancouver, BC, Canada, which took place in October 2023.The 11 long papers included in this volume presents a wide range of state-of-the-art deep learning methods developed for the various tasks presented in the challenge.

This book contains the selected proceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Energy Engineering, held in Xi'an, China, December 15-17, 2023. The conference explores advances and practical applications in energy research and engineering, and delves into innovative approaches in four specialized tracks: New Transportation Energy, Power and Energy, Applied Thermal Energy, and Oil and Natural Gas Engineering. It explores strategies for accelerating the transition to renewable energy, op...

The results of computational model simulations allow researchers and clinicians to make predictions about what will happen in the biological systems that are being studied in response to changing conditions for a disease or disorder. With a well-developed computational model, researchers and clinicians can better understand the cause of a disease or a disorder and predict treatment results. Computational Models for Biomedical Reasoning and Problem Solving is a critical scholarly publicatio...

This book constitutes the proceedings of Second International Workshop on Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare, TAI4H 2024, held in Jeju, South Korea, in August 2024, in conjunction with the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IJCAI 2024.The 13 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 21 submissions. They focus on trustworthy artificial intelligence, healthcare, generalization, explainability, fairness, privacy...

Within modern forensic science and criminal investigation, experts face several challenges including managing huge amounts of data, handling miniscule pieces of evidence in a chaotic and complex environment, navigating traditional laboratory structures, and, sometimes, dealing with insufficient knowledge. These challenges must be overcome to avoid failure in investigation or miscarriage of justice. Technologies to Advance Automation in Forensic Science and Criminal Investigation provides a...