This book is concerned with the variance-constrained optimized filtering problems and their potential applications for nonlinear time-varying dynamical systems. The distinguished features of this book are highlighted as follows.(1) A unified framework is provided for handling the variance-constrained filtering problems of nonlinear time-varying dynamical systems with incomplete information.(2) The application potentials of variance-constrained optimized filtering in network...

Gene flow is a natural process that occurs spontaneously and enables the evolution of life. However, with the release of genetically modified organisms, concerns have focused on introduced foreign transgenes and their dispersal in nature through gene flow. This book examines gene flow of transgenes, such as herbicide resistance genes, with the goal of understanding the factors that may affect the process of gene flow. A greater biological understanding is essential to make sound management...

This monograph introduces methods for handling filtering and control problems in nonlinear stochastic systems arising from network-induced phenomena consequent on limited communication capacity. Such phenomena include communication delay, packet dropout, signal quantization or saturation, randomly occurring nonlinearities and randomly occurring uncertainties.The text is self-contained, beginning with an introduction to nonlinear stochastic systems, network-induced phenomena and fil...

This book presents neuromorphic cognitive systems from a learning and memory-centered perspective. It illustrates how to build a system network of neurons to perform spike-based information processing, computing, and high-level cognitive tasks. It is beneficial to a wide spectrum of readers, including undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers who are interested in neuromorphic computing and neuromorphic engineering, as well as engineers and professionals in industry who are i...

This Element aims to provide a comprehensive and in-depth exploration of the issue of plagiarism in second language writing. It first outlines the importance of plagiarism as a real-world issue cutting across educational and cultural contexts and touches upon several prominent controversies over the issue. Then the Element defines and conceptualises plagiarism by critically examining the diverse extant definitions and discussing various discourses on plagiarism. Following that, it explores...

The book offers a thorough review of the historical evolution of the economic theory of socialism with Chinese characteristics since the reform and opening-up, systematically analyzing the substantial achievements and significant successes China has made over the past 40 years. It covers various areas, including the basic socialist economic system, market economy theory, the theory of the primary stage of socialism, income distribution theory, macroeconomic regulation, and foreign opening-...

This book explores how genomic data are revolutionising basic and applied invasion science. It shows how genomic technologies can reveal key drivers of biological invasions, such as hybridisation and rapid adaptation, and illustrates major breakthroughs achieved through the study of model systems. Multiple layers of variation are considered, including epigenetic variation and genetic variation, from chromosomal rearrangements to single nucleotide polymorphisms. Applied topics emphasise sta...

CO₂ Mineralization for Construction Materials and Products is a comprehensive exploration of this emerging field, offering a detailed overview of the science, technology, and applications of CO₂ mineralization techniques in the construction industry. The book covers the basics of mineralization: principles, microstructure, and techniques, as well as mineralization of a range of cementitious products. It also provides unique practical applications and case studies from both academi...

This two-volume set LNICST 693-694 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the19th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, Pervasive Health 2025, held in Eindhoven, The Netherlands during October 15–17, 2025.The 43 full papers, 10 posters, 6 position papers, and 3 workshop proposals presented in these volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 140 submissions. They are organized into topical sections as follows:Part I: AI Comp...

These two volumes constitute the revised selected papers of the 6th International Conference, CSEI 2024, held in Haikou, China, during November 1–3, 2024.The 51 full papers included in these volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 171 submissions. They cover a wide range of areas related to educational information science and technology, educational informatization and big data for education, innovative application for the deeper integration of education practice and info...

Wireless mesh networks (WMN) encompass a new area of technology set to play an important role in the next generation wireless mobile networks. WMN is characterized by dynamic self-organization, self-configuration, and self-healing to enable flexible integration, quick deployment, easy maintenance, low costs, high scalability, and reliable services.

These two volumes constitute the revised selected papers of the 6th International Conference, CSEI 2024, held in Haikou, China, during November 1–3, 2024.The 51 full papers included in these volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 171 submissions. They cover a wide range of areas related to educational information science and technology, educational informatization and big data for education, innovative application for the deeper integration of education practice and info...