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Free Download Advanced Technologies, Systems, and Applications VI: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Innovative and Interdisciplinary Applications of Advanced Technologies (IAT) 2021 by Naida Ademović
English | PDF,EPUB | 2022 | 803 Pages | ISBN : 3030900541 | 216.7 MB
This book presents the innovative and interdisciplinary application of advanced technologies. It includes the scientific outcomes and results of the conference 12th Day of Bosnian-Herzegovinian American Academy of Art and Sciences held in Mostar, Bosnia, and Herzegovina, June 24-27, 2021. The latest developments in various fields of engineering have been presented through various papers in civil engineering, mechanical engineering, computing, electrical and electronics engineering, and others. A new session, Sustainable Urban Development: Designing Smart, Inclusive and Resilient Cities, was organized, enabling experts in this field to exchange their knowledge and expertise.

Free Download Advanced Concepts for Intelligent Vision Systems: 18th International Conference, ACIVS 2017, Antwerp, Belgium, September 18-21, 2017, Proceedings By Jacques Blanc-Talon
English | PDF | 2017 | 772 Pages | ISBN : 3319703528 | 112.5 MB
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Advanced Concepts for Intelligent Vision Systems, ACIVS 2017, held in Antwerp, Belgium, in September 2017.

Free Download Systems Thinking for Social Change: A Practical Guide to Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results by David Peter Stroh, Tia Rider, Chelsea Green Publishing
English | 2019 | ISBN: B07QHG2YV3 | 6 hours and 17 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 173 Mb
Donors, leaders of nonprofits, and public policy makers usually have the best of intentions to serve society and improve social conditions. But often their solutions fall far short of what they want to accomplish and what is truly needed. Moreover, the answers they propose and fund often produce the opposite of what they want over time. We end up with temporary shelters that increase homelessness, drug busts that increase drug-related crime, or food aid that increases starvation.
How do these unintended consequences come about and how can we avoid them? By applying conventional thinking to complex social problems, we often perpetuate the very problems we try so hard to solve, but it is possible to think differently and get different results. Systems Thinking for Social Change enables listeners to contribute more effectively to society by helping them understand what systems thinking is and why it is so important in their work. It also gives concrete guidance on how to incorporate systems thinking in problem solving, decision making, and strategic planning without becoming a technical expert.

Free Download Urban Energy Systems
by Kumar, Deepak;
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1119847443 | 240 pages | True EPUB | 14.75 MB
URBAN ENERGY SYSTEMS With climate change and energy issues infiltrating seemingly every aspect of our lives, it is more important than ever to continue the march toward sustainability. It is not just about switching to a gasoline-free car or installing solar panels. Many countries, including our own, are dealing with these very difficult problems by converting to "smart cities" and other "green energy" projects. This is perhaps one of the most important issues facing our world today. Urban energy systems play a critical role in the sustainability and resilience of smart cities. As cities continue to grow and face increasing energy demands, it becomes essential to develop efficient and sustainable energy solutions. Modelling and simulation techniques provide valuable insights into the design, operation, and optimization of urban energy systems, supporting the transition towards more sustainable and smart cities. This perspective highlights the importance of modelling and simulation in achieving sustainable urban energy systems and their role in shaping smart cities. Modelling and simulation play a crucial role in achieving sustainable urban energy systems and shaping smart cities. By integrating diverse energy systems, optimizing renewable energy integration, enabling demand-side management, supporting microgrid and storage system design, enhancing resilience, and facilitating policy evaluation, these tools empower decision-makers to develop and implement sustainable energy solutions. Embracing a modelling and simulation perspective in urban energy planning supports the transition towards more sustainable, efficient, and resilient smart cities that meet the energy needs of present and future generations. This book uncovers the latest research in the field of urban energy sustainability and climate management. Urban energy sustainability and climate management have been employed successfully for various purposes like human-computer interaction, decision-making, recommender systems, and so on. Data analytics have supported these applications through various efficient and effective methods. Covering all of these topics, this is a "one-stop shop" for engineers, students, policymakers, scientists, and other industry professionals working with smart cities and urban energy systems. It is a must have for any library.

Free Download Unmanned Systems : Best of 10 Years (302 Pages)
by Jie Chen, Ben M Chen and Lihua Xie
English | 2023 | ISBN: 9811273316 | 303 pages | True PDF | 127.35 MB
Launched in 2013, the journal Unmanned Systems has published more than 200 articles reporting on the state-of-art development in the field. This review volume has selected the 15 best articles of the journal to mark its 10-year anniversary as well as the progress achieved in the field of unmanned systems in the last decade.The articles selected in this celebratory volume cover all subjects related to the development of automatic machine systems in unmanned hardware platforms (aerial, ground, underwater and unconventional platforms), unmanned software systems, energy systems, modelling and control, communications systems, computer vision systems, sensing and information processing, navigation and path planning, computing, information fusion, multi-agent systems, mission management, machine intelligence, artificial intelligence, and innovative application case studies.An analytical review that examines the selected articles under the human cognitive perceptual cycle, to perceive, learn, remember, and think about information is also included in this collection.

Free Download Systems Engineering Demystified, Second Edition
by Jon Holt
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1804610682 | 533 pages | True/Retail PDF EPUB | 64.76 MB
Learn to identify problems when developing complex systems and design effective solutions using a model based system engineering approach.

Free Download Survey of Operating Systems, 7th Edition
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1265264694 | 481 pages | True PDF | 116.08 MB
McGraw-Hill Education is proud to introduce the seventh edition of Jane and Charles Holcombe’s Survey of Operating Systems. This title provides an introduction to the most widely used desktop operating systems (including Windows, Apple OS X, and Linux) using numerous illustrations and hands-on activities to build a foundation for success in the IT field, empowering students to adapt to different job situations and troubleshoot problems. The new edition features updated information on mobile operating systems, as well as chapters on subjects peripheral to operating systems, such as File Management in the Cloud – previously only offered as online content.

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Free Download Solar Collectors and Systems
by Haj, Mamdouh El;
English | 2023 | ISBN: 979-8886977745 | 172 pages | True PDF | 19.64 MB
Sustainability enhances human beings’ lives, preserves their ecosystem and conserves natural resources. One of the most important steps towards sustainability is the development of renewable energy systems. Hence, different renewable energy technologies have been introduced, developed and applied in recent decades. Among different renewable energy sources, a solar energy source is one of the most attractive options for a variety of purposes, namely power generation, heating, cooling and freshwater production. The necessity of the development and performance improvement of solar energy technologies require deep insight into their working principles, effective factors and potentials of modifications. In this book, solar collectors and systems are the focus, as well as their use in a number of different applications, from power generation to heating, cooling and desalination. Furthermore, some promising approaches for the improvement of these systems and enhancement of their reliability such as the employment of quantum dots materials and storage units are represented and discussed. This book will be useful for the scholars and engineers working on solar systems and their relevant technologies and components.

Free Download Self-Powered Cyber Physical Systems
by Gatti, Rathishchandra R.;Singh, Chandra;Agrawal, Rajeev;Serrao, Felcy Jyothi;
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1119841887 | 415 pages | True PDF | 12.25 MB
This book is an attempt to aim at a very futuristic vision of achieving self-powered cyber-physical systems by applying a multitude of current technologies such as ULP electronics, thin film electronics, ULP transducers, autonomous wireless sensor networks using energy harvesters at the component level and energy efficient clean energy for powering data centers and machines at the system level. This is the need of the hour for cyber-physical systems since data requires energy when it is stored, transmitted, or converted to other forms. Cyber-physical systems will become energy hungry since the industry trend is towards ubiquitous computing with massive deployment of sensors and actuators. This is evident in using blockchain technologies such as Bitcoin or running epochs for artificial intelligence (AI) applications. Hence, there is a need for research to understand energy patterns and distribution in cyber-physical systems and adopt new technologies to transcend to self-powered cyber-physical systems. This book explores the recent trends in energy management, self-powered devices, and methods in the cyber-physical world. Written and edited by a team of experts in the field, this book tackles a multitude of subjects related to cyber physical systems (CPSs), including self-powered sensory transducers, ambient energy harvesting for wireless sensor networks, actuator methods and non-contact sensing equipment for soft robots, alternative optimization strategies for DGDCs to improve task distribution and provider profits, wireless power transfer methods, machine learning algorithms for CPS and IoT applications, integration of renewables, electric vehicles (EVs), smart grids, RES micro-grid and EV systems for effective load matching, self-powered car cyber-physical systems, anonymous routing and intrusion detection systems for VANET security, data-driven pavement distress prediction methods, the impact of autonomous vehicles on industries and the auto insurance market, Intelligent transportation systems and associated security concerns, digital twin prototypes and their automotive applications, farming robotics for CPS farming, self-powered CPS in smart cities, self-powered CPS in healthcare and biomedical devices, cyber-security considerations, societal impact and ethical concerns, and advances in human-machine interfaces and explore the integration of self-powered CPS in industrial automation. Whether for the veteran engineer or student, this volume is a must-have for any library.

Free Download Quality Function Deployment and Systems Supportability; Achieving Key Performance Parameters and Ensuring Functional Alignment
by John Longshore; Angela Cheatham; Jim Gibson
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1032372508 | 261 pages | True PDF | 20.67 MB
This book not only presents the overall development of quality function deployment (QFD) and what it has been used for to date but a new product support orientation by which it can be employed. It is product and service "system" focused and presents how blending the processes and elements of supportability and analysis into a QFD-modeled methodology can achieve optimal cost savings and performance efficiency and effectiveness. In addition, a working model is provided that will assist those that elect to use such an approach to current/new product and/or service development.