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2. Clean Ruby: A Guide to Crafting Better Code for Rubyists#
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Carleton DiLeo
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Internet of things ,Machine learning ,Electronic books - Published
- 2020
3. Designing Connected Products : UX for the Consumer Internet of Things.
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Rowland, Claire, Goodman, Elizabeth, Charlier, Martin, Light, Ann, and Lui, Alfred
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Ubiquitous computing ,Internet of things ,User interfaces (Computer systems) - Abstract
Summary: Networked thermostats, fitness monitors, and door locks show that the Internet of Things can (and will) enable new ways for people to interact with the world around them. But designing connected products for consumers brings new challenges beyond conventional software UI and interaction design. This book provides experienced UX designers and technologists with a clear and practical roadmap for approaching consumer product strategy and design in this novel market. By drawing on the best of current design practice and academic research, Designing Connected Products delivers sound advice for working with cross-device interactions and the complex ecosystems inherent in IoT technology.
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- 2015
4. Sustainable Energy Systems: Efficiency and Optimization.
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Brent, Alan, Nakata, Toshihiko, and Brent, Alan
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Research & information: general ,renewable portfolio standards ,emissions trading scheme ,optimal operational strategy ,generation expansion plan ,energy planning ,public institution ,passive energy ,CRITIC method ,urban metabolism ,household energy metabolism ,household energy metabolism assessment methods ,household energy consumption ,energy systems optimisation ,exergy analysis ,cumulative-exergy consumption minimisation ,multi-energy systems ,energy-system design ,municipal energy systems ,internet of things ,IoT applications ,energy efficiency ,energy in buildings ,smart energy systems ,smart grid ,flexible demand ,energy storage ,concentrating solar power ,geographic information systems ,potential assessment ,renewable energy ,solar thermal ,South Africa ,CSP ,energy and economy transition ,decision making ,international energy security risk index ,multiple regression analysis ,multicollinearity test ,multicollinearity test with variance inflation factors ,renewable energy systems ,microgrids ,optimal expansion planning ,energy resilience ,resilient energy systems ,critical loads ,electric vehicles ,techno-economic analysis ,HOMER Pro ,New Zealand - Abstract
Summary: This book explores how the concepts, methods and tools of systemic analyses have been utilised in various contexts, and at different levels, to improve the efficiency and optimisation of sustainable energy systems.
5. Machine Learning for Cyber Physical Systems. Selected papers from the International Conference ML4CPS 2020.
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Beyerer, Jürgen, Maier, Alexander, Niggemann, Oliver, and Beyerer, Jürgen
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Electrical engineering ,Communications engineering / telecommunications ,Computer networking & communications ,Cyber-physical systems, IoT ,Communications Engineering, Networks ,Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks ,Cyber-Physical Systems ,Computer Engineering and Networks ,Machine Learning ,Artificial Intelligence ,Cognitive Robotics ,Internet of Things ,Computational intelligence ,Computer-based algorithms ,Smart grid ,Open Access ,Industry 4.0 ,Cybernetics & systems theory - Abstract
Summary: This open access proceedings presents new approaches to Machine Learning for Cyber Physical Systems, experiences and visions. It contains selected papers from the fifth international Conference ML4CPS - Machine Learning for Cyber Physical Systems, which was held in Berlin, March 12-13, 2020. Cyber Physical Systems are characterized by their ability to adapt and to learn: They analyze their environment and, based on observations, they learn patterns, correlations and predictive models. Typical applications are condition monitoring, predictive maintenance, image processing and diagnosis. Machine Learning is the key technology for these developments.
6. Industry 4.0 for SMEs - Smart Manufacturing and Logistics for SMEs.
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Rauch, Erwin, Woschank, Manuel, and Rauch, Erwin
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History of engineering & technology ,latent semantic analysis ,virtual quality management ,concept investigation ,concept disambiguation ,knowledge discovery ,sustainable methodologies ,small and medium sized enterprises ,material handling systems ,simulation ,ARENA®, time study ,overall equipment effectiveness ,manufacturing performance ,Industry 4.0 ,manufacturing sustainability ,manufacturing process model ,business process management ,hierarchical clustering ,similarity ,BPMN ,human factors ,cyber-physical systems ,cyber-physical production systems ,anthropocentric design ,Operator 4.0 ,human-machine interaction ,energy efficient operation ,manufacturing system ,stochastic event ,digital twin ,Max-plus Algebra ,MATLAB-Simulink ,advanced manufacturing ,industry 4.0 ,SME ,technology adoption model ,assembly supply chain ,sustainability ,complexity indicators ,testing criteria ,SMEs ,e-business modelling ,LSP Lifecycle Model ,Quality Function Deployment ,Best-Worst Method ,Internet of Things ,India ,awareness ,small and medium-sized enterprises ,assessment model ,collaborative robotics ,physical ergonomics ,human-robot collaboration ,human-centered design ,assembly ,small and medium sized enterprise ,positive complexity ,negative complexity ,infeasible configurations ,product platform ,customer's perception ,assessment ,field study ,smart manufacturing ,cloud platform ,artificial intelligence ,machine learning ,deep learning ,smart logistics ,logistics 4.0 ,smart technologies ,sustainable agriculture ,plant factory - Abstract
Summary: In recent years, the industrial environment has been changing radically due to the introduction of concepts and technologies based on the fourth industrial revolution, also known as Industry 4.0. After the introduction of Industry 4.0 in large enterprises, SMEs have moved into the focus, as they are the backbone of many economies. Small organizations are increasingly proactive in improving their operational processes, which is a good starting point for introducing the new concepts of Industry 4.0. The readiness of SME-adapted Industry 4.0 concepts and the organizational capability of SMEs to meet this challenge exist only in some areas. This reveals the need for further research and action plans for preparing SMEs in a technical and organizational direction. Therefore, special research and investigations are needed for the implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies and concepts in SMEs. SMEs will only achieve Industry 4.0 by following SME-customized implementation strategies and approaches and realizing SME-adapted concepts and technological solutions. Thus, this Special Issue represents a collection of theoretical models as well as practical case studies related to the introduction of Industry 4.0 concepts in small- and medium-sized enterprises.
7. Challenges and Directions Forward for Dealing with the Complexity of Future Smart Cyber-Physical Systems.
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Törngren, Martin, Gürdür, Didem, Fersman, Elena, Aravantinos, Vincent, Lawson, Harold, and Törngren, Martin
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History of engineering & technology ,component-based software engineering ,mode ,mode-switch ,complexity ,cyber-physical systems ,systems engineering ,uncertainty ,microgrid ,distributed design ,self-similar architecture ,plug-n-play ,distributed control ,distribution network ,field test ,autonomous cyber-physical systems ,resilience ,ethics ,nano-bio-info-cogno technologies ,smart cyber-physical systems ,self-generated intelligence ,ampliative reasoning mechanism ,procedural abduction ,data-driven system control ,run-time acquired data ,computational functions ,self-adaptation capability ,human/socially-centered applications ,embedded systems ,software component ,component-based development ,CBD ,GPU ,GPU component ,allocation ,component allocation ,architecture layer ,time-triggered system ,real-time ,adaptation ,scheduling ,multi-core ,real-time systems ,Fixed-Priority Preemptive Scheduling (FPPS) ,mixed-criticality systems ,n/a ,Cyber Physical Systems ,Reactive Systems ,Model-Based Design ,Embedded Systems ,Automatic Code Generation ,IDE ,Internet of Things ,model testing ,mutation testing ,energy consumption ,EAST-ADL - Abstract
Summary: A key aspect of cyber-physical systems (CPS) is their potential for integrating information technologies with embedded control systems and physical systems to form new or improved functionalities. CPS thus draws upon advances in many areas. This positioning provides unprecedented opportunities for innovation, both within and across existing domains. However, at the same time, it is commonly understood that we are already stretching the limits of existing methodologies. In embarking towards CPS with such unprecedented capabilities, it becomes essential to improve our understanding of CPS complexity and how we can deal with it. Complexity has many facets, including complexity of the CPS itself, of the environments in which the CPS acts, and in terms of the organizations and supporting tools that develop, operate, and maintain CPS. This book is a result of a journal Special Issue, with the objective of providing a forum for researchers and practitioners to exchange their latest achievements and to identify critical issues, challenges, opportunities, and future directions for how to deal with the complexity of future CPS. The contributions include 10 papers on the following topics: (I) Systems and Societal Aspects Related to CPS and Their Complexity; (II) Model-Based Development Methods for CPS; (III) CPS Resource Management and Evolving Computing Platforms; and (IV) Architectures for CPS.
8. Disasters Preparedness and Emergency Response: Prevention, Surveillance and Mitigation Planning.
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Goniewicz, Mariusz and Goniewicz, Mariusz
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Public health & preventive medicine ,alcohol ,ethanol ,pedestrians ,traffic accidents ,flood ,disasters ,emergency preparedness ,hospital preparedness ,Saudi Arabia ,first aid ,education ,basic life support ,cardiopulmonary resuscitation ,feedback device ,simulation ,quality ,skill retention ,motivation ,chest recoil ,mannequin ,contact tracing ,ethics ,pandemic ,psychology ,public education ,public health ,alternative care facilities ,flexible surge capacity ,major incidents and disasters ,surge capacity ,information and communication technology ,smart disaster management system ,Internet of Things ,disaster ,flood early warning ,flood response ,community volunteerism ,disaster volunteer group ,resilience ,governance and planning ,disaster management ,sustainability ,security ,safety ,crisis management ,risk management ,emergencies ,health emergency ,management ,disaster legislation ,preparedness ,COVID-19 ,stress ,stressors ,cortisol ,medical simulation ,low-fidelity simulation ,high-fidelity simulation ,stress appraisal questionnaire ,KOS-B ,nursing ,machine learning ,health geomatics ,geographic information system ,emergency medical services ,spatial filtering ,geo-AI ,resources management - Abstract
Summary: This Special Issue welcomes research papers on new approaches that have been applied or are under development to improve preparedness and emergency response. We especially encourage the submission of inter-disciplinary and crosscutting research. We also encourage the submission of manuscripts that focus on various types of disasters, disaster and emergency research, and on policy or management solutions at multiple scales.
9. Systems Engineering: Availability and Reliability.
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Antosz, Katarzyna, Machado, Jose, Mazurkiewicz, Dariusz, Antonelli, Dario, Soares, Filomena, and Antosz, Katarzyna
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Technology: general issues ,History of engineering & technology ,Quality check ,bike frame ,mathematical model ,graphical user interface ,risk management ,safety assurance ,medical parallel robot ,robotic assisted cancer treatment ,risk performance reasoning ,hidden Markov model ,Handy bauxite carrier ,process safety ,performance evaluation ,safety ,coupling correlation ,risk assessment ,multi-dimensional theory ,precision steel tape ,tape transportation ,roller-tape interactions ,roller-tape contact pair ,reliability ,truck unloading system ,petroleum equipment ,preventive maintenance ,cork-rubber composites ,compression ,apparent compression modulus ,Young's modulus ,bonded condition ,importance measure ,cost ,inventory systems ,air compression system ,nitrogen generation system ,utility module ,availability ,sensitivity analysis ,predictive maintenance ,Industry 4.0 ,Internet of Things ,artificial intelligence ,machine learning ,maintenance ,predictive scheduling ,flow shop ,job shop ,ant colony optimisation ,on-line monitoring ,collaborative robots ,human robot collaboration ,time between failure (TBF) ,common beta hypothesis (CBH) test ,meta-analysis ,level of heterogeneity ,mean time between failure (MTBF) ,text mining ,network-based distributed manufacturing systems ,moth flame optimization algorithm ,support vector machines ,Naive Bayes ,random forest ,decision trees ,supplier classification ,machining centre ,DSM ,Copula function ,fault propagation intensity ,fault propagation behaviour ,lubricity ,gear oil ,wear ,operational reliability ,n/a - Abstract
Summary: Current trends in Industry 4.0 are largely related to issues of reliability and availability. As a result of these trends and the complexity of engineering systems, research and development in this area needs to focus on new solutions in the integration of intelligent machines or systems, with an emphasis on changes in production processes aimed at increasing production efficiency or equipment reliability. The emergence of innovative technologies and new business models based on innovation, cooperation networks, and the enhancement of endogenous resources is assumed to be a strong contribution to the development of competitive economies all around the world. Innovation and engineering, focused on sustainability, reliability, and availability of resources, have a key role in this context. The scope of this Special Issue is closely associated to that of the ICIE'2020 conference. This conference and journal's Special Issue is to present current innovations and engineering achievements of top world scientists and industrial practitioners in the thematic areas related to reliability and risk assessment, innovations in maintenance strategies, production process scheduling, management and maintenance or systems analysis, simulation, design and modelling.
10. Wireless Sensing and Networking for the Internet of Things.
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Lin, Zihuai, Xiang, Wei, and Lin, Zihuai
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Technology: general issues ,History of engineering & technology ,Energy industries & utilities ,lawful interception ,hybrid SDN ,intercept access point ,minimum vertex cover ,text detection ,natural scene ,feature fusion ,soil water content ,sensor networks ,distributed sensing ,IoT measurements ,Precision Agriculture ,moisture sensor ,wireless communication ,LoRa ,LoRaWAN™ ,indoor localisation ,fingerprinting ,landmark ,wearable device ,inertial measurement device ,motion mode detection ,body shadowing compensation ,nearest neighbour ,label-free biosensor ,machine learning ,support vector machine ,artificial neural network ,principal component analysis ,Green IoT ,IIoT ,edge computing ,AI ,edge AI ,sustainability ,digital transition ,digital circular economy ,Industry 5.0 ,direction-of-arrival estimation ,geometric algebra ,ESPRIT algorithm ,electromagnetic vector-sensor array ,hardware security ,electromagnetic sensing ,real time ,cybersecurity ,anomaly detection ,the Internet of Things ,deep learning ,blockchain ,5G/6G ,URLLC ,tactile Internet ,industrial IoT ,network emulator ,robotic simulator ,virtual testbed ,wireless power transfer ,energy harvesting ,power conversion efficiency ,single diode rectifier ,voltage doubler ,harmonic balance method ,autonomous sensor node ,wireless sensor network ,multi-tone signal ,full-wave simulations of PCB ,millimeter wave ,new radio ,unmanned aerial vehicles ,LoS blockage ,closed-from approximation ,rooftop deployments ,coverage path planning ,unmanned aerial vehicle ,cell decomposition ,decomposition methods ,energy-aware approaches ,energy optimal path ,multi-robot systems ,multi-UAV ,smart cities ,Internet of Things (IoT) ,sensors ,6G ,wireless communications ,resilience ,climate change ,connectivity ,data ,wireless systems ,mobile sensors ,D2D ,technological development ,Internet of things ,LoRaWAN ,reliability ,downlink ,safety ,IoT ,LPWAN ,proximal soil sensor device ,conventional communication methods ,ultralow power consumption ,long-distance transmission ,economic value ,inventoried sensor devices ,digital twin ,LSTM model ,n/a - Abstract
Summary: In recent years, we have been witnessing the exponential proliferation of the Internet of Things (IoT), networks of physical devices, vehicles, appliances and other items embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators and connectivity that enables these objects to connect and exchange data. Enabling the introduction of highly efficient IoT, wireless sensing and network technologies will reduce the need for traditional processes that are currently be carried out manually, thus freeing up the precious resources of dwindling working staff, to do more meaningful and human-centered work. This reprint aims to bring together innovative developments in areas related to IoT, wireless sensing and networking. The aspects covered include software-defined network (SDN)-based IoT networks, artificial intelligence (AI) for IoT, industrial IoT, smart sensors, optimization of energy efficiency for IoT, and wireless sensor networks, IoT applications for agriculture, smart cities, healthcare, localization and environment monitoring.
11. Cybersecurity and the Digital Health: An Investigation on the State of the Art and the Position of the Actors.
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Giansanti, Daniele and Giansanti, Daniele
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Medical equipment & techniques ,n/a ,personal health record ,emergency access ,access control ,blockchain ,hyperledger fabric ,hyperledger composer ,auditability ,privacy & ,security ,healthcare ,review ,electronic medical record ,cloud ,internet of things ,technology convergence ,eHealth ,medical devices ,digital health ,mHealth ,cyber-risk ,pacemaker ,artificial pancreas ,app ,regulation ,wearable device ,digital identity ,decentralized identity ,identity management ,smart contract ,Ethereum ,sexism ,social networks ,adolescence ,digital gender gap ,emotional well-being ,healthcare service ,body area network ,privacy ,authentication ,security protocol ,cybersecurity culture ,COVID-19 ,security assessment ,phishing ,health domain ,cybersecurity ,fuzzy cognitive maps ,telehealth ,scenario analysis ,planning ,contact tracing ,pandemic ,fall detection ,fall prediction ,fall prevention ,fall risk factors ,gait assessment ,5G networks ,key performance indicators ,wireless communication ,awareness ,healthcare domain - Abstract
Summary: Cybercrime is increasingly exposing the health domain to growing risk. The push towards a strong connection of citizens to health services, through digitalization, has undisputed advantages. Digital health allows remote care, the use of medical devices with a high mechatronic and IT content with strong automation, and a large interconnection of hospital networks with an increasingly effective exchange of data. However, all this requires a great cybersecurity commitment-a commitment that must start with scholars in research and then reach the stakeholders. New devices and technological solutions are increasingly breaking into healthcare, and are able to change the processes of interaction in the health domain. This requires cybersecurity to become a vital part of patient safety through changes in human behaviour, technology, and processes, as part of a complete solution. All professionals involved in cybersecurity in the health domain were invited to contribute with their experiences. This book contains contributions from various experts and different fields. Aspects of cybersecurity in healthcare relating to technological advance and emerging risks were addressed. The new boundaries of this field and the impact of COVID-19 on some sectors, such as mhealth, have also been addressed. We dedicate the book to all those with different roles involved in cybersecurity in the health domain.
12. Smart Monitoring and Control in the Future Internet of Things.
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Guerrieri, Antonio, Cicirelli, Franco, Vinci, Andrea, and Guerrieri, Antonio
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History of engineering & technology ,atmospheric ,on-line monitoring ,LoRa ,embedded system ,smart environments ,Internet of Things ,indoor occupancy ,machine learning ,data analysis ,landslide susceptibility ,China-Nepal Highway ,LSTM ,remote sensing images ,IoT ,network traffic ,monitoring ,DDoS ,packet classification ,indoor localization ,channel state information ,device-free passive ,WiFi fingerprint ,naive Bayes classification ,feature fusion ,posture recognition ,indoor positioning ,wireless body area network ,Kalman filtering ,multi-sensor combination ,prognostic and health management ,integrative framework ,internet of things ,convolutional neural network ,conditioned-based maintenance ,IoT platform ,intelligent monitoring robot ,active CCTV ,learning model ,electrical devices ,classification ,energy management ,smart environment ,architecture ,blockchain ,communication constraints ,decentralized application ,Ethereum ,Internet of things ,sensing and control ,computational efficiency ,robotic manipulators ,hysteresis ,adaptive control ,wireless sensor network (WSN) ,energy ,ant colony optimization (ACO) ,routing algorithm ,quantum-inspired evolutionary algorithms - Abstract
Summary: The Internet of Things (IoT) and related technologies have the promise of realizing pervasive and smart applications which, in turn, have the potential of improving the quality of life of people living in a connected world. According to the IoT vision, all things can cooperate amongst themselves and be managed from anywhere via the Internet, allowing tight integration between the physical and cyber worlds and thus improving efficiency, promoting usability, and opening up new application opportunities. Nowadays, IoT technologies have successfully been exploited in several domains, providing both social and economic benefits. The realization of the full potential of the next generation of the Internet of Things still needs further research efforts concerning, for instance, the identification of new architectures, methodologies, and infrastructures dealing with distributed and decentralized IoT systems; the integration of IoT with cognitive and social capabilities; the enhancement of the sensing-analysis-control cycle; the integration of consciousness and awareness in IoT environments; and the design of new algorithms and techniques for managing IoT big data. This Special Issue is devoted to advancements in technologies, methodologies, and applications for IoT, together with emerging standards and research topics which would lead to realization of the future Internet of Things.
13. Smart Sensor Technologies for IoT.
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Brida, Peter, Krejcar, Ondrej, Selamat, Ali, Kertesz, Attila, and Brida, Peter
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Technology: general issues ,Internet of Things (IoT) ,ReRoute ,Multicast Repair (M-REP) ,internet of things (IoT) ,Fast Reroute ,bit repair (B-REP) ,failure repair ,WSN ,MANET ,DRONET ,multilayered network model ,5G ,IoT ,smart sensors ,smart sensor ,IoT system ,Velostat ,pressure sensor ,convolutional neural network ,data classification ,position detection ,magnetometer ,traffic ,vehicle ,classification ,measurement ,detection ,Internet of Things ,Bluetooth ,indoor tracking ,mobile localization ,optical sensors ,vibration sensing ,quality of service differentiation ,wireless optical networks ,free space optics ,multiwavelength laser ,optical code division multiple access (OCDMA) ,underwater wireless sensor network ,energy-efficient ,clustering ,depth-based routing ,mm-wave radars ,GNSS-RTK positioning ,wireless technology ,electromagnetic scanning ,point cloud ,localization ,IMU ,Wi-Fi ,positioning ,dead reckoning ,particle filter ,fingerprinting ,Wi-Fi sensing ,human activity recognition ,location-independent ,meta learning ,metric learning ,few-shot learning ,ACR ,H.264/AVC ,H.265/HEVC ,QoE ,subjective assessment ,n/a - Abstract
Summary: The recent development in wireless networks and devices has led to novel services that will utilize wireless communication on a new level. Much effort and resources have been dedicated to establishing new communication networks that will support machine-to-machine communication and the Internet of Things (IoT). In these systems, various smart and sensory devices are deployed and connected, enabling large amounts of data to be streamed. Smart services represent new trends in mobile services, i.e., a completely new spectrum of context-aware, personalized, and intelligent services and applications. A variety of existing services utilize information about the position of the user or mobile device. The position of mobile devices is often achieved using the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) chips that are integrated into all modern mobile devices (smartphones). However, GNSS is not always a reliable source of position estimates due to multipath propagation and signal blockage. Moreover, integrating GNSS chips into all devices might have a negative impact on the battery life of future IoT applications. Therefore, alternative solutions to position estimation should be investigated and implemented in IoT applications. This Special Issue, "Smart Sensor Technologies for IoT" aims to report on some of the recent research efforts on this increasingly important topic. The twelve accepted papers in this issue cover various aspects of Smart Sensor Technologies for IoT.
14. Computational Methods for Medical and Cyber Security.
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Luo, Suhuai, Shaukat, Kamran, and Luo, Suhuai
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Computing & information technology ,fintech ,financial technology ,blockchain ,deep learning ,regtech ,environment ,social sciences ,machine learning ,learning analytics ,student field forecasting ,imbalanced datasets ,explainable machine learning ,intelligent tutoring system ,adversarial machine learning ,transfer learning ,cognitive bias ,stock market ,behavioural finance ,investor's profile ,Teheran Stock Exchange ,unsupervised learning ,clustering ,big data frameworks ,fault tolerance ,stream processing systems ,distributed frameworks ,Spark ,Hadoop ,Storm ,Samza ,Flink ,comparative analysis ,a survey ,data science ,educational data mining ,supervised learning ,secondary education ,academic performance ,text-to-SQL ,natural language processing ,database ,machine translation ,medical image segmentation ,convolutional neural networks ,SE block ,U-net ,DeepLabV3plus ,cyber-security ,medical services ,cyber-attacks ,data communication ,distributed ledger ,identity management ,RAFT ,HL7 ,electronic health record ,Hyperledger Composer ,cybersecurity ,password security ,browser security ,social media ,ANOVA ,SPSS ,internet of things ,cloud computing ,computational models ,metaheuristics ,phishing detection ,website phishing - Abstract
Summary: Over the past decade, computational methods, including machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL), have been exponentially growing in their development of solutions in various domains, especially medicine, cybersecurity, finance, and education. While these applications of machine learning algorithms have been proven beneficial in various fields, many shortcomings have also been highlighted, such as the lack of benchmark datasets, the inability to learn from small datasets, the cost of architecture, adversarial attacks, and imbalanced datasets. On the other hand, new and emerging algorithms, such as deep learning, one-shot learning, continuous learning, and generative adversarial networks, have successfully solved various tasks in these fields. Therefore, applying these new methods to life-critical missions is crucial, as is measuring these less-traditional algorithms' success when used in these fields.
15. Optimization and Communication in UAV Networks.
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Mitton, Nathalie, Caillouet, Christelle, and Mitton, Nathalie
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Information technology industries ,direction-of-arrival estimation ,unmanned aerial vehicles ,UAV swarm ,aperiodic arrays ,MUSIC ,Cramer-Rao bound ,stochastic system ,configuration control ,multiplicative noises ,dynamic model ,stochastic robustness analysis and design ,wireless sensor networks ,unmanned aerial vehicle ,mission completion time ,trajectory planning ,UAV secure communication ,secrecy rate maximization ,jamming ,trajectory design ,power control ,sensors ,data collection utility ,GPS measurement ,UAV ,3D models ,measurement precision ,unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) ,cooperative communication ,topology structure ,complex field network coding (CFNC) ,edge computing ,internet of things ,mobile robots ,resource allocation ,control co-design ,data offloading ,UAV-enabled computing ,resource-based pricing ,risk-awareness ,multi-access edge computing systems ,UAV fleet ,energy consumption ,self-organization ,algorithms ,optimization ,UAV replacement ,multiple unmanned aerial vehicles ,mobile nodes ,data collection ,collision-free ,synchronized multi-agent formation ,decentralized sliding mode control ,drones ,wireless ,swarm ,communication - Abstract
Summary: UAVs are becoming a reality and attract increasing attention. They can be remotely controlled or completely autonomous and be used alone or as a fleet and in a large set of applications. They are constrained by hardware since they cannot be too heavy and rely on batteries. Their use still raises a large set of exciting new challenges in terms of trajectory optimization and positioning when they are used alone or in cooperation, and communication when they evolve in swarm, to name but a few examples. This book presents some new original contributions regarding UAV or UAV swarm optimization and communication aspects.
16. Sustainable Technology and Elderly Life.
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Iglesias, Ana, Morato, Jorge, Sanchez-Cuadrado, Sonia, Fernández-Panadero, Carmen, and Iglesias, Ana
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Humanities ,Education ,healthy aging ,remote physical activity ,telerehabilitation ,personalized exergames ,natural user interfaces ,virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) ,exergames ,rehabilitation ,improve functional capacity ,SARS-CoV-2 ,post-COVID syndrome ,older adults ,sustainability ,technology ,readability ,Internet of Things ,sustainable development goals ,smart cities ,robotics ,gerontology ,health care ,elderly ,cognitive impairment ,psychosocial interventions ,sustainable technology ,socially assistive robots ,home health systems ,sleep monitoring ,sustainable technologies ,technology acceptance ,intergenerational game ,intergenerational communication ,VR game ,cultural heritage ,older adult digital gap - Abstract
Summary: The coming years will see an exponential increase in the proportion of elderly people in our society. This accelerated growth brings with it major challenges in relation to the sustainability of the system. There are different aspects where these changes will have a special incidence: health systems and their monitoring; the development of a framework in which the elderly can develop their daily lives satisfactorily; and in the design of intelligent cities adapted to the future sociodemographic profile. The discussion of the challenges faced, together with the current technological evolution, can show possible ways of meeting the challenges. There are different aspects where these changes will have a special incidence: health systems and their monitoring; the development of a framework in which the elderly can develop their daily lives satisfactorily; and in the design of intelligent cities adapted to the future sociodemographic profile. This special issue discusses various ways in which sustainable technologies can be applied to improve the lives of the elderly. Six articles on the subject are featured in this volume. From a systematic review of the literature to the development of gamification and health improvement projects. The articles present suggestive proposals for the improvement of the lives of the elderly. The volume is a resource of interest for the scientific community, since it shows different research gaps in the current state of the art. But it is also a document that can help social policy makers and people working in this domain to planning successful projects.
17. Applications in Electronics Pervading Industry, Environment and Society. Sensing Systems and Pervasive Intelligence.
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Saponara, Sergio, De Gloria, Alessandro, Bellotti, Francesco, and Saponara, Sergio
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Technology: general issues ,model-based design ,FPGA ,HDL code generation ,wearable sensors ,embedded devices ,face recognition ,face verification ,biometric sensors ,deep learning ,distillation ,convolutional neural networks ,spatial transformer network ,video coding ,discrete cosine transform ,directional transform ,VLSI ,alternative representations to float numbers ,posit arithmetic ,Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) ,neural network activation functions ,surface electromyography ,event-driven ,functional electrical stimulation ,embedded system ,resampling ,interpolating polynomial ,polyphase filter ,digital circuit design ,ASIC ,bitmap indexing ,processing in memory ,memory wall ,big data ,internet of things ,intelligent sensors ,autonomous driving ,cyber security ,HW accelerator ,on-chip random number generator (RNG) ,SHA2 ,ASIC standard-cell ,machine learning ,edge computing ,edge analytics ,ANN ,k-NN ,SVM ,decision trees ,ARM ,X-Cube-AI ,STM32 Nucleo ,rad-hard ,PLL (phase-locked loop) ,SEE (single event effects) ,Spacefibre ,TID (total ionization dose) ,charge pump ,phase/frequency detector ,frequency divider ,ring oscillator ,LC-tank oscillator ,SpaceFibre ,rad-hard circuits ,radiation effects ,high-speed data transfer ,support attitude ,inertial measurement unit ,coal mining ,unscented Kalman filter ,quaternion ,gradient descent ,research data collection and sharing ,connected and automated driving ,deployment and field testing ,vehicular sensors ,impact assessment ,knowledge management ,collaborative project methodology ,n/a - Abstract
Summary: This book features the manuscripts accepted for the Special Issue "Applications in Electronics Pervading Industry, Environment and Society-Sensing Systems and Pervasive Intelligence" of the MDPI journal Sensors. Most of the papers come from a selection of the best papers of the 2019 edition of the "Applications in Electronics Pervading Industry, Environment and Society" (APPLEPIES) Conference, which was held in November 2019. All these papers have been significantly enhanced with novel experimental results. The papers give an overview of the trends in research and development activities concerning the pervasive application of electronics in industry, the environment, and society. The focus of these papers is on cyber physical systems (CPS), with research proposals for new sensor acquisition and ADC (analog to digital converter) methods, high-speed communication systems, cybersecurity, big data management, and data processing including emerging machine learning techniques. Physical implementation aspects are discussed as well as the trade-off found between functional performance and hardware/system costs.
18. The Impact of Digital Technologies on Public Health in Developed and Developing Countries. 18th International Conference, ICOST 2020, Hammamet, Tunisia, June 24-26, 2020, Proceedings.
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Jmaiel, Mohamed, Mokhtari, Mounir, Abdulrazak, Bessam, Aloulou, Hamdi, Kallel, Slim, and Jmaiel, Mohamed
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Network hardware ,Artificial intelligence ,Information retrieval ,Expert systems / knowledge-based systems ,Systems analysis & design ,User interface design & usability ,Computer Communication Networks ,Artificial Intelligence ,Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet) ,Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems ,Computer System Implementation ,User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction ,Computer and Information Systems Applications ,open access ,artificial intelligence ,communication systems ,computer vision ,databases ,hci ,human-computer interaction ,image processing ,Internet of Things ,IoT ,machine learning ,network protocols ,sensors ,signal processing ,software architecture ,software design ,telecommunication networks ,telecommunication systems ,user interfaces ,wireless telecommunication systems ,Internet searching - Abstract
Summary: This open access book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on String Processing and Information Retrieval, ICOST 2020, held in Hammamet, Tunisia, in June 2020.* The 17 full papers and 23 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 49 submissions. They cover topics such as: IoT and AI solutions for e-health; biomedical and health informatics; behavior and activity monitoring; behavior and activity monitoring; and wellbeing technology. *This conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
19. Advances in Intelligent Vehicle Control.
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Cabrera, Juan A. and Cabrera, Juan A.
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Technology: general issues ,History of engineering & technology ,nonlinear height control ,active air suspension ,output constraints ,random road excitation ,disturbance observer design ,electric vehicles ,in-vehicle network ,controller area network ,cybersecurity ,intrusion detection ,deep learning ,transfer learning ,model-based control ,vehicle dynamic potential ,tyre thermodynamics ,tyre wear ,weather influence ,vehicle safety ,double lane change ,safety optimization ,noninverting buck-boost converter ,high efficiency ,wide bandwidth control ,discrete-time sliding-mode current control (DSMCC) ,electric vehicle (EV) ,driver vehicle system ,energy management ,vehicle localization ,GNSS receivers ,RTK corrections ,sensor redundancy ,VMS ,machine learning ,ADAS ,image processing ,environment perception ,semantics ,3D multiple object detection ,multiple object tracking ,dynamic SLAM ,roll angle estimator ,Kalman filter ,LQR controller ,inertial sensors ,motorcycle lean angle ,electrical vehicles ,EV charging scheduling ,binary linear programming ,binary quadratic programming ,vehicle control ,reinforcement learning ,curriculum learning ,sim-to-real world ,intelligent mobility ,heterogeneous vehicular communication ,Internet of connected vehicles ,vehicular ad hoc networks ,heterogeneous networking ,Internet of Things ,n/a - Abstract
Summary: This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue Advances in Intelligent Vehicle Control that was published in the journal Sensors. It presents a collection of eleven papers that covers a range of topics, such as the development of intelligent control algorithms for active safety systems, smart sensors, and intelligent and efficient driving. The contributions presented in these papers can serve as useful tools for researchers who are interested in new vehicle technology and in the improvement of vehicle control systems.
20. Feature Papers "Age-Friendly Cities & Communities: State of the Art and Future Perspectives"
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van Hoof, Joost, Marston, Hannah R., and van Hoof, Joost
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Humanities ,Social interaction ,age-friendly cities ,physical environment/space ,urban ageing ,gentrification ,displacement ,aging in place ,physical activity ,aging ,social isolation ,cycling ,walking ,ICT ,older adults ,patent ,personalised ageing ,quality of life ,review ,smart ageing ,social robots ,ambient assisted living ,machine learning ,older adults care ,daily life activities monitoring ,technology limitation and acceptance ,care services models ,older citizens ,ageing ,technology ,digital ,smart cities initiatives ,smart city ,Romania ,public policies on smart cities ,evaluating smart cities initiatives ,older people ,connectedness ,social relationships ,later life ,age-friendliness ,community ,digital technology ,loneliness ,isolation ,intergenerational communication ,gerontology ,family ,cross-cultural research ,qualitative research ,housing ,elderly ,assisted living facilities ,seniors ,homes ,group living ,dwellings ,regulations ,rebellion ,governance ,law ,survey ,questionnaire ,validation ,age-friendly ,AFCCQ ,consultation-liaison psychiatry ,psycho-geriatrics ,general hospital ,age-friendly urban public transport ,smart mobility ,age-friendly transport ,mobility justice ,health ,indicators ,planning ,tools ,spatial ,neighbourhoods ,e-health ,urban planning ,smart ecosystem ,gerontechnology ,age in place ,coronavirus ,COVID-19 ,design hacking ,internet of things ,human-centered design ,smart cities ,digital citizenship ,urbanisation ,participatory action research ,cluster analysis ,thermal comfort ,design guidelines ,heating ,cooling ,participatory video design ,participation ,person-centered care ,co-creation ,perspective of older adults ,quality improvement ,use of technology ,Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland ,Polynesian population ,relational leadership ,Te Tiriti o Waitangi ,prisons ,prisoners ,older offenders ,ex-prisoners ,age-friendly cities and communities ,Kazan ,Russia ,health information ,ageism ,Cochrane ,evidence-based ,medicines ,consumers ,awareness ,Age-Friendly Cities ,photovoice ,healthy ageing ,active ageing ,social inclusion ,UK ,long-term care ,dementia ,physical environment ,social environment ,organizational environment ,environmental design ,policy ,case studies ,Global Network of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities ,World Health Organization ,social prescribing ,wearable technology ,digital data layer ,age-friendly communities ,citizen science ,well-being ,gender ,Coronavirus ,human centred design ,rural planning ,smart islands ,age-friendly homes ,innovation ,experiments ,n/a - Abstract
Summary: The "Age-Friendly Cities & Communities: States of the Art and Future Perspectives" publication presents contemporary, innovative, and insightful narratives, debates, and frameworks based on an international collection of papers from scholars spanning the fields of gerontology, social sciences, architecture, computer science, and gerontechnology. This extensive collection of papers aims to move the narrative and debates forward in this interdisciplinary field of age-friendly cities and communities.
21. Novel Electrochemical Biosensors for Clinical Assays.
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Guerrieri, Antonio and Guerrieri, Antonio
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Technology: general issues ,molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) ,surface imprinted polymers (SIPs) ,electrochemical biosensor ,biomarkers for infectious diseases ,choline biosensor ,amperometric detection ,overoxidized polypyrrole film ,phospholipase D assay ,phosphatidylcholine ,human epididymis protein 4 ,competitive electrochemical immunosensor ,WiFi portable potentiostat ,on-board calibration ,Internet of Things ,1-methoxy-5-ethyl phenazinium ethyl sulfate ,disposable enzyme sensor ,lactate oxidase ,glucose dehydrogenase ,fructosyl peptide oxidase ,electrochemical enzyme sensor ,biomedical engineering ,surface plasmon resonance ,biosensors ,bio-functionalization optimization ,cost-effective biosensors ,lab-on-a-chip ,aptamer ,labeling ,enzyme ,zinc finger protein ,electrochemical sensor ,vascular endothelial growth factor ,breast cancer ,nanobiosensors ,biomarkers ,electrochemistry ,impedance ,immobilization ,nanomaterial ,nanoparticles (NPs) ,magnetic NPs ,self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) ,signal amplification ,optogenetics ,micro-electrode array ,in situ detection ,electrophysiology ,neural circuit recognition ,biosensor ,carbon dots ,norepinephrine ,tyrosinase ,voltammetry ,folic acid ,real samples ,analytical methods ,electrochemical tools ,choline analysis ,phosphocholine analysis ,choline oxidase ,alkaline phosphatase ,enzyme immobilization ,overoxidized polypyrrole ,electropolymerized non-conducting polymer ,dual electrode biosensor ,simultaneous determination ,flow injection analysis ,capacitive sensing ,alternating current electrokinetic effects ,miRNA sensing ,point-of-care diagnostics - Abstract
Summary: Biosensors, i.e., devices where biological molecules or bio(mimetic)structures are intimately coupled to a chemo/physical transducer for converting a biorecognition event into a measurable signal, have recently gained a wide (if not huge) academic and practical interest for the multitude of their applications in analysis, especially in the field of bioanalysis, medical diagnostics, and clinical assays. Indeed, thanks to their very simple use (permitting sometimes their application at home), the minimal sample pretreatment requirement, the higher selectivity, and sensitivity, biosensors are an essential tool in the detection and monitoring of a wide range of medical conditions from glycemia to Alzheimer's disease as well as in the monitoring of drug responses. Soon, we expect that their importance and use in clinical diagnostics will expand rapidly so as to be of critical importance to public health in the coming years. This Special Issue would like to focus on recent research and development in the field of biosensors as analytical tools for clinical assays and medical diagnostics.
22. Applications of Internet of Things.
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Chen, Chi-Hua, Lo, Kuen-Rong, and Chen, Chi-Hua
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Technology: general issues ,urban traffic ,grey relational membership degree ,traffic congestion judgment ,mobile positioning ,commercial vehicle operation data ,cellular network ,cloud computing ,location-based service ,Internet of Things ,distributed system architecture ,intelligent transportation system ,cellular networks ,vehicle positioning ,speed estimation ,machine learning ,road anomaly ,avoidance ,behavior recognition ,smartphone ,opportunistic sensing ,anklet monitoring and tracking ,detection algorithms ,geoprocessing ,Law Enforcement Telecommunications Systems (LETS) ,sensor data fusion ,camera coverage estimation ,multistage grid subdivision ,line of sight ,viewshed analysis ,obstacle ,k-anonymity ,location-based services ,location privacy ,the credible chain - Abstract
Summary: This book introduces the Special Issue entitled "Applications of Internet of Things", of ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. Topics covered in this issue include three main parts: (I) intelligent transportation systems (ITSs), (II) location-based services (LBSs), and (III) sensing techniques and applications. Three papers on ITSs are as follows: (1) "Vehicle positioning and speed estimation based on cellular network signals for urban roads," by Lai and Kuo; (2) "A method for traffic congestion clustering judgment based on grey relational analysis," by Zhang et al.; and (3) "Smartphone-based pedestrian's avoidance behavior recognition towards opportunistic road anomaly detection," by Ishikawa and Fujinami. Three papers on LBSs are as follows: (1) "A high-efficiency method of mobile positioning based on commercial vehicle operation data," by Chen et al.; (2) "Efficient location privacy-preserving k-anonymity method based on the credible chain," by Wang et al.; and (3) "Proximity-based asynchronous messaging platform for location-based Internet of things service," by Gon Jo et al. Two papers on sensing techniques and applications are as follows: (1) "Detection of electronic anklet wearers' groupings throughout telematics monitoring," by Machado et al.; and (2) "Camera coverage estimation based on multistage grid subdivision," by Wang et al.
23. Mobile Health Technologies for Ambient Assisted Living and Healthcare.
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Pires, Ivan Miguel and Pires, Ivan Miguel
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Information technology industries ,Computer science ,data privacy ,taxonomy ,IoT ,COVID-19 ,mobile application ,accelerometer sensor ,stand-up time ,total time ,aging ,linear-map convolutional neural network ,direct acyclic graph ,action recognition ,spatial feature ,temporal feature ,frailty ,home monitoring ,user-centered design ,usability ,user experience ,acceptance ,activity recognition ,Internet of Things ,smart house ,deep learning ,channel state information ,glaucoma screening ,retinal images ,segmentation ,classification ,precision nutrition ,food plans ,machine learning ,food logging ,Eight Hop Test ,systematic review ,measurement ,sensors ,diseases ,wrist-wearable device ,PPG processing ,physiological parameters ,web-based applications ,data analysis ,elderly monitoring ,successful aging ,gerontechnology ,AAL ,healthcare ,prevalidation ,deployment ,chronic heart failure ,large-scale pilot ,H2020 - Abstract
Summary: The use of telemedicine and mobile devices is growing, and sensors might aid in creating creative solutions. Developing these solutions is crucial for monitoring senior citizens, lifestyles, and medical procedures. This Special Issue's goal was to bring together academics and professionals in healthcare and medicine interested in using information and communication technologies (ICT) to serve people with special needs. The development of assistive technology for various users to follow sports and other activities is strongly tied to this study area. Data protection is crucial, and the development of these solutions for medical uses should be verified. The security and privacy of the information may be tied to other recognized research projects for their acceptability. ICT research has considerably improved quality of life and has fully assimilated all citizens into society through medical rehabilitation and assistive technology. The technologies and research fields that influence medical informatics include databases, networking, graphical user interfaces, data mining, machine learning, intelligent decision support systems, and specialized programming languages. Because mobile devices are commonly used for several everyday chores and are equipped with sensors that monitor various physical and physiological indicators, it is crucial to encourage the development of m-Health and e-Health solutions for healthcare practitioners. In this area, several solutions are now being developed. In addition, they can collaborate with emerging technologies for social assistance while enhancing life quality.
24. Selected Papers from the 16th International Symposium on Magnetic Bearings (ISMB16)
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Zhou, Jin, Wu, Huachun, Ueno, Satoshi, Sun, Feng, and Zhou, Jin
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History of engineering & technology ,performance criteria ,damping ,electrodynamic ,energy efficiency ,stability ,stiffness ,thrust bearing ,Active Magnetic Bearing ,AMB ,Internet of Things ,IoT ,Condition Monitoring ,magnetic spring ,optimal design ,component benchmarking ,compliant actuation ,parallel elastic actuators (PEA) ,series elastic actuators (SEA) ,axial gap ,self-bearing motor ,double stator structure ,5-degrees of freedom active control ,design refinement ,ventricular assist device ,pediatric ,passive magnetic bearing ,viscoelastic material ,modeling ,rotor dynamics ,active magnetic bearing ,cost reduction ,active magnetic bearings ,kinetic energy storage ,fiber reinforced plastic ,fatigue testing ,thermal behavior ,self-sensing ,radial three-phase bearing ,space vector modulation ,electrodynamic bearing ,passive levitation - Abstract
Summary: In 2018, the 16th International Symposium on Magnetic Bearings (ISMB16) was held in Beijing, China. Herein, eight distinguished papers were selected to be published as Special Issues of Actuators. These papers are suggested to provide new insights for the development of magnetic bearings, with emphasis on thermal behavior analysis, electrodynamic thrust bearings analysis, viscoelastic damping design, magnetic spring, condition monitoring, self-bearing motors performance.
25. Intelligent Transportation Systems for Electric Vehicles.
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Ferreira, Joao and Ferreira, Joao
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History of engineering & technology ,vehicle electrification ,smart grids ,renewable energy sources ,energy storage systems ,power quality ,bidirectional ,power electronics ,charging behaviors ,distribution locational marginal pricing ,distribution networks ,electric mobility ,electric vehicle ,operation ,reconfiguration ,smart city ,smart grid ,rapid charging ,charging navigation ,internet of things ,electric charging behaviour ,energy prices ,EVs ,travel simulator ,charging station ,prediction ,probability ,mobile App ,EV charging process ,blockchain ,IoT ,mobile app ,particle filter ,histogram of gradient ,sensor fusion ,neural network ,support vector machine ,object recognition ,electric bus ,emissions ,urban transportation ,energy mix ,automatic train operation ,multi-objective optimization ,shark smell optimization algorithm ,composite angle cosine ,dual-population evolution mechanism ,hardware-in-the-loop simulation ,daily activity chains ,electric vehicles ,optimization ,charging stations ,intelligent transportation systems ,ITS ,Dispatching Service ,Dispersed Generation ,Distribution Grid ,Electrical Vehicle ,Optimal Power Flow ,Power Flow ,Power System ,Simulation Models ,shared swap charging system ,operational design ,battery charging rate ,binary integer programming ,silicon carbide ,extreme fast charging ,DC transformer ,V2G ,urban complex ,peak shaving ,Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs) ,energy management strategies (EMSs) ,driving cycle prediction - Abstract
Summary: The Special Issue of Energies on the subject area of "Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) for Electric Vehicles (EV)", covers new work on EV and associated topics like charging process, smart grids, emerging ITS for EV and applications for electromoV market penetration with an increase of 60% per year, associated challenges of the charging process and system and changes in the energy market and grid. EV is associated with sustainability and the EU has committed to reducing CO2 emissions by 37.5 percent by 2030. The charging process and open energy market with renewable energy create interesting research problems where IoT and intelligent systems play an essential role in the flexibility of the EV charging process and the EV operation.bility. Considering EV market penetration with an increase of 60% per year, associated challenges of charging process and system and the change on the Energy market and Grid. EV is associated with sustainability with the commit of EU in, aiming to reduce CO2 emissions by 37.5 percent from 2021 to 2030. Charging process and open energy market with renewable energy creates interesting research problems where IoT and Intelligent System plays an essential role in the flexibility of the EV charging process and the EV operation.
26. Embedded System Design. Embedded Systems Foundations of Cyber-Physical Systems, and the Internet of Things.
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Marwedel, Peter
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Circuits & components ,Electrical engineering ,Computing & information technology ,Computer architecture & logic design ,Circuits and Systems ,Cyber-physical systems, IoT ,Professional Computing ,Processor Architectures ,Electronic Circuits and Systems ,Internet of Things ,Cyber-Physical Systems Textbook ,Embedded System Hardware ,Embedded System Software ,Embedded Systems Textbook ,Hardware/Software Codesign ,Real-Time Systems Textbook ,Real-time operating systems ,Open Access embedded systems textbook ,Open Access ,Electronics: circuits & components ,Cybernetics & systems theory ,Applied computing - Abstract
Summary: A unique feature of this open access textbook is to provide a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental knowledge in embedded systems, with applications in cyber-physical systems and the Internet of things. It starts with an introduction to the field and a survey of specification models and languages for embedded and cyber-physical systems. It provides a brief overview of hardware devices used for such systems and presents the essentials of system software for embedded systems, including real-time operating systems. The author also discusses evaluation and validation techniques for embedded systems and provides an overview of techniques for mapping applications to execution platforms, including multi-core platforms. Embedded systems have to operate under tight constraints and, hence, the book also contains a selected set of optimization techniques, including software optimization techniques. The book closes with a brief survey on testing. This fourth edition has been updated and revised to reflect new trends and technologies, such as the importance of cyber-physical systems (CPS) and the Internet of things (IoT), the evolution of single-core processors to multi-core processors, and the increased importance of energy efficiency and thermal issues.
27. Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Computing. Methods, Technologies, Systems, Applications and Policy Making.
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Lytras, Miltiadis, Visvizi, Anna, and Lytras, Miltiadis
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Information technology industries ,data mining ,decision-making system ,rough set ,mixed integer linear programming ,assembly clearance ,diesel engine quality ,Internet of things ,Wireless nodes ,Hybrid clustering ,Multi-hop routing ,Network lifetime ,Artificial intelligence ,data envelopment analysis ,decision making ,artificial intelligence ,performance ,visual analytics ,system ,air quality ,spatiotemporal ,multivariate ,dimension reduction ,clustering ,regular patterns ,anomalies ,speech recognition ,Long Short Term Memory (LSTM) ,speech output correction ,most-matching ,empirical correlations ,rheological properties ,real-time ,water-based drill-in fluid ,artificial neural network ,elastic parameters ,Poisson's ratio ,sandstone ,self-adaptive differential evolution ,total organic carbon ,barnett shale ,devonian shale ,fishbone multilateral wells ,predictive models ,well productivity ,international research ,knowledge map visualization ,policy documents quantification ,research hotspot ,policy keyword ,minimum miscibility pressure (MMP) ,CO2 flooding ,new models ,face recognition ,security ,spoofing ,histogram of oriented gradients ,smart cities ,deep learning ,LSTM ,neural networks ,location prediction ,trajectories ,smart tourism ,static Young's modulus ,sandstone formations ,machine learning ,n/a - Abstract
Summary: Artificial intelligence (AI) is a subject garnering increasing attention in both academia and the industry today. The understanding is that AI-enhanced methods and techniques create a variety of opportunities related to improving basic and advanced business functions, including production processes, logistics, financial management and others. As this collection demonstrates, AI-enhanced tools and methods tend to offer more precise results in the fields of engineering, financial accounting, tourism, air-pollution management and many more. The objective of this collection is to bring these topics together to offer the reader a useful primer on how AI-enhanced tools and applications can be of use in today's world. In the context of the frequently fearful, skeptical and emotion-laden debates on AI and its value added, this volume promotes a positive perspective on AI and its impact on society. AI is a part of a broader ecosystem of sophisticated tools, techniques and technologies, and therefore, it is not immune to developments in that ecosystem. It is thus imperative that inter- and multidisciplinary research on AI and its ecosystem is encouraged. This collection contributes to that.
28. Wearable Wireless Devices.
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Heidari, Hadi, Abbasi, Qammer Hussain, and Alomainy, Akram
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n/a ,S-Band sensing ,telerehabilitation ,wavelet transform ,WBAN ,reservoir computing ,rehabilitation ,medical wearable wireless devices ,energy efficiency ,multiuser ,wireless body area networks ,echo state networks ,electrocardiography (ECG) ,inertial sensor ,heart beat classification ,S-band sensing ,patch ECG monitor ,IMU ,Unity ,Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ,cryptanalysis ,ankle sprain ,medical internet of things ,wireless VR ,Arduino ,wireless channel information ,bio signals ,security ,wearable electronic device ,accelerometer ,energy-balanced model ,diversity combining ,anonymity ,OFDMA ,bio sensors ,hyperthyreosis/sleep apnea disease monitoring ,SDPPG ,medium access control ,Internet of Things ,Quality of Service ,gyroscope ,C-Band ,movement noise ,smart devices ,wearable sensors ,wireless LAN ,Virtual Reality - Abstract
Summary: With the growing interest in the use of technology in daily life, the potential for using wearable wireless devices across multiple segments, e.g., healthcare, sports, child monitoring, military, emergency, consumer electronics, etc., is rapidly increasing. Multibillion wearable sensors are predicted to be in use by 2025, with over 30% of them being new types of sensors that are only beginning to emerge. This book will focus on wireless wearable and implantable systems, flexible textile-based electronics, bio-electromagnetics, antennas and propagation, radio frequency (RF) circuits, sensors, security of wearables and implantable systems, nano-bio communication, and electromagnetic sensing
29. Edge/Fog Computing Technologies for IoT Infrastructure.
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Yoo, Seong-eun, Kim, Taehong, Kim, Youngsoo, and Yoo, Seong-eun
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Information technology industries ,cloud computing ,container orchestration ,custom metrics ,Docker ,edge computing ,Horizontal Pod Autoscaling (HPA) ,Kubernetes ,Prometheus ,resource metrics ,fog computing ,task allocation ,multi-objective optimization ,evolutionary genetics ,hyper-angle ,crowding distance ,containers ,leader election ,load balancing ,stateful ,multi-access edge computing ,orchestrator ,task offloading ,fuzzy logic ,5G ,fog/edge computing ,service provisioning ,service placement ,service offloading ,Internet of Things (IoT) ,task scheduling ,markov decision process (MDP) ,deep reinforcement learning (DRL) ,resource management ,algorithm classification ,evaluation framework ,web ,Web Assembly ,OpenCL ,LWC ,fast implementation ,Internet of things ,IoT actor ,data manager ,GDPR ,computing ,computational offloading ,dynamic offloading threshold ,minimizing delay ,minimizing energy consumption ,maximizing throughputs ,n/a - Abstract
Summary: The prevalence of smart devices and cloud computing has led to an explosion in the amount of data generated by IoT devices. Moreover, emerging IoT applications, such as augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR), intelligent transportation systems, and smart factories require ultra-low latency for data communication and processing. Fog/edge computing is a new computing paradigm where fully distributed fog/edge nodes located nearby end devices provide computing resources. By analyzing, filtering, and processing at local fog/edge resources instead of transferring tremendous data to the centralized cloud servers, fog/edge computing can reduce the processing delay and network traffic significantly. With these advantages, fog/edge computing is expected to be one of the key enabling technologies for building the IoT infrastructure. Aiming to explore the recent research and development on fog/edge computing technologies for building an IoT infrastructure, this book collected 10 articles. The selected articles cover diverse topics such as resource management, service provisioning, task offloading and scheduling, container orchestration, and security on edge/fog computing infrastructure, which can help to grasp recent trends, as well as state-of-the-art algorithms of fog/edge computing technologies.
30. Sustainable Marketing, Branding and CSR in the Digital Economy.
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Ozuem, Wilson, Ranfagni, Silvia, and Ozuem, Wilson
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Information technology industries ,advertising copy ,smartphone consumer ,consumer typology ,sustainable marketing ,unobserved heterogeneity ,business analytics ,social media ,CSR ,strategy formulation ,strategic planning ,governance ,celebrity-brand association ,real-life setting on social media ,para-social interaction ,self-brand connection ,brand quality ,advertising ,emotions ,emotional states ,regions ,emotional appeal ,adolescents ,SNS ,emojis ,self-presentation ,symbolic value ,playfulness ,need for uniqueness ,Internet of Things ,business models ,smart cities ,big data ,consumer data ,n/a - Abstract
Summary: Sustainable marketing practice is essential for developing a more comprehensive understanding of consumers' purchase decisions in dynamic digital marketing environments. Scholars and practitioners conceive sustainable marketing practices as episodic, predicated on temporal practices in response to emerging digital environments. Consumers are increasingly becoming aware of the ecological issues that their consumption creates in the marketplace. Despite the importance of sustainable practices, when and how sustainability occurs regarding the consumer's purchase decision remains largely unexplored. In part, this is because the practices of sustainability in the emerging computer-mediated marketing environments (CMMEs) are difficult to anticipate and study. Much of what we know about sustainable marketing practice is mainly focused on customer-brand relationships. Prior literature examining sustainable marketing practice through CMMEs remains sparse, despite consistent emphasis on the benefits of sustainable marketing practices in the emerging digital world.
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