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This book is a compilation of recent research on distributed optimization algorithms for the integral load management of plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) fleets and their potential services to the electricity system.

The field of Systems Engineering provides a method, a process, suitable tools and languages to cope with the complexity of various systems such as motor vehicles, robots, railways systems, aircraft and spacecraft, smart manufacturing systems, microsystems, and bio-inspired devices.

The book deals with intelligent control of mobile robots, presenting the state-of-the-art in the field, and introducing new control algorithms developed and tested by the authors.

This book provides a conceptual and empirical perspective on learning analytics, its goal being to disseminate the core concepts, research, and outcomes of this emergent field. Divided into nine chapters, it offers reviews oriented on selected topics, recent advances, and innovative applications. It presents the broad learning analytics landscape and in-depth studies on higher education, adaptive assessment, teaching and learning. In addition, it discusses valuable approaches to coping with personalization and huge data, as well as conceptual topics and specialized applications that have shaped the current state of the art. By identifying fundamentals, highlighting applications, and pointing out current trends, the book offers an essential overview of learning analytics to enhance learning achievement in diverse educational settings. As such, it represents a valuable resource for researchers, practitioners, and students interested in updating their knowledge and finding inspirations for their future work.

This book addresses several problems related to automated valuation methodologies (AVM). Following the non-agency mortgage crisis, it offers a variety of approaches to improve the efficiency and quality of an automated valuation methodology (AVM) dealing with emerging problems and different contexts.

This self-contained book, written by active researchers, presents up-to-date information on smart maintenance strategies for human-robot interaction (HRI) and the associated applications of novel search algorithms in a single volume, eliminating the need to consult scattered resources.

Among numerous control theories used to solve particular problems are: nonlinear control, robust control, adaptive control, Lyapunov techniques, observer design, model predictive control, neural control, sliding mode control, signal filtration and processing, fault diagnosis, and fault tolerant control.

This book covers the two broad areas of the electronics and electrical aspects of control applications, highlighting the many different types of control systems of relevance to real-life control system design.

This book explores the latest research trends in intelligent systems and smart applications. It presents high-quality empirical and review studies focusing on various topics, including information systems and software engineering, knowledge management, technology in education, emerging technologies, and social networks.

The book also highlights the comprehensive control problem for descriptor systems as an example of using the descriptor framework in order to transform a non-standard control problem into a classic stabilization control problem.

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book summarizes work being pursued in the context of the CIPRNet (Critical Infrastructure Preparedness and Resilience Research Network) research project, co-funded by the European Union under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).

This book focuses on the needs of railway operators in terms of wireless communications, divided in two main categories: the commercial services and the operational needs.

This book provides its reader with a good understanding of the stabilization of switched nonlinear systems (SNS), systems that are of practical use in diverse situations: design of fault-tolerant systems in space- and aircraft;

This book discusses recent advances in the estimation and control of networked systems with unacknowledged packet losses: systems usually known as user-datagram-protocol-like.

The key attribute of a Fault Tolerant Control (FTC) system is its ability to maintain overall system stability and acceptable performance in the face of faults and failures within the feedback system.

Thisintroductory book discusses how to plan and build useful, reliable,maintainable and cost efficient computer systems for automated engineeringdesign.

A solution permitting the stabilization of 2-dimensional (2-D) continuous-time saturated system under state feedback control is presented in this book. The second half of the book moves on to consider robust stabilization and filtering of 2-D systems with particular consideration being given to 2-D fuzzy systems.

This book examines the problems in the field of energy and related areas (including chemistry, transport, aerospace, construction, metallurgy and engineering) that Ukrainian scientists are currently investigating.

This book investigates energy managementapproaches for energy efficient or energy-centric system design andarchitecture and presents end-to-end energy management in the recentheterogeneous-type wireless network medium.

The respective chapters, written by prominent researchers, explain a wealth of both basic and advanced concepts including fuzzy QFD, fuzzy FMEA, the fuzzy Kano model, fuzzy axiomatic design, fuzzy heuristics-based design, conjoint analysis-based design, and many others.

This book presents a broad spectrum of problems related to statistics, mathematics, teaching, social science, and economics as well as a range of tools and techniques that can be used to solve these problems.

This book presents extended versions of selected papers from the annual International Workshops on Constraint Programming and Decision Making from 2016 to 2018. In many application areas, it is necessary to make effective decisions under constraints, and there are several area-specific techniques for such decision problems.

This book presents new findings on cyber-physical systems design and modelling approaches based on AI and data-driven techniques, identifying the key industrial challenges and the main features of design and modelling processes.

This book introduces the latest achievements of Russian scientists regarding the theory and practice of situational control of the SEMS group. It also discusses the development of methods and algorithms for interaction of the SEMS group in situational control, based on the principles of security, flexibility, and adaptability in behavior, as well as parallelism in information processing, computing, and control.Recently, the task of ensuring the functioning of robots in the framework of collective cooperation has become relevant, and the use of the principles of situational management of the SEMS group makes it possible to ensure the efficiency, reliability and safety of real-time operation.The topics covered include, but are not limited to the following:Problems and principles of situation controlMethods and algorithms of situational controlInformation and measuring support of situational control systemsSimulation of situation controlThis book is intended for students, scientists, and engineers specializing in the fields of smart electromechanical systems and robotics.

This book presents new findings in industrial cyber-physical system design and control for various domains, as well as their social and economic impacts on society. Industry 4.0 requires new approaches in the context of secure connections, control, and maintenance of cyber-physical systems as well as enhancing their interaction with humans. The book focuses on open issues of cyber-physical system control and its usage, discussing implemented breakthrough systems, models, programs, and methods that could be used in industrial processes for the control, condition assessment, diagnostics, prognostication, and proactive maintenance of cyber-physical systems. Further, it addresses the topic of ensuring the cybersecurity of industrial cyber-physical systems and proposes new, reliable solutions. The authors also examine the impact of university courses on the performance of industrial complexes, and the organization of education for the development of cyber-physical systems. The book is intended for practitioners, enterprise representatives, scientists, students, and Ph.D. and master¿s students conducting research in the area of cyber-physical system development and implementation in various domains.

In this book threedifferent approaches to solve the bin-picking problem are described, showinghow modern sensors can be used for efficient bin-picking as well as how classicsensor concepts can be applied for novel bin-picking techniques.

The book presents recent advances in nature-inspired computing, giving a special emphasis to control systems applications.

This book explores several branches of the social sciences and their perspectives regarding their relations with decision-making processes: computer science, education, linguistics, sociology, and management.