Using various research methodologies, such as reviews, case studies, analytical modeling and empirical studies, this book investigates luxury fashion retail management and provides relevant insights, which are beneficial to both industrialists and academics. Readers gain an understanding of luxury fashion retailing, including proper operations and strategic management, which now are the most crucial items on the luxury fashion industry’s senior management agenda.

This book covers the fundamental principles, new theories and methodologies, and potential applications of hybrid intelligent networks. Chapters focus on hybrid neural networks and networked multi-agent networks, including their communication, control and optimization synthesis. This text also provides a succinct but useful guideline for designing neural network-based hybrid artificial intelligence for brain-inspired computation systems and applications in the Internet of Things.Ar...

This book is an updated, accessible approach to nonlinear structural analysis, focusing on the physical interpretation of nonlinear behaviors in framed structures. Unlike its predecessor, which was mathematically oriented, this revised edition simplifies the analysis by using the universally valid 'rigid body rule,' emphasizing physical understanding over intricate mathematical formulations.Covering key structural forms — plane and space trusses, plane and space frames — the book a...

This book provides an introduction to technology-driven supply chain management in the era of Industry 4.0, focusing on resilience, responsiveness, and reliability. It covers key concepts such as the integration of advanced technologies like IoT, big data, artificial intelligence, and blockchain into supply chain operations. The book explores the application of these technologies in improving supply chain efficiency, enhancing decision-making, and ensuring greater adaptability to disruptio...

This book describes how a deeper knowledge and understanding of cultural differences represents a meaningful and useful tool for management of companies, and in particular SMEs, in the People’s Republic of China. After introductory chapters on the internationalization of SMEs and the role played by management in this process, the authors explore the implications of academic discourses on culture and its dimensions for company management. The influence of Chinese cultural roots and the coun...

This book provides recent theoretical developments in and practical applications of fault diagnosis and fault tolerant control for complex dynamical systems, including uncertain systems, linear and nonlinear systems. Combining adaptive control technique with other control methodologies, it investigates the problems of fault diagnosis and fault tolerant control for uncertain dynamic systems with or without time delay.As such, the book provides readers a solid understanding of fault ...

Campus Network Architectures and Technologies begins by describing the service challenges facing campus networks, and then details the intent-driven campus network architectures and technologies of Huawei Cloud Campus Solution. After reading this book, you will have a comprehensive understanding of next-generation campus network solutions, technical implementations, planning, design, and other know-how. Leveraging Huawei’s years of technical expertise and practice...

Reported speech is a universal form across human languages. However, previous studies have tended to be limited because they mostly emphasize on the form and authenticity of reported speech, while its discourse and pragmatic functions have largely been ignored. Meanwhile, the studies mainly focus on English, with a comparative perspective with other languages largely missing.Acknowledging these limitations, this book analyzes the textual and pragmatic functions of reported speech i...

This book presents select proceedings of the 3rd World Congress on Condition Monitoring (WCCM 2024). It examines condition monitoring methods, including vibration, acoustics, optics, electromagnetism, infrared thermal imaging, guided waves, stress, etc. The topics covered include signal detection and processing, condition monitoring instrumentation and methods, diagnosis, assessment and prediction, and advanced condition monitoring technology. This book also discusses the various applicati...

This book presents select proceedings of the 3rd World Congress on Condition Monitoring (WCCM 2024). It examines condition monitoring methods, including vibration, acoustics, optics, electromagnetism, infrared thermal imaging, guided waves, stress, etc. The topics covered include signal detection and processing, condition monitoring instrumentation and methods, diagnosis, assessment and prediction, and advanced condition monitoring technology. The book also discusses the various applicatio...

This book presents select proceedings of the 3rd World Congress on Condition Monitoring (WCCM 2024). It examines condition-monitoring methods, including vibration, acoustics, optics, electromagnetism, infrared thermal imaging, guided waves, stress, etc. The topics covered include signal detection and processing, condition monitoring instrumentation and methods, diagnosis, assessment and prediction, and advanced condition monitoring technology. This book also discusses the various applicati...

Framework for scanning modal parameters of bridges from vehicle responses utilizing the Vehicle Scanning Method (VSM)Advanced Vehicle Scanning Method: Bridge Modal Parameter Identification delivers a complete theoretical framework for scanning of the modal parameters (frequencies, damping ratios, and mode shapes) of bridges from vehicle responses. This book provides comprehensive coverage of the application of the Vehicle Scanning Method (VSM) for differen...