This two-volume set CCIS 2264 and CCIS 2265 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Blockchain and Trustworthy Systems, BlockSys 2024, held in Hangzhou, China, during July 12–14, 2024.The 34 full papers presented in these two volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 74 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections:Part I: Blockchain and Data Mining; Data Security and Anomaly Detection; Blockchain Perform...

This book covers up-to-date theoretical and applied advances in fractional order grey systems theory from across the world and vividly presents the reader with the overall picture of this new theory and its frontier research. Many of the concepts, models, and methods in the book are original by the author, including grey system model with the fractional order accumulation and its properties, the relationship between the sample size and the stability of grey forecasting model, applications ...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th Annual International Conference on Combinatorial Optimization and Applications, COCOA 2021, which took place in Tianjin, China, during December 17-19, 2021.The 55 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 122 submissions. They deal with combinatorial optimization and its applications in general, focusing on algorithms design, theoretical and experimental analysis, and applied research of gene...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th Annual Conference on Theory and Applications of Models of Computation, TAMC 2022, held as a virtual event, in September 2022.The 33 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 75 submissions. The main themes of the selected papers are computability, complexity, algorithms, information theory and their extensions to machine learning theory, and foundations of artificial intelligence.

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Mobile Networks and Management, MONAMI 2023, held in Yingtan, China, in October 2023.The 21 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 41 submissions. The papers are divided into groups of content as follows: Wireless Communication and Networks; Network Security and Blockchain; Image Processing and Computer Vision; Distributed Computing; Emerging Applications.

This book comprises select proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Innovative Computing (IC 2021) focusing on cutting-edge research carried out in the areas of information technology, science, and engineering. Some of the themes covered in this book are cloud communications and networking, high performance computing, architecture for secure and interactive IoT, satellite communication, wearable network and system, infrastructure management, etc. The essays are written by leading...

Analyzes and discusses the operating principle, signal processing method, and experimental results of this advanced radar technologyThis book systematically discusses the operating principle, signal processing method, target measurement technology, and experimental results of a new kind of radar called synthetic impulse and aperture radar (SIAR). The purpose is to help readers acquire an insight into the concept and principle of the SIAR, to know its opera...

-Best Books of the Year, Kirkus Reviews-Finalist, 9 state book awards-Starred review, Publishers Weekly-Starred review, Kirkus Reviews-Starred review, BooklistAs he continued to stare, I wanted to point to my cheek and remind him, "But you were the one who wanted this, remember? You're the one who asked - and I repeat - Why not fix your face?"It's hard not to notice Terra Cooper.She's tall, blond, and has an enviable body. But with on...

The Chinese economic miracle is happening despite, not because of, China's 900 million peasants. They are missing from the portraits of booming Shanghai, or Beijing. Many of China's underclass live under a feudalistic system unchanged since the fifteenth century. They are truly the voiceless in modern China. They are also, perhaps, the reason that China will not be able to make the great social and economic leap forward, because if it is to leap it must carry the 900 million with it. Chine...

Resveratrol is a structurally simple, grape-derived polyphenol with seemingly boundless biological activities. The Editors have assembled a group of renowned scientists who have illustrious careers and lifelong passions for studies of this compound. Each chapter covers topics using published and, at times, unpublished data to provide scholarly and comprehensive reviews and perspectives. Several areas with basic clinical and public health interests are highlighted. The book is intended to s...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th China National Conference on Big Data and Social Computing, BDSC 2024, held in Harbin, China, during August 8–10, 2024.The 28 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 141 submissions. The papers in the volume are organized according to the following topics: digital society and public security; modelling and simulation of social systems; internet intelligent algorithm governanc...

This text presents a comprehensive mathematical theory for elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic differential equations. It compares finite element and finite difference methods and illustrates applications of generalized difference methods to elastic bodies, electromagnetic fields, underground water pollution, and coupled sound-heat flows.