This book offers a comprehensive exploration of bio-inspired systems and robotics by integrating theoretical foundations with cutting-edge applications and real-world case studies.Departing from traditional approaches, it uniquely emphasizes interdisciplinary methodologies that bridge automation, Bio-inspired System, and Unmanned System, while spotlighting regional advancements from Asia to provide a global perspective on innovation. Covering a wide range of topics including but not limite...

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of bio-inspired systems and robotics by integrating theoretical foundations with cutting-edge applications and real-world case studies.Departing from traditional approaches, it uniquely emphasizes interdisciplinary methodologies that bridge automation, Bio-inspired System, and Unmanned System, while spotlighting regional advancements from Asia to provide a global perspective on innovation. Covering a wide range of topics including but not limite...

The Building of the Burma Road, first published in 1945, is a fascinating firsthand account of the layout and construction of the famous Burma Road by the engineer who was put in charge of the job in 1938. The engrossing story describes the unique combination of native peoples, materials, tools, and machinery used to complete the road, and the extreme challenges faced such as lack of proper equipment, impenetrable rock, malarial swamps, dense jungle, and the outbreak of Wo...

This two-volume set, CCIS 2356 and CCIS 2357, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Data Mining and Big Data, DMBD 2024, held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in December 2024.The 46 full papers presented in these volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 93 submissions. They are organized under the following topical sections:Part I : Machine Learning Methods; Data Mining Methods; Detection Methods.Part II : Clustering Meth...

This two-volume set LNCS 16011 and 16012 constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Advances in Swarm Intelligence, ICSI 2025, held in Yokohama, Japan, during July 11-15, 2025.The 54 revised full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 116 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: Particle Swarm Optimization; Swarm Optimization Algorithms; Swarm of Large Language...

This two-volume set LNCS 14788 and 14789 constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Advances in Swarm Intelligence, ICSI 2024, held in Xining, China, during August 23–26, 2024.The 74 revised full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 156 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections:Part I - Particle swarm optimization; Swarm intelligence computing; Differen...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Data Mining and Big Data, DMBD 2025, held in Beijing, China, in December 19-22, 2025.The 20 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 42 submissions. This conference focuses on algorithms, models, and applications of data mining, big data, and artificial intelligence techniques.

This two-volume set, CCIS 2017 and 2018 constitutes the 8th International Conference, on Data Mining and Big Data, DMBD 2023, held in Sanya, China, in December 2023.The 38 full papers presented in this two-volume set included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 79 submissions.The papers present the latest research on advantages in theories, technologies, and applications in data mining and big data. The volume covers many aspects of data mining and big dat...

This two-volume set LNCS 13968 and 13969 constitutes the proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Advances in Swarm Intelligence, ICSI 2023, which took place in Shenzhen, China, China, in July 2023. The theme of this year’s conference was “Serving Life with Swarm Intelligence”.The 81 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 170 submissions. The papers are organized into 12 cohesive sections covering major topics of swarm intelligence research and i...

This two-volume set, CCIS 1744 and CCIS 1745 book constitutes the 7th International Conference, on Data Mining and Big Data, DMBD 2022, held in Beijing, China, in November 21–24, 2022.The 62 full papers presented in this two-volume set included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 135 submissions. The papers present the latest research on advantages in theories, technologies, and applications in data mining and big data. The volume covers many aspects of data mini...

This two-volume set, CCIS 1453 and CCIS 1454, constitutes refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Data Mining and Big Data, DMBD 2021, held in Guangzhou, China, in October 2021.The 57 full papers and 28 short papers presented in this two-volume set were carefully reviewed and selected from 258 submissions. The papers present the latest research on advantages in theories, technologies, and applications in data mining and big data. The volume covers many aspects o...

This two-volume set LNCS 13344 and 13345 constitutes the proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Advances in Swarm Intelligence, ICSI 2022, which took place in Xi’an, China, in July 2022. The theme of this year’s conference was “Serving Life with Swarm Intelligence”.The 85 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 171 submissions. The papers of the first part cover topics such as: Swarm Intelligence and Nature-Inspired Computing; Swarm-based Comput...