Technical theory, key technologies, and practical applications for consortium blockchains, with a solution to the CAP trilemma problemPrinciples and Applications of Blockchain Systems provides a comprehensive introduction to consortium blockchains, including the physical, network, consensus, and contract layers, covering technical theory, key technologies, and practical applications. Beyond the technical side, this book visually showcases the application p...

This book constitutes the conference proceedings of the 10th Pacific Rim Symposium on Image and Video Technology, PSIVT 2022, held in Bintan Island, Indonesia, in November 2022.A total of 15 papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 18 submissions. The main conference focuses on theoretical advances or practical implementations in image and video technology.

This book aims to provide comprehensive pictures of airway stenting technology in interventional radiology to clinical practitioners. The highlight of this book is that design concept and structure of stent are described in detail for readers to choose suitable stents for different airway diseases.The first part of the book introduces readers to airway foundation on basic ideas of trachea anatomy, common symptoms and imaging signs of respiratory system. The second part provides a b...

This two volume set (CCIS 1628 and 1629) constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference of Pioneering Computer Scientists, Engineers and Educators, ICPCSEE 2022 held in Chengdu, China, in August, 2022.The 65 full papers and 26 short papers presented in these two volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 261 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on: Big Data Mining and Knowledge Management; Machine Learning for Data Science; Mult...

The brief focuses on applying sublinear algorithms to manage critical big data challenges. The text offers an essential introduction to sublinear algorithms, explaining why they are vital to large scale data systems. It also demonstrates how to apply sublinear algorithms to three familiar big data applications: wireless sensor networks, big data processing in Map Reduce and smart grids. These applications present common experiences, bridging the theoretical advances of sublinear algorithms...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third China Conference on Knowledge Graph and Semantic Computing, CCKS 2018, held in Tianjin, China, in August 2018.The 27 revised full papers and 2 revised short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 101 submissions. The papers cover wide research fields including the knowledge graph, information extraction, knowledge representation and reasoning, linked data.

The emergence and application of stainless steel wires-engineered multifunctional ultra-high performance concrete advances the safety, durability, function/intelligence, resilience, and sustainability of infrastructure, thus prolonging the service life and reducing the maintenance to lower the lifecycle cost of infrastructure. This is the first reference work on this multifunctional concrete, which combines high performance with functional/ smart properties, such as thermal, electrical, se...

Theory and Technology for Improving High-Speed Railway Transportation Capacity present solutions to problems in utilizing new technologies for signaling in high-speed rail towards increasing capacity. The book examines capacity in terms of signaling control and for a railway transport organization. Key problems covered include station intervals and resource occupation. This book provides a handbook for developing capacity through new technology and methods in signaling. Sections focus on i...

This unique text helps make sense of big data in engineering applications using tools and techniques from signal processing. It presents fundamental signal processing theories and software implementations, reviews current research trends and challenges, and describes the techniques used for analysis, design and optimization. Readers will learn about key theoretical issues such as data modelling and representation, scalable and low-complexity information processing and optimization, tensor ...

The proceedings offer a meticulously curated compilation of peer-reviewed papers presented at the 3rd International Conference on Machine Learning, Cloud Computing and Intelligent Mining (MLCCIM2024). With a profound focus on these domains, this volume serves as an invaluable resource for researchers, experts, professionals, and practitioners engaged in machine learning, control systems, robot, cloud computing and intelligent mining techniques. The conference facilitated a vibrant exchange...

This proceedings book offers a meticulously curated compilation of peer-reviewed papers presented at the 3rd International Conference on Machine Learning, Cloud Computing and Intelligent Mining (MLCCIM2024). With a profound focus on these domains, this book serves as an invaluable resource for researchers, experts, professionals, and practitioners engaged in machine learning, control systems, robot, cloud computing, and intelligent mining techniques. The book facilitates a vibrant exchange...

The proceedings offer a meticulously curated compilation of peer-reviewed papers presented at the 3rd International Conference on Machine Learning, Cloud Computing and Intelligent Mining (MLCCIM2024). With a profound focus on these domains, this volume serves as an invaluable resource for researchers, experts, professionals, and practitioners engaged in machine learning, control systems, robot, cloud computing and intelligent mining techniques. The conference facilitated a vibrant exchange...