Grounding is the fundamental measures to ensure the safe operation of power systems, including power apparatus and control/monitoring systems, and guarantee the personal safety. Grounding technology is an interdiscipline involving electrical engineering, high voltage technology, electric safety, electromagnetics, numerical analysis, and geological explorationMethodology and Technology for Power System Grounding*:*Covers all topics related to power system grou...

This book benefits researchers, engineers, and graduate students in the field of fractional-order complex dynamical networks. Recently, the dynamical behaviors (e.g., passivity, finite-time passivity, synchronization, and finite-time synchronization, etc.) for fractional-order complex networks (FOCNs) have attracted considerable research attention in a wide range of fields, and a variety of valuable results have been reported. In particular, passivity has been extensively used to address t...

This book provides a comprehensive survey of coded optical imaging. Illustrated with 386 figures, it takes readers from the fundamental concepts and theories to the latest research and applications in this field. It can be used in graduate-level courses in optics and photonics. It can also benefit scientists and engineers in optical imaging, computer graphics, and other related disciplines.This book starts from a brief history of coded optical imaging and key operations in its data...

Communication-Protocol-Based Filtering and Control of Networked Systems is a self-contained treatment ofthe state of the art in communication-protocol-based filtering and control;recent advances in networked systems; andthe potential for application in sensor networks.This book provides new concepts, new models and new methodologies with practical significance in control engineering and signal processing. The book first establishes ...

This book is a comprehensive introduction to supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) concepts, including its singular flow and heat transfer characteristics, the basic principles of sCO2 power systems, and related challenges and solutions. It also explores how to expand to multi-energy complementary systems based on CO2’s unique properties and introduces the latest research progress. The relevant energy technologies mentioned in this book use CO2 as a medium to reduce carbon emissions in the e...

This book discusses different approaches for successful pest-management through biotechnological interventions. Pest management is directly associated with the agricultural productivity. The book introduces the reader to various kinds of biopesticides that have been developed and are being developed for field application. Chemical pesticides have been widely used to control pests, and these induce pesticide resistance as well as other environmental problems. This book discusses the necessi...

Cooperative Control for Nonlinear Multiagent Systems: Passivity-Based and Non-Passivity-Based Approaches focuses on the cooperative control of nonlinear multiagent systems containing passivity-based or non-passivity-based consensus, lag consensus, and formation control of multiagent systems. The book provides professional and convenient guidance for those who want to know basic knowledge, advancements, and processes for designing and analyzing cooperative control for nonlinear multiagent s...

This book delves deeply intothefield ofvariable-fidelity surrogate modeling, examining its application in theoptimization ofcomplex multidisciplinary design optimization problems. Thetext presents a detailed exploration ofsurrogate modeling techniques, witha focus onvariable-fidelity approaches that integrate models ofvarying accuracy toenhance theefficiency ofoptimization processes. Covering foundational concepts, thebook progresses through diverse modeling strategies, including scaling f...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Big Data, BigData 2021, held online as part of SCF 2021, during December 10-14, 2021.The 6 full and 2 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 53 submissions. The topics covered are Big Data Architecture, Big Data Modeling, Big Data As A Service, Big Data for Vertical Industries (Government, Healthcare, etc.), Big Data Analytics, Big Data Toolkits, Big Data Open Platforms,...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the Third International Conference on Edge Computing, EDGE 2019, held in San Diego, CA, USA, in June 2019.The 5 full papers and 1 short paper presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 14 submissions. The contributions deal with the latest fundamental advances in the state of the art and practice of edge computing, identifying emerging research topics and defining the future of edge computing.

Recent developments such as the invention of powerful turbo-decoding and irregular designs, together with the increase in the number of potential applications to multimedia signal compression, have increased the importance of variable length coding (VLC). Providing insights into the very latest research, the authors examine the design of diverse near-capacity VLC codes in the context of wireless telecommunications.The book commences with an introduction to Information Theory, follo...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on AI and Multimodal Services – AIMS 2025, held as Part of the Services Conference Federation, SCF 2025, in Hong Kong, China, during September 27–30, 2025.The 9 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 22 submissions. They focus on for the development, publication, discovery, orchestration, invocation, testing, delivery, certification, and management of artificial ...