This book presents revised selected papers from the 14th International Forum on Digital TV and Wireless Multimedia Communication, IFTC 2017, held in Shanghai, China, in November 2017.The 46 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 122 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: image processing; machine learning; quality assessment; social media; telecommunications; video surveillance; virtual reality; computer vision; and image comp...

This volume contains 28 selected papers presented at IFTC 2024: 21st International Forum of Digital Multimedia Communication, held in Lingshui, Hainan, China, on November 28-29, 2024.The 55 full papers included in this 2-volume set were carefully reviewed and selected from 146 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows:CCIS 2441: Affective Computing, Graphics & Image Processing for Virtual Reality, Large Language Models, Multimedia Communication, Applic...

This book presents revised selected papers from the 17th International Forum on Digital TV and Wireless Multimedia Communication, IFTC 2020, held in Shanghai, China, in December 2020.The 21 full papers and 16 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 120 submissions. They were organized in topical sections on image processing; machine learning; quality assessment; telecommunications; video surveillance; and virtual reality.

This book reports on the latest findings in the study of Stochastic Neural Networks (SNN). The book collects the novel model of the disturbance driven by Levy process, the research method of M-matrix, and the adaptive control method of the SNN in the context of stability and synchronization control. The book will be of interest to university researchers, graduate students in control science and engineering and neural networks who wish to learn the core principles, methods, algorithms and a...

This book systematically reviews the development of social policy since the establishment of the People’s Republic of China. As such, it begins by investigating the establishment of the Insurance System in the early period, then moves on to the planned economy period, the Cultural Revolution period, and the Reform and Opening Up period, characterized by efforts to adapt to a market economy. For each period, the book examines the effect of the economic system, the mode of production and for...

This book contains papers presented at the 4th International Conference on Cognitive-based Information Processing and Applications (CIPA) in Changzhou, China, from November 22–23, 2024. The papers represent the various technological advancements in theory, technology, and application of artificial intelligence, including precision mining, intelligent computing, deep learning, and all other theories, models, and technologies related to artificial intelligence. It caters to postgraduate stud...

This book contains papers presented at the 3rd International Conference on Cognitive- based Information Processing and Applications (CIPA) in Changzhou, China, from November 2–3, 2023. The papers represent the various technological advancements in theory, technology and application of artificial intelligence, including precision mining, intelligent computing, deep learning, and all other theories, models, and technologies related to artificial intelligence. It caters to postgraduate studen...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the CVPR 2025 Challenge on Foundation Models for 3D Biomedical Image Segmentation, MedSegFM 2025, held in Nashville, TN, USA, during June 11–15, 2025.The 13 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 19 submissions. This conference provides state-of-the-art algorithms for biomedical image segmentation foundation models.

A fully comprehensive introduction to smart grid standards and their applications for developers, consumers and service providersThe critical role of standards for smart grid has already been realized by world-wide governments and industrial organizations. There are hundreds of standards for Smart Grid which have been developed in parallel by different organizations. It is therefore necessary to arrange those standards in such a way that it is easier for r...

This specially formulated collection features 3 reviews of current topics and key research in sweetpotato.The first chapter examines the origin and dispersal of sweetpotato, considers in vitro germplasm storage in sweetpotato genebanks, and looks at the importance of managing sweetpotato crop wild relatives (CWR). The chapter also considers the specific issues associated with sweetpotato germplasm, as well as the application of next-generation sequencing to sweetpo...

This book offers a systematic coverage of diagnostic imaging in infectious and inflammatory diseases in musculoskeletal system. The first part is devoted to a general review of infectious diseases in musculoskeletal system, as well as pathogenic classification, imaging techniques, pathogenic and imaging characteristics. In the following parts, imaging interpretation of typical infectious and inflammatory diseases affecting bone, joint, and soft tissue is described. Each disease is clearly ...

The two-volume proceedings set constitutes the revised selected papers of the 22nd International Forum of Digital TV and Wireless Multimedia Communications, IFTC 2025, held in Taiyuan, China, during November 20–22, 2025.The 64 full papers were included in this were carefully reviewed and selected from 165 submissions. They focus to promote technology, equipment, and applications in the field of digital media by comparing the characteristics, frameworks, and significant techniques a...