Move agentic AI from clever demos to reliable production with the principles, patterns, and practices behind multi-agent systems at scale.Key FeaturesBuild production-ready agents and multi-agent systems with hands-on Python examplesApply foundational principles, proven design patterns, and orchestration strategiesEvaluate, observe, scale, and evolve agent systems through real-world case studiesPurchase of the print or Kindle book incl...

This book reports on cutting-edge research and developments in manufacturing, giving a special emphasis to solutions for the Changing World Order. It covers advances in manufacturing processes and systems, applications of AI and machine learning in manufacturing, sustainable manufacturing strategies, quality management in industry 4.0, and topics in ergonomics, engineering education and project management. Based on the proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Flexible Automation...

This book reports on cutting-edge research and developments in manufacturing, giving a special emphasis to solutions for the Changing World Order. It covers applications of machine learning in manufacturing and advances in cyber-physical systems, human-robot collaboration, and machine tools and assembly systems. It also reports on advances in logistics and supply chain, and lean manufacturing. Based on the proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intellig...

Large language models (LLMs) are the reasoning engines of modern AI. Today, a major inflection point has arrived: as the world races to deploy AI at scale, model inference has moved to the center of the stack. Welcome to the inference era.Without proper optimization, however, LLMs can be expensive and slow to serve. Hands-On LLM Serving and Optimization is a comprehensive guide to the complexities of deploying and optimizing LLMs at scale.In this hands-on, engineer...

Plastic Pollution in Aquatic Systems: Challenges, Strategies, and Innovative Solutions for a Circular Economy provides a comprehensive analysis of the sources, transport mechanisms, and environmental fate of microplastics, emphasizing their ecotoxicological impacts. The book systematically explores advanced remediation technologies, including membrane filtration, nanofiber-based separation, advanced oxidation processes (AOPs), biodegradation, and nature-based treatment approaches such as c...

Literary Societies in Republican China provides a new and comprehensive perspective on the fascinating literary world of the most turbulent period in recent Chinese history: the Republican era of 1911-1949. Wedged between the fall of the Empire and the founding of the Communist state, the Republican period witnessed enormous social, political, and cultural changes. Traditionally the period is seen as one of transition: from the country being partially colonized and occupied to bei...

"Designing deep learning system"is a cuticle resource that addresses the gap in knowledge regarding the efficient bridging of the deep learning research and prototype with production operation. the book is authored by experience deep learning engineering leaders, chi and Donald, who provide valuable insights a guidance for both junior and seasoned engineers.the book begins with an overview of deep learning system, followed by the detailed decisions on each system component. it high...

As Xi Jinping begins his historic third term in office, many will try to understand Xi as both person and leader. This book examines Xi Jinping from his childhood during China’s Cultural Revolution all the way through his second term as China’s paramount leader. The author analyzes not only Xi Jinping’s life and leadership but also Western perceptions, assessments, and interpretations of Xi and how this has affected China’s dynamic relationship with the West. It will trace how early and mo...

This book applies artificial intelligence to lean production and shows how to practically combine the advantages of these two disciplines.Lean manufacturing originated in Japan and is a well-known tool for improving manufacturers' competitiveness. Prevalent tools for lean manufacturing include Kanban, Pacemaker, Value Stream Map, 5s, Just-in-Time and Pull Manufacturing. Lean Manufacturing and the Toyota Manufacturing System has been successfully applied to various factories and sup...

This book surveys the complicated history of U.S.-Chinese relations. After two brief chapters providing historical context, the focus shifts to the mid-twentieth century, the wartime alliance, the war's bitter aftermath, and the decades since World War II, including the path from normalisation to China's hosting of the 2008 Summer Olympics. The author traces the ways in which the two countries have managed the blend of common and competitive interests in their economic and strategic relati...

Documentary has never attracted such audiences, never been produced with such ease from so many corners of the globe, never embraced such variety of expression. The very distinctions between the filmed, the filmer and the spectator are being dissolved. The Act of Documenting addresses what this means for documentary's 21st century position as a genus in the “class” cinema; for its foundations as, primarily, a scientistic, eurocentric and patriarchal discourse; for its future in a ...

The son of a prominent Chinese government official and general and the former schoolmate of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, Chi Wang personally experienced one of the most tumultuous periods in Chinese history, including the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong and mainland China, and the Chinese Civil War (1946-1949). In 1949, Wang left China for the United States, traveling though mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong during the final days of the Chinese Civil ...