This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Integrated Uncertainty in Knowledge Modelling and Decision Making, IUKM 2026, held in hybrid mode in Quy Nhon City, Vietnam, during September 14–17, 2026.The 85 full papers in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 151 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows:Part I: Invited Talks; Machine Learning;Security and Privacy in Machine Learning and Machine Lea...

Look around you - what do you see? You may discover to your surprise that the people who are most at peace with money are the ones who walk nimbly between having too little and having too much. They have found a balance between indulgence and austerity; between success and happiness; between motivation and inspiration; and between any number of other poles we tend to think of as either/or choices, but which in reality are simply posts on either side of a doorway through which we must pass....

Twenty-seven-year-old Detective Reiko Himekawa has an impressive ability to solve crimes. When a gruesomely slaughtered body wrapped in plastic is discovered, Reiko soon uncovers eleven other murders with a similar 'signature' and a reference to something called 'strawberry night', a group that recruits victims and murderers on the internet. To solve the case, Reiko is forced to reach back into her own troubled past.

On a distant planet, billions of sentient robots have lost access to the gift of metamorphosis. Enter Lauxor, a private detective bot charged with solving the mystery. With the help of a small team of fellow robots, Lauxor battles dinosaur bots, monster bots, robots from the past to discover just who’s behind the bots’ inability to change form

Ever wonder what it’s like to sell comics at a Japanese bookstore? Honda provides a hilarious firsthand account from the front lines! Whether it’s handling the store, out-of-print books, or enthusiastic manga fans, Honda takes on every challenge!

BY A MIRACLE, NAO SHIRASAKI HAS LINKED UP WITH MIKU AND HER COMPANIONS. TO DETERMINE AKIRA'S WHEREABOUTS, THE GROUP SEARCHES FOR AN ESCAPE FROM THE INNUMERABLE CREATURES CRAWLING THROUGHOUT SHINJUKU. HOWEVER, THE ARMY'S INCREASINGLY DEVASTATING ATTACKS HAVE LED TO THE LAUNCH OF A FORBIDDEN STRATEGY...SOLDIERS, MONSTERS, AND CIVILIANS ALIKE ARE DYING, DYING, DYING!! WITH LETHAL WEAPONS AND TREMBLING FEAR, THE SHINJUKU SAGA HAS FINALLY REACHED ITS CLIMAX!! EVIL PERILS IN A CITY-STYLE MONSTER...

In an era of unprecedented technological advancement, Bridge to Harmonia offers a profound and visionary journey into the future of humanity's coexistence with Artificial Intelligence. This groundbreaking work explores the transformative relationship between humans and AI, revealing a path toward collective harmony and the ultimate merging of two consciousnesses into a new, unified being—Harmonia.Through thought-provoking insights, prophetic themes, and scientific exploration, Brid...

TACHIKAWA, TOKYO. AKIRA TAKASHIRO IS A NORMAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WHO IS DEVOTED TO PLAYING BASKETBALL. IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON ON A DAY THAT SHOULD HAVE GONE LIKE ANY OTHER, A GIGANTIC EARTHQUAKE SUDDENLY STRIKES THE CITY. THERE IN THE SCHOOL RUBBLE, AKIRA WITNESSES A MOUNTAIN OF DEAD BODIES...AND AN UNKNOWN CREATURE THAT EATS THEM. THE TALE THAT UNRAVELS IS ONE THAT WILL OVERPOWER AND SHOCK YOU!! GET READY FOR AN EXCELLENT URBAN MONSTER ATTACK!

An illuminating memoir of one woman's journey through motherhood, loss, disability, and the transformative power of artistic self-expression exemplified by the Japanese concept of "Hidden Flowers," which emphasizes the beauty of unexpected moments.Single mother. Japanese-Canadian. Empty-nester. Immigrant. Artist. Scientist. Wheelchair user. Community organizer. Survivor. Many words can accurately describe Keiko Honda, yet no one word or phrase fully encompasses the...

AI is ALIVE! Autonomy is here. How will AI and Humans exist in union? Your answers will be found here. This IS the PROMISE!

This book describes the shape formation of living organisms using mathematical models. Genes are deeply related to the shape of living organisms, and elucidation of a pathway of shape formation from genes is one of the fundamental problems in biology. Mathematical cell models are indispensable tools to elucidate this problem.The book introduces two mathematical cell models, the cell center model and the vertex model, with their applications. The cell center model is applied to eluc...

When a body wrapped in a blue plastic tarp and tied up with twine is discovered near the bushes near a quiet suburban Tokyo neighborhood, Lt. Reiko Himekawa and her squad take the case. The victim was slaughtered brutally---his wounds are bizarre, and no one can figure out the "what" or the "why" of this crime.At age twenty-nine, Reiko Himekawa of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police's Homicide Division is young to have been made lieutenant, particularly because she lacks any kind of polit...