This volume brings together 30 chapters across five parts, offering a structured, in-depth survey of asymptotic analysis and its applications. Readers will find rigorous treatments of orthogonal polynomials, boundary layer problems, saddle-point integrals, turning point theory, Airy and Bessel expansions, special functions, and modern approaches to difference equations, differential equations, Riemann–Hilbert problems, integrals, and singular perturbation problems. Each chapter blends clas...

This is a book that is destined to be controversial and will be a book that stands up to criticism. The ideas of economics discussed in this book are almost completely different from what one usually sees in economics, with different starting points, different perspectives, different depths, and different conclusions. Yet the ideas here, after being discussed with such depth and clarity, are so obvious that one can hardly doubt their validity.In this book, many new concepts have be...

Kinetic Studies in GeO2/Ge System: A Retrospective from 2021 investigates reaction kinetics in GeO2/Ge systems, aiming to demonstrate the fundamentals of the GeO2/Ge interface and to give insight into the distinctive features and performance of Ge (germanium) applied to advanced complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) devices.This book first reviews the development of MOS technology and discusses the potentials of emerging Ge and the challenges facing it as ...

This book examines transatlantic politics through an analysis of 60 years of US-European strategic interaction in space.The significance of space politics for the study of transatlantic relations receives surprisingly little scholarly attention. As a theatre of interaction, transatlantic space politics reflects the vicissitudes of European and US power in the international system. An understanding of space politics is therefore vital in understanding the status and prospect of the ...

This book reports innovative deep learning and big data analytics technologies for smart manufacturing applications. In this book, theoretical foundations, as well as the state-of-the-art and practical implementations for the relevant technologies, are covered. This book details the relevant applied research conducted by the authors in some important manufacturing applications, including intelligent prognosis on manufacturing processes, sustainable manufacturing and human-robot cooperation...

This book describes the basic concepts and principles of classical mechanics in the intermediate level. Given the perspective that different mechanical problems require an appropriate approach drawn from various methods or principles, a textbook discussing multiple methods or principles in mechanics is highly desirable. Additionally, a good textbook should include historical context on the motivation and the development of the methods or principles, allowing students to gain insights that ...

This book introduces various techniques of educational technology, blending theory with real-world applications, making it an essential tool for a wide range of readers. Different innovative methods covered in this book enhance its usefulness in education administration and management. The content of the book covers chapters both for the beginners and experts, serving as a key reference for educators and administrators. This book serves as a source of fresh ideas for researchers exploring ...

Differential and Difference Equations in Mathematical Biology introduces graduate and senior undergraduate students to differential and difference equations as tools for modeling biological phenomena.The book presents fundamental theory as well as recent research developments concerning the local and global analysis of continuous and discrete dynamical systems in mathematical biology. In addition to serving as a teaching text, the book is also valuable to researchers as bo...

This book discusses an emerging area in computer science, IT, and management, i.e., decision sciences and management. It includes studies that employ various computing techniques like machine learning to generate insights from huge amounts of available data; and which explore decision making for cross-platforms that contain heterogeneous data associated with complex assets; leadership; and team coordination. It also reveals the advantages of using decision sciences with management-oriented...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 7th International Workshop and Challenge on Computational Methods and Clinical Applications for Spine Imaging, CSI 2019, which was held in conjunction with MICCAI on October 17, 2019, in Shenzhen, China.All submissions were accepted for publication; the book contains 5 peer-reviewed regular papers, covering topics of vertrebra detection, spine segmentation and image-based diagnosis, and 9 challenge papers, investigating (semi-)automatic ...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Workshop on Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, MLMI 2025, held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2025, Daejeon, South Korea, on September 23, 2025.The 65 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 101 submissions. They focus on advanced scientific research covering topics such as deep learning, foundation models, generative learning, and statistical methods with their applications t...

Manufacturing and Engineering Technology brings together around 200 peer-reviewed papers presented at the 2014 International Conference on Manufacturing and Engineering Technology, held in San-ya, China, October 17-19, 2014.The main objective of these proceedings is to take the Manufacturing and Engineering Technology discussion a step further. Con