Nonlinear Equations for Beams and Degenerate Plates with Piers

Maurizio Garrione, Filippo Gazzola

• Paperback | Engels | SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology | PoliMI SpringerBriefs
• This book develops a full theory for hinged beams and degenerate plates with multiple intermediate piers with the final purpose of understanding the s... Lees meer

Mapping Urban Practices Through Mobile Phone Data

Paola Pucci, Fabio Manfredini, Paolo Tagliolato

• Paperback | Engels | SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology | PoliMI SpringerBriefs
• This book explains the potential value of using mobile phone data to monitor urban practices and identify rhythms of use in today's cities. Drawing up... Lees meer

Computational Plasticity for Finite Elements

Michael Trapp, Andreas Öchsner

• Paperback | Engels | SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology | SpringerBriefs in Computational Mechanics
• This volume demonstrates the use of FORTRAN for numerical computing in the context of the finite element method. FORTRAN is still an important program... Lees meer

Automotive Nvh Technology

• Paperback | Engels | SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology | Automotive Engineering : Simulation and Validation Methods
• This book presents seven chapters examining selected noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) topics that are highly relevant for automotive vehicle devel... Lees meer

Spatial Artificial Intelligence

Fivos Papadimitriou

• Paperback | Engels | SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology | SpringerBriefs in Computational Intelligence
• This is the first book that focuses on the full range of spatial aspects of Artificial Intelligence. Spatial AI is defined here as - AI that is genera... Lees meer

Graded Elastic Metamaterials for Energy Harvesting

Jacopo Maria de Ponti

• Paperback | Engels | SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology | PoliMI SpringerBriefs
• This book presents a complete framework for energy harvesting technologies based on graded elastic metamaterials. First, it provides a comprehensive s... Lees meer

Robots and Ai: Illusions and Social Dilemmas

Daniel Albiero

• Paperback | Engels | SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology | SpringerBriefs in Computational Intelligence
• This book aims to critically assess the Cartesian stance that affirms robotic and AI technologies as candidates to supplant human capacities in non-ro... Lees meer

Brownfield Transformation in Fragile Territories

Marcello Modica, Elena Solero

• Paperback | Engels | SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology | PoliMI SpringerBriefs
• This book presents and critically evaluates the results of a European territorial cooperation project addressing the planning challenge of brownfield ... Lees meer

On the Abnormal/Coarse Grain Formation in K-Monel 500 Alloy

Robert J Reidel, Paul Reidel, Hamid Garmestani, Omar S Es-Said

• Paperback | Engels | SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology | SpringerBriefs in Continuum Mechanics
• This book helps unlock the root cause of abnormal grain growth in a commercial nickel alloy. The chapters explore the effects of different solution tr... Lees meer

Portfolio Optimization Using Fundamental Indicators Based on Multi-Objective EA

Antonio Daniel Silva, Rui Ferreira Neves, Nuno Horta

• Paperback | Engels | SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology | SpringerBriefs in Computational Intelligence
• This work presents a new approach to portfolio composition in the stock market. It incorporates a fundamental approach using financial ratios and tech... Lees meer

Interface Fracture and Delaminations in Composite Materials

Leslie Banks-Sills

• Paperback | Engels | SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology | SpringerBriefs in Structural Mechanics
• Part I of this SpringerBrief presents the problem of a crack between two dissimilar isotropic materials and describes the mathematical background. A f... Lees meer

Deployment and Operation of Complex Software in Heterogeneous Execution Environments

• Paperback | Engels | SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology | PoliMI SpringerBriefs
• This open access book provides an overview of the work developed within the SODALITE project, which aims at facilitating the deployment and operation ... Lees meer

New Medical Diagnosis Models Based on Generalized Type-2 Fuzzy Logic

Patricia Melin, Emanuel Ontiveros-Robles, Oscar Castillo

• Paperback | Engels | SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology | SpringerBriefs in Computational Intelligence
• This book presents different experimental results as evidence of the good results obtained compared with respect to conventional approaches and litera... Lees meer

Climate Change, Resilience and Cultural Heritage

Mehrnaz Rajabi

• Paperback | Engels | SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology | PoliMI SpringerBriefs
• This book showcases the cross-disciplinary and "systemic" relationships among climate change, resilience, and cultural heritage. It critically reviews... Lees meer

E-Government and Employment Services

Maria Grazia Fugini, Piercarlo Maggiolini, Ramon Salvador Valles

• Paperback | Engels | SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
• This book explores the factors that affect the efficiency and effectiveness of electronic government (e-Government) by analyzing two employment- servi... Lees meer

Clustering, Classification, and Time Series Prediction by Using Artificial Neural Networks

Patricia Melin, Martha Ramirez, Oscar Castillo

• Paperback | Engels | SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology | SpringerBriefs in Computational Intelligence
• This book provides a new model for clustering, classification, and time series prediction by using artificial neural networks to computationally simul... Lees meer

Promoting Rental Housing Affordability in European Cities

Marco Peverini

• Paperback | Engels | SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology | PoliMI SpringerBriefs
• This book investigates policies for the promotion of housing affordability in the rental sector of attractive cities in Europe. Affordability links th... Lees meer

The Effect of Surface Wettability on the Defrost Process

Yang Liu, Francis A Kulacki

• Paperback | Engels | SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology | SpringerBriefs in Thermal Engineering and Applied Science
• This SpringerBrief presents a recent advancement in modeling and measurement of the effect of surface wettability on the defrost process. Carefully co... Lees meer

Management of Complex Multi-Reservoir Water Distribution Systems Using Advanced Control Theoretic Tools and Techniques

Wojciech Z Chmielowski

• Paperback | Engels | SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology | SpringerBriefs in Computational Intelligence
• This study discusses issues of optimal water management in a complex distribution system. The main elements of the water-management system under consi... Lees meer

Ai: A Broad and a Different Perspective

Paolo Massimo Buscema, Weldon A Lodwick, Giulia Massini, Pier Luigi Sacco, Masoud Asadi-Zeydabadi, Francis Newman, Riccardo Petritoli, Marco Breda

• Paperback | Engels | SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology | SpringerBriefs in Computational Intelligence
• One of the primary objectives of this book is to highlight the profound difference between two types of AI that pursue distinct goals: emulative AI, w... Lees meer

Consensus Building Versus Irreconcilable Conflicts

Emanuela Saporito

• Paperback | Engels | SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology | PoliMI SpringerBriefs
• This book aims to identify ways of overcoming the limitations of the communicative tradition in understanding participatory spatial planning. Three co... Lees meer

Hybrid Machining Processes

Kapil Gupta, Neelesh K Jain, R F Laubscher

• Paperback | Engels | SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology | Manufacturing and Surface Engineering
• This book describes various hybrid machining and finishing processes. It gives a critical review of the past work based on them as well as the current... Lees meer

Megaproject Management

• Paperback | Engels | SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology | PoliMI SpringerBriefs
• The book investigates the various aspects characterizing Megaprojects from numerous perspectives and by integrating different disciplines: engineering... Lees meer

Time-Delayed Chaotic Dynamical Systems

Tanmoy Banerjee, Debabrata Biswas

• Paperback | Engels | SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology | SpringerBriefs in Nonlinear Circuits
• Discusses the usefulness of an active all-pass filter as the delay element Reflects a clear view on the analytical results Presents the design aspects... Lees meer