This book describes and discusses the use of principal component analysis (PCA) for different types of problems in a variety of disciplines, including engineering, technology, economics, and more. It presents real-world case studies showing how PCA can be applied with other algorithms and methods to solve both large and small and static and dynamic problems. It also examines improvements made t…
The use of data collectors in energy systems is growing more and more. For example, smart sensors are now widely used in energy production and energy consumption systems. This implies that huge amounts of data are generated and need to be analyzed in order to extract useful insights from them. Such big data give rise to a number of opportunities and challenges for informed decision making. In r…
This reprint presents advances in operation and maintenance in solar plants, wind farms and microgrids. This compendium of scientific articles will help clarify the current advances in this subject, so it is expected that it will please the reader.
Why are historically Catholic countries and regions generally more corrupt and less competitive than historically Protestant ones? How has institutionalization of religion influenced the prosperity of countries in Europe and the Americas? This open access book addresses these critical questions by elucidating the hegemonic and emancipatory religious factors leading to these dissimilarities betw…
This reprint introduces advanced prediction models focused on power load forecasting. Models based on artificial intelligence and more traditional approaches are shown, demonstrating the real possibilities of use to improve prediction in this field. Models of LSTM neural networks, LSTM networks with a SESDA architecture, in even LSTM-CNN are used. On the other hand, multiple seasonal Holt-Winte…
Buku Akses Terbuka ini menyediakan analisis mendalam tentang peran media dan jurnalis dalam ekosistem komunikasi yang terfragmentasi dan terpolarisasi yang menghadapi ketidakpastian tantangan besar, seperti dampak proses disintermediasi, tekanan dari kekuatan informasi berlebih dan disinformasi yang simultan, serta ketidakpastian kerja. Buku ini membahas tantangan-tantangan ini dalam konteks kr…
Buku akses terbuka ini menunjukkan beberapa hal penting yang dipresentasikan pada Kongres Teknik Mesin XV Ibero-Amerika. Makalah-makalah ini mengeksplorasi bidang-bidang terdepan dalam Teknik Mesin, yang berisi penelitian mekanika fluida, sistem energi, tribologi, ilmu material, robotika, mekatronika, biomekanika, instrumentasi, termodinamika, dan keberlanjutan mekanis. ;;; CIBIM / CIBEM dalam …
Step into the world of 16th-century Castile, where a devout community of Franciscan women preserved the public preaching of their visionary abbess, Juana de la Cruz (1481-1534), through writing. This groundbreaking book uncovers how her sermons were recorded, explores the materiality of the surviving codices, and reveals their role in the controversial censorship and blocking of Juana’s canon…
This open access book compiles the proceedings of the tenth edition of the International Congress on Science, Technology and Innovation for Society, a key event that addresses in a practical and multidisciplinary way smart technologies and their impact on crucial sectors such as sustainability, environment, information and telecommunications, industry and mobility. Through studies with diverse …