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Machine Medical Ethics
The essays in this book, written by researchers from both humanities and science, describe various theoretical and experimental approaches to adding medical ethics to a machine, what design features are necessary in order to achieve this, philosophical and practical questions concerning justice, rights, decision-making and responsibility in medical contexts, and accurately modeling essential ph…
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- 978-3-319-08108-3
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Lévy Matters V: Functionals of Lévy Processes
This three-chapter volume concerns the distributions of certain functionals of Lévy processes. The first chapter, by Makoto Maejima, surveys representations of the main sub-classes of infinitesimal distributions in terms of mappings of certain Lévy processes via stochastic integration. The second chapter, by Lars Nørvang Andersen, Søren Asmussen, Peter W. Glynn and Mats Pihlsgård, concerns…
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- 978-3-319-23138-9
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The Human Face of Ambient Intelligence
humanities. It is divided into two main parts: Part 1 is about different permutations of enabling technologies as well as core computational capabilities, namely context awareness, implicit and natural interaction, and intelligent behavior. It details the existing and upcoming prerequisite technologies, and elucidates the application and convergence of major current and future computing trends.…
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- 978-94-6239-130-7
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- XXXII, 523
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- Atlantis Ambient and Pervasive Intelligence
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Vortex Rings and Jets Recent Developments in Near-Field Dynamics
In this book, recent developments in our understanding of fundamental vortex ring and jet dynamics will be discussed, with a view to shed light upon their near-field behaviour which underpins much of their far-field characteristics. The chapters provide up-to-date research findings by their respective experts and seek to link near-field flow physics of vortex ring and jet flows with end-applica…
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- 978-981-287-396-5
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- IX, 235
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Bionic Optimization in Structural Design : Stochastically Based Methods to Im…
The book provides suggestions on how to start using bionic optimization methods, including pseudo-code examples of each of the important approaches and outlines of how to improve them. The most efficient methods for accelerating the studies are discussed. These include the selection of size and generations of a study’s parameters, modification of these driving parameters, switching to gradien…
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- 978-3-662-46596-7
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Microwave Indices from Active and Passive Sensors for Remote Sensing Applicat…
Past research has comprehensively assessed the capabilities of satellite sensors operating at microwave frequencies, both active (SAR, scatterometers) and passive (radiometers), for the remote sensing of Earth’s surface. Besides brightness temperature and backscattering coefficient, microwave indices, defined as a combination of data collected at different frequencies and polarizations, revea…
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Dynamics of cross-border flow-performance relationships : the case of Europea…
In order to measure the dynamics of flow-performance relationships for a multi-domicile sample, Simon Weiler applies existing flow-performance research methods to a broad set of European equity (UCITS) funds and proves that major findings (performance-chasing behaviour and a convex flow-performance relationship) also hold true in a cross-border market environment. Contents Status-Quo of flow-pe…
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Uncertainty Quantification in Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aircraft Engines
This book introduces novel design techniques developed to increase the safety of aircraft engines. The authors demonstrate how the application of uncertainty methods can overcome problems in the accurate prediction of engine lift, caused by manufacturing error. This in turn ameliorates the difficulty of achieving required safety margins imposed by limits in current design and manufacturing meth…
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- 978-3-319-14681-2
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- 18 b/w illustrations, 31 illustrations in colour
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Trust, Privacy and Security in Digital Business 12th International Conferenc…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Trust, Privacy and Security in Digital Business, TrustBus 2015, held in Valencia, Spain, in September 2015 in conjunction with DEXA 2015. The 17 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 45 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: access control; t…
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- 978-3-319-22906-5
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The Complexity of Tax Simplification
Simplicity in taxation has considerable potential advantages. However, attempts to simplify tax systems are only likely to be successful and enduring if they take account of the reasons why taxation is complex. There are strong pressures on tax systems to accommodate a range of important factors, as well as complex and changing national and international environments within which modern tax sys…
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- XIV, 273
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- XIV, 273
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