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Computational Inference and Control of Quality in Multimedia Services
This thesis focuses on the problem of optimizing the quality of network multimedia services. This problem spans multiple domains, from subjective perception of multimedia quality to computer networks management. The work done in this thesis approaches the problem at different levels, developing methods for modeling the subjective perception of quality based on objectively measurable parameters …
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- 978-3-319-24792-2
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Web-Age Information Management 16th International Conference, WAIM 2015, Qin…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Web-Age Information Management, WAIM 2015, held in Qingdao, China, in June 2015. The 33 full research papers, 31 short research papers, and 6 demonstrations were carefully reviewed and selected from 164 submissions. The focus of the conference is on following topics: advanced database and web applications, bi…
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- 978-3-319-21042-1
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- XIX, 596
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Web Reasoning and Rule Systems 9th International Conference, RR 2015, Berlin…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Web Reasoning and Rule Systems, RR 2015, held in Berlin, Germany, in August 2015. The 5 full papers, 4 technical communications presented together with 4 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 16 submissions. The scale and the heterogenous nature of web data poses many challenges, and turns ba…
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- 978-3-319-22002-4
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- XVII, 131
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Hydrometallurgy
Hydrometallurgy, which involves the use of aqueous solutions for the recovery of metals from ores, concentrates, and recycled or residual material, plays an integral role in the multi-billion dollar minerals processing industry. There are numerous hydrometallurgical process technologies used for recovering metals, such as: agglomeration; leaching; solvent extraction/ion exchange; metal recovery…
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- 978-3-03842-465-9
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- 622 HYD
Recommendation and Search in Social Networks
This edited volume offers a clear in-depth overview of research covering a variety of issues in social search and recommendation systems. Within the broader context of social network analysis it focuses on important and up-coming topics such as real-time event data collection, frequent-sharing pattern mining, improvement of computer-mediated communication, social tagging information, search sys…
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- 978-3-319-14379-8
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Metals Challenged by Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation
Neutron and Synchrotron radiation methods have matured to become powerful techniques for the study of a vast range of materials, including metals. The characterization methods comprise the categories of diffraction, spectroscopy and imaging, which themselves can alter greatly in detail, to include hundreds of variants, problems and sample environments. In a similar way, their applications to me…
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First-Principles Approaches to Metals, Alloys, and Metallic Compounds
Current fundamental electronic-structure theory allows for the accurate prediction and characterization of elemental metals adopting any allotropic structure, intermetallic compounds, and other metal-rich phases. From an engineering perspective, there is a need for structural materials that are suitable for mechanical and civil engineering as well as energy production and conversion. While diff…
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- 978-3-03897-359-1
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Aluminum Alloys
Aluminium is the world’s most abundant metal and is the third most common element, comprising 8% of the Earth’s crust. The versatility of aluminium makes it the most widely used metal after steel. By utilising various combinations of their advantageous properties such as strength, lightness, corrosion resistance, recyclability, and formability, aluminium alloys are being employed in an ever…
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Feature Selection for High-Dimensional Data
This book offers a coherent and comprehensive approach to feature subset selection in the scope of classification problems, explaining the foundations, real application problems and the challenges of feature selection for high-dimensional data. The authors first focus on the analysis and synthesis of feature selection algorithms, presenting a comprehensive review of basic concepts and experi…
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- 978-3-319-21858-8
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- XV, 147
Agents and Data Mining Interaction: 10th International Workshop, ADMI 2014, P…
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed and revised selected papers from the 10th International Workshop on Agents and Data Mining Interactions, ADMI 2014, held in Paris, France, in May 2014 as satellite workshop of AAMAS 2014, the 13th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems. The 11 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submis…
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- 978-3-319-20230-3
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- XI, 125
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- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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