This open access book is an efficient and economic approach for mitigating the seismic damage of low-rise buildings. This book presents various aspects of SB structures, including their fundamentals, dynamic analysis procedures, seismic response characteristics, design methods, and practical applications. It contains a comprehensive study on the influence of various structural and ground motion…
This open access book shows some of the highlights presented at the XV Ibero-American Congress of Mechanical Engineering. The papers explore the forefront of Mechanical Engineering, containing research into fluid mechanics, energy systems, tribology, materials science, robotics, mechatronics, biomechanics, instrumentation, thermodynamics, and mechanical sustainability.
This open access book describes modern applications of computational human modeling with specific emphasis in the areas of neurology and neuroelectromagnetics, depression and cancer treatments, radio-frequency studies and wireless communications. Special consideration is also given to the use of human modeling to the computational assessment of relevant regulatory and safety requirements. Reade…
This open access book introduces the fundamentals of the space–time conservation element and solution element (CESE) method, which is a novel numerical approach for solving equations of physical conservation laws. It highlights the recent progress to establish various improved CESE schemes and its engineering applications. With attractive accuracy, efficiency, and robustness, the CESE method …
Buku akses terbuka ini memberikan pengantar dan tinjauan umum tentang pembelajaran untuk mengukur (alias "kuantifikasi"), yaitu tugas melatih penaksir proporsi kelas dalam data tak berlabel melalui pembelajaran terbimbing. Dalam ilmu data, pembelajaran untuk mengukur merupakan tugas tersendiri yang terkait dengan klasifikasi namun berbeda darinya, karena memperkirakan proporsi kelas dengan hany…
Buku akses terbuka ini mencakup semua aspek pencarian berorientasi entitas—di mana "pencarian" dapat diartikan dalam arti luas akses informasi—dari sudut pandang terpadu, dan memberikan gambaran umum yang koheren dan komprehensif tentang keadaan terkini. Buku ini merupakan sintesis pertama penelitian di bidang yang luas dan berkembang pesat ini. Topik-topik terpilih dibahas secara mendalam,…
Buku akses terbuka ini membahas berbagai metode pemodelan rencana dan kebijakan yang membahas isu dan masalah sektor publik. Ditulis untuk mahasiswa kebijakan publik dan ilmu sosial di tingkat sarjana atas dan pascasarjana, serta para pengambil keputusan sektor publik, buku ini menunjukkan dan membandingkan pengembangan dan penggunaan berbagai metode pemodelan simulasi dan optimasi deterministi…
Buku akses terbuka ini memberikan pembahasan historis tentang kontrol ilmiah dalam eksperimen dalam jangka panjang. Pendahuluan membedakan empat alur terkait dalam sejarah kontrol eksperimental: pengembangan praktik untuk menstabilkan kondisi eksperimen; karier desain komparatif; terungkapnya diskusi metodologis tentang praktik dan desain kontrol; dan sejarah istilah "kontrol". Setiap bab memba…
Creating an inclusive environment where different software developers can feel welcome and leverage their talents is an ethical imperative no company can ignore. Indeed, software organizations have in the last decade been trying to make changes for a more diverse and inclusive software development environment. The push for increased diversity in software has been a public one, from annual diver…
This open access book compiles the research results of the Collaborative Research Center SFB 837, which has been running since 2010 and will end in 2022, with the topic "Interaction Modeling in Mechanized Tunneling". The Collaborative Research Center is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and is currently the world's largest research facility in the field of tunneling. The aim of the…