
Back in 1989, many anticipated that the end of the Cold War would usher in the ‘end of history’ characterized by the victory of democracy and capitalism. At the thirtieth anniversary of this momentous event, this book challenges this assumption. It studies the most recent era of contemporary European history in order to analyse the impact, consequences and legacy of the end of the Cold War …

More than 150 years after its end, we still struggle to understand the full extent of the human toll of the Civil War and the psychological crisis it created. In Aberration of Mind, Diane Miller Sommerville offers the first book-length treatment of suicide in the South during the Civil War era, giving us insight into both white and black communities, Confederate soldiers and their families, as …

Keanekaragaman Hayati Laut di Wilayah di Luar Yurisdiksi Nasional (BBNJ) mengidentifikasi isu-isu utama yang dipersoalkan dalam negosiasi BBNJ dan memeriksa pelestarian serta penggunaan berkelanjutan dari keanekaragaman hayati laut di wilayah di luar yurisdiksi nasional. Jilid yang tepat waktu ini menawarkan kontribusi terkini dari para ahli terkemuka dunia mengenai akses dan pembagian manfaat …

Buku akses terbuka ini membahas perencanaan misi swarm drone otonom sebagai sistem terdistribusi. Ini dipahami sebagai alat yang serbaguna, yang mencakup aspek deskriptif, desain, dan aplikatif. Pengembangan sektor UAV memerlukan pendekatan interdisipliner untuk mengatasi tantangan dan mengeksplorasi bidang aplikasi baru. Pemahaman yang komprehensif tentang sistem UAV sangat penting untuk membu…

This open access book aims to provide the reader with some basic insight into the AI Act (REGULATION (EU) 2024/1689) and its relevance for the development of high-risk AI systems. It covers all aspects relevant in a safety plan that should serve as the foundation for developing future safety cases for AI safety systems. The topics include e.g. the system definition; hardware, software and its l…

Organizations must gain insights into often fragmented and isolated data assets and overcome data silos to profitably leverage data as a strategic resource. Data catalogs are an increasingly popular approach to achieving these objectives. Despite the perceived importance of data catalogs in practice, relatively little research exists on how to design corporate data catalogs. It is also obvi…

This open access book constitutes the proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Fundamental Approaches to Software Engineering, FASE 2025, which was held as part of the International Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2025, in Hamilton, Canada, in May 2025. The 9 full and 2 short papers included in the proceedings, together with one invited keynote paper an…

The chapter discusses the importance of quantum software and defines it as a multifaceted concept comprising a theoretical, engineering, and application viewpoint. Hence, it covers aspects of quantum software theory, quantum software systems, as well as quantum software laboratory. The chapter also outlines the entire book and its individual chapters structured into three parts on quantum s…

This open access book presents the outcomes of the “Design for Future – Managed Software Evolution” priority program 1593, which was launched by the German Research Foundation (“Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)”) to develop new approaches to software engineering with a specific focus on long-lived software systems. The different lifecycles of software and hardware platforms lead …

This open access book coherently gathers well-founded information on the fundamentals of and formalisms for modelling cyber-physical systems (CPS). Highlighting the cross-disciplinary nature of CPS modelling, it also serves as a bridge for anyone entering CPS from related areas of computer science or engineering. Truly complex, engineered systems—known as cyber-physical systems—that integr…