Systems & Control Engineering Books

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21. Optimal Supervisory Control of Automated Manufacturing Systems

    By Yufeng Chen, Zhiwu Li

    This monograph presents the state-of-the-art developments in the design of behaviorally and structurally optimal livenessen-forcing Petri net supervisors with computationally tractable approaches. It details optimal supervisory control problems arising in automated production systems and outlines a...

    Published January 22nd 2013 by CRC Press
22. Biometrics

    From Fiction to Practice

    Edited by Yingzi (Eliza) Du

    This book introduces readers to the basic concepts, classical approaches, and the newest design, development, and applications of biometrics. It also provides a glimpse of future designs and research directions in biometrics. In addition, it discusses some latest concerns and issues in this area....

    Published January 6th 2013 by Pan Stanford Publishing
23. Support Vector Machines

    Optimization Based Theory, Algorithms, and Extensions

    By Naiyang Deng, Yingjie Tian, Chunhua Zhang

    Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Series

    Support Vector Machines: Optimization Based Theory, Algorithms, and Extensions presents an accessible treatment of the two main components of support vector machines (SVMs)—classification problems and regression problems. The book emphasizes the close connection between optimization theory and SVMs...

    Published December 16th 2012 by Chapman and Hall/CRC
24. Systems Science

    Methodological Approaches

    By Yi Lin, Xiaojun Duan, Chengli Zhao, Li Da Xu

    Series: Advances in Systems Science and Engineering (ASSE)

    By making use of the principles of systems science, the scientific community can explain many complicated matters of the world and shed new light on unsettled problems. Each real science has its own particular methodology for not only qualitative but also quantitative analyses, so it is important...

    Published November 25th 2012 by Chapman and Hall/CRC
25. Internet-Scale Pattern Recognition

    New Techniques for Voluminous Data Sets and Data Clouds

    By Anang Muhamad Amin, Asad Khan, Benny Nasution

    For machine intelligence applications to work successfully, machines must perform reliably under variations of data and must be able to keep up with data streams. Internet-Scale Pattern Recognition: New Techniques for Voluminous Data Sets and Data Clouds unveils computational models that address...

    Published November 19th 2012 by Chapman and Hall/CRC
26. Physician Integration & Alignment

    IPA, PHO, ACOs, and Beyond

    By Maria K. Todd

    Today, with physician and hospital reimbursement being cut and tied to quality incentives, physicians and health plans are revisiting the concept of integration. Payers are demanding that the industry do more with less without sacrificing quality of care. As a result, physicians again find...

    Published November 4th 2012 by Productivity Press
27. Neuroadaptive Systems

    Theory and Applications

    Edited by Magdalena Fafrowicz, Tadeusz Marek, Waldemar Karwowski, Dylan Schmorrow

    Series: Ergonomics Design & Mgmt. Theory & Applications

    With contributions from international professionals and researchers, this book is one of the first texts to address the emerging field of Neuroadaptive Systems and presents the state of the art developments in the field. It discusses neuroscience and human factors, as well as brain activity...

    Published October 28th 2012 by CRC Press
28. Biomimetics in Photonics

    Edited by Olaf Karthaus

    Series: Series in Optics and Optoelectronics

    Biomimetic photonics is a burgeoning field. Biologists are finding and describing a whole menagerie of unique and astonishingly complex nano- and microstructures in fauna and flora. Material scientists are developing novel multifunctional and hierarchical structures with a wide variety of post-nano...

    Published October 25th 2012 by Taylor & Francis
29. Continuous Time Dynamical Systems

    State Estimation and Optimal Control with Orthogonal Functions

    By B.M. Mohan, S.K. Kar

    Optimal control deals with the problem of finding a control law for a given system such that a certain optimality criterion is achieved. An optimal control is a set of differential equations describing the paths of the control variables that minimize the cost functional. This book, Continuous Time...

    Published October 23rd 2012 by CRC Press
30. Leadership in Chaordic Organizations

    By Beverly Gay McCarter, Brian E. White

    Series: Complex and Enterprise Systems Engineering

    Supplying a clear vision of how to build high-performance teams, Leadership in Chaordic Organizations presents methods for improving operations through the application of complex systems engineering principles and psychological counseling techniques. Ideal for systems engineers, organizational...

    Published October 16th 2012 by Auerbach Publications