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The expression "We did not see it coming!" has often been heard in recent years from decision makers at the highest levels of the private and public sectors. Yet there were actually early warning signals, but they were often ignored due to a lack of appropriate methodology.

Today distributed systems are increasingly present, for public software applications as well as critical systems, software applications as well as critical systems. Models and Analysis for Distributed Systems explores the state of the art of the formal methods for the analysis of distributed systems.

The vital resource provides the fundamentals and the most recent research advances on machining wood and wood products. In recent years, the machining of wood products has acquired great importance due the short supply of wood and increasing environmental awareness among users and manufacturers.

This book describes up-to-date technology applied to high-K materials for More Than Moore applications, i.e. microsystems applied to microelectronics core technologies. After detailing the basic thermodynamic theory applied to high-K dielectrics thin films including extrinsic effects, this book emphasizes the specificity of thin films.

Offering an introduction to stochastic integration and stochastic differential equations, this book is written in an understandable way for a wide audience, from students of mathematics to practitioners in biology, chemistry, physics, and finances.

Traditional logistical chains have enabled us to respond efficiently to the needs of customers in terms of services and products. However, the returns, rejects and by-products of these activities have been eliminated or ignored.

This resource deals with compact microwave antennas and more specifically with the planar version of these antennas, which are the most relevant type of antennas in modern communication systems. It also covers all applications requiring miniaturization, integration, and conformation, such as mobile phone handsets.

The term Mechatronics is a combination of the words mechanics and electronics . It is the blending of mechanical, electronic, and computer engineering into an integrated design and implementation. Mechatronics systems employ microprocessors and software as well as special-purpose electronics.

This book presents recent advances related to the following two topics: - how mechanical fields close to material or geometrical singularities such as cracks can be determined; - how failure criteria can be established according to the singularity degrees related to these discontinuities.

Through an empirical, conceptual, and theoretical approach, this vital resource includes the cogitations of five of the leading French researchers and experts in the fields of cybersecurity, cyberdefense, and information warfare.

This groundbreaking book considers the implications of the changing paradigm for competitive, economic, and territorial intelligence applied to innovation, value creation and enhancement of territories. Competitive intelligence is therefore in the 2. 0 and its values: perpetual beta, user-generated content, social relations, etc.

Logic and its components (propositional, first-order, non-classical) play a key role in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. While a large amount of information exists scattered throughout various media (books, journal articles, webpages, etc.

RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology allows for automatic identification of information contained in a tag by scanning and interrogation using radio frequency (RF) waves. An RFID tag contains an antenna and a microchip that allows it to transmit and receive.

Based on confirmed results of experimental psychology, this book places the problem of managerial logic in a phenomenological framework and shows how the influence of traditional methods has slowed the effective resolution of these problems.

The field of Home Area Networks (HAN), a dedicated residential subset of LAN technologies for home use, is fast becoming the next frontier for the communications industry. This book describes the technologies used for the implementation of HAN as well as for data transmission.

Self-compacting concrete (SCC) is a relatively new building material. This material is progressively changing the way concrete is placed on building sites. This text fills a gap in the literature and provides a thorough understanding of the behavior of self-compacting concrete which is far different than traditional concrete.

Dedicated to a complete presentation on all aspects of reverberation chambers, this book provides the physical principles behind these test systems in a very progressive manner.

Constraint programming (CP) is a declarative programming paradigm that has relevance for academics and industrial applications (from n-queens to planning, vehicle routing, and optimization, among other fields). This book presents the most current information about musical CP systems from both the scientist's and composer's point-of-view.

This book concerns testing hypotheses in non-parametric models. Generalizations of many non-parametric tests to the case of censored and truncated data are considered. Most of the test results are proved and real applications are illustrated using examples. Theories and exercises are provided.

The finite element method (FEM) has become the main instrument for simulating manufacturing processes, owing to the fact that it can replace experimental approaches to the study of manufacturing processes in many cases.

The Extractive Metallurgy series is devoted to the extraction of metals from ores and other sources, their refining to the state of either liquid or solid metal, and the various processes needed to carry out these operations.

Offering an important contribution to the literature, this book details recent advances in all aspects related to scale transition in crystal plasticity and damage, and puts the focus on the challenges associated with the characterization and modeling of this class of complex interactions.

Tribology is the science and technology of interactingsurfaces in relative motion and encompasses the study offriction, wear and lubrication. By extension biotribology isusually defined as the tribological phenomena occurring in eitherthe human body or in animals.

Digital Spectral Analysis provides a single source that offers complete coverage of the spectral analysis domain. This self-contained work includes details on advanced topics that are usually presented in scattered sources throughout the literature.

Within the framework of the Sixth I-ESA International Conference,supported by the INTEROP VLab (International Virtual Laboratory onEnterprise Interoperability, http://www. interop-vlab.

This book provides a sound basis in the challenging area of the mechanics of unsaturated geomaterials. The objective is to supply the reader with an exhaustive overview starting from the basics and covering the most recent theories and applications (i.e. natural disasters, nuclear waste disposal, oil and agriculture productions).

The design of mechanical structures with improved and predictable durability cannot be achieved without a thorough understanding of the mechanisms of fatigue damage and more specifically the relationships between the microstructure of materials and their fatigue properties.

Monitoring and diagnosis of electrical machine faults is a scientific and economic issue which is motivated by objectives for reliability and serviceability in electrical drives.

Statistical Approach to Wall Turbulence provides an updated and integrated view on the progress made in area of wall turbulence. This complex phenomenon that has several industrial applications, such as in aerodynamics, turbomachinery, geophysical flows, internal engines, and more.

This book covers the latest issues in multiscale geomechanics. Written by leading experts in the field as a tribute to Jean Biarez (1927-2006), it describes how a major school of soil mechanics came into being through his exemplary work.