This volume contains the 25 papers presented at the First International ICST
Conference on Theory and Practice of Algorithms in (Computer) Systems
(TAPAS 2011), held in Rome during April 18-20 2011, including three papers
by the distinguished invited speakers Shay Kutten, Kirk Pruhs and Paolo Santi.
The 19th International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization
(UMAP 2011) took place in Girona, Spain, during July 11–15, 2011.
It was the third annual conference under the UMAP title, which resulted from
the merger in 2009 of the successful biannual User Modeling (UM) and Adaptive
Hypermedia (AH)...
Plantar fasciitis is one of the most common
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At the 16th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry (ISPC-16) in Taormina,
which took place in June 2003, we launched the idea to edit a new journal, named
Plasma Processes and Polymers, and published by Wiley-VCH. The purpose was to
collect under the same cover the great majority of articles dealing with plasma processing
of...
Simulation based on mathematical models plays a major role in computer aided design of integrated circuits (ICs). Decreasing structure sizes, increasing packing densities and driving frequencies require the use of refined mathematical models, and to take into account secondary, parasitic effects. This leads to very high dimensional problems...
Biological and other natural processes have always been a source of inspiration for computer science and information technology. Many emerging problem solving techniques integrate advanced evolution and cooperation strategies, encompassing a range of spatio-temporal scales for visionary conceptualization of evolutionary computation.
Control of Discrete-event Systems provides a survey of the most important topics in the discrete-event systems theory with particular focus on finite-state automata, Petri nets and max-plus algebra. Coverage ranges from introductory material on the basic notions and definitions of discrete-event systems to more recent results. Special...
This book reports on state-of-art research and applications in the field of databases and information systems. It includes both fourteen selected short contributions, presented at the East-European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems (ADBIS 2013, September 1-4, Genova, Italy), and twenty-six papers from ADBIS 2013...
Their names resonate with organized crime in Montreal: the Matticks, MacAllisters, Johnstons and Griffins, and Peter Dunie Ryan. They are the Irish equivalent of the infamous Rizzuto and Cotroni families, and the "Mom" Bouchers and Walter Stadnicks of the Hells Angels. Award-winning producer, journalist and author D’Arcy...
Today, cyber security, cyber defense, information warfare and cyber warfare issues are among the most relevant topics both at the national and international level. All the major states of the world are facing cyber threats and trying to understand how...
This book covers various aspects of lasers in materials science, including a comprehensive overview on basic principles of laser-materials interactions and applications enabled by pulsed laser systems. The material is organized in a coherent way, providing the reader with a harmonic architecture.
While systematically covering the...
Flow induced vibration and noise (FIVN) remains a critical research topic. Even after over 50 years of intensive research, accurate and cost-effective FIVN simulation and measurement techniques remain elusive. This book gathers the latest research from some of the most prominent experts in the field.
