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This book presents an in-depth overview of recent work related to the safety, security, and privacy of cyber-physical systems (CPSs). It brings together contributions from leading researchers in networked control systems and closely related fields to discuss overarching aspects of safety, security, and privacy; characterization of attacks; and solutions to detecting and mitigating such attacks. The book begins by providing an insightful taxonomy of problems, challenges and techniques related to safety, security, and privacy for CPSs. It then moves through a thorough discussion of various control-based solutions to these challenges, including cooperative fault-tolerant and resilient control a...
Neural Approximations for Optimal Control and Decision provides a comprehensive methodology for the approximate solution of functional optimization problems using neural networks and other nonlinear approximators where the use of traditional optimal control tools is prohibited by complicating factors like non-Gaussian noise, strong nonlinearities, large dimension of state and control vectors, etc. Features of the text include: • a general functional optimization framework; • thorough illustration of recent theoretical insights into the approximate solutions of complex functional optimization problems; • comparison of classical and neural-network based methods of approximate solution; â...
The two-volume set LNCS 7951 and 7952 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Neural Networks, ISNN 2013, held in Dalian, China, in July 2013. The 157 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in following topics: computational neuroscience, cognitive science, neural network models, learning algorithms, stability and convergence analysis, kernel methods, large margin methods and SVM, optimization algorithms, varational methods, control, robotics, bioinformatics and biomedical engineering, brain-like systems and brain-computer interfaces, data mining and knowledge discovery and other applications of neural networks.
Fault Diagnosis and Sustainable Control of Wind Turbines: Robust Data-Driven and Model-Based Strategies discusses the development of reliable and robust fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant ('sustainable') control schemes by means of data-driven and model-based approaches. These strategies are able to cope with unknown nonlinear systems and noisy measurements. The book also discusses simpler solutions relying on data-driven and model-based methodologies, which are key when on-line implementations are considered for the proposed schemes. The book targets both professional engineers working in industry and researchers in academic and scientific institutions. In order to improve the safety, relia...
Biomaterials play a crucial role in medicine and biology. Their development and improvement are responsible of some of the most significant advances in clinical practice in the last 50 years. They contribute significantly to an increase people lifespan and maintain health and quality of life. Italian Scientists are very active in the field of Biomaterials. Many groups are working hard to develop new and improved materials gathering together chemical, physical, biological and medical expertise. They share knowledge, honesty, enthusiasm and friendship inside the Italian Society for Biomaterials. In this book, many examples of their activities and most update results are shown, offering an almost complete overview of the state-of-the-art of Italian R&D in the field of biomaterials.I’m sure that this book will serve as an important and useful reference source for material scientists, clinicians and entrepreneurs.
Catholics and Communists in Twentieth-Century Italy explores the critical moments in the relationship between the Catholic world and the Italian left, providing unmatched insight into one of the most significant dynamics in political and religious history in Italy in the last hundred years. The book covers the Catholic Communist movement in Rome (1937-45), the experience of the Resistenza, the governmental collaboration between the Catholic Party (DC) and the Italian Communist Party (PCI) until 1947, and the dialogue between some of the key figures in both spheres in the tensest years of the Cold War. Daniela Saresella even goes on to consider the legacy that these interactions have left in Italy in the 21st century. This pioneering study is the first on the subject in the English language and is of vital significance to historians of modern Italy and the Church alike.