Advances in Nanocomposites: Modeling, Characterization and Applications

Advances in Nanocomposites: Modeling, Characterization and Applications
Springer | Nanotechnology | August 05, 2016 | ISBN-10: 3319316605 | 305 pages | pdf | 12.03 mb

Editors: Meguid, Shaker A. (Ed.)

Maximizes reader understanding of the value and potential applications of multifunctional nanocomposites across diverse domains, including electronic packaging, aerospace and automotive industries, and tribological applications
Illustrates the ability of multifunctional nanocomposites to be tailored to achieve a range of unique and highly desirable properties

This book introduces nanocomposite materials possessing a broad range of multifunctionality. It elucidates novel and highly original developments from recent research and development of these critical, new engineered materials. The collection examines multiscale modeling, molecular dynamics, atomistic based continuum, synthesis and characterization, condition health monitoring, spectroscopic characterization techniques, self-lubricating materials, and conducting polymers. The volume features the latest efforts of some of the most eminent researchers in the world. Providing a range of perspectives from the laboratory and the field, Advances in Nanocomposites: Modeling and Characterization is ideal for engineers, physicists, and materials scientists in academia and industry.

Number of Illustrations and Tables

29 b/w illustrations, 127 illustrations in colour

Topics

Nanotechnology

Characterization and Evaluation of Materials

Materials Engineering

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Towards Cognitive Cities: Advances in Cognitive Computing and its Application to the Governance of Large Urban Systems

Towards Cognitive Cities: Advances in Cognitive Computing and its Application to the Governance of Large Urban Systems
Springer | Systems, Decision & Control | July 11, 2016 | ISBN-10: 3319337971 | 256 pages | pdf | 3.98 mb

Editors: Portmann, Edy, Finger, Matthias (Eds.)

Offers a concise introduction to the new concept of cognitive cities
Argues why cities need to become cognitive and why therefore the concept of cognitive city is needed
Highlights the main building blocks of cognitive cities and illustrates the concept by various cases
Presents a comprehensive view of the different research endeavours about cognitive cities and paves the way for this innovative approach to governing cities

This book introduces the readers to the new concept of cognitive cities. It demonstrates why cities need to become cognitive and why therefore a concept of cognitive city is needed. It highlights the main building blocks of cognitive cities and illustrates the concept by various cases. Following a concise introductory chapter the book features nine chapters illustrating various aspects and dimensions of cognitive cities. The logic of its structure proceeds from more general considerations to more specific illustrations. All chapters offer a comprehensive view of the different research endeavours about cognitive cities and will help pave the way for this new and innovative approach to governing cities in the future.

Number of Illustrations and Tables

15 b/w illustrations, 34 illustrations in colour

Topics

Computational Intelligence

Urban Geography/Urbanism

Engineering Design

Sustainable Development

Urban Economics

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Advances in Latent Variable Mixture Models (repost)

Advances in Latent Variable Mixture Models (PB) (Cilvr Series on Latent Variable Methodology) by Gregory R Hancock, Karen M Samuelsen
English | 2007 | ISBN: 1593118473, 1593118481 | 384 pages | PDF | 5 MB

The current volume, Advances in Latent Variable Mixture Models, contains chapters by all of the speakers who participated in the 2006 CILVR conference, providing not just a snapshot of the event, but more importantly chronicling the state of the art in latent variable mixture model research. The volume starts with an overview chapter by the CILVR conference keynote speaker, Bengt Muthén, offering a “lay of the land” for latent variable mixture models before the volume moves to more specific constellations of topics. Part I, Multilevel and Longitudinal Systems, deals with mixtures for data that are hierarchical in nature either due to the data’s sampling structure or to the repetition of measures (of varied types) over time. Part II, Models for Assessment and Diagnosis, addresses scenarios for making judgments about individuals’ state of knowledge or development, and about the instruments used for making such judgments. Finally, Part III, Challenges in Model Evaluation, focuses on some of the methodological issues associated with the selection of models most accurately representing the processes and populations under investigation. It should be stated that this volume is not intended to be a first exposure to latent variable methods. Readers lacking such foundational knowledge are encouraged to consult primary and/or secondary didactic resources in order to get the most from the chapters in this volume. Once armed with that basic understanding of latent variable methods, we believe readers will find this volume incredibly exciting.

Measuring Psychological Constructs: Advances in Model-Based Approaches

Measuring Psychological Constructs: Advances in Model-Based Approaches by Susan E. Embretson
English | 2009 | ISBN: 1433806916 | 312 pages | PDF | 18,8 MB

More than a half-century has passed since Cronbach’s distinction between the correlational and experimental approaches in psychology. Yet measurement today is not much better integrated with psychological theory than it was in the late 1950s, and many argue that the traditional psychometric model itself may have introduced constraints that have limited the integration of measurement and theory. “Measuring Psychological Constructs” seeks to break through these constraints by offering conceptual alternatives to traditional item-response theory’s fixed-content/multiple-choice models. This edited volume’s contributors present groundbreaking explanatory approaches to model-based measurement that provide various psychological constructs with more ‘authentic’ measures such as constructed-response tasks and performance assessment. These new explanatory approaches not only extend rigorous psychometric methods to a variety of major psychological constructs, but also have the potential to change fundamentally the nature of the constructs that are being measured. Grounded in psychometrics and quantitative assessment, and in the history and major theoretical approaches of psychology, “Measuring Psychological Constructs” is aimed at students, teachers, researchers, and practitioners alike, in variety of psychology subdisciplines that include developmental and geriatric, industrial/organizational, clinical and counseling, educational, social and personality, experimental, neuropsychology, health and rehabilitation, and quantitative psychology.