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Cyber Security for Industrial Control Systems From the Viewpoint of Close-Loop

Cyber Security for Industrial Control Systems From the Viewpoint of Close-Loop

Cyber Security for Industrial Control Systems: From the Viewpoint of Close-Loop provides a comprehensive technical guide on up-to-date new secure defending theories and technologies novel design and systematic understanding of secure architecture with practical applications. The book consists of 10 chapters which are divided into three parts. The first three chapters extensively introduce secure state estimation technologies providing a systematic presentation on the latest progress in security issues regarding state estimation. The next five chapters focus on the design of secure feedback control technologies in industrial control systems displaying an extraordinary difference from that of traditional secure defending approaches from the viewpoint of network and communication. The last two chapters elaborate on the systematic secure control architecture and algorithms for various concrete application scenarios. The authors provide detailed descriptions on attack model and strategy analysis intrusion detection secure state estimation and control game theory in closed-loop systems and various cyber security applications. The book is useful to anyone interested in secure theories and technologies for industrial control systems. | Cyber Security for Industrial Control Systems From the Viewpoint of Close-Loop

GBP 42.99
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Recording Classical Music

Recording Classical Music

Recording Classical Music presents the fundamental principles of digitally recording and editing acoustic music in ambient spaces focusing on stereo microphone techniques that will help musicians understand how to translate live environments into recorded sound. The book covers theory and the technical aspects of recording from sound source to delivery: the nature of soundwaves and their behavior in rooms microphone types and the techniques of recording in stereo proximity and phase file types tracking and critical listening loudness meters and the post-production processes of EQ control of dynamic range (compressors limiters dynamic EQ de-essers) and reverberation (both digital reflection simulation and convolution) with some discussion of commercially available digital plugins. The final part of the book applies this knowledge to common recording situations showcasing not only strategies for recording soloists and small ensembles along with case studies of several recordings but also studio techniques that can enhance or replace the capture of performances in ambient spaces such as close miking and the addition of artificial reverberation. Recording Classical Music provides the tools necessary for anyone interested in classical music production to track mix and deliver audio recordings themselves or to supervise the work of others.

GBP 35.99
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Seeing Opera Anew A Cultural and Biological Perspective

Seeing Opera Anew A Cultural and Biological Perspective

What people ultimately want from opera audience research suggests is to be absorbed in a story that engages their feelings even moves them deeply and that may lead them to insights about life and perhaps themselves. How and why can this combination of music and drama do that? What causes people to be moved by opera? How is it that people may become more informed about living and their own lives? Seeing Opera Anew addresses these fundamental questions. Most approaches to opera present information solely from the humanities providing musical literary and historical interpretations but this book offers a “stereo” perspective adding insights from the sciences closely related to human life including evolutionary biology psychology anthropology and neuroscience. It can be hoped that academic specialists less familiar with the science will find points of interest in this book’s novel approach and that open-minded students and inquisitive opera-goers will be stimulated by its “cultural and biological perspective. ” | Seeing Opera Anew A Cultural and Biological Perspective

GBP 35.99
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Children and Work Study of Socialization

Children and Work Study of Socialization

What do children know about work careers and related topics? What is the pattern of growth in values attitudes beliefs and knowledge? Using quantitative and anecdotal evidence gathered from interviewing over 900 grade-school students in five New Jersey communities the authors analyze childhood socialization to the concept of work. Existing literature on this topic focuses on the critical years of oc-cupational choice. But Goldstein and Oldham strongly suggest that much of the child's work-related development has already occurred prior to entry into secondary school and that career educa-tion must receive increased em-phasis during the elementary years. Their evidence corroborates the pattern of rapid progress to-ward childhood awareness of im-portant social phenomena such as war politics race gender roles and economics. By the seventh grade children have an awareness in these areas that approximates that of adults. Traditional stereo-types concerning appropriate work roles for women continue to exist at the elementary school level. This work is a comprehensive empirical treatment of childhood socialization to work fitting neat-ly into the growing body of litera-ture on the socialization of the child into various political eco-nomic and social roles. Children and Work is in the sociological tradition but the findings are pre-sented in the context of a growing body of social science research on early socialization. | Children and Work Study of Socialization

GBP 38.99
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Innovation A Systems Approach

Innovation A Systems Approach

It is a systems world. This concise book uses a systems-based approach to show how innovation is ubiquitous in all facets of endeavors including business industry government and academia. The systems approach facilitates process design evaluation justification and integration. This book explicitly highlights the crucial role of integration in any innovation project. It presents conceptual and operational definitions of innovation. Emphasis is placed on the context related to the theme of systems thinking. Features Covers the intrinsic basis for innovation from a systems perspective Describes the use of the DEJI systems model for actuating innovation Highlights the role of humans in the innovation loop Provides guidance for innovation project management Presents a case example of linking quality and innovation Introduces the Umbrella Theory of Innovation | Innovation A Systems Approach

GBP 18.99
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Mic It Microphones Microphone Techniques and Their Impact on the Final Mix

Mic It Microphones Microphone Techniques and Their Impact on the Final Mix

Capture great sound in the first place and spend less time fixing it in the mix with Ian Corbett’s Mic It! With this updated and expanded second edition you’ll quickly understand essential audio concepts as they relate to microphones and mic techniques and learn how to apply them to your recording situation. Mic It! gives you the background to explore discover and design your own solutions enabling you to record great source tracks that can be developed into anything from ultra-clean mixes to massive organic soundscapes. Beginning with essential audio theory and a discussion of the desirable characteristics of good sound Mic It! covers microphones mono and stereo mic techniques the effect of the recording space or room and large classical and jazz ensemble recording. This second edition also features new chapters on immersive audio immersive recording concepts drum tuning and recording techniques for audio for video. Mic It! provides in-depth information on how different mic techniques can be used modified and fine-tuned to capture not only the best sound but the best sound for the mix as well as how to approach and set up the recording session prepare for mixing and avoid common recording and mixing mistakes. • Train your ears with practical audio examples on the companion website. • Develop and test your knowledge as you learn with concise applicable exercises and examples that cover the concepts presented. • Record the best sound possible in any situation with Mic It! Corbett’s expert advice ranges from vital knowledge no novice should be without to advanced techniques that more experienced engineers can explore to benefit and vary the sound of their recordings. Whether you only ever buy one microphone are equipping a studio on a budget or have a vast selection of great mics to use with Mic It! you’ll learn how to make the most of the tools you have. | Mic It Microphones Microphone Techniques and Their Impact on the Final Mix

GBP 35.99
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Quality Service Management A Guide to Improving Business Processes

Quality Service Management A Guide to Improving Business Processes

Providing clear guidance for anyone servicing internal or external customers this book offers a framework for analyzing and managing quality using a comprehensive closed-loop approach. This book cuts through the complexities of the mantra ‘better cheaper faster’ (BCF) and offers procedures for the evaluation of customer needs the determination of performance metrics and the design of effective customer satisfaction surveys. It details basic statistical techniques and packages the framework procedures and methods into a management construct that includes external quality certification systems and internal performance management systems. Importantly the book also describes how these systems can be implemented in a virtual workplace. This quality management book will be essential to service-oriented firms (financial government healthcare hospitality etc. ) as well as any firm with internal customer service processes such as human resource management purchasing and accounting. Professionals at all levels corporate trainers and students will welcome this book’s common set of principles and tools accompanied by many case studies that illustrate how they are applied in various environments. | Quality Service Management A Guide to Improving Business Processes

GBP 31.99
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Fashion Ethics

Fashion Ethics

Fashion Ethics provides a comprehensive overview of the ethical issues in the fashion industry from collection design concept to upcycling and closed loop production. This book answers an urgent need for a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental ethics of the fashion industry. Sue Thomas goes beyond the usual contentious issues of environmental impact and human rights taking the reader deeper into the endemic issues including sizeism ageism animal rights and the lack of diversity in models and in the media. The book lays out the significant ethical issues within the fashion supply chain by mapping the lifecycle of a garment and exploring key topics such as deep ecology cultural copyright speciesism the role of the customer and technology in future ethics. It also features current international industry information and industry-relevant case studies from brands media and mobile technology and NGOs including Oxfam (UK) Redress (Hong Kong) Nimany (US) Labor Link (US) People Tree (UK) and Peppermint (Australia). Fashion Ethics provides much-needed information for fashion students industry professionals and customers.

GBP 36.99
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The Reflective Administrator A Leader-Centered Focus

The Reflective Administrator A Leader-Centered Focus

The Reflective Administrator takes the well-grounded theories of reflective thought out of the classroom setting and delivers them into the public sector workplace. The intentional practice of reflection is useful not only with regard to experiential learning in public administration education but also within the profession itself. The text dispels misconceptions about what reflective practice entails and offers the reader practical tools to implement in both the classroom and professional environments. The book begins by walking the reader through a foundational overview of reflective thought theory cultivates understanding of reflection in practice then closes the loop by helping the reader to conceptualize the ideas presented and offering applicable takeaways for both students and practitioners. Chapters utilize real-world case studies which detail work environment interactions planning and outcomes. These provide opportunities to examine and dissect individual and group dynamics using a reflective practice lens. The Reflective Administrator offers a fresh perspective on the utility of reflective thought in public service for professional growth and leadership development and it will be a key resource for students as well as public administration practitioners. | The Reflective Administrator A Leader-Centered Focus

GBP 35.99
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The Play Cycle Theory Research and Application

The Play Cycle Theory Research and Application

Twenty years after Gordon Sturrock and the late Professor Perry Else’s 'Colorado Paper' introduced the Play Cycle this theory of play now supports professional playwork practice training and education. The Play Cycle: Theory Research and Application is the first book of its kind to explain the theoretical concept of the Play Cycle supported by recent research and how it can be used as an observational method for anyone who works with children in a play context. The book investigates the understandings of the Play Cycle within the playwork field over the last 20 years and its future application. It addresses each aspect of the Play Cycle (metalude play cue play return play frame loop and flow and annihilation) and combines the theoretical aspect of the Play Cycle with empirical research evidence. The book also provides an observational tool for people to observe and record play cycles. This book will appeal to playworkers teachers play therapists and professionals working in other contexts with children such as hospitals and prisons. It will support practitioners and students in learning about play and provide lecturers and trainers with a new innovative teaching and training aide. | The Play Cycle Theory Research and Application

GBP 21.99
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AI for Scientific Discovery

AI for Scientific Discovery

AI for Scientific Discovery provides an accessible introduction to the wide-ranging applications of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in scientific research and discovery across the full breadth of scientific disciplines. AI technologies support discovery science in multiple ways. They support literature management and synthesis allowing the wealth of what has already been discovered and reported on to be integrated and easily accessed. They play a central role in data analysis and interpretation in the context of what is called ‘data science’. AI is also helping to combat the reproducibility crisis in scientific research by underpinning the discovery process with AI-enabled standards and pipelines and supporting the management of large-scale data and knowledge resources so that they can be shared and integrated and serve as a background ‘knowledge ecosystem’ into which new discoveries can be embedded. However there are limitations to what AI can achieve and its outputs can be biased and confounded and thus should not be blindly trusted. The latest generation of hybrid and ‘human-in-the-loop’ AI technologies have as their objective a balance between human inputs and insights and the power of number-crunching and statistical inference at a massive scale that AI technologies are best at.

GBP 22.99
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Surrogates Gaussian Process Modeling Design and Optimization for the Applied Sciences

Surrogates Gaussian Process Modeling Design and Optimization for the Applied Sciences

Surrogates: a graduate textbook or professional handbook on topics at the interface between machine learning spatial statistics computer simulation meta-modeling (i. e. emulation) design of experiments and optimization. Experimentation through simulation human out-of-the-loop statistical support (focusing on the science) management of dynamic processes online and real-time analysis automation and practical application are at the forefront. Topics include:Gaussian process (GP) regression for flexible nonparametric and nonlinear modeling. Applications to uncertainty quantification sensitivity analysis calibration of computer models to field data sequential design/active learning and (blackbox/Bayesian) optimization under uncertainty. Advanced topics include treed partitioning local GP approximation modeling of simulation experiments (e. g. agent-based models) with coupled nonlinear mean and variance (heteroskedastic) models. Treatment appreciates historical response surface methodology (RSM) and canonical examples but emphasizes contemporary methods and implementation in R at modern scale. Rmarkdown facilitates a fully reproducible tour complete with motivation from application to and illustration with compelling real-data examples. Presentation targets numerically competent practitioners in engineering physical and biological sciences. Writing is statistical in form but the subjects are not about statistics. Rather they’re about prediction and synthesis under uncertainty; about visualization and information design and decision making computing and clean code. | Surrogates Gaussian Process Modeling Design and Optimization for the Applied Sciences

GBP 38.99
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The Architecture of Waste Design for a Circular Economy

The Architecture of Waste Design for a Circular Economy

Global material crises are imminent. In the very near future recycling will no longer be a choice made by those concerned about the environment but a necessity for all. This means a paradigm shift in domestic behavior manufacturing construction and design is inevitable. The Architecture of Waste provides a hopeful outlook through examining current recycling practices rethinking initial manufacturing techniques and proposing design solutions for second lives of material-objects. The book touches on a variety of inescapable issues beyond our global waste crisis including cultural psyches politics economics manufacturing marketing and material science. A series of crucial perspectives from experts cover these topics and frames the research by providing a past present and future look at how we got here and where we go next: the historical the material and the design. Twelve design proposals look beyond the simple application of recycled and waste materials in architecture—an admirable endeavor but one that does not engage the urgent reality of a circular economy—by aiming to transform familiar yet flawed material-objects into closed-loop resources. Complete with over 150 color images and written for both professionals and students The Architecture of Waste is a necessary reference for rethinking the traditional role of the architect and challenging the discipline to address urgent material issues within the larger design process. | The Architecture of Waste Design for a Circular Economy

GBP 31.99
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Exploring Working Memory Selected works of Alan Baddeley

Exploring Working Memory Selected works of Alan Baddeley

In the World Library of Psychologists series international experts present themselves career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books key articles salient research findings and their major theoretical and practical contributions. Alan Baddeley has an international reputation as an eminent scholar and pioneer in the field of human memory and is principally known for the theory of working memory devised with Graham Hitch. This model continues to be valuable today in recognising the functions of short-term memory. This volume includes a specially written introduction by Alan Baddeley which gives an overview of the start of his career and his entry into the field of Psychology. Throughout the book he also provides introductions to the selection of works included and contextualises them in relation to changes in the field during this time. Exploring Working Memory includes the author’s most influential publications on topics including short-term memory the distinctions between short and long-term memory the theory of working memory the phonological loop the concept of the central executive and the episodic buffer. This exceptional selection concludes with an article giving a broad overview of the author’s current views on working memory and its relation to other theories in the field. Through his outstanding work Alan Baddeley has become known as a world-leading expert on human memory. Exploring Working Memory is a unique collection which will be of great interest to both students and researchers interested in human memory from psychology backgrounds. | Exploring Working Memory Selected works of Alan Baddeley

GBP 39.99
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Midcourse Correction for the College Classroom Putting Small Group Instructional Diagnosis to Work

Midcourse Correction for the College Classroom Putting Small Group Instructional Diagnosis to Work

This book is about using the Small Group Instructional Diagnosis (SGID) method to make improvements to the educational experience midcourse. The idea is to use this structured interview process to involve students in helping faculty improve a course while they are in it potentially making a difference for themselves as well as for future students. Faculty gain the opportunity to work on a course before it ends and can see what changes work without waiting for the next time the course is offered or the end of semester student evaluations. SGID is a consultation method developed to collect midsemester feedback from students using structured small and large group conversations involving four conversations between students a learned colleague the authors refer to as the SGID consultant and the instructor. First student talk with each other in small groups about the learning happening in a course under the guidance of a consultant (SGID Conversation #1- Student & Students). Then the SGID consultant engages the students in a conversation about how the feedback provided impacts the learning in the course (SGID Conversation #2 - Students & Consultant). Then there is a conversation between the consultant and the instructor where they discuss how the feedback provided by the students can best inform the pedagogical approaches and strategies used by the instructor (SGID Conversation #3 - Consultant & Instructor). Finally the instructor closes the feedback loop with a conversation with their students about what they learned and how best to move forward (SGID Conversation #4 - Instructor & Students). These conversations during the middle of the semester change the way students think about the teaching and learning endeavor the way instructors perceive the learning challenges of their courses and the quality of the institutional academic culture. Most importantly the SGID equips the instructor with the knowledge to make midsemester course corrections that can profoundly impact the ways students navigate the course communicate with the instructor and realize the ways effective teaching can enhance learning. | Midcourse Correction for the College Classroom Putting Small Group Instructional Diagnosis to Work

GBP 31.99
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