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Human-in-the-Loop Probabilistic Modeling of an Aerospace Mission Outcome

Human-in-the-Loop Probabilistic Modeling of an Aerospace Mission Outcome

Improvements in safety in the air and in space can be achieved through better ergonomics better work environments and other efforts of traditional avionic psychology that directly affect human behaviors and performance. Not limited to just the aerospace field this book discusses adaptive probabilistic predictive modeling in human-in-the-loop situations and gets you familiar with a new powerful flexible and effective approach to making outcomes from missions successful and safe. Covers the concepts which are adaptable across other disciplines and methodology for evaluating the likelihood of a successful outcome of an extraordinary situation Considers human performance and equipment/instrumentation reliability as well as other possible sources of uncertainty Presents probabilistic assessment of an aerospace mission outcome Provides the most effective physically meaningful and cost-effective planning of an aerospace mission Offers how to organize and provide the most effective training of personnel | Human-in-the-Loop Probabilistic Modeling of an Aerospace Mission Outcome

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Spark Ignition Engine Modeling and Control System Design A Guide to Model-in-the-Loop Hierarchical Control Methodology

Spark Ignition Engine Modeling and Control System Design A Guide to Model-in-the-Loop Hierarchical Control Methodology

This book presents a step-by-step guide to the engine control system design providing case studies and a thorough analysis of the modeling process using machine learning and model predictive control (MPC). Covering advanced processes alongside the theoretical foundation MPC enables engineers to improve performance in both hybrid and non-hybrid vehicles. Control system improvement is one of the major priorities for engineers seeking to enhance an engine. Often possible on a low budget substantial improvements can be made by applying cutting-edge methods such as artificial intelligence when modeling engine control system designs and using MPC. This book presents approaches to control system improvement at mid low and high levels of control. Beginning with the model-in-the-loop hierarchical control design of ported fuel injection SI engines this book focuses on optimal control of both transient and steady state and also discusses hardware-in-the-loop. The chapter on low-level control discusses adaptive MPC and adaptive variable functioning as well as designing a fuel injection feed-forward controller. At mid-level control engine calibration maps are discussed with consideration of constraints such as limits on pollutant emissions. Finally the high-level control methodology is discussed in detail in relation to transient torque control of SI engines. This comprehensive yet clear guide to control system improvement is an essential read for any engineer working in automotive engineering and engine control system design. | Spark Ignition Engine Modeling and Control System Design A Guide to Model-in-the-Loop Hierarchical Control Methodology

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The VES Handbook of Visual Effects Industry Standard VFX Practices and Procedures

The VES Handbook of Visual Effects Industry Standard VFX Practices and Procedures

The award-winning VES Handbook of Visual Effects remains the most complete guide to visual effects techniques and best practices available today. This new edition has been updated to include the latest industry-standard techniques technologies and workflows for the ever-evolving fast paced world of visual effects. The Visual Effects Society (VES) tasked the original authors to update their areas of expertise such as AR/VR Moviemaking Color Management Cameras VFX Editorial Stereoscopic and the Digital Intermediate as well as provide detailed chapters on interactive games and full animation. Additionally 56 contributors share their best methods tips tricks and shortcuts developed through decades of trial and error and real-world hands-on experience. This third edition has been expanded to feature lessons on 2. 5D/3D Compositing; 3D Scanning; Digital Cinematography; Editorial Workflow in Animated and Visual Effects Features; Gaming updates; General Geometry Instancing; Lens Mapping for VFX; Native Stereo; Real-Time VFX and Camera Tracking; Shot/Element Pulls and Delivery to VFX; Techvis; VFX Elements and Stereo; Virtual Production; and VR/AR (Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality). A must-have for anyone working in or aspiring to work in visual effects The VES Handbook of Visual Effects Third Edition covers essential techniques and solutions for all VFX artists producers and supervisors from pre-production to digital character creation compositing of both live-action and CG elements photorealistic techniques and much more. With subjects and techniques clearly and definitively presented in beautiful four-color this handbook is a vital resource for any serious VFX artist. | The VES Handbook of Visual Effects Industry Standard VFX Practices and Procedures

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Immersive Sound The Art and Science of Binaural and Multi-Channel Audio

Immersive Sound The Art and Science of Binaural and Multi-Channel Audio

Immersive Sound: The Art and Science of Binaural and Multi-Channel Audio provides a comprehensive guide to multi-channel sound. With contributions from leading recording engineers researchers and industry experts Immersive Sound includes an in-depth description of the physics and psychoacoustics of spatial audio as well as practical applications. Chapters include the history of 3D sound binaural reproduction over headphones and loudspeakers stereo surround sound height channels object-based audio soundfield (ambisonics) wavefield synthesis and multi-channel mixing techniques. Knowledge of the development theory and practice of spatial and multi-channel sound is essential to those advancing the research and applications in the rapidly evolving fields of 3D sound recording augmented and virtual reality gaming film sound music production and post-production. | Immersive Sound The Art and Science of Binaural and Multi-Channel Audio

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Sound Reproduction The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and Rooms

Sound Reproduction The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and Rooms

Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and Rooms Third Edition explains the physical and perceptual processes that are involved in sound reproduction and demonstrates how to use the processes to create high-quality listening experiences in stereo and multichannel formats. Understanding the principles of sound production is necessary to achieve the goals of sound reproduction in spaces ranging from recording control rooms and home listening rooms to large cinemas. This revision brings new science-based perspectives on the performance of loudspeakers room acoustics measurements and equalization all of which need to be appropriately used to ensure the accurate delivery of music and movie sound tracks from creators to listeners. The robust website (www. routledge. com/cw/toole) is the perfect companion to this necessary resource. | Sound Reproduction The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and Rooms

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Acoustics of Small Rooms

Acoustics of Small Rooms

Much time is spent working out how to optimize the acoustics of large rooms such as auditoria but the acoustics of small rooms and environments can be just as vital. The expensive sound equipment of a recording studio or the stereo in a car or living room is likewise rendered useless if the acoustic environment is not right for them. Changes in wavelength to room size ratio and the time difference between the direct and reflected sound at the listening location mean that the acoustics of small spaces are quite different to those of large spaces. Tackling these specific aspects of physics sound perception and applications for small spaces Acoustics of Small Rooms brings together important facets of small room acoustics. Divided into clear sections it covers: Sound propagation—the effects of boundaries sound absorbers and time conditions Physiology and psychoacoustics Methods and techniques of room and sound field optimization Examples of how these principles apply in real situations Measurement and modeling techniques

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Continuous Delivery 2.0 Business-leading DevOps Essentials

Continuous Delivery 2.0 Business-leading DevOps Essentials

The agile transformation is an act of transforming an organization’s form or nature gradually to one that can embrace and thrive in a flexible collaborative self-organizing and fast-changing environment. It seems like most of the companies starting an agile transformation never reach the goal of agility but there are those few that truly become agile and reap incredible benefits by utilizing DevOps as well. This book introduces the theory and practice of the double-flywheels model of Continuous Delivery 2. 0: Discovery Loop which allows information technology (IT) organizations to help businesses figure out the most efficacious ways to develop. Additionally it explores applications of the Verification Loop that allows IT organizations to deliver value quickly and safely with high quality. Along the way the book provides an array of insights and case studies that dive into all the aspects of software delivery and how to implement Continuous Delivery in the most economical way for long-run business development. Features Organization culture and software architecture Business requirement management Pipeline and tooling Branching and releasing strategy Automation strategy Configuration and artefacts management Deployment and production healthy The case studies at the end of the book—scenarios in which the author was personally involved—are explored in depth and meticulously detailed in order to represent typical agile transition scenarios that will benefit all readers. | Continuous Delivery 2. 0 Business-leading DevOps Essentials

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Physique Fitness and Performance

Physique Fitness and Performance

Totally revised and updated this second edition of the well-received Physique Fitness and Performance retains the unique integrated approach of its predecessor examining the relationship of structure to function in human performance. Far surpassing the limited focus of standard exercise and fitness books it combines the morphological study of physique relative to body structure body size and body composition with the applied interaction of muscular cardiovascular motor and metabolic system capacities abilities and skills developed and acquired through exercise and training programs. Establishing a background and history for the current prevalent interrelationships between physique and physical performance the book begins by outlining the morphological physical motor and metabolic component areas of study involved in physical training. Part One introduces the study of the structure-function relationships relating body structure size and composition to fitness and physical performance. Part Two and Part Three present an overview of the quantitative and qualitative study of physical and physiological conditioning motor learning and motor control specifically regarding the development of motor skill within general/open loop and specific/closed loop parameter guidelines. It also covers fatigue and its physiological and psychological effects on training processes. Part Four explores nutrition and the utilization of carbohydrates fats proteins water vitamins and minerals during physical training. It includes an overview of lipids lipoproteins cholesterol and atherosclerosis; dietary goals and guidelines; and risk factors relating to heart disease and obesity within health and fitness parameter guidelines. Finally extensive appendices present the pertinent figures tables and forms used in evaluation and programming. Including chapter summaries glossaries and references as well as detailed and extensive appendices for me

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Data Converters Phase-Locked Loops and Their Applications

Data Converters Phase-Locked Loops and Their Applications

With a focus on designing and verifying CMOS analog integrated circuits the book reviews design techniques for mixed-signal building blocks such as Nyquist and oversampling data converters and circuits for signal generation synthesis and recovery. The text details all aspects from specifications to the final circuit of the design of digital-to-analog converters analog-to-digital converters phase-locked loops delay-locked loops high-speed input/output link transceivers and class D amplifiers. Special emphasis is put on calibration methods that can be used to compensate circuit errors due to device mismatches and semiconductor process variations. Gives an overview of data converters phase- and delay-locked loop architectures highlighting basic operation and design trade-offs. Focus on circuit analysis methods useful to meet requirements for a high-speed and power-efficient operation. Outlines design challenges of analog integrated circuits using state-of-the-art CMOS processes. Presents design methodologies to optimize circuit performance on both transistor and architectural levels. Includes open-ended circuit design case studies. | Data Converters Phase-Locked Loops and Their Applications

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Introduction to Microcontroller Programming for Power Electronics Control Applications Coding with MATLAB and Simulink

Introduction to Microcontroller Programming for Power Electronics Control Applications Coding with MATLAB and Simulink

Microcontroller programming is not a trivial task. Indeed it is necessary to set correctly the required peripherals by using programming languages like C/C++ or directly machine code. Nevertheless MathWorks® developed a model-based workflow linked with an automatic code generation tool able to translate Simulink® schemes into executable files. This represents a rapid prototyping procedure and it can be applied to many microcontroller boards available on the market. Among them this introductory book focuses on the C2000 LaunchPadTM family from Texas InstrumentsTM to provide the reader basic programming strategies implementation guidelines and hardware considerations for some power electronics-based control applications. Starting from simple examples such as turning on/off on-board LEDs Analog-to-Digital conversion waveform generation or how a Pulse-Width-Modulation peripheral should be managed the reader is guided through the settings of the specific MCU-related Simulink® blocks enabled for code translation. Then the book proposes several control problems in terms of power management of RL and RLC loads (e. g. involving DC-DC converters) and closed-loop control of DC motors. The control schemes are investigated as well as the working principles of power converter topologies needed to drive the systems under investigation. Finally a couple of exercises are proposed to check the reader’s understanding while presenting a processor-in-the loop (PIL) technique to either emulate the dynamics of complex systems or testing computational performance. Thus this book is oriented to graduate students of electrical and automation and control engineering pursuing a curriculum in power electronics and drives as well as to engineers and researchers who want to deepen their knowledge and acquire new competences in the design and implementations of control schemes aimed to the aforementioned application fields. Indeed it is assumed that the reader is well acquainted with fundamentals of electrical machines and power electronics as well as with continuous-time modeling strategies and linear control techniques. In addition familiarity with sampled-data discrete-time system analysis and embedded design topics is a plus. However even if these competences are helpful they are not essential since this book provides some basic knowledge even to whom is approaching these topics for the first time. Key concepts are developed from scratch including a brief review of control theory and modeling strategies for power electronic-based systems. | Introduction to Microcontroller Programming for Power Electronics Control Applications Coding with MATLAB® and Simulink®

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Reverse Design Final Fantasy VII

Reverse Design Final Fantasy VII

The Reverse Design series looks at all of the design decisions that went into classic video games. This is the fifth installment in the Reverse Design series looking at Final Fantasy VII. Written in a readable format it is broken down into eight sections examining some of the most important topics to the game: How latter-day critics have misunderstood the artistic goals of Final Fantasy VII How RPG history began to diverge significantly after 1981 allowing for the creation of specialized RPGs like Rogue Pokemon and especially Final Fantasy VII How Final Fantasy VII does not abandon complexity in its systems but simply moves that complexity to the endgame to aid the narrative elements of the game Key Features Comprehensive definitions of key concepts and terms introducing the reader to the basic knowledge about the study of RPG design Summary of historical context of Final Fantasy VII going all the way back to Dungeons & Dragons Extensive collections of data and data visualizations explaining how Final Fantasy VII’s systems work how they are organized to prioritize exploration and how they interlock in a positive feedback loop that peaks at the end of the game | Reverse Design Final Fantasy VII

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Smooth Homogeneous Structures in Operator Theory

Smooth Homogeneous Structures in Operator Theory

Geometric ideas and techniques play an important role in operator theory and the theory of operator algebras. Smooth Homogeneous Structures in Operator Theory builds the background needed to understand this circle of ideas and reports on recent developments in this fruitful field of research. Requiring only a moderate familiarity with functional analysis and general topology the author begins with an introduction to infinite dimensional Lie theory with emphasis on the relationship between Lie groups and Lie algebras. A detailed examination of smooth homogeneous spaces follows. This study is illustrated by familiar examples from operator theory and develops methods that allow endowing such spaces with structures of complex manifolds. The final section of the book explores equivariant monotone operators and Kähler structures. It examines certain symmetry properties of abstract reproducing kernels and arrives at a very general version of the construction of restricted Grassmann manifolds from the theory of loop groups. The author provides complete arguments for nearly every result. An extensive list of references and bibliographic notes provide a clear picture of the applicability of geometric methods in functional analysis and the open questions presented throughout the text highlight interesting new research opportunities. Daniel Beltit is a Principal Researcher at the Institute of Mathematics Simion Stoilow of the Romanian Academy Bucharest Romania.

GBP 59.99
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Optimal Networked Control Systems with MATLAB

Optimal Networked Control Systems with MATLAB

Optimal Networked Control Systems with MATLAB® discusses optimal controller design in discrete time for networked control systems (NCS). The authors apply several powerful modern control techniques in discrete time to the design of intelligent controllers for such NCS. Detailed derivations rigorous stability proofs computer simulation examples and downloadable MATLAB® codes are included for each case. The book begins by providing background on NCS networked imperfections dynamical systems stability theory and stochastic optimal adaptive controllers in discrete time for linear and nonlinear systems. It lays the foundation for reinforcement learning-based optimal adaptive controller use for finite and infinite horizons. The text then:Introduces quantization effects for linear and nonlinear NCS describing the design of stochastic adaptive controllers for a class of linear and nonlinear systemsPresents two-player zero-sum game-theoretic formulation for linear systems in input–output form enclosed by a communication networkAddresses the stochastic optimal control of nonlinear NCS by using neuro dynamic programmingExplores stochastic optimal design for nonlinear two-player zero-sum games under communication constraintsTreats an event-sampled distributed NCS to minimize transmission of state and control signals within the feedback loop via the communication networkCovers distributed joint optimal network scheduling and control design for wireless NCS as well as the effect of network protocols on the wireless NCS controller designAn ideal reference for graduate students university researchers and practicing engineers Optimal Networked Control Systems with MATLAB® instills a solid understanding of neural network controllers and how to build them.

GBP 66.99
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An Introduction to Gauge Theories

An Introduction to Gauge Theories

Written by world-leading experts in particle physics this new book from Luciano Maiani and Omar Benhar with contributions from the late Nicola Cabibbo is based on Feynman’s path integrals. Key elements of gauge theories are described—Feynman diagrams gauge-fixing Faddeev-Popov ghosts—as well as renormalization in Quantum Electrodynamics. Quarks and QCD interactions are introduced. Renormalization group and high momentum behaviour of the coupling constants is discussed in QED and QCD with asymptotic freedom derived at one-loop. These concepts are related to the Higgs boson and models of grand unification. … an excellent introduction to the quantum theory of gauge fields and their applications to particle physics. … It will be an excellent book for the serious student and a good reference for the professional practitioner. Let me add that scattered through the pages we can find occasional traces of Nicola Cabibbo's style. —John Iliopoulos CNRS-Ecole Normale Supérieure 
… The volume ends with an illuminating description of the expectation generated by the recent discovery of the Higgs boson combined with the lack of evidence for super-symmetric particles in the mass range 0. 6-1 TeV. —Arturo Menchaca-Rocha FinstP Professor of Physics Mexico’s National Autonomous University Former President of the Mexican Academy of Sciences Presidential Advisor …The reader is masterfully guided through the subtleties of the quantum field theory and elementary particle physics from simple examples in Quantum Mechanics to salient details of modern theory. —Mikhail Voloshin Professor of Physics University of Minnesota | An Introduction to Gauge Theories

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Strategic Thinking Illustrated Strategy Made Visual Using Systems Thinking

Strategic Thinking Illustrated Strategy Made Visual Using Systems Thinking

This book is about the behaviour of systems. Systems are important for we interact with them all the time and many of the actions we take are influenced by a system – for example the system of performance measures in an organisation influences often very strongly how individuals within that organisation behave. Furthermore sometimes we are involved in the design of systems as is any manager contributing to the definition of what those performance measures might be. That manager will want to ensure that all the proposed performance measures will drive the ‘right’ behaviours rather than (inadvertently) encouraging dysfunctional ‘game playing’ and so anticipating how the performance measurement system will work in practice is a vital part of a wise design process. Some of the systems with which we interact are local such as your organisation’s performance measurement system. Some systems however are distant but nonetheless very real such as the healthcare system the education system the legal system and the climate system. Systems therefore exist on all scales from the local to the global. And all systems are complex some hugely so. That’s why understanding how systems behave can be very helpful. Systems are complex for two main reasons. First the manner in which they behave over time can be very hard to anticipate – and anticipating the future sensibly is of course a key objective of management. Second the ‘entities’ within a system can be connected together in very complex ways so that an intervention ‘here’ can result in an effect ‘there’ perhaps a long time afterward. Sometimes this can be surprising and so we talk of ‘unintended consequences’ – but this is of course a euphemism for ‘because I didn’t understand how this system behaves I had not anticipated that’. Systems thinking the subject matter of this book is the disciplined study of systems and causal loop diagrams – the ‘pictures’ of this ‘picture book’ – are a very insightful way to represent the connectedness of the entities from which any system is composed so taming that system’s complexity. | Strategic Thinking Illustrated Strategy Made Visual Using Systems Thinking

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