Product Description: This book considers the emerging technologies and methodologies of the application of computational intelligence to smart grids. From a conceptual point of view, the smart grid is the convergence of information and operational technologies applied to the electric grid, allowing sustainable options to customers and improved levels of security...read more

Product Description: Computational intelligence techniques have enjoyed growing interest in recent decades among the earth and environmental science research communities for their powerful ability to solve and understand various complex problems and develop novel approaches toward a sustainable earth...read more

Product Description: In attempts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, many alternatives to manufacturing have been recommended from a number of international organizations. Although challenges will arise, remanufacturing has the ability to transform ecological and business value...read more

Militarized Conflict Modeling Using Computational Intelligence examines the application of computational intelligence methods to model conflict. Traditionally, conflict has been modeled using game theory. The inherent limitation of game theory when dealing with more than three players in a game is the main motivation for the application of computational intelligence in modeling conflict.Militarized interstate disputes (MIDs) are defined as a set of interactions between, or among, states that can result in the display, threat or actual use of military force in an explicit way. These interactions can result in either peace or conflict. This book models the relationship between key variables and the risk of conflict between two countries. The variables include Allies which measures the presence or absence of military alliance, Contiguity which measures whether the countries share a common boundary or not and Major Power which measures whether either or both states are a major power.Militarized Conflict Modeling Using Computational Intelligence implements various multi-layer perception neural networks, Bayesian networks, support vector machines, neuro-fuzzy models, rough sets models, neuro-rough sets models and optimized rough sets models to create models that estimate the risk of conflict given the variables. Secondly, these models are used to study the sensitivity of each variable to conflict. Furthermore, a framework on how these models can be used to control the possibility of peace is proposed. Finally, new and emerging topics on modelling conflict are identified and further work is proposed.

Product Description: Recognizing Variable Environments explores artificial intelligent systems' capacity to identify their surroundings. Readers will find a collection of interdisciplinary evidence from a computational perspective -- namely, the theory of cognitive prism.

Product Description: Pervasive computing enables users to interact with information resources in their everyday lives. The development of computational technologies that can exist in ever smaller devices while simultaneously increasing processing power allows such devices to blend seamlessly into tangible environments...read more

Product Description: Mining of Data with Complex Structures:- Clarifies the type and nature of data with complex structure including sequences, trees and graphs- Provides a detailed background of the state-of-the-art of sequence mining, tree mining and graph mining...read more

Product Description: Computational methodologies and modeling play a growing role for investigating mechanisms, and for the diagnosis and therapy of human diseases. This progress gave rise to computational medicine, an interdisciplinary field at the interface of computer science and medicine...read more

Product Description: Computational Analysis of Terrorist Groups: Lashkar-e-Taiba provides an in-depth look at Web intelligence, and how advanced mathematics and modern computing technology can influence the insights we have on terrorist groups. This book primarily focuses  on one famous terrorist group known as Lashkar-e-Taiba (or LeT), and  how it operates...read more

Product Description: This book is dedicated to the memory of Professor Zdzis{\l}aw Pawlak who passed away almost six year ago. He is the founder of the Polish school of Artificial Intelligence and one of the pioneers in Computer Engineering and Computer Science with worldwide influence...read more

Product Description: The amount of digital data available in the world doubles almost every year. Managed well, this data can be used to extract new sources of knowledge for daily business use.Multidisciplinary Computational Intelligence Techniques: Applications in Business, Engineering, and Medicine explores the complex world of computational intelligence, which utilizes computational methodologies such as fuzzy logic systems, neural networks, and evolutionary computation for the purpose of managing and using data effectively and addressing complicated real-world problems...read more

Product Description: Offering a global snapshot of parallel and distributed computational intelligence today, this volume covers ongoing issues as well as recent exploratory work. Topics discussed include GPUs, Clusters, Grids, volunteer computing, p2p networks and more.

Product Description: The increasing complexity of financial problems and the enormous volume of financial data often make it difficult to apply traditional modeling and algorithmic procedures. In this context, the field of computational intelligence provides an arsenal of particularly useful techniques...read more

Product Description: The junction of software development and engineering combined with the study of intelligence has created a bustling intersection of theory, design, engineering, and conceptual thought.Software and Intelligent Sciences: New Transdisciplinary Findings sits at a crossroads and informs advanced researchers, students, and practitioners on the developments in computer science, theoretical software engineering, cognitive science, cognitive informatics, and intelligence science...read more