Chen Chen: 1169 books
by Hua-Peng Chen
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2018
A critical review of key developments and latest advances in Structural Health Monitoring technologies applied to civil engineering structures, covering all aspects required for practical application
Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) provides the facilities for in-service monitoring of structural...
by Jing Na, Qiang Chen, Xuemei Ren
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2018
Adaptive Identification and Control of Uncertain Systems with Nonsmooth Dynamics reports some of the latest research on modeling, identification and adaptive control for systems with nonsmooth dynamics (e.g., backlash, dead zone, friction, saturation, etc). The authors present recent research results...
Software Adaptation in an Open Environment
A Software Architecture Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
The book is about a very active research field in software engineering. In modern society, the fact of the world's high reliance on software requires the system's robustness, i.e., continual availability and satisfactory service quality. This requirement gives rise to the popularity of the research...
Active Network Analysis
Feedback Amplifier Theory
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
This 2nd edition provides an in-depth, up-to-date, unified, and comprehensive treatment of the fundamentals of the theory of active networks and its applications to feedback amplifier design. The main purpose is to discuss the topics that are of fundamental importance that transcends the advent of...
by Naima Kaabouch, Wen-Chen Hu
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2012
It is more important than ever to be concerned with energy related efforts, especially on what we as individuals can do now to help protect our future. With research coming out left and right on sustainable initiatives, we can only hope that future generations will benefit greatly from the efforts of...
Managing Digital Governance
Issues, Challenges, and Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
Managing Digital Governance provides public administrators with a comprehensive, integrated framework and specific techniques for making the most of digital innovation to advance public values. The book focuses on the core issues that public administrators face when using information and communication...
Leverage Innovation Capability
Application of Total Innovation Management in China's SMEs' Study
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
Innovation is widely recognized as a major source of modern productivity growth. Indeed, it is seen as constituting a central process of economic advancement in industrialized countries. Despite this, a considerable gap still exists in knowledge and technological capability between industrialized...
Online Incivility and Public Debate
Nasty Talk
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2017
This book investigates what influence online incivility—through user-generated comments on news websites—has on public debate. Built on the premise that public discussions about important topics are vital to a healthy democracy, the book analyzes 3,508 online comments in order to understand what...
Chinese Private Manufacturing Firms
The Challenges of Global Competition
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
Since the beginning of China’s economic reform in 1978, private manufacturing firms have played an indispensable role in, and have made a remarkable contribution to, the country’s economic development. This book, based on extensive original research, explores the current development challenges...
Copyright and International Negotiations
An Engine of Free Expression in China?
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
Copyright and International Negotiations provides a historical study of the development of Chinese copyright law in terms of China's contemporary political economy and the impact that international copyright law has had. The analysis shows how China's copyright system is intertwined with censorship...
Polishing of Diamond Materials
Mechanisms, Modeling and Implementation
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2013
Diamond has a unique combination of properties, such as the highest hardness and thermal conductivity among any known material, high electrical resistivity, a large optical band gap and a high transmission, good resistance to chemical erosion, low adhesion and friction, and extremely low thermal expansion...
Biological Materials Science
Biological Materials, Bioinspired Materials, and Biomaterials
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
Taking a unique materials science approach, this text introduces students to the basic concepts and applications of materials and biomedical engineering and prepares them for the challenges of the new interdisciplinary field of biomaterials science. Split into three sections - Basic Biology Principles,...
How to Become a Nut Sorter
How to Become a Nut Sorter
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
This publication will teach you the basics of how to become a Nut Sorter. With step by step guides and instructions, you will not only have a better understanding, but gain valuable knowledge of how to become a Nut Sorter
by Christopher T. Conner, Nicholas M. Baxter, David R. Dickens
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2019
This edited volume highlights the work of ten forgotten and neglected social theorists in the hope of reinvigorating interest in their work and their potential contributions to the analysis of contemporary social issues. Each chapter includes a brief biographical sketch, an overview of the selected...