Jiang: 140 books
Openness, Economic Growth and Regional Disparities
The Case of China
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2013
Substantial disparities across different Chinese regions are one of the most prominent features in China’s development process. This book investigates the mechanisms through which openness affects regional economic growth and interregional disparities in China. Based on the latest data and employing...
Towards Tradable Water Rights
Water Law and Policy Reform in China
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2017
This book provides a first comprehensive legal examination of water rights arrangements and water rights trading in China. Although recent water reform in China has made substantial progress in policy development and practice, how its legal and institutional framework facilitates or hinders the application...
by Liangjun Jiang
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
iOS eCommerce App Development with Parse uses a real-world app example to teach you how to build a complete eCommerce iPhone app powered by Parse - the most popular and powerful Platform As A Service (BaaS) provider.
In this comprehensive guide you will learn every step: collecting requirements,...
Genetic Analyses of Wheat and Molecular Marker-Assisted Breeding, Volume 1
Genetics Map and QTL Mapping
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
The book mainly describes the QTL mappings and efficacy analyses that are associated with wheat productivity, quality, physiology and various stress resistances and provides summaries of results from studies conducted both at home and abroad. It presents comparable data and analyses, helping readers...
Spatial Big Data Science
Classification Techniques for Earth Observation Imagery
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
Emerging Spatial Big Data (SBD) has transformative potential in solving many grand societal challenges such as water resource management, food security, disaster response, and transportation. However, significant computational challenges exist in analyzing SBD due to the unique spatial characteristics...
Control and Operation of Grid-Connected Wind Farms
Major Issues, Contemporary Solutions, and Open Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
From the point of view of grid integration and operation, this monograph advances the subject of wind energy control from the individual-unit to the wind-farm level. The basic objectives and requirements for successful integration of wind energy with existing power grids are discussed, followed by...
OQAM/FBMC for Future Wireless Communications
Principles, Technologies and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2017
OQAM/FBMC for Future Wireless Communications: Principles, Technologies and Applications introduces the concepts and key technologies of OQAM/FBMC, which has been regarded as the potential physical layer technique in future wireless communication systems. It comprises 10 chapters that provide an...
Mathematical Problems in Data Science
Theoretical and Practical Methods
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
This book describes current problems in data science and Big Data. Key topics are data classification, Graph Cut, the Laplacian Matrix, Google Page Rank, efficient algorithms, hardness of problems, different types of big data, geometric data structures, topological data processing, and various learning...
by Tao Jiang, Liang Yu, Yang Cao
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2015
This book reports the latest findings on intelligent energy management of Internet data centers in smart-grid environments. The book gathers novel research ideas in Internet data center energy management, especially scenarios with cyber-related vulnerabilities, power outages and carbon emission constraints....
Advanced Techniques for Assessment Surface Topography
Development of a Basis for 3D Surface Texture Standards "Surfstand"
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2003
This publication deals with the latest developments in the field of 3D surface metrology and will become a seminal text in this important area.
It has been prepared with the support of the European Community’s Directorate General XII and represents the culmination of research conducted by...
Chinese Banking Reform
From the Pre-WTO Period to the Financial Crisis and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2017
This book is a wide-ranging and timely overview of the contemporary Chinese banking system. It charts the vast changes in Chinese banking from before China’s admission to the WTO in 2001 to more recent regulatory reform and developments in the shadow banking sector.
The book begins with an...
by Geoffrey Lipman, Terry DeLacy, Shaun Vorster
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2012
Travel & Tourism is by any measure a massive modern day industry – in the same league as cars, oil, telecommunication and agriculture. It drives trillions of dollars in GNP, underpins millions of jobs, makes international business function and is the essence of leisure and happiness. In short it has...
Earthquake Phenomenology from the Field
The April 20, 2013, Lushan Earthquake
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2014
Based on the field investigation and the summary of the published research results of the April 20, 2013, Lushan, Sichuan, China, MS7.0 earthquake, having occurred along the same fault zone which accommodated the May 12, 2008, Wenchuan MS8.0 earthquake, this Brief tries to describe and discuss the...
Urban Development in Post-Reform China
State, Market, and Space
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2006
Radically reoriented under market reform, Chinese cities present both the landscapes of the First and Third World, and are increasingly playing a critical role in the country’s economic development. Yet, radical marketization co-exists with the ever-presence of state control. Exploring the interaction...