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There has been a great deal of literature on logistics. However, until now, these works have generally focused on the development of a specific theme or hypothesis in particular. This book therefore offers, in the form of 42 complementary sheets, a panoram... (Read more)

A browser, an Internet connection, and some time to spend taming the JavaScript language are all that is needed to reach out into the vast reservoir of data on the Web. JavaScript and Open Data invites the reader on a tour of JavaScript with a focus on ... (Read more)

Advances in research and development (R&D) reveal the immense diversity and potential of marine genetic resources. Under international law, no specific regime exists pertaining to these complex objects of use. Upstream of the R&D chain, the Convention ... (Read more)

We understand globalization as the existence of new macroeconomic solidarities; these have been attested since around the mid-1980s, with the observation of Kenichi Ohmae's tripolar world. Creative globalization has several faces: that of strategies of enl... (Read more)

What are the assemblages in which organizational digital policies are produced? Beyond the managerial slogans and watchwords, what is the concrete organization of digital practices and devices (information systems, intranets, corporate social networks, ope... (Read more)

Technological change often produces significant social changes that are reflected spatially. Today, the smart city is one of the essential, if not dominant, concepts in the production of space. This book questions the impact of the digital on the practi... (Read more)

Since the dawn of time, humanity has learned to tame energy to be able to meet primary needs and to make tools. But modern times have imposed new challenges, created new needs and introduced new constraints. More than ever, humans are facing an importan... (Read more)

This book reflects upon the current trends arising in both the theoretical study and the practical modeling of phenomena that exhibit fractionality. There is a tendency to transition from one type of fractionality to several types presented simultaneously;... (Read more)

This is the first of a three-volume series of books describing the new opportunities and challenges of city logistics, based on papers presented at the Tenth International Conference on City Logistics, 14–16 June 2017, Phuket, Thailand. City logistics... (Read more)

This is the second of a three-volume series of books describing the new opportunities and challenges of city logistics, based on papers presented at the Tenth International Conference on City Logistics, 14–16 June 2017, Phuket, Thailand. City logistic... (Read more)

This is the third of a three-volume series of books describing the new opportunities and challenges of city logistics, based on papers presented at the Tenth International Conference on City Logistics, 14–16 June 2017, Phuket, Thailand. City logistics... (Read more)

Where does political ecology lie on the left–right spectrum? What does it mean? Andrew Dobson indicated that the analyses of ecologism assign to it four possible positions: a new global order (symbolized by the Brundtland Report), a centralized authorita... (Read more)

Big data analytics is one of the fastest growing fields in today’s business context. It concerns not only data that is continuously getting “bigger”, but also the ways in which that data is processed and analyzed and how it is turned into knowledge. ... (Read more)

The aim of this work is to introduce and study basic numerical methods and advanced methods in order to be able to perform scientific computing. The latter refers to the implementation of approaches adapted to the treatment of a scientific problem arising ... (Read more)

Unlike structural engineers, geotechnical engineers deal with a natural material. They have no choice over their medium and must instead accommodate themselves to the material. Moreover, while developments in numerical modeling require more and more specif... (Read more)

This book is a didactic guide which offers the reader an in-depth understanding of analog automation, as well as the opportunity to quickly learn about the computer-aided feedback control of dynamic processes. It allows readers to reinforce their skil... (Read more)

This book explores the major impact of mathematical ideas on philosophical thought. It shows that from Antiquity (Plato) to the end of the Middle Ages (Nicholas of Cusa), philosophy and mathematics have been linked. At the time, visions of the world direct... (Read more)

This book proposes a method which uses the analogy of the ecosystem in order to model and analyze information and communication. Although the concept of the ecosystem is increasingly used to describe situations in which multiple actors have dynamic rel... (Read more)

Maritime transportation is the backbone of world trade: responsible for carrying over 80% of world trade, it has been progressively growing over the past 50 years. Although it is the cheapest way of transporting large amounts of goods, it still involves h... (Read more)

The oil and gas industry developed and implemented the concept of system production availability. This book provides all the information needed to properly assess this parameter and develops an approach for fully integrating this assessment within the life... (Read more)

In recent years, interest for clathrate hydrates has increased, motivated both by their fascinating physiochemical and thermophysical properties and their industrial and practical promises in various areas of application. Following the 2017 publication ... (Read more)

What is color? What is the precise meaning of the statement “the stock market is down by 5% this evening”? How can images produce meaning? How are TV viewers defined? Informationally speaking, such well-known, common questions are examined in this b... (Read more)

This book, comprised of two volumes, is an extended and detailed analysis of both the flow phenomena in closed and open channels and the flows around solid bodies. Although emphasis is given to the real-life applications of flows, the theoretical backgroun... (Read more)

This book, comprised of two volumes, is an extended and detailed analysis of both the flow phenomena in closed and open channels and the flows around solid bodies. Although emphasis is given to the real-life applications of flows, the theoretical backgroun... (Read more)

Time, Emergences and Communications pursues scientific and philosophical research on the place and role of information in natural systems. The first part proposes an unprecedented interpretation of quantum physics by focusing on the idea of matter that com... (Read more)

This book shows how graph rewriting can be used as a computational model adapted to natural language processing. Focus is placed on annotated corpora that play an increasingly important role within natural language processing and it is therefore interestin... (Read more)

Over the last 60 years, electronics has undergone important and rapid developments. This has generated a large range of theoretical and practical notions. This book presents a comprehensive treatise on the evolution of electronics and allows the reader ... (Read more)

The phenomenon of the darknet has aroused fascination and concern and is still badly misunderstood. “Hidden Internet”, “deep web”, “darknets”… these terms actually indicate very different realities to those they are often confused with. Fr... (Read more)

Over 200 years, industry has mastered iron, fire, power and energy. Today, electronics shape our everyday objects with the widespread integration of chips; from computers and telephones to keys, games and white goods. Data, software and computation structu... (Read more)

Agriculture in developing countries must be innovated in order to respond to the triple threat of food and nutritional security, environmental issues and employment needs in rural areas. Yet, existing diffusionist innovation models based on the technologic... (Read more)

Digital humanities has become an increasingly popular field of study, symbolizing the will of human and social sciences to change and modernize. However, its history has often been presented in a restrained and reduced manner. This book presents new ep... (Read more)

Inadequacies, approximations and ambiguities: this is the common batch of phenomena likely to hinder comprehension. Communication, and in particular oral communication, would in theory require many repetitions and preliminary tests in order to reach true a... (Read more)