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  • Sustainable Supply Chain Management

    Computational Approaches and Modelling
    • 1st Edition
    • Syed Mithun Ali + 3 more
    • English
    Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Computational Approaches and Modelling provides a comprehensive understanding of how computational approaches can be leveraged to address the challenges associated with sustainable supply chain management. It offers insights into emerging and advanced modelling techniques to optimize supply chain operations while considering environmental, social, and economic factors. This book will be a valuable resource for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers interested in understanding and implementing sustainable supply chain management practices through computational approaches and modelling. This book helps researchers understand the opportunities, challenges, and solutions by developing innovative computational tools and techniques to integrate sustainability considerations into supply chain decision-making processes.

  • Advanced Waste Valorization for Circular Economy

    Chemical Process Design and Simulation
    • 1st Edition
    • Jingzheng Ren + 2 more
    • English
    Advanced Waste Valorization for Circular Economy: Chemical Process Design and Simulation is an essential guide for chemical process design, simulation, optimization, and sustainability assessment within waste volarization. The book covers chemical process design, simulation, optimization, sustainability assessment, decision-making processes, Industry 4.0 technology applications, and circular supply chain design. Additionally, it delves into advanced waste valorization technologies for various waste types, including industrial, municipal, medical, plastic, agricultural, and food waste. Users will find up-to-date resources for industry professionals, researchers, academics, and students to understand circular process design and its real-life implementations.The book includes learning objectives, case studies, step-by-step methodologies and review exercises in each chapter to help students and researchers alike deepen and test their understanding of crucial aspects of sustainable waste valorization. This book is suitable for a very broad audience, including chemical engineering professionals such as professors, researchers, chemical engineers, and industry experts, particularly those engaged in process systems engineering, intelligent manufacturing, intelligent process control, advanced waste management, and renewable energy.

  • Composite Truss Bridges With Concrete-filled Rectangular Steel Tube Members

    • 1st Edition
    • Yongjian Liu + 1 more
    • English
    Composite Truss Bridges with Concrete-filled Rectangular Steel Tube Members provides an overview of concrete filled steel tubular or CFST and the new structures and technologies in bridge engineering based on CFRST trusses. It covers both the mechanical properties of different CFRST structures and the design method and calculation method of CFRST composite truss bridge structures. It reviews the characteristics and advantages of new CFRST structures and the new technologies applied in real-world engineering situations

  • Advances in Ecological Research

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 75
    • English
    Advances in Ecological Research is a comprehensive, up-to-date survey of the latest theories, methods, and findings shaping modern ecology. This edited volume brings together leading researchers to explore fundamental ecological processes and their applications to real-world environmental challenges. The book integrates field observations, experimental work, and modeling to illuminate how ecosystems function, respond to change, and recover from disturbance.

  • Machine Learning Applications in Thin-Walled Structural Engineering

    Innovations and Future Directions
    • 1st Edition
    • A. Praveen Kumar + 2 more
    • English
    Machine Learning Applications in Thin-Walled Structure Engineering brings into sharp focus in-demand knowledge applicable to plate and shell structures, cold–formed steel sections, reinforced plastics components, and aluminum frameworks across a wide range of field applications. By highlighting the transformative synergy between artificial intelligence and structural engineering, it presents innovative methods to streamline design evaluations, detect anomalies early, and forecast structural performance under diverse conditions of load, stress, and environmental influence.The book covers––among other key recent developments––the integration of ML with digital twin technology for real-time monitoring in support of proactive assessment and intervention efforts to extend service life; the use of advanced algorithms for material selection and behavior prediction; hybrid models that combine traditional analytical methods with ML to increase simulation precision; and emerging trends such as adaptive systems for more resilient, efficient, and sustainable structural solutions.With its interdisciplinary approach and practical examples, this resource proves to be essential to establish a solid understanding of the challenges posed by lightweight systems and how ML techniques can enhance their design, analysis, and maintenance—critical for engineers striving to improve both current strategies and future advancements in thin-walled structures’ long-term safety and reliability.

  • Digital Twins in Manufacturing

    Applications and Case Studies
    • 1st Edition
    • Masoud Soroush + 1 more
    • English
    Digital Twins in Manufacturing: Applications and Case Studies explores digital twin technologies, demonstrating how digital twins enhance manufacturing processes, optimize efficiency, and facilitate informed decision-making. By bridging the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical implementation, the book equips professionals with the tools needed to leverage digital twins for improved product quality and operational effectiveness. It covers a wide array of topics, including digital twins for biomanufacturing, polymerization processes, additive manufacturing, and energy industries. Readers will find detailed discussions on predictive maintenance, process optimization, and the integration of AI and IoT strategies.Each chapter presents actionable insights and step-by-step implementation guides, addressing real-world challenges and showcasing successful applications in smart factories and high-risk environments. By bridging the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical implementation, the book equips professionals with the tools needed to leverage digital twins for improved product quality and operational effectiveness.

  • Integrating AI in Psychological and Mental Health Care

    Techniques, Applications, and Ethical Considerations
    • 1st Edition
    • Sandeep Kautish + 4 more
    • English
    Integrating AI in Psychological and Mental Health Care: Techniques, Applications, and Ethical Considerations introduces key concepts and the historical evolution of AI, providing a foundation for understanding its applications in mental health. The content delves into various aspects of AI, including diagnostic tools, machine learning algorithms, and natural language processing, highlighting their roles in enhancing therapeutic outcomes and improving patient care. The discussion encompasses significant mental health conditions such as anxiety, depression, and severe psychological disorders, showcasing how AI technologies can assist in diagnosis, treatment planning, and monitoring. Ethical considerations and privacy issues are critically examined, ensuring a balanced perspective on the benefits and challenges associated with AI-driven interventions. Practical applications, such as virtual psychotherapists and AI-enhanced cognitive behavioral therapy illustrate real-world implementations and their impact on patient care. Additionally, case studies provide insights into successful AI applications in mental health settings, thus enhancing our understanding of potential advantages and obstacles.

  • Resource Recovery from Biomedical and Hazardous Industrial Waste

    Challenges and Opportunities
    • 1st Edition
    • Atun Roy Choudhury + 4 more
    • English
    Resource Recovery from Biomedical and Hazardous Industrial Waste: Challenges and Opportunities examines the complexities in managing biomedical and hazardous industrial waste, focusing on innovative resource recovery techniques. This book addresses the challenges of global waste management systems and presents practical solutions, covering waste classification, collection, treatment technologies, and environmental impacts. This book will also emphasize emerging methodologies such as waste-to-energy, recycling, and the valorization of hazardous materials into valuable resources, promoting sustainable practices. With a thorough analysis of emerging trends, including the impact of COVID-19 on waste management, and a strong emphasis on innovative, sustainable practices, it provides valuable insights for advancing waste recovery solutions.

  • Remote Sensing Techniques for Blue Carbon and Coastal Ecosystem Monitoring

    • 1st Edition
    • Uzair Aslam Bhatti + 2 more
    • English
    Remote Sensing Techniques for Blue Carbon and Coastal Ecosystem Monitoring offers a comprehensive exploration of cutting-edge remote sensing technologies for the effective monitoring and conservation of blue carbon ecosystems, including mangroves and seagrass beds. In the face of increasing threats from emerging contaminants such as plastics, pharmaceuticals, and pollutants, this book highlights the vital role these ecosystems play in carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation. Combining satellite imagery, UAV-based sensing, hyperspectral techniques, and ecological models with GIS integration, it provides both theoretical insights and practical case studies from around the world.Essential for students, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers, this guide equips readers with the tools necessary to assess ecosystem health, inform management strategies, and support sustainable coastal development in a rapidly changing environment.

  • Marine Operations of Offshore Wind Turbines

    Autonomous Systems and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Zhengru Ren
    • English
    Marine Operations of Offshore Wind Turbines: Autonomous Systems and Applications, a new release in Elsevier's Wind Energy Engineering series, draws on the latest advances in marine operations to offer practical information on dynamics and automatic control. The book begins by introducing marine operations and offshore wind turbines, the fundamentals of dynamics and automatic control, and the definition of operability for marine operations before in-depth chapters cover numerical modeling and simulation tools, lifting operations for components, active control of offshore single-blade installation, modeling and control of full assembly installation and use of low-height mechanisms, and further technological developments.This is a valuable resource for all those looking to understand dynamics and automatic control techniques for offshore wind turbine operations, including researchers, students, engineers, R&D, policymakers, and industry professionals.

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