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This book systematically summarizes the latest research findings on high-speed railway track dynamics, made by the author and his research team over the past decade. It explores cutting-edge issues concerning the basic theory of high-speed railways, covering the dynamic theories, models, algorithms... More

The second edition of this book systematically summarizes the latest research findings on high-speed railway track dynamics, made by the author and his research team over the past decade. It explores cutting-edge issues concerning the basic theory of high-speed railways, covering the dynamic theorie... More

This book studies healthy aging in China based on analyses of the datasets of eight waves of longitudinal survey in 1998-2018 with worldwide largest sample of oldest-old. It consists of four parts. The first part reports the 6th, 7th, and 8th surveys of “Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey... More

In four chapters and an introduction, this book systematically helps readers understand the development of the Geographical Sciences both in China and in the world during the past 30 years.   Through data analysis of methodologies including CiteSpace, TDA, qualitative analysis, questionnaires, data ... More

This book focuses on environmental engineering, and on wastewater treatment and reuse in particular, which is a vital aspect for countries and regions suffering from water shortages. It introduces a new water cycle management concept for designing water systems that mimic the hydrological cycle, wh... More

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 15th EAI International Conference on Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness in Heterogeneous Networks, QShine 2019, held in Shenzhen, China, in November 2019. The 16 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected ... More

This book introduces readers to the fundamentals of estimation and dynamical system theory, and their applications in the field of multi-source information fused autonomous navigation for spacecraft. The content is divided into two parts: theory and application. The theory part (Part I) covers the m... More

This SpringerBrief explains how to leverage mobile users' social relationships to improve the interactions of mobile devices in mobile networks. It develops a social group utility maximization (SGUM) framework that captures diverse social ties of mobile users and diverse physical coupling of mobile... More

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 37th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2018, held in XI'an, China, in October 2018.The 30 full and 13 short papers presented together with 3 keynotes were carefully reviewed and selected from 151 submissions.This events covers a... More

This book will serve as a guide in understanding workflow scheduling techniques on computing systems such as Cluster, Supercomputers, Grid computing, Cloud computing, Edge computing, Fog computing, and the practical realization of such methods. It offers a whole new perspective and holistic approach... More

This book introduces readers to the main theories of phytoremediation and its application to arsenic-contaminated soils in China. The hyperaccumulation theories are introduced, including the use of hyperaccumulators to remove large amounts of arsenic without producing toxic symptoms. The use of sync... More

The book provides an overview of III-nitride-material-based light-emitting diode (LED) technology, from the basic material physics to the latest advances in the field, such as homoepitaxy and heteroepitaxy of the materials on different substrates. It also includes the latest advances in the field, s... More

This bookconstitutes the refereed proceedings of the workshops held at the 17thAsia-Pacific Web Conference, APWeb 2015, in Guangzhou, China, in September2015. The 15 fullpapers were carefully reviewed and selected from various submissions. The volumepresents the papers that have been accepted for ... More

This open access book constitutes refereed proceedings of the Third Conference on Silicon Valley Cybersecurity Conference, SVCC 2022, held as virtual event, in August 17–19, 2022.The 8 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 10 submissions. The contributions are d... More

This book systematically presents 40 pests, 7 natural pest enemies, and 20 diseases and weeds commonly encountered in sugarcane production, combining clear colour photos with detailed scientific descriptions. It covers a range of related topics, including morphological identification, habits and fre... More

This two-volume set of LNAI 12274 and LNAI 12275 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Knowledge Science, Engineering and Management, KSEM 2020, held in Hangzhou, China, in August 2020.*The 58 revised full papers and 27 short papers were carefully reviewed and ... More

This two-volume set of LNAI 12274 and LNAI 12275 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Knowledge Science, Engineering and Management, KSEM 2020, held in Hangzhou, China, in August 2020.*The 58 revised full papers and 27 short papers were carefully reviewed and ... More

This book constitutes late breaking papers from the 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2020, which was held in July 2020. The conference was planned to take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, but had to change to a virtual conference mode due to the COVID-19 pandemic.From a... More