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Space vehicle dynamics and control by Wie, Bong, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…pt. 1. Dynamic systems modeling, analysis, and control -- pt. 2. Orbital dynamics and control -- pt. 3. …”
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Medical image reconstruction techniques

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Overview of PET and the image reconstruction problem -- Measured data: list-mode data, sinograms and backprojected images, from point sources to more complex objects -- Line integral and convolution models, and the backproject then filter (BPF) algorithm -- 2D and 3D PET data, sinograms and rebinning methods (SSRB, MSRB and FOR) -- Object representation and the system model/matrix (creating the system matrix) -- Incorporating object motion, resolution, time-of-flight, attenuation and normalization in the system model -- Objective functions: least squares and maximum likelihood (ML), regularization -- Deriving a maximum likelihood reconstruction algorithm: Expectation Maximization ML (EM-ML) reconstruction -- Ordered subsets EM (OSEM) and ordinary Poisson OSEM -- Fourier reconstruction and filtered backprojection (FBP), for PET and CT data -- 3D FBP and the reprojection method (3D RP).…”
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Scandinavian politics today by Arter, David

Table of Contents: “…Part I: Scandinavia past and present -- Part II: Parties in developmental perspective -- Part III: Parties, voters and social change: w(h)ither the Scandinavian party system model? -- Part IV: The Nordic model -- Part V: Legislative-executive relations in the Nordic region -- Part VI: The strategic security environment.…”
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The microbial models of molecular biology from genes to genomes / by Davis, Rowland H.

Table of Contents: “…Model systems, model organisms -- Morgan's progeny -- Neurospora -- Aspergillus -- Yeast -- Leaving the fungi -- Escherichia coli -- The T bacteriophages -- Temperate phages and transduction -- DNA -- Prokaryotes take center stage -- Prokaryotes : later contributions -- Cytoplasmic inheritance : the ciliates -- Organelle genetics : yeast and chlamydomonas -- Yeast becomes a supermodel -- The filamentous fungi : eclipse and renewal -- The role of biochemistry -- Genomics -- The age of model organisms.…”
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Sustainable production automation / by Li, Jingshan, Dr, Lennartson, Bengt, 1956-, Tang, Ying (Gina), Biller, Stephan, Matta, Andrea

Table of Contents: “…Transient analysis-based performance evaluation and control for energy-efficient production: theory and application -- 5.1 Introduction and research background -- 5.2 Literature review -- 5.3 System modeling and performance measures -- 5.4 Transient performance evaluation of Bernoulli serial lines without active control -- 5.5 Analysis of Bernoulli serial lines with state-based machine switch-on/off control -- 5.6 Analysis of Bernoulli serial lines with machine startup/shutdown scheduling: a case study -- 5.7 Conclusions and future work -- References --…”
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Water Resource Systems Planning and Management An Introduction to Methods, Models, and Applications / by Loucks, Daniel P., van Beek, Eelco

Table of Contents: “…Water Resources Planning and Management: An Overview -- Water Resource Systems Modeling: Its Role in Planning and Management -- Models for Identifying and Evaluating Alternatives -- An Introduction to Optimization Models and Methods -- Data-Fitting, Evolutionary and Qualitative Modeling -- An Introduction to Probability, Statistics and Uncertainty -- Modeling Uncertainty -- System Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis -- Performance Criteria -- Water Quality Modeling and Prediction -- River Basin Modeling -- Urban Water Systems -- Planning and Analysis Projects: Putting it All Together.…”
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Systems concepts in action a practitioner's toolkit / by Williams, Bob, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : about systems, thinking systemically, and being systemic -- Causal loop diagrams -- System dynamics -- Social network analysis -- Outcome mapping -- Process monitoring of impacts -- Strategic assumption surfacing and testing -- Strategic area assessment -- The CDE model -- Assumption-based planning -- Cynefin -- Solution focus -- Viable system model -- Cultural historical activity theory -- Soft systems methodology -- Dialectical methods of inquiry -- Scenario technique -- Systemic questioning -- Circular dialogues -- Critical systems heuristics.…”
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Direct methods for stability analysis of electric power systems theoretical foundation, BCU methodologies, and applications / by Chiang, H. (Hsiao-Dong)

Table of Contents: “…Introduction and overview -- 2. System modeling and stability problems -- 3. Lyapunov stability and stability regions of nonlinear dynamical systems -- 4. …”
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Computational neuroendocrinology /

Table of Contents: “…Hodson, Francois Molino, and Patrice Mollard -- Modelling the milk-ejection reflex / Gareth Leng and Jianfeng Feng -- Dynamics of the HPA axis : a systems modelling approach / John R. Terry, Jamie J. Walker, Francesca Spiga, and Stafford L. …”
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Research tools in natural resource and environmental economics

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to research tools in natural resouce and environmental economics / Batabyal and Nijkamp -- Dynamic analysis / Huffaker -- Stochastic analysis : tools for environmental and resource economics modeling / Xepapadeas -- Game theory : static and dynamic games / Benchekroun and Long -- Introduction to economic valuation methods / Abdullah, Markandya and Nunes -- Hedonic method: value of statistical life, wage compensation, and property value compensation -- Environmental valuation : the sum of specific damages approach / Graves -- Economic estimation of non-linear continuous-time models of intertemporally optimizing agents / Donaghy and Wymer -- Computable general equilibrium models for the analysis of economy-environment interactions / Wing -- Experimental methods and environmental and natural resource policy / Cherry and McKee -- Modeling the economics of ecosystem services at watershed scale : a spatial model of land use externalities and the regulating functions of wetalnds / Simonit and Perrings -- Geographical infromation systems models and spatial data analysis / Haining and Law -- Materials balance models / Ayres and Méndez -- Industrial ecology : reflections of an environmental economist / Førsund.…”
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Nonlinear filtering : concepts and engineering applications / by Raol, J. R. (Jitendra R.), 1947, Twala, Bhekisipho, Girija, G. (Gopalrathnam), 1954-

Table of Contents: “…part Section I Mathematical Models, Kalman Filtering and H-Infinity Filters -- chapter 1 Dynamic System Models and Basic Concepts -- chapter 2 Filtering and Smoothing -- chapter 3 H8 Filtering -- chapter 4 Adaptive Filtering -- part Section II Factorization and Approximation Filters -- chapter 5 Factorization Filtering -- chapter 6 Approximation Filters for Nonlinear Systems -- chapter 7 Generalized Model Error Estimators for Nonlinear Systems -- part Section III Nonlinear Filtering, Estimation and Implementation Approaches -- chapter 8 Nonlinear Estimation and Filtering -- chapter 9 Nonlinear Filtering Based on Characteristic Functions -- chapter 10 Implementation Aspects of Nonlinear Filters -- chapter 11 Nonlinear Parameter Estimation -- chapter 12 Nonlinear Observers -- part Section IV Appendixes Basic Concepts and Supporting Material -- chapter Section IV Appendixes Basic Concepts and Supporting Material Appendix A: System Theoretic Concepts Controllability, Observability, Identifiability and Estimability.…”
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Dynamics of Long-Life Assets From Technology Adaptation to Upgrading the Business Model /

Table of Contents: “…PART I: Introduction and Setting the scene -- Dynamics of Long-Life Assets: The Editors’ Intro -- The Challenge -- The Use-it-Wisely (UIW) Approach -- PART II: Tools and Methods -- Innovation Management with an Emphasis on Co-Creation -- Complexity Management and System Dynamics Thinking -- Managing the Life Cycle to Reduce Environmental Impacts -- Virtual Reality and 3D Imaging to Support Collaborative Decision Making for Adaptation of Long-llife Assets -- Operator-oriented Product and Production Process Design for Manufacturing, Maintenance and Upgrading -- Fostering a Community of Practice for Industrial Processes -- Extending the System Model -- PART III: From Theory to Practice -- Collaborative Management of inspection Results in Power Plant Turbines -- Rock crusher Upgrade Business from a PLM Perspective -- Space Systems Development -- Adaptation of High-Variant Automotive Production System Using a Collaborative Approach -- Supporting the Small-to-Medium Vessel Industry -- Sustainable Furniture that Grows with End-users -- Comparing Industrial Cluster Cases to Define Upgrade Business Models for a Circular Economy.   .…”
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Thermal Energy Systems Design and Analysis, Second Edition. by Penoncello, Steven G.

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Group creativity innovation through collaboration /

Table of Contents: “…Moreland -- The group as mentor : social capital and the systems model of creativity / Charles Hooker, Jeanne Nakamura, and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi -- Innovation implementation in work teams / Michael A. …”
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Advances in Optoelectronic Technology and Industry Development Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Photonics and Optoelectronics (SOPO 2019), August 17-19, 2019, Xi'...

Table of Contents: “…A PSK quantum-noise randomized cipher simulation system model based on standard commercial devicesPropagation characteristics of Super-Gaussian pulse in dispersion-decreasing fiber; Time-delay measurement of optical-fiber link based on time-frequency simultaneous transmission method; SNR uniformity optimization for LEDs ring alignment in visible light communications; Optoelectronic Devices and Integration; Highly efficient and wide-color-gamut organic light-emitting devices based on multi-scale optical design; Plastic optical fiber chemosensor for mercury detection in aqueous solution…”
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"Intuitive understanding of Kalman filtering with MATLAB" / by Barreto, Armando, 1963-, Adjouadi, Malek, 1955-, Ortega, Francisco R., O-larnnithipong, Nonnarit

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Authors -- Introduction -- Part I Background -- Chapter 1 System Models and Random Variables -- 1.1 DETERMINISTIC AND RANDOM MODELS AND VARIABLES -- 1.2 HISTOGRAMS AND PROBABILITY FUNCTIONS -- 1.3 THE GAUSSIAN (NORMAL) DISTRIBUTION -- 1.4 MODIFICATION OF A SIGNAL WITH GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION THROUGH A FUNCTION REPRESENTED BY A STRAIGHT LINE -- 1.5 EFFECTS OF MULTIPLYING TWO GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTIONS -- Chapter 2 Multiple Random Sequences Considered Jointly -- 2.1 JOINT DISTRIBUTIONS-BIVARIATE CASE…”
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PEM fuel cells thermal and water management fundamentals / by Wang, Yun

Table of Contents: “…Thermal transport and management -- 8.1 Heat transfer overview -- 8.1.1 Heat transfer and its importance -- 8.1.2 Heat transfer modes -- 8.1.2.1 Heat conduction -- 8.1.2.2 Convective heat transfer -- 8.1.2.3 Heat radiation -- 8.1.3 Heat transfer in porous media -- 8.2 Heating mechanisms -- 8.2.1 The entropic heat -- 8.2.2 Irreversibility of the electrochemical reactions -- 8.2.3 The Joules heat -- 8.3 Steady-state heat transfer -- 8.3.1 One-dimensional (1D) heat transfer analysis -- 8.3.2 Two-dimensional (2D) heat transfer analysis -- 8.3.3 Numerical analysis -- 8.3.3.1 Macroscopic model prediction -- 8.3.3.2 Pore-level heat transfer -- 8.4 Transient phenomena -- 8.4.1 General transient operation -- 8.4.2 Transient subfreezing operation -- 8.4.2.1 Temperature evolution and voltage loss -- 8.4.2.2 Activation voltage loss -- 8.4.2.3 Ohmic voltage loss -- 8.5 Experimental measurement of thermal conductivity -- 8.6 Cooling methods -- 8.6.1 Heat spreaders cooling -- 8.6.2 Cooling by air or liquid flow -- 8.6.3 Phase-change-based cooling -- 8.7 Example: a thermal system of automotive fuel cells -- 8.7.1 A lumped-system model of a PEM fuel cell -- 8.7.2 Bypass valve -- 8.7.3 Radiator -- 8.7.4 Transport delay -- 8.7.5 Fluid mixer -- 8.7.6 Cathode intercooler -- 8.7.7 Anode heat exchanger -- 8.8 Chapter summary --…”
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Principles of GNSS, inertial, and multisensor integrated navigation systems / by Groves, Paul D. (Paul David)

Table of Contents: “…Note continued: 12.3.Short-Range Communications Systems -- 12.3.1.Wireless Local Area Networks (Wi-Fi) -- 12.3.2.Wireless Personal Area Networks -- 12.3.3.Radio Frequency Identification -- 12.3.4.Bluetooth Low Energy -- 12.3.5.Dedicated Short-Range Communication -- 12.4.Underwater Acoustic Positioning -- 12.5.Other Positioning Technologies -- 12.5.1.Radio -- 12.5.2.Ultrasound -- 12.5.3.Infrared -- 12.5.4.Optical -- 12.5.5.Magnetic -- References -- ch. 13 Environmental Feature Matching -- 13.1.Map Matching -- 13.1.1.Digital Road Maps -- 13.1.2.Road Link Identification -- 13.1.3.Road Positioning -- 13.1.4.Rail Map Matching -- 13.1.5.Pedestrian Map Matching -- 13.2.Terrain-Referenced Navigation -- 13.2.1.Sequential Processing -- 13.2.2.Batch Processing -- 13.2.3.Performance -- 13.2.4.Laser TRN -- 13.2.5.Sonar TRN -- 13.2.6.Barometric TRN -- 13.2.7.Terrain Database Height Aiding -- 13.3.Image-Based Navigation -- 13.3.1.Imaging Sensors -- 13.3.2.Image Feature Comparison -- 13.3.3.Position Fixing Using Individual Features -- 13.3.4.Position Fixing by Whole-Image Matching -- 13.3.5.Visual Odometry -- 13.3.6.Feature Tracking -- 13.3.7.Stellar Navigation -- 13.4.Other Feature-Matching Techniques -- 13.4.1.Gravity Gradiometry -- 13.4.2.Magnetic Field Variation -- 13.4.3.Celestial X-Ray Sources -- References -- ch. 14 INS/GNSS Integration -- 14.1.Integration Architectures -- 14.1.1.Correction of the Inertial Navigation Solution -- 14.1.2.Loosely Coupled Integration -- 14.1.3.Tightly Coupled Integration -- 14.1.4.GNSS Aiding -- 14.1.5.Deeply Coupled Integration -- 14.2.System Model and State Selection -- 14.2.1.State Selection and Observability -- 14.2.2.INS State Propagation in an Inertial Frame -- 14.2.3.INS State Propagation in an Earth Frame -- 14.2.4.INS State Propagation Resolved in a Local Navigation Frame -- 14.2.5.Additional IMU Error States -- 14.2.6.INS System Noise -- 14.2.7.GNSS State Propagation and System Noise -- 14.2.8.State Initialization -- 14.3.Measurement Models -- 14.3.1.Loosely Coupled Integration -- 14.3.2.Tightly Coupled Integration -- 14.3.3.Deeply Coupled Integration -- 14.3.4.Estimation of Attitude and Instrument Errors -- 14.4.Advanced INS/GNSS Integration -- 14.4.1.Differential GNSS -- 14.4.2.Carrier-Phase Positioning -- 14.4.3.GNSS Attitude -- 14.4.4.Large Heading Errors -- 14.4.5.Advanced IMU Error Modeling -- 14.4.6.Smoothing -- References -- ch. 15 INS Alignment, Zero Updates, and Motion Constraints -- 15.1.Transfer Alignment -- 15.1.1.Conventional Measurement Matching -- 15.1.2.Rapid Transfer Alignment -- 15.1.3.Reference Navigation System -- 15.2.Quasi-Stationary Alignment -- 15.2.1.Coarse Alignment -- 15.2.2.Fine Alignment -- 15.3.Zero Updates -- 15.3.1.Stationary-Condition Detection -- 15.3.2.Zero Velocity Update -- 15.3.3.Zero Angular Rate Update -- 15.4.Motion Constraints -- 15.4.1.Land Vehicle Constraints -- 15.4.2.Pedestrian Constraints -- 15.4.3.Ship and Boat Constraint -- References -- ch. 16 Multisensor Integrated Navigation -- 16.1.Integration Architectures -- 16.1.1.Cascaded Single-Epoch Integration -- 16.1.2.Centralized Single-Epoch Integration -- 16.1.3.Cascaded Filtered Integration -- 16.1.4.Centralized Filtered Integration -- 16.1.5.Federated Filtered Integration -- 16.1.6.Hybrid Integration Architectures -- 16.1.7.Total-State Kalman Filter Employing Prediction -- 16.1.8.Error-State Kalman Filter -- 16.1.9.Primary and Reversionary Moding -- 16.1.10.Context-Adaptive Moding -- 16.2.Dead Reckoning, Attitude, and Height Measurement -- 16.2.1.Attitude -- 16.2.2.Height and Depth -- 16.2.3.Odometry -- 16.2.4.Pedestrian Dead Reckoning Using Step Detection -- 16.2.5.Doppler Radar and Sonar -- 16.2.6.Visual Odometry and Terrain-Referenced Dead Reckoning -- 16.3.Position-Fixing Measurements -- 16.3.1.Position Measurement Integration -- 16.3.2.Ranging Measurement Integration -- 16.3.3.Angular Measurement Integration -- 16.3.4.Line Fix Integration -- 16.3.5.Handling Ambiguous Measurements -- 16.3.6.Feature Tracking and Mapping -- 16.3.7.Aiding of Position-Fixing Systems -- References -- ch. 17 Fault Detection, Integrity Monitoring, and Testing -- 17.1.Failure Modes -- 17.1.1.Inertial Navigation -- 17.1.2.Dead Reckoning, Attitude, and Height Measurement -- 17.1.3.GNSS -- 17.1.4.Terrestrial Radio Navigation -- 17.1.5.Environmental Feature Matching and Tracking -- 17.1.6.Integration Algorithm -- 17.1.7.Context -- 17.2.Range Checks -- 17.2.1.Sensor Outputs -- 17.2.2.Navigation Solution -- 17.2.3.Kalman Filter Estimates -- 17.3.Kalman Filter Measurement Innovations -- 17.3.1.Innovation Filtering -- 17.3.2.Innovation Sequence Monitoring -- 17.3.3.Remedying Biased State Estimates -- 17.4.Direct Consistency Checks -- 17.4.1.Measurement Consistency Checks and RAIM -- 17.4.2.Parallel Solutions -- 17.5.Infrastructure-Based Integrity Monitoring -- 17.6.Solution Protection and Performance Requirements -- 17.7.Testing -- 17.7.1.Field Trials -- 17.7.2.Recorded Data Testing -- 17.7.3.Laboratory Testing -- 17.7.4.Software Simulation -- References -- ch. 18 Applications and Future Trends -- 18.1.Design and Development -- 18.2.Aviation -- 18.3.Guided Weapons and Small UAVs -- 18.4.Land Vehicle Applications -- 18.5.Rail Navigation -- 18.6.Marine Navigation -- 18.7.Underwater Navigation -- 18.8.Spacecraft Navigation -- 18.9.Pedestrian Navigation -- 18.10.Other Applications -- 18.11.Future Trends -- References.…”
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Understanding politics : ideas, institutions, and issues / by Magstadt, Thomas M.