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Engineering (R0) eBook Series

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  • Autonomous Cooperation and Control in Logistics

    Contributions and Limitations - Theoretical and Practical Perspectives

    Edited by Bernd Scholz-Reiter, Michael Hülsmann, Katja Windt ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Many new technologies – like RFID, GPS, and sensor networks – that dominate innovative developments in logistics are based on the idea of autonomous cooperation and control. This self-organisational concept describes „...processes of decentralized decision-making in heterarchical structures. It presumes interacting elements in non-deterministic systems, which possess the capability and possibility ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Evolutionary Paths Towards the Mobility Patterns of the Future

    Edited by Michael Hülsmann, Dirk Fornahl ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This edited volume presents new insights and challenges in the field of electric mobility in relation to new mobility and infrastructure concepts as well as to renewable energies. The book covers the socio-economic view on the topic as well as technical aspects and thus offers valuable knowledge for future business models. It primarily addresses practitioners and researchers in the field but may ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

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  • Energy Consumption and Autonomous Driving

    Proceedings of the 3rd CESA Automotive Electronics Congress, Paris, 2014

    Edited by Jochen Langheim ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This volume collects selected papers of the 3rd CESA Automotive Electronics Congress, Paris, 2014. CESA is the most important automotive electronics conference in France. The topical focus lies on state-of-the-art automotive electronics with respect to energy consumption and autonomous driving. The target audience primarily comprises industry leaders and research experts in the automotive industry ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Vehicle-Manipulator Systems

    Modeling for Simulation, Analysis, and Control

    by Pål Johan From, Jan Tommy Gravdahl, Kristin Ytterstad Pettersen ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Furthering the aim of reducing human exposure to hazardous environments, this monograph presents a detailed study of the modeling and control of vehicle-manipulator systems. The text shows how complex interactions can be performed at remote locations using systems that combine the manipulability of robotic manipulators with the ability of mobile robots to locomote over large areas.The first part ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Rise of Automation - Technology and Robots Will Replace Humans

    by Adidas Wilson ...
    You probably have an idea how robots will affect human workers negatively. Chief players in the tech world like Bill Gates and Elon Musk have provided their solutions; universal basic income or robot tax. But amidst the serious warnings and the utter sci-fi utopias, the human pain that will follow future job loss seems to be forgotten.15 years or so from now, the US economy will lose 38% of its ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Influences of Electric Vehicles on Power System and Key Technologies of Vehicle-to-Grid

    by Canbing Li, Yijia Cao, Yonghong Kuang, Bin Zhou ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book analyzes the influence of electric vehicles on microclimate and the indirect influence on power load from a unique perspective. It discusses different aspects of Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, including large and small-scale charging infrastructures, and describes the effect on electricity price, voltage, frequency and other key V2G technologies. It introduces various aspects of the ... Read more

    $128.99 CAD

  • Snake Robots

    Modelling, Mechatronics, and Control

    by Kristin Ytterstad Pettersen, Jan Tommy Gravdahl, Pål Liljebäck, Øyvind Stavdahl ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Snake Robots is a novel treatment of theoretical and practical topics related to snake robots: robotic mechanisms designed to move like biological snakes and able to operate in challenging environments in which human presence is either undesirable or impossible. Future applications of such robots include search and rescue, inspection and maintenance, and subsea operations. Locomotion in ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Hydrogen Fuel Cells for Road Vehicles

    by Pasquale Corbo, Fortunato Migliardini, Ottorino Veneri ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Hydrogen Fuel Cells for Road Vehicles addresses the main issues related to the application of hydrogen fuel cell technology in the road transportation sector. A preliminary treatment is given on fuel resources and atmospheric pollution concerns which are closely related to the current technology (internal combustion engine) used for moving people and goods. The authors deal, in particular, with ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Mathematics Of Autonomy: Mathematical Methods For Cyber-physical-cognitive Systems

    by Vladimir G Ivancevic, Darryn J Reid, Michael J Pilling ...
    Mathematics of Autonomy provides solid mathematical foundations for building useful Autonomous Systems. It clarifies what makes a system autonomous rather than simply automated, and reveals the inherent limitations of systems currently incorrectly labeled as autonomous in reference to the specific and strong uncertainty that characterizes the environments they operate in. Such complex real-world ... Read more

    $133.99 CAD

  • Energy Efficient Non-Road Hybrid Electric Vehicles

    Advanced Modeling and Control

    by Marcus Quasthoff, Johannes Unger, Stefan Jakubek ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book analyzes the main problems in the real-time control of parallel hybrid electric powertrains in non-road applications that work in continuous high dynamic operation. It also provides practical insights into maximizing the energy efficiency and drivability of such powertrains.It introduces an energy-management control structure, which considers all the physical powertrain constraints and ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Introduction to Averaging Dynamics over Networks

    by Fabio Fagnani, Paolo Frasca ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book deals with averaging dynamics, a paradigmatic example of network based dynamics in multi-agent systems. The book presents all the fundamental results on linear averaging dynamics, proposing a unified and updated viewpoint of many models and convergence results scattered in the literature.Starting from the classical evolution of the powers of a fixed stochastic matrix, the text then ... Read more

    $128.99 CAD

  • Behaviour of Lithium-Ion Batteries in Electric Vehicles

    Battery Health, Performance, Safety, and Cost

    Edited by Gianfranco Pistoia, Boryann Liaw ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book surveys state-of-the-art research on and developments in lithium-ion batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles. It summarizes their features in terms of performance, cost, service life, management, charging facilities, and safety. Vehicle electrification is now commonly accepted as a means of reducing fossil-fuels consumption and air pollution. At present, every electric vehicle on the ... Read more

    $205.99 CAD