1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910739419703321

Titolo

Polymers at cryogenic temperatures / / Susheel Kalia, Shao-Yun Fu, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer, 2013

ISBN

3-642-35335-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 292 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

Gale eBooks

Altri autori (Persone)

FuShao-Yun

KaliaSusheel

Disciplina

620.192

Soggetti

Low temperature engineering

Polymers - Thermal properties

Polymers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

From the Contents: Cryogenic Processing: State of the art, Advantages and Applications -- Cryogenic properties of polymer materials -- Friction & wear of polymer materials at cryogenic temperatures -- Mechanical behaviour of polymer composites at cryogenic temperatures -- Interlaminar Delamination Fracture and Fatigue of Woven Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite Laminates at Cryogenic Temperatures -- The behaviour of polymer based dielectrics under cryogenic conditions -- Medical applications of poly(vinyl alcohol) cryogels.

Sommario/riassunto

Kalia and Fu's novel monograph covers cryogenic treatment, properties and applications of cryo-treated polymer materials. Written by numerous international experts, the twelve chapters in this book offer the reader a comprehensive picture of the latest findings and developments, as well as an outlook on the field. Cryogenic technology has seen remarkable progress in the past few years and especially cryogenic properties of polymers are attracting attention through new breakthroughs in space, superconducting, magnetic and electronic techniques. This book is a valuable resource for researchers, educators, engineers and graduate students in the field and at technical institutions.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299672403321

Autore

Ishida Yoshiteru

Titolo

Self-Repair Networks : A Mechanism Design / / by Yoshiteru Ishida

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-26447-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (172 p.)

Collana

Intelligent Systems Reference Library, , 1868-4394 ; ; 101

Disciplina

003.7

Soggetti

Computational intelligence

Artificial intelligence

Economics

Computational complexity

Computational Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods

Complexity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Self-Action Models -- Incentives for Repair in Self-Repair Networks -- A Phase Transition in Self-Repair Networks: Problems and Definitions -- Controlling Repairing Strategy: A Spatial Game Approach -- Adaptive Capability in Space and Time -- Protection of Cooperative Clusters by Membrane -- Duality in Logics of Self-Repair -- Asymmetry between Repair and Infection in Self-Repair Networks -- Dynamics of Self-Repair Networks of Several Types -- Self-Repair Networks as an Epidemic Model -- Self-Repair Networks and the Self-Recognition Model -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book describes the struggle to introduce a mechanism that enables next-generation information systems to maintain themselves. Our generation observed the birth and growth of information systems, and the Internet in particular. Surprisingly information systems are quite different from conventional (energy, material-intensive) artificial systems, and rather resemble biological systems (information-intensive



systems). Many artificial systems are designed based on (Newtonian) physics assuming that every element obeys simple and static rules; however, the experience of the Internet suggests a different way of designing where growth cannot be controlled but self-organized with autonomous and selfish agents. This book suggests using game theory, a mechanism design in particular, for designing next-generation information systems which will be self-organized by collective acts with autonomous components. The challenge of mapping a probability to time appears repeatedly in many forms throughout this book. The book contains interdisciplinary research encompassing game theory, complex systems, reliability theory and particle physics. All devoted to its central theme: what happens if systems self-repair themselves? .