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This book is a compilation of research accomplishments in the fields of modeling, simulation, and their applications, as presented at AsiaSim 2011 (Asia Simulation Conference 2011). The conference, held in Seoul, Korea, November 16–18, was organized by ASIASIM (Federation of Asian Simulation Societies), KSS (Korea Society for Simulation), CASS (Chinese Association for System Simulation), and JSST (Japan Society for Simulation Technology). AsiaSim 2011 provided a forum for scientists, academicians, and professionals from the Asia-Pacific region and other parts of the world to share their latest exciting research findings in modeling and simulation methodologies, techniques, and their tools and applications in military, communication network, industry, and general engineering problems.

Biomedical engineering --Methodology. --- Cardiopulmonary system --Computer simulation. --- Cardiopulmonary system --Mathematical models. --- Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena. --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Computer Science --- Computer simulation --- Flexible manufacturing systems --- System design --- Computer science. --- Special purpose computers. --- Computer system failures. --- Computer simulation. --- Engineering. --- Engineering design. --- Computer Science. --- Simulation and Modeling. --- System Performance and Evaluation. --- Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems. --- Computer Science, general. --- Engineering Design. --- Engineering, general. --- Design, Engineering --- Engineering --- Industrial design --- Strains and stresses --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Computer modeling --- Computer models --- Modeling, Computer --- Models, Computer --- Simulation, Computer --- Electromechanical analogies --- Mathematical models --- Simulation methods --- Model-integrated computing --- Computer failures --- Computer malfunctions --- Computer systems --- Failure of computer systems --- System failures (Engineering) --- Fault-tolerant computing --- Special purpose computers --- Computers --- Informatics --- Science --- Design --- Failures --- Flexible production systems --- FMS (Production engineering) --- Manufacturing systems, Flexible --- Production systems, Flexible --- Automation --- Production engineering --- Computer integrated manufacturing systems --- Material requirements planning --- Computer system performance. --- Software engineering. --- Computer software engineering

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Chaotic behavior in systems --- Industrial applications --- Chaotic behavior in systems. --- Chaotic behavior in systems - Industrial applications. --- Dynamics. --- Dynamics --- Chaotic behavior in systems - Industrial applications

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This book covers state-of-the-art topics on the practical implementation of Spoken Dialog Systems and intelligent assistants in everyday applications. It presents scientific achievements in language processing that result in the development of successful applications, and addresses general issues regarding the advances in Spoken Dialog Systems with applications in robotics, knowledge access and communication. Emphasis is placed on the following topics: speaker/language recognition, user modeling / simulation, evaluation of dialog system, multi-modality / emotion recognition from speech, speech data mining, language resource and databases, machine learning for spoken dialog systems, and educational and healthcare applications.   ·         Presents implementation of Spoken Dialog Systems and intelligent assistants in everyday applications ·         Covers tested, scientific successes in language processing and outlines the various applications ·         Addresses issues in regards to spoken dialog systems with applications in robotics, knowledge access and communication.

Computer Science --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Natural language processing (Computer science) --- Human-computer interaction. --- Human-robot interaction. --- HRI (Human-robot interaction) --- Robot-human interaction --- Computer-human interaction --- Human factors in computing systems --- Interaction, Human-computer --- NLP (Computer science) --- Computer science. --- User interfaces (Computer systems). --- Computational linguistics. --- Computer Science. --- User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction. --- Computational Linguistics. --- Signal, Image and Speech Processing. --- Human engineering --- User-centered system design --- User interfaces (Computer systems) --- Artificial intelligence --- Electronic data processing --- Human-computer interaction --- Semantic computing --- Automatic language processing --- Language and languages --- Language data processing --- Linguistics --- Natural language processing (Linguistics) --- Applied linguistics --- Cross-language information retrieval --- Mathematical linguistics --- Multilingual computing --- Informatics --- Science --- Data processing --- Signal processing. --- Image processing. --- Speech processing systems. --- Computational linguistics --- Electronic systems --- Information theory --- Modulation theory --- Oral communication --- Speech --- Telecommunication --- Singing voice synthesizers --- Pictorial data processing --- Picture processing --- Processing, Image --- Imaging systems --- Optical data processing --- Processing, Signal --- Information measurement --- Signal theory (Telecommunication) --- Interfaces, User (Computer systems) --- Human-machine systems

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Cities play a critical role in planning and investing in urban infrastructure. In many cases, local governments have authority over the selection of infrastructure projects made at the municipal level. Therefore, they exercise influence over the nature of infrastructure renewal and expansion, and have the ability to promote greener and more sustainable urban centres. Their leadership role extends to the kinds of investment mechanism selected to finance, for example, improvements in the transportation, building, waste and water and, to a lesser extent, energy sector. Because cities have revenue sources that are tied to many aspects of these sectors, their design can stimulate or dissuade the development of greener and more sustainable cities. The greening of municipal financial instruments, such as congestion charges, variable parking fees, toll lanes and split-rate property taxes, is an important first step toward achieving greener urban infrastructure. Public sector financing, however, may not be sufficient to stimulate a paradigm shift. Therefore, the second critical step is to mobilise private sector investments to fill funding gaps for many urban green infrastructure projects. There are certain conditions that need to be put in place in order to attract and capture private sector investments. The three main conditions are (1) markets for green urban investment projects, (2) good return on investment and (3) limited risk. Cities and countries differ with respect to these conditions; as such, some of these instruments could be more appropriate for cities in industrialised and medium income countries than lower income developing countries, for which grants, loans and other development finance instruments could be more relevant.

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Driven by ground-based, airborne, and IRAS observations, the PAH hypothesis was first formulated in the mid-eighties : the widespreas emission features in the 3-13 µm range are due to UV-pumped, IR fluorescence by large Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon molecules. These molecules are a ubiquitous component of the insterstellar medium both in local galaxies as well as out to redshifts of ~3 and probably beyond, play an important role in its physical and chemical characteristics, and form a key link between small hydrocarbon species and large carbonaceous grains. This book gathers contributions that reflect the evolution of the field over the last 25 years, taking advantage of IR space missions - ISO, Spitzer and AKARI - and of dedicated experimental and quantum-chemical studies. We have now reached a stage where we can develop these mid-infrared features as diagnostic tools to study star formation processes, protoplanetary disks as well as galaxy assemblage in the early Universe. The current Herschel/Planck area opens the possibility to better characterize the mid-IR carriers through their contribution to the far-IR and mm emissions. Still, much effort is required before we will fully understand the formation and nature of interstellar PAHs and their role in the Universe. Physical chemists can play an important role in driving this field. This book aims at discussing the state-of-the-art of the PAH hypothesis and to chart the future in this interdisciplinary field. It highlights the various aspects of interstellar PAHs: - Rich IR spectra of interstellar PAHs - PAHs and star formation in the near and far Universe - The lifecycle of PAHs in space - PAHs in regions of planet formation - PAHs and carbonaceous grains & Solar system materials.

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