This open access journal focuses on strategic issues related to China's role in global affairs, highlighting the Chinese perspective on strategic issues with policy concerns.

“Periodically, the authors provide examples as to how the various equations can be used to make scour predictions. This practice is very helpful for the reader … In short, this is a well-written text ...

Our self-contained volume provides an accessible introduction to linear and multilinear algebra as well as tensor calculus. Besides the standard techniques for linear algebra, multilinear algebra and ...

This book discusses the interplay of stochastics (applied probability theory) and numerical analysis in the field of quantitative finance. The stochastic models, numerical valuation techniques, ...

In the first book of its kind, this volume addresses the problem of the future cooling energy demand, the global frame defining the actual and future cooling energy consumption in the building sect ...

Abstract: If options are correctly priced in the market, it should not be possible to make sure profits by creating portfolios of long and short positions in options and their underlying stocks. Using ...

Artificial intelligence is a branch of computer science and a discipline in the study of machine intelligence, that is, developing intelligent machines or intelligent systems imitating, extending and ...

Figurate numbers have a rich history with many applications. The main purpose of this book is to provide a thorough and complete presentation of the theory of figurate numbers, giving much of their ...

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Karadeniz Technical University, Kanuni Campus, 61080 Trabzon, Turkey ...

This book provides an introduction to the cost modeling for electronic systems that is suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in electrical, mechanical and industrial engineering ...

The research reported here presents the results of an experimental investigation of the adsorption performance of different combinations of activated carbon and multi-walled carbon nanotubes mixtures ...

Department of Mechanics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, P. R. China Hubei Key Laboratory for Engineering Structural Analysis and Safety Assessment, Wuhan 430074, P. R.