Books published by IOS Press

Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Manufacturing Research incorporating the 35th N.

Satellite communication technology is indispensable for land and maritime communications as well as broadcasting. This textbook explains the basic technologies required in understanding satellite communications.

This work covers the challenges facing the widespread implementation of information technology, possible solutions to economic, structural, cultural, and institutional barriers in the use of these technologies.

The implementation of hub-and-spoke networks in intermodal transport is suggested as one of the potential solutions for helping to increase the intermodal market share. Traditionally, trains are shunted at hubs; this is a time-consuming process. Since the early 1990's a new type of intermodal terminal, specifically designed for fast transshipment at nodes in hub-and-spoke networks, has been introduced in Europe. These hub terminals could replace this time-consuming shunting. Studies on the new hub terminals suggest that they may perform more efficiently than shunting yards. However, a systematic comparison to reveal the operational and costs differences between shunting and these new hub-terminals for a broad range of situations still lacks.The main objective of the study was to develop a model to identify favourable operational conditions for new hub terminals to be implemented and to quantify their operational performances in relation to alternative hub exchange facilities. Simulation models were developed to study rail-rail exchange operations at new hub-terminals, hump and flat shuntings yard and road-rail terminals.

Talks about Logic Programming, Uncertainty Reasoning and Machine Learning. This book includes definitions that circumscribe the area formed by extending Inductive Logic Programming to cases annotated with probability values. It investigates the approach of Learning from proofs and the issue of upgrading Fisher Kernels to Relational Fisher Kernels.

Covers developments from philosophy, artificial intelligence and information systems to formulate a collection of functional requirements for ontology development. This book looks at several ontology representation languages to show how they support the functional requirements, what deficiencies there are, and how they relate to each other.

This publication is linked to the "Nightingale Project" which began in January 1996, and is central in planning and implementation of strategy in training in the nursing profession in using and applying healthcare information systems.

Technically speaking, structures of irregularly shaped buildings needn't be constructed as two-dimensional frames that slice through a building with total disregard of the building's geometry. This work shows how structures consisting of systematically generated components fulfil the needs for structures appropriate for free form building designs.

Provides the contributors' views on the socio-political challenges confronting the nine Central Eurasian states. This book presents scientific discussions on the historical development of Central Eurasia and its sociocultural legacies; Soviet and contemporary state organisation, social transformation and communal structures; and more.

Presents the English translation of Kaljulaid's 1979 Tartu/Minsk Candidate thesis. The thesis was devoted to representation theory in the spirit of his thesis advisor BI Plotkin. Through representation theory, Kaljulaid became also interested in automata theory, which at a later phase became his main area of interest.

Open Design refers to a stakeholder-oriented approach in Architecture, Urban Planning, and Project Management, as developed by the Chair of Computer Aided Design and Planning of Delft University of Technology. This edition collects three volumes on Open Design: "Open Design, a Collaborative Approach to Architecture"; and others.

The objective of the EURO-QUAL programme has been to improve the quality of care for the individual patient. This Quality Improvement System (QIS) for orthodontic care in Europe comprises guidelines for how to implement a QIS and reference material from project teams.

This volume provides tools to systematically assess and develop quality-related actions at individual treatment level and practice level. A systematic and comprehensive description of the treatment process is essential in order to provide a basis for establishing a Quality Improvement System.

This text provides information and scientific ideas with an emphasis on three-dimensional and morphological aspects of spine and trunk assymetry, improved understanding of mechanisms underlying the atiology, pathomechanism, and treatment of spinal deformity.