Knowledge and Skill Chains in Engineering and Manufacturing: Information Infrastructure in the Era of Global Communications (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology)
Supercritical Fluids: Molecular Interactions, Physical Properties and New Applications (Springer Series in Materials Processing)
Systems and Human Science – For Safety, Security and Dependability: Selected Papers of the 1st International Symposium SSR 2003, Osaka, Japan, November 2003

Our society keeps growing with a large number of complicated machines and systems, while we are spending our diverse lives. The number of aged people has been increasing in the society. It is more likely than ever that we are involved in dangers, accidents, crimes, and disasters. Securing and supporting our daily life, building reliable infrastructures against large scale disasters, and preventing unexpected human errors are crucial issues in our highly developed complex society.
The systems theory can provide “modelling, decision analysis and management for safety and security” as well as “fault detection and reliable control for the design of fail-safe, fool-proof machines and systems”.
If the human nature is analyzed and treated properly in the process of designing machines and systems, we could create safer, more reliable, and more intelligent machines and systems that can support our society and give us no anxiety and no uneasiness. “Hybrid systems modelling human behaviours” and “services for human” could give proper examples in this respect.
“Robotics for safety and security”, “safety recovery systems”, “visual surveillance and monitoring”, and “transportation systems for safety and security”, those will provide powerful tools for safe, secure, and reliable systems to achieve peaceful society.
Key features:
- Towards a new science and its practical applications
- Analysis of humans contributing to system designs
- Evaluations of systems in the aspects of sense of security and feeling of easiness.
· Towards a new science and its practical applications
· Analysis of humans contributing to system designs
· Evaluations of systems in the aspects of sense of security and feeling of easiness
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Mesoscopic Materials and Clusters: Their Physical and Chemical Properties

Mesoscopic physics is a fast growing discipline with countless potential applications. Understanding the science of mesoscopic materials with unique physical and chemical properties is important for the design of nanodevices and materials with unique properties. Clusters as mesoscopic particles represent an intermediate state of matter between single atoms and solid material. This book deals with the properties of clusters in matrixes, on surfaces, and in vacuum. The formation and application of cluster-based materials is discussed. This book will appeal to physicists, chemists, materials researchers, and advanced students.
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Gaming, Simulations and Society: Research Scope and Perspective
Agent-Based Modeling Meets Gaming Simulation
Chemistry of Powder Production (Particle Technology Series)
Agent-Based Simulation: From Modeling Methodologies to Real-World Applications: Post Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Agent-Based Approaches … in Economic and Social Complex Systems 2004
Agent-based modeling/simulation is an emerging field that uses bottom-up and experimental analysis in the social sciences. Selected research from that presented at the Third International Workshop on Agent-Based Approaches in Economic and Social Complex Systems 2004, held in May 2004 in Kyoto, Japan, is included in this book. The aim of the workshop was to employ the bottom-up approach to social and economic problems by modeling, simulation, and analysis using a software agent. This research area is an emerging interdisciplinary field among the social sciences and computer science, attracting broad attention because it introduces a simulation-based experimental approach to problems that are becoming increasingly complex in an era of globalization and innovation in information technology. The state-of-the-art research and findings presented in this book will be indispensable tools for anyone involved in this rapidly growing discipline.
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