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Routledge Handbook of Defence Studies

Routledge Handbook of Defence Studies

The Routledge Handbook of Defence Studies provides a comprehensive collection of essays on contemporary defence studies by leading international scholars. Defence studies is a multi-disciplinary study of how agents predominantly states prepare for and go to war. Whereas security studies has been broadened and stretched to cover at times the near totality of international and domestic affairs and war studies has come to mean not just operations and tactics but also experiences and outcomes defence studies remains a coherent area of study primarily aimed at how defence policy changes over time and in relation to stimulating factors such as alterations in power strategy and technology. This new Handbook offers a complete landscape of this area of study and contributes to a review of defence studies in terms of policy security and war but also looks forward to new challenges to existing conceptions of defence and how this is changing as states and their militaries also change. The volume is divided into four thematic sections: Defence as Policy; Defence Practice; Operations and Tactics; and Contemporary Defence Issues. The ability to review the field while also looking forward to further research is an important element of a sustainable text on defence studies. In as much as this volume is able to highlight the main themes of defence studies it also offers an in-depth look into how defence issues can be examined and compared in a contemporary setting. This Handbook will be of great interest to students of defence studies strategic studies war studies security studies and IR.

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Defence Diplomacy Strategic Engagement and Interstate Conflict

Defence Diplomacy Strategic Engagement and Interstate Conflict

This book analyzes examples of strategic engagement in order to identify the factors which contribute to the success or failure of defence diplomacy in preventing interstate conflict. For more than a century nations have engaged in defence diplomacy to cultivate mutual understanding and mitigate conflict. A subset of defence diplomacy is strategic engagement defined as peacetime defence diplomacy between nations that are actual or potential adversaries. This book analyzes three cases of strategic engagement in order to elucidate the factors which contribute to the success or failure of this diplomacy in preventing conflict. It uses an inductive framework to compare strategic engagement in the following cases: Anglo– German defence diplomacy prior to World War I; U. S. –Soviet defence diplomacy during the Cold War; and post-Cold War U. S. –China defence diplomacy. Based upon archival literature and personal interview research the book argues that defence diplomacy can mitigate the risk of interstate conflict between potential adversaries. The lessons learned from this book can be employed to discern the significant elements conducive to achieving a successful outcome of strategic engagement and averting conflict or even war. This book will be of much interest to students of defence studies diplomacy studies foreign policy and international relations. | Defence Diplomacy Strategic Engagement and Interstate Conflict

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British Defence in the 21st Century

British Defence in the 21st Century

This book analyses UK defence as a complex interdependent public-private enterprise covering politics management society and technology as well as the military. Building upon wide-ranging applied research with extensive access to ministers policy makers senior military commanders and industrialists the book characterises British defence as a phenomenon that has endured extensive transformation this century. Looking at the subject afresh as a complex extended enterprise involving politics alliances businesses skills economics military practices and citizens the authors profoundly reshape our understanding of ‘defence’ and how it is to be commissioned and delivered in a world dominated by geopolitical risks and uncertainties. The book makes the case that this new understanding of defence must inevitably lead to new policies and processes to ensure its health and vitality. This book will be of much interest to students of defence studies British politics and military and strategic studies as well as policy makers and practitioners. | British Defence in the 21st Century

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Automatism as a Defence

Automatism as a Defence

Automatism is a notoriously difficult subject for law students lawyers and judges. This book explores the science and medicine of sleep disorders and examines how the criminal process deals with such disorders when presented as a defence. It systematically examines the legal doctrines involved and their implications for the use of the evidence key to establishing automatism while also exploring the medical conditions that can cause automatism (particularly epilepsy sleepwalking and diabetes). This book is a valuable resource for law students lawyers judges and expert witnesses. | Automatism as a Defence

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Making British Defence Policy Continuity and Change

Making British Defence Policy Continuity and Change

This book explores the process by which defence policy is made in contemporary Britain and the institutions actors and conflicting interests which interact in its inception and continuous reformulation. Rather than dealing with the substance of defence policy this study focuses upon the institutional actors involved in this process. This is a subject which has commanded far more interest from public Parliament government and the armed forces since the protracted bloody and ultimately unsuccessful British military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. The work begins with a discussion of two contextual factors shaping policy. The first relates to the impact of Britain’s ‘special relationship’ with the United States over defence and intelligence matters while the second considers the impact of Britain’s relatively disappointing economic performance upon the funding of British defence since 1945. It then goes on to explore the role and impact of all the key policy actors from the Prime Minister Cabinet and core executive to the Ministry of Defence and its relations with the broader ‘Whitehall village’ and the Foreign Office and Treasury in particular. The work concludes by examining the increasing influence of external policy actors and forces such as Parliament the courts political parties pressure groups and public opinion. This book will be of much interest to students of British defence policy security studies and contemporary military history. | Making British Defence Policy Continuity and Change

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A Defence of Nihilism

A Defence of Nihilism

This book offers a philosophical defence of nihilism. The authors argue that the concept of nihilism has been employed pejoratively by almost all philosophers and religious leaders to indicate a widespread cultural crisis of truth meaning or morals. Many religious believers think atheism leads to moral chaos (because it leads to nihilism) and atheists typically insist that we can make life meaningful through our own actions (thereby avoiding nihilism). In this way both sides conflate the cosmic sense of meaning at stake with a social sense of meaning. This book charts a third course between extremist and alarmist views of nihilism. It casts doubt on the assumption that nihilism is something to fear or a problem which human culture should overcome by way of seeking discovering or making meaning. In this way the authors believe that a revised understanding of nihilism can help remove a significant barrier of misunderstanding between religious believers and atheists. A Defence of Nihilism will be of interest to scholars and students in philosophy religion and other disciplines who are interested in questions surrounding the meaning of life.

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Planning and Passing Your PhD Defence A Global Toolbox for Success

Planning and Passing Your PhD Defence A Global Toolbox for Success

This book is a toolbox for PhD students to plan and prepare for the PhD defence regardless of their scientific discipline or location. The authors discuss various defence formats that are used internationally and identify the main differences and similarities. With international examples practical strategies and tips from former PhD students and supervisors this book unpacks the principles and unwritten rules underpinning the defence. Addressing planning and preparing for the doctoral defence and what to do afterwards this book covers topics such as: understanding your defence format preparing for committee questions preparing mentally and dealing with anxiety dealing with corrections finalizing your graduation requirements and marking the end of your PhD trajectory. This book is crucial reading for students across the world looking to defend their PhD thesis and also for their supervisors and examiners. The 'Insider Guides to Success in Academia' offers support and practical advice to doctoral students and early-career researchers. Covering the topics that really matter but which often get overlooked this indispensable series provides practical and realistic guidance to address many of the needs and challenges of trying to operate and remain in academia. These neat pocket guides fill specific and significant gaps in current literature. Each book offers insider perspectives on the often implicit rules of the game - the things you need to know but usually aren't told by institutional postgraduate support researcher development units or supervisors - and will address a practical topic that is key to career progression. They are essential reading for doctoral students early-career researchers supervisors mentors or anyone looking to launch or maintain their career in academia. | Planning and Passing Your PhD Defence A Global Toolbox for Success

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Attachment and the Defence Against Intimacy Understanding and Working with Avoidant Attachment Self-Hatred and Shame

Attachment and the Defence Against Intimacy Understanding and Working with Avoidant Attachment Self-Hatred and Shame

This book combines attachment theory and research with clinical experience to provide practitioners with tools for engaging with individuals who are indifferent avoidant highly defensive and who struggle to make and maintain intimate connections with others. Composed of four papers presented at a Wimbledon Guild conference in 2017 this text examines the origins of avoidant attachment patterns in early life describes research tools that offer a more refined understanding of this insecure attachment pattern explores the internal object worlds of dismissing adults and considers the impact on couple relationships when one or both partners avoid intimacy or dependency. Each chapter contains case studies with children and families adolescents adults and couples that acknowledge the challenges of engaging with these shut down individuals with authors sharing what they have learned from their patients about what is needed for effective psychotherapy. It is an accessible book full of clinical richness and insight and will be invaluable to practitioners who are interested in deepening their understanding and clinical skills from an attachment perspective. | Attachment and the Defence Against Intimacy Understanding and Working with Avoidant Attachment Self-Hatred and Shame

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Free Will A Defence Against Neurophysiological Determinism

Free Will A Defence Against Neurophysiological Determinism

The problem of freedom and determinism is one of the most enduring and one of the best problems in philosophy. One of the best because it so tenaciously resists solution while yet always seeming urgent and one of the most enduring because it has always been able to present itself in different ways to suit the preoccupations of different ages. This book first published in 1980 sets out to defend free will: it elaborates a sober and systematic case for libertarianism in the face of the overwhelming threat that is posed by the scientific study of the brain. | Free Will A Defence Against Neurophysiological Determinism

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The Australia-Japan Defence and Security Relationship 1945-2021 Making a Friend of a Former Foe

The Australia-Japan Defence and Security Relationship 1945-2021 Making a Friend of a Former Foe

McDermott examines the origins development and prospects for the Australia and Japan Defence and Security Relationship. In 1945 Japan and Australia were foes; today they are partners in security defence and military matters each the other’s most important strategic ally after the United States. As the region faces threats from an increasingly assertive China there is a growing prospect of conflict particularly in Northeast Asia. McDermott discusses how Japan and Australia may cooperate in mil-itary action. Using previously classified government documents and interviews with those involved in the decisions as well as his own experiences McDermott examines how political imperatives have shaped the security side of the A-JDSR. He offers new insights into the history and future of the relationship. An essential read for students and scholars of Asia-Pacific and Indo-Pacific security. | The Australia-Japan Defence and Security Relationship 1945-2021 Making a Friend of a Former Foe

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The AI Wave in Defence Innovation Assessing Military Artificial Intelligence Strategies Capabilities and Trajectories

The AI Wave in Defence Innovation Assessing Military Artificial Intelligence Strategies Capabilities and Trajectories

An international and interdisciplinary perspective on the adoption and governance of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in defence and military innovation by major and middle powers. Advancements in AI and ML pose pressing questions related to evolving conceptions of military power compliance with international humanitarian law peace promotion strategic stability arms control future operational environments and technology races. To navigate the breadth of this AI and international security agenda the contributors to this book include experts on AI technology governance and defence innovation to assess military AI strategic perspectives from major and middle AI powers alike. These include views of how the United States China Japan South Korea the European Union and Russia see AI/ML as a technology with the potential to reshape military affairs and power structures in the broader international system. This diverse set of views aims to help elucidate key similarities and differences between AI powers in the evolving strategic context. A valuable read for scholars of security studies public policy and STS studies with an interest in the impacts of AI and ML technologies. | The AI Wave in Defence Innovation Assessing Military Artificial Intelligence Strategies Capabilities and Trajectories

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NATO and the North Atlantic Revitalising Collective Defence

NATO and the North Atlantic Revitalising Collective Defence

The book analyses the renewed importance of the North Atlantic for NATO in the face of new security challenges This Whitehall Paper explores the renewed importance of the North Atlantic Ocean to NATO’s security through the lenses of the United States United Kingdom and Norway in particular. These three NATO members form the territorial rim around the North Atlantic and its peripheral seas. All are maritime nations that have historically taken prime responsibility for security in the region and together with Iceland they form the front line to a resurgent Russian maritime capability. These three counties with support from the rest of the northern region must take the lead to ensure that NATO and its partners devote sufficient resources to this aspect of NATO’s area of responsibility. | NATO and the North Atlantic Revitalising Collective Defence

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Reading Rödl On Self-Consciousness and Objectivity

Reading Rödl On Self-Consciousness and Objectivity

Sebastian Rödl's Self-Consciousness and Objectivity is one of the most original and thought-provoking books in analytic philosophy for the last several years. An ambitious defence of absolute idealism Rödl rejects the idea that we as thinking beings can position ourselves within a given mind-independent reality and instead advances the position that the very idea of an ‘objective reality’ coincides with the self-consciousness of thought. In this outstanding collection a roster of international contributors critically examine the significance of Rödl's arguments and develop them in new directions. Their contributions are organised into the following six sections: Self-Consciousness and Objectivity and naturalism Self-Consciousness and Objectivity and formal idealism Self-Consciousness and Objectivity and quietism Self-Consciousness and Objectivity and absolute idealism Self-Consciousness and Objectivity and the power of judgment Self-Consciousness and Objectivity and the determinacy of the individual The volume concludes with an extensive response by Sebastian Rödl to his critics. This book constitutes essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary debates at ther intersection of analytic philosophy and philosophical idealism. | Reading Rödl On Self-Consciousness and Objectivity

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NATO and Collective Defence in the 21st Century An Assessment of the Warsaw Summit

NATO and Collective Defence in the 21st Century An Assessment of the Warsaw Summit

This book presents a cutting-edge assessment of NATO's collective defence strategies in the immediate aftermath of the July 2016 NATO Warsaw Summit. Collective defence and deterrence came back on the agenda at the 2014 Wales Summit following the Russian annexation of Crimea and was in many respects a game changer for NATO. The Warsaw Summit was a follow-up and operationalization of the Wales Summit as well as adding further initiatives to the agenda. But is NATO delivering? This book provides a thorough assessment of the on-going debates and discussions taking place within and outside of NATO in Europe and North America. In its return to deterrence NATO is confronted with challenges relating to strategic thinking capability development and the role of nuclear weapons. It has also raised questions about the future prospects for NATO membership for countries such as Sweden and Finland with broader implications for the security situation in the Baltic region. Central to all this is of course NATO’s relationship with Russia and questions of a new security dilemma in turning bringing to the fore the challenge of maintaining an appropriate balance between deterrence and dialogue. The chapters in this volume address these questions and provide a much-needed analysis of the results of the NATO Warsaw Summit. This book will be of interest to policymakers and students of NATO international security European Politics security studies and IR in general. | NATO and Collective Defence in the 21st Century An Assessment of the Warsaw Summit

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Language and World A Defence of Linguistic Idealism

Language and World A Defence of Linguistic Idealism

This book defends a version of linguistic idealism the thesis that the world is a product of language. In the course of defending this radical thesis Gaskin addresses a wide range of topics in contemporary metaphysics philosophy of language philosophical logic and syntax theory. Starting from the context and compositionality principles and the idea of a systematic theory of meaning in the Tarski–Davidson tradition Gaskin argues that the sentence is the primary unit of linguistic meaning and that the main aspects of meaning sense and reference are themselves theoretical posits. Ontology which is correlative with reference emerges as language-driven. This linguistic idealism is combined with a realism that accepts the objectivity of science and it is accordingly distinguished from empirical pragmatism. Gaskin contends that there is a basic metaphysical level at which everything is expressible in language; but the vindication of linguistic idealism is nuanced inasmuch as there is also a derived level asymmetrically dependant on the basic level at which reality can break free of language and reach into the realms of the unnameable and indescribable. Language and World will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in metaphysics philosophy of language and linguistics. | Language and World A Defence of Linguistic Idealism

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The Prevent Strategy and Right-wing Extremism A Case Study of the English Defence League

The Prevent Strategy and Right-wing Extremism A Case Study of the English Defence League

In 2011 the U. K. Government reviewed its counter terrorism Prevent Strategy to include all forms of extremism with an emphasis on right-wing extremism. This book - written by the former Head of Strategy and Policy at the Office of the National Coordinator for Prevent - provides the most detailed assessment yet of this shift in emphasis. It explores how the inclusion of right-wing extremism within the counter terrorism Prevent Strategy impacted local responses to the English Defence League. This is explored through numerous interviews and several case studies which were carried out by the author while he was serving as a senior police officer within the Counter Terrorism Command of the Metropolitan Police Service. The book balances empirical research with practical recommendations for policymakers and practitioners from a unique insider perspective. This book will be of appeal to an array of audiences including scholars and students of Terrorism Studies professionals working in the areas of counter terrorism public order policing and the promotion of community cohesion and to those who have an interest in wider non-political responses to right-wing extremism. | The Prevent Strategy and Right-wing Extremism A Case Study of the English Defence League

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The Idea of New India Essays in Defence of Critical Thought

The Idea of New India Essays in Defence of Critical Thought

The idea of ‘New India’ has acquired a new currency. The dominant grammar of politics dilutes the critical impulse and deters the expression of alternate politics. The interpretive possibilities have been replaced by a reactive exchange. Technology is presented as a panacea rather than just a facilitator. Legitimacy and normative dignity for these ideas is acquired by redefining the role of the institutions and also through constitutional amendments. A major intellectual effort is required to reformulate public policy governance systems and social relations to balance the opposite claims of market efficiency and economic growth with social equity and justice. This book is co-published with Aakar Books New Delhi. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the print versions of this book in India Pakistan Nepal Bhutan Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. | The Idea of New India Essays in Defence of Critical Thought

GBP 130.00
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Self-Deception

Self-Deception

Self-deception poses longstanding and fascinating paradoxes. Philosophers have questioned whether and how self-deception is even possible; evolutionary theorists have debated whether it is adaptive. For Sigmund Freud self-deception was a fundamental key to understanding the unconscious and from The Bible to The Great Gatsby literature abounds with characters renowned for their self-deception. But what exactly is self-deception? Why is it so puzzling? How is it performed? And is it harmful? In this thorough and clearly written introduction to the philosophy and psychology of self-deception Eric Funkhouser examines and assesses these questions and more: Clarification of the conceptual background and Basic problem of self-deception including Freud and Davidson and the important debate between intentionalists and motivationalists Deflationary accounts that appeal to cognitive and motivational biases with emphasis on how motives and emotions drive self-deception Intentional self-deception and the divided mind including the role of the unconscious in recent psychological research Challenges that self-deception poses for philosophy of mind and psychology especially for our understanding of intention belief and deception Biology and moral psychology of self-deception: Is self-deception functional or beneficial? Are the self-deceived to be held accountable? Combining philosophical analysis with the latest psychological research and including features such as chapter summaries annotated recommended reading and a glossary Self-Deception is an excellent resource for students of philosophy of mind and psychology moral psychology and ethics as well as those in related fields such as psychology and cognitive science.

GBP 36.99
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Talkabout for Children 1 Developing Self-Awareness and Self-Esteem

Talkabout for Children 1 Developing Self-Awareness and Self-Esteem

Talkabout for Children: Developing Self-Awareness and Self-Esteem is a bestselling professional workbook supporting educators and therapists who deliver social and relationship skills groups for children with social emotional or behavioural difficulties. Self-awareness and self-esteem is an essential prerequisite to developing social skills and so this book is an excellent first step to any social skills programme. This resources creates the foundation of the Talkabout heirachy where self-awareness comes before non-verbal skills and non-verbal comes before verbal with assertiveness coming last. Resources include: an assessment framework planning and evaluation forms a three-term intervention plan for schools over 40 structured activity sessions focussing on self-awareness and self-esteem all the supplementary handouts and images needed to deliver the sessions. This second edition is presented with full-colour illustrations and handouts and includes a new introduction by Alex Kelly reflecting on her own experiences of using the resources since they were first developed. | Talkabout for Children 1 Developing Self-Awareness and Self-Esteem

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Towards a New Concept of the Political A Defence of Universalism and Difference

Towards a New Concept of the Political A Defence of Universalism and Difference

This book addresses the current crisis of democratic politics and its phase of ‘interregnum’ – in which the past finds it hard to die and the future finds it difficult to be born – by proposing a radical redefinition of the concept of the Political. Drawing on the thoughts of Antonio Gramsci and Walter Benjamin among others it explores the meaning of the lemma auctoritas – the opposition between authority and power – and offers a comparison of the Frankfurt School’s radical critique of power with Georges Bataille’s critique of political economy and consumerist productivism demonstrating how the two ultimately converge. Based on an ontology of the present that is critical of ‘identity obsession’ and advances instead a universalism of difference the author proposes a new understanding of politics founded not on ‘vertical’ domination but on a ‘horizontal’ recomposition of subjectivities allowing interaction and acting-in-common between different forms of life. This book will therefore appeal to scholars of social and political theory. | Towards a New Concept of the Political A Defence of Universalism and Difference

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Emotional Self-Knowledge

Emotional Self-Knowledge

This volume sheds light on the affective dimensions of self-knowledge and the roles that emotions and other affective states play in promoting or obstructing our knowledge of ourselves. It is the first book specifically devoted to the issue of affective self-knowledge. The relation between self-knowledge and human emotions is an often emphasized but poorly articulated one. While philosophers of emotion tend to give affectivity a central role in making us who we are the philosophical literature on self-knowledge focuses overwhelmingly on cognitive states and does not give a special place to the emotions. Currently there is little dialogue between both fields or with other philosophical traditions that have important contributions to make to this topic such as phenomenology and Asian philosophy. This volume brings together philosophers from the relevant fields to explore two related sets of questions: First do philosophers of emotion exaggerate the importance of our affective lives in making us who we are? Or is it philosophers of self-knowledge who misunderstand emotions? Second what is the role of emotions in self-knowledge? What sort of self-knowledge can be secured by paying attention to our emotions? Emotional Self-Knowledge is an essential resource for researchers and advanced students working on philosophy of emotion philosophy of mind epistemology philosophical psychology and phenomenology. Chapter 1 and Chapter 10 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www. taylorfrancis. com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4. 0 license.

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The Military Balance 2013

The Military Balance 2013

The Military Balance 2013 is the annual assessment of the military capabilities and defence economics of 171 countries world-wide. New features of the 2013 edition include: reorganised and expanded analytical essays. New sections on trends in contemporary armed conflicts in Afghanistan and Syria as well as trends in defence capability areas with a focus on equipment technological or doctrinal developments. There is also an essay on trends in defence economics and procurement one on European defence industries and another on anti-access/area denial detailed analysis of regional and national defence policy and economic issues for selected states updated graphics feature on comparative defence statistics with focus on defence economics and major land sea and air capability concerns tables graphics and analysis of defence economics issues additional national capability summaries additional data on land forces: combat support and combat service support new graphics and maps on defence capability issues additional data on cyber capabilities.

GBP 145.00
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Smart Computing and Self-Adaptive Systems

Smart Computing and Self-Adaptive Systems

The book intends to cover various problematic aspects of emerging smart computing and self-adapting technologies comprising of machine learning artificial intelligence deep learning robotics cloud computing fog computing data mining algorithms including emerging intelligent and smart applications related to these research areas. Further coverage includes implementation of self-adaptation architecture for smart devices self-adaptive models for smart cities and self-driven cars decentralized self-adaptive computing at the edge networks energy-aware AI-based systems M2M networks sensors data analytics algorithms and tools for engineering self-adaptive systems and so forth. Acts as guide to Self-healing and Self-adaptation based fully automatic future technologies Discusses about Smart Computational abilities and self-adaptive systems Illustrates tools and techniques for data management and explains the need to apply and data integration for improving efficiency of big data Exclusive chapter on the future of self-stabilizing and self-adaptive systems of systems Covers fields such as automation robotics medical sciences biomedical and agricultural sciences healthcare and so forth This book is aimed researchers and graduate students in machine learning information technology and artificial intelligence. | Smart Computing and Self-Adaptive Systems

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