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Architecting a Satisficing Strategy for Designing Complex Systems

by Lin Guo, Janet K. Allen, Farrokh Mistree ...

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In this book, the authors describe how designers evolve their designs through the Design Evolution Cycle. It identifies challenges associated with designing complex systems, such as dealing with multiple conflicting goals, evolving design preferences, nonlinear and nonconvex constraints and goals, continuous and discrete variables, coupled decisions, sub-models with different levels of fidelity, ... Read more

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The First Line of Code

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Amorphous Nanomaterials

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A valuable overview covering important fundamental and applicative aspects of amorphous nanomaterials!Amorphous nanomaterials are very important in non-crystalline solids, which have emerged as a new category of advanced materials. Compared to the crystalline counterpart, amorphous nanomaterials with isotropic nature always exhibit fast ion diffusion, relieved strain, and higher reactivity, ... Read more

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This book highlights recent research and development in floating solutions for sustainable ocean development and blue economy. It covers the following key topics: Architecture; climate change and disaster; environmental enhancement; food security and food sustainability; innovation and technology; renewable energy; urban planning; policy, social acceptance and legal matters. This book is of ... Read more

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This book collects papers from the 9th China Nuclear Power Plant Digital Technology and Application Seminar held in Ningbo, China in September 2025. This seminar aims to explore the software and hardware of digital and instrument control (I&C) systems in nuclear power plants, such as inspection, testing, certification and research of sensors, actuators and control systems, and the application of ... Read more

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by Deze Zeng, Lin Gu, Shengli Pan, Song Guo ...

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Biometric Recognition

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