Contents: Introduction: Basic Concepts of Fuzzy Sets Fuzzy Relations Fuzzy Models for Image Processing and Pattern Recognition Membership Functions: Introduction Heuristic Selections Clustering ...

Every day decision making in complex human-centric systems are characterized by imperfect decision-relevant information. The principal problems with the existing decision theories are that they do not ...

The conventional understanding of Singapore's foreign policy can be summarized in three main propositions: first, it is dictated by the imperatives of being a small state; second, its primary purpose ...

In order to solve the subjective deviation and variability in traditional evaluation methods and ensure the fairness and objectivity of the evaluation framework. This paper puts forward the design of ...

This book on quantum optics is from the point of view of an experimentalist. It approaches the theory of quantum optics with the language of optical modes of classical wave theory, with which ...

This book is a guide for advanced undergraduates, post-graduates and researchers to the fundamental principles in studying kinetics and mechanism of processes concerning proteins. It provides a rare ...

Hörmander operators are a class of linear second order partial differential operators with nonnegative characteristic form and smooth coefficients, which are usually degenerate elliptic-parabolic, but ...

This book provides us with important concepts in coastal engineering, their applications to coastal processes and disaster prevention works. It is designed for graduate students pursuing advanced ...

Despite a long tradition of sophisticated, creative materials synthesis among quantum materials researchers, a sense of broader community has been lacking. In initiating the Fundamentals of Quantum ...

From the point of view of mechanics, this monograph systematically demonstrates the theory of plastic bending and its engineering applications; most of the contents of the book are based on the ...

World Scientific warmly congratulates our esteemed author Philippe Aghion for being jointly awarded the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. To celebrate this ...

Abstract: The early history of terpene chemistry leading to the development of Wallach's “Isoprene Rule” and, later, to Ruzicka's “Biogenetic Isoprene Rule” is described. Major events in the evolution ...