This book showcases state-of-the-art advances in service science and related fields of research, education, and practice. It presents emerging technologies and applications in contexts ranging from healthcare, energy, finance, and information technology to transportation, sports, logistics, and public services. Regardless of its size and service, every service organization is a service system. …
This book discusses machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) for agricultural economics. It is written with a view towards bringing the benefits of advanced analytics and prognostics capabilities to small scale farmers worldwide. This volume provides data science and software engineering teams with the skills and tools to fully utilize economic models to develop the software capabiliti…
This book presents a collection of mathematical models that deals with the real scenario in the industries. The primary objective of this book is to explore various effective methods for inventory control and management using soft computing techniques. Inventory control and management is a very tedious task faced by all the organizations in any sector of the economy. It makes decisions for poli…
This book explores the core themes of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) highlighting the digital transformation that has been occurring in society and business. Representing an interface between technologies in the physical, digital and biological disciplines the book explores emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics, the Internet of Things, autonomous vehicle…
This book considers and assesses essential financial issues by utilizing data science and fuzzy multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) methods. It introduces readers to a range of data science methods, and demonstrates their application in the fields of business, health, economics, finance and engineering. In addition, it provides suggestions based on the assessment results on each topic, whi…
Empirical methods are means to answering methodological questions of empirical sciences by statistical techniques. The methodological questions addressed in this book include the problems of validity, reliability, and significance. In the case of machine learning, these correspond to the questions of whether a model predicts what it purports to predict, whether a model's performance is consiste…
This book focuses on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) models on supply chain operations in industry 4.0. The chapters illustrate the AI and ML models for all functional areas of operations in SCM. The book also includes examples using ML models like handling supply-to-demand imbalances, triggering automated responses, and reinforcing customer relationships. I…
This book constitutes thoroughly refereed and revised selected papers from the proceedings of 19th European Conference on Multi-Agent Systems, EUMAS 2022, held in Düsseldorf, Germany, during September 14–16, 2022. The 23 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 36 submissions. The book also contains 6 short summaries of talks from PhD students at the PhD…
While technology advances at a high pace in the age of machine learning, there is a lack of clear intent and framing of acceptable ethical standards. This book brings together the complex topic of "good" technology in a cross-functional way, alternating between theory and practice.The authors address the ever-expanding discussion on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and ethics by providing an orient…
This book provides basic concepts and deep knowledge about various security mechanisms that can be implemented in IoT through Blockchain technology. This book aids readers in gaining insight and knowledge about providing security and solutions to different challenges in IoT using Blockchain technology. This book primarily focuses on challenges to addressing the integration of the IoT with Block…
This book constitutes refereed proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Recent Trends in Advanced Computing - Artificial Intelligence and Technologies. This book covers a wide range of topics—vision, analytics, robotics, networking, health care, current pandemic issues of COVID-19, and cutting-edge technologies connected to cybersecurity in digital manufacturing and Industry 4.0. Th…
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Predictive Intelligence in Medicine, PRIME 2022, held in conjunction with MICCAI 2022 as a hybrid event in Singapore, in September 2022. The 19 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this book. The contributions describe new cutting-edge predictive models and methods that s…
This book constitutes selected papers presented at the First International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, ICAIDS 2021, held in Hyderabad, India, in December 2021. The 43 papers presented in this volume were thoroughly reviewed and selected from the 195 submissions. They focus on topics of artificial intelligence for intelligent applications and data science for emer…
This handbook aims at modernizing the current state of civil engineering and firefighting, especially in this era where infrastructures are reaching new heights, serving diverse populations, and being challenged by unique threats. Its aim is to set the stage toward realizing contemporary, smart, and resilient infrastructure. The Handbook of Cognitive and Autonomous Systems for Fire Resilient…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference On Secure Knowledge Management In Artificial Intelligence Era, SKM 2021, held in San Antonio, TX, USA, in 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held online. The 11 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 30 submissions. They were organized according to the following topical se…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, ISAI 2022, held in Haldia, India, during February 17-22, 2022. The 30 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 75 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: information systems, mathematics and data analyses; and applied art…
The four-volume set LNCS 13350, 13351, 13352, and 13353 constitutes the proceedings of the 22ndt International Conference on Computational Science, ICCS 2022, held in London, UK, in June 2022.* The total of 175 full papers and 78 short papers presented in this book set were carefully reviewed and selected from 474 submissions. 169 full and 36 short papers were accepted to the main track; 120…
This book constitutes refereed proceedings of the 28th International Workshop on Frontiers of Computer Vision, IW-FCV 2022, held in Hiroshima, Japan, in February 2022. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held online. The 24 full papers presented in this volume were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 63 submissions. The papers are organized according to the following topics: â€â€¦
This book constitutes the proceedings of the workshops co-located with the 20th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, PAAMS 2022, held in L'Aquila, Italy, in July 2022. The total of 25 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 39 submissions. The papers in this volume stem from the following meetings: W…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 26th Conference on Medical Image Understanding and Analysis, MIUA 2022, held in Cambridge, UK, in July 2022. The 65 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 95 submissions. They were organized according to following topical sections: biomarker detection; image registration, and reconstruction; image segmentation; gene…
Computers are essential for the functioning of our society. Despite the incredible power of existing computers, computing technology is progressing beyond today’s conventional models. Quantum Computing (QC) is surfacing as a promising disruptive technology. QC is built on the principles of quantum mechanics. QC can run algorithms that are not trivial to run on digital computers. QC systems ar…
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Speech and Computer, SPECOM 2022, held as a hybrid event in Gurugram, India, in November 2022. The 51 full and 9 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 99 submissions. The papers present current research in the area of computer speech processing including audio signal processi…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th China Conference on Intelligent Networked Things, CINT 2022, held in Urumqi, China, during August 7-8, 2022. The 45 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 130 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Access, Perception, and Prediction in Intelligent Networked Things, Control …
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 42nd SGAI International Conference on Innovative Techniques and Applications of Artificial Intelligence, AI 2022, which was held in Cambridge, UK, in December 2022. The 20 full papers and 11 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 40 submissions. The volume includes technical papers presenting new and innovati…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th Asian Conference on Intelligent Information and Database Systems, ACIIDS 2022, held Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in November 2022. The 113 full papers accepted for publication in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 406 submissions. The papers of the 2 volume-set are organized in the following topical sections: data…
This book includes the proceedings of the third workshop on recommender systems in fashion and retail (2021), and it aims to present a state-of-the-art view of the advancements within the field of recommendation systems with focused application to e-commerce, retail, and fashion by presenting readers with chapters covering contributions from academic as well as industrial researchers active wit…
This book explains classic routing and transportation problems and solutions, before offering insights based on successful real-world solutions. The chapters in Part I introduce and explain the traveling salesperson problem (TSP), vehicle routing problems (VRPs), and multi-objective problems, with an emphasis on heuristic approaches and software engineering aspects. In turn, Part II demonstrate…
The two-volume set LNAI 13725 and 13726 constitutes the proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Advanced Data Mining and Applications, ADMA 2022, which took place in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, in November 2022. The 72 papers presented in the proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 198 submissions. The contributions were organized in topical sections as follows:…
The 4-volumes set of LNCS 13529, 13530, 13531, and 13532 constitutes the proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN 2022, held in Bristol, UK, in September 2022. The total of 255 full papers presented in these proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from 561 submissions. ICANN 2022 is a dual-track conference featuring tracks in brain inspired c…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design, EvoMUSART 2022, held as part of Evo* 2022, in April 2022, co-located with the Evo* 2022 events, EvoCOP, EvoApplications, and EuroGP. The 20 full papers and 6 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 66 submissions. They c…