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VMware cloud on AWS insights on the first VMware enterprise-proven SaaS solution by Lombard, Christophe

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Microsoft SharePoint : building Office 2007 solutions in C♯ 2005 by Hillier, Scot

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Geographic information and cartography for risk and crises management : towards better solutions by SpringerLink (Online service)

Contents: “…Geoinformation Processing and Modelling -- Earth Observations and Dynamic Mapping: Key Assets for Risk Management -- Spatial Information for Disaster Management Using Examples from IstanbulIstanbul -- Rapid Population Maps for Crisis Response -- Modeling of Spatiotemporal Distribution of Urban Population at High Resolution -- Value for Risk Assessment and Emergency Management -- A Framework for Defining a 3D Model in Support of Risk Management -- DB4GeO, a 3D/4D Geodatabase and Its Application for the Analysis of Landslides -- GIS Procedure to Forecast and Manage Woodland Fires -- Cartographic Support of Fire Engine Navigation to Operation Site -- Strategies for the Automatic Extraction of Water Bodies from TerraSAR-X / TanDEM-X data -- GIS Techniques in the Evaluation of Pipeline Networks Seismic Hazard -- Towards a Quick Damage Detection System Based on Grid Computing -- GMES Services for Conflict Prevention and Mitigation: Supporting the DG RELEX in Mission Planning -- Geo-information Services -- Mobilizing Multi-source Geospatial Information for EW and EM: Maximize Sharing, Enhance Flexibility, and Minimize Costs -- Metainformation in Crisis Management Architecture -- Theoretical Approaches, INSPIRE Solution -- Collaborative Post-disaster Damage Mapping via Geo Web Services -- Decision Support for Tsunami Early Warning in Indonesia: The Role of OGC Standards -- A Service-Based Architecture for the Interoperability of Heterogeneous Sensor data: A Case Study on Early Warning -- Development of a Coupled Geoinformation and Simulation System for Early Warning -- Multi-criteria Evaluation for Emergency Management in Spatial Data Infrastructures -- Field Tracking Tool: A Collaborative Framework from the Field to the Decision Makers -- Practical Experience with a Contextual Map Service -- Advanced Cartographic Visualisation -- Cartography and Geoinformation for Early Warning and Emergency Management -- Process Support and Adaptive Geovisualisation in Emergency Management -- Perceptions of Various Cartographic Representations Under Specific Conditions -- Research of Students' Cartographical Knowledge in Early Warning and Crisis Management -- Geovisual Analytics Tools for Communicating Emergency and Early Warning -- Kernel Density Estimations for Visual Analysis of Emergency Response Data -- Monitoring and Comparing: A Cartographic Web Application for Real-time Visualization of Hydrological Data -- Designing Map Keys Map Key for Crisis ManagementCrisis Management on the Regional Operational and Informational Centre Level: Monitoring Transport of Dangerous Goods via Contextual Visualisation Contextual Visualization.…”
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Configuration management for senior managers : essential product configuration and lifecycle management for manufacturing by Watts, Frank B.

Contents: “…FUNCTION NAMERESPONSIBILITIES; REENGINEER OR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT; PLAN TO IMPROVE; SUMMARY; Chapter Four -- CM and Software; SOFTWARE'S CURRENT CONDITION; MODERN TREND; PROCESS REDESIGN BEFORE SOFTWARE; CM'S ROLL IN SOFTWARE; WHAT CM SHOULD CONTROL-AND NOT; SOFTWARE (SW) AND FIRMWARE (FW) CONTROL; SUMMARY; Chapter Five -- Standard Foundation Blocks; STANDARDS WRITING; GENERAL STANDARDS; ACRONYMS AND DEFINITIONS; PART NUMBERS-SIGNIFICANT OR NOT; CLASS CODING; INTERCHANGEABILITY AND THE PART NUMBER; INTERCHANGEABILITY/PART NUMBER/REV CHANGE; ITEM/DOCUMENT NUMBERING.…”
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Lighter than air robots : guidance and control of autonomous airships by Bestaoui Sebbane, Yasmina

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Beginning SQL Server for developers Fourth edition. by Dewson, Robin

Contents: “…-- SQL Server Editions -- The Example -- Installation -- Install -- Setup Role -- Choosing the Features to Install -- Naming the Instance -- Service Accounts -- Authentication Mode -- Defining the Data Directories -- FILESTREAM Options -- Creating the Reporting Services Database -- Distributed Replay Options -- Security -- Services Accounts -- Looking at the Authentication Mode -- Windows Authentication Mode -- Administrators on a Machine -- Mixed Mode -- The sa Login -- Summary -- Chapter 2: SQL Server Management Studio -- A Quick Overview of SSMS -- Query Editor -- sqlcmd -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Database Design and Creation -- Defining a Database -- Prebuilt Databases Within SQL Server -- master -- tempdb -- model -- msdb -- AdventureWorks/AdventureWorksDW -- Choosing the Database System Type -- OLTP -- Backups -- Indexes -- In-memory data -- BI/OLAP -- Example System Choice -- Gathering the Data -- Determining the Information to Store in the Database -- Financial Products -- Customers -- Customer Addresses -- Shares -- Transactions -- External and Ignored Information -- Building Relationships -- Using Keys -- Primary Key -- Foreign/Referencing Key -- Candidate/Alternate Key -- A Unique Constraint Instead of a Primary Key -- Creating Relationships -- Relationships and Referential Integrity -- Types of Relationships -- One-to-One -- One-to-Many -- Many-to-Many -- More on Foreign Keys -- Normalization -- Assign Each Entity a Unique Identifier -- Store Only Information That Directly Relates to That Entity -- Avoid Repeating Values or Columns -- Normal Forms -- First Normal Form -- Customers -- Shares -- Second Normal Form -- Third Normal Form.…”
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Software engineering for embedded systems : methods, practical techniques, and applications First edition. by ScienceDirect (Online service)

Contents: “…-- Certification killers -- Project planning strategies -- Strategy 1: determine the project certification scope early -- Strategy 2: determine feasibility of certification -- Strategy 3: select an independent assessor (if used) -- Strategy 4: understand your assessor's role (if used) -- Strategy 5: assessment communication is key -- Strategy 6: establish a basis of certification -- Strategy 7: establish a "fit and purpose" for your product -- Strategy 8: establish a certification block diagram -- Strategy 9: establish communication integrity objectives -- Strategy 10: identify all interfaces along the certification boundary -- Strategy 11: identify the key safety defensive strategies -- Strategy 12: define built in test (BIT) capability -- Strategy 13: define fault annunciation coverage -- Strategy 14: define reliance and expectation of the operator/user -- Strategy 15: define plan for developing software to appropriate integrity level -- Strategy 16: define artifacts to be used as evidence of compliance -- Strategy 17: plan for labor-intensive analyses -- Strategy 18: create user-level documentation -- Strategy 19: plan on residual activity -- Strategy 20: publish a well-defined certification plan -- Faults, failures, hazards, and risk analysis -- Faults, errors, and failures -- Availability and reliability -- Fault handling -- Hazard analysis -- Risk analysis -- Safety-critical architectures -- "Do-er"/"Check-er" -- Two processors -- "Voter" -- Software implementation strategies -- Strategy 1: have a well-defined, repeatable peer-review process -- Strategy 2: consider using existing safety coding standards -- Strategy 3: handle all combinations of input data -- Strategy 4: specific variable value checking -- Strategy 5: mark safety-critical code sections -- Strategy 6: timing execution checking -- Strategy 7: stale data -- Strategy 8: comparison of outputs -- Strategy 9: initialize data to least permissive state -- Strategy 10: order of execution -- Strategy 11: volatile data checking -- Strategy 12: non-volatile data checking -- Strategy 13: make sure the entire system can run -- Strategy 14: remove "dead" code -- Strategy 15: fill unused memory -- Strategy 16: static code analysis -- Background -- Is that software yours? …”
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Theory and engineering of complex systems and dependability : proceedings of the tenth International Conference on Dependability and Complex Systems DepCoS-RELCOMEX, June 29-July 3... by International Conference on Dependability of Computer Systems Brunów, Poland, SpringerLink (Online service)

Contents: “…-Application of Data Encryption for Building Modern Virtual Private Networks -- Defining States in Reliability and Safety Modelling -- Macroscopic Transport Model as a Part of Traffic Management Center: Technical Feasibility Study -- Reliability Assessment of Integrated Airport Surface Surveillance System -- A Group Decision Support Technique for Critical IT-Infrastructures -- Planning of Electric Power Distribution Networks with Reliability Criteria -- Selected Aspects of Modeling the Movement of Aircraft in the Vicinity of the Airport with Regard to Emergency Situations -- Identifying and Symulation of Status of an Ict System Using Rough Sets -- Popular FPGA Device Families in Implementation of Cryptographic Algorithms -- Aspect-oriented Test Inputs Generation from Matlab/Simulink Models, Manel TEKAYA -- Ranking and Cyclic Job Scheduling in QoS-guaranteed Grids.- Web Based Engine for Processing and Clustering of Polish texts -- Effectiveness of Providing Data Confidentiality in Backbone Networks Based on Scalable and Dynamic Environment Technologies.- Models for Estimating the Execution Time of Software Loops in Parallel and Distributed Systems -- Analysis of Different Aspects of Infomobility for Public Transport in Latvia -- Data Actualization Using Regression Models in Decision Support System for Urban Transport Planning -- New Parallel Algorithm for the Calculation of Importance Measures -- An Unloading Work Model at an Intermodal Terminal.- Cost-aware Request Batching for Byzantine Fault-tolerant replication -- Symbolic Analysis Of Timed Petri nets.…”
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Computational logistics : 11th International Conference, ICCL 2020, Enschede, the Netherlands, September 28-30, 2020, Proceedings by ICCL (Conference) Online), SpringerLink (Online service)

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Compositional data analysis : CoDaWork, L'Escala, Spain, June 2015 by CoDaWork (Conference) La Escala, Spain), SpringerLink (Online service)

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Wireless internet : 9th International Conference, WICON 2016, Haikou, China, December 19-20, 2016, Proceedings by International Conference on Wireless Internet Haikou Shi, China, SpringerLink (Online service)

Contents: “…Joint Asynchronous Time and Localization of an Unknown Node in Wireless Sensor Networks -- Distributed Beacon Synchronization Mechanism for 802.15.4 Cluster-Tree Topology -- A Short Survey on Fault Diagnosis in Wireless Sensor Networks -- Research on Data Storage Scheme under Sink Failures in Wireless Sensor Networks -- Impact of Irregular Radio and Faulty Nodes on Localization in Industrial WSNs -- A SDN Proactive Defense Scheme Based on IP and MAC Address Mutation -- An Attribute Based Encryption Middleware with Rank Revocation for Mobile Cloud Storage -- High capacity embedding methods of QR code error correction -- Perceptual secret sharing scheme based on Boolean operations and random grids -- Security-Aware Distributed Service Composition for WSNs based Smart Metering in Smart Grid Using Software Defined Networks -- A Simplied Interference Model for Outdoor Millimeter Wave Networks -- A CWMN Spectrum Allocation Based on Multi-Strategy Fusion Glowworm Swarm Optimization Algorithm -- Decode-and-Forward Full-duplex Relay Selection under Rayleigh Fading Environment -- Parameter Control Scheme among Multi-Cell for Mobility Load Balancing in Ultra-Dense Network -- Spectrum Sensing based on Modulated Wideband Converter with CoSaMP Reconstruction Algorithm -- Joint Partial Relay and Antenna Selection for Full-Duplex Amplify-and-Forward Relay Networks -- A Low-Complexity Power Allocation Method in Ultra-Dense Network -- QRD Architecture Using the Modied ILMGS Algorithm for MIMO Systems Simulating and Analyzing the Effect of Timeliness on the Accuracy Rate of Central Path Planning -- An Optimization of DBN/GPU Speech Recognition on Wireless Network Applications Estimating End-to-End Available Bandwidth for Cyber-Physical Applications in Hybrid Networks -- Delay Aware Resource Allocation for Device-to-Device Communication Underlaying Cellular Networks -- An Improved Dynamic Clustering Algorithm Based on Uplink Capacity Analysis in Ultra-Dense Network System -- Wideband Spectrum Sensing by Multi-step Sample Autocorrelation Detection -- Noncoherent Joint Multiple Symbol Differential Detection and Channel Decoding in Massive MIMO System -- Downlink PDMA in the Heterogeneous Network Internet of Things -- Edge Caching to Deliver Mobile Content in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks -- Enhanced IoT Data Acquisition in Information Centric Networks.…”
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Safety for future transport and mobility by Ross, Hans-Leo

Contents: “…2.1.1 Development of the Context -- 2.1.2 Identification of Risk -- 2.1.3 Assessment of the Risk in the Target Context -- 2.1.4 Development of a Strategy and Treatment of Potential Risk -- 2.1.5 Development and Defining of Activities and Their Objectives -- 2.1.6 Development of an Implementation and Realisation Strategy -- 2.1.7 Review and Evaluation of the Plan -- 2.2 Technical Risk -- 2.3 Risk in Road Traffic -- 2.3.1 Causes of Technical Risk -- 2.3.2 Control of Technical Risk -- 2.4 Standardisation of Safety for Road Vehicles -- 2.4.1 Risk and Integrity Definition from the IEC 61508.…”
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Small satellite missions for Earth observation : new developments and trends by International Academy of Astronautics. International Symposium, SpringerLink (Online service)

Contents: “…S (Vegetation and Environment Monitoring on a New Micro Satellite) -- The "Ulingo" Mid-Low Latitudes Observation (MILO) Mission -- The Italian Precursor of an Operational Hyperspectral Imaging Mission -- Earth Environment Missions -- Space System "Radiomet" for GLONASS/GPS Navigation Signal Radio Occultation Monitoring of Lower Atmosphere and Ionosphere Based on Super-Small Satellites -- The Study of Electromagnetic Parameters of Space Weather, Micro-Satellite "Chibis-M" -- SEPSAT -- A Nanosatellite to Observe Parameters of Space Weather -- Small Satellite Constellations for Measurements of the Near-Earth Space Environment -- Distributed Space Systems -- Satellite Formation for a Next Generation Gravimetry Mission -- EO Small Satellite Missions and Formation Flying -- Relative Trajectory Design for Bistatic SAR Missions -- Conceptual Design of the FAST-D Formation Flying Spacecraft -- Earth Observation Using Japanese/Canadian Formation Flying Nanosatellites -- A Bi/Multi-Static Microsatellite SAR Constellation -- Mission Design of the Dutch-Chinese FAST Micro-Satellite Mission -- University Satellites -- SPRITE-SAT: A University Small Satellite for Observation of High-Altitude Luminous Events -- SwissCube: The First Entirely-Built Swiss Student Satellite with an Earth Observation Payload -- German Russian Education Satellite -- Mission Outline and Objectives -- University Microsatellites Equipped with an Optical System for Space Debris Monitoring -- A First-MOVE in Satellite Development at the TU-München -- Design of a Small Educational Satellite for the Italian High School Students: The EduSAT Project -- Testing of Critical Pico-Satellite Systems on the Sounding Rocket Rexus-4 -- Laboratory Facility for Simulation and Verification of Formation Motion Control Algorithms -- Asynchronous Parallel Reactive System for Intelligent Small Satellite on-Board Computing Systems -- NanoSiGN -- Nanosatellite for scientific interpretation of GNSS dual-frequency signals in the low Earth orbit -- Instruments and Technologies -- The Vegetation Instrument for the PROBA-V Mission -- Software Defined LFM CW SAR Receiver for Microsatellites -- PhytoMapper -- Compact Hyperspectral Wide Field of View Instrument -- Development of Spaceborne Small Hyperspectral sensor HSC-III for Micro Satellite -- Towards a Miniaturized Photon Counting Laser Altimeter and Stereoscopic Camera Instrument Suite for Microsatellites -- A Plan of Spaceborne ISAR Satellite Imaging System Aiming at Space Objects -- Increasing the Data Volume Returned from Small Satellites -- Integrated Design Based Plug-and-Play Small SAR Satellite Project -- Attitude Control Systems -- Star Sensor Development Based on the TUBSAT Experience -- Small Sensors Big Choices -- Robust and Fault Tolerant AOCS of the TET Satellite -- Implementation of the T3?…”
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Advanced persistent training : take your security awareness program to the next level by Schroeder, Jordan

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Forest recreation 3rd ed. by Douglass, Robert W.

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Road vehicle automation 10 by SpringerLink (Online service), Automated Road Transportation Symposium

Contents: “…6.3 Public-Private Sector Interactions -- Part I: Public Sector and Policy Activities -- Towards Social Deployment of Automated Driving Systems - SIP-adus Activities in Japan -- 1 Introduction of SIP-adus -- 1.1 SIP -- 1.2 SIP-adus -- 2 Establishment and Utilization of Traffic Environment Information and Field Operational Tests -- 2.1 The Field Operational Tests in the Tokyo Waterfront Area -- 2.2 Distribution of Traffic Signal Information -- 2.3 Distribution of Traffic Environment Information -- 3 Conclusions -- 4 Next Steps -- 4.1 The 3rd Phase of SIP -- 4.2 RoAD to the L4 -- References.…”
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Pro Python Second edition. by Browning, J. Burton, Alchin, Marty

Contents: “…Using __all __ to Customize Imports -- Relative Imports -- The __import__() function -- The importlib module -- Taking It With You -- Chapter 3: Functions -- Arguments -- Planning for Flexibility -- Variable Positional Arguments -- Variable Keyword Arguments -- Combining Different Kinds of Arguments -- Invoking Functions with Variable Arguments -- Preloading Arguments -- Introspection -- Example: Identifying Argument Values -- Example: A More Concise Version -- Example: Validating Arguments -- Decorators -- Closures -- Wrappers -- Decorators with Arguments -- Decorators with-or without-Arguments -- Example: Memoization -- Example: A Decorator to Create Decorators -- Function Annotations -- Example: Type Safety -- Factoring Out the Boilerplate -- Example: Type Coercion -- Annotating with Decorators -- Example: Type Safety as a Decorator -- Generators -- Lambdas -- Introspection -- Identifying Object Types -- Modules and Packages -- Docstrings -- Taking It with You -- Chapter 4: Classes -- Inheritance -- Multiple Inheritance -- Method Resolution Order -- Example: C3 Algorithm -- Using super() to Pass Control to Other Classes -- Introspection -- How Classes Are Created -- Creating Classes at Runtime -- Metaclasses -- Example: Plugin Framework -- Controlling the Namespace -- Attributes -- Properties -- Descriptors -- Methods -- Unbound Methods -- Bound Methods -- Class Methods -- Static Methods -- Assigning Functions to Classes and Instances -- Magic Methods -- Creating Instances -- Example: Automatic Subclasses -- Dealing with Attributes -- String Representations -- Taking It With You -- Chapter 5: Common Protocols -- Basic Operations -- Mathematical Operations -- Bitwise Operations -- Variations -- Numbers -- Sign Operations -- Comparison Operations -- Iterables -- Example: Repeatable Generators -- Sequences -- Mappings -- Callables.…”
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Learn Swift on the Mac : for OS X and iOS by Malik, Waqar

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Springer handbook of mechanical engineering by SpringerLink (Online service)

Contents: “…Equilibria -- First Law of Thermodynamics -- Second Law of Thermodynamics -- Exergy and Anergy -- Thermodynamics of Substances -- Changes of State of Gases and Vapors -- Thermodynamic Processes -- Ideal Gas Mixtures -- Heat Transfer -- Tribology -- Tribology -- Design of Machine Elements -- Mechanical Drives -- Gearings -- Cylindrical Gearings -- Bevel Gearings -- Worm Gearings -- Design of Gear Wheels, Worm Wheels, and Worms -- Planetary Gears -- Wave Gears -- Shafts and Axles -- Shaft-Hub Connections -- Rolling Bearings -- Design of Bearing Units -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Manufacturing Engineering -- Casting -- Metal Forming -- Machining Processes -- Assembly, Disassembly, Joining Techniques -- Rapid Prototyping and Advanced Manufacturing -- Precision Machinery Using MEMS Technology -- Measuring and Quality Control -- Quality Management -- Manufacturing Measurement Technology -- Measuring Uncertainty and Traceability -- Inspection Planning -- Further Reading -- Engineering Design -- Design Theory -- Basics -- Precisely Defining the Task -- Conceptual Design -- Design -- Design and Manufacturing for the Environment -- Failure Mode and Effect Analysis for Capital Goods -- Piston Machines -- Foundations of Piston Machines -- Positive Displacement Pumps -- Compressors -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Pressure Vessels and Heat Exchangers -- Pressure Vessel -- General Design Concepts -- Design of Tall Towers -- Testing Requirement -- Design Codes for Pressure Vessels -- Heat Exchangers -- Material of Construction -- Turbomachinery -- Theory of Turbomachinery Stages -- Gas Turbine Engines: Design and Dynamic Performance -- Transport Systems -- Overview -- Automotive Engineering -- Railway Systems -- Railway Engineering -- Aerospace Engineering -- Construction Machinery -- Basics -- Earthmoving, Road Construction, and Farming Equipment -- Machinery for Concrete Works -- Site Lifts -- Access Machinery and Equipment -- Cranes -- Equipment for Finishing Work -- Automation and Robotics in Construction -- Enterprise Organization and Operation -- Overview -- Organizational Structures -- Process Organization, Capabilities, and Supply Networks -- Modeling and Data Structures -- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) -- Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) -- Advanced Organization Concepts -- Interorganizational Structures -- Organization and Communication -- Enterprise Collaboration and Logistics -- Complementary Material for Mechanical Engineers -- Power Generation -- Principles of Energy Supply -- Primary Energies -- Fuels -- Transformation of Primary Energy into Useful Energy -- Various Energy Systems and Their Conversion -- Direct Combustion System -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Fuel Cells -- Nuclear Power Stations -- Combined Power Station -- Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) System -- Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) Power Generation -- Total-Energy Systems for Heat and Power Generation -- Transformation of Regenerative Energies -- Solar Power Stations -- Heat Pump -- Energy Storage and Distribution -- Furnaces -- Fluidized-Bed Combustion System -- Liquid-Fuel Furnace -- Burners -- General Furnace Accessories -- Environmental Control Technology -- Steam Generators -- Parts and Components of Steam Generator -- Energy Balance Analysis of a Furnace/Combustion System -- Performance of Steam Generator -- Furnace Design -- Strength Calculations -- Heat Transfer Calculation -- Nuclear Reactors -- Future Prospects and Conclusion -- Electrical Engineering -- Fundamentals -- Transformers -- Rotating Electrical Machines -- Power Electronics -- Electric Drives -- Electric Power Transmission and Distribution -- Electric Heating.…”
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Computational methods and models for transport : new challenges for the greening of transport systems by SpringerLink (Online service), CM3 Conference on Computational Multi Physics, Multi Scales and Multi Big Data in Transport Modeling, Simulation and Optimization, European Conferences on Green Challenges in Transport

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