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Digital Transformations of Illicit Drug Markets: Reconfiguration and Continuity
The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. Transnational illicit markets have been transformed by the digital revolution. They take advantage of encryption technologies, smartphones, social media applications…
Annals of Scientific Society for Assembly, Handling and Industrial Robotics 2022
This Open Access proceedings presents a good overview of the current research landscape of assembly, handling and industrial robotics.
The objective of MHI Colloquium is the successful networking at both academic and management level. Thereby,…
The objective of MHI Colloquium is the successful networking at both academic and management level. Thereby,…
Engineering Haptic Devices
This is an open access book.
In this third edition of Engineering Haptic Devices the software part was rewritten from scratch and now includes even more details on tactile and texture interaction modalities. The kinematics section was improved to…
In this third edition of Engineering Haptic Devices the software part was rewritten from scratch and now includes even more details on tactile and texture interaction modalities. The kinematics section was improved to…
Retreat or Entrenchment?: Drug Policies in the Nordic Countries at a Crossroads
The drug policies of the Nordic countries have been relatively strict. Since this seems to contradict the internationally recognized liberal criminal policy in general, analyses have been devoted to try to understand this gap. Why doesn’t the…
The Anthology in Digital Culture: Forms and Affordances
As a cultural form, media practice and organizational model, the anthology has represented an important editorial framework in the development, preservation and retrieval of narratives, from paper-based media to machine-generated content, all…
Data Clustering
In view of the considerable applications of data clustering techniques in various fields, such as engineering, artificial intelligence, machine learning, clinical medicine, biology, ecology, disease diagnosis, and business marketing, many data…
Happiness and Wellbeing in Singapore: Beyond Economic Prosperity
To present a multifaceted and holistic perspective of what makes Singaporeans happy, Tambyah, Tan and Yuen discuss the findings and insights from the 2022 Quality of Life Survey, which examines the perceptions and views of 1,905 Singapore citizens.…
Design of Heuristic Algorithms for Hard Optimization: With Python Codes for the Travelling Salesman Problem
This open access book demonstrates all the steps required to design heuristic algorithms for difficult optimization. The classic problem of the travelling salesman is used as a common thread to illustrate all the techniques discussed. This problem is…
Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2022
This open access book presents the proceedings of the International Federation for IT and Travel & Tourism (IFITT)’s 29th Annual International eTourism Conference, which assembles the latest research presented at the ENTER2022 conference, which will…
A Complete Guide to Maggot Therapy: Clinical Practice, Therapeutic Principles, Production, Distribution, and Ethics
Since the revival of maggot therapy in Western wound care approximately thirty years ago, there has been no comprehensive synthesis of what is known about its clinical practice, supply chain management, and social dimensions. This edited volume fills…