This book serves as a comprehensive guide to the key software tools used in modern civil engineering. It covers foundational programs such as SAP2000 for structural analysis, Primavera P6 for…

Although regulatory T (Treg) cells induce immune tolerance by suppressing host immune responses against self- or non self-antigens, thus playing critical roles in preventing autoimmune diseases, they might inhibit antitumor…

This book presents state-of-the-art research on forming processes and formed metal product development aided by the Finite Element Method (FEM). Using extensive and informative illustrations, tables and photographs, it systematically…

Finding information hidden in data is as theoretically difficult as it is practically important. This book show how to utilize fuzzy neural networks, multilayer perceptron neural networks, radial basis function…

The 2010 International Conference on Web Information Systems and Mining (WISM 2010) was held October 23-24, 2010 in Sanya, China. The aim of WISM 2010 was to bring together researchers…

Gain Confidence in Modeling Techniques Used for Complicated Bridge Structures

Bridge structures vary considerably in form, size, complexity, and importance. The methods for their computational analysis and design range from…

This book constitutes the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Network Computing and Information Security, NCIS 2012, held in Shanghai, China, in December 2012. communication and information systems; intelligent…

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Computational Intelligence, AICI 2012, held in Chengdu, China, in October 2012. The papers are organized in…