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Presents latest research on applications of optimization and scheduling in sports management Provides an overview of the state of the art in scientific models for addressing complex challenges in sports management and sports administration Presents recent results from studies into the arising field of social networks and their impact on sports.

"Preface" -- "Contents" -- "Contributors" -- "Designing Access to Nature for Residential Buildings" -- "1 The Case for Nature Access and Evidence from the Literature" -- "1.1 Proximity of Green Spaces" -- "1.2 Views of Nature from the Building" -- "1.3 A Working Definition of `Nature'" -- "1.4 Proposed Design Parameters" -- "2 Access for Wildlife" -- "3 Keeping Pets" -- "4 Conclusions" -- "References" -- "Virtual and Augmented Reality Applications in Building Industry" -- "1 The Need and the Distance" -- "2 Tools" -- "2.1 VR Devices" -- "2.2 AR Devices" -- "3 Use Cases" -- "3.1 Design" -- "3.2 Construction" -- "3.3 Planning" -- "3.4 Maintenance" -- "3.5 Presentation" -- "3.6 Education" -- "3.6.1 VR Studios" -- "3.6.2 Virtual Building Simulators" -- "3.6.3 Virtual Design Assistants" -- "3.6.4 GEO AR Applications" -- "4 Conclusion" -- "References" -- "Asia's Cities: Necessity, Challenges and Solutions for Going `Smart'" -- "1 Introduction" -- "2 Development of Asian Cities" -- "3 Megacities of India and China: Current Challenges" -- "4 The Smart City Philosophy" -- "5 The India Story of Smart Cities" -- "References" -- "Development of Smart Cities from Fiction to Reality in Member States of the Gulf Cooperation Council" -- "1 Introduction" -- "2 Conceptual Basis of a Smart City" -- "3 Global Smart City Programs" -- "3.1 Smart City Opportunities for the UK" -- "3.2 Smart City Model of the European Commission" -- "3.3 Smart Urban Solutions of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) for Transitioning and Developing Countries" -- "3.4 UNECE Smart City Model for Developing Economies" -- "3.5 Smart City Model of the USA" -- "4 Smart Cities in GCC" -- "4.1 Smart City Model of UAE" -- "4.2 Smart City Program in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)" -- "4.3 Smart City Vision of Qatar" -- "4.4 Smart City Initiative of Kuwait".

Cities for Smart Environmental and Energy Futures presents works written by eminent international experts from a variety of disciplines including architecture, engineering and related fields. Due to the ever-increasing focus on sustainable technologies, alternative energy sources, and global social and urban issues, interest in the energy systems for cities of the future has grown in a wealth of disciplines. Some of the special features of this book include new findings on the city of the future from the macro to the micro level. These range from urban sustainability to indoor urbanism, and from strategies for cities and global climate change to material properties. The book is intended for graduate students and researchers active in architecture, engineering, the social and computational sciences, building physics and related fields.

Complex Social Networks is a newly emerging (hot) topic with applications in a variety of domains, such as communication networks, engineering networks, social networks, and biological networks. In the last decade, there has been an explosive growth of research on complex real-world networks, a theme that is becoming pervasive in many disciplines, ranging from mathematics and computer science to the social and biological sciences. Optimization of complex communication networks requires a deep understanding of the interplay between the dynamics of the physical network and the information dynami

In answer to the unprecedented challenges and threats that face today's globalized world, the primary goal of this Handbook is to identify the most probable threats that have affected humanity in recent years and our world in years to come. The Handbook comprises mostly expository chapters that discuss tested methods/algorithms, case studies, as well as policy decision-making techniques surrounding threats and unnatural disasters, to evaluate their effects on people and to propose ways to mitigate these effects. In several chapters, new approaches and suggested policies supplement algorithms that are already in practice. The curated content brings together key experts from the academic and policy worlds to formulate a guide of principal techniques employed to gain better control over selected types of threats. This Handbook explores a wide range of technologies and theories and their impact on countering threats. These include artificial intelligence, machine learning, variational inequality theory, game theory, data envelopment analysis, and data-driven risk analysis. These tools play a vital role in decision-making processes and aid in finding optimal solutions. Additionally, a variety of optimization techniques are employed. These include (mixed) integer linear programming models for identifying critical nodes in complex systems, heuristics, approximation algorithms, and bilevel mixed integer programming for determining the most impactful links in dynamic networks. Furthermore, simulation tools are described that enable the quantification of societal resilience. These techniques collectively provide a mathematical framework capable of quantifying fundamental aspects of threats. They equip policymakers with the necessary tools and knowledge to minimize the impact of unnatural threats. The expected readership is wide and includes officials working in technical and policy roles in various ministries such as the Ministry of Defense, Civil Protection, Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection, United Nations, European Institutions for Threat Management, NATO, Intelligence Agencies, Centers of Excellence for Countering Threats, Think Tanks, Centers for Policy Studies, Political Leaders, the European Commission, National Institutes, International Organizations, Strategic Consulting Experts, Policymakers, and Foreign Affairs personnel. Some of these national or international organizations employ algorithms to measure resilience and enhance security. Quantification is challenging but crucial in the scenarios discussed in the book. This Handbook will also prove valuable to various universities (non-practitioners), studying systems engineering, leadership, management, strategy, foreign affairs, politics, and related disciplines.

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Cities as Convergent Autopoietic Systems -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theory: Evolution of Living Systems Thinking -- 2.1 Cybernetics -- 2.2 General Systems Theory -- 2.3 The Theory of Autopoiesis -- 2.3.1 Cognition -- 2.3.2 Structural Determinism -- 2.3.3 Structural Coupling -- 2.4 Anticipatory Systems -- 3 Characteristics: Meta-Convergence -- 3.1 Sentience and Cognition -- 3.2 Structural Coupling -- 3.3 Ambient Intelligence -- 3.4 Anticipatory Capabilities and Biomimetics -- 3.5 Self-Regulation, Recursive Interaction, and Feedback -- 4 Application: Smart City Operating Systems, Architecture, and Functions -- 4.1 Smart City Convergence -- 4.2 Autopoietic Operating Systems (AOS) -- 4.3 City AOS Architecture -- 4.4 Meta-Architecture -- 4.5 Smart City Functions, Enablers, and Outcomes -- 4.5.1 Smart Environment (Sustainability) -- 4.5.2 Smart Economy (Commonwealth) -- 4.5.3 Smart Mobility (Freedom) -- 4.5.4 Smart Governance (Inclusiveness) -- 4.5.5 Smart People (Enlightenment) -- 4.5.6 Smart Living (Actualization) -- 5 Conclusion: Towards an Autopoietic City -- References -- Digital "Vitalism" and its "Epistemic" Predecessors: "Smart" Neoteric History and Contemporary Approaches -- 1 Introductory Remarks: Present "Smart" Paradigms and their Past Cultural Equivalents -- 2 Discussing Neoteric History: Epistemology of Species Evolution, "Smart" Political Theory, and Animate Landscape -- 3 A Contribution to the Psychoanalysis of the Objective Knowledge: Cultural Inventiveness as a Metaphor of Scientific Paradigms -- 3.1 Cultural Identification With the Leading Paradigms of the Scientific Intelligence -- 4 Topological Mathematics, Computational Simulation, and "Folding" Design Forms as a Landscape Reference -- 4.1 A Space-Time Metaphor Not Realized in Building Construction.