Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 – From General System Theory to Synthetic and Systems Biology: A Historico-Philosophical Perspective (pp. 1-16)
James A. Marcum (Department of Philosophy, Baylor University, Waco, TX, US)
Chapter 2 – From Systems Biology to Systems Theory of Bipolar Disorder (pp. 17-36)
T. D. Frank (Center for the Ecological Study of Perception and Action, Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, US)
Chapter 3 – Experiential Learning of the Unifying Principles of Science through Physical Activities (pp. 37-48)
Robert Hristovski, Natàlia Balagué and Pablo Vázquez (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Macedonia and others)
Chapter 4 – Event-Triggered Control of Nonlinear Systems: A Small-Gain Approach (pp. 49-76)
Tengfei Liu and Zhong-Ping Jiang (Polytechnic School of Engineering, Institute of New York University, NY, US)
Chapter 5 – Transient Growth Quantification in Linear Control Systems: New Results (pp. 77-92)
Francisco Miranda (Center for Research and Development in Mathematics and Applications, University of Aveiro, and Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Portugal)
Chapter 6 -Optimal Control and Numerical Software: An Overview (pp. 93-110)
Helena Sofia Rodrigues, M. Teresa T. Monteiro and Delfim F. M. Torres (CIDMA and Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Portugal and others)
Chapter 7 – Infinitely Many Homoclinic Orbits for a Class of Superquadratic Hamiltonian Systems (pp. 111-124)
Mohsen Timoumi (5019 Monastir, Tunisia)
Chapter 8 – Augmented Validation and a Stabilization Approach for Systems with Propagation (pp. 125-170)
Vladimir Rӑsvan (Department of Automatic Control, University of Craiova, Romania)
Chapter 9 – Providing QoS in Wireless Sensor Networks: A System Overview (pp. 171-196)
Carlos Abreu and P. M. Mendes (Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, and P. M. Mendes, DEI, Universidade do Minho, Portugal)
Chapter 10 – On the Evolution of Information Systems (pp. 197-208)
Seifedine Kadry (American University of the Middle East, Kuwait)
Chapter 11 – Precision: A Semantic Search Guided-Based System (pp. 209-228)
Sara Paiva, Manuel Ramos Cabrer and Alberto Gil Solla (Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Portugal and others)
Chapter 12 – Service Operations Management: An Evolution Perspective (pp. 229-244)
Alexandra Borges (Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Portugal)
Index