Xinghua Liu - Böcker

Multimodal Perception and Secure State Estimation for Robotic Mobility Platforms Enables readers to understand important new trends in multimodal perception for mobile robotics This book provides a novel perspective on secure state estimation and multimodal perception for robotic mobility platforms such as autonomous vehicles. It thoroughly evaluates filter-based secure dynamic pose estimation approaches for autonomous vehicles over multiple attack signals and shows that they outperform conventional Kalman filtered results. As a modern learning resource, it contains extensive simulative and experimental results that have been successfully implemented on various models and real platforms. To aid in reader comprehension, detailed and illustrative examples on algorithm implementation and performance evaluation are also presented. Written by four qualified authors in the field, sample topics covered in the book include: Secure state estimation that focuses on system robustness under cyber-attacksMulti-sensor fusion that helps improve system performance based on the complementary characteristics of different sensorsA geometric pose estimation framework to incorporate measurements and constraints into a unified fusion scheme, which has been validated using public and self-collected dataHow to achieve real-time road-constrained and heading-assisted pose estimationThis book will appeal to graduate-level students and professionals in the fields of ground vehicle pose estimation and perception who are looking for modern and updated insight into key concepts related to the field of robotic mobility platforms.

New solutions for development trends in power systems in response to rising concerns with security issues Cyber-Secure Load Frequency Control for Power Systems delivers an analysis of power systems and their problems with cybersecurity in complex, crowded environments. The book investigates control approaches balancing load demand and generation, encompassing cyber-attack contamination, renewable energy fluctuation, and electric vehicle connection and integration of battery energy systems. Two perspectives are highlighted as solutions to the growing issues in power systems. The first proposes new defense methods in consideration of attack modeling and the second describes actual behavior of the attacks with new attack models. Cyber-Secure Load Frequency Control for Power Systems explores sample topics including: Security performance of MOSMLFC power systems under historical frequency-triggered DOS attacksFuzzy output sliding mode load frequency control of a power system under motion-trends-based deception attacksReliable AMD event-triggered control of wind power systems under frequency-based deception attacksObserver-based sliding mode load frequency control of power systems under deception attacksMemory-based event-triggered fault-tolerant load frequency control of multi-area power systems with electric vehiclesCyber-Secure Load Frequency Control for Power Systems is an excellent advanced resource for graduate-level students and professionals in electrical engineering and control engineering. The book is also valuable for algorithm researchers and engineers in related fields. Prerequisite knowledge includes calculus, linear algebra, and control theory.

This book brings together the work of established scholars from around the world to celebrate and honor the many ways in which Steve Graham has contributed to the advancement of teaching and researching writing. Focusing on writing development and writing instruction in different contexts of education, original contributions in this book critically engage with theoretical and empirical issues raised in Steve Graham’s influential body of work and significantly extend our understandings of the importance of writing in developing learners’ literacy and the roles of writing in teaching and learning processes.This book is organized around themes central to Steve Graham's work, including theories and models of writing, effective instructional methods in teaching writing, surveys on teaching and learning writing, and systematic review studies on writing.Apart from regular chapters, the book also features personal and scholarly reflections revealing the powerful ways inwhich Steve Graham’s work has influenced our thinking in the field of writing research and continues to open up new avenues for future research endeavors.

This book brings together the work of established scholars from around the world to celebrate and honor the many ways in which Steve Graham has contributed to the advancement of teaching and researching writing. Focusing on writing development and writing instruction in different contexts of education, original contributions in this book critically engage with theoretical and empirical issues raised in Steve Graham’s influential body of work and significantly extend our understandings of the importance of writing in developing learners’ literacy and the roles of writing in teaching and learning processes.This book is organized around themes central to Steve Graham's work, including theories and models of writing, effective instructional methods in teaching writing, surveys on teaching and learning writing, and systematic review studies on writing.Apart from regular chapters, the book also features personal and scholarly reflections revealing the powerful ways inwhich Steve Graham’s work has influenced our thinking in the field of writing research and continues to open up new avenues for future research endeavors.

This book offers up-to-date insights into the long-standing controversy of whether or not Chinese learners of English adequately express their attitudes in written English. It compares four writing datasets from three groups of student writers (e.g., English-speaking students’ English texts, Chinese-speaking students’ Chinese texts, and both English and Chinese texts produced by the same group of Chinese-speaking students majoring in English), and applies the appraisal framework, an analytical tool developed in the field of Systemic Functional Linguistics. The book provides a nuanced view of the deployment of attitudinal patterns and the linguistic resources used for attitudinal evaluation in Chinese students’ English writing. Accordingly, it offers a valuable resource for all those interested in second language writing, contrastive rhetoric, second language acquisition and systemic functional linguistics.