This is a collaborative project between Tata Steel, Gerdau, VDEh-BFI, Cogne Acciai Speciali, CSM, Lucchini and ArcelorMittal Maizieres. The ultimate aim of the project is to reduce the intercolumnar (IC) cracking in the continuously cast semis of different formats ranging from slab to small...

A common feature of certain kinds of data is a high level of statistical dependence across space and time. This spatial and temporal dependence contains useful information that can be exploited to significantly reduce the uncertainty surrounding local distributions. This chapter develops a...

The ENVASSO Project (Contract 022713) was funded under the European Commission 6th Framework Programme of Research, 2006-8, with the objective of defining and documenting a soil monitoring system appropriate for soil protection at continental level. The ENVASSO Consortium, comprising 37 partners...

The ENVASSO Project (Contract 022713) was funded under the European Commission 6th Framework Programme of Research, 2006-8, with the objective of defining and documenting a soil monitoring system appropriate for soil protection at continental level. The ENVASSO Consortium, comprising 37 partners...

The ENVASSO Project (Contract 022713) was funded under the European Commission 6th Framework Programme of Research, 2006-8, with the objective of defining and documenting a soil monitoring system appropriate for soil protection at continental level. The ENVASSO Consortium, comprising 37 partners...

Subsystems, or networks, populate the international system of states. Occassionally, a subsystem collapses and the constituent states become free agents with respect to the remaining subsystems. If we consider what the free agents want of a new subsystem as well as what the subsystems desire to...