This book presents challenges and innovations in social problems over the centuries. By their nature, human beings are innovative and continuously adapted to appeared changes over the time. From this point of view, human history can be considered as the story of all changes and innovations which...

Chapter 1. Multi-horizon MPC and Its Application to theIntegrated Power and Thermal Management ofElectrified Vehicles (Qiuhao Hu) -- Chapter 2. Data/Moment-Driven Approaches for FastPredictive Control of Collective Dynamics (Giacomo Albi) -- Chapter 3. Finite-Dimensional Receding Horizon...

The study applied systems thinking to review capital power-infrastructure investment in SA, particularly in Eskom. The study employed mixed method, with 97 engineers, seven in executive positions participated in qualitative and 90 in quantitative. The study found knowledge management and...

Urban centres of the Indian subcontinent have been founts of its culture and served as active nodes in the network of trans-cultural trade routes and as the foci of artisanal migration for centuries. The disjunction they have suffered from the archetype shift in settlement planning during the...

To achieve the societal goal of becoming a sustainable decarbonized society by 2050, it is essential to design visions and policies that take into account the perspectives of future generations overcoming intergenerational conflicts. In this paper, we present an innovative framework to envision...