Fogrunners Wanted: The most amazing job in the Archipelago! The adventure of running beneath the Fog The opportunity to travel to any community on any island The money, once you get there, to buy everything you want Sylvan knows that Fogrunners are an elite division of Navigators, the only ones who run solo through the Foglands, darting between the ridge-top islands, delivering urgent messages, vying with one another for record traverse times. But when he signs on to help Bernhardt Krummholz deliver a mysterious shipment of goods to the Capital, he quickly learns that Navigators aren't just adventure athletes. They're highly-trained map readers, efficient runners, and above all, decision makers. Slot Canyons, Floating Bogs, Braided Rivers, Raiders. Everything was right there on the map...or was it?
This book is about the engineering of Digital Twins (DTs) of cyber-physical systems (CPSs). It goes behind the glossy image of DTs to help researchers and advanced professionals to ask and answer the fundamental questions underpinning the development of a DT. What are the foundational concepts of the DT? How do different engineering disciplines interact in creating a DT? How should the physical and digital worlds be connected, and how do the imperfections and faults inherent in both worlds affect the DT's qualities? How can we use a DT to support decisions, and how do we maintain it through life? To this end, the book is structured in five parts: "Foundations" introduces the DT concept, the potential benefits of DTs seen from a business perspective, and foundations for DT engineering. "Models and Data" presents the range of models and data that form the core assets of DTs for CPSs. It covers ways in which models can be produced and calibrated, and considers how data is derived from a CPS and communicated to its DT. Next, "Services for Digital Twins" details some of the main services that a DT provides by building on the assets of models and data, including visualisation, fault detection and diagnosis and support for decision-making. "Realising Digital Twins" then covers the realisation of DTs, including a platform allowing engineers to construct DTs from reusable components. Case studies in food production, robotics and marine engineering are presented using a systematic framework that aligns with the DT engineering concepts introduced in the earlier parts of the book. Eventually, "Advanced Topics in Digital Twins" introduces advanced topics in delivering dependable DT-enabled systems, focusing on security and privacy, the capacity for autonomy, and a range of open research topics. This book aims at researchers in DT technology and design, including advanced (master and doctoral) students, as well as engineering practitioners aiming to develop DTs. The most common techniques described in the main text will be accessible via open-source projects, including further DT examples, exercises and solutions, as well as pointers to emerging standards, frameworks and platforms. Classroom materials, exercises and solutions are available to lecturers through a dedicated Web site.
Come and visit with Jane Adams, summer resident of Cape Cod, whose family enjoys the best of beach living in the quaint village of Herring Run. But be careful, you aren’t the only visitor this summer as an unwelcome guest comes to the village in the form of murder. Jane finds herself in the middle of it all when the village shrew accuses her son of foul play. With her best friend Marti, Jane sets out to clear her son’s name and works to find the real murderer.
From the IACP Award–winning authors of The Campout Cookbook and The Picnic, Summer: A Cookbook is a highly giftable handbook with inspired recipes for summer house entertaining, waterfront meals, and delicious bites to complement a sun-soaked day.
