Charting the first 40 years of the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE) this work presents a complete history of the beginning, development and impact of the organisation. The book introduces the council and provides a background framework to the evolution of international organisations in physical education and sports science. The author examines the main achievements of the society, its development and its links with other key societies. Of relevance to other sports bodies is a discussion of the Council's aims and objectives, both past and future, and their...

This book provides an academically thorough, researched history and analysis of the Paralympic Movement, including the development and organisation of the International Paralympic Committee.

The evolution of Web 2.0 is continually changing the way users create and use information. Records managers must adapt to the constant change if they expect to survive. This provocative new book challenges records managers to reflect on these changes and to confront their once reliable methods and practices. Why not embrace folksonomies rather than classification schemes and metadata schemas as the main means of resource discovery for unstructured data? Why not adopt a ranking system that encourages users to rate how useful they found content as part of the appraisal process? Why not let the...

This book provides elucidative information regarding Model Predictive Control (MPC). Model predictive control is that part of control algorithms in which a progressive method structure is utilized to foretell and improve process work. Also, it can be viewed as an expression demonstrating a typical restrain scheme that replicates the human thinking capability most efficiently. Nearly 50 years after its origin, it is vastly being welcomed in lot of spheres of engineering and is proving to be very advantageous. The book focuses on the latest developments in the field of MPC, in practice and...