Aluminium smelting the world over has had two major constraints: environmental protection and energy costs. Since the method and efficiency of alumina feed in the smelting process impacts environmental pollution and production efficiency greatly, much of the industry's investment money has been spent researching into better feed control systems - feed delivery and feed strategies. The subject matter of this thesis dwells on the latter, continuing the search for an efficient adaptive alumina feed strategy in the Hall-Héroult aluminium reduction cell. Neurocomputing is applied to the problem...

Information communications technology and the internet affect several development parameters of nations. Greater internet penetration results in more online commerce opportunities. Disadvantaged groups have better permission-less access to additional means of communication and wealth creation. Other results include positive social impacts in education, health, free speech, governance, and privacy. The research behind this book aimed at invoking the agency of law to aid the development of Africa through increased internet and technology usage. It was conducted as an interdisciplinary Law and...