In the words of editors Wallace (qualitative logistics, Molde U. College, Norway) and Ziemba (financial modeling and stochastic optimization, U. of British Columbia, Canada), stochastic programming "
Concepts in Programming Languages elucidates the central concepts used in modern programming languages, such as functions, types, memory management, and control. The book is unique in its comprehensi
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Although it is designed primarily to convey as broad an understanding of the entire scientific computing field as possible within a single term course, this text for beginning and intermediate program
This textbook describes all phases of a modern compiler, including current techniques in code generation and register allocation, for imperative, functional and object-oriented languages. In a concise
Proceedings of a December 1997 symposium. Half of the 140 papers presented discuss various aspects of lithium batteries, especially modeling, synthesis, and processing of cathode materials. Other topi
Proceedings of the April 1996 symposium, covering advances in synthesis characterization and exploitation of formation mechanisms of porous materials. Highlights include discussion of methods to contr
This edition of The Pronunciation of English incorporates the final results of Daniel Jones' lifelong study of English pronunciation usage. It is the standard work on English phonetics and the name of
◎聽力CD(兩片裝)Objective Key offers students complete, official preparation for the Cambridge English: Key (KET) and Cambridge English: Key (KET) for Schools Test. Short units offer a variety of lively top
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An engaging, advanced-level introduction to the emerging field of discourse studies of identity, with particular reference to academic contexts. Disciplinary Identities uses findings from corpus resea
An examination of how language functions in CLIL, based on a corpus of classroom interactions. Drawing on their wide experience as CLIL educators and researchers, the authors explore data collected in
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Symposia H, 'Organic Photovoltaic Devices and Processing' and I 'Fundamental Processes of Solar Harvesting in Excitonic Solar Cells' were held at the 2011 MRS Fall Meeting.
Rapid progress has occurred in the field of responsive polymers that can provide, receive, and respond to signals from their environment including interactions with synthetic molecules, biological spe
Symposium Z, Functional Metal-Oxide Nanostructures was held November 27 December 2 during the 2011 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. Metal oxides represent an assorted and appealing class of
This volume contains the proceedings of Symposia LL and MM of the 2011 MRS Fall Meeting, held November 28 December 2 in Boston, Massachusetts. Synthetic and Biological Gels (Symposium LL) focused on a
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The most influential work of French biologist and comparative anatomist Georges Cuvier (1769–1832), Le Regne Animal, was published in French in 1817, and this sixteen-volume illustrated English versio
The 'student of clouds' Luke Howard (1772–1864) published this work of statistics on weather conditions in London in two volumes, in 1818 and 1820. Volume 1 begins with an introduction to the work, fo
Reginald Heber (1783–1826), second bishop of Calcutta from 1823–6, spent his episcopate travelling widely throughout India. His widow published this two-volume biography in 1830, as well as editions o
John Wilson Croker (1780–1857), politician and writer, held the post of Secretary to the Admiralty from 1809 until 1830. He was a prolific letter-writer, and his papers were published in 1884. They sh
This edition of the papers of Thomas Creevey (1768–1838), Whig politician, diarist and letter-writer, whose papers provide an important source for the history of the early nineteenth century, was publ
Henry Gunning (1768–1854) was an official of the University of Cambridge for over sixty years. Published shortly after his death, this two-volume work gives an entertaining view of the University betw
Symposium B, Third-Generation and Emerging Solar-Cell Technologies, was held April 26 29 at the 2011 MRS Spring Meeting in San Francisco, California. Direct conversion of solar energy to electricity b
Best known for designing the Crystal Palace, Paxton was head gardener at Chatsworth by the age of twenty-three. These volumes, published between 1850 and 1853, reflect not only the Victorians' interes
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The 20 selected papers in this collection represent a cross-section of the basic materials properties and technological applications of the materials that were reported at the symposium. The topics in
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The symposium which gave rise to these proceedings addressed theoretical and computational aspects of simulating, modeling, optimizing, and designing semiconductor materials. The 18 papers cover defec
John O'Keeffe (1747–1833), the Irish playwright who wrote a string of successful comic operas and farces including Wild Oats (1791), for the London stage, published this two-volume memoir in 1826. Vol
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Papers from a November 2000 symposium review multidisciplinary activities in the field, focusing on all aspects of anisotropy on the nanoscale, including anisotropy resulting from shape, juxtaposition
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Symposium K, 'Oxide Nanoelectronics', was held November 29–December 3 at the 2010 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. The emerging field of oxide nanoelectronics has grown tremendously in the l
