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The articles in this first volume of ARCHIMEDES explicitly and intentionally cross boundaries between science and technology, and they also illuminate one another. The first three contributions con
Fuzzy logic has become an important tool for a number of different applications ranging from the control of engineering systems to artificial intelligence. In this concise introduction, the author pre
Develops an integrative approach to management for practicing and students managers, especially those with a broad strategic orientation in production, quality, marketing, and human resources. An intr
This original new text provides an easily accessible introduction to this important new topic in time series analysis. The authors emphasize examples over theoretical explanations and the need for
Why seemingly unrelated mathematical truths are connected in simple and beautiful equations continues to stump even mathematicians. This recreational math book takes the reader on a fantastic voyage i
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The history of particle physics goes back over one hundred years to J. B. Perrin's discovery in 1895 that cathode rays are a flow of negatively charged particles. Exactly a century later, the field of
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Updated, revised and organized, the new Second Editions in the Clinical Sciences Series reflect the format of the USMLE Step 2. Each volume systematically presents the core information of a single seg
In French. Provides elementary facts of representations of a locally profinite group over a commutative ring; develops the algebraic theory of modular representations of a reductive p -adic group G
Details current knowledge in aspects of hormonally regulated neoplasms, for clinical and research scientists. After discussion of the fundamental concepts of cell signalling, the cell cycle, and gene
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The purpose of this book is to describe the classical problems in additive number theory, and to introduce the circle method and the sieve method, which are the basic analytical and combinatorial tool
Modern Methods in Analytical Acoustics considers topics fundamental to the understanding of noise, vibration and fluid mechanisms. The series of lectures on which this material is based began by some
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This is a textbook intended for graduate students who plan to work in nuclear magnetic resonance or electron spin resonance. The text describes the basic principles of magnetic resonance, steady-state
In recent years, the classical theory of stochastic integration and stochastic differential equations has been extended to a non-commutative set-up to develop models for quantum noises. The author, a
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The approach to many problems in economic analysis has drastically changed with the development and dissemination of new and more efficient computational techniques. Computational Economic Systems: Mo
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Im Jahre 1920 begann Springer-Verlag mit der Veroffentlichung von Buchern in der hoheren Mathematik. Damals wurde die Reihe Grundlehren der Mathematischen Wissenschaften - ursprunglich konzipiert als
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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is one avenue for offering assistance to developing countries in their efforts to grow. Small countries typically have limited resources to direct toward investment
The Jackknife and bootstrap are the most popular data-resampling methods used in statistical analysis. This book provides a systematic introduction to the theory of the jackknife, bootstrap and other
In Everyday Conceptions of Emotion, prominent anthropologists, linguists and psychologists come together for the first time to discuss how emotions are conceptualised by people of different culture
Presents the concept of reaction path as a powerful tool for theoretical chemistry and chemical reaction theory, reviews its mathematical and physical foundations, and outlines recent developments in
The first survey of polymer processing written on an introductory level, this presentation is grounded in industrial practice. It covers fundamental chemical engineering principles as they are ex
In a convenient, single-source reference, this book examines plant growth substances and their relationship to a wide range of physiological processes, ranging from seed germination through the dea
