A metaheuristic is a set of concepts that can be used to define heuristic methods that can be applied to a wide set of different problems. This volume presents a family of advanced methods of optimiza
Learn how to design and deploy utility computing systems to save costs and improve the value that IT delivers. The economic downturn that occurred after the .com boom and bust has put the cost of IT
What does feeling a sharp pain in one's hand have in common with seeing a red apple on the table? Some say not much, apart from the fact that they are both conscious experiences. To see an object is t
OFDM-based Broadband Wireless Networks covers the latest technological advances in digital broadcasting, wireless LAN, and mobile networks to achieve high spectral efficiency, and to meet peak requir
Due to the impressive accumulation of out-standing results, presented by brilliant, privileged and creative thinkers, this unique book reads like the ‘Who is Who’ of biotechnology. Never b
The three volumes of this reference are devoted to measurement, control, and digital networks and software systems (they appear at different times and are sold separately). Both hardware and control s
This text discusses the mathematical foundations of statistical inference for building 3-dimensional models from image and sensor data that contain noise ? a task involving autonomous robots guided by
After ten years of research and development, the authors present their work on dynamic programming (DP) that can easily be applied to the reader's own situations, including those where the theoretical
Delivering the best possible solution for phase noise and output power efficiency in oscillatorsThis complete and thorough analysis of microwave oscillators investigates all aspects of design, with pa
Systematically presents Nechama Leibowitz's unique approach to Bible instruction, organizing her methodological teachings and pedagogical techniques in a manner that makes them easily accessible to te
This book discusses pathways to achieve pollution prevention and waste minimization at the sources leading toward zero discharge. Coverage includes life cycle assessment, industrial ecology, eco-indus
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the growing field of nuclear solid state physics with synchrotron radiation, a technique that is finding a number of unique applications in fields su
The building blocks of today’s embedded systems-on-a-chip (SoC) are complex IP components and programmable processor cores. This means that more and more system functionality is implemented in softwar
Rubinstein is the pioneer of the well-known score function and cross-entropy methods.Accessible to a broad audience of engineers, computer scientists, mathematicians, statisticians and in general anyo
Praise for Investment Manager Analysis "This is a book that should have been written years ago. It provides a practical, thorough, and completely objective method to analyze and select an investment
Education without ethics, without sentiments, without heart, is simply soulless, factual academics and nothing more. In his array of authentic essays, Ronald J. Pelias poetically evokes the spiritual
Contributors offer twelve articles that apply analytical approaches to the study of conflict management and conflict resolution at the international level. Articles include analyzing conflict through
Cultural Studies and Education is a timely introduction to cultural studies and the ways in which it can enrich both education scholarship and practice.An extensive field that in the last few decades
This volume, which will be useful to graduate students and specialists in art history, as well as those involved in painting conservation, contains expanded and revised papers first presented in Novem
First published two decades ago, this collection of 16 essays gathered by Harding (education and information studies, U. of California at Los Angeles) and the late Hintikka (philosophy, Florida State
An up-close look at the theory behind and application of extremum seeking Originally developed as a method of adaptive control for hard-to-model systems, extremum seeking solves some of the same pro
The 2nd International Conference on Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimi- tion (EMO 2003) was held on April 8–11, 2003, at the University of the Algarve in Faro, Portugal. This was the second internati
The inorganic and organic water constituents, often called color-producing agents (CPAs), responsible for water color are generally referred to as water quality parameters. Utilization of water color
Global Vehicle Reliability promotes an understanding of the use of predictive models, failure analysis, and modelling techniques. The chapters, written by experts from Jaguar, Ford, independent indust
Sensitivity analysis and optimal shape design are key issues in engineering that have been affected by advances in numerical tools currently available. This book, and its supplementary online files, p
An encyclopaedic coverage of the literature in the area of ranking and selection procedures. It also deals with the estimation of unknown ordered parameters. This book can serve as a text for a gradua
Now available in paperback. This revised and updated edition of the definitive resource for experimental psychology offers comprehensive coverage of the latest findings in the field, as well as the ex
In the foreword to Supply Chain Structures, Professor Paul Zipkin notes three global changes that have enabled the recent vast developments in the field of supply chains. Moreover, these changes may b
This compact book, through the simplifying perspective it presents, will take a reader who knows little of interior-point methods to within sight of the research frontier, developing key ideas that we
In this volume, 10 reviews of significant reading research methodologies are reprinted from the Handbook of Reading Research, Volume III. The editors have judged that these specific methodologies hav
