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The Design of Climate Policy (CESifo Seminar Series)

MIT Press, 2009

Debates over post-Kyoto Protocol climate change policy often take note of two issues: the feasibility and desirability of international cooperation on climate change policies, given the failure of the United States to ratify Kyoto and the very limited involvement of developing countries, and the optimal timing of climate policies. In this book...

Solid Waste Analysis and Minimization: A Systems Approach: The Systems Approach

McGraw-Hill, 2009

Implement successful solid waste analysis and minimization strategies

Provide sustainable solutions to solid waste issues with help from this hands-on guide. Solid Waste Analysis and Minimization: A Systems Approach offers up-to-date technical details on current and potential solid waste minimization practices....

Linear and Nonlinear Optimization, Second Edition

SIAM, 2008

This book provides an introduction to the applications, theory, and algorithms of linear and nonlinear optimization. The emphasis is on practical aspects—modern algorithms, as well as the influence of theory on the interpretation of solutions or on the design of software. Two important goals of this book are to present linear and nonlinear...

Foundations for Efficient Web Service Selection (Advances in Database Systems)

Springer, 2009

Foundations for Efficient Web Service Selection describes the foundational framework for efficient Web service selection. It lays out a theoretical underpinning for the design of models and algorithms for searching and optimizing access to Web services.

Excerpts from Prof. Fabio Casati’s foreword:

This excellent book looks at the...

Supply Chain Management Based on SAP Systems: Architecture and Planning Processes (SAP Excellence)

Springer, 2009

Supply Chain Management (SCM) is not a buzzword like many others in management and IT - it is here to stay. "Megatrends" such as globalization and increasing specialization result in a complex division of labor at national and international levels. Lean and agile supply chains have become a major anagement target, and the...

Coders at Work

Apress, 2009

Peter Seibel interviews 15 of the most interesting computer programmers alive today in Coders at Work, offering a brand-new companion volume to Apress’s highly acclaimed best-seller Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston. As the words “at work” suggest, Peter Seibel focuses on how his...

Managing Security Overseas: Protecting Employees and Assets in Volatile Regions

Auerbach Publications, 2009

Written by a Certified Protection Professional (CPP), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and FBI recognized subject matter expert, Managing Security Overseas: Protecting Employees and Assets in Volatile Regions details the dos and don’ts of protecting people and assets in hostile global settings. The author, Scott Alan Ast,...

Psychiatric Genetics: Applications in Clinical Practice

American Psychiatric Publishing, 2008

Psychiatric Genetics is the first book to focus on clinical applications of genetics in psychiatry. It covers issues involved in genetic counseling, the interpretation of familial and genetic information for clinical use, information regarding risks associated with specific psychiatric disorders, and the uses of genetic testing. Written...

RJS Templates for Rails

O'Reilly, 2006

RJS templates are an exciting and powerful new type of template added to Rails 1.1. Unlike conventional Rails templates that generate HTML or XML, RJS templates generate JavaScript code that is executed when it is returned to the browser. This JavaScript generation allows you to perform multiple page updates in-place without a page reload using...

Methods of Contemporary Mathematical Statistical Physics (Lecture Notes in Mathematics)

Springer, 2009

This volume presents a collection of courses introducing the reader to the recent progress with attention being paid to laying solid grounds and developing various basic tools. An introductory chapter on lattice spin models is useful as a background for other lectures of the collection. The topics include new results on phase transitions for...

Dawn of the Electronic Age: Electrical Technologies in the Shaping of the Modern World, 1914 to 1945

John Wiley & Sons, 2009

Electrical power is supplied to virtually every home and workplace in our industrialized world. Providing a much-needed comprehensive overview of electrical and electronics history, Dawn of the Electric Age takes an international perspective within a chronological framework. The book explains how our engineering knowledge and its main applications...

Data Modeling for Metrology and Testing in Measurement Science

Birkhauser, 2008

This book and companion DVD provide a comprehensive set of modeling methods for data and uncertainty analysis, taking readers beyond mainstream methods described in standard texts. The emphasis throughout is on techniques having a broad range of real-world applications in measurement science. Mainstream methods of data modeling and analysis...

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