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Computational Geometry: Algorithms and Applications, Second Edition

Springer, 2000

This well-accepted introduction to computational geometry is a textbook for high-level undergraduate and low-level graduate courses. The focus is on algorithms and hence the book is well suited for students in computer science and engineering. Motivation is provided from the application areas: all solutions and techniques from computational...

Algorithms and Data Structures for External Memory (Foundations and Trends(r) in Theoretical Computer Science)

Now Publishers, 2008

Data sets in large applications are often too massive to fit completely inside the computer's internal memory. The resulting input/output communication (or I/O) between fast internal memory and slower external memory (such as disks) can be a major performance bottleneck. Algorithms and Data Structures for External Memory surveys the state of...

Mastering ArcGIS Enterprise Administration: Install, configure, and manage ArcGIS Enterprise to publish, optimize, and secure GIS services

Packt Publishing, 2017

Key Features

Install and configure the components of ArcGIS Enterprise to meet your organization's requirements

Administer all aspects of ArcGIS Enterprise through user interfaces and APIs

Optimize and Secure ArcGIS Enterprise to make it run efficiently and...

Computational Geometry: Algorithms and Applications

Springer, 2010

Computational geometry emerged from the field of algorithms design and analysis in the late 1970s. It has grown into a recognized discipline with its own journals, conferences, and a large community of active researchers. The success of the field as a research discipline can on the one hand be explained from the beauty of the...

Fully Grown: Why a Stagnant Economy Is a Sign of Success

University of Chicago Press, 2020

Most economists would agree that a thriving economy is synonymous with GDP growth. The more we produce and consume, the higher our living standard and the more resources available to the public. This means that our current era, in which growth has slowed substantially from its postwar highs, has raised alarm bells. But should it?...

Managing Security Threats along the EU’s Eastern Flanks (New Security Challenges)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

The book addresses security threats and challenges to the European Union emanating from its eastern neighbourhood. The volume includes the expertise of policy and scholarly contributors coming from North America, Russia and Central Asia, and from across the EU. Themes and issues include the EU’s capacities and actorness,...

Satellite Image Analysis: Clustering and Classification (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology)

Springer, 2019

Thanks to recent advances in sensors, communication and satellite technology, data storage, processing and networking capabilities, satellite image acquisition and mining are now on the rise. In turn, satellite images play a vital role in providing essential geographical information. Highly accurate automatic classification and decision...

Introduction to Human Geography Using ArcGIS Online

ESRI Press, 2019

Applying new skills to established topics, this is how you want to examine human geography.

Introduction to Human Geography Using ArcGIS Online combines a comprehensive examination of human geography with engaging activities using the ArcGIS Online service.

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Institutions as Conscious Food Consumers: Leveraging Purchasing Power to Drive Systems Change

Academic Press, 2018

Institutions like schools, hospitals, and universities are not well known for having quality, healthy food. In fact, institutional food often embodies many of the worst traits of our industrialized food system, with long supply chains that are rife with environmental and social problems and growing market concentration in many stages...

Geodetic Heights (Springer Geophysics)

Springer, 2019

This book provides the necessary background of geometry, mathematics and physical geodesy, useful to a rigorous approach to geodetic heights. The concept of height seems to be intuitive and immediate, but on the contrary it requires a good deal of scientific sharpness in the definition and use. As a matter of fact the geodetic, geographic...

Ethnobotany: Application of Medicinal Plants

CRC Press, 2018

Ethnobotany includes the traditional use of plants in different fields like medicine and agriculture. This book incorporates important studies based on ethnobotany of different geographic zones. The book covers medicinaland aromatic plants, ethnopharmacology, bioactive molecules, plants used in cancer, hypertension, disorders of the...

Crossborder Care: Lessons from Central Europe

Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

This book analyses the circular migration of care workers in Central Europe using the example of Slovak carers in 24-hour care provision for the elderly in Austria. Challenging analyses that focus primarily on care drain and care regimes, Bahna and Sekulová supplement quantitative methodology with qualitative fieldwork to...

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