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Professional Practice in Artificial Intelligence: IFIP 19th World Computer Congress, TC-12: Professional Practice Stream, August 21-24, 2006

Springer, 2006

This volume presents proceedings from the 19th IFIP World Computer Congress in Santiago, Chile. The proceedings of the World Computer Congress are a product of the gathering of 2,000 delegates from more than 70 countries to discuss a myriad of topics in the ICT domain. Of particular note, this marks the first time that a World Computer Congress has...

Point-Based Graphics (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics and Geometric Modeling)

Morgan Kaufmann, 2007

This book will present the latest research results in point-based computer graphics. After an overview of the key issues, affordable 3D scanning devices will be discussed and new concepts for the mathematical representation of point-sampled shapes will be presented. Then the authors will describe methods for high-performance and high-quality...

Handbook of Logic in Computer Science 5

Oxford University Press, 2001

"Oxford University Press publishes a wonderful series of books entitled Handbook of Logic in Computer Science. ... Volume 5: Logic and Algebraic Methods, has I think the best discussion of abstract data types that I have read."--he Bulletin of Mathematics Books

Logic is now widely recognized as one of the foundational...

Explorations in Information Space: Knowledge, Actor, and Firms

Oxford University Press, 2008

As humankind seeks to extend its spatiotemporal reach both on and beyond its planet, it is constantly being forced by a recalcitrant nature to renegotiate the terms of its covenant with her. In some cases, the bargaining gets tough and nature takes offence, gradually revealing her anger with the terms that humanity seeks to impose on her through...

Optimal Portfolio Modeling, CD-ROM includes Models Using Excel and R: Models to Maximize Returns and Control Risk in Excel and R (Wiley Trading)

John Wiley & Sons, 2008

it takes more than just precise timing and picking the right stocks to achieve exceptional results in today's markets. In order to capture consistent success, you need to strike the right balance between position sizing and risk management.

Nobody understands this better than author Philip McDonnell, and with Optimal Portfolio Modeling,...

The Logic of Scientific Discovery (Routledge Classics)

Routledge, 2002

`One of the most important documents of the twentieth century.' - Sir Peter Medawar, New Scientist

`One cannot help feeling that, if it had been translated as soon as it had been originally published, philosophy in this country might have been saved some detours. Professor Popper's thesis has that quality of greatness that, once...

Fluid Mechanics: An Introduction to the Theory of Fluid Flows

Springer, 2008

Fluid mechanics is a field that spreads widely and to all fields of engineering, science and medicine. The book takes this into account and provides a sound basis.

This is a modern book on fluid mechanics that is written in a way needed these days to teach the subject to students in engineering and science at higher educational institutes. The...

Foundations of Analog and Digital Electronic Circuits (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design)

Morgan Kaufmann, 2005

The book issued by two professors at MIT is intended to initiate a new approach in presenting and developing analog and digital electronics. Traditionally, analog and digital elements and circuits are given in separate courses. Here, the authors want to show that in presenting both topics (analog and digital), a deeper insight of the real...

Digital Communication over Fading Channels: A Unified Approach to Performance Analysis

John Wiley & Sons, 2000

Regardless of the branch of science or engineering, theoreticians have always been enamored with the notion of expressing their results in the form of closed-form expressions. Quite often, the elegance of the closed-form solution is overshadowed by the complexity of its form and the difficulty in evaluating it numerically. In such instances, one...

Intelligent Infrastructures (Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering)

Springer, 2009

Society heavily depends on infrastructure systems, such as road-traffic networks, water networks, electricity networks, etc. Infrastructure systems are hereby considered to be large-scale, networked systems, that almost everybody uses on a daily basis, and that are so vital that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on...

Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook, Second Edition, Volume 2: Special Topics and Techniques

CRC Press, 2009

Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook, Second Edition: Special Topics and Techniques provides an up-to-date compendium of fundamental computer science topics and techniques. It also illustrates how the topics and techniques come together to deliver efficient solutions to important practical problems.

Along...

Semantic Computing

John Wiley & Sons, 2010

Presents the state of the technology and points to future directions for semantic computing

Semantic computing, a rapidly evolving interdisciplinary field, seeks to structure, design, and manipulate computer content to better satisfy the needs and intentions of users and create a more meaningful user experience. This...

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