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Submarine Mass Movements and their Consequences: 7th International Symposium

Springer, 2015

This book is a comprehensive collection of state-of-the-art studies of seafloor slope instability and their societal implications. The volume captures the most recent and exciting scientific progress made in this research field.

As the world’s climate and energy needs change, the conditions under which slope instability...

Data Science For Dummies

For Dummies, 2015

Discover how data science can help you gain in-depth insight into your business – the easy way!

Jobs in data science abound, but few people have the data science skills needed to fill these increasingly important roles in organizations. Data Science For Dummies is the perfect starting point for IT professionals...

Younger Next Year: The Exercise Program: Use the Power of Exercise to Reverse Aging and Stay Strong, Fit, and Sexy

Workman Publishing Company, 2015

The definitive exercise book that the one-million-plus readers of the Younger Next Year® series have been waiting for—and the exercise book that takes the intimidation out of starting a workout routine. Based on the science that shows how we can turn back our biological clocks by a combination of aerobics and strength fitness,...

Computational Intelligence: Engineering of Hybrid Systems

Springer, 2005

Hybrid Intelligent Systems has become an important research topic in computer science and a key application field in science and engineering. This book offers a gentle introduction to the engineering aspects of hybrid intelligent systems, also emphasizing the interrelation with the main intelligent technologies such as genetic algorithms –...

Innovations in Machine Learning: Theory and Applications (Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing)

Springer, 2006

The study of innovation – the development of new knowledge and artifacts – is of interest to scientists and practitioners. Innovations change the day-to-day lives of individuals, transform economies, and even create new societies. The conditions triggering innovation and the innovation process itself set the stage for economic...

Knowledge Discovery in Bioinformatics: Techniques, Methods, and Applications (Wiley Series in Bioinformatics)

John Wiley & Sons, 2007

Wiley Series on Bioinformatics: Computational Techniques and Engineering

Discover how data mining is fueling new discoveries in bioinformatics

As the field of bioinformatics continues to flourish, producing enormous amounts of new data, the need for sophisticated methods of data mining to better manage and extract meaning from...

RoboCup 2003: Robot Soccer World Cup VII (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Springer, 2004

This book constitutes the seventh official archival publication devoted to RoboCup. It documents the achievements presented at the 7th Robot World Cup Soccer and Rescue Competition and Conferences held in Padua, Italy, in July 2003.

The 39 revised full papers and 35 revised poster papers presented together with an overview and roadmap for the...

Information Retrieval for Music and Motion

Springer, 2007

A general scenario that has attracted a lot of attention for multimedia information retrieval is based on the query-by-example paradigm: retrieve all documents from a database containing parts or aspects similar to a given data fragment. However, multimedia objects, even though they are similar from a structural or semantic viewpoint, often reveal...

Strategies for Managing Is/It Personnel

IGI Global, 2003

As IT staff shortages are being experienced worldwide, with a huge gap between the number of positions available for IS/IT workers and the number of available qualified workers to fill them. The major factors that have contributed to the IS/IT crisis include lack of understanding of the career orientations of IS personnel; high IS staff...

Computational Geometry: Algorithms and Applications

Springer, 2008

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...

The Constants of Nature: From Alpha to Omega--the Numbers That Encode the Deepest Secrets of the Universe

Pantheon, 2003

A major contribution to our understanding of the basic laws of the universe -- from the author of The Book of Nothing.

The constants of nature are the fundamental laws of physics that apply throughout the universe: gravity, velocity of light, electromagnetism and quantum mechanics. They encode the deepest secrets of the...

Aspects of Explosives Detection

Elsevier Limited, 2008

Detection and quantification of trace chemicals is a major thrust of analytical chemistry. In recent years much effort has been spent developing detection systems for priority pollutants. Less mature are the detections of substances of interest to law enforcement and security personnel:in particular explosives. This volume will discuss the...

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