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Graphical Models with R (Use R!)

Springer, 2012

Graphical models in their modern form have been around since the late 1970s and appear today in many areas of the sciences. Along with the ongoing developments of graphical models, a number of different graphical modelling software programs have been written over the years. In recent years many of these software developments have...

Intelligent Information Processing and Web Mining: Proceedings of the International IIS: IIPWMВґ05 Conference held in Gdansk, Poland, June 13-16, 2005

Springer, 2005

This edited book contains articles accepted for presentation during the conference "Intelligent Information Systems 2005 (IIS 2005) - New Trends in Intelligent Information Processing and Web Mining" held in Gdansk, Poland, on June 13-16, 2005. Special attention is devoted to the newest developments in the areas of Artificial Immune...

Information Arts: Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology

MIT Press, 2001

A new breed of contemporary artist engages science and technology--not just to adopt the vocabulary and gizmos, but to explore and comment on the content, agendas, and possibilities. Indeed, proposes Stephen Wilson, the role of the artist is not only to interpret and to spread scientific knowledge, but to be an active partner in determining the...

Biotechnology and Agricultural Development: Transgenic Cotton, Rural Institutions and Resource-poor Farmers

Routledge, 2009

This book addresses the continuing controversy over the potential impact of genetically modified (GM) crops in developing countries. Supporters of the technology claim it offers one of the best hopes for increasing agricultural production and reducing rural poverty, while opponents see it as an untested intervention that will bring corporate...

Innovations and Advanced Techniques in Systems, Computing Sciences and Software Engineering

Springer, 2008

Innovations and Advanced Techniques in Systems, Computing Sciences and Software Engineering includes a set of rigorously reviewed world-class manuscripts addressing and detailing state-of-the-art research projects in the areas of Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Systems Engineering and Sciences.

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Why Stock Markets Crash: Critical Events in Complex Financial Systems (Princeton Science Library)

Princeton Press, 2017

The scientific study of complex systems has transformed a wide range of disciplines in recent years, enabling researchers in both the natural and social sciences to model and predict phenomena as diverse as earthquakes, global warming, demographic patterns, financial crises, and the failure of materials. In this book, Didier Sornette boldly...

Empirically Engaged Evolutionary Ethics (Synthese Library, 437)

Springer, 2021

A growing body of evidence from the sciences suggests that our moral beliefs have an evolutionary basis. To explain how human morality evolved, some philosophers have called for the study of morality to be naturalized, i.e., to explain it in terms of natural causes by looking at its historical and biological origins. The present...

Advanced Polymeric Systems: Applications in Nanostructured Materials, Composites and Biomedical Fields (River Publishers Series in Polymer Science)

River Publishers, 2021

Over recent years a considerable amount of effort has been devoted, both in industry and academia, towards the incorporation of various macro, micro, and nano sized fillers into polymers. There is also much interest in the evaluation of various polymer properties with respect to a wide set of applications. The advances in nanotechnology...

Infrared Spectroscopy: Fundamentals and Applications (Analytical Techniques in the Sciences)

John Wiley & Sons, 2004

Analytical Techniques in the Sciences

This series of books provides coverage of all of the major analytical techniques and their application in the most important areas of physical, life and materials science. Each text is presented in an open learning/distance learning style, in which the learning objectives are clearly identified. The...

Global Warming - Myth or Reality?: The Erring Ways of Climatology (Springer Praxis Books / Environmental Sciences)

Springer, 2005

In the global-warming debate, definitive answers to questions about ultimate causes and effects remain elusive. In Global Warming: Myth or Reality?, Marcel Leroux seeks to separate fact from fiction in this critical debate from a climatological perspective. Beginning with a review of the dire hypotheses for climate trends, the author describes the...

Molecular Pathology (Modules in Life Sciences)

Taylor & Francis, 1997

Written by an acknowledged expert in the field, this book is an invaluable introductory guide for students studying chemistry, biochemistry and medicine. Provides a simple description of how aspects of molecular patholgy affect diseases.

It is my pleasure to acknowledge the enthusiasm and expertise of the chapter authors who...

Knowledge-Based Bioinformatics: From analysis to interpretation

John Wiley & Sons, 2010

There is an increasing need throughout the biomedical sciences for a greater understanding of knowledge-based systems and their application to genomic and proteomic research. This book discusses knowledge-based and statistical approaches, along with applications in bioinformatics and systems biology. The text emphasizes the integration of...

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