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Optimization

100 Examples

by Simon Serovajsky ...

Optimization: 100 Examples is a book devoted to the analysis of scenarios for which the use of well-known optimization methods encounter certain difficulties. Analysing such examples allows a deeper understanding of the features of these optimization methods, including the limits of their applicability. In this way, the book seeks to stimulate further development and understanding of the theory of ... Read more

$265.00 USD

Optimization: 100 Examples is a book devoted to the analysis of scenarios for which the use of well-known optimization methods encounter certain difficulties. Analysing such examples allows a deeper understanding of the features of these optimization methods, including the limits of their applicability. In this way, the book seeks to stimulate further development and understanding of the theory of
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Invitation to Linear Programming and Game Theory

by David C. Vella ...

Written in a conversational tone, this classroom-tested text introduces the fundamentals of linear programming and game theory, showing readers how to apply serious mathematics to practical real-life questions by modelling linear optimization problems and strategic games. The treatment of linear programming includes two distinct graphical methods. The game theory chapters include a novel proof of ... Read more

$50.89 USD

Written in a conversational tone, this classroom-tested text introduces the fundamentals of linear programming and game theory, showing readers how to apply serious mathematics to practical real-life questions by modelling linear optimization problems and strategic games. The treatment of linear programming includes two distinct graphical methods. The game theory chapters include a novel proof of
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Predictive Control for Linear and Hybrid Systems

by Francesco Borrelli, Alberto Bemporad, Manfred Morari ...

Model Predictive Control (MPC), the dominant advanced control approach in industry over the past twenty-five years, is presented comprehensively in this unique book. With a simple, unified approach, and with attention to real-time implementation, it covers predictive control theory including the stability, feasibility, and robustness of MPC controllers. The theory of explicit MPC, where the ... Read more

$69.69 USD

Model Predictive Control (MPC), the dominant advanced control approach in industry over the past twenty-five years, is presented comprehensively in this unique book. With a simple, unified approach, and with attention to real-time implementation, it covers predictive control theory including the stability, feasibility, and robustness of MPC controllers. The theory of explicit MPC, where the
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Nonlinear Resonance from Circuits to Systems

by Luigi Fortuna, Arturo Buscarino ...

Series Book 100 - World Scientific Series on Nonlinear Science Series A
This book is a specific monograph on nonlinear resonance in circuits and systems. The topic falls within the wider area of research that the authors have been developing during the last several years, which includes strange attractors and bifurcations in nonlinear circuits and control systems. Particularly, this monograph discusses the active use of jump resonance circuits, outlining the concept ... Read more

$55.79 USD

This book is a specific monograph on nonlinear resonance in circuits and systems. The topic falls within the wider area of research that the authors have been developing during the last several years, which includes strange attractors and bifurcations in nonlinear circuits and control systems. Particularly, this monograph discusses the active use of jump resonance circuits, outlining the concept
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High Accuracy Algorithm For The Differential Equations Governing Anomalous Diffusion: Algorithm And Models For Anomalous Diffusion

by Weihua Deng, Zhijiang Zhang ...

The aim of this book is to extend the application field of 'anomalous diffusion', and describe the newly built models and the simulation techniques to the models.The book first introduces 'anomalous diffusion' from the statistical physics point of view, then discusses the models characterizing anomalous diffusion and its applications, including the Fokker-Planck equation, the Feymann-Kac equations ... Read more

$84.59 USD

The aim of this book is to extend the application field of 'anomalous diffusion', and describe the newly built models and the simulation techniques to the models.The book first introduces 'anomalous diffusion' from the statistical physics point of view, then discusses the models characterizing anomalous diffusion and its applications, including the Fokker-Planck equation, the Feymann-Kac equations
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Continuous And Discontinuous Piecewise-smooth One-dimensional Maps: Invariant Sets And Bifurcation Structures

by Viktor Avrutin, Laura Gardini, Iryna Sushko, Fabio Tramontana ...

Series Book 95 - World Scientific Series On Nonlinear Science Series A
The investigation of dynamics of piecewise-smooth maps is both intriguing from the mathematical point of view and important for applications in various fields, ranging from mechanical and electrical engineering up to financial markets. In this book, we review the attracting and repelling invariant sets of continuous and discontinuous one-dimensional piecewise-smooth maps. We describe the ... Read more

$142.19 USD

The investigation of dynamics of piecewise-smooth maps is both intriguing from the mathematical point of view and important for applications in various fields, ranging from mechanical and electrical engineering up to financial markets. In this book, we review the attracting and repelling invariant sets of continuous and discontinuous one-dimensional piecewise-smooth maps. We describe the
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Learning Advanced Python by Studying Open Source Projects

by Rongpeng Li ...

Series series Chapman & Hall/CRC The Python Series
This book is one of its own kind. It is not an encyclopedia or a hands-on tutorial that traps readers in the tutorial hell. It is a distillation of just one common Python user’s learning experience. The experience is packaged with exceptional teaching techniques, careful dependence unraveling and, most importantly, passion.Learning Advanced Python by Studying Open Source Projects helps readers ... Read more

$63.99 USD

This book is one of its own kind. It is not an encyclopedia or a hands-on tutorial that traps readers in the tutorial hell. It is a distillation of just one common Python user’s learning experience. The experience is packaged with exceptional teaching techniques, careful dependence unraveling and, most importantly, passion.Learning Advanced Python by Studying Open Source Projects helps readers
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A First Course in Optimization

by Charles Byrne ...

Give Your Students the Proper Groundwork for Future Studies in OptimizationA First Course in Optimization is designed for a one-semester course in optimization taken by advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in the mathematical sciences and engineering. It teaches students the basics of continuous optimization and helps them better ... Read more

$79.99 USD

Give Your Students the Proper Groundwork for Future Studies in OptimizationA First Course in Optimization is designed for a one-semester course in optimization taken by advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in the mathematical sciences and engineering. It teaches students the basics of continuous optimization and helps them better
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Innovation Decision-Making Under Uncertain Environment

Edited by Jiuping Xu, Benjamin Lev, Zongmin Li ...

This book presents a cohesive collection of cutting-edge research focused on advanced decision-support methodologies for complex and ambiguous operational contexts. This volume systematically assembles ten pivotal studies employing uncertain decision-making, multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA), and tailored optimization models to address substantive challenges in supply chain management, ... Read more

$61.99 USD

This book presents a cohesive collection of cutting-edge research focused on advanced decision-support methodologies for complex and ambiguous operational contexts. This volume systematically assembles ten pivotal studies employing uncertain decision-making, multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA), and tailored optimization models to address substantive challenges in supply chain management,
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Differential Equations in Engineering

Research and Applications

Edited by Nupur Goyal, Piotr Kulczycki, Mangey Ram ...

Series series Mathematical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Management Sciences
Differential Equations in Engineering: Research and Applications describes advanced research in the field of the applications of differential equations in engineering and the sciences, and offers a sound theoretical background, along with case studies.It describes the advances in differential equations in real life for engineers. Along with covering many advanced differential equations and ... Read more

$65.99 USD

Differential Equations in Engineering: Research and Applications describes advanced research in the field of the applications of differential equations in engineering and the sciences, and offers a sound theoretical background, along with case studies.It describes the advances in differential equations in real life for engineers. Along with covering many advanced differential equations and
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経済数学入門15：線型計画法

by 大西一弘 ...

Series Book 15 - 経済数学入門
本書は，経済学を学ぶために必要な数学の入門テキストの第15巻です。今回は，「線型計画法」について解説しています。経済学を学んでいるあるいは学ぼうと考えている学生や社会人は，ぜひご一読ください。本書で扱っている内容は，最大化問題，最小化問題，実行可能解，最適解，スラック変数，サープラス変数，単体法，単体表などです。練習及びその解答もあります。「線型計画法」の基本が一日で分かります！ ... Read more

$1.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

本書は，経済学を学ぶために必要な数学の入門テキストの第15巻です。今回は，「線型計画法」について解説しています。経済学を学んでいるあるいは学ぼうと考えている学生や社会人は，ぜひご一読ください。本書で扱っている内容は，最大化問題，最小化問題，実行可能解，最適解，スラック変数，サープラス変数，単体法，単体表などです。練習及びその解答もあります。「線型計画法」の基本が一日で分かります！
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Bioevaluation Of World Transport Networks

by Andrew Adamatzky ...

Slime mould Physarum polycephalum is a monstrous single cell well known for its task-solving abilities — solves computational geometry and logical problems, navigates robots and generates music.The slime mould could also build motorways, highways and expressways. It is used to analyse transport networks of Africa, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, Iberia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, ... Read more

$46.79 USD

Slime mould Physarum polycephalum is a monstrous single cell well known for its task-solving abilities — solves computational geometry and logical problems, navigates robots and generates music.The slime mould could also build motorways, highways and expressways. It is used to analyse transport networks of Africa, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, Iberia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico,
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Cyber-physical Systems

Theory, Methodology, and Applications

by Pedro H. J. Nardelli ...

Series series IEEE Press
CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMSProvides a unique general theory of cyber-physical systems, focusing on how physical, data, and decision processes are articulated as a complex wholeCyber-physical systems (CPS) operate in complex environments systems with integrated physical and computational capabilities. With the ability to interact with humans through variety of modalities, cyber-physical systems are ... Read more

$103.00 USD

CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMSProvides a unique general theory of cyber-physical systems, focusing on how physical, data, and decision processes are articulated as a complex wholeCyber-physical systems (CPS) operate in complex environments systems with integrated physical and computational capabilities. With the ability to interact with humans through variety of modalities, cyber-physical systems are
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Beyond DNA

How Epigenetics is Transforming our Understanding of Evolution

by Benjamin Oldroyd ...

Beyond DNA is a journey through uncharted territory, advancing new ways of thinking about evolution and adaptation. For nearly a hundred years evolutionary biologists have understood that evolution proceeds by substituting better genes for less good ones. But consensus is growing that this is not the whole story: geneticists are now revealing that spores, sperm, pollen and ova are packed with ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Beyond DNA is a journey through uncharted territory, advancing new ways of thinking about evolution and adaptation. For nearly a hundred years evolutionary biologists have understood that evolution proceeds by substituting better genes for less good ones. But consensus is growing that this is not the whole story: geneticists are now revealing that spores, sperm, pollen and ova are packed with
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Nonlinear Continuum Mechanics for Finite Element Analysis

by Javier Bonet, Richard D. Wood ...

Designing engineering components that make optimal use of materials requires consideration of the nonlinear characteristics associated with both manufacturing and working environments. The modeling of these characteristics can only be done through numerical formulation and simulation, and this requires an understanding of both the theoretical background and associated computer solution techniques. ... Read more

$105.79 USD

Designing engineering components that make optimal use of materials requires consideration of the nonlinear characteristics associated with both manufacturing and working environments. The modeling of these characteristics can only be done through numerical formulation and simulation, and this requires an understanding of both the theoretical background and associated computer solution techniques.
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When Galaxies Collide

by Lisa Harvey-Smith ...

In 2018, Lisa Harvey-Smith was appointed as the inaugural Australian Women in STEM Ambassador by the Australian Federal Government. Why is the Milky Way blue? Why isn't a black hole dark? How many stars can you see with your naked eye?* How much hotter are blue stars than red ones?** Humans are the only known astronomers in the universe. When we look up at the night sky, we are linked to our ... Read more

$8.66 USD

In 2018, Lisa Harvey-Smith was appointed as the inaugural Australian Women in STEM Ambassador by the Australian Federal Government. Why is the Milky Way blue? Why isn't a black hole dark? How many stars can you see with your naked eye?* How much hotter are blue stars than red ones?** Humans are the only known astronomers in the universe. When we look up at the night sky, we are linked to our
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Bughunting

A Four-Course Debugging Feast

by Rob Botwright ...

Discover Bughunting: A Four-Course Debugging Feast! Are you ready to transform the way you tackle software defects? ️ Dive into Bughunting, a mouthwatering series of four “courses” designed to make you a debugging master. Each book is packed with practical recipes, real-world examples, and powerful techniques to conquer even the trickiest bugs. Whether you’re a junior developer or a seasoned ... Read more

$7.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Discover Bughunting: A Four-Course Debugging Feast! Are you ready to transform the way you tackle software defects? ️ Dive into Bughunting, a mouthwatering series of four “courses” designed to make you a debugging master. Each book is packed with practical recipes, real-world examples, and powerful techniques to conquer even the trickiest bugs. Whether you’re a junior developer or a seasoned
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Micro- and Nanoscale Fluid Mechanics

Transport in Microfluidic Devices

by Brian J. Kirby ...

This text focuses on the physics of fluid transport in micro- and nanofabricated liquid-phase systems, with consideration of gas bubbles, solid particles, and macromolecules. This text was designed with the goal of bringing together several areas that are often taught separately - namely, fluid mechanics, electrodynamics, and interfacial chemistry and electrochemistry - with a focused goal of ... Read more

$88.59 USD

This text focuses on the physics of fluid transport in micro- and nanofabricated liquid-phase systems, with consideration of gas bubbles, solid particles, and macromolecules. This text was designed with the goal of bringing together several areas that are often taught separately - namely, fluid mechanics, electrodynamics, and interfacial chemistry and electrochemistry - with a focused goal of
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Generalized Linear and Nonlinear Models for Correlated Data

Theory and Applications Using SAS

by Edward F. Vonesh ...

Edward Vonesh's Generalized Linear and Nonlinear Models for Correlated Data: Theory and Applications Using SAS is devoted to the analysis of correlated response data using SAS, with special emphasis on applications that require the use of generalized linear models or generalized nonlinear models. Written in a clear, easy-to-understand manner, it provides applied statisticians with the necessary ... Read more

$72.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Edward Vonesh's Generalized Linear and Nonlinear Models for Correlated Data: Theory and Applications Using SAS is devoted to the analysis of correlated response data using SAS, with special emphasis on applications that require the use of generalized linear models or generalized nonlinear models. Written in a clear, easy-to-understand manner, it provides applied statisticians with the necessary
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Essential Mathematics for Economics

by Alexis Akira Toda ...

Essential Mathematics for Economics covers mathematical topics that are essential for economic analysis in a concise but rigorous fashion. The book covers selected topics such as linear algebra, real analysis, convex analysis, constrained optimization, dynamic programming, and numerical analysis in a single volume. The book is entirely self-contained, and almost all propositions are proved ... Read more

$70.99 USD

Essential Mathematics for Economics covers mathematical topics that are essential for economic analysis in a concise but rigorous fashion. The book covers selected topics such as linear algebra, real analysis, convex analysis, constrained optimization, dynamic programming, and numerical analysis in a single volume. The book is entirely self-contained, and almost all propositions are proved
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Otimização linear

Uma introdução

by Margarida Carvalho ...

Este e-book, apresentado em formato de notas de aula, reúne conteúdos introdutórios de Programação Linear e Dualidade. O objetivo é proporcionar ao estudante uma abordagem clara, visual e estruturada dos conceitos fundamentais, incluindo a interpretação geométrica do conjunto das soluções admissíveis, a caracterização de pontos extremos, a resolução gráfica e a formulação e análise do problema ... Read more

$2.99 USD

Este e-book, apresentado em formato de notas de aula, reúne conteúdos introdutórios de Programação Linear e Dualidade. O objetivo é proporcionar ao estudante uma abordagem clara, visual e estruturada dos conceitos fundamentais, incluindo a interpretação geométrica do conjunto das soluções admissíveis, a caracterização de pontos extremos, a resolução gráfica e a formulação e análise do problema
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Little Species, Big Mystery

The Story of Homo Floresiensis

by Debbie Argue ...

There is only one kind of human on earth today: us. But we are only one of a number of human species - primates of the Hominini tribe - that have existed on our planet across the millennia. In 2004 the world was astounded by the discovery of Homo floresiensis, a species of human never encountered before, on the island of Flores in the Indonesian archipelago. A very short, thickset being, with long ... Read more

$21.99 USD

There is only one kind of human on earth today: us. But we are only one of a number of human species - primates of the Hominini tribe - that have existed on our planet across the millennia. In 2004 the world was astounded by the discovery of Homo floresiensis, a species of human never encountered before, on the island of Flores in the Indonesian archipelago. A very short, thickset being, with long
... Read more
Peyresq Lectures On Nonlinear Phenomena (Volume 3)

by Freddy Bouchet, Basile Audoly, Jacques-alexandre Sepulchre ...

This book is the third volume of lecture notes from summer schools held in the small village of Peyresq (France). These lectures cover nonlinear physics in a broad sense. They were given over the period 2004 to 2008. The summer schools were organized by the Institut Non Linéaire de Nice (Nice, France), the Laboratoire de Physique Statistique (ENS Paris, France) and the Institut de Recherche de ... Read more

$38.99 USD

This book is the third volume of lecture notes from summer schools held in the small village of Peyresq (France). These lectures cover nonlinear physics in a broad sense. They were given over the period 2004 to 2008. The summer schools were organized by the Institut Non Linéaire de Nice (Nice, France), the Laboratoire de Physique Statistique (ENS Paris, France) and the Institut de Recherche de
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Robust Control Algorithms for Flexible Manipulators

by Kshetrimayum Lochan, Binoy Krishna Roy, Bidyadhar Subudhi, Santhakumar Mohan ...

Various modelling and control of two-link flexible manipulators are presented in this book. The lumped parameter modelling method and the assumed modes method modelling are comprehensively reviewed. The book also reviews the trajectory tracking problem and tip trajectory tracking problem along with the suppression of tip deflection of the links. An exponential time varying signal and a chaotic ... Read more

$73.99 USD

Various modelling and control of two-link flexible manipulators are presented in this book. The lumped parameter modelling method and the assumed modes method modelling are comprehensively reviewed. The book also reviews the trajectory tracking problem and tip trajectory tracking problem along with the suppression of tip deflection of the links. An exponential time varying signal and a chaotic
... Read more

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