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Nuclear Power Is Not The Answer To Global Warming Or Anything Else

by Helen Caldicott ...

In this revealing examination of the costs and consequences of nuclear energy, world-renowned antinuclear spokesperson Helen Caldicott uncovers the facts that belie the nuclear industry propaganda: nuclear power contributes to global warming; the true cost of nuclear power is prohibitive, with taxpayers picking up most of the tab; there's simply not enough uranium in the world to sustain nuclear ... Read more

$12.99 USD

In this revealing examination of the costs and consequences of nuclear energy, world-renowned antinuclear spokesperson Helen Caldicott uncovers the facts that belie the nuclear industry propaganda: nuclear power contributes to global warming; the true cost of nuclear power is prohibitive, with taxpayers picking up most of the tab; there's simply not enough uranium in the world to sustain nuclear
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Complex Systems, Artificial Intelligence, and Emerging Technologies

Innovation in the 21st Century

by Klaus Mainzer ...

Series Book 1 - Complex Systems, Artificial Intelligence, and Emerging Technologies
This book is the opening volume of an interdisciplinary series exploring the dynamic intersection of complex systems, artificial intelligence (AI), and emerging technologies. As AI-driven solutions become essential for handling vast and ever-growing data sets, innovation in computing technologies is crucial. At the same time, sustainability and resource limitations must be addressed.Bringing ... Read more

$55.99 USD

This book is the opening volume of an interdisciplinary series exploring the dynamic intersection of complex systems, artificial intelligence (AI), and emerging technologies. As AI-driven solutions become essential for handling vast and ever-growing data sets, innovation in computing technologies is crucial. At the same time, sustainability and resource limitations must be addressed.Bringing
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Statistical Analysis with R For Dummies

by Joseph Schmuller ...

Simplify stats and learn how to graph, analyze, and interpret data the easy wayStatistical Analysis with R For Dummies makes stats approachable by combining clear explanations with practical applications. You'll learn how to download and use R and RStudio—two free, open-source tools—to learn statistics concepts, create graphs, test hypotheses, and draw meaningful conclusions. Get started by ... Read more

$18.00 USD

Simplify stats and learn how to graph, analyze, and interpret data the easy wayStatistical Analysis with R For Dummies makes stats approachable by combining clear explanations with practical applications. You'll learn how to download and use R and RStudio—two free, open-source tools—to learn statistics concepts, create graphs, test hypotheses, and draw meaningful conclusions. Get started by
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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

$77.99 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
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Statistical Modeling and Applications on Real-Time Problems

Enhancing Understanding and Practical Implementation

Edited by Chandra Shekhar, Raghaw Raman Sinha ...

Series series Mathematical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Management Sciences
In the dynamic landscape of modern data analysis, this curated guide by global experts explores the latest in statistical methodologies, modeling techniques, and optimization strategies. This comprehensive text offers insights into diverse fields such as engineering, economics, medicine, and agriculture, addressing real-world challenges. It delves into the intricacies of the Lomax distribution ... Read more

$96.99 USD

In the dynamic landscape of modern data analysis, this curated guide by global experts explores the latest in statistical methodologies, modeling techniques, and optimization strategies. This comprehensive text offers insights into diverse fields such as engineering, economics, medicine, and agriculture, addressing real-world challenges. It delves into the intricacies of the Lomax distribution
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Linear Algebra for Localization

Algorithms, Use Cases, and C++ Implementations

by Ahmed Al-Muraeb ...

This book emphasises the vital role of linear algebraic models in solving localization problems, as well as many other problems in algorithms, data science, and Artificial Intelligence. Localization has multi-industrial applications, which this book attempts to address through linear algebraic approaches while using the dominant C++ programming language in those industries.Features• Provides clear ... Read more

$77.99 USD

This book emphasises the vital role of linear algebraic models in solving localization problems, as well as many other problems in algorithms, data science, and Artificial Intelligence. Localization has multi-industrial applications, which this book attempts to address through linear algebraic approaches while using the dominant C++ programming language in those industries.Features• Provides clear
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Statistical Modeling and Applications on Real-Time Problems

Unraveling Insights through Advanced Analytical Techniques

Edited by Chandra Shekhar, Raghaw Raman Sinha ...

Series series Mathematical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Management Sciences
In an era dominated by mathematical and statistical models, this book unravels the profound significance of these tools in decoding uncertainties within numerical, observational, and calculation-based data. From governmental institutions to private entities, statistical prediction models provide a critical framework for optimal decision-making, offering nuanced insights into diverse realms, from ... Read more

$96.99 USD

In an era dominated by mathematical and statistical models, this book unravels the profound significance of these tools in decoding uncertainties within numerical, observational, and calculation-based data. From governmental institutions to private entities, statistical prediction models provide a critical framework for optimal decision-making, offering nuanced insights into diverse realms, from
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Introduction to Linear Programming

Applications and Extensions

Edited by Richard Darst ...

Series series Chapman & Hall/CRC Pure and Applied Mathematics
Stressing the use of several software packages based on simplex method variations, this text teaches linear programming's four phases through actual practice. It shows how to decide whether LP models should be applied, set up appropriate models, use software to solve them, and examine solutions to a ... Read more

$145.99 USD

Stressing the use of several software packages based on simplex method variations, this text teaches linear programming's four phases through actual practice. It shows how to decide whether LP models should be applied, set up appropriate models, use software to solve them, and examine solutions to a
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Ciphers, Fractals, and Fibonacci

Exploring Math with Python

by John Lehet ...

Ciphers, Fractals, and Fibonacci teaches readers how to understand mathematics by experimenting with it. Using short, focused Python programs, readers explore how mathematical ideas behave, change, and interact — developing intuition through observation rather than memorization.Mathematics often feels abstract because it is taught as static symbols on a page. But real understanding comes from ... Read more

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Ciphers, Fractals, and Fibonacci teaches readers how to understand mathematics by experimenting with it. Using short, focused Python programs, readers explore how mathematical ideas behave, change, and interact — developing intuition through observation rather than memorization.Mathematics often feels abstract because it is taught as static symbols on a page. But real understanding comes from
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Deep Imaging in Tissue and Biomedical Materials

Using Linear and Nonlinear Optical Methods

Edited by Lingyan Shi, Robert R. Alfano ...

The use of light for probing and imaging biomedical media is promising for the development of safe, noninvasive, and inexpensive clinical imaging modalities with diagnostic ability. The advent of ultrafast lasers has enabled applications of nonlinear optical processes, which allow deeper imaging in biological tissues with higher spatial resolution. This book provides an overview of emerging novel ... Read more

$249.99 USD

The use of light for probing and imaging biomedical media is promising for the development of safe, noninvasive, and inexpensive clinical imaging modalities with diagnostic ability. The advent of ultrafast lasers has enabled applications of nonlinear optical processes, which allow deeper imaging in biological tissues with higher spatial resolution. This book provides an overview of emerging novel
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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

$46.99 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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Classical Mechanics

by R. Douglas Gregory ...

Gregory's Classical Mechanics is a major new textbook for undergraduates in mathematics and physics. It is a thorough, self-contained and highly readable account of a subject many students find difficult. The author's clear and systematic style promotes a good understanding of the subject: each concept is motivated and illustrated by worked examples, while problem sets provide plenty of practice ... Read more

$74.99 USD

Gregory's Classical Mechanics is a major new textbook for undergraduates in mathematics and physics. It is a thorough, self-contained and highly readable account of a subject many students find difficult. The author's clear and systematic style promotes a good understanding of the subject: each concept is motivated and illustrated by worked examples, while problem sets provide plenty of practice
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Optimization for Data Analysis

by Stephen J. Wright, Benjamin Recht ...

Optimization techniques are at the core of data science, including data analysis and machine learning. An understanding of basic optimization techniques and their fundamental properties provides important grounding for students, researchers, and practitioners in these areas. This text covers the fundamentals of optimization algorithms in a compact, self-contained way, focusing on the techniques ... Read more

$45.99 USD

Optimization techniques are at the core of data science, including data analysis and machine learning. An understanding of basic optimization techniques and their fundamental properties provides important grounding for students, researchers, and practitioners in these areas. This text covers the fundamentals of optimization algorithms in a compact, self-contained way, focusing on the techniques
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Hypernetworks In The Science Of Complex Systems

by Jeffrey Johnson ...

Series Book 3 - Series On Complexity Science
The modern world is complex beyond human understanding and control. The science of complex systems aims to find new ways of thinking about the many interconnected networks of interaction that defy traditional approaches. Thus far, research into networks has largely been restricted to pairwise relationships represented by links between two nodes. This volume marks a major extension of networks to ... Read more

$45.99 USD

The modern world is complex beyond human understanding and control. The science of complex systems aims to find new ways of thinking about the many interconnected networks of interaction that defy traditional approaches. Thus far, research into networks has largely been restricted to pairwise relationships represented by links between two nodes. This volume marks a major extension of networks to
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Introduction to Linear Optimization

by Arkadi Nemirovski ...

The book presents a graduate level, rigorous, and self-contained introduction to linear optimization (LO), the presented topics beingContents:PrefaceAbout the AuthorMain Notational ConventionsIntroduction to LO: Examples of LO ModelsGeometry of Linear Optimization:Polyhedral Sets and their GeometryTheory of Systems of Linea... ... Read more

$55.99 USD

The book presents a graduate level, rigorous, and self-contained introduction to linear optimization (LO), the presented topics beingContents:PrefaceAbout the AuthorMain Notational ConventionsIntroduction to LO: Examples of LO ModelsGeometry of Linear Optimization:Polyhedral Sets and their GeometryTheory of Systems of Linea...
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Ecuaciones diferenciales ordinarias

by Rigoberto Quintero Camacho ...

Ecuaciones diferenciales ordinarias fue escrito pensando en los estudiantes de ingeniería. Es un texto que se adecua a un curso clásico de esta asignatura, en el que se plantean y se desarrollan varios ejemplos; algunos de ellos muy articulados con datos obtenidos de la propia cotidianidad del mundo físico como la sociedad, el crecimiento poblacional o la posición de una masa en un tiempo ... Read more

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Ecuaciones diferenciales ordinarias fue escrito pensando en los estudiantes de ingeniería. Es un texto que se adecua a un curso clásico de esta asignatura, en el que se plantean y se desarrollan varios ejemplos; algunos de ellos muy articulados con datos obtenidos de la propia cotidianidad del mundo físico como la sociedad, el crecimiento poblacional o la posición de una masa en un tiempo
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Elegant Simulations

From Simple Oscillators to Many-Body Systems

by Julien Clinton Sprott, William Graham Hoover, Carol Griswold Hoover ...

A recent development is the discovery that simple systems of equations can have chaotic solutions in which small changes in initial conditions have a large effect on the outcome, rendering the corresponding experiments effectively irreproducible and unpredictable. An earlier book in this sequence, Elegant Chaos: Algebraically Simple Chaotic Flows provided several hundred examples of such systems, ... Read more

$84.99 USD

A recent development is the discovery that simple systems of equations can have chaotic solutions in which small changes in initial conditions have a large effect on the outcome, rendering the corresponding experiments effectively irreproducible and unpredictable. An earlier book in this sequence, Elegant Chaos: Algebraically Simple Chaotic Flows provided several hundred examples of such systems,
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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

$142.99 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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Buoyancy Effects on Natural Ventilation

by Torwong Chenvidyakarn ...

This book describes in depth the fundamental effects of buoyancy, a key force in driving air and transporting heat and pollutants around the interior of a building. It is essential reading for anyone involved in the design and operation of modern sustainable, energy-efficient buildings, whether a student, researcher or practitioner. The book presents new principles in natural ventilation design ... Read more

$146.99 USD

This book describes in depth the fundamental effects of buoyancy, a key force in driving air and transporting heat and pollutants around the interior of a building. It is essential reading for anyone involved in the design and operation of modern sustainable, energy-efficient buildings, whether a student, researcher or practitioner. The book presents new principles in natural ventilation design
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Hackers Da Ia:

by Hebert Nery ...

Hackers da IA: A Revolução da Inteligência Artificial no Cibercrime explora a interseção entre inteligência artificial e cibercrime, destacando como hackers estão utilizando tecnologias avançadas para perpetrar crimes digitais. O livro aborda a crescente sofisticação das técnicas de ataque, onde redes neurais e deepfakes se tornam ferramentas poderosas nas mãos de criminosos, permitindo ... Read more

$6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Hackers da IA: A Revolução da Inteligência Artificial no Cibercrime explora a interseção entre inteligência artificial e cibercrime, destacando como hackers estão utilizando tecnologias avançadas para perpetrar crimes digitais. O livro aborda a crescente sofisticação das técnicas de ataque, onde redes neurais e deepfakes se tornam ferramentas poderosas nas mãos de criminosos, permitindo
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Adhesive Particle Flow

A Discrete-Element Approach

by Jeffery S. Marshall, Shuiqing Li ...

Offering a comprehensive treatment of adhesive particle flows, this book adopts a particle-level approach oriented toward directly simulating the various fluid, electric field, collision, and adhesion forces and torques acting on the particles, within the framework of a discrete-element model. It is ideal for professionals and graduate students working in engineering and atmospheric and condensed ... Read more

$112.99 USD

Offering a comprehensive treatment of adhesive particle flows, this book adopts a particle-level approach oriented toward directly simulating the various fluid, electric field, collision, and adhesion forces and torques acting on the particles, within the framework of a discrete-element model. It is ideal for professionals and graduate students working in engineering and atmospheric and condensed
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Reinforcement Learning and Stochastic Optimization

A Unified Framework for Sequential Decisions

by Warren B. Powell ...

REINFORCEMENT LEARNING AND STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATIONClearing the jungle of stochastic optimizationSequential decision problems, which consist of “decision, information, decision, information,” are ubiquitous, spanning virtually every human activity ranging from business applications, health (personal and public health, and medical decision making), energy, the sciences, all fields of engineering, ... Read more

$130.00 USD

REINFORCEMENT LEARNING AND STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATIONClearing the jungle of stochastic optimizationSequential decision problems, which consist of “decision, information, decision, information,” are ubiquitous, spanning virtually every human activity ranging from business applications, health (personal and public health, and medical decision making), energy, the sciences, all fields of engineering,
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3D Rotations

Parameter Computation and Lie Algebra based Optimization

by Kenichi Kanatani ...

3D rotation analysis is widely encountered in everyday problems thanks to the development of computers. Sensing 3D using cameras and sensors, analyzing and modeling 3D for computer vision and computer graphics, and controlling and simulating robot motion all require 3D rotation computation. This book focuses on the computational analysis of 3D rotation, rather than classical motion analysis. It ... Read more

$69.99 USD

3D rotation analysis is widely encountered in everyday problems thanks to the development of computers. Sensing 3D using cameras and sensors, analyzing and modeling 3D for computer vision and computer graphics, and controlling and simulating robot motion all require 3D rotation computation. This book focuses on the computational analysis of 3D rotation, rather than classical motion analysis. It
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Advanced Problem Solving Using Maple

Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, Business Analytics, and Decision Analysis

by William P Fox, William Bauldry ...

Series series Textbooks in Mathematics
Advanced Problem Solving Using Maple™: Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, Business Analytics, and Decision Analysis applies the mathematical modeling process by formulating, building, solving, analyzing, and criticizing mathematical models. Scenarios are developed within the scope of the problem-solving process.The text focuses on discrete dynamical systems, optimization techniques, single ... Read more

$68.99 USD

Advanced Problem Solving Using Maple™: Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, Business Analytics, and Decision Analysis applies the mathematical modeling process by formulating, building, solving, analyzing, and criticizing mathematical models. Scenarios are developed within the scope of the problem-solving process.The text focuses on discrete dynamical systems, optimization techniques, single
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