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  • Polymer Melt Rheology

    A Guide for Industrial Practice
    • 1st Edition
    • F N Cogswell
    • English
    This book explores the ways in which melt flow behaviour can be exploited by the plastics engineer and technician for increased efficiency of processing operation, control of end product properties and selection and development of polymers for specific purposes. (reissued with minor corrections 1994)

  • Dynamic Analysis of the Urban Economy

    • 1st Edition
    • Takahiro Miyao
    • English
    Dynamic Analysis of the Urban Economy provides a dynamic analysis of business and residential economic activities in urban areas. This book is organized into four parts encompassing 13 chapters that cover some insights into the dynamic processes of complex urban relationships through construction and analysis of simple dynamic models of the urban economy, as well as the development of the so-called ""dynamic urban economics"" within the framework of general dynamic economics. The Introduction is a preview of the basic ideas about dynamics. This topic is followed by discussion on the theoretical analyses of dynamic urban systems. Part 1 emphasizes the dynamic stability property of spatial equilibrium and its relation to comparative statics. Part 2 considers the effects of various kinds of externalities o n the dynamic property of the urban economy, while Part 3 examines the long-run growth processes of the urban economy and their optimality property. Part 4 looks into the optimal size and configurations of an urban area in connection with agglomeration economies and traffic congestion. This book will be of great value to economic theorists.

  • Information Retrieval Research

    • 1st Edition
    • S. E. Robertson + 2 more
    • English

  • Information Retrieval Experiment

    • 1st Edition
    • Karen Sparck Jones
    • English

  • Refrigeration Technician's Pocket Book

    • 1st Edition
    • F. H. Meredith
    • English

  • Scientific Inventory Control

    • 2nd Edition
    • C. D. Lewis
    • English

  • Structural Steelwork for Students

    • 1st Edition
    • L. V. Leech
    • English

  • Advances in Applied Mechanics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 20
    • English

  • Advances in Applied Mechanics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 19
    • English

  • Tribology of Thin Layers

    • 1st Edition
    • I. Iliuc
    • English

  • Infrared and Millimeter Waves V3

    Submillimeter Techniques
    • 1st Edition
    • Kenneth J. Button
    • English
    Infrared and Millimeter Waves is a series of books that compiles the work of several authors, with each volume focusing on certain aspects of infrared and millimeter waves, such as sources of radiation, instrumentation, and millimeter systems. Organized into seven chapters, the book discusses topics that are relevant to submillimeter techniques. The first chapter is a review of submillimeter and short millimeter wave-detection techniques. The next chapter covers the optimization of Schottky-barrier diodes, and the following chapter covers pyroelectricity. The fourth chapter covers photon drag, while the fifth chapter covers electrically excited submillimeter-wave lasers. The sixth and seventh chapters discuss submillimeter magneto spectroscopy and cyclotron resonance, respectively. This book will be of great use to researchers and professionals whose work involves infrared and millimeter waves.

  • Software Engineering

    • 1st Edition
    • Herbert Freeman + 1 more
    • English

  • Introducing Structures

    A Textbook for Students of Civil and Structural Engineering, Building and Architecture
    • 1st Edition
    • A. J. Francis
    • English
    Introducing Structures: A Textbook for Students of Civil and Structural Engineering, Building and Architecture discusses the fundamentals of structural action of different structures. The book aims to detail how structures act as organisms to transmit and resist forces, along with principles governing the synthesis of structures. The text covers the structural materials, structural action, collapse, flow of stress, flexural instability, and prestressing. The selection also covers several structural parts such as trusses, beams, plates, shells, and cables. The last three chapters cover the conceptual aspect of structures, such as general remarks on structural action, structural design, and lessons for structural failures. The book will be most useful to students of disciplines that deal with the design, construction, maintenance, renovation, and rehabilitation of buildings.

  • Mechanical Behaviour of Materials

    Proceedings of the Third International Conference Held in Cambridge, England, 20-24 August 1979
    • 1st Edition
    • K. J. Miller + 1 more
    • English

  • Finite Element Programming

    • 1st Edition
    • Leanne Hinton + 1 more
    • English
    It is fitting that Book I of the series should be on the subject of finite elements. The finite element method is now well established as an engineering tool with wide application. At the same time is has attracted considerable attention from mathematicians over the last ten years, so that a large body of mathematical theory now exists.

  • Advances in Applied Mechanics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 18
    • English

  • New Trends In Dynamic Systems Theory And Economics

    • 1st Edition
    • Masanao Aoki
    • English
    New Trends in Dynamic System Theory and Economics contains selected papers presented at a two-week seminar on New Trends in Dynamic System Theory and Economics held at the International Center for Mechanical Sciences in Udine, Italy, on September 12-23, 1977. Contributors discuss recent trends in the application of dynamic system theory in economic analysis, paying particular attention to information patterns and uncertainty, optimal control theory and its application, and disequilibrium analysis. This book is divided into three sections and consists of 20 chapters. Decision problems of agents with different or imperfect information or under uncertainty are first discussed. This section gives a detailed analysis of the properties of Nash and Stackelberg equilibria in dynamic games under several different information patterns. Consideration is also given to microdecision problems of individual agents, macroeconomic stabilization of an uncertain dynamic economy, and the uncertainty of parameter values. The chapters that follow focus on recent advances in optimal control theory and application of control theory. Disequilibrium analysis of a macroeconomic model is presented, along with the dynamics of disequilibria of a macroeconomic model with flexible wages and prices. A generalization of Pareto optimality is used to discuss the connection between the optimality and stability problems in a general setting. The last three chapters explore ""modern"" approaches to tâtonnement processes. This book will be of interest to students and practitioners of applied mathematics and econometrics.

  • Computer Image Processing and Recognition

    • 1st Edition
    • Ernest Hall
    • English

  • Simplified Digital Automation with Microprocessors

    • 1st Edition
    • James Arnold
    • English
    Simplified Digital Automation with Microprocessors explores the utilization of simple digital circuits as building blocks in structures to create very powerful systems through the programmable operation of the microprocessor. This 10-chapter introductory book focuses on a class of automated processes with predictable results and is consequent to the specific design of the systems. The introductory chapters deal with the management of information and processes, from familiar decimal arithmetic to less familiar arithmetic of binary numbers. This topic is followed by discussions on the use of electrical and electronic mechanization of systems and the selection and classification of the most frequently used circuits. Considerable chapters are devoted to other parts of the operating systems, such as the arithmetic logic unit, microprocessors, interface devices, and auxiliary circuits. The concluding chapter provides an exercise in the design of a complete digitally automated system with specific function and structure. This text outlines the steps in the design process. This text will be useful to readers who are not already familiar with computer technology.

  • Chromatin

    The Cell Nucleus, Vol. 7
    • 1st Edition
    • Harris Busch
    • English

  • Information Retrieval

    • 2nd Edition
    • C. J. van Rijsbergen
    • English

  • Operational Amplifiers

    • 2nd Edition
    • G. B. Clayton
    • English

  • The Finite Element Method for Elliptic Problems

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 4
    • P.G. Ciarlet
    • English
    The objective of this book is to analyze within reasonable limits (it is not a treatise) the basic mathematical aspects of the finite element method. The book should also serve as an introduction to current research on this subject. On the one hand, it is also intended to be a working textbook for advanced courses in Numerical Analysis, as typically taught in graduate courses in American and French universities. For example, it is the author’s experience that a one-semester course (on a three-hour per week basis) can be taught from Chapters 1, 2 and 3 (with the exception of Section 3.3), while another one-semester course can be taught from Chapters 4 and 6. On the other hand, it is hoped that this book will prove to be useful for researchers interested in advanced aspects of the numerical analysis of the finite element method. In this respect, Section 3.3, Chapters 5, 7 and 8, and the sections on “Additional Bibliography and Comments” should provide many suggestions for conducting seminars.

  • Computer Vision Systems

    • 1st Edition
    • Allen Hanson
    • English
    Computer Vision Systems is a collection of papers presented at the Workshop on Computer Vision Systems held at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Massachusetts, on June 1-3, 1977. Contributors discuss the breadth of problems that must be taken into account in the development of general computer vision systems. Topics covered include the application of system engineering techniques to the design of artificial intelligence systems; representation and segmentation of natural scenes; and pragmatic aspects of machine vision. Psychophysical measures of representation and interpretation are also considered. This monograph is divided into four sections: Issues and Research Strategies, Segmentation, Theory and Psychology, and Systems. The first chapter explores the problem of recovering the intrinsic characteristics of scenes from images, along with its implications for machine and human vision. The discussion then turns to special-purpose low-level vision systems that can be flexibly reconfigured as the need arises; design, development, and implementation of large systems from the human engineering point of view; and representation of visual information. The next section examines hierarchical relaxation for waveform parsing; the topology and semantics of intensity arrays; and visual images as spatial representations in active memory. The use of edge cues to recognize real-world objects is also analyzed. This text will be a useful resource for systems designers, computer engineers, and scientists as well as psychologists.

  • Theory of Structures

    With Matrix Notation
    • 1st Edition
    • K. I. Majid
    • English

  • Feed Water Systems and Treatment

    • 1st Edition
    • G T H FLANAGAN
    • English

  • Advances in Applied Mechanics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 17
    • English

  • Advances in Applied Mechanics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 16
    • English

  • Cost Estimating Manual for Pipelines and Marine Structures

    New Printing 1999
    • 1st Edition
    • John S. Page
    • English
    From the Book - Preface:This manual has been compiled to provide time frames, labor crews and equipment spreads to assist the estimator in capsulizing an estimate for the installation of cross-country pipelines, marshland pipelines, nearshore and surf zone pipelines, submerged pipelines, wharfs, jetties, dock facilities, single-point morring terminals, offshore drilling and production platforms and equipment and appurtenances installed thereon. The time frames and labor and equipment spreads which appear throughout this manual are the result of many time and method studies conducted under varied conditions and at locations throughout the world; these time frames and labor and equipment spreads reflect a complete, unbiased view of all operations involved. When one is engaged in compiling an estimate from any information furnished by others, as is the case with this manual, he should view it in an objective light, giving due consideration to the nature of the project at hand and evaluating all items that may affect the productivity of labor and all other elements involved.

  • Casebook of Organizational Behavior

    Pergamon International Library of Science, Technology, Engineering and Social Studies
    • 1st Edition
    • Andrew J. Dubrin
    • English
    Casebook of Organizational Behavior presents sample cases that outline the organizational behavior concepts and principles. The title is designed to supplement the contents of the textbook Fundamentals of Organizational Behavior. The text first details the guidelines for case analysis, and then proceeds to presenting the cases. The cases presented involve varying workplace scenario and concerns, such as motivation, stress, politics, leadership, and conflicts. The cases are also based upon true incidents in business, governmental, educational, community, and recreational organizations. The book will be of great use to professionals, particularly those who works on a diverse corporate culture.

  • Connections, Curvature, and Cohomology Volume 3

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 47
    • Werner Greub
    • English

  • Digital Picture Processing

    • 1st Edition
    • Azriel Rosenfeld
    • English
    Digital Picture Processing is a technique-oriented book aiming to teach the more extensive treatments of digital pictures. The book discusses picture processing; the computer representation of pictures; and the mathematical preliminaries involved. The visual perception, the digitization and the different techniques on sampling, and different techniques on compression are also covered. The book also explains the enhancement techniques, such as sharpening and moothing; filtering techniques used in restoration; and the geometry and description of a picture. The text is recommended to students of electrical engineering and computer science, who intend to learn better techniques in picture processing through digital means. The book is also suitable as an advanced undergraduate or a graduate course in picture processing.

  • Coastal Vegetation

    Pergamon International Library of Science, Technology, Engineering and Social Studies
    • 2nd Edition
    • V. J. Chapman
    • English
    Coastal Vegetation, Second Edition presents a general account of the ecology of coastal vegetation in Britain and the North Atlantic. Coastal vegetation comprises the marine algal vegetation of the littoral and sublittoral; the phanerogamic and algal vegetation of salt and brackish marshes; the vegetation of sand dunes together with that of their "slacks"; the specialized vegetation associated with the drift-line; the vegetation of shingle beaches; the plants found on coastal cliffs; and mangrove (Florida). Comprised of 10 chapters, this book begins with an introduction to the basic ecological principles, including the phenomenon of vegetation zonation, plant succession, and autecology. The discussion then turns to littoral vegetation, algal vegetation, and salt marshes, along with the salt marsh environment and the vegetation and environment of sand dunes. The book also considers mangrove swamps and shingle beaches before concluding with an overview of coastal cliff vegetation. This monograph will be of use to university students interested in the ecology of coastal vegetation.

  • Basic Metric Surveying

    • 2nd Edition
    • W. S. Whyte
    • English

  • Advances in Applied Mechanics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 15
    • English

  • Advances in Applied Mechanics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 14
    • English

  • Speech Recognition

    Invited Papers Presented at the 1974 IEEE Symposium
    • 1st Edition
    • D.R. Reddy
    • English
    Speech Recognition: Invited Papers Presented at the 1974 IEEE Symposium discusses several topics, including speech recognition systems, systems organization, acoustic-phonetics, parameter extraction, as well as syntax and semantics. Organized into five parts encompassing 20 chapters, this compilation of papers starts with an overview of the basic structure of speech understanding systems. This text then discusses the practical applications of automatic speech recognition in several areas, including quality control inspection, automated material handling, direct communication with computers, and inventory taking and control. Other chapters consider the operational methods for applying higher level of information to decode the acoustic ambiguities encountered when recognizing larger vocabularies and continuous speech. The final chapter deals with stochastic modeling, which is a valuable and versatile procedure for automatic speech analysis. This book is a valuable resource for scientists and researchers in the fields of artificial intelligence, acoustic-phonetics, linguistics, and computer architecture.

  • Principles and Applications of Tribology

    International Series in Materials Science and Technology
    • 1st Edition
    • Desmond F. Moore
    • D. W. Hopkins
    • English
    International Series on Materials Science and Technology, Volume 14: Principles and Applications of Tribology focuses on the principles, methodologies, approaches, and applications of tribology. The publication first ponders on surface topography and friction of metals. Discussions focus on vacuum conditions, effects of sliding speed, hardening of metals, surface contaminants, metal transfer, elastic contact in metals, basic mechanism of friction, junction growth, photogrammetry, texture measurement, outflow meter, surface prints, and actual contact between surfaces. The text then elaborates on friction of elastomers and various materials and hydrodynamic and boundary lubrication. Topics include wettability and contact angle, adsorption of lubricants, molecular structure of boundary lubricants, boundary lubrication of metals, velocity distribution, hydrostatic lubrication, friction and wear of diamond, and viscoelasticity. The manuscript also examines bearing design, transportation and locomotion, and automotive applications. The publication is a vital source of information for researchers interested in tribology.

  • Watson’s Textile Design and Colour

    Elementary Weaves and Figured Fabrics
    • 7th Edition
    • Z Grosicki
    • English
    Watson’s textile design and colour: Elementary weaves and figured fabrics was first published in 1912 and has been revised several times by the original author and a number of other well respected textile experts. This edition revised by Z Grosicki has been rewritten, reorganised and new approaches have been added to allow a clear understanding of the nature of woven structures. Watson’s textile design and colour is a comprehensive treatise on simple woven cloth construction and design.

  • Transform Techniques for Probability Modeling

    • 1st Edition
    • Walter C. Giffin
    • J. William Schmidt
    • English

  • Electronic Methods

    • 2nd Edition
    • E. Bleuler + 1 more
    • English

  • Error Coding for Arithmetic Processors

    • 1st Edition
    • T.R.N. Rao
    • English
    Error Coding for Arithmetic Processors provides an understanding of arithmetically invariant codes as a primary technique of fault-tolerant computing by discussing the progress in arithmetic coding theory. The book provides an introduction to arithmetic error code, single-error detection, and long-distance codes. It also discusses algebraic structures, linear congruences, and residues. Organized into eight chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the mathematical background in number theory, algebra, and error control techniques. It then explains the basic mathematical models on a register and its number representation system. The reader is also introduced to arithmetic processors, as well as to error control techniques. The text also explores the functional units of a digital computer, including control unit, arithmetic processor, memory unit, program unit, and input/output unit. Students in advanced undergraduate or graduate level courses, researchers, and readers who are interested in applicable knowledge on arithmetic codes will find this book extremely useful.

  • Bioelectric Recording Techniques

    Receptor and Effector Processes
    • 1st Edition
    • Richard F. Thompson + 1 more
    • English

  • Advances in Applied Mechanics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 13
    • English

  • Structural Steelwork Calculations and Detailing

    • 1st Edition
    • T. J. MacGinley
    • English

  • Dynamic Aspects of Host-Parasite Relationships

    • 1st Edition
    • Avivah Zuckermar
    • English

  • Bioelectric Recording Techniques

    Cellular Processes and Brain Potentials
    • 1st Edition
    • Richard F. Thompson + 1 more
    • English

  • Advances in Applied Mechanics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 12
    • English

  • Advances in Applied Mechanics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 11
    • English

  • Instruction to Statistical Pattern Recognition

    • 1st Edition
    • Keinosuke Fukunaga
    • English
    Introduction to Statistical Pattern Recognition introduces the reader to statistical pattern recognition, with emphasis on statistical decision and estimation. Pattern recognition problems are discussed in terms of the eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Comprised of 11 chapters, this book opens with an overview of the formulation of pattern recognition problems. The next chapter is devoted to linear algebra, with particular reference to the properties of random variables and vectors. Hypothesis testing and parameter estimation are then discussed, along with error probability estimation and linear classifiers. The following chapters focus on successive approaches where the classifier is adaptively adjusted each time one sample is observed; feature selection and linear mapping for one distribution and multidistributions; and problems of nonlinear mapping. The final chapter describes a clustering algorithm and considers criteria for both parametric and nonparametric clustering. This monograph will serve as a text for the introductory courses of pattern recognition as well as a reference book for practitioners in the fields of mathematics and statistics.

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