Authors:Anthonie van Laar, Alparslan Akça,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: forest, ecosystems, mensuration, managing
Number of Pages: 383
Published: 2007-07-19
List price: $129.00
ISBN-10: 1402059906
ISBN-13: 9781402059902

Van Laar and Akça’s popular text book, Forest Mensuration, was first published in 1997. Like that first edition, this modern update is based on extensive research, teaching and practical experience in both Europe, and the tropics and subtropics. However, it has also been extensively revised, and now includes chapters on remote sensing and the application of aerial photographs and satellite imagery. As with its predecessor, this book assumes no advanced knowledge of statistical methods, and combines practical techniques with important historical and disciplinary context. The result is a

Author: Anthonie W.M. Meijers
Publisher: North Holland
Keywords: philosophy, science, handbook, engineering, technology, sciences
Number of Pages: 1472
Published: 2009-08-09
List price: $200.00
ISBN-10: 0444516670
ISBN-13: 9780444516671

The Handbook Philosophy of Technology and Engineering Sciences addresses numerous issues in the emerging field of the philosophy of those sciences that are involved in the technological process of designing, developing and making of new technical artifacts and systems. These issues include the nature of design, of technological knowledge, and of technical artifacts, as well as the toolbox of engineers. Most of these have thus far not been analyzed in general philosophy of science, which has traditionally but inadequately regarded technology as mere applied science and focused on physics, biolo

Authors:M. J. Kropff, H. H. van Laar,
Publisher: CABI
Keywords: interactions, weed, crop, modelling
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 1993-10-01
List price: $95.00
ISBN-10: 0851987451
ISBN-13: 9780851987453

Competition between plants for the capture of the essential resources for plant growth (i.e. light, water and nutrients) determines the performance of both natural and agricultural ecosystems. The topic has been studied extensively by ecologists and physiologists, leading to the development of several approaches to describe the outcome of competition. This book reviews these modelling approaches and their potential for predicting yield loss as a result of crop-weed competition. The authors provide a detailed description of the model INTERCOM and of methods to parameterize and evaluate the mode

Authors:Pierre Van de Laar, Teade Punter,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: systems, embedded, evolvability, views
Number of Pages: 315
Published: 2010-10-28
List price: $129.00
ISBN-10: 9048198488
ISBN-13: 9789048198481

Evolvability, the ability to respond effectively to change, represents a major challenge to today’s high-end embedded systems, such as those developed in the medical domain by Philips Healthcare. These systems are typically developed by multi-disciplinary teams, located around the world, and are in constant need of upgrading to provide new advanced features, to deal with obsolescence, and to exploit emerging enabling technologies. Despite the importance of evolvability for these types of systems, the field has received scant attention from the scientific and engineering communities. Vie

Authors:Jim Sidanius, Shana Levin, Colette Van Laar, David O.
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation Publications
Keywords: relations, college, campus, intergroup, identity, challenge, social, diversity
Number of Pages: 445
Published: 2008-12-31
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0871547937
ISBN-13: 9780871547934

College campuses provide ideal natural settings for studying diversity: they allow us to see what happens when students of all different backgrounds sit side by side in classrooms, live together in residence halls, and interact in one social space. By opening a window onto the experiences and evolving identities of individuals in these exceptionally diverse environments, we can gain a better understanding of the possibilities and challenges we face as a multicultural nation. The Diversity Challenge--the largest and most comprehensive study to date on college campus diversity--synthesizes over