Author: Frank Hoffma
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: soft, computing, advances, intelligent, methodologies, applications
Number of Pages: 338
Published: 2005-09-01
List price: $169.00
ISBN-10: 3540257268
ISBN-13: 9783540257264

This carefully edited book covers a wide range of application areas of soft computing such as optimization, data analysis and data mining, fault diagnosis, control as well as traffic and transportation systems. It contains 25 revised contributions from the 8th Online World Conferences on Soft Computing (WSC8). The collected papers show how the major soft computing techniques, fuzzy systems, neural networks and evolutionary algorithms and especially hybrid systems combining methods from these fields, lead to successful industrial applications. The reader will find an interesting, inspiring and

Author: Joe D. Hoffma
Publisher: CRC
Keywords: second, scientists, engineers, methods, numerical
Number of Pages: 840
Published: 2001-05-31
List price: $104.95
ISBN-10: 0824704436
ISBN-13: 9780824704438

Presents a methodology for systematically constructing individual computer programs, emphasizing the finite difference approach for solving differential equations, and with new consideration for the finite element method. Each chapter includes FORTRAN programs for implementing algorithms, with more than 2600 mathematical expressions. Previous edition not cited.

Author: Hoffma
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: library, humanities, reference, garland, recorded, sound, encyclopedia
Number of Pages: 1320
Published: 2004-10-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 041593835X
ISBN-13: 9780415938358

The Encylopedia of Recorded Sound, 2nd edition, is an A to Z reference work covering the entire history of recorded sound from Edison discs to CDs and MP3. Entries range from technical terms (Acoustics; Back Tracking; Quadraphonic) to recording genres (blues, opera, spoken word) to histories of industry leaders and record labels to famed recording artists (focusing on their impact on recorded sound). Entries range in length from 25-word definitions of terms to 5000 word essays. Drawing on a panel of experts, the general editor has pulled together a wealth of information. The volume concludes w

Author: Ellen Hoffma
Publisher: Newmarket Pre
Keywords: retirement, boost, resources, lessons, real, catch, guide, life
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2000-08-01
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 1557044112
ISBN-13: 9781557044112

Easy-to-read, easy-to-follow successful strategies that baby boomers and seniors have taken to get their retirement saving and planning up to speed, so that you too can catch-up before it’s too late-from the author of Bankroll Your Future. 76% of "pre-retirees" do not feel "very confident" about having enough money for retirement, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute. 46% of Americans-including those aged 51 to 61-have saved less than $10,000 for retirement, according to a Public Agenda Study, which also says that a worker who earns $35,000 a year for 35 years will be abl

Author: Scott L. Hoffma
Publisher: Cambridge University Pre
Keywords: project, sponsors, lawyers, participants, governments, finance, business, international, law, resource
Number of Pages: 524
Published: 2007-10-22
List price: $183.99
ISBN-10: 0521882206
ISBN-13: 9780521882200

Project finance is used to build projects such as large-scale energy, infrastructure, toll roads, ethanol, and recycling projects, as well as many others. Project finance requires careful analysis and structuring of a wide variety of risks. This completely updated third edition addresses these risks and their resolution, and details the necessary elements of a successful project financing. Mirroring the structure of an actual project finance deal, this all-in-one handbook examines each step of the process.Book DescriptionProject finance requires careful analysis and structuring of a wide varie

Author: Randy Hoffma
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pre
Keywords: recognize, communities, natural, wisconsin
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2002-07-14
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 0299170845
ISBN-13: 9780299170844

Cattails grow in a marsh, pitcher plants grow in a bog, jewelweed grows in a swamp, right? Do sandhill cranes live among sandy hills? Frogs live near lakes and ponds, but can they live on prairies, too? What is a pine barrens, an oak opening, a calcareous fen? Wisconsin?s Natural Communities is an invitation to discover, explore, and understand Wisconsin?s richly varied natural environment, from your backyard or neighborhood park to stunning public preserves. Part 1 of the book explains thirty-three distinct types of natural communities in Wisconsin?their characteristic trees, beetles, fish, l

Author: Ebertin-Hoffma
Publisher: American Federation of Astrologer
Keywords: interpretation, stars, fixed
Number of Pages: 116
Published: 1970-01-01
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 0866900918
ISBN-13: 9780866900911

The basis for this book was a publication by Elsbeth Ebertin entitled Sternenwandel und Weltgeschehen. It contained cases of her own investigations and records. Her son, Reinhold Ebertin, and Georg Hoffman, Elsbeth’s coworker, edited the text and added many new sources of information. Like Ptolemy’s astronomical handbook, Almagest, this is the basis for much of the current information on fixed stars. Modern astrologers recognized that fixed stars carry an influence into the horoscope if conjunction a natal planet by longitude and even more so if by latitude. A prominent star on the