Author: Karl H. Pribram
Publisher: Psychology Press
Keywords: series, texts, proceedings, monographs, inns, brain, organization, origins
Number of Pages: 728
Published: 1994-08-01
List price: $195.00
ISBN-10: 0805817867
ISBN-13: 9780805817867

The result of the second Appalachian conference on neurodynamics, this volume focuses on the problem of "order," its origins, evolution, and future. Central to this concern lies our understanding of time. Both classical and quantum physics have developed their conceptions within a framework of time symmetry. Divided into four major sections, this book: * provides refreshingly new approaches to the problem of the evolution of order, indicating the directions that need to be taken in subsequent conferences which will address learning and memory more directly; * addresses the issue of how i

Author: Howell Tong
Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
Keywords: series, oxford, statistical, science, approach, dynamical, linear, time, non, system
Number of Pages: 564
Published: 1993-07-08
List price: $140.00
ISBN-10: 0198523009
ISBN-13: 9780198523000

Written by an internationally recognized expert in the field, this book provides a valuable introduction to the rapidly growing area of non-linear time series. Because developments in the study of dynamical systems have motivated many of the advances discussed here, the author’s coverage includes such fundamental concepts of dynamical systems theory as limit cycles, Lyapunov functions, thresholds, and stability, with detailed descriptions of their role in the analysis of non-linear time series data. As the first accessible and comprehensive account of these exciting new developments, thi

Author: Mohsen Pourahmadi
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Keywords: series, wiley, probability, theory, statistics, prediction, time, analysis, foundations
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 2001-06-01
List price: $153.00
ISBN-10: 0471394343
ISBN-13: 9780471394341

Foundations of time series for researchers and students This volume provides a mathematical foundation for time series analysis and prediction theory using the idea of regression and the geometry of Hilbert spaces. It presents an overview of the tools of time series data analysis, a detailed structural analysis of stationary processes through various reparameterizations employing techniques from prediction theory, digital signal processing, and linear algebra. The author emphasizes the foundation and structure of time series and backs up this coverage with theory and application. End-of-chapte

Author: David Ruelle
Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc
Keywords: series, nonlinear, science, vol, scientific, world, strange, attractors, chaos, turbulence
Number of Pages: 450
Published: 1996-02
List price: $102.00
ISBN-10: 9810223102
ISBN-13: 9789810223106

This collection of reprints covers the main contributions of David Ruelle, and co-authors, to the theory of chaos and its applications. It contains mathematical articles relevant to chaos, specific articles on the theory and articles on applications such as hydrodynamical turbulence.

Authors:Karl H. Pribram, Joseph S. King,
Publisher: Psychology Press
Keywords: series, monographs, proceedings, texts, learning, inns, organization
Number of Pages: 616
Published: 1996-09-01
List price: $145.00
ISBN-10: 080582586X
ISBN-13: 9780805825862

A year before his death, B.F. Skinner wrote that "There are two unavoidable gaps in any behavioral account: one between the stimulating action of the environment and the response of the organism and one between consequences and the resulting change in behavior. Only brain science can fill those gaps. In doing so, it completes the account; it does not give a different account of the same thing." This declaration ended the epoch of radical behaviorism to the extent that it was based on the doctrine of the "empty organism," the doctrine that a behavioral science must be constructed purely on its

Author: Ilya Blekhman
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Keywords: series, control, systems, vol, vibration, stability, vibrational, mechanics, selected, topics
Number of Pages: 440
Published: 2003-04-25
List price: $151.00
ISBN-10: 9812380558
ISBN-13: 9789812380555

Vibrational mechanics is a new, intensively developing section of nonlinear dynamics and of the theory of nonlinear oscillations. It presents a general approach to the study of the effects of vibration on nonlinear systems. This approach is characterized by simplicity of application and by physical clearness. In recent years a number of new, essential results have been obtained both on the development of the mathematical apparatus of vibrational mechanics and on the solution of certain applied problems. This book reflects those results through the ingenious presentation of the authors — w

Author: Michael Lang
Publisher: Kluwer Law International
Keywords: series, eucotax, taxation, european, interpretation, tax, treaty
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2001-11-01
List price: $249.00
ISBN-10: 9041198571
ISBN-13: 9789041198570

International tax practice demands a constantly renewed understanding of tax treaty provisions and how they are applied. Practitioners working with Western European taxation must master the further complexity introduced by the interplay between Community law and national law, especially as it affects the administration of tax law in the various countries. Presented as 16 national reports by outstanding authorities from each country, the vital analysis provided in this book is the result of a crucially important conference sponsored by the European Commission and held in Rust, Austria, in J