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Learning Automata and Stochastic Optimization (Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences)

Authors:Alexander S. Poznyak, K. Najim,
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Telos
Keywords: control, information, sciences, notes, lecture, automata, stochastic, optimization, learning
Number of Pages: 204
Published: 1997-01-15
List price: $64.95
ISBN-10: 3540761543
ISBN-13: 9783540761549

In the last decade there has been a steadily growing need for and interest in computational methods for solving stochastic optimization problems with or wihout constraints. Optimization techniques have been gaining greater acceptance in many industrial applications, and learning systems have made a significant impact on engineering problems in many areas, including modelling, control, optimization, pattern recognition, signal processing and diagnosis. Learning automata have an advantage over other methods in being applicable across a wide range of functions. Featuring new and efficient learnin

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Dynamics of Multiphase Flows Across Interfaces (Lecture Notes in Physics)

Author: Annie Steinchen
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Telos
Keywords: lecture, notes, physics, interfaces, across, multiphase, flows, dynamics
Number of Pages: 267
Published: 1996-05
List price: $87.95
ISBN-10: 3540608486
ISBN-13: 9783540608486

Written for researchers and advanced students the book exhibits a combination of various methods and tools required to describe the complexity of the chemical and physical behaviour of fluid surfaces. The common denominator for all the contributions presented here is the simultaneous use of concepts from surface chemistry and physics and from hydrodynamics where external force fields can be introduced. Theoretical and experimental work is equally represented. Most of the basic problems in the area of nonequilibrium multiphase systems have not yet received extensive treatment. This volume shoul

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Name Reactions: A Collection of Detailed Reaction Mechanisms

Author: Jie Jack Li
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Telos
Keywords: reaction, mechanisms, detailed, collection, reactions, name
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2002-04
List price: $79.95
ISBN-10: 3540430245
ISBN-13: 9783540430247

Different from other books on name reactions in organic chemistry, Name Reactions, A Collection of Detailed Reaction Mechanisms focuses on their mechanisms. It covers over 300 classical as well as contemporary name reactions. Each reaction is delineated by its detailed step-by-step, electron-pushing mechanism, supplemented with the original and the latest references, especially review articles. Thus, it is not only an indispensable resource for senior undergraduate and graduate students for their learning and exams, but also a good reference book for all chemists interested in name reactions.

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Fractal Modelling: Growth and Form in Biology

Author: Jaap A. Kaandorp
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Telos
Keywords: biology, form, growth, modelling, fractal
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 1994-08
List price: $79.95
ISBN-10: 0387566856
ISBN-13: 9780387566856

New developments in computer science, biology, mathematics and physics offer possibilities to obtain deeper understanding of growth and forms of organisms. It is now possible to carry out simulation experiments in which the growth process can be simulated in virtual computer objects. In this book, methods from fractal geometry are applied to model growth forms. As a case study, a type of growth process is used which can be found among various taxonomic classes of organisms such as sponges and corals. The growth of these organisms is simulated with 2D and 3D geometrical objects. The models pres