Computer Science category: 2288 books
by Åke Björck
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
Matrix algorithms are at the core of scientific computing and are indispensable tools in most applications in engineering. This book offers a comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of modern methods in matrix computation. It uses a unified approach to direct and iterative methods for linear systems,...
Twin-Win Research
Breakthrough Theories and Validated Solutions for Societal Benefit, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2018
The thrill of discovery and the excitement of innovation mean that research is often immensely satisfying. But beyond the personal satisfaction, the goal of research is to improve the lives of people everywhere by driving revolutionary advances in healthcare, education, business, and government. This...
Critical Infrastructures, Key Resources, Key Assets
Risk, Vulnerability, Resilience, Fragility, and Perception Governance
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2017
In the face of increasing failures, comments attributed to Albert Einstein loom large: “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” There is a pervasive feeling that any attempt to make sense of the current terrain of complex systems must involve thinking...
by Howard Anderson, Sharon Yull, Bruce Hellingsworth
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2004
Higher National Computing 2e is a new edition of this extremely successful course book, updated specifically to cover the compulsory core units of the 2003 BTEC Higher National Computing schemes. Full coverage is given of the four core units for HNC, the two additional core units required at HND,...
Fire Flow Water Consumption in Sprinklered and Unsprinklered Buildings
An Assessment of Community Impacts
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Fire Flow Water Consumption in Sprinklered and Unsprinklered Buildings offers a detailed analysis for calculating the fire water demand required in buildings with existing and non-existant sprinkler systems. The installation of automatic sprinkler systems can significantly reduce the amount of water...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2016
This is the third book in a series on Computational Methods in Earthquake Engineering. The purpose of this volume is to bring together the scientific communities of Computational Mechanics and Structural Dynamics, offering a wide coverage of timely issues on contemporary Earthquake Engineering.
This...
Iterative Identification and Control
Advances in Theory and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
An exposition of the interplay between the modelling of dynamic systems and the design of feedback controllers based on these models. The authors of individual chapters are some of the most renowned and authoritative figures in the fields of system identification and control design.
Algorithmic Learning Theory
27th International Conference, ALT 2016, Bari, Italy, October 19-21, 2016, Proceedings
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Algorithmic Learning Theory, ALT 2016, held in Bari, Italy, in October 2016, co-located with the 19th International Conference on Discovery Science, DS 2016. The 24 regular papers presented in this volume were carefully...
Why
A Guide to Finding and Using Causes
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2015
Can drinking coffee help people live longer? What makes a stock’s price go up? Why did you get the flu? Causal questions like these arise on a regular basis, but most people likely have not thought deeply about how to answer them.
This book helps you think about causality in a structured...
by Zhuo-Jia Fu, C.S. Chen, Wen Chen
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2013
This book surveys the latest advances in radial basis function (RBF) meshless collocation methods which emphasis on recent novel kernel RBFs and new numerical schemes for solving partial differential equations. The RBF collocation methods are inherently free of integration and mesh, and avoid tedious...
Numerical Algebra, Matrix Theory, Differential-Algebraic Equations and Control Theory
Festschrift in Honor of Volker Mehrmann
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2015
This edited volume highlights the scientific contributions of Volker Mehrmann, a leading expert in the area of numerical (linear) algebra, matrix theory, differential-algebraic equations and control theory. These mathematical research areas are strongly related and often occur in the same real-world...
by Jay R. Sklar
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2018
Detailed descriptions of detection, direction-finding, and signal-estimation methods, using consistent formalisms and notation, emphasizing HF antenna array sensing applications.
Adaptive antenna array technology encompasses many powerful interference suppression approaches that exploit spatial...
IT-Controlling
Praxiswissen für IT-Controller und Chief-Information-Officer
Language: German
Release Date: October 26, 2012
Viele Unternehmen planen dem zunehmenden Kosten- und Leistungsdruck in der IT etwas entgegenzusetzen. Das IT-Controlling-Konzept liefert hierzu die passenden Methoden. Das Buch erklärt in kompakter Form, welche strategischen und operativen Instrumente für den IT-Controller entwickelt wurden und...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2014
This book presents a comprehensive set of guidelines and applications of DIgSILENT PowerFactory, an advanced power system simulation software package, for different types of power systems studies. Written by specialists in the field, it combines expertise and years of experience in the use of DIgSILENT...