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Traditions of Systems Theory
Major Figures and Contemporary Developments
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
The term ‘systems theory’ is used to characterize a set of disparate yet related approaches to fields as varied as information theory, cybernetics, biology, sociology, history, literature, and philosophy. What unites each of these traditions of systems theory is a shared focus on general features...
Fairy Tales, Myth, and Psychoanalytic Theory
Feminism and Retelling the Tale
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
At the same time that 1970s feminist psychoanalytic theorists like Jean Baker Miller and Nancy Chodorow were challenging earlier models that assumed the masculine psyche as the norm for human development and mental/emotional health, writers such as Anne Sexton, Olga Broumass, and Angela Carter were...
Knots and Primes
An Introduction to Arithmetic Topology
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
This is a foundation for arithmetic topology - a new branch of mathematics which is focused upon the analogy between knot theory and number theory. Starting with an informative introduction to its origins, namely Gauss, this text provides a background on knots, three manifolds and number fields....
Mathematical Control Theory II
Behavioral Systems and Robust Control
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2015
This treatment of modern topics related to mathematical systems theory forms the proceedings of a workshop, Mathematical Systems Theory: From Behaviors to Nonlinear Control, held at the University of Groningen in July 2015. The workshop celebrated the work of Professors Arjan van der Schaft and Harry...
by Zhong-Ping Jiang, Yu Jiang
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
A comprehensive look at state-of-the-art ADP theory and real-world applications
This book fills a gap in the literature by providing a theoretical framework for integrating techniques from adaptive dynamic programming (ADP) and modern nonlinear control to address data-driven optimal control...
Mumford-Tate Groups and Domains
Their Geometry and Arithmetic (AM-183)
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2012
Mumford-Tate groups are the fundamental symmetry groups of Hodge theory, a subject which rests at the center of contemporary complex algebraic geometry. This book is the first comprehensive exploration of Mumford-Tate groups and domains. Containing basic theory and a wealth of new views and results,...
Crystal Bases
Representations and Combinatorics
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017
This unique book provides the first introduction to crystal base theory from the combinatorial point of view. Crystal base theory was developed by Kashiwara and Lusztig from the perspective of quantum groups. Its power comes from the fact that it addresses many questions in representation theory and...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
The ability to understand and predict behavior in strategic situations, in which an individual’s success in making choices depends on the choices of others, has been the domain of game theory since the 1950s. Developing the theories at the heart of game theory has resulted in 8 Nobel Prizes and...
Sraffa and the Reconstruction of Economic Theory: Volume Two
Aggregate Demand, Policy Analysis and Growth
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
Written on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the publication of Piero Sraffa's Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities, the papers selected and contained in Sraffa and the Reconstruction of Economic Theory account for the work completed around the two central aspects of his contribution...
by Alexander Leonidovich Kuzemsky
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2017
The book is devoted to the study of the correlation effects in many-particle systems. It presents the advanced methods of quantum statistical mechanics (equilibrium and nonequilibrium), and shows their effectiveness and operational ability in applications to problems of quantum solid-state theory,...
Equilibrium Theory for Cournot Oligopolies and Related Games
Essays in Honour of Koji Okuguchi
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
This state-of-the-art collection of papers on the theory of Cournotian competition focuses on two main subjects: oligopolistic Cournot competition and contests. The contributors present various applications of the Cournotian Equilibrium Theory, addressing topics such as equilibrium existence and...
by Andrey Garnaev
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This book is on applications of game theory. The title of this book is not "Game Theory and its Applications" because it does not construct a general theory for considered games. The book contains a lot of examples of applica tion of game theory together with the background of those games...
THE COLLECTED WORKS OF THORSTEIN VEBLEN: Business Theories, Economic Articles & Essays
The Theory of the Leisure Class, The Theory of Business Enterprise, The Higher Learning In America, Panem et Circenses, The Vested Interests and the Common Man, The Use of Loan Credit in Business…
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
This unique edition of "THE COLLECTED WORKS OF THORSTEIN VEBLEN: Business Theories, Economic Articles & Essays" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Contents: The Theory of the Leisure Class The Theory of Business Enterprise...
by John Sweller, Paul Ayres, Slava Kalyuga
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2011
Over the last 25 years, cognitive load theory has become one of the world’s leading theories of instructional design. It is heavily researched by many educational and psychological researchers and is familiar to most practicing instructional designers, especially designers using computer and related...