Contemporary Computational Mathematics - A Celebration of the 80th Birthday of Ian Sloan by Josef Dick, Frances Y. Kuo, Henryk Woźniakowski English | PDF | 2018 | 1329 Pages | ISBN : 331972455X | 22.1 MB This book is a tribute to Professor Ian Hugh Sloan on the occasion of his 80th birthday. It consists of nearly 60 articles written by international leaders in a diverse range of areas in contemporary computational mathematics. These papers highlight the impact and many achievements of Professor Sloan in his distinguished academic career. The book also presents state of the art knowledge in many computational fields such as quasi-Monte Carlo and Monte Carlo methods for multivariate integration, multi-level methods, finite element methods, uncertainty quantification, spherical designs and integration on the sphere, approximation and interpolation of multivariate functions, oscillatory integrals, and in general in information-based complexity and tractability, as well as in a range of other topics.
Geoffrey Hicks, "Conservatism and British Foreign Policy, 1820-1920: The Derbys and their World" English | 2011 | ISBN: 0754669297 | PDF | pages: 247 | 1.3 mb The Derbys of Knowsley Hall have been neglected by historians to an astonishing degree. In domestic political terms, the legacies of Disraeli and his Conservative successors have long obscured their Lancastrian aristocratic predecessors. As far as foreign policy is concerned, twentieth century politics and scholarship have often suggested crude polarities: for example, the idea of 'appeasement' versus Churchillian belligerence has its nineteenth century equivalent in Aberdeen's apparent rivalry with Palmerston. The subtleties of other views, such as those represented by the Derbys, have either been overlooked or misunderstood. In addition, the fact that much crucial archival and editorial work has only been carried out in the last two decades has had a significant impact. Examining a range of topics in domestic and foreign policy, this collection brings a fresh approach to the political history of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries through a series of innovative essays. It will appeal to those with an interest in the decline of the aristocracy, Victorian high politics and the politics of the regions, as well as the Conservative tradition in foreign policy.
Amit Kumar, "Computational Intelligence in Machine Learning: Select Proceedings of ICCIML 2021 " English | ISBN: 9811684839 | 2022 | 542 pages | EPUB | 90 MB The book includes select proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Machine Learning (ICCIML 2021). The book constitutes peer-reviewed papers on machine learning, computational intelligence, the internet of things, and smart city applications emphasizing multi-disciplinary research in artificial intelligence and cyber-physical systems. This book addresses the comprehensive nature of computational intelligence, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning to emphasize its character in modeling, identification, optimization, prediction, forecasting, and control of future intelligent systems. The book will be useful for researchers, research scholars, and students to formulate their research ideas and find future directions in these areas. It will help the readers to solve a diverse range of problems in industries and their real-world applications. María Eugenia Cornejo, "Computational Intelligence and Mathematics for Tackling Complex Problems 2 " English | ISBN: 3030888169 | 2022 | 249 pages | PDF | 5 MB This book collects the final versions of the highest quality papers presented at the conference 11th European Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Mathematics held on October 2-5, 2019, in Toledo (Spain). The conjugation of computational sciences with different mathematical tools is essential in order to solve different challenges that arise in a wide-ranging knowledge areas. Nowadays, many promising research lines are being developed in this direction from the theoretical and applicational perspectives. Communism Unwrapped: Consumption in Cold War Eastern Europe edited by Paulina Bren, Mary Neuburger English | September 6, 2012 | ISBN: 0199827656, 0199827672 | True EPUB | 432 pages | 5.2 MB Communism Unwrapped reveals the complex world of consumption in Cold War Eastern Europe, exploring the ways people shopped, ate, drank, smoked, cooked, acquired, assessed and exchanged goods. These everyday experiences, the editors and contributors argue, were central to the way that communism was lived in its widely varied contexts in the region. Dariusz Jemielniak, "Common Knowledge?: An Ethnography of Wikipedia" English | ISBN: 0804797234 | 2015 | 312 pages | PDF | 3 MB With an emphasis on peer-produced content and collaboration, Wikipedia exemplifies a departure from traditional management and organizational models. This iconic "project" has been variously characterized as a hive mind and an information revolution, attracting millions of new users even as it has been denigrated as anarchic and plagued by misinformation. Have Wikipedia's structure and inner workings promoted its astonishing growth and enduring public relevance? Collaboration in the New Life Sciences By John N. Parker (editor), Niki Vermeulen (editor), Bart Penders (editor) 2010 | 286 Pages | ISBN: 0754678709 | PDF | 9 MB In recent years the organisation and practice of collaboration in the life sciences has undergone radical transformations, owing to the advent of big science enterprises, newly developed data gathering and storage technologies, increasing levels of interdisciplinarity, and changing societal expectations for science. Collaboration in the New Life Sciences examines the causes and consequences of changing patterns of scientific collaboration in the life sciences. This book presents an understanding of how and why collaboration in the life sciences is changing and the effects of these changes on scientific knowledge, the work lives and experiences of scientists, social policy and society. Through a series of thematically arranged chapters, it considers the social, technical, and organizational facets of collaboration, addressing not only the rise of new forms of collaboration in the life sciences, but also examining recent developments in two broad research areas: ecology and environment, and the molecular life sciences. With an international team of experts presenting case studies and analyses drawn from the US, UK, Asia and Europe, Collaboration in the New Life Sciences will appeal not only to scholars and students of science and technology studies, but also to those interested in science and social policy, and the sociology of work and organisations. K. Connors, "Coding for Beginners: Learn Computer Programming the Right Way" English | 2017 | ISBN: 1981927093 | ASIN: B078J1DYC3 | EPUB | pages: 242 | 0.3 mb Coding for Beginners Clinical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: A Comprehensive Atlas, Second Edition by Hoon Jai Chun English | PDF | 2018 | 748 Pages | ISBN : 9811049947 | 214.76 MB The second edition of this very popular atlas is designed to serve as an up-to-date guide to the diagnostic use of gastrointestinal endoscopy that will meet the daily needs of both novice and advanced endoscopists. The atlas presents an abundance of typical and atypical endoscopic images of common and rare diseases of the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and colorectum, accompanied by precise clinical descriptions. Churchill's Great Escapes: Seven Incredible Escapes Made by WWII Heroes By Damien Lewis 2022 | 352 Pages | ISBN: 0806542098 | EPUB | 2 MB No food. No water. Out of ammo. Hunted and on the run. The dreaded certainty of discovery looming between recapture and safe haven. What would you do? Give up? For the seven heroes of Churchill's Great Escapes the answer was simple: keep moving against all odds. These are the extraordinary stories of the bravery and endurance of the men of SAS, legendary pioneers of escape and evasion who, through the darkest of days and nights of World War II, endeavored and succeeded in slipping through the clutches of the enemy. From the earliest years of the war to its explosive closing stages readers are plunged into the dark heart of Mussolini's Fascist Italy, held captive in a heavily fortified POW camp in Greece and in the coastal fortress of Tobruk in Occupied Libya. Whether scaling thetreacherous war-torn Vosges Mountains in France or crossing one hundred and fifty miles of sun-blasted Sahara Desert crawling with General Ernst Rommel's fearsome Afrika Korps, it took cunning, incredible courage and die-hard fearlessness to pull off these exhilarating escapes. Based upon in-the-moment personal diaries and notebooks, mission reports, debriefings and letters, Damien Lewis recounts the most terrifying and adrenaline-fueled days and nights in the lives of men for whom survival was the only option. We follow every desperate step, facing unknowable threats and death around every corner, and share in the breathtaking endurance that brought them freedom against the most formidable of threats: the seemingly invincible Nazi war machine.An authentically gripping roller-coaster ride, Churchill's Great Escapes extols the uncommon bravery of these heroes who epitomize the esprit de corps and daring of Britain's finest elite fighting forces. It is true-life white-knuckle adventure of the highest caliber. |