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Elements and Relations: Aspects of a Scientific Metaphysics (IFSR International Series in Systems Science and Systems Engineering #35)

This book develops the core proposition that systems theory is an attempt to construct an “exact and scientific metaphysics,” a system of general ideas central to science that can be expressed mathematically. Collectively, these ideas would constitute a nonreductionist “theory of everything” unlike what is being sought in physics. Inherently transdisciplinary, systems theory offers ideas and methods that are relevant to all of the sciences and also to professional fields such as systems engineering, public policy, business, and social work. To demonstrate the generality and importance of the systems project, the book structures its content in three parts: Essay, Notes, and Commentary. The Essay section is a short distillation of systems ideas that illuminate the problems that many types of systems face. Commentary explains systems thinking, its value, and its relation to mainstream scientific knowledge. It shows how systems ideas revise our understanding of science and how they impact our views on religion, politics, and history. Finally, Notes contains all the mathematics in the book, as well as scientific, philosophical, and poetic content that is accessible to readers without a strong mathematical background. Elements and Relations is intended for researchers and students in the systems (complexity) field as well as related fields of social science modeling, systems biology and ecology, and cognitive science. It can be used as a textbook in systems courses at the undergraduate or graduate level and for STEM education. As much of the book does not require a background in mathematics, it is also suitable for general readers in the natural and social sciences as well as in the humanities, especially philosophy.

Semialgebraic Statistics and Latent Tree Models

Semialgebraic Statistics and Latent Tree Models explains how to analyze statistical models with hidden (latent) variables. It takes a systematic, geometric approach to studying the semialgebraic structure of latent tree models.The first part of the book gives a general introduction to key concepts in algebraic statistics, focusing on methods that a

CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulas (Advances in Applied Mathematics)

Containing more than 6,000 entries, CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulas, 33rd Edition continues to provide essential formulas, tables, figures and detailed descriptions. The newest edition of this popular series also features many diagrams, group tables, and integrals that are not available online. This edition also incorporates important topics such as max plus algebra, financial options, pseudospectra, and proof methods. Newly updated topics reflecting new results include couple analogues, radar, and significant equations of mathematics. New features of the 33rd edition include: Larger trim size, five new topics, and topics which have been modified to update results Provides practical, ready-to-use information and covers important topics that are unfamiliar to many readers, such as visual proofs and sequences Includes hard-to-find and more complete information than found in the Internet such as table of conformal mappings and integral tables Adds descriptions of new functions: Lambert, prolate spheroidal, and Weierstrass Even though the book has been updated it retains the same successful format of previous editions in that material is still presented in a multi-sectional format.

Quantile Regression in Clinical Research: Complete analysis for data at a loss of homogeneity

Quantile regression is an approach to data at a loss of homogeneity, for example (1) data with outliers, (2) skewed data like corona - deaths data, (3) data with inconstant variability, (4) big data. In clinical research many examples can be given like circadian phenomena, and diseases where spreading may be dependent on subsets with frailty, low weight, low hygiene, and many forms of lack of healthiness. Stratified analyses is the laborious and rather explorative way of analysis, but quantile analysis is a more fruitful, faster and completer alternative for the purpose. Considering all of this, we are on the verge of a revolution in data analysis. The current edition is the first textbook and tutorial of quantile regressions for medical and healthcare students as well as recollection/update bench, and help desk for professionals. Each chapter can be studied as a standalone and covers one of the many fields in the fast growing world of quantile regressions. Step by step analyses of over 20 data files stored at extras.springer.com are included for self-assessment. We should add that the authors are well qualified in their field. Professor Zwinderman is past-president of the International Society of Biostatistics (2012-2015) and Professor Cleophas is past-president of the American College of Angiology(2000-2002). From their expertise they should be able to make adequate selections of modern quantile regression methods for the benefit of physicians, students, and investigators.

Integrales Singulieres (Lecture Notes in Mathematics #204)

Contributions to Fourier Analysis. (AM-25) (PDF)

The description for this book, Contributions to Fourier Analysis. (AM-25), will be forthcoming.

IT Crisisology Models: Object-Based Optimization for Sustainable Development (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies #381)

The book focuses on modeling real-world crisis management in digital product development. This includes models and methods for forecasting, responding, and agile engineering/managing for sustainable product development. This book suggests an approach that contains principles, formal models, and semi-formal practice-oriented methods, patterns and techniques to efficiently manage these crises and provide sustainable development. The book also introduces a set of principles, models, and methods for sustainable management as a blend, the components of which have been carefully selected from a few domains adjacent to digital production such as IT-intensive operation, human resource management, and knowledge engineering, to name a few. The key ingredients of this crisis management framework include smart data modeling, trade-off optimizing, agile product controlling, and knowledge transferring.

Principles of Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery: Third European Conference, PKDD'99 Prague, Czech Republic, September 15-18, 1999 Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #1704)

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third European Conference on Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases, PKDD'99, held in Prague, Czech Republic in September 1999.The 28 revised full papers and 48 poster presentations were carefully reviewed and selected from 106 full papers submitted. The papers are organized in topical sections on time series, applications, taxonomies and partitions, logic methods, distributed and multirelational databases, text mining and feature selection, rules and induction, and interesting and unusual issues.

40 Years of Research on Rent Seeking 1: Theory of Rent Seeking

The last survey of the rent-seeking literature took place more than a decade ago. Since that time a great deal of new research has been published in a wide variety of journals, covering a wide variety of topics. The scope of that research is such that very few researchers will be familiar with more than a small part of contemporary research, and very few libraries will be able to provide access to the full breadth of that research. This two-volume collection provides an extensive overview of 40 years of rent-seeking research. The volumes include the foundational papers, many of which have not been in print for two decades. They include recent game-theoretic analyses of rent-seeking contests and also appHcations of the rent-seeking concepts and methodology to economic regulation, international trade policy, economic history, poUtical com­ petition, and other social phenomena. The new collection is more than twice as large as any previous collection and both updates and extends the earlier surveys. Volume I contains previously published research on the theory of rent-seeking contests, which is an important strand of contemporary game theory. Volume II contains previously pubHshed research that uses the theory of rent-seeking to an­ alyze a broad range of public policy and social science topics. The editors spent more than a year assembling possible papers and, although the selections fill two large volumes, many more papers could have been included.

40 Years of Research on Rent Seeking 2: Applications: Rent Seeking in Practice

The last survey of the rent-seeking literature took place more than a decade ago. Since that time a great deal of new research has been published in a wide variety of journals, covering a wide variety of topics. The scope of that research is such that very few researchers will be familiar with more than a small part of contemporary research, and very few libraries will be able to provide access to the full breadth of that research. This two-volume collection provides an extensive overview of 40 years of rent-seeking research. The volumes include the foundational papers, many of which have not been in print for two decades. They include recent game-theoretic analyses of rent-seeking contests and also appUcations of the rent-seeking concepts and methodology to economic regulation, international trade policy, economic history, poUtical com­ petition, and other social phenomena. The new collection is more than twice as large as any previous collection and both updates and extends the earUer surveys. Volume I contains previously pubhshed research on the theory of rent-seeking contests, which is an important strand of contemporary game theory. Volume II contains previously published research that uses the theory of rent-seeking to an­ alyze a broad range of public policy and social science topics. The editors spent more than a year assembling possible papers and, although the selections fill two large volumes, many more papers could have been included.

50 Jahre Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik: Die schönsten Aufgaben

Dieses Buch wird alle Liebhaber der Mathematik (und die es werden wollen) durch eine Fülle von reizvollen und unterhaltsamen Problemstellungen aus Algebra, Geometrie, Kombinatorik und Zahlentheorie begeistern. Vierzig ausgewählte Aufgaben aus 50 Jahren Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik werden mit ausführlichen Lösungen, Einblicken in das mathematische Umfeld und inhaltlichen Variationen reich illustriert präsentiert. Von der Mathematik geht für viele seit jeher eine besondere Faszination aus. Wer tiefer in sie eindringt, entdeckt ihre Schönheit, ihre Eleganz und ihre unendliche Vielfalt und stößt immer wieder auf überraschende Resultate. Hiermit bereits bei Schülerinnen und Schülern Interesse zu wecken, ist eines der Anliegen des Bundeswettbewerbs Mathematik. Mit seinen außergewöhnlichen Aufgaben regt er seit nunmehr einem halben Jahrhundert Jugendliche an, sich intensiv mit elementarer Mathematik auf höherem Niveau zu beschäftigen und Erfahrungen im Problemlösen zu sammeln.Anhand von ausgewählten und besonders ansprechenden Problemstellungen dokumentiert dieses Buch deren Reiz und beleuchtet ihren jeweiligen mathematischen Hintergrund. Darüber hinaus sind alle Aufgaben, die seit dem ersten Lauf des Bundeswettbewerbs Mathematik im Schuljahr 1970/71 gestellt worden sind, vollständig enthalten.

77-mal Mathematik für zwischendurch: Unterhaltsame Kuriositäten und unorthodoxe Anwendungen

Dieses Buch bietet bunt gemischte Beiträge aus Algebra und Logik, Analysis, Geometrie, Zahlentheorie, Stochastik und vielem mehr. Die Artikel sind voneinander unabhängig und können in beliebiger Reihenfolge gelesen werden. Das Buch wendet sich an alle, die sich gerne von unterhaltsamen Kuriositäten und oft unorthodoxen Anwendungen der Mathematik überraschen lassen wollen, insbesondere auch an interessierte SchülerInnen und LehrerInnen. Die einzelnen Beiträge sind sogenannte ,,Mathe-Briefe'', die zwischen 2010 und 2020 von mehr als einem Dutzend österreichischer MathematikerInnen verfasst wurden. Die einzelnen Briefe umfassen meist wenige Seiten und entstanden auf Initiative und unter Betreuung von em. Prof. Gilbert Helmberg (Universität Innsbruck, 1928–2019); sie wurden auf der Webseite der Österreichischen Mathematischen Gesellschaft (ÖMG) veröffentlicht. Der Herausgeber: Georg Glaeser hat die Briefe in Buchform zusammengefasst und als Editor fungiert. Er ist Professor für Geometrie an der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien und selbst Autor und Koautor einer Reihe von Büchern über Mathematik, Geometrie, Fotografie und Evolutionsbiologie.

A.P. Morse’s Set Theory and Analysis

This volume explores A.P. Morse’s (1911-1984) development of a formal language for writing mathematics, his application of that language in set theory and mathematical analysis, and his unique perspective on mathematics. The editor brings together a variety of Morse’s works in this compilation, including Morse's book A Theory of Sets, Second Edition (1986), in addition to material from another of Morse’s publications, Web Derivatives, and notes for a course on analysis from the early 1950's. Because Morse provided very little in the way of explanation in his written works, the editor’s commentary serves to outline Morse’s goals, give informal explanations of Morse’s formal language, and compare Morse’s often unique approaches to more traditional approaches. Minor corrections to Morse’s previously published works have also been incorporated into the text, including some updated axioms, theorems, and definitions. The editor’s introduction thoroughly details the corrections and changes made and provides readers with valuable insight on Morse’s methods.A.P. Morse’s Set Theory and Analysis will appeal to graduate students and researchers interested in set theory and analysis who also have an interest in logic. Readers with a particular interest in Morse’s unique perspective and in the history of mathematics will also find this book to be of interest.

The Abel Prize 2018-2022 (The Abel Prize)

The book presents the winners of the Abel Prize in mathematics for the period 2018–2022: - Robert P. Langlands (2018) - Karen K. Uhlenbeck (2019) - Hillel Furstenberg and Gregory Margulis (2020) - Lászlo Lóvász and Avi Wigderson (2021) - Dennis P. Sullivan (2022) The profiles feature autobiographical information as well as a scholarly description of each mathematician’s work. In addition, each profile contains a Curriculum Vitae, a complete bibliography, and the full citation from the prize committee. The book also includes photos from the period 2018–2022 showing many of the additional activities connected with the Abel Prize. This book follows on The Abel Prize: 2003–2007. The First Five Years (Springer, 2010) and The Abel Prize 2008–2012 (Springer, 2014) as well as on The Abel Prize 2013–2017 (Springer, 2019), which profile the previous Abel Prize laureates.

Act-Based Conceptions of Propositional Content: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives

The notion of a propositional content plays a central role in contemporary philosophy of language. Propositional content makes up both the meaning of sentences and the content of propositional attitudes such as belief. One particular view about propositional content has been dominant in analytic philosophy, namely the Fregean conception of propositions as abstract mind-independent objects that come with truth conditions. But propositions in this sense raise a range of issues, which have become a center of debate in current philosophy of language. In particular, how should propositions as abstract objects be understood and how can they represent things and be true or false? A number of philosophers in contemporary analytic philosophy as well as in early analytic philosophy and phenomenology have approached the notion of a propositional content in a different way, not by starting out with an abstract truth berarer, but by focusing on cognitive acts of agents, such as acts of judging. It is in terms of such acts that the notion of a propositional content, on their view, should be understood. The act-based perspective historically goes back to the work of Central European philosophers, in particular that of Husserl, Twardowski, Meinong, and Reinach. However, their work has been unduly neglected and is in fact largely inaccessible to contemporary analytic philosophers. The volume presents a central selection of work of these philosophers that bear on an act-based conception of philosophical content, some of which in new translations (one paper by Reinach), some of which published in English for the very first time (two papers by Twardowski). In addition, the volume presents new work by leading contemporary philosophers of language pursuing or discussing an act-based conception of propositional content. Moreover, the book contains a crosslinguistic study of nominalizations for actions and products, a distinction that plays a central role in the philosophy of language of Twardowski.

Active Matter and Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics: Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School: Volume 112, September 2018 (Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School #112)

From molecular motors to bacteria, from crawling cells to large animals, active entities are found at all scales in the biological world. Active matter encompasses systems whose individual constituents irreversibly dissipate energy to exert self-propelling forces on their environment. Over the past twenty years, scientists have managed to engineer synthetic active particles in the lab, paving the way towards smart active materials. This book gathers a pedagogical set of lecture notes that cover topics in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics and active matter. These lecture notes stem from the first summer school on Active Matter delivered at the Les Houches school of Physics. The lectures covered four main research directions: collective behaviours in active-matter systems, passive and active colloidal systems, biophysics and active matter, and nonequilibrium statistical physics—from passive to active.

Advance Numerical Techniques to Solve Linear and Nonlinear Differential Equations (River Publishers Series in Mathematical, Statistical and Computational Modelling for Engineering)

Real-world issues can be translated into the language and concepts of mathematics with the use of mathematical models. Models guided by differential equations with intuitive solutions can be used throughout engineering and the sciences. Almost any changing system may be described by a set of differential equations. They may be found just about anywhere you look in fields including physics, engineering, economics, sociology, biology, business, healthcare, etc. The nature of these equations has been investigated by several mathematicians over the course of hundreds of years and, consequently, numerous effective methods for solving them have been created. It is often impractical to find a purely analytical solution to a system described by a differential equation because either the system itself is too complex or the system being described is too vast. Numerical approaches and computer simulations are especially helpful in such systems. The content provided in this book involves real-world examples, explores research challenges in numerical treatment, and demonstrates how to create new numerical methods for resolving problems. Theories and practical applications in the sciences and engineering are also discussed. Students of engineering and applied mathematics, as well as researchers and engineers who use computers to solve problems numerically or oversee those who do, will find this book focusing on advance numerical techniques to solve linear and nonlinear differential equations useful.

Advanced Applications of Computational Mathematics

This book “Advanced Applications of Computational Mathematics” covers multidisciplinary studies containing advanced research in the field of computational and applied mathematics. The book includes research methodology, techniques, applications, and algorithms. The book will be very useful to advanced students, researchers and practitioners who are involved in the areas of computational and applied mathematics and engineering.

Advanced Mathematical Analysis and its Applications

Advanced Mathematical Analysis and its Applications presents state-of-the-art developments in mathematical analysis through new and original contributions and surveys, with a particular emphasis on applications in engineering and mathematical sciences. New research directions are indicated in each of the chapters, and while this book is meant primarily for graduate students, there is content that will be equally useful and stimulating for faculty and researchers. The readers of this book will require minimum knowledge of real, complex, and functional analysis, and topology. Features Suitable as a reference for graduate students, researchers, and faculty Contains the most up-to-date developments at the time of writing.

Advanced Mathematical Techniques in Science and Engineering

In recent years, mathematical techniques applied to novel disciplines within the science and engineering have experienced extraordinary growth. Advanced Mathematical Techniques in Science and Engineering focusses on a detailed range of mathematics applied within various fields of science and engineering for different tasks. Topics of focus include:- Analysis of Consensus-Building Time in Social Groups- Modeling of intersystem accidents in critical infrastructure systems- Stochastic approaches to analysis and modeling of multi-sources and big data- Performance evaluation of computational DoS attack on access point in Wireless LANs- Ranking methods for decision-making under uncertainty- Understanding time delay based Modeling & Diffusion of technological products- Role of soft computing in science and engineering- Complex system reliability analysis and optimization- Tree growth models in forest ecosystems modellingThis research book can be used as a reference for students in a final year undergraduate engineering course, such as mechanical, mechatronics, industrial, computer science, information technology, etc. Furthermore, the book can serve as a valuable reference for academics, engineers and researchers in these and related subject areas.

Advances in Applied Mathematical Analysis and Applications

In recent years, applied mathematics has been used in all novel disciplines of scientific development. Advances in Applied Mathematical Problems summarizes interdisciplinary work within the field of applied mathematics.The topics discussed in the book include:• Similarity Solutions of Spherical Shock Waves in a Self-Gravitating Ideal Gas• Dual Solutions for Finite Element Analysis of Unsteady Hydromagnetic Stagnation Point Flow of Water Nanofluid Generated by Stretching Sheet• Multiparametric modeling of carbon cycle in temperate wetlands for regional climate change analysis using satellite data• An Intelligent Neuro Fuzzy System for Pattern Classification• Fuzzy inventory model with demand, deterioration and inflation: a comparative study through NGTFN and CNTFN• Summability and its application for the stability of the system• Design Of Manufacturing, Control, And Automation Systems• SEIR - Application for Crop through Water and Soil Texture• Advances in radial basis functions• Modeling For Time Period Of Natural Frequency For Non-Homogeneous Square Plate With Variable Thickness And Temperature Effect• A Study On Metric Fixed Point Theorems Satisfying Integral Type Contractions • Objective Function – In Radiometric Studies –Application to Agrs Surveys Associated With Radon• Modelling Kernel Function in Black body Radiation Inversion

Advances in Commutative Ring Theory

"Presents the proceedings of the recently held Third International Conference on Commutative Ring Theory in Fez, Morocco. Details the latest developments in commutative algebra and related areas-featuring 26 original research articles and six survey articles on fundamental topics of current interest. Examines wide-ranging developments in commutative algebra, together with connections to algebraic number theory and algebraic geometry."

Advances in Digital Forensics XVII: 17th IFIP WG 11.9 International Conference, Virtual Event, February 1–2, 2021, Revised Selected Papers (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology #612)

Digital forensics deals with the acquisition, preservation, examination, analysis and presentation of electronic evidence. Computer networks, cloud computing, smartphones, embedded devices and the Internet of Things have expanded the role of digital forensics beyond traditional computer crime investigations. Practically every crime now involves some aspect of digital evidence; digital forensics provides the techniques and tools to articulate this evidence in legal proceedings. Digital forensics also has myriad intelligence applications; furthermore, it has a vital role in cyber security -- investigations of security breaches yield valuable information that can be used to design more secure and resilient systems.Advances in Digital Forensics XVII describes original research results and innovative applications in the discipline of digital forensics. In addition, it highlights some of the major technical and legal issues related to digital evidence and electronic crime investigations. The areas of coverage include: themes and issues, forensic techniques, filesystem forensics, cloud forensics, social media forensics, multimedia forensics, and novel applications. This book is the seventeenth volume in the annual series produced by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group 11.9 on Digital Forensics, an international community of scientists, engineers and practitioners dedicated to advancing the state of the art of research and practice in digital forensics. The book contains a selection of thirteen edited papers from the Seventeenth Annual IFIP WG 11.9 International Conference on Digital Forensics, held virtually in the winter of 2021. Advances in Digital Forensics XVII is an important resource for researchers, faculty members and graduate students, as well as for practitioners and individuals engaged in research and development efforts for the law enforcement and intelligence communities.

Advances in Info-Metrics: Information and Information Processing across Disciplines

Info-metrics is a framework for modeling, reasoning, and drawing inferences under conditions of noisy and insufficient information. It is an interdisciplinary framework situated at the intersection of information theory, statistical inference, and decision-making under uncertainty. In Advances in Info-Metrics, Min Chen, J. Michael Dunn, Amos Golan, and Aman Ullah bring together a group of thirty experts to expand the study of info-metrics across the sciences and demonstrate how to solve problems using this interdisciplinary framework. Building on the theoretical underpinnings of info-metrics, the volume sheds new light on statistical inference, information, and general problem solving. The book explores the basis of information-theoretic inference and its mathematical and philosophical foundations. It emphasizes the interrelationship between information and inference and includes explanations of model building, theory creation, estimation, prediction, and decision making. Each of the nineteen chapters provides the necessary tools for using the info-metrics framework to solve a problem. The collection covers recent developments in the field, as well as many new cross-disciplinary case studies and examples. Designed to be accessible for researchers, graduate students, and practitioners across disciplines, this book provides a clear, hands-on experience for readers interested in solving problems when presented with incomplete and imperfect information.

Advances in Tourism, Technology and Smart Systems: Proceedings of ICOTTS 2019 (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies #171)

This book features a collection of high-quality research papers presented at the International Conference on Tourism, Technology & Systems (ICOTTS 2019), held at the Universidad Abierta Interamericana, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 5th to 7th December 2019. It covers the areas technology in tourism and the tourist experience, generations and technology in tourism, digital marketing applied to tourism and travel, mobile technologies applied to sustainable tourism, information technologies in tourism, digital transformation of tourism business, e-tourism and tourism 2.0, big data and management for travel and tourism, geotagging and tourist mobility, smart destinations, robotics in tourism, and information systems and technologies.