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Hahalis and the Labour of Love: A Social Movement on Buka Island

This book studies the Hahalis Welfare Society, a Bougainville movement which worked for many years to maintain and reform traditional practices and to retain a degree of autonomy in a world of rapid political change and economic dependency. The first extended ethnography of Buka published in nearly sixty years, this book will be of particular interest to Melanesian specialists.

Hahalis and the Labour of Love: A Social Movement on Buka Island (Explorations In Anthropology Ser.)

This book studies the Hahalis Welfare Society, a Bougainville movement which worked for many years to maintain and reform traditional practices and to retain a degree of autonomy in a world of rapid political change and economic dependency. The first extended ethnography of Buka published in nearly sixty years, this book will be of particular interest to Melanesian specialists.

Handbook of Quantitative Forest Genetics (Forestry Sciences #39)

This handbook was designed as a reference tool for forest geneticists, tree breeders and other tree improvement personnel, as well as a textbook for university courses and short-courses at the graduate level in quantitative genetics. The chapters focus on the decision points faced by quantitative geneticists and breeders in designing programs and analyzing data. Beginning with a justification for the use of quantitative genetics in decision making in tree improvement programs, the book continues with a brief presentation of fundamental principles, followed by discussions and evaluations of mating designs and field test designs, the use of best linear predictors to estimate breeding values, the use of computer programs in the analysis of variance for genetic information, the deployment of genetically improved stock for capturing gains, the use of economic models for program justification, and the development of seed transfer guidelines.

Harmonic Analysis and Discrete Potential Theory

Harmonic Function Theory (Graduate Texts in Mathematics #137)

Harmonic functions - the solutions of Laplace's equation - play a crucial role in many areas of mathematics, physics, and engineering. Avoiding the disorganization and inconsistent notation of other expositions, the authors approach the field from a more function-theoretic perspective, emphasizing techniques and results that will seem natural to mathematicians comfortable with complex function theory and harmonic analysis; prerequisites for the book are a solid foundation in real and complex analysis together with some basic results from functional analysis. Topics covered include: basic properties of harmonic functions defined on subsets of Rn, including Poisson integrals; properties bounded functions and positive functions, including Liouville's and Cauchy's theorems; the Kelvin transform; Spherical harmonics; hp theory on the unit ball and on half-spaces; harmonic Bergman spaces; the decomposition theorem; Laurent expansions and classification of isolated singularities; and boundary behavior. An appendix describes routines for use with MATHEMATICA to manipulate some of the expressions that arise in the study of harmonic functions.

Henri Theil’s Contributions to Economics and Econometrics: Econometric Theory and Methodology (Advanced Studies in Theoretical and Applied Econometrics #23)

PREFACE TO THE COLLECTION PREAMBLE The editors are pleased to present a selection of Henri Theil's contributions to economics and econometrics in three volumes. In Volume I we have provided an overview of Theil's contributions, a brief biography, an annotated bibliography of his research, and a selection of published and unpublished articles and chapters in books dealing with topics in econometrics. Volume IT contains Theil's contributions to demand analysis and information theory. Volume ITI includes Theil's contributions in economic policy and forecasting, and management science. The selection of articles is intended to provide examples of Theil's many seminal and pathbreaking contributions to economics in such areas as econometrics, statistics, demand analysis, information theory, economic policy analysis, aggregation theory, forecasting, index numbers, management science, sociology, operations research, higher education and much more. The collection is also intended to serve as a tribute to him on the occasion of his 67th birthday.! These three volumes also highlight some of Theil's contributions and service to the profession as a leader, advisor, administrator, teacher, and researcher. Theil's contributions, which encompass many disciplines, have been extensively cited both in scientific and professional journals. These citations often place Theil among the top 10 researchers (ranked according to number of times cited) in the world in various disciplines.

Henri Theil’s Contributions to Economics and Econometrics: Volume II: Consumer Demand Analysis and Information Theory (Advanced Studies in Theoretical and Applied Econometrics #25)

PREFACE TO THE COLLECTION PREAMBLE The editors are pleased to present a selection of Henri Theil's contributions to economics and econometrics in three volumes. In Volume I we have provided an overview of Theil's contributions, a brief biography, an annotated bibliography of his research, and a selection of published and unpublished articles and chapters in books dealing with topics in econometrics. Volume II contains Theil's contributions to demand analysis and information theory. Volume III includes Theil's contributions in economic policy and forecasting, and management science. The selection of articles is intended to provide examples of Theil's many seminal and pathbreaking contributions to economics in such areas as econometrics, statistics, demand analysis, information theory, economic policy analysis, aggregation theory, forecasting, index numbers, management science, sociology, operations research, higher education and much more. The collection is also intended to serve as a tribute to him on the occasion of his 68th birthday: These three volumes also highlight some of Theil's contributions and service to the profession as a leader, advisor, administrator, teacher, and researcher. Theil's contributions, which encompass many disciplines, have been extensively cited both in scientific and professional journals. These citations often place Theil among 10 researchers (ranked according to number of times cited) in the world in various the top disciplines.

Henri Theil’s Contributions to Economics and Econometrics: Volume III: Economic Policy and Forecasts, and Management Science (Advanced Studies in Theoretical and Applied Econometrics #24)

PREFACE TO THE COLLECTION PREAMBLE The editors are pleased to present a selection of Henri Theil's contributions to economics and econometrics in three volumes. In Volume I we have provided an overview of Theil's contributions, a brief biography, an annotated bibliography of his research, and a selection of published and unpublished articles and chapters in books dealing with topics in econometrics. Volume II contains Theil's contributions to demand analysis and information theory. Volume III includes Theil's contributions in economic policy and forecasting, and management science. The selection of articles is intended to provide examples of Theil's many seminal and path breaking contributions to economics in such areas as econometrics, statistics, demand analysis, information theory, economic policy analysis, aggregation theory, forecasting, index numbers, management science, sociology, operations research, higher education and much more. The collection is also intended to serve as a tribute to him on the occasion of his 67th birthday.! These three volumes also highlight some of Theil's contributions and service to the profession as a leader, advisor, administrator, teacher, and researcher. Theil's contributions, which encompass many disciplines, have been extensively cited both in scientific and professional journals. These citations often place Theil among the top 10 researchers (ranked according to number of times cited) in the world in various disciplines.

Hermann Weyl und die Mathematik an der ETH Zürich, 1913–1930

High Temperature Superconductivity

High Temperature Superconductivity provides a broad survey of high temperature superconductivity, discussing the adaptations of experimental and theoretical techniques and methods that take advantage of the revolutionary properties of high temperature superconductors. Distinguished engineers, chemists, and experimental and theoretical physicists introduce their own particular area of the field before going on to explain current theories and techniques. The book is divided into three sections: materials, mechanisms, and devices. Topics covered include synthetic approaches to the growth of new materials; optical, magnetic, and electrical characterization of synthesized materials; strong correlations; the magnon pairing mechanism; and technical background of device performance in new materials. A coherent introduction to high temperature superconductivity, this volume will be invaluable to researchers in condensed matter physics, chemistry, materials science, and engineering.

High Temperature Superconductivity

High Temperature Superconductivity provides a broad survey of high temperature superconductivity, discussing the adaptations of experimental and theoretical techniques and methods that take advantage of the revolutionary properties of high temperature superconductors. Distinguished engineers, chemists, and experimental and theoretical physicists introduce their own particular area of the field before going on to explain current theories and techniques. The book is divided into three sections: materials, mechanisms, and devices. Topics covered include synthetic approaches to the growth of new materials; optical, magnetic, and electrical characterization of synthesized materials; strong correlations; the magnon pairing mechanism; and technical background of device performance in new materials. A coherent introduction to high temperature superconductivity, this volume will be invaluable to researchers in condensed matter physics, chemistry, materials science, and engineering.

Higher Algebraic K-Theory: An Overview (Lecture Notes in Mathematics #1491)

This book is a general introduction to Higher Algebraic K-groups of rings and algebraic varieties, which were first defined by Quillen at the beginning of the 70's. These K-groups happen to be useful in many different fields, including topology, algebraic geometry, algebra and number theory. The goal of this volume is to provide graduate students, teachers and researchers with basic definitions, concepts and results, and to give a sampling of current directions of research. Written by five specialists of different parts of the subject, each set of lectures reflects the particular perspective ofits author. As such, this volume can serve as a primer (if not as a technical basic textbook) for mathematicians from many different fields of interest.

Höhere Mathematik für Ingenieure: Bd. 2: Lineare Algebra (Teubner-Ingenieurmathematik)

Der vorliegende Band 11 der Höheren Mathematik für Ingenieure enthält eine in sich geschlossene Darstellung der "Linearen Algebra" mit vielfältigen Bezügen zur Technik und Naturwissenschaft. Adressaten sind in erster Linie Ingenieurstudenten, aber auch Studenten der Angewand­ ten Mathematik und Physik, etwa der Richtungen Technomathematik, mathematische Informatik, theoretische Physik. Sicherlich wird auch der "reine" Mathematiker für ihn Interessantes in dem Buch finden. Der Band ist - bis auf wenige Querverbindungen - unabhängig vom Band I "Analysis" gestaltet, so daß man einen Kursus über Ingenieurmathematik auch mit dem vorliegen­ den Buch beginnen kann. (Beim Studium der Elektrotechnik wird z. B. gerne mit Linea­ rer Algebra begonnen.) Vorausgesetzt werden lediglich Kenntnisse aus der Schulmathe­ matik. Auch die einzelnen Abschnitte des Buches sind mit einer gewissen Unabhängigkeit von­ einander konzipiert, so daß Quereinstiege möglich sind. Dem Leser, der schon einen ersten Kursus über Lineare Algebra absolviert hat, steht in diesem Bande ein Nach­ schlagewerk zur Verfügung, welches ihm in der Praxis oder beim Examen eine Hilfe ist. Die Bedeutung der Linearen Algebra für Technik und Naturwissenschaft ist in diesem Jahrhundert stark gestiegen. Insbesondere ist die Matrizen-Rechnung, die sich erst in den dreißiger Jahren in Physik und Technik durchzusetzen begann, heute ein starkes Hilfsmittel in der Hand des Ingenieurs. Darüber hinaus führt die Synthese von Linearer Algebra und Analysis zur Funktionalanalysis, die gerade in den letzten Jahrzehnten zu einem leistungsfähigen theoretischen Instrumentarium für Naturwissenschaft und Tech­ nik geworden ist.

Ideals, Varieties, and Algorithms: An Introduction to Computational Algebraic Geometry and Commutative Algebra (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

Written at a level appropriate to undergraduates, this book covers such topics as the Hilbert Basis Theorem, the Nullstellensatz, invariant theory, projective geometry, and dimension theory. Contains a new section on Axiom and an update about MAPLE, Mathematica and REDUCE.

Identifikation dynamischer Systeme 1: Grundlegende Methoden (Springer-Lehrbuch)

Für viele Aufgabenstellungen bei der Automatisierung technischer Systeme und im Bereich der Naturwissenschaften und Wirtschaftswissenschaften benötigt man genaue mathematische Modelle für das dynamische Verhalten von Systemen. Das Werk behandelt Methoden zur Ermittlung dynamischer Modelle aus gemessenen Signalen, die unter dem Begriff Systemidentifikation oder Prozeßidentifikation zusammengefaßt werden. In Band 1 werden die grundlegenden Methoden behandelt. Nach einer kurzen Einführung in die benötigten Grundlagen linearer Systeme wird zunächst die Identifikation nichtparametrischer Modelle mit zeitkontinuierlichen Signalen mittels Fourieranalyse, Frequenzgangmessung und Korrelationsanalyse behandelt. Dann folgt eine Einführung in die Parameterschätzung für parametrische Modelle mit zeitdiskreten Signalen. Dabei steht die Methode der kleinsten Quadrate im Vordergrund, gefolgt von ihren Modifikationen, der Hilfsvariablenmethode und der stochastischen Approximation.

Identifikation dynamischer Systeme 2: Besondere Methoden, Anwendungen (Springer-Lehrbuch)

Für viele Aufgabenstellungen bei der Automatisierung technischer Systeme sowie im Bereich der Naturwissenschaften und Wirtschaftswissenschaften benötigt man genaue mathematische Modelle für das dynamische Verhalten von Systemen. Das Werk behandelt Methoden zur Ermittlung dynamischer Modelle aus gemessenen Signalen, die unter dem Begriff Systemidentifikation oder Prozeßidentifikation zusammengefaßt werden. Band 2 beschreibt weitergehende Methoden und Anwendungen: - Maximum-Likelihood-Methode; - Rekursive Parameterschätzung; - Modellabgleich-Verfahren; - Mehrgrößen- und nichtlineare Systeme; - Anwendungen in Maschinenbau und Elektrotechnik, Energie- und Verfahrenstechnik. Beide Bände bilden eine Einheit und führen systematisch von den Grundlagen bis zu den Problemen des praktischen Einsatzes. Sie wenden sich daher sowohl an Studenten der Fachrichtungen Elektrotechnik, Maschinenbau, Informatik, Mathematik, Natur- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften als auch an die in der Praxis tätigen Ingenieure und Wissenschaftler.

Industrial Applications of Neural Networks: Project ANNIE Handbook (Research Reports Esprit #1)

Neural network technology encompasses a class of methods which attempt to mimic the basic structures used in the brain for information processing. Thetechnology is aimed at problems such as pattern recognition which are difficult for traditional computational methods. Neural networks have potential applications in many industrial areas such as advanced robotics, operations research, and process engineering. This book is concerned with the application of neural network technology to real industrial problems. It summarizes a three-year collaborative international project called ANNIE (Applications of Neural Networks for Industry in Europe) which was jointly funded by industry and the European Commission within the ESPRIT programme. As a record of a working project, the book gives an insight into the real problems faced in taking a new technology from the workbench into a live industrial application, and shows just how it can be achieved. It stresses the comparison between neural networks and conventional approaches. Even the non-specialist reader will benefit from understanding the limitations as well as the advantages of the new technology.

Information Bounds and Nonparametric Maximum Likelihood Estimation (Oberwolfach Seminars #19)

This book contains the lecture notes for a DMV course presented by the authors at Gunzburg, Germany, in September, 1990. In the course we sketched the theory of information bounds for non parametric and semiparametric models, and developed the theory of non parametric maximum likelihood estimation in several particular inverse problems: interval censoring and deconvolution models. Part I, based on Jon Wellner's lectures, gives a brief sketch of information lower bound theory: Hajek's convolution theorem and extensions, useful minimax bounds for parametric problems due to Ibragimov and Has'minskii, and a recent result characterizing differentiable functionals due to van der Vaart (1991). The differentiability theorem is illustrated with the examples of interval censoring and deconvolution (which are pursued from the estimation perspective in part II). The differentiability theorem gives a way of clearly distinguishing situations in which 1 2 the parameter of interest can be estimated at rate n / and situations in which this is not the case. However it says nothing about which rates to expect when the functional is not differentiable. Even the casual reader will notice that several models are introduced, but not pursued in any detail; many problems remain. Part II, based on Piet Groeneboom's lectures, focuses on non parametric maximum likelihood estimates (NPMLE's) for certain inverse problems. The first chapter deals with the interval censoring problem.

Information Processing in the Cortex: Experiments and Theory

There is a tradition of theoretical brain science which started in the forties (Wiener, McCulloch, Turing, Craik, Hebb). This was continued by a small number of people without interruption up to the present. It has definitely provided main guiding lines for brain science, the devel­ opment of which has been spectacular in the last decades. However, within the bulk of experimental neuroscience, the theoreticians some­ times had a difficult stand, since it was felt that the times were not ripe yet and the methods not yet available for a development of a true theoretical speciality in this field. Thus theory remained in the hands of a fairly small club which recruited its members from theoretical physicists, mathematicians and some experimentalists with amateurish theoretical leanings. The boom of approaches which go by the name of 'computational neuroscience', 'neuronal networks', 'associative mem­ ory', 'spinglass theory', 'parallel processing' etc. should not blind one for the fact that the group of people professionally interested in real­ istic models of brain function up to the present date remains rather small and suffers from a lack of professional organization. It was against this background that we decided to organize a meet­ ing on Theoretical Brain Science. The meeting was held April 18 - 20, 1990 and took place at Schloss Ringberg, West-Germany, a facility sponsored by the Max-Planck-Society.

Informationstheorie und Codierung

Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers with Special Properties (NATO Science Series E: #206)

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Cap d'Agde, France, September 9-14, 1990

Integral and Discrete Transforms with Applications and Error Analysis

This reference/text desribes the basic elements of the integral, finite, and discrete transforms - emphasizing their use for solving boundary and initial value problems as well as facilitating the representations of signals and systems.;Proceeding to the final solution in the same setting of Fourier analysis without interruption, Integral and Discrete Transforms with Applications and Error Analysis: presents the background of the FFT and explains how to choose the appropriate transform for solving a boundary value problem; discusses modelling of the basic partial differential equations, as well as the solutions in terms of the main special functions; considers the Laplace, Fourier, and Hankel transforms and their variations, offering a more logical continuation of the operational method; covers integral, discrete, and finite transforms and trigonometric Fourier and general orthogonal series expansion, providing an application to signal analysis and boundary-value problems; and examines the practical approximation of computing the resulting Fourier series or integral representation of the final solution and treats the errors incurred.;Containing many detailed examples and numerous end-of-chapter exercises of varying difficulty for each section with answers, Integral and Discrete Transforms with Applications and Error Analysis is a thorough reference for analysts; industrial and applied mathematicians; electrical, electronics, and other engineers; and physicists and an informative text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.

Integral and Discrete Transforms with Applications and Error Analysis

This reference/text desribes the basic elements of the integral, finite, and discrete transforms - emphasizing their use for solving boundary and initial value problems as well as facilitating the representations of signals and systems.;Proceeding to the final solution in the same setting of Fourier analysis without interruption, Integral and Discrete Transforms with Applications and Error Analysis: presents the background of the FFT and explains how to choose the appropriate transform for solving a boundary value problem; discusses modelling of the basic partial differential equations, as well as the solutions in terms of the main special functions; considers the Laplace, Fourier, and Hankel transforms and their variations, offering a more logical continuation of the operational method; covers integral, discrete, and finite transforms and trigonometric Fourier and general orthogonal series expansion, providing an application to signal analysis and boundary-value problems; and examines the practical approximation of computing the resulting Fourier series or integral representation of the final solution and treats the errors incurred.;Containing many detailed examples and numerous end-of-chapter exercises of varying difficulty for each section with answers, Integral and Discrete Transforms with Applications and Error Analysis is a thorough reference for analysts; industrial and applied mathematicians; electrical, electronics, and other engineers; and physicists and an informative text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.

Integral Inequalities and Applications (Mathematics and its Applications #57)

This volume is devoted to integral inequalities of the Gronwall-Bellman-Bihari type. Following a systematic exposition of linear and nonlinear inequalities, attention is paid to analogues including integro-differential inequalities, functional differential inequalities, and discrete and abstract analogues. Applications to the investigation of the properties of solutions of various classes of equations such as uniqueness, stability, dichotomy, asymptotic equivalence and behaviour is also discussed. The book comprises three chapters. Chapter I and II consider classical linear and nonlinear integral inequalities. Chapter III is devoted to various classes of integral inequalities of Gronwall type, and their analogues, which find applications in the theory of integro-differential equations, partial differential equations, differential equations with deviating argument, impube differential equations, etc. Each chapter concludes with a section illustrating the manner of application. The book also contains an extensive bibliography. For researchers whose work involves the theory and application of integral inequalities in mathematics, engineering and physics.

Integrals and Series

Volumes 4 and 5 of the extensive series Integrals and Series are devoted to tables of LaplaceTransforms. In these companion volumes the authors have collected data scatteredthroughout the literature, and have augmented this material with many unpublished resultsobtained in their own research.Volume 4 contains tables of direct Laplace transforms, a number of which are expressed interms of the Meijer G-function. When combined with the table of special cases, theseformulas can be used to obtain Laplace transforms of numerous elementary and specialfunctions of mathematical physics.Volume 5 offers tables of inversion formulas for the Laplace transformation and includestables of factorization and inversion of various integral transforms.