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In this book the use of ER techniques for the design of self-organising group behaviours, for both simulated and real robots is introduced.

The authors describe in detail the capture and use of design rationale in software engineering to improve the quality of software. It provides a consistent conceptual framework and a unified terminology for comparing, contrasting and combining the myriad approaches to rationale in software engineering.

This pioneering book describes the development of a robot mapping and navigation system inspired by models of the neural mechanisms underlying spatial navigation in the rodent hippocampus. This is the first research to test existing models of rodent spatial mapping and navigation on robots in large, challenging, real world environments.

This book presents a specific and unified approach framework to three major components: Search Engines Performance, Link Analysis, and User's Web Behavior.

This book explores the intersection of fuzzy mathematics and the spatial modeling of preferences in political science.

Here is a key text on the subject of representation theory in finite groups. The pages of this excellent little book, prepared by Rafael Stekolshchik, contain a number of new proofs relating to Coxeter Transformations and the McKay Correspondence. Ponomarev, as well as material from Coxeter and McKay themselves.

This book addresses the processes related to mine abandonment from a hydrogeological perspective and provides a comprehensive presentation of water management and innovative tracer techniques for flooded mines. The book also includes case studies and hints, and some new methodologies for conducting tracer tests in flooded mines.

This book deals in a concise format with the methods used to develop mathematical models for water and wastewater treatment. Written as a textbook, it provides a systematic and fundamental introduction into mathematical modeling.

The primary goal of this book is the specification, design and testing of an inertially stabilized camera platform for assistance systems with the focus on adaptive inertial measurement.

This book provides the insights required to effectively respond to counterfeit trade. It constitutes a unique combination of in-depth insights into the counterfeit market, best-practice strategies, novel management tools, and product protection technologies.

The authors of this book clearly explain the potential advantages of using RFID technology in a modern manufacturing and supply chain context. Areas of emphasis include integration of RFID data into legacy IT architectures, and cost-benefit considerations.

This book presents a thorough exploration of the legal framework of EU digital copyright law from the perspective of the end-user.

Written by Puck's pupil and appointed successor Martin Knops, this book presents Alfred Pucks failure model, which, among several other theories, predicts fracture limits best and describes the failure phenomena in FRP most realistically - as confirmed within the "World-wide Failure Exercise".

This scholarly yet accessible book provides an introduction to the main topics in production economics. The book successfully integrates two historically distinct perspectives on modeling technology: from microeconomics and engineering.

This book describes the interdisciplinary work of USAID's Famine Early Warning System (FEWS NET) and its influence on methodological and development policies in the US.

This textbook on international business integrates the academic study of international trade and foreign direct investment with the actual strategic and operational decisions of exporters and multinational enterprises.

The Reinvented City reflects on externity, the principal feature of a reinvented city. Three basic trends of the city are investigated; "discomposed", "generic" and "segregated" phenomena with the loss of the city as a space of social interaction and communication. In what way can the city project construct contemporary public space?

This textbook on decision procedure has been used to teach undergraduate and graduate courses at ETH Zurich and at the Technion, Haifa. The authors focus on theories that are expressive enough to model real problems, but are still decidable.

Seasoned US economist Edward Leamer argues here that "We are pattern-seeking story-telling animals." He provides in this book the patterns that are the basis for his understanding of what drives the business cycle and what determines long-run economic growth.

This is a non-technical introduction to modern supersymmetry phenomenology, suitable both for theorists and experimentalists. Theoretical and experimental motivations, and the status and prospects of low-energy supersymmetry are discussed.

With contributions by numerous experts

This book covers numerical methods that preserve properties of Hamiltonian systems, reversible systems, differential equations on manifolds and problems with highly oscillatory solutions.

This is the first book that explains how to structure glass for micro- and nanophotonic applications. The book also explores methods for influencing the geometrical microstructure of glass as well as methods to produce actual microdevices.

This unique guide, filled with cookbook descriptions of laryngeal surgical procedures, provides a quick and simple reference for all surgeons interested in laryngological surgery. It is richly illustrated to highlight the difficult three-dimensional anatomic concepts.

This book describes a new tool called the Generic Model System for simulations and assessment of potential radioactive spreading in the Arctic regions.

For fuzzy sets the idea of counting, in both aspects, looses its naive foundation: because it is to a large extent founded upon of the idea that there is a clear distinc tion between those objects which have to be counted - and those ones which have to be neglected for the particular counting process.

In addition, it could be used by physics, applied physics, or engineering departments to provide in a single course an introduction to the basics of ?uid mechanics and radiative transfer, with d- matic applications.

The Dynamics of Combustion Systems are presented in three parts in this book. The exothermic character of combustion systems, their fluid dynamic features, and explosive nature, are covered by this work which also provides a technical monograph for readers with some background in combustion technology.

This book tells the story of the European People's Party: why it was founded, how it is currently organised and what its guiding ideas, values and principles are. It offers the reader an up-to-date account of the Party's contribution to Europe.

This book offers a brief overview of the Social Web and Semantic Web before it describes popular social media and social networking applications, including their strengths and limitations. It also describes useful applications of Semantic Web technology.