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This book covers the fundamentals of convex analysis, a refinement of standard calculus with equalities and approximations replaced by inequalities. Reviews minimization algorithms, which provide immediate application to optimization and operations research.

The first comprehensive textbook on the optical properties of photonic crystals. The second edition features a new chapter on superfluorescence and updated text and references throughout.

Reviewing developments in the field of deep inelastic electron-proton reactions at high momentum transfers, this book discusses experimental situation, and the results are collected and confronted with the theoretical predictions.

The author has an apprehension that problems which, though interesting, are limited in application can divert the reader's attention from the more prosaic but no less sophisticated general problems of stability theory.

This book presents a thorough treatment of plasma physics, beginning at an introductory level and proceeding to an extensive discussion of its applications in thermonuclear fusion research.

These essays deal with various aspects of a new, rising field, socio economics. Some of my ideas on this subject are included in a previously published book, The Moral Dimension: TowardA New Economics (New York: The Free Press, 1988).

Geomorphological research in the humid to seasonal tropics has primarily concentrated on the most characteristic landform assemblage of this zone, namely that of stepped, largely undissected etchplains, often dotted with inselbergs and cutting across ancient basement rocks.

Over the past three decades, the philosophy of biology has emerged from the shadow of the philosophy of physics to become a respectable and thriving philosophical subdiscipline. They outline a unified and science-oriented philosophical framework that enables the clarification of many foundational and philosophical issues in biology.

Global class field theory is a major achievement of algebraic number theory based on the functorial properties of the reciprocity map and the existence theorem. This book explores the consequences and the practical use of these results in detailed studies and illustrations of classical subjects.

A comprehensive overview of weak convergence of stochastic processes and its application to the study of financial markets. Split into three parts, the first recalls the mathematics of stochastic processes and stochastic calculus with special emphasis on contiguity properties and weak convergence of stochastic integrals.

The major goal of this book is to present the implementation of some damage models with finite elements. The program can be used for the analysis of elasto plastic material behavior including the effects of damage within the frame work of damage mechanics.

This is the first mechatronics book dealing with coupled mechanical and electrical actions, an emerging branch of modern technology. Authored by the leading scientist in this field, the book treats various subjects along the interface between mechanics and electronics.

Useful for professionals in research and industry, as well as students and astronomers, this volume deals with the theory of reflecting telescope optics. It recounts the historical progress systematically, and includes spot-diagrams that analyse special systems. The concluding part II treats manufacture, testing, alignment, and modern techniques.

Presents a mathematical treatment of the theory of pricing and hedging of derivative securities by the principle of no arbitrage. This title consists of seven papers, which analyzes the topic in the general framework of semi-martingale theory.

Mass movement of rocks in high mountains can severely injure the population and damage man-made structures in these areas. The book contains a wealth of information for practitioners and scientists working in the field of catastrophe prevention.

In encyclopedic format, it covers subjects in statistics, computing, analysis, and related fields, resulting in a book that is both an introduction and a reference for scientists and engineers, especially experimental physicists dealing with data analysis.

MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry is one of the latest and most fascinating new developments in the analysis of organic compounds. It reviews the application of MALDI-TOF for identification, chemical and molar mass analysis of synthetic polymers.

Presenting the most important results, methods, and open questions, this book describes and compares advanced models in fracture mechanics. The author introduces the required mathematical technique, mainly the theory of analytical functions, from scratch.

This book is one of the first to provide a general overview of order and chaos in dynamical astronomy. The other two parts deal with order and chaos in galaxies and with other applications in dynamical astronomy, ranging from celestial mechanics to general relativity and cosmology.

Companies depend more than ever on the availability of their Information Technology, and most mission critical business processes are IT-based. This book presents requirements, concepts, and realizations of redundant systems on all abstraction levels, and all given examples refer to UNIX and Linux Systems.

This book covers not only practical aspects but also the underlying theoretical approaches. The book addresses not only students but also professionals who are interested to understand the underlying principles and methods and - possibly - to further develop them.

Lipidomics is the science of the fats called lipids. Lipids are as important for life as proteins, sugars, and genes. This book presents a multi-disciplinary perspective on the physics of life and the particular role played by lipids and the lipid-bilayer component of cell membranes.

This encyclopedic, detailed resource covers all the steps of one-period allocation from the foundations to the most advanced developments. It includes a large number of figures and examples as well as real trading and asset management case studies.

Self-contained introduction to control theory that emphasizes on the most modern designs for high performance and robustness. To provide readers with a deeper understanding of robust control theory than would be otherwise possible, the text incorporates mathematical derivations and proofs.

This research monograph considers modelling and control design of electric motors, namely step motors, brushless DC motors and induction motors. The book reports new global robust adaptive designs for motors and provides new tools for control designs, with an emphasis on stepper motors.

This book analyses the enduring changes that the world of marketing is undergoing and presents the four most important new concepts: holistic brand management, customer relationship marketing, real-time marketing, and multi-channel marketing.

Beginning with the basics on how to "read" X-rays, this book discusses its details. It contains lists of differential diagnoses as well as several X-ray quizzes. It handbook is useful for day-to-day use by clinicians and for residents and medical students preparing for qualifying exams.

18 Chapter 2 Organization: Design for Change 23 New tasks - new structures ... 50 The solution is part of the problem 51 The human image and the organizational model 51 Outlining what's needed and appealing for behavior to match 52 Playing it down - or the truth by installments 53 Dramatizing - or the business of fear .....