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Presents a comprehensive treatment of issues related to the inception, design, implementation and reporting of large-scale education assessments. In r…

A self-contained study of the various applications and developments of discrete distribution theory Written by a well-known researcher in the field, D…

This book addresses those involved in research or R&D. It introduces the principles of eco-innovation and the importance of the impact of their activi…

A systematic outline of the basic theory of oscillations, combining several tools in a single textbook. The author explains fundamental ideas and meth…

Praise for the First Edition «. . . a readable, comprehensive volume that . . . belongs on the desk, close at hand, of any serious researcher or pract…

Human health and well-being are tied to the vitality of the global ocean and coastal systems on which so many live and rely. We engage with these extr…

Uniquely reflects an engineering view to social systems in a wide variety of contexts of application Social Systems Engineering: The Design of Complex…

Textbook concisely introduces engineering thermodynamics, covering concepts including energy, entropy, equilibrium and reversibility Novel explanation…

An Essential Guide to Electronic Material Surfaces and Interfaces is a streamlined yet comprehensive introduction that covers the basic physical prope…

Praise for the Second Edition: “…a grand feast for biostatisticians. It stands ready to satisfy the appetite of any pharmaceutical scientist with a re…

A comprehensive guide to ranks and group theory Ranks of Groups features a logical, straightforward presentation, beginning with a succinct discussion…

Uses mathematical, numerical, and programming tools to solve differential equations for physical phenomena and engineering problems Introduction to Co…

Cluster analysis comprises a range of methods for classifying multivariate data into subgroups. By organizing multivariate data into such subgroups, c…

This advanced textbook covers many fundamental, traditional and new branches of electrodynamics, as well as the related fields of special relativity, …

A comprehensive treatment of statistical applications for solving real-world environmental problems A host of complex problems face today's earth scie…

Presents a clear bridge between mathematics and the liberal arts Mathematics for the Liberal Arts provides a comprehensible and precise introduction t…

Methods for estimating sparse and large covariance matrices Covariance and correlation matrices play fundamental roles in every aspect of the analysis…

This book presents a new fracturing technique that should be considered as a potential alternative, or a companion technique, to hydraulic fracturing …

Praise for the First Edition “ …beautiful and well worth the reading … with many exercises and a good bibliography, this book will fascinate both stud…

Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Bayesian Models with R-INLA provides a much needed, practically oriented & innovative presentation of the combination of B…

This Series provides the necessary elements to the development and validation of numerical prediction models for hydrodynamic bearings. This book desc…

Presents a self-contained introduction to continuum mechanics that illustrates how many of the important partial differential equations of applied mat…

Solar cooling systems can be a cost-effective and environmentally attractive air-conditioning solution. The design of such systems, however, is comple…

A comprehensive and timely edition on an emerging new trend in time series Linear Models and Time-Series Analysis: Regression, ANOVA, ARMA and GARCH s…

Explore cutting-edge statistical methodologies for collecting, analyzing, and modeling online auction data Online auctions are an increasingly importa…

Presents a systematic treatment of fuzzy fractional differential equations as well as newly developed computational methods to model uncertain physica…

Illustrates the application of mathematical and computational modeling in a variety of disciplines With an emphasis on the interdisciplinary nature of…

A gentle introduction to the geometry of convex sets in n-dimensional space Geometry of Convex Sets begins with basic definitions of the concepts of v…

This work analyzes the role of private equity firms (SCIs) in forming strategic alliances in the French private equity market. The subject is importan…

This is the first book to take a truly comprehensive look at clustering. It begins with an introduction to cluster analysis and goes on to explore: pr…

A modern guide to computational models and constructive simulation for personalized patient care using the Digital Patient The healthcare industry’s e…

A Constraint Satisfaction Problem (CSP) consists of a set of variables, a domain of values for each variable and a set of constraints. The objective i…

Peter Goos, Department of Statistics, University of Leuven, Faculty of Bio-Science Engineering and University of Antwerp, Faculty of Applied Economics…

Provides a modern approach to least squares estimation and data analysis for undergraduate land surveying and geomatics programs Rich in theory and co…

Demonstrates the application of DSM to solve a broad range of operator equations The dynamical systems method (DSM) is a powerful computational method…

Structural Reliability Analysis and Prediction, Third Edition is a textbook which addresses the important issue of predicting the safety of structures…

A world model: economies, trade, migration, security and development aid. This bookprovides the analytical capability to understand and explore the dy…

The Intuitive Guide to Energy Efficiency and Building Improvements Energy Audits and Improvements for Commercial Buildings provides a comprehensive gu…

The emergence of social networks, OpenCourseWare, Massive Open Online Courses, informal remote learning and connectivist approaches to learning has ma…

The publication of the first book by Kenneth Arrow and Hervé Raynaud, in 1986, led to an important wave of research in the field of axiomatic approach…

Introduces the key concepts in the analysis of categoricaldata with illustrative examples and accompanying R code This book is aimed at all those who …

Since the publication of the third edition of Aquatic Pollution in 2000, there have been many major developments within the field in terms of research…

This book is part of a set of books which offers advanced students successive characterization tool phases, the study of all types of phase (liquid, g…

BEST PRACTICES TO CREATE AND IMPLEMENTHIGHLY EFFECTIVE WEB SURVEYS Exclusively combining design and sampling issues, Handbook of Web Surveys presents …

New Edition of a Classic Guide to Statistical Applications in the Biomedical Sciences In the last decade, there have been significant changes in the w…