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The Encyclopedia of Social Work (4 Volume Set) 20th Edition


Free Download Terry Mizrahi PhD, Larry E. Davis PhD, "The Encyclopedia of Social Work (4 Volume Set) 20th Edition"
English | ISBN: 0195310365 | 2010 | 2208 pages | PDF | 733 MB
Oxford University Press and The National Association of Social Workers are proud to announce that 2009’s completely updated, revised and critically-acclaimed 20th edition of this essential work is now available in paperback. The 400 articles in this four-volume set cover all aspects of social work. Topics include practice and interventions, social environments, social conditions and challenges, and social policy and history.

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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Battleships & Cruisers


Free Download Peter Hore – The Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Battleships & Cruisers: A Complete Visual History Of International Naval Warships From 1860 To The Present Day, Shown In Over 1200 Archive Photographs
Southwater | 2013 | ISBN: 1780192924 | English | 516 pages | PDF | 106.47 MB
A comprehensive chronological directory of battleships and cruisers, featuring over 400 warships with specifications, details of construction, function and history. This meticulously researched and illustrated book contains a unique collection of more than 1200 photographs, providing enthusiasts and historians with in-depth knowledge about these history-making ships.

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Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science


Free Download Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science By Saul I. Gass, Carl M. Harris (auth.), Saul I. Gass, Carl M. Harris (eds.)
1996 | 753 Pages | ISBN: 1461380588 | PDF | 25 MB
Operations Research: 1934-1941," 35, 1, 143-152; "British The goal of the Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Operational Research in World War II," 35, 3, 453-470; Management Science is to provide to decision makers and "U. S. Operations Research in World War II," 35, 6, 910-925; problem solvers in business, industry, government and and the 1984 article by Harold Lardner that appeared in academia a comprehensive overview of the wide range of Operations Research: "The Origin of Operational Research," ideas, methodologies, and synergistic forces that combine to 32, 2, 465-475. form the preeminent decision-aiding fields of operations re search and management science (OR/MS). To this end, we The Encyclopedia contains no entries that define the fields enlisted a distinguished international group of academics of operations research and management science. OR and MS and practitioners to contribute articles on subjects for are often equated to one another. If one defines them by the which they are renowned. methodologies they employ, the equation would probably The editors, working with the Encyclopedia’s Editorial stand inspection. If one defines them by their historical Advisory Board, surveyed and divided OR/MS into specific developments and the classes of problems they encompass, topics that collectively encompass the foundations, applica the equation becomes fuzzy. The formalism OR grew out of tions, and emerging elements of this ever-changing field. We the operational problems of the British and U. s. military also wanted to establish the close associations that OR/MS efforts in World War II.

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