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Free Download Logical Foundations of Computer Science: International Symposium, LFCS 2013, San Diego, CA, USA, January 6-8, 2013. Proceedings By Luca Aceto, Anna Ingólfsdóttir (auth.), Sergei Artemov, Anil Nerode (eds.)
2013 | 415 Pages | ISBN: 3642357210 | PDF | 5 MB
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Symposium on Logical Foundations of Computer Science, LFCS 2013, held in San Diego, CA, USA in January 2013. The volume presents 29 revised refereed papers carefully selected by the program committee. The scope of the Symposium is broad and includes constructive mathematics and type theory; logic, automata and automatic structures; computability and randomness; logical foundations of programming; logical aspects of computational complexity; logic programming and constraints; automated deduction and interactive theorem proving; logical methods in protocol and program verification; logical methods in program specification and extraction; domain theory logic; logical foundations of database theory; equational logic and term rewriting; lambda and combinatory calculi; categorical logic and topological semantics; linear logic; epistemic and temporal logics; intelligent and multiple agent system logics; logics of proof and justification; nonmonotonic reasoning; logic in game theory and social software; logic of hybrid systems; distributed system logics; mathematical fuzzy logic; system design logics; and other logics in computer science.

Free Download Foundations and Practice of Security: 5th International Symposium, FPS 2012, Montreal, QC, Canada, October 25-26, 2012, Revised Selected Papers By Jie Li, Jianliang Zheng (auth.), Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro, Frédéric Cuppens, Nora Cuppens-Boulahia, Ali Miri, Nadia Tawbi (eds.)
2013 | 383 Pages | ISBN: 3642371183 | PDF | 9 MB
This book constitutes the carefully refereed and revised selected papers of the 5th Canada-France ETS Symposium on Foundations and Practice of Security, FPS 2012, held in Montreal, QC, Canada, in October 2012. The book contains a revised version of 21 full papers, accompanied by 3 short papers. The papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 62 submissions. The papers are organized in topical section on cryptography and information theory, key management and cryptographic protocols, privacy and trust, policies and applications security, and network and adaptive security.

Free Download Michael Filimowicz, "Foundations in Sound Design for Linear Media: A Multidisciplinary Approach"
English | ISBN: 1138093963 | 2019 | 418 pages | PDF | 20 MB
This volume provides a comprehensive introduction to foundational topics in sound design for linear media, such as listening and recording; audio postproduction; key musical concepts and forms such as harmony, conceptual sound design, electronica, soundscape, and electroacoustic composition; the audio commons; and sound’s ontology and phenomenology.

Free Download David B. Malament, "Topics in the Foundations of General Relativity and Newtonian Gravitation Theory "
English | ISBN: 0226502457 | 2012 | 368 pages | PDF | 2 MB
In Topics in the Foundations of General Relativity and Newtonian Gravitation Theory, David B. Malament presents the basic logical-mathematical structure of general relativity and considers a number of special topics concerning the foundations of general relativity and its relation to Newtonian gravitation theory. These special topics include the geometrized formulation of Newtonian theory (also known as Newton-Cartan theory), the concept of rotation in general relativity, and Gödel spacetime. One of the highlights of the book is a no-go theorem that can be understood to show that there is no criterion of orbital rotation in general relativity that fully answers to our classical intuitions. Topics is intended for both students and researchers in mathematical physics and philosophy of science.

Free Download Modelling Foundations and Applications: 9th European Conference, ECMFA 2013, Montpellier, France, July 1-5, 2013. Proceedings By Martin Gogolla (auth.), Pieter Van Gorp, Tom Ritter, Louis M. Rose (eds.)
2013 | 237 Pages | ISBN: 3642390129 | PDF | 8 MB
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Modelling Foundations and applications, ECMFA 2013, held in Montpellier, France, in July 2013. The 15 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 51 submissions. They are on all aspects of MDE, including topics such as model querying, consistency checking, model transformation; and model-based systems engineering and domain-specific modeling.

Free Download Foundations of Software Science and Computation Structures: 16th International Conference, FOSSACS 2013, Held as Part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2013, Rome, Italy, March 16-24, 2013. Proceedings By Jonathan Hayman, Tobias Heindel (auth.), Frank Pfenning (eds.)
2013 | 451 Pages | ISBN: 3642370748 | PDF | 5 MB
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Foundations of Software Science and Computational Structures, FOSSACS 2013, held as part of the Joint European Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2013, which took place in Rome, Italy, in March 2013 The 28 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 109 submissions. They are organized in topical sections named: models of computation; reasoning about processes; bisimulation; modal and higher-order logics; reasoning about programs; computational complexity; quantitative models; and categorical models.

Free Download The Foundations of Quantum Mechanics – Historical Analysis and Open Questions: Lecce, 1993 By L. Accardi (auth.), Claudio Garola, Arcangelo Rossi (eds.)
1995 | 452 Pages | ISBN: 9401040176 | PDF | 37 MB
In The Foundations of Quantum Mechanics – Historical Analysisand Open Questions, leading Italian researchers involved in different aspects of the foundations and history of quantum mechanics are brought together in an interdisciplinary debate. The book therefore presents an invaluable overview of the state of Italian work in the field at this moment, and of the open problems that still exist in the foundations of the theory. Audience: Physicists, logicians, mathematicians and epistemologists whose research concerns the historical analysis of quantum mechanics.

Free Download Reflections on Spacetime: Foundations, Philosophy, History By John Earman (auth.), U. Majer, H.-J. Schmidt (eds.)
1995 | 165 Pages | ISBN: 9048146127 | PDF | 6 MB
REFLECTIONS ON SPACETIME – FOUNDATIONS, PHILOSOPHY AND HISTORY During the academic year 1992/93, an interdisciplinary research group constituted itself at the Zentrum fUr interdisziplinare Forschung (ZiF) in Bielefeld, Germany, under the title ‘Semantical Aspects of Spacetime Theories’, in which philosophers and physicists worked on topics in the interpretation and history of relativity theory. The present issue consists of contributions resulting from material presented and discussed in the group during the course of that year. The scope of the papers ranges from rather specialised issues arising from general relativity such as the problem of referential indeterminacy, to foundational questions regarding spacetime in the work of Carnap, Weyl and Hilbert. It is well known that the General Theory of Relativity (GTR) admits spacetime models which are ‘exotic’ in the sense that observers could travel into their own past. This poses a number of problems for the physical interpretation of GTR which are also relevant in the philosophy of spacetime. It is not enough to exclude these exotic models simply by stating that we live in a non-exotic universe, because it might be possible to "operate time machines" by actively changing the topology of the future part of spacetime. In his contribution, Earman first reviews the attempts of physicists to prove "chronology protection theorems" (CPTs) which exclude the operation of time machines under reasonable assumptions.

Free Download Jody Blazek, "Private Foundations: Tax Law and Compliance"
English | 2008 | pages: 769 | ISBN: 047032242X | PDF | 10,2 mb
With more than 50,000 private foundations in the United States and the increasing scrutiny of the IRS, this much-needed, annually updated manual provides you with a wide range of tax rules and regulations for these foundations. Coauthored by a lawyer and tax accountant, the revised and expanded Third Edition includes practical tax compliance suggestions and in-depth legal explanations. Capturing all-new developments in the private foundations arena, the new edition presents you with line-by-line instructions, sample-filled IRS forms, and complete citations.

Free Download R. Kevin Hill, "Nietzsche’s Critiques: The Kantian Foundations of His Thought"
English | 2003 | pages: 259 | ISBN: 0199255830, 0199285527 | PDF | 0,7 mb
Kevin Hill presents a highly original study of Nietzsche’s thought, the first book to examine in detail his debt to the work of Kant. Hill argues that Nietzsche is a systematic philosopher who knew Kant far better than is commonly thought, and that he can only be properly understood in relation to him. Nietzsche’s Critiques will be of great value to scholars and students with interests in either of these philosophical giants, or in the history of ideas generally.