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Free Download Swarm Intelligence: Introduction and Applications by Christian Blum (Dr), Daniel Merkle (Dr)
English | PDF | 2008 | 283 Pages | ISBN : 3540740880 | 11.8 MB
Swarm intelligence is a modern arti?cial intelligence discipline that is c- cerned with the design of multiagent systems with applications, e.g., in – timization and in robotics. The design paradigm for these systems is fun- mentally di?erent from more traditional approaches. Instead of a sophisticated controller that governs the global behavior of the system, the swarm intelligence principle is based on many unsophisticated entities that cooperate in order to exhibit a desired behavior. Inspiration for the design of these systems is taken from the collective behavior of social insects such as ants, termites, bees, and wasps, as well as from the behavior of otheranimalsocietiessuchas?ocksofbirdsorschoolsof?sh.Coloniesofsocial insects have mesmerized researchers for many years. However, the principles that govern their behavior remained unknown for a long time. Even though the single members of these societies are unsophisticated individuals, they are able to achieve complex tasks in cooperation. Coordinated behavior emerges from relatively simple actions or interactions between the individuals.

Free Download Statistical Methods in Bioinformatics: An Introduction by Warren J. Ewens , Gregory Grant
English | PDF | 2005 | 616 Pages | ISBN : 0387400826 | 4.6 MB
Advances in computers and biotechnology have had a profound impact on biomedical research, and as a result complex data sets can now be generated to address extremely complex biological questions. Correspondingly, advances in the statistical methods necessary to analyze such data are following closely behind the advances in data generation methods. The statistical methods required by bioinformatics present many new and difficult problems for the research community.

Free Download Solid Mechanics: An Introduction by J. P. Ward
English | PDF | 1992 | 292 Pages | ISBN : 0792319494 | 22.2 MB
This book is intended as an introductory text on Solid Mechanics suitable for engineers, scientists and applied mathematicians. Solid mechanics is treated as a subset of mathematical engineering and courses on this topic which include theoretical, numerical and experimental aspects (as this text does) can be amongst the most interesting and accessible that an undergraduate science student can take. I have concentrated entirely on linear elasticity being, to the beginner, the most amenable and accessible aspect of solid mechanics. It is a subject with a long history, though its development in relatively recent times can be traced back to Hooke (circa 1670). Partly because of its long history solid mechanics has an ‘old fashioned’ feel to it which is reflected in numerous texts written on the subject. This is particularly so in the classic text by Love (A Treatise on the Mathematical Theory of Elasticity 4th ed., Cambridge, Univ. Press, 1927). Although there is a wealth of information in that text it is not in a form which is easily accessible to the average lecturer let alone the average engineering student. This classic style avoiding the use of vectors or tensors has been mirrored in many other more ‘modern’ texts.

Free Download Ricci-Calculus: An Introduction to Tensor Analysis and Its Geometrical Applications by J. A. Schouten
English | PDF | 1954 | 535 Pages | ISBN : 364205692X | 42.5 MB
This is an entirely new book. The first edition appeared in 1923 and at that time it was up to date. But in 193 5 and 1938 the author and Prof. D. J. STRUIK published a new book, their Einführung I and li, and this book not only gave the first systematic introduction to the kernel index method but also contained many notions that had come into prominence since 1923. For instance densities, quantities of the second kind, pseudo-quantities, normal Coordinates, the symbolism of exterior forms, the LIE derivative, the theory of variation and deformation and the theory of subprojective connexions were included. Now since 1938 there have been many new developments and so a book on RICCI cal culus and its applications has to cover quite different ground from the book of 1923. Though the purpose remains to make the reader acquainted with RICCI’s famous instrument in its modern form, the book must have quite a different methodical structure and quite different applica tions have to be chosen. The first chapter contains algebraical preliminaries but the whole text is modernized and there is a section on hybrid quantities (quantities with indices of the first and of the second kind) and one on the many abridged notations that have been developed by several authors. In the second chapter the most important analytical notions that come before the introduction of a connexion aredealt with in full.

Free Download Quantum Mechanics: An Introduction by Walter Greiner
English | PDF | 1993 | 353 Pages | ISBN : N/A | 31.7 MB
More than a generation of Gennan-speaking students around the world have worked their way to an understanding and appreciation of the power and beauty of modem theoretical physics – with mathematics, the most fundamental of sciences – using Waiter Greiner’s textbooks as their guide. The idea of developing a coherent, complete presentation of an entire field of science in a series of closely related textbooks is not a new one. Many older physicists remember with real pleasure their sense of adventure and discovery as they worked their ways through the classic series by Sommerfeld, by Planck and by Landau and Lifshitz. From the students’ viewpoint, there are a great many obvious advantages to be gained through use of consistent notation, logical ordering of topics and coherence of presentation; beyond this, the complete coverage of the science provides a unique opportunity for the author to convey his personal enthusiasm and love for his subject. The present five volume set, Theoretical Physics, is in fact only that part of the complete set of textbooks developed by Greiner and his students that presents the quantum theory. I have long urged him to make the remaining volumes on classical mechanics and dynamics, on electromagnetism, on nuclear and particle physics, and on special topics available to an English-speaking audience as well, and we can hope for these companion volumes covering all of theoretical physics some time in the future.

Free Download Bruce A. Thyer, Deborah K. Padgett, "Program Evaluation: An Introduction, 5th Edition"
English | 2009 | pages: 401 | ISBN: 0495601667 | PDF | 2,5 mb
Praised by instructors and students alike, PROGRAM EVALUATION: AN INTRODUCTION helps your students evaluate services and programs that they will encounter in their professional practice. In the process of learning evaluation techniques and skills, students will become proficient at critically analyzing evaluation studies conducted by others. The authors present and simplify all the essentials needed for a critical appreciation of evaluation issues and methodology. The authors’ clear writing style and clear presentation of concepts, as well as the text’s hands-on and applied focus, will guide students on how to gather evidence and demonstrate that their interventions and programs are effective in improving clients’ lives.

Free Download Anna Mdee, "Politics in Africa: A New Introduction"
English | 2011 | pages: 160 | ISBN: 1842779818, 1842779826 | EPUB | 1,3 mb
Democracy, prosperity and self-rule, this was the vision of African independence. Across the continent, however, the ‘optimism’ that characterized the immediate post-independence period has largely faded. Meanwhile, ordinary Africans lurch between undemocratic, unaccountable and unresponsive governments and a decaying traditional African past.

Free Download Janet Marstine, "New Museum Theory and Practice: An Introduction"
English | 2005 | pages: 348 | ISBN: 1405105593, 1405105585 | PDF | 7,7 mb
New Museum Theory and Practice is an original collection of essays with a unique focus: the contested politics and ideologies of museum exhibition.

Free Download Natural Compounds: An Introduction
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1774691337 | 276 pages | True PDF | 10.8 MB
The book introduces Natural Products in the most comprehensive and practical manner. Ranging from the historical development to modern preparation, synthesis and application, this book presents a detailed account of the nature of natural products, its classification as well as the major categories of compounds in natural products, and the processes employed to obtain the natural product itself, the active ingredient or the specific bioactive material. These processes included but is not to limited isolation, extraction, fractionation, structure elucidation and determination of pharmacological characteristics and its interaction with other compounds. The chapters are carefully crafted to serve as a quick reference for Natural Products. This book will be beneficial to both students and academicians from diverse scientific fields including chemistry, biology, and allied biomedicine disciplines as well as to those with industrial background such as environmentalists, engineers and manufacturing practitioners in the government and private institutions.

Free Download Thomas L. Pangle, "Leo Strauss: An Introduction to His Thought and Intellectual Legacy"
English | 2006 | pages: 200 | ISBN: 0801884403, 080188439X | PDF | 2,8 mb
Leo Strauss’s controversial writings have long exercised a profound subterranean cultural influence. Now their impact is emerging into broad daylight, where they have been met with a flurry of poorly informed, often wildly speculative, and sometimes rather paranoid pronouncements.