Springer berlin heidelberg jun 1991 (68 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The scope of the Israel seminar in geometric aspects of functional analysis during the academic year 89/90 was particularly wide covering topics as diverse as: Dynamical systems, Quantum chaos, Convex sets in Rn, Harmonic analysis and Banach space theory. The large majority of the papers are original research papers. 208 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -1.1 Some characteristics of the floating exchange rate system The flexible exchange rate system has functioned far less satisfactorily than many anticipated in 1973, when the major industrialized countries decided to let their currencies float. The dominant currencies' exchange rates have fluctuated more 1 than expected. These fluctuations concern both short-term movement- intraday fluctuations and movements during a week or a month - and long term changes that last for more than a year. Daily percentage changes of one percent are not unusual for the recent float (see MacDonald, 1988, p.8). However, the release of new information can give rise to much larger changes. For example in August 1987 'the dollar moved down 6 percent in two days based on the July trade figures' (Glynn, 1988, p. 36). For the period 1973-1985 MacDonald (1988, p.10) presents minimum and maximum monthly percentage exchange rate changes. These figures clearly illustrate the magnitude of the volatility and also show that the volatility has not diminished as the experience 2 with floating has increased. In addition to this volatility, exchange rates are also characterized by misalignment: 'persistent departure of the exchange rate from its long-run equilibrium' (Williamson, 1983, p.l3). Although the measure of misalignment depends upon the exact definition of the exchange rate's long-run equilibrium, there is a widespread feeling that during the greater part of the 1970s the dollar was undervalued, whereas it was overvalued during the first half of the 1980s. 284 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Currently, the field of information systems technology is rapidly extending into several dimensions. There is the semantic dimension (including object orientation, data deduction and extended knowledge representation schemes), there is improved systems integration, and there are new tools. All these extensions aim to provide semantically richer and better engineered information systems that allow for more adequate and complete representations and thus extend the effective use of database technology to a wider class of applications. Database researchers and developers, whether they are committed to application or to system construction, are convinced that next-generation information system technology will be heavily determined by a handful of new concepts that they have to understand and work out in detail now. This volume concentrates on the following topics: - Extended data types and data models, database programming languages; - Rule-based data deduction, expert systems, knowledge bases; - Object orientation and semantic data modelling; - DB application development, methodologies and tools; - Interface technology, parallelism, interoperability, .; - New database applications. 468 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volume is a collection of 22 papers presented at the International Workshop on Information Processing in Autonomous Mobile Robots, held in Munich (Germany) in March 1991. Autonomous mobile robot technologies are generating significant interest because of their potential capabilities for future applications on the plant floor as weil as in the service industry. Autonomous robots may navigate around factories and laboratories, hospitals, office-buildings, airports or sirnilar public and sernipublic places. They may deliver equipment, coilect garbage and perform other such tasks. One of the major challenges for the field of autonomous mobile robot research is to develop robust and real-time systerns for perception and understanding of complicated real environments as weil as for intelligent decision-making with respect to proper actions. This Workshop was set up to stimulate discussion and the exchangement of new ideas on various aspects of autonomous mobile robot methodologies and applications. The main focal points of the Workshop program were sensing and perception, navigation and control, knowledge bases and computer architechtures as weil as various applications. The papers are prepared by leading experts in theses areas from Europe, Japan, the United States and by researchers involved in the interdisciplinary research project on 'Information Processing in Autonomous Mobile Robots (Sonderforschungsbereich 331)' at the Technische Universität München. 368 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Software development environments are integrated sets of tools, techniques and processes that assist in the sys- tematic development of software products. They are intended to support all phases of the software development cycle: requirements definition, design, implementation, test, and maintenance. These Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools typically make use of graphic manipulation facilities and rely on some form of development database to exchange various types of design objects between tools. Facilitated by the availability of powerful workstations, implementations of these technologies are now within reach of every software developer. This volume presents the proceedings of a symposium organized by the GI (Gesellschaft für Informatik), the GMD (Gesellschaft für Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung) and ESEC (European Software Engineering Conferences). The symposium brought together application development managers and top specialists involved in the selection and introduction of software development tools, leading developers of such tools and well known authorities from the research community. The proceedings contain first-hand information on practical experiences and requirements, development directions and strategies, and key research issues and results. 300 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Methods for the algebraic specification of abstract data types were proposed in the early 1970s in the USA and Canada and became a major research issue in Europe shortly afterwards. Since then the algebraic approach has come to play a central role in research on formal specification and development, as its range of applications was extended to the specification of complete software systems, to the formal description of the program development process, and to the uniform definition of syntax and semantics of programming languages. Today this approach extends beyond just software to the development of integrated hardware and software systems. These flourishing activities in the area of algebraic specifications have led to an abundance of approaches, theories and concepts, which have universal algebra, category theory and logic as a common mathematical basis. This volume is an annotated bibliography which provides an up-to-date overview of past and present work on algebraic specification. No attempt is made to provide a coherent introduction to the topic for beginners; the intention is rather to provide a guide to the current literature for researchers in algebraic specification and neighboring fields. Some indications of how the different approaches are related are included, together with some ideas concerning possible future directions. 112 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -With the appearance of massively parallel computers, increased attention has been paid to algorithms which rely upon analogies to natural processes. This development defines the scope of the PPSN conference at Dortmund in 1990 whose proceedings are presented in this volume. The subjects treated include: - Darwinian methods such as evolution strategies and genetic algorithms; - Boltzmann methods such as simulated annealing; - Classifier systems and neural networks; - Transfer of natural metaphors to artificial problem solving. The main objectives of the conference were: - To gather theoretical results about and experimental comparisons between these algorithms, - To discuss various implementations on different parallel computer architectures, - To summarize the state of the art in the field, which was previously scattered widely both among disciplines and geographically. 504 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In this monograph the author presents a thorough computational geometry approach to handling theoretical and practical problems arising from numerically controlled pocket machining. The approach unifies two scientific disciplines: computational geometry and mechanical engineering. Topics of practical importance that are dealt with include the selection of tool sizes, the determination of tool paths, and the optimization of tool paths. Full details of the algorithms are given from a practical point of view, including information on implementation issues. This practice-minded approach is embedded in a rigorous theoretical framework enabling concise statement of definitions and proof of the correctness and efficiency of the algorithms. In particular, the construction of Voronoi diagrams and their use for offset calculations are investigated in great detail. Based on Voronoi diagrams, a graph-like structure is introduced that serves as a high-level abstraction of the pocket geometry and provides the basis for algorithmically performing shape interrogation and path planning tasks. Finally, the efficiency and robustness of the approach is illustrated with figures showing pocketing examples that have been processed by the author's own implementation. 196 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volume presents the proceedings of a workshop on parallel database systems organized by the PRISMA (Parallel Inference and Storage Machine) project. The invited contributions by internationally recognized experts give a thorough survey of several aspects of parallel database systems. The second part of the volume gives an in-depth overview of the PRISMA system. This system is based on a parallel machine, where the individual processors each have their own local memory and communicate with each other over a packet-switched network. On this machine a parallel object-oriented programming language, POOL-X, has been implemented, which provides dedicated support for database systems as well as general facilities for parallel programming. The POOL-X system then serves as a platform for a complete relational main-memory database management system, which uses the parallelism of the machine to speed up significantly the execution of database queries. The presentation of the PRISMA system, together with the invited papers, gives a broad overview of the state of the art in parallel database systems. 448 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -During the last decade scientists in both basic and clinical research have renew ed their interest in the potential role of thrombolytic therapy in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke. The reevaluation of this approach was kindled by our growing knowledge of the pathogenesis of thrombotic and embolic stroke and by the development of new thrombolytic agents. With no proven therapy for acute ischemic stroke available, the potential value of early pharmacologic recanalization of occluded vessels in the management of acute stroke patients - an approach that has been supported by animal experiments and a limited number of uncontrolled clinical pilot studies - is again under scrutiny. A sym posium on 'Thrombolysis in Acute Cerebral Ischemia' was held in Heidel berg, Germany, in May 1990 to summarize and discuss the pathophysiological background for thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke and the recent ex perimental and clinical experience with the new generation of thrombolytic agents. The editors are fortunate to be able to include authoritative manuscripts from almost all the speakers at the symposium. These include reports of work by the most active investigators in this challenging field. The editors wish to express their gratitude to all the contributors for the additional work they have undertaken. Additionally, we would like to thank Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, for its generous assistance in the preparation and rapid publication of this volume. Heidelberg, August 1990 WERNER HACKE GREGORY J. DEL ZopPO MATTHIAS HIRSCHBERG Contents I. 284 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Pr}fung der Wirkungsweise, Wirksamkeit und Wirkungsdynamiksowie gastroenterologischen Begleiterscheinungen undsystemischen Nebenwirkungen neuer, resorbierbareralpha-Glukosidase-Inhibitoren in tierexperimentellenUntersuchungen, an humaner Jejunalschleimhaut und inklinisch-experimentellen Studien. Die Ergebnisse werden imZusammenhang mit klinisch wichtigen Aspekten der Physiologieund Pathophysiologie der Kohlenhydratassimilation er rtert. 180 pp. Deutsch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This volume is a collection of 22 papers presented at the International Workshop on Information Processing in Autonomous Mobile Robots, held in Munich (Germany) in March 1991. Autonomous mobile robot technologies are generating significant interest because of their potential capabilities for future applications on the plant floor as weil as in the service industry. Autonomous robots may navigate around factories and laboratories, hospitals, office-buildings, airports or sirnilar public and sernipublic places. They may deliver equipment, coilect garbage and perform other such tasks. One of the major challenges for the field of autonomous mobile robot research is to develop robust and real-time systerns for perception and understanding of complicated real environments as weil as for intelligent decision-making with respect to proper actions. This Workshop was set up to stimulate discussion and the exchangement of new ideas on various aspects of autonomous mobile robot methodologies and applications. The main focal points of the Workshop program were sensing and perception, navigation and control, knowledge bases and computer architechtures as weil as various applications. The papers are prepared by leading experts in theses areas from Europe, Japan, the United States and by researchers involved in the interdisciplinary research project on 'Information Processing in Autonomous Mobile Robots (Sonderforschungsbereich 331)' at the Technische Universität München.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 368 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -During the last decade scientists in both basic and clinical research have renew ed their interest in the potential role of thrombolytic therapy in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke. The reevaluation of this approach was kindled by our growing knowledge of the pathogenesis of thrombotic and embolic stroke and by the development of new thrombolytic agents. With no proven therapy for acute ischemic stroke available, the potential value of early pharmacologic recanalization of occluded vessels in the management of acute stroke patients - an approach that has been supported by animal experiments and a limited number of uncontrolled clinical pilot studies - is again under scrutiny. A sym posium on 'Thrombolysis in Acute Cerebral Ischemia' was held in Heidel berg, Germany, in May 1990 to summarize and discuss the pathophysiological background for thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke and the recent ex perimental and clinical experience with the new generation of thrombolytic agents. The editors are fortunate to be able to include authoritative manuscripts from almost all the speakers at the symposium. These include reports of work by the most active investigators in this challenging field. The editors wish to express their gratitude to all the contributors for the additional work they have undertaken. Additionally, we would like to thank Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, for its generous assistance in the preparation and rapid publication of this volume. Heidelberg, August 1990 WERNER HACKE GREGORY J. DEL ZopPO MATTHIAS HIRSCHBERG Contents I.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 284 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volume contains the proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Distributed Algorithms, held near Bari, Italy, September 24-26, 1990. The workshop was a forum for researchers, students and otherinterested persons to discuss recent results and trends in the design and analysis of distributed algorithms for communication networks and decentralized systems. The volume includes all 28 papers presented at the workshop, covering current research in such aspects of distributed algorithm design as distributed combinatorial algorithms, distributed algorithms on graphs, distributed algorithms for new types of decentralized systems, distributed data structures, synchronization and load-balancing, distributed algorithms for control and communication, design and verification of network protocols, routing algorithms, fail-safe and fault-tolerant distributed algorithms, distributed database techniques, algorithms for transaction management and replica control, and other related topics. 444 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The macro disequilibrium model for Switzerland presented in this study grew out of a research project which was generously financed by Swiss Natio nal Science Foundation. I am indebted to Prof. Hans Wtirgler and Prof. Heidi Schelbert for encouraging and supporting this work in many ways. The present book is the revised version of a paper that was accepted as a 'Habilitations schrift' by the University of ZUrich. Part of the research leading to this book was done during a stay at Princeton University, where I benefited from a stimulating environment, the gratuitous use of facilities and the helpful advise of Richard E. Quandt. Earlier disequilibrium studies for Switzerland were discussed in various seminars (Princeton, Universite de Montreal, C.O.R.E., 1988 Conference on European Unemployment in Chelwood Gate, 2nd Conference on Disequilibrium Econometrics at INSEE, 1989 European Spring Meeting on Macroeconomics in Paris) and published in the 'European Economic Review' and 'Recherches Eco nomiques de Louvain'. Numerous people - including A.S. Blinder, L. Salvas Bronsard, J.H. Dreze, S.M. Goldfeld, C. Gourieroux, P. Kooiman, J.P. Lambert, G. Laroque, H.S. Rosen, H.R. Sneessens' J. Waelbroeck and anonymous referees of the two journals - provided constructive comments on these earlier papers. Their suggestions - as well as the critical remarks by a referee of Springer 'Lecture Notes' - are partly reflected in the present book. 208 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Die Gliederung nach diagnostischen Situationen und nicht nach Symptomen oder Krankheiten stellt die Besonderheit dieses Buches dar. In dieser Neuauflage werden die diagnostischen Überlegungen noch ausführlicher beschrieben. Neugewonnene Erkenntnisse, die sich im klinischen Alltag bewährt haben, sind an vielen Stellen eingearbeitet. Aus der Anamnese und der körperlichen Untersuchung entstehen Hypothesen, aus denen sich Untersuchungsverfahren mit ganz konkreten Erwartungen ableiten lassen. Diagnostische Irrtümer beruhen häufig nicht auf einem Mangel an Wissen, sondern an 'unscharfem Denken'. Entsprechend will das Buch dem Leser nicht nur Kenntnisse, sondern auch eine diagnostische Denkweise nahebringen, in der man parallel möglichst viele Optionen gegeneinander abwägt. 268 pp. Deutsch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Out of the multitude of physical processes whose mechanisms depend on the interaction between the atmosphere and a lake, only those have been selected for discussion in this book which are inevitable in the mathematical modeling of lake hydrology and the microclimates, i.e., the meteorological regime over lakes and surrounding land. There are many reasons for a combined consideration of tile hydrological and meteorological aspects. First of all, they are essentially similar from a fluid mechanical point of view. Thus, the same phenomenon, viz., the turbulent plan etary boundary layer, is represented in lakes as the upper well-mixed water layer and in the atmosphere as the lower air layer directly influenced by thermal and dynamical action of the underlying surface. Processes at the air/water interface are equally important in energy transfer in both media. And finally, dynamical and thermal interaction between the adjoining atmospheric and lacustrine bound ary layers appears to be even stronger than between the upper and deep-water layers of a lake. 152 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volume contains the proceedings of ICALP '91, the 18th annual summer conference sponsored by the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS). ICALP stands for International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming, and this conference series covers all important areas of theoretical computer science, such as: computability, automata, formal languages, data types and structures, theory of databases and knowledge bases, semantics of programming languages, program specification, transformation and verification, foundations of logic and functional programming, theory of logical design and layout, parallel and distributed computation, theory of concurrency, symbolic and algebraic computation, term rewriting systems, computational geometry, cryptography, and theory of robotics. 780 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The 1990 Grainger Lectures delivered at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, September 28 - October 1, 1990 were devoted to a critical reexamination of the foundations of adaptive control. In this volume the lectures are expanded by most recent developments and solutions for some long-standing open problems. Concepts and approaches presented are both novel and of fundamental importance for adaptive control research in the 1990s. The papers in Part I present unifications, reappraisals and new results on tunability, convergence and robustness of adaptive linear control, whereas the papers in Part II formulate new problems in adaptive control of nonlinear systems and solve them without any linear constraints imposed on the nonlinearities. 544 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book contains 26 papers describing research in the do-main of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. The papers aregrouped around the following themes: Methodology, knowledgerepresentation, clinical applications, modelling, uncertain-ty management, knowledge acquisition, and the user perspec-tive. The book gives an overview of the current state of AIin medicine research in Europe. It presents several techni-ques and methods that are likely to play an important rolein future applications. In the section on clinical applica-tions not only existing systems are described, but resultsof evaluation studies are presented as well. 344 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volume presents a substantial part of the results obtained in the last few years in the field of computer science in the Baltic Republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. It includes results previously published only in Russian as well as completely new results. The following main topics are addressed: deductive synthesis of programs, automatic test case generation, and specification and generation of distributed systems. These are all fields where Baltic scientists have made substantial contributions. The volume contains both theoretical results and general descriptions and logical outlines of some practical systems. 636 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Gustav Jahoda University of Strathclyde Ever since psychology emerged as a separate discipline about a century ago, there have been differing views as to what it is or ought to be. Some, like Ebbinghaus, saw it as a budding natural science, experimental and quantitative. Others, like Dilthey, regarded psychology in the main as a humane field of study, historical and interpretative in character. The dichotomy of 'explaining' versus 'understanding' has been a subject of debate ever since. Regrettably, most of the protagonists of these respec tive positions tend to view them as mutually exclusive, in spite of the fact that already Wundt had stressed that 'hard' experimental and 'soft' VOlkerpsychologie are both equally important. For the major part of the present century the field has been largely dominated by advocates of 'hard-nosed' scientific approaches, typified first by Behaviorism and, latterly, cognitive psychology which concen trates on central processes involved in cognition. Without in any way wishing to denigrate the undoubted achievements of cognitive psycholo gy, it has its limitations that are epitomized by T. H. Huxley's dictum 'The great end of life is not knowledge but action'. This might well serve as the motto for the action theory of Ernest Boesch, who is one of several prominent psychologists out of harmony with the prevailing ethos. They travel under different banners such as 'social constructivism', 'ethogen ics' or 'hermeneutics', but all share reservations about what many feel is the arid 'scientism' of the mainstream. 400 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Europe faces a challenge: how to apply information and communication technologies to health care. One problem is the widening gap between the expectations of citizens and the limited resources available to provide health services. It is here that advanced technology can serve as an important tool to find innovative and more efficient ways of delivering health services. This book reports the summary of a study performed under contract by a team of consultants for Directorate-General XIII of the Commission of the European Communities. It analyses the key factors governing the evolution of advanced information systems for health care and medicine in Europe and provides guidelines for placing current and future work within the framework of the Community research and development programmes. 328 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The 1991 International Conference on Information Processing in Medical Imaging (IPMI '91) is the twelfth in the series and was held in Wye College, part of the University of London. The purpose of IPMI is to provide a forum for the detailed examination of methodological issues in computing which are at the heart of advances in medical image formation, manipulation and interpretation. This volume presents the proceedings of IPMI '91. Full-length scientific papers describing the latest techniques and results are organized into the following nine sections: - Image formation and reconstruction - Incorporation of priors in tomographic reconstruction - Multi-modal registration - Segmentation: specific applications - Segmentation: multi-scale, surfaces and topology - Anatomical models and variability - Factor analysis - Rule based systems and learning - Image quality, display and interaction. The volume also includes a set of color plates and a subject index. The book provides an up-to-date account of current work in the expanding and fast-moving area of image processing and medical imaging, and gives an overview of work at all the key centers researching in this area. It will prove an invaluable asset to all researchers working in the area and to the libraries of organizations involved in imaging research. 532 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Out of the multitude of physical processes whose mechanisms depend on the interaction between the atmosphere and a lake, only those have been selected for discussion in this book which are inevitable in the mathematical modeling of lake hydrology and the microclimates, i.e., the meteorological regime over lakes and surrounding land. There are many reasons for a combined consideration of tile hydrological and meteorological aspects. First of all, they are essentially similar from a fluid mechanical point of view. Thus, the same phenomenon, viz., the turbulent plan etary boundary layer, is represented in lakes as the upper well-mixed water layer and in the atmosphere as the lower air layer directly influenced by thermal and dynamical action of the underlying surface. Processes at the air/water interface are equally important in energy transfer in both media. And finally, dynamical and thermal interaction between the adjoining atmospheric and lacustrine bound ary layers appears to be even stronger than between the upper and deep-water layers of a lake.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 152 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Europe faces a challenge: how to apply information and communication technologies to health care. One problem is the widening gap between the expectations of citizens and the limited resources available to provide health services. It is here that advanced technology can serve as an important tool to find innovative and more efficient ways of delivering health services. This book reports the summary of a study performed under contract by a team of consultants for Directorate-General XIII of the Commission of the European Communities. It analyses the key factors governing the evolution of advanced information systems for health care and medicine in Europe and provides guidelines for placing current and future work within the framework of the Community research and development programmes.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 328 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book contains 26 papers describing research in the domain of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. The papers aregrouped around the following themes: Methodology, knowledgerepresentation, clinical applications, modelling, uncertainty management, knowledge acquisition, and the user perspective. The book gives an overview of the current state of AIin medicine research in Europe. It presents several techniques and methods that are likely to play an important rolein future applications. In the section on clinical applications not only existing systems are described, but resultsof evaluation studies are presented as well.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 344 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Das vorliegende Buch behandelt das Konzept des Least-Cost Planning ('Minimalkosten-Planung'). Hierbei handelt es sich um ein auf allen Stufen der Energiewirtschaft anwendbares systemanalytisches Konzept der Planung, der (Kosten-)Optimierung und der Umsetzung von Investitionsalternativen des Angebots oder der Einsparung von Energie. Insbesondere wird die Frage untersucht, inwieweit positive Erfahrungen aus den USA mit Einsparungsprogrammen nach Least-Cost Planning (LCP) auf die unterschiedlichen energiewirtschaftlichen bzw. -rechtlichen Verhältnisse in der Bundesrepublik übertragen werden können. Es wird gezeigt, daß Least-Cost Planning bei der Unternehmensplanung von Energieversorgungsunternehmen, bei der Erstellung und Umsetzung von örtlichen und regionalen Energiekonzepten sowie insbesondere auch für die Theorie und Praxis der öffentlichen Energieaufsicht in der Bundesrepublik einen zentralen Stellenwert einnehmen sollte. 456 pp. Deutsch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Strategiekonzepte und Funktionen von Produktionsunternehmen werden beispielhaft erläutert, Analyse- und Planungsmethoden sowie Planungswerkzeuge vorgestellt. Sie bilden das Rüstzeug, um bestehende Betriebe neu zu strukturieren. Eine wichtige Möglichkeit hierzu bildet die Simulation, deren Möglichkeiten geschildert werden. Abschließend werden beispielhaft prinzipielle Ansätze zur Neustrukturierung vor dem Hintergrund einer rechnerintegrierten Lösung vorgestellt. Sie beziehen sich auf die Aspekte Produkt, Produktion, Qualität, Logistik und Mitarbeiter. Der Leser soll in die Lage versetzt werden, einen Produktionsbetrieb im Hinblick auf eine langfristige Produktionsstrategie zu analysieren und eine CIM-orientierte Neuordnung zu formulieren. 196 pp. Deutsch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Die Kosten-Nutzen-Rechnung von universitären Bildungseinrichtungen wird im vorliegenden Band untersucht. Das Thema wird anhand eines Fallbeispiels - Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien - behandelt. Dabei erfolgt zunächst eine umfassende ökonomische und statistische Analyse der Ausgangssituation. Diese umfaßt eine Prognose der erwarteten Studentenzahlen, ein Profil der Anforderungen, die seitens der Wirtschaft an die Absolventen gestellt werden und eine statistische Untersuchung der Durchsetzbarkeit von Reformen innerhalb der Universität. Im Anschluß daran werden Alternativen für die zukünftige Entwicklung der WUW präsentiert und eingehend analysiert. Das Buch schließt mit einer eingehenden Kosten-Nutzen-Rechnung für zwei Projekte in verschiedenen Varianten. Erstmalig liegt mit dieser Studie eine genaue Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse der Universitäten vor. 224 pp. Deutsch.…