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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 436 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -UniversityofPennsylvania,USA TimKovacs UniversityofBirmingham,UK PierLucaLanzi PolitecnicodiMilano,Italy RickL. Riolo UniversityofMichigan,USA OlivierSigaud AnimatLab-LIP6,France RobertE. Smith TheUniversityofTheWestofEngland,UK WolfgangStolzmann DaimlerChryslerAG,Germany KeikiTakadama ATRInternational,Japan StewartW. Wilson TheUniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign,USA PredictionDynamics,USA TableofContents ITheory BiasingExplorationinanAnticipatoryLearningClassi erSystem . . . . . . . 3 MartinV. Butz An Incremental Multiplexer Problem and Its Uses in Classi er System Research. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 LawrenceDavis,ChunshengFu,StewartW. Wilson AMinimalModelofCommunicationforaMulti-agentClassi erSystem. . 32 ¿ GillesEn¿ee,CathyEscazut A Representation for Accuracy-Based Assessment of Classi er System PredictionPerformance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 JohnH. Holmes ASelf-AdaptiveXCS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 JacobHurst,LarryBull TwoViewsofClassi erSystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 TimKovacs SocialSimulationUsingaMulti-agentModelBasedonClassi erSystems: TheEmergenceofVacillatingBehaviourinthe¿ElFarol¿BarProblem. . . 88 LuisMiramontesHercog,TerenceC. Fogarty II Applications XCSandGALE:AComparativeStudyofTwoLearningClassi erSystems onDataMining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 EsterBernad¿o,XavierLlor`a,JosepM. Garrell APreliminaryInvestigationofModi edXCSasaGenericDataMining Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 PhillipWilliamDixon,DavidW. Corne,MartinJohnOates ExplorationsinLCSModelsofStockTrading . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 244 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -About 60 years ago, R. Brauer introduced 'block theory'; his purpose was to study the group algebra kG of a finite group G over a field k of nonzero characteristic p: any indecomposable two-sided ideal that also is a direct summand of kG determines a G-block.But the main discovery of Brauer is perhaps the existence of families of infinitely many nonisomorphic groups having a 'common block'; i.e., blocks having mutually isomorphic 'source algebras'.In this book, based on a course given by the author at Wuhan University in 1999, all the concepts mentioned are introduced, and all the proofs are developed completely. Its main purpose is the proof of the existence and the uniqueness of the 'hyperfocal subalgebra' in the source algebra. This result seems fundamental in block theory; for instance, the structure of the source algebra of a nilpotent block, an important fact in block theory, can be obtained as a corollary.The exceptional layout of this bilingual edition featuring 2 columns per page (one English, one Chinese) sharing the displayed mathematical formulas is the joint achievement of the author and A. Arabia.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 224 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -. 9 JohnCoates TheWeilandTatePairingsasBuildingBlocks forPublicKeyCryptosystems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 AntoineJoux UsingEllipticCurvesofRankOnetowardstheUndecidability ofHilbert¿sTenthProblemoverRingsofAlgebraicIntegers. . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 BjornPoonen Onp-adicPointCountingAlgorithmsforEllipticCurves overFiniteFields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 TakakazuSatoh NumberTheory OnArithmeticallyEquivalentNumberFieldsofSmallDegree . . . . . . . . . . . 67 WiebBosma,BartdeSmit ASurveyofDiscriminantCounting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 HenriCohen,FranciscoDiazyDiaz,MichelOlivier AHigher-RankMersenneProblem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 GrahamEverest,PeterRogers,ThomasWard AnApplicationofSiegelModularFunctions toKronecker¿sLimitFormula. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 TakashiFukuda,KeiichiKomatsu ComputationalAspectsofNUCOMP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 MichaelJ. Jacobson,Jr. ,AlfredJ. vanderPoorten E cientComputationofClassNumbersofRealAbelianNumberFields. . 134 St¿ephaneR. Louboutin AnAcceleratedBuchmannAlgorithmforRegulatorComputation inRealQuadraticFields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 UlrichVollmer VIII TableofContents ArithmeticGeometry SomeGenus3CurveswithManyPoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 RolandAuer,JaapTop 7 8 Trinomialsax +bx+candax +bx+c withGaloisGroupsofOrder168and8 168. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 NilsBruin,NoamD. Elkies ComputationsonModularJacobianSurfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 EnriqueGonz¿alez-Jim¿enez,JosepGonz¿alez,JordiGu`ardia IntegralPointsonPuncturedAbelianSurfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . 532 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book was developed mainly from the selected presentations and contribu tions made during the 3rd Biennual European Conference on Fish Processing in Grimsby, UK, 29th June-1st July 1999, which was sponsored by the Society of Chemical Industry, University of Lincoln, and North East Lincolnshire Council. The book is divided into three sections preceded by an introductory chapter providing an overview of seafood quality, technology and nutraceutical applica tions. The first section (Chaps 2-10) describes a range of aspects of seafood quality from the impact of slaughter procedures, practical evaluation, texture, measuring fish content, protein functionality, histamine toxicity and flavour; the second section (Chaps 11-13) covers value-added waste products, automation in fish processing and water treatment; the final section (Chaps 14-16) dis cusses food and health applications of marine nutraceuticals/functional foods. Contributing to this volume are researchers from different countries who are well recognised in their respective areas of expertise, providing a diverse and global perspective of the issue of seafood quality, technology and nutraceutical applications.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 244 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -It took more than 15 years of research, standardization work, and develop ment with an enormous effort of manpower to bring third generation (3G) wireless communication systems to life. The first research work on 3G sys tems started around 1988 [1]. At this time the striking success of second generation (2G) systems, especially of GSM (Global System for Mobile Com munications), was not yet evident. A substantial part of these early research activities took place in Europe and was sponsored by the European Commis sion in the course of research programs such as: Research and Development of Advanced Communications Technologies in Europe (RACE-I, RACE-2) and Advanced Communications Technology and Services (ACTS) [2]. Even before these activities, 3G systems were considered in 1992 at the WARC (World Administrative Radio Conference), where 230 MHz of spectrum around 2 GHz was identified for 3G, and in standardization bodies like the ITU (Interna tional Telecommunications Union) from a global perspective and ETSI (Eu ropean Telecommunications Standards Institute) in Europe. At the present time 3G networks are deployed or are already operating (e. g. , in Japan the first commercial 3G system started its service in October 2001). Unfortu nately, the initial idea to create one single 3G standard to allow for seam less world-wide roaming could not be realized. However, three of the five members of the so-called IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunica tions, the official acronym for 3G systems) family of standards are based on Wideband-CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access).Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 316 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book studies the causes and cures of inflation in a monetary union. It carefully discusses the effects of money growth and output growth on inflation. The focus is on producer inflation, currency depreciation and consumer inflation. For instance, what determines the rate of consumer inflation in Europe, and what in America Moreover, what determines the rate of consumer inflation in Germany, and what in France Further topics are real depreciation, nominal and real interest rates, the growth of nominal wages, the growth of producer real wages, and the growth of consumer real wages. Here productivity growth and labour growth play significant roles. Another important issue is target inflation and required money growth. A special feature of this book is the numerical estimation of shock and policy multipliers. The present book is part of a larger research project on monetary union, see Carlberg (1999, 2000, 2001). Over the years, in working on this project, I have benefited from comments by lain Begg, Christopher Bliss, Volker Clausen, Peter Flaschel, Wilfried Fuhrmann, Michael Funke, Franz X. Hof, Jay H. Levin, Alfred MauBner, Hans G. Monissen, Manfred J. M. Neumann, Klaus Neusser, Franco Reither, Michael Schmid, Jiirgen von Hagen, and Helmut Wagner. In addition, Michael Brauninger and Alkis Otto carefully discussed with me all parts of the manuscript. Last but not least, Doris Ehrich did the secretarial work as excellently as ever. I would like to thank all of them.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 324 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Wetlands are very sensitive ecosystems, functioning as a habitat for many organisms. Protection and regeneration of wetlands are of great importance in ecological research and in nature conservation. A huge amount of research has been done on the hydrology, plants and animals in wetlands. Knowledge about soil organisms and soil ecological processes of wetlands is still lacking. This knowledge is a prerequisite for landscape planning purposes or climate change predictions. In the case of climate change, trace gas emissions from wetlands are of great interest. The authors provide an overview of the state-of-the-art on soil ecology in wetlands. The book is divided into the following main chapters: 'Wetlands as habitats for soil organisms', 'Soil ecological processes in fens and floodplains', 'Carbon and nitrogen dynamics in soils with different water regimes' and 'Trace gas emissions'.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 272 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The book collects many techniques that are helpul in obtaining regularity results for solutions of nonlinear systems of partial differential equations. They are then applied in various cases to provide useful examples and relevant results, particularly in fields like fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, semiconductor theory, or game theory.In general, these techniques are scattered in the journal literature and developed in the strict context of a given model. In the book, they are presented independently of specific models, so that the main ideas are explained, while remaining applicable to various situations. Such a presentation will facilitate application and implementation by researchers, as well as teaching to students.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 456 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Plant breeding has undergone a period of very rapid and significant development in recent years and the area of fruit breeding is no exception. This book provides a balanced, up-to-date and comprehensive account of the developments in the field of breeding tropical and subtropical fruits. It offers not only the theoretical and applied aspects of breedings fruits but also provides an authoritative manual of the conventional and new techniques used for increasing efficiency of crop improvement programmes. In specific chapters the book deals with crop taxonomy, genetic resources, floral biology, breeding objectives, inheritance patterns and information on new improved cultivars/hybrids.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 360 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The past few decades of research and development in solid-state semicon ductor physics and electronics have witnessed a rapid growth in the drive to exploit quantum mechanics in the design and function of semiconductor devices. This has been fueled for instance by the remarkable advances in our ability to fabricate nanostructures such as quantum wells, quantum wires and quantum dots. Despite this contemporary focus on semiconductor 'quantum devices,' a principal quantum mechanical aspect of the electron - its spin has it accounts for an added quan largely been ignored (except in as much as tum mechanical degeneracy). In recent years, however, a new paradigm of electronics based on the spin degree of freedom of the electron has begun to emerge. This field of semiconductor 'spintronics' (spin transport electron ics or spin-based electronics) places electron spin rather than charge at the very center of interest. The underlying basis for this new electronics is the intimate connection between the charge and spin degrees of freedom of the electron via the Pauli principle. A crucial implication of this relationship is that spin effects can often be accessed through the orbital properties of the electron in the solid state. Examples for this are optical measurements of the spin state based on the Faraday effect and spin-dependent transport measure ments such as giant magneto-resistance (GMR). In this manner, information can be encoded in not only the electron's charge but also in its spin state, i. e.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 332 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Rapid development of Earth observation satellite using remote sensing techniques enables observations of the oceanic processes by sea and airborne study to be carried out over vast areas in a short time. This first book written by Russian and Norwegian scientists is an analysis of studies of the Kara Sea and presents a unique catalogue of environmental and pollution data of the joint Norwegian and Russian oceanographic expedition studies of the Kara Sea spanning three decades.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 508 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Increasing customer needs, the globalization of markets and the evolution of e-commerce add to the complexity of logistic processes. In today's business, it is well understood that an effective management of logistic processes is impossible without the use of computer-based tools and quantitative methods. This book presents in a systematic way quantitative approaches to distribution logistics and supply chain management. The main orientation of the book is towards practical problem solving, and numerous case studies and practical applications are presented. The topics covered include: supply chain management, revers logistics, e-commerce, facility location and network planning, vehicle routing, warehousing, inventory control.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 440 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This will be the first book that deals with the use of commercial satellite imagery to monitor non-proliferation of nuclear weapons non-intrusively from space by an international organisation. The book deals with both the technical as well as policy issues related to the nuclear weapons non-proliferation issues. The authors discuss how an international organisation such as the International Atomic Energy Agency can use information derived from satellites to enhance its policing task.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 360 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The present volume is the result of activities within the scientific programme 'Response of the Earth System to Impact Processes' (IMP ACT) of the European Science Foundation (ESF). The ESF is an association of 67 national member organisations devoted to scientific research in 24 European countries. The IMPACT programme is aimed at understanding meteorite impact processes and their effects on the Earth System. Launched in 1998 for a duration of 5 years, the programme is now supported by 15 ESF membership countries. The programme of meteorite impact research and operates through deals with all aspects workshops, exchange programs, and short courses. The 4th IMPACT programme workshop 'Meteorite Impacts in Precambrian Shields' took place on May 24-28, 2000, in Lappajarvi, western Finland. A total of 84 scientists from 19 countries from Europe, North America, and Africa participated in the workshop. During the workshop, 43 oral, 31 poster, and several video presentations were made. An exhibition of impactite rocks from Finnish craters and two excursions were organised. The excursion to impact melt rock outcrops of the Lappajarvi structure took place during the workshop. The Karikkoselka and Saaksjarvi impact structures in south-central Finland were visited during the post-meeting excursion. 356 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book provides a survey of the state of the art of technology and future trends in the new family of Smart Power ICs and describes design and applications in a variety of fields ranging from automotive to telecommunications, reliability evaluation and qualification procedures. The book is a valuable source of information and reference for both power IC design specialists and to all those concerned with applications, the development of digital circuits and with system architecture.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book provides a survey of the state of the art of technology and future trends in the new family of Smart Power ICs and describes design and applications in a variety of fields ranging from automotive to telecommunications, reliability evaluation and qualification procedures. The book is a valuable source of information and reference for both power IC design specialists and to all those concerned with applications, the development of digital circuits and with system architecture.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 590 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Dopamine was initially regarded as a mere precursor of noradrenaline, but has progressively gained its present status of a common target for major drug classes and a substrate for some basic functions and dysfunctions of the Central Nervous System. The scientific interest has shifted from typically motor areas of the striatum to traditionally limbic ones as the nucleus accumbens and its afferent areas, the prefrontal cortex, the hippocampal formation and the basolateral amygdala. This double volume provides a systematic account of the anatomy, physiology, neurochemistry, molecular biology and behavioural pharmacology of dopamine in the CNS. The second volume deals with functional and behavioural aspects as the electrophysiology of dopamine neurons and of dopamine actions, the interaction with other transmitters and its role in behaviour and in the action of centrally acting drugs.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 540 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Prominente Autoren aus Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und Politik schildern in diesem Buch, welche konkreten Projekte verwirklicht werden müssen, damit Deutschland in den nächsten Jahren eine Spitzenposition im Wettbewerb einnehmen kann und sich nicht mit einem Absteigerplatz zufriedengeben muss. Zu den Autoren des Buches gehören Lothar Späth, Vorsitzender des Vorstands der JENOPTIK AG, Klaus Eierhoff, Leiter der DirectGroup und Mitglied des Vorstands der Bertelsmann AG, Klaus Mangold, Mitglied des Vorstands DaimlerChrysler AG, Hubert Burda, Vorstandsvorsitzender und alleiniger Gesellschafter der Hubert Burda Media Holding, Brigitte Zypries, Staatssekretärin im Bundesministerium des Innern, Josef Brauner, Vorstandsmitglied der Deutschen Telekom AG und Ulf Böge, Präsident des Bundeskartellamts. Das Buch bietet eine Agenda für die notwendigen IT-Entwicklungen der nächsten Jahre in Deutschland.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 260 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Die Wahrnehmung der Kundenbedürfnisse und die zweckmäßige Reaktion darauf ist von entscheidender Bedeutung für den Unternehmenserfolg. Aus der Umsetzung des Customer Relationship Management ergeben sich neue Anforderungen an die Prozesse im Marketing, Vertrieb und Service. Zur Realisierung des Erfolgspotenzials aus dem CRM ist eine systematische Einführung notwendig. Handlungsempfehlungen dazu liefert der hier beschriebene Methodenvorschlag zur Einführung von CRM auf allen Ebenen des Business Engineerings: der Strategie-, Prozess- und IS/IT-Ebene. Der Methodenvorschlag enthält verschiedene Techniken und Dokumente, die in Einführungsprojekten zum CRM Verwendung finden sollten, um sichere Projekte durch Erreichung der gesteckten Ziele mit angemessenen Kosten durchzuführen.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 252 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Eine ganzheitliche myofunktionelle Therapie umfasst eine wirkungsvolle Kombination von logopädischer, physiotherapeutischer und ggf. kieferchirurgischer Behandlung. Die Autorinnen machen die Chancen in der Vernetzung therapeutischer Ansätze deutlich und zeigen, wie sie effektiv genutzt werden. Alle wichtigen physiotherapeutischen Aspekte Verständliche Anleitungen und Übungen Therapie-Materialien und BezugsquellenSpringer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 200 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -'Ein einzigartiges Buch, das nur von einem Mann wie Ernst Mayr geschrieben werden konnte, der nicht nur einer der bedeutendsten Evolutionsbiologen dieses Jahrhunderts, sondern auch ein großer Philosoph, Biologiehistoriker und außergewöhnlicher Schriftsteller ist. Kein anderes Buch erzählt so klar und kritisch die Evolution der Ideen, die zur modernen Biologie führten.'(Nobelpreisträger François Jacob)Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 792 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Ganz praxisgerecht vereinigt dieses bewährte Fachbuch die Sichtweisen des Lebensmitteltechnologen und des Lebensmittelchemikers. Es vermittelt die wesentlichen Grundlagen und wendet sich damit an Studierende sowie an Industrie und Handel. Besonders für kleinere und mittlere Betriebe stellt das Werk eine wichtige Quelle für Informationen dar, die aus wettbewerblichen Gründen ansonsten unzugänglich sind. Die vierte Auflage spiegelt den erheblichen technologischen Fortschritt der letzten Jahre wieder. Besonders die 'sanfteren Konservierungsverfahren' wurden berücksichtigt. Ein neues Kapitel fasst die Zukunftstrends zusammen.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 404 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -AISC 2002, the 6th international conference on Arti cial Intelligence and S- bolic Computation, and Calculemus 2002, the 10th symposium on the Integ- tion of Symbolic Computation and Mechanized Reasoning, were held jointly in Marseille, France on July 1 5, 2002. This event was organized by the three universities in Marseille together with the LSIS (Laboratoire des Sciences de l Information et des Syst` emes). AISC 2002 was the latest in a series of specialized conferences founded by John Campbell and Jacques Calmet with the initial title Arti cial Intelligence and Symbolic Mathematical Computation (AISMC) and later denoted Art- cial Intelligence and Symbolic Computation (AISC). The scope is well de ned by its successive titles. AISMC-1 (1992), AISMC-2 (1994), AISMC-3 (1996), AISC 98, and AISC 2000 took place in Karlsruhe, Cambridge, Steyr, Plattsburgh (NY), and Madrid respectively. The proceedings were published by Springer-Verlag as LNCS 737, LNCS 958, LNCS 1138, LNAI 1476, and LNAI 1930 respectively. Calculemus 2002 was the 10th symposium in a series which started with three meetings in 1996, two meetings in 1997, and then turned into a yearly event in 1998. Since then, it has become a tradition to hold the meeting jointly with an event in either symbolic computation or automated deduction. Both events share common interests in looking at Symbolic Computation, each from a di erent point of view: Arti cial Intelligence in the more general case of AISC and Automated Deduction in the more speci c case of Calculemus. 364 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Fast Software Encryption is an eight-year-old workshop on symmetric cryp- graphy, including the design and cryptanalysis of block and stream ciphers, as well as hash functions. The rst Fast Software Encryption Workshop was held in Cambridge in 1993, followed by Leuven in 1994, Cambridge in 1996, Haifa in 1997, Paris in 1998, Rome in 1999, and New York in 2000. This Fast Software Encryption Workshop, FSE 2001, was held from 2-4 April 2001 in Yokohama, Japan, in cooperation with the Institute of Industrial Science, of the University of Tokyo. This year a total of 46 papers were submitted to FSE 2001. After a t- month review process, 27 papers were accepted for presentation at the workshop. In addition, we were fortunate to be able to organize a special talk by Bart Preneel on the NESSIE project, a European initiative to evaluate cryptographic algorithms. The committee of this workshop was: General Chair Hideki Imai (The University of Tokyo) Program Committee Ross Anderson (Cambridge Univ. ) Eli Biham (Technion) Cunsheng Ding (Singapore) Henri Gilbert (France Telecom) Dieter Gollman (Microsoft) Thomas Johansson (Lund Univ. ) Lars Knudsen (Bergen Univ. ) James Massey (Denmark) Mitsuru Matsui (Mitsubishi Electric, Chair) Kaisa Nyberg (Nokia) Bart Preneel (Katholieke Univ. Leuven) Bruce Schneier (Counterpane) We would like to thank all submitting authors and the committee members for their hard work. We are also appreciative of the nancial support provided by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. 368 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The Fourth International Workshop on Learning Classi er Systems (IWLCS 2001)washeldJuly7-8,2001,inSanFrancisco,California,duringtheGenetic andEvolutionaryComputationConference(GECCO2001). Wehaveincluded inthisvolumerevisedandextendedversionsofelevenofthepaperspresented attheworkshop. Thevolumeisorganizedintotwomainparts. The rstisdedicatedtoimportant theoreticalissuesoflearningclassi ersystemsresearchincludingthein uence ofexplorationstrategy,amodelofself-adaptiveclassi ersystems,andtheuse ofclassi ersystemsforsocialsimulation. Thesecondpartcontainspapersd- cussing applications of learning classi er systems such as data mining, stock trading,andpowerdistributionnetworks. AnappendixcontainsapaperpresentingaformaldescriptionofACS,arapidly emerginglearningclassi ersystemmodel. Thisbookistheidealcontinuationofthetwovolumesfromthepreviouswo- shops,publishedbySpringer-VerlagasLNAI1813andLNAI1996. Wehopeit willbeausefulsupportforresearchersinterestedinlearningclassi ersystems andwillprovideinsightsintothemostrelevanttopicsandthemostinteresting openissues. April2002 PierLucaLanzi WolfgangStolzmann StewartW. Wilson Organization The Fourth International Workshop on Learning Classi er Systems (IWLCS 2001)washeldJuly7-8,2001inSanFrancisco(CA),USA,duringtheGenetic andEvolutionaryConference(GECCO2001). OrganizingCommittee PierLucaLanzi PolitecnicodiMilano,Italy WolfgangStolzmann DaimlerChryslerAG,Germany StewartW. Wilson TheUniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign,USA PredictionDynamics,USA ProgramCommittee ErikBaum NECResearchInstitute,USA AndreaBonarini PolitecnicodiMilano,Italy LashonB. Booker TheMITRECorporation,USA MartinV. Butz UniversityofWur zburg,Germany LawrenceDavis NuTechSolutions,USA TerryFogarty SouthbankUniversity,UK JohnH. Holmes UniversityofPennsylvania,USA TimKovacs UniversityofBirmingham,UK PierLucaLanzi PolitecnicodiMilano,Italy RickL. Riolo UniversityofMichigan,USA OlivierSigaud AnimatLab-LIP6,France RobertE. Smith TheUniversityofTheWestofEngland,UK WolfgangStolzmann DaimlerChryslerAG,Germany KeikiTakadama ATRInternational,Japan StewartW. Wilson TheUniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign,USA PredictionDynamics,USA TableofContents ITheory BiasingExplorationinanAnticipatoryLearningClassi erSystem . . . . . . . 3 MartinV. Butz An Incremental Multiplexer Problem and Its Uses in Classi er System Research. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 LawrenceDavis,ChunshengFu,StewartW. Wilson AMinimalModelofCommunicationforaMulti-agentClassi erSystem. . 32 GillesEn ee,CathyEscazut A Representation for Accuracy-Based Assessment of Classi er System PredictionPerformance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 JohnH. Holmes ASelf-AdaptiveXCS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 JacobHurst,LarryBull TwoViewsofClassi erSystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 TimKovacs SocialSimulationUsingaMulti-agentModelBasedonClassi erSystems: TheEmergenceofVacillatingBehaviourinthe ElFarol BarProblem. . . 88 LuisMiramontesHercog,TerenceC. Fogarty II Applications XCSandGALE:AComparativeStudyofTwoLearningClassi erSystems onDataMining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 EsterBernad o,XavierLlor`a,JosepM. Garrell APreliminaryInvestigationofModi edXCSasaGenericDataMining Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 PhillipWilliamDixon,DavidW. Corne,MartinJohnOates ExplorationsinLCSModelsofStockTrading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 SoniaSchulenburg,PeterRoss On-LineApproachforLossReductioninElectricPowerDistribution NetworksUsingLearningClassi erSystems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Patr ciaAm ancioVargas,ChristianoLyr 244 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The papers contained in this volume were presented at the 13th Annual S- posium on Combinatorial Pattern Matching, held July 3-5, 2002 at the Hotel Uminonakamichi, in Fukuoka, Japan. They were selected from 37 abstracts s- mitted in response to the call for papers. In addition, there were invited lectures by Shinichi Morishita (University of Tokyo) and Hiroki Arimura (Kyushu U- versity). Combinatorial Pattern Matching (CPM) addresses issues of searching and matching strings and more complicated patterns such as trees, regular expr- sions, graphs, point sets, and arrays, in various formats. The goal is to derive n- trivial combinatorial properties of such structures and to exploit these properties in order to achieve superior performance for the corresponding computational problems. On the other hand, an important goal is to analyze and pinpoint the properties and conditions under which searches cannot be performed e ciently. Over the past decade a steady ow of high-quality research on this subject has changed a sparse set of isolated results into a full- edged area of algorithmics. This area is continuing to grow even further due to the increasing demand for speed and e ciency that stems from important applications such as the World Wide Web, computational biology, computer vision, and multimedia systems. These involve requirements for information retrieval in heterogeneous databases, data compression, and pattern recognition. The objective of the annual CPM gathering is to provide an international forum for research in combinatorial p- tern matching and related applications. 304 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -About 60 years ago, R. Brauer introduced 'block theory'; his purpose was to study the group algebra kG of a finite group G over a field k of nonzero characteristic p: any indecomposable two-sided ideal that also is a direct summand of kG determines a G-block.But the main discovery of Brauer is perhaps the existence of families of infinitely many nonisomorphic groups having a 'common block'; i.e., blocks having mutually isomorphic 'source algebras'.In this book, based on a course given by the author at Wuhan University in 1999, all the concepts mentioned are introduced, and all the proofs are developed completely. Its main purpose is the proof of the existence and the uniqueness of the 'hyperfocal subalgebra' in the source algebra. This result seems fundamental in block theory; for instance, the structure of the source algebra of a nilpotent block, an important fact in block theory, can be obtained as a corollary.The exceptional layout of this bilingual edition featuring 2 columns per page (one English, one Chinese) sharing the displayed mathematical formulas is the joint achievement of the author and A. Arabia. 224 pp. Chinesisch, Englisch.

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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Deployment is the act of taking components and readying them for productive use. There may be steps following deployment, such as installation or m- agement related functions, but all decisions about how to con gure and c- pose/assemble a component are made at the deployment stage. This is therefore the one opportunity in the software lifecycle to bridge the gap between what the component developer couldn't know about the deployment environment and what the environment's developer couldn't know about the open set of depl- able components. It is not surprising that deployment as a dedicated step gains importance when addressing issues of system-wide qualities, such as coping with constrained resources or preparing for component adaptation and system evolution. Yet, component deployment is still a discipline in its infancy: it became mainstream practice only in the mid 1990s. Much of the best practice impulse originated in products like Microsoft's Transaction Server and its approach to attribute-based programming and later products like Enterprise JavaBeans and now the Corba Component Model. All these address the speci c needs of enterprise appli- tion servers. However, the potential of the deployment concept goes far beyond this. Deployment can and should touch e ectively all truly component-based solutions. The proceedings of Component Deployment 2002 represent a good cro- section of the gamut of deployment issues. From customization to address - source constraints to recon guration of deployed systems and from architecture to design to languages, the avid reader will nd some contribution. 288 pp. Englisch.