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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th KES International Conference on Agent and Multi-Agent Systems, KES-AMSTA 2012, held in Dubrovnik, Croatia, in June 2012.The conference attracted a substantial number of researchers and practitioners from all over the world who submitted their papers for ten main tracks covering the methodology and applications of agent and multi-agent systems, one workshop (TRUMAS 2012) and five special sessions on specific topics within the field. The 66 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. The papers are organized in topical sections on virtual organizations, knowledge and learning agents, intelligent workflow, cloud computing and intelligent systems, self-organization, ICT-based alternative and augmentative communication, multi-agent systems, mental and holonic models, assessment methodologies in multi-agent and other paradigms, business processing agents, Trumas 2012 (first international workshop), conversational agents and agent teams, digital economy, and multi-agent systems in distributed environments.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This book constitutes the proceedings of the Third International Conference on Abstract State Machines, B, VDM, and Z, which took place in Pisa, Italy, in June 2012. The 20 full papers presented together with 2 invited talks and 13 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 59 submissions. The ABZ conference series is dedicated to the cross-fertilization of five related state-based and machine-based formal methods: Abstract State Machines (ASM), Alloy, B, VDM, and Z. They share a common conceptual foundation and are widely used in both academia and industry for the design and analysis of hardware and software systems. The main goal of this conference series is to contribute to the integration of these formal methods, clarifying their commonalities and differences to better understand how to combine different approaches for accomplishing the various tasks in modeling, experimental validation and mathematical verification of reliable high-quality hardware/software systems.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Das vorliegende Buch wendet sich an ernsthaft strebende junge Ingenieure und nicht an solche, welche sich damit begnügen, Vorlagen durchzupausen, ohne dabei die Gedankengänge und überlegungen kennenzulernen, welche zu dem end gültigen Erzeugnis führen. Es zeigt sich immer wieder, daß bei den kleinsten konstruktiven Aufgaben, die dem Anfänger ohne Vorbild gestellt werden, die Schwierigkeiten so groß sind, daß er sich ohne eine zielbewußte Führung in ein endloses Probieren verliert. Aus diesem Grunde hat der Verfasser aus einer jahrzehntelangen Lehrerfahrung heraus den Versuch unternommen, in einer leicht faßlichen und geordneten Form einen methodischen Arbeitsplan zu zeigen, der es dem Anfänger ermöglicht, auf ratio nellem Wege bei seinen Konstruktionsübungen zum Ziele zu kommen. Daß dabei, wie die Erfahrung zeigt, die Freude am Konstruieren geweckt und das Selbst bewußtsein gestärkt wird, ist als weiterer Vorteil zu buchen. Die Konstruktionslehre ist für den allgemeinen Maschinenbau geschrieben und behandelt daher die der Feinmechanik eigenen Herstellungsverfahren nicht. Um dem Buch keinen zu großen Umfang zu geben und dadurch die übersicht lichkeit und den wesentlichen Kern zu verdecken, wurden Zahlentafeln, Dia gramme usw. weggelassen, da für diesen Zweck Taschen-und Lehrbücher zur Ver fügung stehen. Der Verfasser ist sich im klaren, daß eine Konstruktionslehre, welche nur aus einer Sammlung von Richtlinien und Regeln besteht, keinem Anfänger die Technik des Konstruierens vermitteln kann. Nur Übung führt hier zum Meister. Daher wurden eine Reihe von übungsbeispielen dem Text beigefügt.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Smart Grids sollen eine sichere und interoperable Basis beispielsweise für E-Energy bilden. Dieser Leitfaden enthält neben den Grundlagen für die Architekturentwicklung von Smart Grids einen Überblick über dazu bereits existierende Arbeiten sowie eine abstrakte Referenzarchitektur. Daneben werden relevante Sicherheitsstandards beschrieben, domänenspezifische Standards wie die CIM-Norm vorgestellt sowie Methoden zur Prüfung der Standardkonformität aufgeführt. Abschließend werden Realisierungsbeispiele umrissen und erste Best Practices erörtert. 292 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Das Buch bietet umfassende Informationen zu Schäden am historischen Mauerwerk, nicht nur zu Feuchte- und Salzschäden, sondern auch zu Schäden durch Risse und lose Füllschichten. Es beginnt mit der Geschichte des Mauerwerks, mit seinen Baustoffen und mit der Mauerwerksdiagnose. Es befasst sich mit der Bauphysik und gründlich mit den verschiedenen Untersuchungsmethoden hinsichtlich der Feuchte- und Salzschäden sowie der Störung und Minderung der Tragfähigkeit des Mauerwerks. Danach folgt die Beschreibung mechanischer, chemischer und elekro-osmotischer Instandsetzungsmethoden von feuchtem, versalzenem Mauerwerk und die Erläuterung von Maßnahmen zur Wiederherstellung der Tragfähigkeit, nämlich Mauerwerksaustausch, Verpressen, Vernadelung und Injektionen. Schließlich werden die Reinigungsverfahren, der Einsatz von Konservierungsmitteln und die zusätzlich erforderlichen Maßnahmen wie Einsatz von Sanierputz, Steinergänzung, Schall- und Wärmedämmung, Putz, Beschichtungen und die Instandsetzungsmöglichkeiten bei biologischer Korrosion wie Algen- und Schimmelbefall auf Wänden aus altem Mauerwerk dargestellt.Die 2. verbesserte und erweiterte Auflage beinhaltet die aktuellen technischen Möglichkeiten bei der Instandsetzung von historischem Mauerwerk, die im Jahre 2002 noch kaum eine Rolle spielten. Auch Normen und Regelwerke sind seitdem hinzugekommen oder wurden geändert, dazu kommen neue Anforderungen zum Schall- und Wärmeschutz. Die energetische Sanierung ist heute ungleich wichtiger als damals. Die Wärmedurchgangskoeffizienten von Außenwänden gemäß der EnEV 2009 und die Wärmedämmungstechniken zur Erfüllung der hohen Anforderungen werden dargestellt sowie die Vermeidung von Tauwasser an und im historschen Mauerwerk. 357 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Das Buch bietet umfassende Informationen zu Schäden am historischen Mauerwerk, nicht nur zu Feuchte- und Salzschäden, sondern auch zu Schäden durch Risse und lose Füllschichten. Es beginnt mit der Geschichte des Mauerwerks, mit seinen Baustoffen und mit der Mauerwerksdiagnose. Es befasst sich mit der Bauphysik und gründlich mit den verschiedenen Untersuchungsmethoden hinsichtlich der Feuchte- und Salzschäden sowie der Störung und Minderung der Tragfähigkeit des Mauerwerks. Danach folgt die Beschreibung mechanischer, chemischer und elekro-osmotischer Instandsetzungsmethoden von feuchtem, versalzenem Mauerwerk und die Erläuterung von Maßnahmen zur Wiederherstellung der Tragfähigkeit, nämlich Mauerwerksaustausch, Verpressen, Vernadelung und Injektionen. Schließlich werden die Reinigungsverfahren, der Einsatz von Konservierungsmitteln und die zusätzlich erforderlichen Maßnahmen wie Einsatz von Sanierputz, Steinergänzung, Schall- und Wärmedämmung, Putz, Beschichtungen und die Instandsetzungsmöglichkeiten bei biologischer Korrosion wie Algen- und Schimmelbefall auf Wänden aus altem Mauerwerk dargestellt.Die 2. verbesserte und erweiterte Auflage beinhaltet die aktuellen technischen Möglichkeiten bei der Instandsetzung von historischem Mauerwerk, die im Jahre 2002 noch kaum eine Rolle spielten. Auch Normen und Regelwerke sind seitdem hinzugekommen oder wurden geändert, dazu kommen neue Anforderungen zum Schall- und Wärmeschutz. Die energetische Sanierung ist heute ungleich wichtiger als damals. Die Wärmedurchgangskoeffizienten von Außenwänden gemäß der EnEV 2009 und die Wärmedämmungstechniken zur Erfüllung der hohen Anforderungen werden dargestellt sowie die Vermeidung von Tauwasser an und im historschen Mauerwerk. 357 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Das Buch bietet umfassende Informationen zu Schäden am historischen Mauerwerk, nicht nur zu Feuchte- und Salzschäden, sondern auch zu Schäden durch Risse und lose Füllschichten. Es beginnt mit der Geschichte des Mauerwerks, mit seinen Baustoffen und mit der Mauerwerksdiagnose. Es befasst sich mit der Bauphysik und gründlich mit den verschiedenen Untersuchungsmethoden hinsichtlich der Feuchte- und Salzschäden sowie der Störung und Minderung der Tragfähigkeit des Mauerwerks. Danach folgt die Beschreibung mechanischer, chemischer und elekro-osmotischer Instandsetzungsmethoden von feuchtem, versalzenem Mauerwerk und die Erläuterung von Maßnahmen zur Wiederherstellung der Tragfähigkeit, nämlich Mauerwerksaustausch, Verpressen, Vernadelung und Injektionen. Schließlich werden die Reinigungsverfahren, der Einsatz von Konservierungsmitteln und die zusätzlich erforderlichen Maßnahmen wie Einsatz von Sanierputz, Steinergänzung, Schall- und Wärmedämmung, Putz, Beschichtungen und die Instandsetzungsmöglichkeiten bei biologischer Korrosion wie Algen- und Schimmelbefall auf Wänden aus altem Mauerwerk dargestellt.Die 2. verbesserte und erweiterte Auflage beinhaltet die aktuellen technischen Möglichkeiten bei der Instandsetzung von historischem Mauerwerk, die im Jahre 2002 noch kaum eine Rolle spielten. Auch Normen und Regelwerke sind seitdem hinzugekommen oder wurden geändert, dazu kommen neue Anforderungen zum Schall- und Wärmeschutz. Die energetische Sanierung ist heute ungleich wichtiger als damals. Die Wärmedurchgangskoeffizienten von Außenwänden gemäß der EnEV 2009 und die Wärmedämmungstechniken zur Erfüllung der hohen Anforderungen werden dargestellt sowie die Vermeidung von Tauwasser an und im historschen Mauerwerk.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -From prehistoric times, mankind has looked up at the night sky, and puzzled at the changing positions of the stars. How far away they are is a question that has confounded scientists for centuries. Over the last few hundred years, many scientific careers - and considerable resources - have been devoted to measuring their positions and motions with ever increasing accuracy. And in the last two decades of the 20th century, the European Space Agency developed and launched the Hipparcos satellite, around which this account revolves, to carry out these exacting measurements from space.What has prompted these remarkable developments Why have governments been persuaded to fund them What are scientists learning from astronomy's equivalent of the Human Genome Project This book traces the subject's history, explains why such enormous efforts are considered worthwhile, and interweaves these with a first-hand insight into the Hipparcos project, and how big science is conducted at an international level. The involvement of amateur astronomers, and the Hipparcos contributions to climate research, 'death stars' passing close to the Sun, and the search for extra-solar planets and even intelligent life itself, are some of the surprising facets of this unusual space mission. 296 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The book is based on the lectures given at the CIME school 'Quantum many body systems' held in the summer of 2010. It provides a tutorial introduction to recent advances in the mathematics of interacting systems, written by four leading experts in the field: V. Rivasseau illustrates the applications of constructive Quantum Field Theory to 2D interacting electrons and their relation to quantum gravity; R. Seiringer describes a proof of Bose-Einstein condensation in the Gross-Pitaevski limit and explains the effects of rotating traps and the emergence of lattices of quantized vortices; J.-P. Solovej gives an introduction to the theory of quantum Coulomb systems and to the functional analytic methods used to prove their thermodynamic stability; finally, T. Spencer explains the supersymmetric approach to Anderson localization and its relation to the theory of random matrices. All the lectures are characterized by their mathematical rigor combined with physical insights. 196 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In the past, services had a strong local and national focus. Professional services were very likely to be independently and autonomously organized from country to country in order to cater to local needs and local legal requirements. This has since changed radically, and highly integrated business and delivery models around the globe have become the status quo in clients' businesses and strategies. Serving clients on a global level requires professional services firms to adopt a structural change from local to distributed global sales and delivery. This book brings together many years of experience, current perspectives and future ideas of international business practitioners, academics, and market researchers. Along those lines it is structured into four parts. Part I 'Winning Strategies and Innovative Ideas' lays the book's foundation: it discusses core strategies behind the globalization movement and introduces the major paradigms and ideas. Part II 'Successful Processes for Realization' provides solutions for how to establish successful processes for delivering global professional services. Part III 'Inspired Talent Management' goes to the core of the professional services industry: attracting, developing, and keeping the right talent in the right locations. Finally, Part IV offers 'Experiences and Case Studies' on all aspects related to successfully building a globalized professional services firm. In short, this handbook provides professional services firms and their clients alike with a sound foundation for responding strategically to fundamental global changes and turning them into business advantages. It offers a comprehensive perspective of why and how to successfully globalize a professional services firm. 296 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The seminal ideas of this book played a key role in the development of group theory since the 70s. Several generations of mathematicians learned geometric ideas in group theory from this book. In it, the author proves the fundamental theorem for the special cases of free groups and tree products before dealing with the proof of the general case. This new edition is ideal for graduate students and researchers in algebra, geometry and topology. 156 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -A look at China s relationship with its 14 neighbor countries: Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Myanmar, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Vietnam.This book presents a basic economic overview of each respective country and commentary on the country s relationship with China economic, political and otherwise. An excellent resource for the China-watcher hoping for a broad 360 degree, cross-border understanding of the country.'Whether you are a newcomer to China or already doing business here, you should not be without China Briefing. They are the best in their field and anessential part of any multinational businessman s intelligence on China. -Jack Perkowski, chairman and founder, ASIMCO Technologies; author, Managing the Dragon China Briefing is an established and well respected provider of good quality, useful China legal, tax and business operational information and is a greatresource to European investors. -Joerg Wutte, former president, European Chamber of Commerce, Beijing China Briefing is a must-read resource for anyone involved in China business. With so much material available on the mysteries of doing business in China,it is refreshing to read these practical, down to earth guides. They are well produced, easy to read, and incredibly insightful. -Michael Cronin, COO, Peony Capital, Beijing 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book contains the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Business Process Modeling, Development and Support (BPMDS 2012) and the 17th International Conference on Exploring Modeling Methods for Systems Analysis and Design (EMMSAD 2012), held together with the 24th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE 2012) in Gdansk, Poland, in June 2012.The 17 papers accepted for BPMDS were selected from 48 submissions and cover a wide spectrum of issues related to business process development, modeling, and support. They are grouped into sections on business process in the cloud, advanced BPM in an organizational context, similarity, variations and configuration, BPM and requirements engineering, humans and business process models, and BPM technologies using computational methods.The 13 papers accepted for EMMSAD were chosen from 28 submissions and focus on exploring, evaluating, and enhancing current information modeling methods and methodologies. They are grouped in sections on modeling of enterprise architecture, modeling facts and rules, business process modeling, modeling of non-functional requirements, safety modeling and analysis, quality of models and modeling languages, and supporting the learning of conceptual modeling. 468 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -At this congress there were again numereous reports ofprogress in immunology. The new technologies are continuingto have an immense impact: gene isolation, mutation,transfection and expression, protein structure andpeptidesynthesis, cell cloning, hybridization and monoclonalantibodies, CD serology, SCID and transgenic mice, modernimmunomodulation and vaccines.A trmendous mass of data has accumulated over the lastyears. The reports are up-to-date and outstanding,to adegree no journal will ever achieve, and the results arepresented in a concise and lucid way. This report will serveas a guideline for the years to came, because it is atreasure trove of explorations, making it exciting reading.This progress presents outstanding contributions. Immunologyis exhibited at its best: an exciting research area and arewarding subject to study for the benefit of mankind -today more than ever. 992 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Although skin cancer is the most common form of cancer and presents a consis tent problem in recognition, in treatment, and in prevention, it usually does not receive as much attention as other more deadly forms of cancer. Nonetheless, a great deal of progress has been made toward understanding its cause and biological behavior as well as toward recognizing and treating early cancerous and pre-cancerous lesions. Today's physicians are more aware of early lesions and patients are seeking their advice on many small skin blemishes. In addition, clinicians are exploring new moda lities of treatment, including chemotherapy. Some of these methods are very simple and effective for eradicating early lesions, and we are rapidly approaching the time in which the only reasons for a death due to skin cancer will be lack of a patient's cooperation or a physician's error in management. The most important factors in improving the cure rate of skin cancer are a thorough knowledge of its cause and biological behavior and an understanding of the limitations of each modality of treatment. 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Integrated Formal Methods, IFM 2012, held Pisa, Italy, in June 2012. The 20 revised full papers presented together with 2 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 59 submissions. The papers cover the spectrum of integrated formal methods, ranging from formal and semiformal notations, semantics, proof frameworks, refinement, verification, timed systems, as well as tools and case studies. 372 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Computer Aided Verification, CAV 2012, held in Berkeley, CA, USA in July 2012. The 38 regular and 20 tool papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 185 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on automata and synthesis, inductive inference and termination, abstraction, concurrency and software verification, biology and probabilistic systems, embedded and control systems, SAT/SMT solving and SMT-based verification, timed and hybrid systems, hardware verification, security, verification and synthesis, and tool demonstration. 808 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -These four volumes (CCIS 297, 298, 299, 300) constitute the proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems, IPMU 2012, held in Catania, Italy, in July 2012.The 258 revised full papers presented together with six invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on fuzzy machine learning and on-line modeling; computing with words and decision making; soft computing in computer vision; rough sets and complex data analysis: theory and applications; intelligent databases and information system; information fusion systems; philosophical and methodological aspects of soft computing; basic issues in rough sets; 40th anniversary of the measures of fuziness; SPS11 uncertainty in profiling systems and applications; handling uncertainty with copulas; formal methods to deal with uncertainty of many-valued events; linguistic summarization and description of data; fuzzy implications: theory and applications; sensing and data mining for teaching and learning; theory and applications of intuitionistic fuzzy sets; approximate aspects of data mining and database analytics; fuzzy numbers and their applications; information processing and management of uncertainty in knowledge-based systems; aggregation functions; imprecise probabilities; probabilistic graphical models with imprecision: theory and applications; belief function theory: basics and/or applications; fuzzy uncertainty in economics and business; new trends in De Finetti's approach; fuzzy measures and integrals; multicriteria decision making; uncertainty in privacy and security; uncertainty in the spirit of Pietro Benvenuti; coopetition; game theory; probabilistic approach. 628 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Mathematics of Program Construction, MPC 2012, held in Madrid, Spain, in June 2012. The 13 revised full papers presented together with three invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 27 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on security and information flow, synchronous and real-time systems, algorithms and games, program calculi, tool support, algebras and datatypes, and categorical functional programming. 376 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The book is based on the author's life time experience in exploring and researching the genus Avena. It describes some great events in oat research and minor stories along the way. It will be of interest and value to all those working with oats and to students and scientists of crop evolution, including those dealing with collecting and conserving wild genetic resources.A first part deals with the morphology and taxonomy of the genus and a classification based on the biological species concept is presented. A further part is devoted to the author's research accomplishments in this genus. It describes morphological characters distinguishing between diploids and tetraploids of series Eubarbatae, the genetic relationships between them, and the mode of origin of the tetraploid form. The section Denticulatae, to which the common oat belongs, is extensively treated. Further, oat domestication and the newly domesticated protein rich A. magna are described. A third part deals with wild genetic resources of oat. 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Traditional notions of security are premised on the primacy of state security. In relation to energy security, traditional policy thinking has focused on ensuring supply without much emphasis on socioeconomic and environmental impacts. Non-traditional security (NTS) scholars argue that threats to human security have become increasingly prominent since the end of the Cold War, and that it is thus critical to adopt a holistic and multidisciplinary approach in addressing rising energy needs. This volume represents the perspectives of scholars from across Asia, looking at diverse aspects of energy security through a non-traditional security lens. The issues covered include environmental and socioeconomic impacts, the role of the market, the role of civil society, energy sustainability and policy trends in the ASEAN region. 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th KES International Conference on Agent and Multi-Agent Systems, KES-AMSTA 2012, held in Dubrovnik, Croatia, in June 2012.The conference attracted a substantial number of researchers and practitioners from all over the world who submitted their papers for ten main tracks covering the methodology and applications of agent and multi-agent systems, one workshop (TRUMAS 2012) and five special sessions on specific topics within the field. The 66 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. The papers are organized in topical sections on virtual organizations, knowledge and learning agents, intelligent workflow, cloud computing and intelligent systems, self-organization, ICT-based alternative and augmentative communication, multi-agent systems, mental and holonic models, assessment methodologies in multi-agent and other paradigms, business processing agents, Trumas 2012 (first international workshop), conversational agents and agent teams, digital economy, and multi-agent systems in distributed environments. 680 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Traditional notions of security are premised on the primacy of state security. In relation to energy security, traditional policy thinking has focused on ensuring supply without much emphasis on socioeconomic and environmental impacts. Non-traditional security (NTS) scholars argue that threats to human security have become increasingly prominent since the end of the Cold War, and that it is thus critical to adopt a holistic and multidisciplinary approach in addressing rising energy needs. This volume represents the perspectives of scholars from across Asia, looking at diverse aspects of energy security through a non-traditional security lens. The issues covered include environmental and socioeconomic impacts, the role of the market, the role of civil society, energy sustainability and policy trends in the ASEAN region. 132 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Designed with the foreign investor in mind, this guide presents region and city-specific intelligence available through few other English sources. Its pages overview the region from a business standpoint, examine the economy of the region's provinces and prominent citiesin depth, and introduce the basics of establishing a business in the region. With detailed economic indicators and primary research largely from Chinese government and news sources, this guide is an accessible and engaging compilation of the practical information you need for doing business in the region. This is part of a five book business guide series: the Yangtze River Delta, Beijing and Northeast China, South China and the Greater Pearl River Delta, Central China and West China. 140 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Addressing the issues unique to managers of creative technical staff, this guide reflects not only Ronald Kay's long experience observing and teaching successful management techniques, but also treats the expanding challenges due to increasingly globally-based projects and staff. As before, Kay's guide helps readers to prepare themselves, graduate students and others to understand and improve their managerial skills and covers such practical, yet sometimes overlooked, steps such as: individual and team behavior of creative technical staff; managing their own and others' R&D projects; hiring, evaluating and compensating technical staff; R&D proposals and administrative functions; and presentations, meetings and organizational culture. New to this edition are a chapter on the global impact of high-tech enterprises and sections on the roles of foundations and government funding and task-force participation. Also tackled are the basics of starting, financing and staffing venture-capital-funded enterprises. What's more, this book also serves to increase the awareness and knowledge base of anyone who needs to meet the challenge of managing people with the creative energies that drive technologically-based economic growth. 216 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Applications and Theory of Petri Nets and Concurrency, PETRI NETS 2012, held in Hamburg, Germany, in June 2012. The 18 regular papers and 3 tool papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 55 submissions. The book also contains 2 invited talks. All current issues on research and development in the area of Petri nets and related models of concurrent systems are addressed. 432 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th Mexican Conference on Pattern Recognition, MCPR 2012, held in Huatulco, Mexico, in June 2012. The 31 revised full papers and 3 keynotes presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 64 submissions and are organized in topical sections on image processing; computer vision and image recognition; pattern recognition and neural networks; and document processing and speech recognition. 360 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Colloquium on Structural Information and Communication Complexity, SIROCCO 2012, held in Reykjavik, Iceland for 3 days starting June 30, 2012. The 28 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 54 submissions. SIROCCO is devoted to the study of communication and knowledge in distributed systems. Special emphasis is given to innovative approaches and fundamental understanding, in addition to efforts to optimize current designs. The typical areas include distributed computing, communication networks, game theory, parallel computing, social networks, mobile computing (including autonomous robots), peer to peer systems, communication complexity, fault tolerant graph theories, and randomized/probabilistic issues in networks. 360 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The two-volume set LNCS 7324/7325 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Image and Recognition, ICIAR 2012, held in Aveiro, Portugal, in June 2012. The 107 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 207 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on clustering and classification; image processing; image analysis; motion analysis and tracking; shape representation; 3D imaging; applications; biometrics and face recognition; human activity recognition; biomedical image analysis; retinal image analysis; and call detection and modeling. 520 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The limited available of fossil energy carriers and the environmental impacts of energy consumtion demand mid-and long-term strategies both for the rational use of energy and for increased renewable energy utilization. Concepts of renewable energy conversion have been proposed and implemented during recent decades allover the world and their remarkable potential has been demonstrated. However, large scale implementation in the context of the requirements above has not yet taken place. The EUREC (European Renewable Energy Centres) Agency - an association of 25 European research centres from 11 EC countries, provides a framework of leading experts in the field of renewable energies, focusing on assessment studies, joint projects in research and development and on proposing future strategies in a European context. Under the leadership of Professor Wrixon, with the assistance and contributions of experts from the EUREC Agency, the document 'Renewable Energy - 2000' has been elaborated. This document critically evaluates the potential of renewable energies, focusing on the most relevant sources and methodologies, namely: wind energy, solar heating, cooling and daylighting, photovoltaics and biomass. It also proposes strategies for implementing components and systems to achieve economic operation in different regions of the European Community. It thereby makes use of the expert knowledge and experience concentrated in EUREC Agency member institutions. 144 pp. Englisch.