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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Filmische Abläufe vermitteln Wissen auf eine visuell intensive und faszinierende Art. Dieses Buch ist eine detaillierte Einführung in die Programmierung von Animationen. Sie erschließt Lesern die filmischen Möglichkeiten von 'Mathematica'. Mathematische Visualisierungen in freier Gestaltung spielen auch in künstlerischen Anwendungen eine bedeutende Rolle. Daher wird ausführlich gezeigt, wie Objekte ästhetisch befriedigend dargestellt werden können: für ein ideales Contextverständnis der Leser. 248 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The book contains the first systematic exposition of the current known theory of K-loops, as well as some new material. In particular, big classes of examples are constructed. The theory for sharply 2-transitive groups is generalized to the theory of Frobenius groups with many involutions. A detailed discussion of the relativistic velocity addition based on the author's construction of K-loops from classical groups is also included. The first chapters of the book can be used as a text, the later chapters are research notes, and only partially suitable for the classroom. The style is concise, but complete proofs are given. The prerequisites are a basic knowledge of algebra such as groups, fields, and vector spaces with forms. 204 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The book gathers the lectures given at the C.I.M.E. summer school 'Quantum Cohomology' held in Cetraro (Italy) from June 30th to July 8th, 1997. The lectures and the subsequent updating cover a large spectrum of the subject on the field, from the algebro-geometric point of view, to the symplectic approach, including recent developments of string-branes theories and q-hypergeometric functions. 332 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The Yearbook compiles the most recent, widespread developments of experimental and clinical research and practice in one comprehensive reference book. The chapters are written by well recognized experts in the field of intensive care and emergency medicine. It is addressed to everyone involved in internal medicine, anesthesia, surgery, pediatrics, intensive care and emergency medicine. 1000 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The problem of integrating multiple information sources into a uni ed data store is currently one of the most important challenges in data management. Within the eld of source integration, the problem of automatically gen- ating an integrated description of the data sources is surely one of the most relevant. The signi cance of the issue can be best understood if one c- siders the huge number of information sources that an organization has to integrate. Indeed, it is even impossible to try to do all the work by hand. Like other important issues in data management, the problem of integrating multiple data sources into a unique global system has several facets, each of which represents, 'per se', an interesting research problem, and comprises, for instance, that of recognizing, at the intensional level, similarities and dissimilarities among scheme objects, that of resolving representation m- matches among schemes, and that of deciding how to obtain an integrated data store out of a set of input sources and of a semantic description of their contents. The research and application relevance of such issues has attracted wide interest in the database community in recent years. And, as a con- quence, several techniques have been presented in the literature attacking one side or another of this complex and multifarious problem. 320 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -DLT 2001 was the fth Conference on Developments in Language Theory. It was a broadly based conference covering all aspects of Language Theory: grammars and - ceptorsforstrings,graphs,arrays,etc. ;ef cientalgorithmsforlanguages;combinatorial andalgebraicpropertiesoflanguages;decisionproblems;relationstocomplexitytheory; logic; picture description and analysis; DNA computing; cryptography; concurrency. DLT 2001 was held at Technische Universitat Wien from July 16 to July 21, 2001. The OrganizingCommitteeconsistedofRudolfFreund,WernerKuich(chairman),Christiane Nikoll, Margarethe Soukup, Friedrich Urbanek. Previous DLTs were held in Turku (1993), Magdeburg (1995), Thessalonike (1997), Aachen (1999). The Program Committee of DLT 2001 consisted of Christian Choffrut (Paris), J urgen Dassow (Magdeburg), Masami Ito (Kyoto), Werner Kuich (Wien, chairman),GiancarloMauri(Milano),GheorghePaun (Bucuresti), GrzegorzRozenberg (Leiden), Arto Salomaa (Turku), Wolfgang Thomas (Aachen). It selected 24 papers from 64 papers submitted in response to the call for papers. These papers came from the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Moldova, The Netherlands, Phillipines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, United Kingdom, USA. Each submitted paper was evaluated by at least four members of the Program Committee. Together with 10 invited presentations all 24 selected papers are contained in this volume. The papers in this volume are printed according to the order of presentation at DLT 2001 and thus grouped into sessions, most of which are thematic. It is a pleasure for the editors to thank the members of the Program Committee for the evaluation of the papers, and the many referees who assisted in this process. 404 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Data warehouses differ significantly from traditional transaction-oriented operational database applications. Indexing techniques and index structures applied in the transaction-oriented context are not feasible for data warehouses.This work develops specific heuristic indexing techniques which process range queries on aggregated data more efficiently than those traditionally used in transaction-oriented systems. The book presents chapters on:- the state of the art in data warehouse research- data storage and index structures- finding optimal tree-based index structures- aggregated data in tree-based index structures- performance models for tree-based index structures- and techniques for comparing index structures. 148 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -ETAPS 2002 is the fth instance of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software. ETAPS is an annual federated conference that was established in 1998by combining a number of existing and new conferences. This year it comprises ve conferences (FOSSACS, FASE, ESOP, CC, TACAS), thirteen satellite workshops (ACL2, AGT, CMCS, COCV, DCC, INT, LDTA, SC, SFEDL, SLAP, SPIN, TPTS and VISS), eight invited lectures (not including those that are speci c to the satellite events), and several tutorials. The events that comprise ETAPS address various aspects of the system - velopment process, including speci cation, design, implementation, analysis and improvement. The languages, methodologies and tools which support these - tivities are all well within its scope. Di erent blends of theory and practice are represented, with an inclination towards theory with a practical motivation on one hand and soundly-based practice on the other. Many of the issues involved in software design apply to systems in general, including hardware systems, and the emphasis on software is not intended to be exclusive. 456 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -ETAPS 2002 was the fth instance of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software. ETAPS is an annual federated conference that was established in 1998by combining a number of existing and new conferences. This year it comprised 5 conferences (FOSSACS, FASE, ESOP, CC, TACAS), 13 satellite workshops (ACL2, AGT, CMCS, COCV, DCC, INT, LDTA, SC, SFEDL, SLAP, SPIN, TPTS, and VISS), 8invited lectures (not including those speci c to the satellite events), and several tutorials. The events that comprise ETAPS address various aspects of the system - velopment process, including speci cation, design, implementation, analysis, and improvement. The languages, methodologies, and tools which support these - tivities are all well within its scope. Di erent blends of theory and practice are represented, with an inclination towards theory with a practical motivation on one hand and soundly-based practice on the other. Many of the issues involved in software design apply to systems in general, including hardware systems, and the emphasis on software is not intended to be exclusive. 360 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This textbook is intended to give an introduction to and an overview of sta- of-the-art techniques in the design of complex embedded systems. The book title is SAMOS for two major reasons. First, it tries to focus on the actual distinct, yet important problem elds of System-Level design of embedded systems, including mapping techniques and synthesis,Architectural design,Modeling issues such as speci cation languages, formal models, and- nallySimulation. The second reason is that the volume includes a number of papers presented at a workshop with the same name on the Island of Samos, Greece, in July 2001. In order to receive international attention, a number of reputed researchers were invited to this workshop to present their current work. Participation was by invitation only. For the volume presented here, a number of additional papers where selected based on a call for papers. All contributions were refereed. This volume presents a selection of 18 of the refereed papers, including 2 invited papers. The textbook is organized according to four topics: The rst isA)System- LevelDesignandSimulation.Inthissection,wepresentacollectionofpapers that give an overview of the challenging goal to design and explore alternatives of embedded system implementations at the system-level. One paper gives an overview of models and tools used in system-level design. The other papers present new models to describe applications, provide models for re nement and design space exploration, and for tradeo analysis between cost and exibility of an implementation. 340 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Dieses Buch basiert auf Vorlesungen, die der Autor in Kaiserslautern gehalten hat. Ihr wesentliches Anliegen war, die Turing-berechenbaren Wortfunktionen auf eine von jeglichem Maschinenmodell unabhängige Weise zu charakterisieren, nämlich als die partiell Wort-rekursiven Wortfunktionen. Wortfunktionen lassen sich mittels arithmetischer Funktionen darstellen und zwar so, dass die partiell rekursiven arithmetischen Funktionen den partiell Wort-rekursiven Wortfunktionen entsprechen, was für sich gesehen schon nicht auf der Hand liegt. Auf diese Weise erhält man den Begriff der Turing-Berechenbarkeit auch für arithmetische Funktionen. Der Satz also, dass die Turing-berechenbaren Wortfunktionen gerade die partiell rekursiven Wortfunktionen sind, ist überhaupt nicht selbstverständlich, so dass auf dem Wege zu diesem Satz eine ganze Reihe hoch interessanter weiterer Sätze zu beweisen sind. Dies alles ist hier aufgeschrieben. TOC:Partiell rekursive Funktionen.- Beispiele und erste Sätze.- Beispiele aus der Zahlentheorie.- Wertverlaufsrekursion.- Die cantorsche Abzählung von N x N.- Die Gödelfunktion.- Rekursive und rekursiv aufzählbare Mengen.- Rekursive und rekursiv aufzählbare Mengen von Nx.xN (n-fach).- Sparsame Erzeugung der partiell rekursiven Funktionen.- Partiell rekursive Funktionen.- Worthalbgruppen.- Wortmengen und Wortfunktionen.- Rekursive Wortfunktionen.- Kennzeichnung der rekursiven Wortfunktionen.- Turingmaschinen.- Programme.- Finale. 96 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Betriebswirtschaftliche Probleme können oft nur mit Hilfe geeigneter Softwareprodukte gelöst werden. Das vorliegende Buch führt den Leser umfassend in das Gebiet des Business Computing ein. Nach einer grundlegenden Darstellung der Funktionsweise von Computer und Betriebssystem werden u.a. die generischen Aspekte der Standardsoftware behandelt. Der Leser wird weitgehend unabhängig von proprietärer Software mit der Anwendung von Textverarbeitung (einschließlich einfacher Internetapplikationen), Tabellenkalkulation und Datenbank-Management-Systemen vertraut gemacht. Die notwendigen mathematischen Grundlagen und Programmierprinzipien werden knapp erläutert. Hinweise zur Erarbeitung von Präsentationen runden die Darstellung ab. Der Leser lernt, nicht nur unterschiedlichste betriebswirtschaftliche Probleme mit Hilfe von Standardsoftware zu lösen, sondern auch neue Softwareprodukte zu analysieren und die geeigneten für sich auszuwählen. TOC:Grundlagen: Binärdarstellung natürlicher Zahlen; Binärdarstellung allg. Zeichenreihen; Die (universelle) Turing Maschine; Aussagenlogik; Der Von-Neumann-Rechner.- Der moderne Rechner: Allg. Anforderungen; Hardwarekomponenten; Softwarekomponenten; Netzwerkeinbindung.- Das Betriebssystem: Allg. Anforderungen; Die Verzeichnisstruktur; Beispiele für Betriebssysteme; Das Windows(NT)-Betriebssystem.- Textverarbeitung: Historische Entwicklung; Motivation von Beschreibungssprachen; Grammatiken; SGML; XML; HTML; von XML zu HTML; Textverarbeitung mit MS Word; Präsentation mit MS Powerpoint; Erstellung einer einfachen Homepage mit dem Netscape Composer.- Tabellenkalkulation: Allg. Anforderungen; Beispiele; Excel.- Datenbank-Management-System: Das Entity-Relationship-Modell; DBMS-Arten; Allg. Anforderungen; RDBMS im Überblick; Die Datenbasis eines RDBMS; Überführung des ER-Modells ins relationale Modell; SQL und MS Access. 324 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The purpose of the book is to present the basic results in the theory of two-person zero-sum repeated games including stochastic games and repeated games with incomplete information. It underlines their relation through the operator approach and covers both asymptotic and uniform properties. The monograph is self-contained including presentation of incomplete information games, minmax theorems and approachability results. It is adressed to graduate students with no previous knowledge of the field. 224 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The SPIN workshop series brings together researchers and practitioners int- ested in explicit state model checking technology as it is applied to the veri - tion of software systems. Since 1995, when the SPIN workshop series was instigated, SPIN workshops have been held on an annual basis at Montr eal (1995), New Brunswick (1996), Enschede (1997), Paris (1998), Trento (1999), Toulouse (1999), Stanford (2000), andToronto(2001). Whilethe rstSPINworkshopwasastand-aloneevent,later workshopshavebeenorganizedasmoreorlesscloselya liatedeventswithlarger conferences, in particular with CAV (1996), TACAS (1997), FORTE/PSTV (1998), FLOC (1999), World Congress on Formal Methods (1999), FMOODS (2000), and ICSE (2001). This year, SPIN 2002 was held as a satellite event of ETAPS 2002, the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software. The co-location of SPIN workshops with conferences has proven to be very successful and has helped to disseminate SPIN model checking technology to wider audiences. Since 1999, the proceedings of the SPIN workshops have appeared in Springer-Verlag's 'Lecture Notes in Computer Science' series. The history of successful SPIN workshops is evidence for the maturing of model checking technology, not only in the hardware domain, but increasingly also in the software area. While in earlier years algorithms and tool development 1 around the SPIN model checker were the focus of this workshop series, the scopehasrecentlywidenedtoincludemoregeneralapproachestosoftwaremodel checking. Current research in this area concentrates not so much on completely verifyingsystemmodels,butratheronanalyzingsourcecodeinordertodiscover software faults. 276 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Future processorswill become smaller, provide higher performance, and consume lesspowerthantoday sdevices.Suchprocessorswillsparko newapplicationsin particularintheareaofeverydayconsumerdevices.Personaldigitalassistants, mobile consumer devices, and various smart personal appliances will soon be widelyused.Mobiletelecommunicationsystemswillincreasetheirbandwidth andwillyieldhighlyconnected,ubiquitouscomputingappliances.Ubiquitous computing induces a new way of thinking in system design: computers vanish into the background hidden behind the habitual human environment. These trends are the major topics of ARCS 2002, the International Conf- ence on Architecture of Computing Systems , which continues and replaces the biennial series of German Conferences on Architecture of Computing Systems, organized by the special interest group on Computer and System Architecture of the GI (Gesellschaft fur Informatik German Informatics Society) and the ITG (Informationstechnische Gesellschaft Information Technology Society). The fteen predecessor conferences (except the EuroArch in 1993) were national conferences only, this is the rst German conference on computer architecture addressingtheinternationalresearchcommunity.Itservesasaforumtopresent current work by researchers from around the world, this year being focused on topics that aretruly changingourperception ofinformation processing Trends in Network and Pervasive Computing . The call for papers resulted in a total of 42 submissions from around the world.Everysubmissionwasreviewedbyfourmembersoftheprogramc- mitteeoradditionalreviewers.Theprogramcommitteedecidedtoaccept18 papers, which are arranged into 6 sessions with the result of a strong program. The two keynote talks by Ralf Guido Herrtwich (DaimlerChrysler Research) and Marc Fleischmann (formerly Transmeta, now Pixelworks) focus our attention on an innovative application area ( Communicating Cars: A Case for Ubiquitous Computing in the Automotive Domain ) and on innovative architectures ( - croprocessor Architectures for the Mobile Internet Era ). 308 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -ETAPS 2002 was the fth instance of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software. ETAPS is an annual federated conference that was established in 1998by combining a number of existing and new conferences. This year it comprised 5 conferences (FOSSACS, FASE, ESOP, CC, TACAS), 13 satellite workshops (ACL2, AGT, CMCS, COCV, DCC, INT, LDTA, SC, SFEDL, SLAP, SPIN, TPTS, and VISS), 8invited lectures (not including those speci c to the satellite events), and several tutorials. The events that comprise ETAPS address various aspects of the system - velopment process, including speci cation, design, implementation, analysis, and improvement. The languages, methodologies, and tools which support these - tivities are all well within its scope. Di erent blends of theory and practice are represented, with an inclination towards theory with a practical motivation on one hand and soundly-based practice on the other. Many of the issues involved in software design apply to systems in general, including hardware systems, and the emphasis on software is not intended to be exclusive. 360 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Robotics is a highly interdisciplinary research topic, that requires integration of methods for mechanics, control engineering, signal processing, planning, gra- ics, human-computer interaction, real-time systems, applied mathematics, and software engineering to enable construction of fully operational systems. The diversity of topics needed to design, implement, and deploy such systems implies that it is almost impossible for individual teams to provide the needed critical mass for such endeavors. To facilitate interaction and progress on sensor-based intelligent robotics inter-disciplinary workshops are necessary through which - depthdiscussioncanbeusedforcrossdisseminationbetweendi erentdisciplines. The Dagstuhl foundation has organized a number of workshops on Mod- ing and Integration of Sensor Based Intelligent Robot Systems. The Dagstuhl seminars take place over a full week in a beautiful setting in the Saarland in Germany. The setting provides an ideal environment for in-depth presentations and rich interaction between the participants. This volume contains papers presented during the fourth workshop held - tober 15-20, 2000. All papers were submitted by workshop attendees, and were reviewed by at least one reviewer. We wish to thank all of the reviewers for their invaluable help in making this a high-quality selection of papers. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Schloss Dagstuhl Foundation and the sta at Springer-Verlag. Without their support the production of this volume would not have been possible. 388 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Cerebral Blood Flow: Quantifying Consciousness Although the heart may be the source of energy needed to generate blood flow,and other organs absolutely essential for normal living,the brain is the reason we are alive. The collected book chapters are aimed at addressing this most fundamental organ and its blood flow. These papers reflect detailed descriptions of similar topics presented over a two-day period as part of the 5th International Symposium on Applied Physiology of the Peripheral Circulation held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in June 2000. The symposium and this volume were organized into four distinct groupings that follow in a logical fashion. The initial papers focus on the basic unique physiology and pathophysiology of the cerebral circulation, including a historical reviewof the means to measure cerebral blood flow and its implications of the past 30 years. Dr. Walter D. Obrist was one of the original investigators to use radiolabeled markers to assess cerebral blood flow. His equations and initial studies form an impressive introduction to where we are now. As with much of the body's special organs, the brain too has many circulatory features unique to itself.These include the unique blood-brain barrier function ofthe endothelium, local neural regulation control, and intracranial pressure effects. These special issues,plus genetic factors that may predispose individuals to developing cere bral aneurysm, make up the initial section of the monograph. 328 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 Fifth International Conference on Coordination Models and Languages (Coordination 2002), held in York, UK, 8-11 April 2002. Coordination models and languages close the conceptual gap - tween the cooperation model used by the constituent parts of an application and the lower-level communication model used in its implementation. Coordinati- based methods provide a clean separation between individual software com- nents and their interactions within their overall software organization. This se- ration, together with the higher-level abstractions o ered by coordination models and languages, improve software productivity, enhance maintainability, advocate modularity, promote reusability, and lead to software organizations and arc- tectures that are more tractable and more amenable to veri cation and global analysis. Coordination is relevant in design, development, debugging, maintenance, and reuse of all complex concurrent and distributed systems. Speci cally, - ordination becomes paramount in the context of open systems, systems with mobile entities, and dynamically re-con gurable evolving systems. Moreover, - ordination models and languages focus on such key issues in Component Based Software Engineering as speci cation, interaction, and dynamic composition of components. 424 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -ETAPS 2002 was the fth instance of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software. ETAPS is an annual federated conference that was established in 1998by combining a number of existing and new conferences. This year it comprised 5 conferences (FOSSACS, FASE, ESOP, CC, TACAS), 13 satellite workshops (ACL2, AGT, CMCS, COCV, DCC, INT, LDTA, SC, SFEDL, SLAP, SPIN, TPTS, and VISS), 8invited lectures (not including those speci c to the satellite events), and several tutorials. The events that comprise ETAPS address various aspects of the system - velopment process, including speci cation, design, implementation, analysis, and improvement. The languages, methodologies, and tools which support these - tivities are all well within its scope. Di erent blends of theory and practice are represented, with an inclination towards theory with a practical motivation on one hand and soundly-based practice on the other. Many of the issues involved in software design apply to systems in general, including hardware systems, and the emphasis on software is not intended to be exclusive. 500 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -DGCI2002,thetenthinaseriesofinternationalconferencesonDiscreteG- metry for Computer Imagery, was held in Bordeaux, France April 3 5, 2002. The aim of the conference was to present recent advances in both theoretical aspectsandapplicationsofdiscretegeometry. ItwasorganizedbytheLabo- toryofComputerScienceofBordeaux(Bordeaux1University)andsponsored bytheInternationalAssociationforPatternRecognition(IAPR)andtheF rench NationalCenterofScienti cResearch(CNRS). This DGCI conference con rmed the increasing interest of the computer imagery community for discrete geometry, with 67 papers submitted from 23 countriesallaroundtheworld. Afterreviewing,35contributionswereaccepted fromwhich22wereselectedfororalpresentationand13forposterpresentation. These contributions focus mainly on the following topics: Models for Discrete Geometry, Topology, Combinatorial Image Analysis, Morphological Analysis, Segmentation,ShapeRepresentationandRecovery,andApplicationsofDiscrete GeometryinImageProcessingandComputerGraphics. Thisprogramwascompletedbyinvitedlecturesfromthreeinternation ally known speakers: Alfred M. Bruckstein (Haifa Computer Science Dept, Israel), Gabor Herman (City University of New York, USA), and Walter Kropatsch (TechnicalUniversityofVienna,Austria). Manypeoplehavecontributedtotheorganizationoftheconference. Inp- ticular we would like to thank all the authors who submitted papers and the invitedspeakersfortheircontribution. Alsowewouldliketothanktheprogram committeeandthereviewerboardfortheircarefulreviewandthemembersof theSteeringCommitteeandoftheLocalCommitteefortheirhelp. Wearegratefultothefollowinginstitutionsfortheir nancialsupport:the Bordeaux1University,R egionAquitaine,theCNRS,theLaBRI(Laboratoryof ComputerScienceofBordeaux),theENSEIRB(NationalSchoolofEngineersin Electronics,ComputerScience,andTelecommunicationofBordeaux),andthe CityofBordeaux. Finallywethankalltheparticipantsandwehopethattheyfoundinterestin thescienti cprogramandthattheyenjoyedtheirstayinthecapitalofGasconha. January2002 AchilleBraquelaire Jacques-OlivierLachaud AnneVialard Organization ConferenceCo-chairs A. Braquelaire LaBRI,Bordeaux,France J. P. Domenger LaBRI,Bordeaux,France J. O. Lachaud LaBRI,Bordeaux,France SteeringCommittee E. Ahronovitz France G. Bertrand France G. Borgefors Sweden J. M. Chassery France A. Montanvert France M. Nivat France ProgramCommittee E. Andres IRCOM-SIC,Poitiers,France A. DelLungo UniversityofSienna,Italy U. Eckhardt Universit atHamburg,Germany C. Fiorio LIRMM,Montpellier,France R. W. Hall Dept. ofEE,UniversityofPittsburgh,USA T. Y. Kong CUNY,NewYork,USA W. Kropatsch TU,Vienna,Austria A. Kuba UniversityofSzeged,Hungary J. O. Lachaud LaBRI,Universit eBordeaux1,France R. Malgouyres LLAIC,Universit eClermont1,France S. Miguet ERIC,Universit eLyon2,France I. Ragnemalm ISY,Dept. ofEE,Link opingUniversity,Sweden P. Soille JointResearchCenter,Ispra,Italy G. Szekely ETH-Zuric h,Switzerland LocalOrganizingCommittee S. Alayrangues LaBRI,Bordeaux,France A. Ali-Mhammad LaBRI,Bordeaux,France G. deDietrich LaBRI,Bordeaux,France P. Desbarats LaBRI,Bordeaux,France B. Kerautret LaBRI,Bordeaux,France B. Taton LaBRI,Bordeaux,France A. Vialard LaBRI,Bordeaux,France VIII Organization Referees E. Ahronovitz A. DelLungo S. 456 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Interdisciplinary investigation on the interactions between crime, economic performance and social exclusion With the results of empirical research on the basis of international panel data sets Text: The more generous social welfare system in Europe is one of the most important differences between the European and the US society. Defenders of the European welfare state argue that it improves social cohesion and prevents crime. On the other hand, the US economy is performing q uite well such that crime rates might come down due to better legal income opportunities. This book takes this trade-off as a point of departure and contributes to a better interdisciplinary understanding of the interactions between crime, economic performance and social exclusion. It evaluates the existing economic and criminological research and provides innovative empirical investigations on the basis of international panel data sets from different levels of regional aggregation. Among other aspects, results clearly reveal the crime reducing potential of intact families and the link beween crime and labour market. A special focus is on estimating the consequences of crime, a topic rarely analysed in literature. 252 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -An authoritative account of the fascinating plant life of China, written by two botanical experts. Chinese plant life is estimated to include up to 30000 species and extends from the Himalayan snow line across a diversity of habitats to the lush tropical south. Although for many years access to Chinese plants was limited, the present situation provides an opportunity for a new and authoritative assessment of botanical treasure-houses such as Yunnan and Sichuan. It will be of interest to those working in agriculture, alternative medicine, plant conservation, ecology, genetics, horticulture, molecular biology and taxonomy. 276 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Economic Theory, academic policy analysis and public policy design are becoming more interdependent. Hence, the demands for close interactions between the policy community and the research community have been rising significantly. This book assesses how recent economic thinking has advanced under these influences. Furthermore, it evaluates the important contribution economics can add to the design and evaluation of public policy, now more than ever before. The study is of interest to policy makers, policy analysts, researchers and students of economics at all levels. The authors, which include many of Germany's most eminent economists, draw on their wide experience in research and consultancy to present a coherent view of where European economic theory stands today and how it can play a role in the management of the economy of the new millennium. 498 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Well-balanced and up-to-date introduction to the field of semiconductor optics, including transport phenomena in semiconductors. Starting with the theoretical fundamentals of this field the book develops, assuming a basic knowledge of solid-state physics. The application areas of the theory covered include semiconductor lasers, detectors, electro-optic modulators, single-electron transistors, microcavities and double-barrier resonant tunneling diodes. One hundred problems with hints for solution help the readers to deepen their knowledge. 516 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -These proceedings are from a conference held at the Centre for Regional Science (CERUM) at Umea Umeâ University, Sweden, 17-18 June 2001. Unlike Un1ike many conference proceedings, this volume contains only on1y invited invited contribu contribu tions tions on specified topics so as to make the book coherent and self-contained. The authors and editors hope that this coherence will make the volume use fu1 fuI also as a text for courses in industrial organisation. To this end two chap ters on the history of oligopoly theory, from the beginnings with Cournot 1838, to the present day, and one chapter on modem methods for analysing iterated discrete time maps, have been inserted at the beginning ofthe book. Unlike Un1ike most current literature on games and oligopoly, this book is not focused on the usual topics of game theory: optimal strategies, dominance, and equilibrium. Rather it is the evolutionary dynamics, often of a complex type, inc1uding deterministic chaos, which are in focus. The contributions, after the historical and the methodological introductions, represent various segments of the research frontier in this area, though pains have been taken to tie some of the models to a number of most promising contributions from the frugal period 1929-1941, which have suffered from unjust neglect in the following industrial organisation literature. 328 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This treatise attempts to portray the ideas and general principles of the theory of materials within the framework of phenomenological continuum mechanics. It is a well-written mathematical introduction to classical continuum mechanics and deals with concepts such as elasticity, plasticity, viscoelasticity and viscoplasticity in nonlinear materials. The aim of a general theory of material behaviour is to provide a classified range of possibilities from which a user can select the constitutive model that applies best. The book will be invaluable to graduate students of materials science in engineering and in physics. The new edition includes additional analytical methods in the classical theory of viscoelasticity. This leads to a new theory of finite linear viscoelasticity of incompressible isotropic materials. Anisotropic viscoplasticity is completely reformulated and extended to a general constitutive theory that covers crystal plasticity as a special case. 676 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This unique text deals with the most important legal areas for e-commerce related business in most of the member states in Europe as well as the USA. Topics that are dealt with include: contract law, consumer protection, intellectual property law, unfair competition, antitrust law, liability of providers, money transactions, privacy and data protection. 784 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Research in Antarctica in the past two decades has fundamentally changed our perceptions of the southern continent. This volume describes typical terrestrial environments of the maritime and continental Antarctic. Life and chemical processes are restricted to small ranges of ambient temperature, availability of water and nutrients. This is reflected not only in life processes, but also in those of weathering and pedogenesis. The volume focuses on interactions between plants, animals and soils. It includes aspects of climate change, soil development and biology, as well as above- and below-ground results of interdisciplinary research projects combining data from botany, zoology, microbiology, pedology, and soil ecology. 456 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The book gives an overview of the implications of population ageing for economic development in general and financial systems in particular. It describes several challenges which the ageing process poses for central banks, giving special consideration to the situation in Europe. The first two chapters discuss the relationship between ageing and saving and between ageing and international capital flows. Other chapters consider the possible implications for financial markets. The final part of the volumeraises issues which are of particular relevance for central banks, namely ageing and financial stability and how ageing will affect monetary policy. While the ageing problem has been the object of a growing debate in Europe during the past few years, little attention has been devoted so far to its monetary aspects. 364 pp. Englisch.