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Helps the reader quantify and interpret patterns of ecological diversity, focusing on the measurement and estimation of species richness and abundance. This book explores the concept of ecological diversity, bringing…
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Measuring Biological Diversity
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Since the publication of the first edition, the field has seen many dramatic changes. Eight new case studies and 70# new material bring this Second Edition of Applied Data Mining…
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Applied Data Mining for Business and Industry
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This Student Workbook provides supplementary support and practice for the mechanics topics in Edexcel's new linear specification. The Workbook provides focussed revision sections and extensive exam practice. Full step-by-step solutions…
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Edexcel A Level Maths: Year 1 + Year 2 Mechanics Student Workbook (Pack of 10)
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Contains articles that discuss a wide range of mathematics and its applications, ranging from expository articles on quantum mechanics, Einstein's equation E = mc2, or compressed sensing, to open problems…
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Structure and Randomness
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The Tower of Hanoi – Myths and Maths
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An extensive summary of mathematical functions that occur in physical and engineering problems Students and professionals in the fields of mathematics, physics, engineering, and economics will find this reference work…
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Handbook of Mathematical Functions
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Sweet Reason: A Field Guide to Modern Logic, 2nd Edition offers an innovative, friendly, and effective introduction to logic. It integrates formal first order, modal, and non-classical logic with natural…
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Sweet Reason
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Hyperbolic geometry is the star. A strong effort has been made to convey not just denatured formal reasoning, but a living feeling for the subject. There are many figures, examples,…
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Three–Dimensional Geometry and Topology, Volume 1
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The essential introduction to computational science--now fully updated and expanded Computational science is an exciting new field at the intersection of the sciences, computer science, and mathematics because much scientific…
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Introduction to Computational Science – Modeling and Simulation for the Sciences – Second Edition
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In this erudite, entertaining college-level text, Morris Kline, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at New York University, provides the liberal arts student with a detailed treatment of mathematics in a cultural…
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Mathematics for the Nonmathematician
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'A superbly written, riveting book.' Martin ReesSearching for the fundamental laws of the universe, physicists have found themselves developing ambitious mathematical ideas. But without observation and experiment as their guide,…
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The Universe Speaks in Numbers
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Risk Analysis, Second Edition Terje Aven, University of Stavanger, Norway A practical guide to the varied challenges presented in the ever-growing field of risk analysis.
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Risk Analysis
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The current way of treating people at work has failed. Globally, only 30% of employees are engaged in their jobs, and in this fast–paced world that′s just not enough. The…
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Build It
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Don't simply show your data tell a story with it! Storytelling with Data teaches you the fundamentals of data visualization and how to communicate effectively with data. You'll discover the…
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Storytelling with Data
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This first volume, a three-part introduction to the subject, is intended for students with a beginning knowledge of mathematical analysis who are motivated to discover the ideas that shape Fourier…
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Fourier Analysis – An Introduction
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Basic Mathematics for the Physical Sciences Basic Mathematics for the Physical Sciences provides a thorough introduction to the essential mathematical techniques needed in the physical sciences. Carefully structured as a…
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Basic Mathematics for the Physical Sciences
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MATLAB und Mathematik kompetent einsetzen MATLAB und Mathematik kompetent einsetzen la super preț online: Livrarea Produselor În mod curent Books Express livrează cărțile în cel mai scurt timp posibil. Dacă…
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MATLAB und Mathematik kompetent einsetzen
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A unique interdisciplinary foundation for real-world problem solving Stochastic search and optimization techniques are used in a vast number of areas, including aerospace, medicine, transportation, and finance, to name but…
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Introduction to Stochastic Search and Optimization
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This book is dedicated to the study of algebraic characteristics of some structures of matroid type. The notions of pseudo-matroids generated by mappings of matroids, G-mappings of binary matroids and…
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Pseudo-Matroids & Cuts of Matroids
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Don't miss out on easy marks. Improve your skills and feel confident about the maths you need for your computer science A-level with this essential guide.
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Essential Maths Skills for AS/A Level Computer Science
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With this second volume, we enter the intriguing world of complex analysis. From the first theorems on, the elegance and sweep of the results is evident. The starting point is…
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Complex Analysis
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Praise for the First Edition This excellent text should prove a useful accoutrement for any developing mathematics program... it s short, it s sweet, it s beautifully written. The Mathematical…
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Introduction to Combinatorics
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One of the most cited books in mathematics, John Milnor's exposition of Morse theory has been the most important book on the subject for more than forty years. Morse theory…
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Morse Theory. (AM–51), Volume 51
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Solutions Manual to Accompany
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Solutions Manual to Accompany Beginning Partial Differential Equations
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Both simple and accessible, Maths in Minutes is a visually led introduction to 200 key mathematical ideas. Each concept is quick and easy to remember, described by means of an…
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Maths in Minutes
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The quickest explanation of math, in 200 essential numbers. Why 60 seconds in a minute? Who invented zero? What exactly is pi? Why do mathematicians hunt prime numbers? And how…
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Numbers in Minutes
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"Kit Yates shows how our private and social lives are suffused by mathematics. Ignorance may bring tragedy or farce. This is an exquisitely interesting book. It's a deeply serious one…
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The Maths of Life and Death
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Available for the first time in paperback, R. Tyrrell Rockafellar's classic study presents readers with a coherent branch of nonlinear mathematical analysis that is especially suited to the study of…
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Convex Analysis – (PMS–28)
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Presents the history in English of the origins and early development of trigonometry. This book identifies the earliest known trigonometric precursors in ancient Egypt, Babylon, and Greece, and examines the…
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The Mathematics of the Heavens and the Earth – The Early History of Trigonometry
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Das vielfach bewahrte Standard-Nachschlagewerk zur kombinatorischen Optimierung - jetzt als handliche und preisgunstige Paperback-Ausgabe Mathematische Grundlagen, Theorie und Algorithmen der diskreten Optimierung werden diskutiert und an zahlreichen Beispielen und Modellformulierungen...
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Integer and Combinatorial Optimization
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The material has been extensively class-tested for over ten years at both the author's own university and other institutions. The book is uniquely organized into two main sections, one on…
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Fibonacci and Catalan Numbers
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Due to today's competitive automotive industrial challenges of providing a variety of products at a very low cost by smoothing productions on a flexible transfer line, one of the most…
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Bottleneck Just-in-Time Sequencing
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The only text available on graph theory at the freshman/sophomore level, it covers properties of graphs, presents numerous algorithms, and describes actual applications to chemistry, genetics, music, linguistics, control theory…
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Graphs
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In recent decades it has become obvious that mathematics has always been a worldwide activity. But this is the first book to provide a substantial collection of English translations of…
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The Mathematics of Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, India, and Islam – A Sourcebook
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Here is another collection drawn from Martin Gardner's 'Mathematical Games' column in Scientific American. Each chapter explores a different theme, for example fractals, surreal numbers, the sculptures of Berrocal, tiling…
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Penrose Tiles to Trapdoor Ciphers
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A highly accessible alternative approach to basic statistics Praise for the First Edition: "Certainly one of the most impressive little paperback 200-page introductory statistics books that I will ever see…
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Introduction to Statistics Through Resampling Methods and R
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Wring more out of the data with a scientific approach to analysis Graph Analysis and Visualization brings graph theory out of the lab and into the real world. Using sophisticated…
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Graph Analysis and Visualization
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Gives readers a more thorough understanding of DEM and equips researchers for independent work and an ability to judge methods related to simulation of polygonal particles. This title introduces DEM…
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Understanding the Discrete Element Method
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A comprehensive, self-contained treatment presenting general results of the theory. Establishes a geometric intuition and a working facility with specific geometric practices. Emphasizes applications through the study of interesting examples…
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Principles of Algebraic Geometry
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A solutions manual to accompany An Introduction toNumerical Methods and Analysis, Second Edition An Introduction to Numerical Methods and Analysis, SecondEdition reflects the latest trends in the field, includesnew material…
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Solutions Manual to accompany An Introduction to Numerical Methods and Analysis
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A concise yet rigorous introduction to logic and discrete mathematics.
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Logic and Discrete Mathematics
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Helps veterinary nurses with various types of calculations. This book includes numerous worked examples to develop the reader's confidence in carrying out the procedures involved. It enables the reader to…
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Calculations for Veterinary Nurses
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This book aims to explain, in clear non-technical language,what it is that mathematicians do, and how that differs from and builds on the mathematics that most people are familiar with…
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Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction
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In this Very Short Introduction Peter M. Higgins presents an overview of the number types featured in modern science and mathematics. Providing a non-technical account, he explores the evolution of…
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Numbers: A Very Short Introduction
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With more practice than any other resource, unrivalled guidance straight from the IB and the most comprehensive and correct syllabus coverage, this student book sets learners up to excel. The…
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Oxford IB Diploma Programme: Mathematics Standard Level Course Companion
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This textbook presents essential methodology for physicists of the theory and applications of fluid mechanics within a single volume. Building steadily through a syllabus, it will be relevant to almost…
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Introductory Fluid Mechanics for Physicists and Mathematicians
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This Fifth Edition introduces and features the use of R and JMP software. SAS, S-Plus,and Minitabcontinue to be employed in this new edition, and the output from all of these…
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Solutions Manual to accompany Introduction to Linear Regression Analysis
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An exciting approach to the history and mathematics of number theory ... the author s style is totally lucid and very easy to read... the result is indeed a wonderful…
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Primes of the Form x2+ny2
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Solutions manual to accompany
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Logic and Discrete Mathematics
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A step-by-step guide to data mining applications in CRM. Following a handbook approach, this book bridges the gap between analytics and their use in everyday marketing, providing guidance on solving…
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Effective CRM using Predictive Analytics
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Pick up any hydrology textbook and it will not be long before you encounter pages listing sequences of equations representing complex mathematical concepts.
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Understanding Mathematical and Statistical Techniques in Hydrology
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Solutions Manual to accompany Fundamentals of Matrix Analysis with Applications - an accessible and clear introduction to linear algebra with a focus on matrices and engineering applications .
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Solutions Manual to accompany Fundamentals of Matrix Analysis with Applications
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Written in a clear, precise and user-friendly style, Logic as a Tool: A Guide to Formal Logical Reasoning is intended for undergraduates in both mathematics and computer science, and will…
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Logic as a Tool
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This book serves up a variety of problems and shows how mathematics answers them. Topics range from cracking codes to the persistence of recessive genes.
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Professor Higgins’s Problem Collection
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This work consists of a series of "masterclasses", short sessions of mathematics beyond the standard school syllabus aimed at 10 to 15-year-olds with a flair for mathematics who want to…
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Mathematics Masterclasses for Young People
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A graduate-level text on Finite Elasticity, suitable for graduate students, post-doctoral associates and researchers. Introduces the reader to the basic elements of this central topic, which serves as a template…
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Finite Elasticity Theory
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Would you like to understand more about mathematics? Perhaps at school you liked it for a while but were put off because you missed a key idea and kept getting…
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Mathematics Rebooted
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Mathematicians have recently made dramatic progress on the Twin Primes Conjecture, which asserts that there are infinitely many pairs of prime numbers that differ by 2. This book will describe…
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Closing the Gap
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Calculus is the mathematical method for the analysis of things that change, and since in the natural world we are surrounded by change, the development of calculus was a huge…
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The Calculus Story
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An in-depth look at real analysis and its applications-now expanded and revised. This new edition of the widely used analysis book continues to cover real analysis in greater detail and…
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Real Analysis
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Traditionally, there have been two primary types of simulationtextbooks: those that emphasize the theoretical (and mostlystatistical) aspects of simulation, and those that emphasize thesimulation language or package.
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Simulation Modeling and Arena
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With this fourth edition, Modelling Transport has been fully updated and revised to retain its position as the market-leading text in the field of transport modeling, while still offering a…
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Modelling Transport
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"This is an engaging and informative book on the modern practice of experimental design. The authors' writing style is entertaining, the consulting dialogs are extremely enjoyable, and the technical material…
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Optimal Design of Experiments
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Applied Likelihood Methods provides an accessible and practical introduction to likelihood modeling, supported by examples and software. The book features applications from a range of disciplines, including statistics, medicine, biology,…
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Maximum Likelihood Estimation and Inference
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A reference to answer all your statistical confidentiality questions. This handbook provides technical guidance on statistical disclosure control and on how to approach the problem of balancing the need to…
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Statistical Disclosure Control
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In this comprehensive monograph, the authors apply modern mathematical methods to the study of mechanical and physical phenomena or techniques in acoustics, optics, and electrostatics, where classical mathematical tools fail.…
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Distribution Theory
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This text looks at search algorithms that are applicable in various practical settings. With the implementation of suitable data structures and metrics within the suggested search algorithms, the book presents…
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Probabilistic Search for Tracking Targets
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One of the first books to provide in-depth and systematic application of finite element methods to the field, Stochastic Structural Dynamics presents and illustrates direct integration methods for analyzing the…
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Stochastic Structural Dynamics
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Offers practical examples that can guide product engineers through every stage of experimental design: formulating problems, planning experiments, and analysing data. This book discusses both physical and virtual techniques, and…
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Statistical Robust Design
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Provides new insights into the accuracy and value of online panels for completing surveys Over the last decade, there has been a major global shift in survey and market research…
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Online Panel Research
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* The first book to chart the development and applications of this growing subject. * Provides a comprehensive introduction to imprecise probabilities, including theory and applications reflecting the current state…
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Introduction to Imprecise Probabilities
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* Presents data mining processes, methods and commonly used methods for descriptive and exploratory statistics using SAS and JMP.
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A Practical Guide to Data Mining for Business and Industry
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Written by authorities in the field, Lower Previsions illustrates how the theory of Lower Previsions can be extended to cover a larger set of random quantities. The text highlights a…
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Lower Previsions
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Algebra: Form and Function was designed based on the fundamental goal for a student to foster understanding of algebraic structure- that is, an understanding of how the arrangements of symbols…
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Algebra
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?? Provides a concise but rigorous account of the theoretical background of FDA. ?? Introduces topics in various areas of mathematics, probability and statistics from the perspective of FDA. ??…
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Theoretical Foundations of Functional Data Analysis, with an Introduction to Linear Operators
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Statistical Methods for Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Data Analysis provides a complete range of spatio-temporal covariance functions and discusses ways of constructing them. This book is a unified approach to modeling…
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Spatial and Spatio–Temporal Geostatistical Modeling and Kriging
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Seismic inversion aims to reconstruct a quantitative model of the Earth subsurface, by solving an inverse problem based on seismic measurements. There are at least three fundamental issues to be…
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Seismic Inversion
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Forest Mensuration Forest Mensuration la super preț online: Livrarea Produselor În mod curent Books Express livrează cărțile în cel mai scurt timp posibil. Dacă aveți mai mult timp la dispoziție…
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Forest Mensuration
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Principles of Mathematical Analysis (Int’l Ed)
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The concepts and theorems of advanced calculus combined with related computational methods are essential to understanding nearly all areas of quantitative science. Analysis in Vector Spaces presents the central results…
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Analysis in Vector Spaces
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Measuring Biological Diversity

Applied Data Mining for Business and Industry

Edexcel A Level Maths: Year 1 + Year 2 Mechanics Student Workbook (Pack of 10)

Structure and Randomness

The Tower of Hanoi – Myths and Maths

Handbook of Mathematical Functions

Sweet Reason

Three–Dimensional Geometry and Topology, Volume 1

Introduction to Computational Science – Modeling and Simulation for the Sciences – Second Edition

Mathematics for the Nonmathematician

The Universe Speaks in Numbers

Risk Analysis

Build It

Storytelling with Data

Fourier Analysis – An Introduction

Basic Mathematics for the Physical Sciences

MATLAB und Mathematik kompetent einsetzen

Introduction to Stochastic Search and Optimization

Pseudo-Matroids & Cuts of Matroids

Essential Maths Skills for AS/A Level Computer Science

Complex Analysis

Introduction to Combinatorics

Morse Theory. (AM–51), Volume 51

Solutions Manual to Accompany Beginning Partial Differential Equations

Maths in Minutes

Numbers in Minutes

The Maths of Life and Death

Convex Analysis – (PMS–28)

The Mathematics of the Heavens and the Earth – The Early History of Trigonometry

Integer and Combinatorial Optimization

Fibonacci and Catalan Numbers

Bottleneck Just-in-Time Sequencing

Graphs

The Mathematics of Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, India, and Islam – A Sourcebook

Penrose Tiles to Trapdoor Ciphers

Introduction to Statistics Through Resampling Methods and R

Graph Analysis and Visualization

Understanding the Discrete Element Method

Principles of Algebraic Geometry

Solutions Manual to accompany An Introduction to Numerical Methods and Analysis

Logic and Discrete Mathematics

Calculations for Veterinary Nurses

Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction

Numbers: A Very Short Introduction

Oxford IB Diploma Programme: Mathematics Standard Level Course Companion

Introductory Fluid Mechanics for Physicists and Mathematicians

Solutions Manual to accompany Introduction to Linear Regression Analysis

Primes of the Form x2+ny2

Logic and Discrete Mathematics

Effective CRM using Predictive Analytics

Understanding Mathematical and Statistical Techniques in Hydrology

Solutions Manual to accompany Fundamentals of Matrix Analysis with Applications

Logic as a Tool

Professor Higgins’s Problem Collection

Mathematics Masterclasses for Young People

Finite Elasticity Theory

Mathematics Rebooted

Closing the Gap

The Calculus Story

Real Analysis

Simulation Modeling and Arena

Modelling Transport

Optimal Design of Experiments

Maximum Likelihood Estimation and Inference

Statistical Disclosure Control

Distribution Theory

Probabilistic Search for Tracking Targets

Stochastic Structural Dynamics

Statistical Robust Design

Online Panel Research

Introduction to Imprecise Probabilities

A Practical Guide to Data Mining for Business and Industry

Lower Previsions

Algebra

Theoretical Foundations of Functional Data Analysis, with an Introduction to Linear Operators

Spatial and Spatio–Temporal Geostatistical Modeling and Kriging

Seismic Inversion

Forest Mensuration

Principles of Mathematical Analysis (Int’l Ed)

Analysis in Vector Spaces