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Author : Marco Dorigo,Thomas Stutzle
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2004-06-04
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0262042193

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Ant Colony Optimization by Marco Dorigo,Thomas Stutzle Pdf

An overview of the rapidly growing field of ant colony optimization that describes theoretical findings, the major algorithms, and current applications. The complex social behaviors of ants have been much studied by science, and computer scientists are now finding that these behavior patterns can provide models for solving difficult combinatorial optimization problems. The attempt to develop algorithms inspired by one aspect of ant behavior, the ability to find what computer scientists would call shortest paths, has become the field of ant colony optimization (ACO), the most successful and widely recognized algorithmic technique based on ant behavior. This book presents an overview of this rapidly growing field, from its theoretical inception to practical applications, including descriptions of many available ACO algorithms and their uses. The book first describes the translation of observed ant behavior into working optimization algorithms. The ant colony metaheuristic is then introduced and viewed in the general context of combinatorial optimization. This is followed by a detailed description and guide to all major ACO algorithms and a report on current theoretical findings. The book surveys ACO applications now in use, including routing, assignment, scheduling, subset, machine learning, and bioinformatics problems. AntNet, an ACO algorithm designed for the network routing problem, is described in detail. The authors conclude by summarizing the progress in the field and outlining future research directions. Each chapter ends with bibliographic material, bullet points setting out important ideas covered in the chapter, and exercises. Ant Colony Optimization will be of interest to academic and industry researchers, graduate students, and practitioners who wish to learn how to implement ACO algorithms.

Author : Bertrice Small
Publisher : Cerridwen Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007-11
Category : Byzantine Empire
ISBN : 1419956795

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Adora by Bertrice Small Pdf

Adora!Her beauty was legend. And in the dying days of the great Byzantine Empire - that last vestige of what had once been Imperial Rome - her value as the emperor's daughter was priceless. Three men claimed her as wife. Orkhan, the powerful Ottoman sultan; the dashing pirate Alexander, lord of Mesembria; and Prince Murad, to whom Adora's heart truly belonged. In a grand epic that sweeps the reader from the golden palaces of fourteenth-century Byzantium to the blazing sensuality of the sultan's harem, Adora was a woman who firmly controlled her own destiny because she and Murad were meant only for each other. And together their passions would forge an empire. Adora! Her name was the secret of all love. Publisher Note: This story was previously published elsewhere, 1980-1995.

Author : A. C. McKay,R. A. Thompson
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1362401757

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Euclid's Elements by A. C. McKay,R. A. Thompson Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Catherine Alum Odora Hoppers
Publisher : New Africa Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Law
ISBN : 1919876588

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Indigenous Knowledge and the Integration of Knowledge Systems by Catherine Alum Odora Hoppers Pdf

This book explores the role of the social and natural sciences in supporting the development of indigenous knowledge systems. It looks at how indigenous knowledge systems can impact on the transformation of knowledge generating institutions such as scientific and higher education institutions on the one hand, and the policy domain on the other.

Author : Taliaferro Preston Shaffner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 906 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Telegraph
ISBN : NYPL:33433019284789

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The Telegraph Manual by Taliaferro Preston Shaffner Pdf

Author : Lucas Jódar,Juan Carlos Cortés,Luis Acedo Rodríguez
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-15
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783038978046

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Mathematical Modelling in Engineering & Human Behaviour 2018 by Lucas Jódar,Juan Carlos Cortés,Luis Acedo Rodríguez Pdf

This book includes papers in cross-disciplinary applications of mathematical modelling: from medicine to linguistics, social problems, and more. Based on cutting-edge research, each chapter is focused on a different problem of modelling human behaviour or engineering problems at different levels. The reader would find this book to be a useful reference in identifying problems of interest in social, medicine and engineering sciences, and in developing mathematical models that could be used to successfully predict behaviours and obtain practical information for specialised practitioners. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the new developments of applied mathematics in connection with epidemics, medical modelling, social issues, random differential equations and numerical methods.

Author : Igor J. Karassik,Joseph P. Messina,Paul Cooper,Charles C. Heald
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 1826 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780071593359

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Pump Handbook by Igor J. Karassik,Joseph P. Messina,Paul Cooper,Charles C. Heald Pdf

Rely on the #1 Guide to Pump Design and Application-- Now Updated with the Latest Technological Breakthroughs Long-established as the leading guide to pump design and application, the Pump Handbook has been fully revised and updated with the latest developments in pump technology. Packed with 1,150 detailed illustrations and written by a team of over 100 internationally renowned pump experts, this vital tool shows you how to select, purchase, install, operate, maintain, and troubleshoot cutting-edge pumps for all types of uses. The Fourth Edition of the Pump Handbook features: State-of-the-art guidance on every aspect of pump theory, design, application, and technology Over 100 internationally renowned contributors SI units used throughout the book New sections on centrifugal pump mechanical performance, flow analysis, bearings, adjustable-speed drives, and application to cryogenic LNG services; completely revised sections on pump theory, mechanical seals, intakes and suction piping, gears, and waterhammer; application to pulp and paper mills Inside This Updated Guide to Pump Technology • Classification and Selection of Pumps • Centrifugal Pumps • Displacement Pumps • Solids Pumping • Pump Sealing • Pump Bearings • Jet Pumps • Materials of Construction • Pump Drivers and Power Transmission • Pump Noise • Pump Systems • Pump Services • Intakes and Suction Piping • Selecting and Purchasing Pumps • Installation, Operation, and Maintenance • Pump Testing • Technical Data

Author : Friedrich Kremer,Andreas Schönhals
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783642561207

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Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy by Friedrich Kremer,Andreas Schönhals Pdf

Both an introductory course to broadband dielectric spectroscopy and a monograph describing recent dielectric contributions to current topics, this book is the first to cover the topic and has been hotly awaited by the scientific community.

Author : A. Bame Nsamenang,Thérèse Mungah Tchombé
Publisher : HDRC
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789956444649

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Handbook of African Educational Theories and Practices by A. Bame Nsamenang,Thérèse Mungah Tchombé Pdf

Author : Gorur G. Raju
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 597 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2003-01-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780824747374

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Dielectrics in Electric Fields by Gorur G. Raju Pdf

Examines the influences of electric fields on dielectric materials and explores their distinctive behavior through well established principles of physics and engineering and recent literature on dielectrics. Facilitates understanding of the space charge phenomena in the nonuniform fields. Contains more than 800 display equations.

Author : Charlotte Lamb
Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781460878132

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Hot Blood by Charlotte Lamb Pdf

Sins Burning with passion! Kit and Liam were business partners by day and lovers by night. But Liam was content to hold Kit at arm's length emotionally. Kit was frustrated they were two mature people, for goodness' sake; surely by now they should be closer? However, as hard as she tried, Kit just couldn't get Liam to open up and let her in until she met Joe, and Liam met the glamorous Cary. Without warning, tensions erupted, and Kit realized that beneath his controlled exterior, Liam was red–hot! Would he do today what he'd been putting off till tomorrow? Love can conquer the deadliest of Sins.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UIUC:30112046530165

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The Guerrilla and how to Fight Him by Anonim Pdf

Author : Peter Westwood
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136774423

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Learning and Learning Difficulties by Peter Westwood Pdf

This text explores a number of different perspectives and theories on human learning and motivation. The author gives significant attention to different types of learning across the curriculum and examines effective types of teaching to facilitate different forms of learning. Detailed consideration is given to factors that contribute to common learning problems in school; and many practical suggestions are provided for preventing or overcoming some of these difficulties.

Author : Massumeh Farhad,Serpil Bağcı
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Falnamas
ISBN : UCBK:C107732743

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Falnama by Massumeh Farhad,Serpil Bağcı Pdf

"Praised by the New York Times as "a highly important exhibition book," this lavishly produced catalog reproduces illustrated texts from the groundbreaking exhibition at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Called "fabulous" by the Washington Post, Falnama was the first show of its kind dedicated to the art of divination in the Islamic world. The Falnama were brilliantly painted compositions created in Safavid Iran and Ottoman Turkey in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Falnama: The Book of Omens combines rare images with scholarly texts on the deeper meaning of dreams, omens, and divination. Featured in this first publication ever devoted to the Falnama as a genre are intact volumes as well as text folios and illustrations now dispersed among international public and private collections. Essays by scholars of Safavid, Ottoman, and Byzantine history and language, complemented by full-color illustrations, offer detailed analysis of the form, content, and meaning of these rarely seen works of art. The first-ever translations of three of the four monumental copies provide insight into a vivid and enduring aspect of human concern--the unknown."--Publisher's website.

Author : Luescher, Thierry M.,Klemencic, Manja
Publisher : African Minds
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781928331223

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Student Politics in Africa by Luescher, Thierry M.,Klemencic, Manja Pdf

The second volume of the African Higher Education Dynamics Series brings together the research of an international network of higher education scholars with interest in higher education and student politics in Africa. Most authors are early career academics who teach and conduct research in universities across the continent, and who came together for a research project and related workshops and a symposium on student representation in African higher education governance. The book includes theoretical chapters on student organising, student activism and representation; chapters on historical and current developments in student politics in Anglophone and Francophone Africa; and in-depth case studies on student representation and activism in a cross-section of universities and countries. The book provides a unique resource for academics, university leaders and student affairs professionals as well as student leaders and policy-makers in Africa and elsewhere.