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Deals with the theory and practice of gas well testing, pressure transient analysis techniques, and analytical methods required to interpret well behavior in a given reservoir and evaluate reservoir quality, simulation efforts, and forecast producing capacity.

As design complexity in chips and devices continues to rise, so, too, does the demand for functional verification. This book helps train professionals in the field of engineering on the methodology and approaches to verification. It looks at practical applications, discussing project planning, resource requirements, and costs.

Defines the four principal features of Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) and describes the nine essential steps to achieving a successful RCM program. This book includes detailed instructions for implementing and sustaining an RCM program for extremely cost effective manufacturing.

Considers design of materials, concurrent design of materials and products. This book discusses the details of multiscale modeling and multilevel design and provides details of the design methods/strategies along with selected examples of designing material attributes for specified system performance.

Presents an overview of the field of computational economics. This book contains articles that range from very applied, policy oriented applications of computational methods, to theoretical and mathematically complex analyses of algorithms and numerical methods.

Presents an atomistic model of dislocation - particle interactions in metal systems, including irradiated materials. This work provides a fresh perspective on the Hall-Petch relation, with particular emphasis on nanocrystals. It explains deviations from the traditional stress proportional to the square-root of grain size relation.

Offers a comprehensive account of developments in sample survey theory and practice. This title covers developments in various aspects of sample surveys, with references to important contributions and available software. It deals with methods of sample selection and data processing, and includes editing and imputation, and handling of outliers.

A collection of self contained surveys, this book aims to be a reference for research, learning and teaching.

Contains comprehensive account of sample surveys theory and practice. This title deals with methods of sample selection and data processing, including editing and imputation, handling of outliers and measurement errors, and methods of disclosure control. It is suitable for researchers and practitioners.

Describing the commercial polymerization catalysts for the synthesis of polyethylenes and polypropylene, this book provides a detailed description of the multi-center nature of commercial Ziegler-Natta catalysts. It focuses on various aspects of transition metal polymerization catalysts.

Describes zeolite framework types. This book gives a pictorial description of how the framework can be built using periodic building units (PerBUs). It covers the larger cages, cavities and/or channels in the zeolite framework together with the framework type codes (FTCs) in which they appear.

A monograph that presents mathematical theory of statistical models described by the essentially large number of unknown parameters, comparable with sample size but can also be much larger. It develops a mathematical theory that presents a regular technique for implementing efficient versions of statistical procedures.

Describes the principles of the rotary reactor and the mode of its operation. This book defines the physiochemical aspects of the rotart reactors and provides theoretical equations of their operation. It also presents the fundamentals; solid movement, conversion of solids, and heat transfer.

Presents a participatory and integrated procedure for the planning of water resources. The book provides practicing professionals, decision-makers and scientists with an example of application of the Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) paradigm. It describes the complete development of a real world application of IWRM.

Discusses the importance of data exchange and describes why it is essential in the environmental sciences. This book takes the results of the Environmental Data Exchange Network for Inland Water project, and addresses its objectives for ensuring that the needs of citizens and enterprises of the environmental sciences community are met.

Covers the salient aspects of the chemistry of lead, its environmental impact, and its effects on health. This book also includes a coverage of historical aspects, lead mining and production, common lead compounds, uses of lead and its derivatives, organometallic chemistry, toxicity mechanisms, and treatment strategies for lead poisoning.

Devoted to stationary partial differential equations, this work covers topics that include singular and higher order equations, problems near critically, problems with anisotropic nonlinearities, dam problem, T-convergence and Schauder-type estimates.

Part of a series of survey articles covering many aspects of mathematical fluid dynamics.

Ultrasound is an energy source that has the potential for enhancing many stages of experimental analysis. This work lays the foundations for practicing analytical chemists to consider ways of exploiting ultrasound energy in their research. It covers a range of information about ultrasound, providing advances in ultrasound equipment.

The viability of a set K with respect to a given function (or multi-function) F, defined on it, describes the property that, for each initial data in K, the differential equation (or inclusion) driven by that function or multi-function) to have at least one solution. This book presents important concepts and results in viability and invariance.

Hydrodynamic and pollutant transport models are useful tools for evaluating remediation options for polluted water bodies. This book examines the numerical approaches used in hydrodynamic and pollutant transport modeling. It also provides the theory and physical basis of transport and mixing in lakes and coastal waters.

Provides an overview of natural products/botanicals used for the management of insect-pest and diseases. This volume explores activity, chemistry, toxicity and geographic distribution of plants. It includes discussions concerning the methodology used for the detection of active principles, their mode of action and commercial prospects.

Covers the fundamentals of instrumentation and provides a review of the applications of this technique in the laboratory. This book serves as an educational tool as well as a reference book for the practicing instrumental analyst.

Covering various chemical disciplines including mineralogy, this book considers biological, medical, geological, physical and mathematical terms where they appear of interest to mainstream chemists. Providing a reference on chemical etymology, it contains characteristic user-friendly features.

An undertaking of a work of uniting three fields of interfacial phenomena, rheology and fluid mechanics within the framework of solid-liquid two phase flow. This title covers various flow conditions, settling and non-settling particles, non-Newtonian flow, and more. It includes processes accompanying conveying in channels.

Covers the four principal growth techniques for the growth of semiconductor single crystals from metallic solutions. This book emphasizes the importance of a close interaction between the numerical and experimental aspects of the processes. It is useful for researchers, and graduate and senior undergraduate students in the field of crystal growth.

Natural pigments and synthetic dyes are extensively used in various fields of everyday life. This book presents an overview of developments in the field while evaluating the method of analysis and providing comparisons of the various liquid chromatographic separation techniques that are available.

Based on discoveries, this research oriented book contains and explains programs. It is intended for undergraduate and graduate research projects.

Covers an important area of analytical chemistry of relevance to a variety of scientific professionals. This book is suitable for scientific professionals with an undergraduate background in chemistry or a related discipline, specifically organic chemists, researchers in drug discovery, or pharmaceutical researchers involved with process analysis.

Contains multiple proofs of several central results with a minor historical perspective. This book features: proof of Bieberbach conjecture (after DeBranges), material on asymptotic values, material on Natural Boundaries and a comprehensive introduction to entire and metomorphic functions.