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This book covers the solution of stiff differential equations and of differential-algebraic systems. This second edition contains new material including numerical tests, recent progress in numerical differential-algebraic equations, and improved FORTRAN codes.

This book classifies all families of orthogonal polynomials satisfying a second-order differential or difference equation with polynomial coefficients, which leads to the families of hypergeometric orthogonal polynomials belonging to the Askey scheme.

This concise introduction to optical fiber communication covers the important aspects of the field from the physics of optical wave propagations to the essentials of Receivers and Amplifiers. It includes recent research results, worked examples and problems.

This concise yet comprehensive guide to the methods and protocols of immunohistochemistry covers established techniques and current developments in the field such as the use of epitope tags, multiple immunolabeling and diagnostic immunohistochemistry.

This volume covers various popular data assimilation methods. It demonstrates how the different methods can be derived from a common theoretical basis as well as how they differ and/or are related to each other, and which properties characterize them.

Ground Vehicle Dynamics offers a common approach to sophisticated mathematical modelling and dynamical analysis of ground vehicle systems composed of the vehicle body, the propulsion, guidance and suspension devices and the corresponding guideway.

Die Autoren analysieren in dem Band die dritte Revolution der Automobilindustrie, die nicht nur Automobilhersteller, sondern die gesamte Wertsch pfungskette betrifft. Als L sung f r den Konflikt zwischen Effizienz und Vielfalt setzen sie auf modulare Konzepte.

Together, these two articles form a wide-ranging survey of combinatorial group theory, with emphasis very much on the geometric roots of the subject. Both articles give comprehensive bibliographies, so that it is possible to use this book as the starting point for a more detailed study of a particular topic of interest.

Use of argumentation methods applied to legal reasoning is a relatively new field of study. The problems studied include not only these of argument evaluation and argument invention, but also analysis of specific kinds of evidence commonly used in law, like witness testimony, circumstantial evidence, forensic evidence and character evidence.

Studies the international coordination of monetary and fiscal policies in the world economy. This book discusses the process of policy competition and the structure of policy cooperation.

Although the chapters (and in some cases parts of the chapters) were originally written by one of the two authors, all of them were discussed thoroughly and in detail and have been revised and complemented afterwards. In this sense the authors feel speci?cally responsible for the chapters as follows: Mittelstaedt for Chaps.

This book argues that all social events ranging from music and art to the rise and fall of civilizations are biased by a society's positive or negative attitude. It includes many examples plus methods used to measure societal moods and predict the future.

This is the first volume of a modern introduction to quantum field theory which addresses both mathematicians and physicists ranging from advanced undergraduate students to professional scientists. It bridges the gap between the different languages they use.

Pulsed-Power Systems describes the physical and technical foundations for the production and application of high-voltage pulses of very high-power and high-energy character.

This book provides serious readers with a serious scientific tool that will enable them to actually perform a competitive research in modern complex nonlinearity. It includes a comprehensive bibliography on the subject and a detailed index.

This book features a unique collection of the best Light and Electron micrographs [all with full authorisation to use] from the last 35 years which illustrate the structural range in each vertebrate taxon. These are reinforced by a series of line diagrams.

With spectacularly beautiful colour photographs, this easily understandable text tells the story of honeybees in a new perspective. Based on the latest data, notably from his own research group, Jurgen Tautz provides a wonderful insight into the realm of bees.

This book examines the basic mathematical properties of solutions to boundary integral equations and details the variational methods for the boundary integral equations arising in elasticity, fluid mechanics and acoustic scattering theory.

An ingredient brand is a component of a product that has its own brand identity. This book explains how ingredient branding works and how brand managers can successfully improve the performance of component marketing.

This book details methods for analyzing, processing and reconstructing complex signals. It presents a newly developed method for the calculation of basic parameters of the processed voltage and current signals.

On March 23, 1983 then President Ronald Reagan announced his intentions to develop a new system to reduce the threat of nuclear attack and end the strategy of mutual deterrence in an address to the nation entitled, Address to the Nation on Defense and National Security.

'Marktform und Gleichgewicht', published in 1934, presented Heinrich von Stackelberg's groundbreaking leadership model of firm competition. This volume makes his classic work available in its original form to an English-speaking audience for the first time.

This thorough, up-to-date overview of wastes accumulating at mine sites deals comprehensively with sulfidic mine wastes, mine water, tailings, cyanidation wastes of gold-silver ores, radioactive wastes of uranium ores, and wastes of phosphate and potash ores.

The Caucasus region, situated on a natural isthmus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, has long been a border zone and a melting pot for a diverse range of cultures and peoples. The war over South Ossetia, which erupted between Russia and Georgia in August 2008, spelt out the explosive potential still inherent in these conflicts.

The year-long consultations on Basel II mirror the international popularity of capital requirements as a regulatory instrument. Yet, the impact of capital requirements on banks' behavior is not fully understood. The aim of this study is to contribute to this understanding.

Th- mal and deformation fields appear in metal forming in various forms. The thermal effects in metal forming plasticity can be studied at two levels, - pending on whether uncoupled or coupled theories of thermo-plastic response have to be applied.

This book presents design methods for and hardware amount optimization for compositional microprogram control units (CMCU). It includes new models of control units, methods of their synthesis and a lot of examples.

The Europiiische Akademie is concerned with the study of scientific and technolog ical advances for the individual, society and the natural environment. It is the result of the Europiiische Akademie's working group "Functional Foods" which worked from January 2001 to June 2003.