Safari Beneath the Sea: The Wonder World of the North Pacific Coast

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Over the past few decades, the excitation and ionization of atmospheric gases has become an area of intense research. A large amount of data have been accumulated concerning the various elementary processes which occur when photons, electrons and ions collide with atoms and molecules. This scattered information has now been collected in a handbook for the first time, and the authors give a critical analysis of relevant data. This book is a comprehensive and detailed study of the available information and is distinguished by the following outstanding features: the consideration of a large number of atmospheric constituents, including H^O2, H, N^O2, N, O^O2, O, CO, CO^O2, H^O2O, HCl and some hydrocarbons the maximum number of space particles, including magnetospheric particles, are considered as projectiles: photons, electrons, hydrogen atoms, protons and helium ionsthe energy range under study corresponds to the real spectrum of cosmic fluxes, from threshold values for elementary processes up to several thousand keV the recommended values of cross sections, obtained from analysis of the available experimental data, are given in the handbook and their accuracy is estimated. These features make the handbook particularly valuable to specialists in the aeronomy of planets, comets and active perturbations, as well as to experimentalists and theoreticians working in the fields of plasma physics, atomic and molecular physics, physics of the upper atmosphere, chemical physics, optics and spectroscopy.

Collision-induced Absorption in Gases (Cambridge Monographs on Atomic, Molecular and Chemical Physics)

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Collision-induced Absorption in Gases (Cambridge Monographs on Atomic, Molecular and Chemical Physics)
Lothar Frommhold
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The book reviews our present knowledge of collision-induced absorption of infrared radiation in dense gases. The book starts with a recapitulation of essential background information. Experimental results for the absorption spectra are next discussed. Then the causes and properties of dipole moments induced by molecular interactions are reviewed. Two following chapters present the theory of collision-induced absorption in monatomic gas mixtures and in molecular gases and mixtures. The final chapter discusses related phenomena and important applications in astrophysics. The book is a practical guide for the spectroscopic dealing with dense, neutral fluids.

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not worth it.......2002-12-14

this book was more or less a review of a lot of experimental results in the area, nothing paricularly interesting.

Positive Anisotropic Group Scattering Cross Sections for Radiation Transport

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Positive Anisotropic Group Scattering Cross Sections for Radiation Transport

Manufacturer: Storming Media
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Binding: Spiral-bound
ASIN: 1423543483

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This is a AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSONAFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A250763. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: In solving the Boltzmann transport equation, most discrete ordinates codes calculate the source term by first approximating the scattering cross section using a Legendre polynomial expansion. Such expansions are insufficient when scattering is anisotropic and the Legendre expansion is truncated prematurely. This can lead to nonphysical negative cross sections, negative source terms and negative angular fluxes. While negative sources are problematic for standard discrete ordinates methods leading to poor convergence or convergence to incorrect results, they are of particular concern to exponential methods, causing such calculations to fail. We've developed and tested a new technique to solve this problem called the Monte Carlo Facet Method. This method is an extension of standard Monte Carlo techniques. It guarantees non-negative cross sections at all directional ordinates. It also ensures within group and next group scatter. This dissertation outlines previous attempts to handle anisotropic scattering to achieve non-negative sources. It develops the theory of the Monte Carlo facet method and its first angular moment conservation. Results are presented examining the scattering matrices for various materials, and finally demonstrating that these scattering matrices perform exceptionally well in a multi-group, anisotropic, unstructured mesh discrete ordinates transport code.

Nuclear Dynamics and Nuclear Disassembly: Proceedings of the Symposium, Dallas, Texas April 1989

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Nuclear Dynamics and Nuclear Disassembly: Proceedings of the Symposium, Dallas, Texas April 1989

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Radiation Chemistry of Gases
Samuel C. Lind
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Research on applications of radiation-induced reactions in gases

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Research on applications of radiation-induced reactions in gases
Arthur M Feibush
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Use of an atmospheric atomic oxygen beam for restoration of defaced paintings (SuDoc NAS 1.15:209441)

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Use of an atmospheric atomic oxygen beam for restoration of defaced paintings (SuDoc NAS 1.15:209441)
NASA
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"Markov modeling has long been accepted as a fundamental and powerful technique for the fault tolerance analysis of mission-critical applications. However, the elaborate computations required have often made Markov modeling too time-consuming to be of practical use on these complex systems. With this hands-on tool, designers can use the Markov modeling technique to analyze safety, reliability, maintainability, and cost-effectiveness factors in the full range of complex systems in use today.

Featuring ground-breaking simulation software and a comprehensive reference manual, MARKOV MODELING FOR RELIABILITY ANALYSIS helps system designers surmount the mathematical computations that have previously prevented effective reliability analysis. The text and software compose a valuable self-study tool that is complete with detailed explanations, examples, and a library of Markov models that can be used for experiments and as derivations for new simulation models. The book details how these analyses are conducted, while providing hands-on instruction on how to develop reliability models for the full range of system configurations.

Computer-Aided Rate Modeling and Simulation (CARMS) software is an integrated modeling tool that includes a diagram-based environment for model setup, a spreadsheet like interface for data entry, an expert system link for automatic model construction, and an interactive graphic interface for displaying simulation results."

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Software is free.......2004-12-06

Sorry Larry for the lack of response. Such is the life-cycle of free software. However, finally a new downloadable software package which supports recent Windows releases is available from HERE.

Modeling for Reliability Analysis.......2004-08-24

1. Book is for new complex computer systems. However I use in support of an aging Naval Aviation Aircraft ( A/C ). I am no mathematician, however with my trusty ERA books on Calculus, Statistics, and Vector Calculus, I was able to " tread the waters ". I have performed many, many Reliability & Support Analysis, and CARMS provides another very usefull tool. Math majors should have no difficulty with the subject matter, however applying this is the high light of the book;
2. I have been very unsucessfull in trying to reach the authors to make recommendations on the next revision. I request assistance, and will leave my employment phone number below. Thanks.

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Larry Tyson///904-542-5454X122 P-3C FST-6 ( Avionics ) NADEP Jacksonville, Fl.

Computer Aided Systems Theory - EUROCAST 2007: 11th International Conference on Computer Aided Systems Theory, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, ... Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

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Computer Aided Systems Theory - EUROCAST 2007: 11th International Conference on Computer Aided Systems Theory, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, ... Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Manufacturer: Springer
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ASIN: 3540758666

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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Computer Aided Systems Theory, EUROCAST 2007, held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain in February 2007.

The 144 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. The papers are organized in topical sections on formal approaches, Computation and Simulation in Modelling Biological Systems, Intelligent Information Processing, Computers in Education, Grid Computing, Applied Formal Verification, Cellular Automata, Computer Vision, Heuristic Problem Solving, Signal Processing Architectures, Robotics and Robotic Soccer, Cybercars and Intelligent Vehicles and Artificial Intelligence Components.

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Control and Modeling of Complex Systems

Manufacturer: Birkhäuser Boston
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ASIN: 0817643257

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"All too often, Festschriften consist of contributions on all sorts of unrelated topics, and result in a charming mixture of extravagance and indulgence, which is supposed to be enjoyed first and foremost by the recipient. Sometimes such books serve as repositories for articles too eccentric in subject or in approach, or too sloppy in execution, to be published in scientific journals: what the journals cannot appreciate, the Festschrift editor often cannot refuse.

This is absolutely not the case with this volume, which is by any standard an outstanding one. Its excellent quality and timely publication owe much to the efforts of the editors...and of the publishing house Birkhäuser. They have produced a Festschrift worthy of its ceremonial function in the career of an extremely influential scientist, educator, and engineer, and a book that also manages to give us a glimpse of the state-of-the-art in several important areas of signal processing and system and control theory.... A large number of readers will find in this volume a great deal to be learned and to be informed about, and the modest price of the book puts it within reach of the wide readership (graduate students, scientists, and engineers) it deserves."

— International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control

This festschrift volume pays tribute to Hidenori Kimura and his outstanding achievements in control theory, signal processing, and modeling. The 20 invited contributions presented here are an outgrowth of a symposium held in November 2001 in Tokyo, Japan, celebrating Kimura's 60th birthday. Reflecting his recent research interests, the symposium was entitled "Cybernetics in the 21st Century: Information and Complexity in Control Theory."

The chapters are classified into five main areas related to Kimura's work: signal processing, identification, robust control, hybrid, chaotic and nonlinear systems, and control applications. Many of the contributions highlight real-world and industrial applications.

Contributors: S. Adachi, B.D.O. Anderson, X. Bombois, C.I. Byrnes, J. Chen, H. Date, T.T. Georgiou, L. Guo, S.H. Han, S. Hara, K. Hashimoto, J. Imura, M. Ishikawa, T. Iwasaki, R.L. Karandikar, W.H. Kwon, A. Lindquist, M. Milanese, T. Mita, M. Nagahara, S. Nakaura, T.K. Nam, A. Namiki, Y. Oishi, M. Sampei, T. Sugie, M. Taragna, M. Tomizuka, K. Tsumura, T. Ushio, M. Vidyasagar, S. Yamamoto, Y. Yamamoto.

Modeling and Control of Complex Systems (Control Engineering)

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Modeling and Control of Complex Systems (Control Engineering)
Petros A. Ioannou , and Andreas Pitsillides
Manufacturer: CRC
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ASIN: 0849379857

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Comprehension of complex systems comes from an understanding of not only the behavior of constituent elements but how they act together to form the behavior of the whole. However, given the multidisciplinary nature of complex systems, the scattering of information across different areas creates a chaotic situation for those trying to understand possible solutions and applications. Modeling and Control of Complex Systems brings together a number of research experts to present some of their latest approaches and future research directions in a language accessible to system theorists. Contributors discuss complex systems such as networks for modeling and control of civil structures, vehicles, robots, biomedical systems, fluid flow systems, and home automation systems. Each chapter provides theoretical and methodological descriptions of a specific application in the control of complex systems, including congestion control in computer networks, autonomous multi-robot docking systems, modeling and control in cancer genomics, and backstepping controllers for stabilization of turbulent flow PDEs. With this unique reference, you will discover how complexity is dealt with in different disciplines and learn about the latest methodologies, which are applicable to your own specialty. The balanced mix of theory and simulation presented by Modeling and Control of Complex Systems supplies a strong vehicle for enlarging your knowledge base a fueling future advances and incredible breakthroughs.

Modeling, Control and Optimization of Complex Systems: In Honor of Professor Yu-Chi Ho (The International Series on Discrete Event Dynamic Systems)

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Modeling, Control and Optimization of Complex Systems: In Honor of Professor Yu-Chi Ho (The International Series on Discrete Event Dynamic Systems)

Manufacturer: Springer
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ASIN: 1402072082

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Modeling, Control And Optimization Of Complex Systems is a collection of contributions from leading international researchers in the fields of dynamic systems, control theory, and modeling. These papers were presented at the Symposium on Modeling and Optimization of Complex Systems in honor of Larry Yu-Chi Ho in June 2001. They include exciting research topics such as:

-modeling of complex systems,
-power control in ad hoc wireless networks,
-adaptive control using multiple models,
-constrained control,
-linear quadratic control,
-discrete events,
-Markov decision processes and reinforcement learning,
-optimal control for discrete event and hybrid systems,
-optimal representation and visualization of multivariate data and functions in low-dimensional spaces.

System Modeling and Optimization: Proceedings of the 22nd IFIP TC7 Conference held from , July 18-22, 2005, Turin, Italy (IFIP International Federation for Information Processing)

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System Modeling and Optimization: Proceedings of the 22nd IFIP TC7 Conference held from , July 18-22, 2005, Turin, Italy (IFIP International Federation for Information Processing)

Manufacturer: Springer
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ASIN: 0387327746

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This book presents selected proceedings from the 22nd biennial IFIP conference on System Modeling and Optimization, held in Turin, Italy in July of 2005. This edition of the conference is dedicated to the achievements of Camillo Possio, who was killed sixty years ago during the last air raid over Turin. System Modeling and Optimization covers optimization, oiptimization with PDE constraints, structural systems optimization, algorithms for linear and nonlinear programming, stochastic optimization, control and game theory, combinatorial and discrete optimization, identification and inverse problems, fault detection, shape identification, complex systems, stability and sensitivity analysis, neural networks, fractal and chaos, reliability, computational techniques in distributed systems and in information processing environments, transmission of information in complex systems, and database design.

Modeling and control of complex stochastic networks, with applications to manufacturing systems and electric power transmission networks: (Dissertation)

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Modeling and control of complex stochastic networks, with applications to manufacturing systems and electric power transmission networks: (Dissertation)
Mike Chen
Manufacturer: ProQuest Information and Learning
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Binding: Digital

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Architectures for semiotic modeling and situation analysis in large complex systems: Proceedings of the 1995 ISIC workshop

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Architectures for semiotic modeling and situation analysis in large complex systems: Proceedings of the 1995 ISIC workshop

Manufacturer: AdRem, Inc
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Control and Modeling of Complex Systems: Cybernetics in the 21st Century: In Honor of Hidenori Kimura (Trends in Mathematics)

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Control and Modeling of Complex Systems: Cybernetics in the 21st Century: In Honor of Hidenori Kimura (Trends in Mathematics)
Gert Wingardh
Manufacturer: Birkhauser
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Through readings of works by Marivaux, Diderot, Rousseau, and Mary Shelley, David Marshall provides a new interpretation of the eighteenth-century preoccupation with theatricality and sympathy. Sympathy is seen not as an instance of sensibility or natural benevolence but rather as an aesthetic and epistemological problem that must be understood in relation to the problem of theatricality.

Placing novels in the context of eighteenth-century writing about theater, fiction, and painting, Marshall argues that an unusual variety of authors and texts were concerned with the possibility of entering into someone else's thoughts and feelings. He shows how key eighteenth-century works reflect on the problem of how to move, touch, and secure the sympathy of readers and beholders in the realm of both "art" and "life." Marshall discusses the demands placed upon novels to achieve certain effects, the ambivalence of writers and readers about those effects, and the ways in which these texts can be read as philosophical meditations on the differences and analogies between the experiences of reading a novel, watching a play, beholding a painting, and witnessing the spectacle of someone suffering. The Surprising Effects of Sympathy traces the interaction of sympathy and theater and the artistic and philosophical problems that these terms represent in dialogues about aesthetics, moral philosophy, epistemology, psychology, autobiography, the novel, and society.

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