Computational Intelligence: Engineering of Hybrid Systems (Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing)

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Hybrid Intelligent Systems has become an important research topic in computer science and a key application field in science and engineering. This book offers a gentle introduction to the engineering aspects of hybrid intelligent systems, also emphasizing the interrelation with the main intelligent technologies such as genetic algorithms – evolutionary computation, neural networks, fuzzy systems, evolvable hardware, DNA computing, artificial immune systems. A unitary whole of theory and application, the book provides readers with the fundamentals, background information, and practical methods for building a hybrid intelligent system. It treats a panoply of applications, including many in industry, educational systems, forecasting, financial engineering, and bioinformatics. This volume is useful to newcomers in the field because it quickly familiarizes them with engineering elements of developing hybrid intelligent systems and a wide range of real applications, including non-industrial applications. Researchers, developers and technically oriented managers can use the book for developing both new hybrid intelligent systems approaches and new applications requiring the hybridization of the typical tools and concepts to computational intelligence.

Computationally Intelligent Hybrid Systems: The Fusion of Soft Computing and Hard Computing (IEEE Press Series on Computational Intelligence)

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This uniquely crafted work combines the experience of many internationally recognized experts in the soft- and hard-computing research worlds to present practicing engineers with the broadest possible array of methodologies for developing innovative and competitive solutions to real-world problems. Each of the chapters illustrates the wide-ranging applicability of the fusion concept in such critical areas as

Computer security and data mining
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This book provides a compilation on the state-of-the-art and recent advances of evolutionary algorithms in dynamic and uncertain environments within a unified framework. The motivation for this book arises from the fact that some degree of uncertainty in characterizing any realistic engineering systems is inevitable. Representative methods for addressing major sources of uncertainties in evolutionary computation, including handle of noisy fitness functions, use of approximate fitness functions, search for robust solutions, and tracking moving optimums, are presented. "Evolutionary Computation in Dynamic and Uncertain Environments" is a valuable reference for scientists, researchers, professionals and students in the field of engineering and science, particularly in the areas of computational intelligence, natural computing and evolutionary computation.

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All you wanted to know about clay minerals in one book!.......2000-04-30

The book covers diverse areas about clay minerals and describe very clrarly how to identify their structure using X-ray diffraction. The book is written in an ordered way, very easy to understand, allowing quick use. This subject is very interesting, because new worldwide researched technologies, nano-technologies, are dealing with clay minerals. although the book was written at 1980, I greatly recommand it. New books about this subject are not available, and other books are much less detailed and friendly to the reader.

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Crystals & Their Structures
Wards Natural Scien
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Crystals and their structures (C.I.L.)
Arthur P Cracknell
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Defects and Their Structure in Nonmetallic Solids (NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series: Series B, Physics)

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Defects and Their Structure in Nonmetallic Solids (NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series: Series B, Physics)

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The Development of Some Extensions of Patterson`s Principles and Their Application to the Solution of Crystal Structures. Bulletin of the University of Utah Volume 41, Number 6

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The Development of Some Extensions of Patterson`s Principles and Their Application to the Solution of Crystal Structures. Bulletin of the University of Utah Volume 41, Number 6
Dan, jr. McLachlan
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Metal Clusters at Surfaces: Structure, Quantum Properties, Physical Chemistry (Springer Series in Cluster Physics)

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Metal Clusters at Surfaces: Structure, Quantum Properties, Physical Chemistry (Springer Series in Cluster Physics)

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ASIN: 3540665625

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Numerous experiments and calculations have shown that isolated metal clusters possess many interesting features, quite different from those known from surface and solid- state physics or from atomic and molecular physics. The technological exploitation of these new properties, e.g. in miniature electronic or mechanical components, requires the cluster to be brought into an environment such as an encapsulating matrix or a surface. Due to the interaction with the contact medium, the properties of the clusters may change or even disappear. Thus the physics of cluster-on-surface systems -- the main subject of this book -- is of fundamental importance. The book addresses a wide audience, from the newcomer to the expert. Starting from fundamental concepts of adsorbate-surface interactions, the modification of electronic properties through electron confinement, and concepts of cluster production, it elucidates the distinct properties of the new metallic nanostructures.

Physics and Chemistry of Finite Systems: From Clusters to Crystals (2 volumes) (NATO Science Series C:)

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Physics and Chemistry of Finite Systems: From Clusters to Crystals (2 volumes) (NATO Science Series C:)

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This book covers studies on a wide range of materials, from clusters to nanostructures and quasicrystals, the emphasis being on understanding how the size-dependent properties change from discrete quantum conditions, as in nanoscale clusters, to bulk conditions that are insensitive to boundaries. The technological applications of clusters, nanoscale materials and quasicrystals are also addressed, including the nonlinear optical properties, mechanical behavior, catalysis, cluster lamps, electronic devices and possible applications of fullerenes.P The book deals with the following topics: preparation and characterization atomic and molecular structure stability and fragmentation electronic, optical, magnetic and thermodynamic properties molecular dynamics simulation melting cluster reactions and catalysis cluster-support interaction cluster assemblies cluster involving C60 fullerenes technological applications

Sorosilicates (Landolt-Bornstein: Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology - New Series)

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Sorosilicates (Landolt-Bornstein: Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology - New Series)
E. Burzo
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ASIN: 3540210768

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The magnetic properties of silicates and phosphates are compiled in subvolume 27I. While subvolume 27I1 (already published) deals with orthosilicates, the present subvolume 27I2 deals with sorosilicates. Further subvolumes are dedicated to other types of silicates (cyclosilicates, inosilicates, phyllosilicates, tectosilicates) and to phosphates. - Silicates are very complex systems, covering large classes of minerals as well as synthetic samples. Their crystal structure is discussed and atomic positions are given. In addition to magnetic properties, results of neutron diffraction studies, nuclear gamma resonance, nuclear magnetic resonance, transport properties, dielectric and optical data are reviewed.

Zeolite-Type Crystal Structures and their Chemistry. Framework Type Codes LTA to RHO (Landolt-Bornstein: Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology - New Series)

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Zeolite-Type Crystal Structures and their Chemistry. Framework Type Codes LTA to RHO (Landolt-Bornstein: Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology - New Series)
R.X. Fischer , and W.H. Baur
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Zeolites and zeolite-like materials became important because of their ion exchange capacities and their outstanding catalytic properties. Millions of tons of zeolites have been produced in the past years for the oil refining industry alone and, in even greater quantities, as ion-exchanging softening agents for detergents. Numerous other applications, e.g., in environmental protection, farming, gas separation, medicine, and pharmacy, are known, making zeolites almost a necessity for daily life. Consequently, there are many research activities dealing with zeolite properties and characterization. However, a strictly systematic description of zeolite-type crystal structures was not available but is now presented in this series of volumes. It is designed as a reference work for zeolite chemists and materials scientists, but it also serves as a tool to interpret structural similarities and to derive new structures from known topologies.

Zeolites-Type Crystal Structures and Their Chemistry

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Zeolites-Type Crystal Structures and Their Chemistry
W.H. Baur , and R.X. Fischer
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Carl Jung coined the term “synchronicity” to describe meaningful coincidences that conventional notions of time and causality cannot explain. Working with the great quantum physicist Wolfgang Pauli, Jung sought to reveal these coincidences as phenomena that involve mind and matter, science and spirit, thus providing rational explanations for parapsychological events like telepathy, precognition, and intuition. Synchronicity examines the work of Jung and Pauli, as well as noted scientists Werner Heisenberg and David Bohm; identifies the phenomena in ancient and modern mythologies, particularly the Greek legend of Hermes the Trickster; and illustrates it with engaging anecdotes from everyday life and literature.

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The Trickster Lives On . . ........2006-01-27

For all those potential readers and for those previous reviewers, I state that this book is one of a mere handful of books to adequately treat this subject with the respect and wonder that it deserves. Though few books deserve the title of "perfection" I must defend the authors in their attempt at covering this subject, however misunderstood.

This book is a brief attempt at exploring the concept of synchronicity. That being said, for what it is, it is an excellent coverage of the subject. Easy to read and quite relative to those who have experienced the phenomenon, (which, I assume, includes nearly every single one of us) this little text is a very wise choice for inspiration towards the wonder that is meaningful acausal experiences.

Yours truly,
Ph.D. student at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology

A bold concept, presented with great showmanship........2005-10-06

Kudos to Combs & Holland for their superb presentation of what is arguably a very insubstantial concept. The selective exclusion of conflicting evidence or logical thought processes supports their thesis that "synchronicity" is not only a true phenomenon, but may in fact be the underlying fabric of the universe and all reality. I found the book to be an immensely enjoyable read, merely out of respect for the craftsmanship in manipulating tiny pieces of unrelated coincidence into a plausibly-reading worldview concept that will fly past the intellect of most readers (and may even gain acceptance as credible at the "metaphysical" level). These guys have outmanipulated even the world's top trickster of the moment, Karl Rove, by using his own techniques of selective evidence to support otherwise clearly flawed or weak arguments. Check it out!

Five-Star Tour de Farce.......2005-08-10

I give this a five-star rating because it so engagingly and cleverly presents a scientific view of the alleged phenomenon of synchronicity, thus appearing to have dealt with it fairly. And yet the book is centered on a basic fallacy: the idea that synchronicity has actual existence. In reality, synchronicity is merely a label for a general category of illusion: the illusion of connectivity -- of meaning, between or among elements that in reality are unrelated and meaningless as a pair or set. If a person is thinking of Hershey's chocolate and then sees a Hershey's wrapper on the ground, this may seem to possess meaning. But in reality a sense of meaning is only an idea that the person projects upon, and assigns to, these two factors that are, in reality, most often unrelated. That is, though the name Hershey obviously relates the two factors, the fact that the person sees the wrapper after thinking of the name is not necessarily other than a meaningless coincidence. After all, we think all the time, and see things all the time, and sometimes a thought and an object seen will match. Considering the plethora of thoughts and objects, this is only to be expected.

Combs presents a seemingly credible, but merely strawman, account of the scientific view of synchronicity, leaving a door open for Combs' mystical scenario, which to any competent psychologist or mathematician is simply nonsense. In this regard, Combs' presentation is analogous to the way creationists review the evidence for evolution -- only enough to present a substantial-seeming strawman which allows the creationist view to then appear to "prevail."

Realistically, each person's daily experience contains factors so numerous that, occasionally, two or more unrelated factors will seem to pair up in a related way. But this is much more reasonably accounted for by the human brain's pattern-finding, and therefore association-finding, tendency. Each human brain organizes percepts and concepts into arrangements that are meaningful for that individual. This is essentially the same mechanism that allows us to see faces in clouds, and lets us think that certain sequences of numbers on tossed dice constitute "runs of luck." I think it's a shame that Combs doesn't fully develop the common-sense thinking that accounts for coincidences in sensible ways, but I do understand that if he had done so, he wouldn't have produced a book that appeals to mystical-minded readers as does this one.

The return of human meaning to the cosmos.......2003-05-14

I read the first edition of this book years ago and the concepts in it have haunted me ever since. Then, I bought my own copy of this second edition and found that the ideas contained in it had lost none of their power and were every bit as profound as I had remembered.

Briefly, this book deals with the concept of synchronicity or meaningful coincidence. It deals with it on two levels, the level of science and the level of myth. Indeed, it is shown that synchronistic events in themselves demonstrate the interpenetration of matter (the realm of science) and mind (the realm of myth.) Synchronicity is shown to leap the gap between not only the conscious and unconscious aspects of the mind, but between the world of mind and the world objective events. In this way it corresponds very well to the myth of Hermes, the god of boundaries, and the messenger between the world of the gods and the world of men.

The greatest strength of this book over other treatments of the topic is the clear and up-to-date manner that it addresses the possible scientific explanations of synchronicity. It draws primarily from the world of the new physics. Here is an extremely clear explanation of Bohm's theories on a holographic universe with explicate (physical, day-to-day) and implicate (hidden and fundamental) orders. In spite of the references to the modern world of subatomic physics, it struck me that this sounds remarkably like the hidden currents of the cosmos that occultists have always alluded to. The pattern based theories of Sheldrake, Laszlo, and Chester are also examined and compared. Indeed, the concepts of morphic fields and resonance seem to uncannily resemble the old magical principles of sympathy and correspondence between our own world and the world of archetypes. Indeed, it is shown that a balanced mind (both hemispheres at the same frequency) in deep meditation or prayer may be able to "range" the implicate order and bring about increased instances of synchronicity. Since it is suggested that synchronicity is the real basis for all ESP phenomena ( telepathy, precognition, psychokinesis, etc.) it could be said that this is an effective explanation for the concept of sympathetic magic.

The use of the concept of the mythological trickster is especially appropriate and effective. Many times synchronistic coincidences seem to exist for no other reason that to shatter our preconceived and ossified concepts of the universe. That was also the function of Hermes/ Mercurius/ Coyote in mythology. It is also the function of this book in a world still mired in the dogma of materialistic scientism.

let go of your 'life' line.......2001-09-11

The previous reviewer ("Throw out a life line") - who seems to be trying to sell an unpublished science fiction story to Hollywood - is typical of the mental-rational minded types who see the Universe as a big clockwork toy, a camera, a sewing machine and other metaphors governed by his own unique take on Planck's theory (see his website). Whatever. Such hyper-rationalist always miss the point of such informative, playful and subtle books as Comb's and Holland's "Synchronicity".

Maybe the point is indeed to drown - the rational ego that is - which is continually trying to wrap the Trickster up in neat mechanistic metaphors. This book is a wonderful introduction to the archetypes and psychological and scientific theories constellating around the acausal realm of 'coincidences.' I feel in good company with Georg Feuerstein, the late Willis Harman, David Loye and Guy Burneko in recognizing that this book speaks to us at the mythic, mental and integral or intuitional levels of consciousness and holds them all together with a light eloquent style that belies it's intent - as the authors say at the end: "Dance, like play, is a metaphor for a state of being that is both relaxed and disciplined.Both are open and responsive to relaxed intuition... To dance is to move in the rhythm of this entire orchestration. And so we must learn to dance."

Along with many other excellent books on the Trickster - including Lewis Hydes' "Trickster Makes This World", Antoine Faivre's, "The Eternal Hermes", and two classics, Norman O. Brown's "Hermes the Thief", and Raphael Lopez Pedraza's "Hermes' Children," this book reveals a powerful yet hidden god for the Western mind which needs no lifeline back to the leaky ship of rationalism.

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The book contains contributions from thirteen distinguished moral and political philosophers on the subject of children. These are new essays and are devoted to a subject that until recently has not been extensively discussed by philosophers. Too often philosophers restrict themselves to the consideration only of the relations between adults. Yet the topic of children is an important one for moral and political philosophy. Recent years have seen an increased concern with the needs and interests of young people. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child which accords a wide range of fundamental rights to children was adopted in 1989 and many states have subsequently ratified the Convention. In this context it is timely and appropriate to ask various questions. If children do not have rights what exactly is their moral status? If they do have rights do they have all the rights that adults have? What rights if any do parents have over children and what is their justification? What duties do parents have towards their own children and towards others in society? How should we educate those who will be the future citizens and workers of our society? What values and what dispositions of character is it appropriate to instil in children? Is the family an obstacle to the realisation of full social justice? Can we in pursuit of justice contemplate the abolition of the family? The book covers the themes of children's rights, parental rights and duties, the family and justice, and civic education.

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Justice and Legitimacy in Upbringing
Matthew Clayton
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Issues concerning the upbringing of children are among the most contested in modern political debate. How should childrearing rights and resources be distributed between families? To what extent are parents morally permitted to shape the beliefs and desires of their children? At what age should children acquire adult rights, such as the right to vote? Justice and Legitimacy in Upbringing sets out a liberal conception of political morality that supports a set of answers to these questions which many liberals have been reluctant to accept. The central argument is that the ideals of justice and individual autonomy place significant constraints on both governments and parents. Clayton insists that while their interests should count directly in allocating childrearing rights, parents should exercise their rights in accordance with these liberal ideals. He argues that we owe our children a childhood that develops their sense of justice, but in which further attempts to enrol them into particular religious practices, for instance, are illegitimate. Justice and Legitimacy in Upbringing is a work of applied political philosophy that will be of interest to students of political theory, the philosophy of education, and social and public policy.

The Moral and Political Status of Children

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The Moral and Political Status of Children
David Archard
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