Polymers in Particulate Systems: Properties and Applications (Surfactant Science)

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"Presents the latest research on the flow and structure of complex particulate sustemsions, the adsorption behavior of polymers, and the consolidation behavior and mechanical properties of films. Highlights recent advances in polymer functionality, conformation, and chemistry for biological, biomedical, and industrial applications."

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The solving of multi-objective problems (MOPs) has been a continuing effort by humans in many diverse areas, including computer science, engineering, economics, finance, industry, physics, chemistry, and ecology, among others. Many powerful and deterministic and stochastic techniques for solving these large dimensional optimization problems have risen out of operations research, decision science, engineering, computer science and other related disciplines. The explosion in computing power continues to arouse extraordinary interest in stochastic search algorithms that require high computational speed and very large memories. A generic stochastic approach is that of evolutionary algorithms (EA). Such algorithms have been demonstrated to be very powerful and generally applicable for solving different single objective problems. Their fundamental algorithmic structures can also be applied to solving many multi-objective problems. In this book, the various features of multi-objective evolutionary algorithms (MOEAs) are presented in an innovative and unique fashion, with detailed customized forms suggested for a variety of applications. Also, extensive MOEA discussion questions and possible research directions are presented at the end of each chapter.

For additional information and supplementary teaching materials, please visit the authors' website at http://www.cs.cinvestav.mx/~EVOCINV/bookinfo.html.

Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization: Second International Conference, EMO 2003, Faro, Portugal, April 8-11, 2003, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

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Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization: Second International Conference, EMO 2003, Faro, Portugal, April 8-11, 2003, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Manufacturer: Springer
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ASIN: 3540018697

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization, EMO 2003, held in Faro, Portugal, in April 2003.

The 56 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 100 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on objective handling and problem decomposition, algorithm improvements, online adaptation, problem construction, performance analysis and comparison, alternative methods, implementation, and applications.

Parallel Problem Solving from Nature - PPSN IX: 9th International Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, September 9-13, 2006, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

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Parallel Problem Solving from Nature - PPSN IX: 9th International Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, September 9-13, 2006, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Manufacturer: Springer
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ASIN: 3540389903

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, PPSN 2006, held in Reykjavik, Iceland in September 2006.

The 106 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 255 submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics, from evolutionary computation to swarm intelligence and from bio-inspired computing to real-world applications; they are organized in topical sections on theory, new algorithms, applications, multi-objective optimization, evolutionary learning, as well as representations, operators, and empirical evaluation.

A hybrid multi-objective evolutionary algorithm for solving truck and trailer vehicle routing problems [An article from: European Journal of Operational Research]

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A hybrid multi-objective evolutionary algorithm for solving truck and trailer vehicle routing problems [An article from: European Journal of Operational Research]
K.C. Tan , Y.H. Chew , and L.H. Lee
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000RR9UIY

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This digital document is a journal article from European Journal of Operational Research, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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This paper considers a transportation problem for moving empty or laden containers for a logistic company. Owing to the limited resource of its vehicles (trucks and trailers), the company often needs to sub-contract certain job orders to outsourced companies. A model for this truck and trailer vehicle routing problem (TTVRP) is first constructed in the paper. The solution to the TTVRP consists of finding a complete routing schedule for serving the jobs with minimum routing distance and number of trucks, subject to a number of constraints such as time windows and availability of trailers. To solve such a multi-objective and multi-modal combinatorial optimization problem, a hybrid multi-objective evolutionary algorithm (HMOEA) featured with specialized genetic operators, variable-length representation and local search heuristic is applied to find the Pareto optimal routing solutions for the TTVRP. Detailed analysis is performed to extract useful decision-making information from the multi-objective optimization results as well as to examine the correlations among different variables, such as the number of trucks and trailers, the trailer exchange points, and the utilization of trucks in the routing solutions. It has been shown that the HMOEA is effective in solving multi-objective combinatorial optimization problems, such as finding useful trade-off solutions for the TTVRP routing problem.

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An Alternate Ending to the Cold War

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Arc Light
Eric L. Harry
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ASIN: 0515117927

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Pretty decent.......2006-12-04

I just completed this book and I found it quite interesting. One complaint is the ad naseum explanation of every little acronym in the story. I felt as if the author thought the reader was stupid like the president in this book. A character would mention something and then we would get a long paragraph explaining what he/she meant. At times it made me want to put the book down. The action is good, but he needed to do his homework more. M1A1 tanks do not mount M60 machine guns for the loader. They mount M240 machine guns. The biggest complaint about this book is the unbelievable amount of time it took the USA to send multiple divisions over to fight the Russians. In the book the war lasted a couple of months. In reality it would have taken months to get all the divisions ready and deployed. It took the US almost 6 months to deploy enough divisions to Saudi for Desert Storm. It would have taken longer (especially after nuclear strikes) to deploy the amount of divisions used in this book to fight the Russians.

Not very impressed.......2006-09-05

I'm amazed everyone rates this book so highly. I found the characters extremely forgettable, barely any warmth or character depth to them. They produced no feelings of empathy in me at all. Half way in and after hundreds of nuclear detonations dotted around the US, you'd hardly have known. Most people seem to be getting on with life as if nothing had happened.

The unfolding of the plot was simply ridiculous. I know we have some inept leaders but I can't believe any group of people would act in so patently a stupid way, especially the events leading up to the impeachment process.

I only finished the book because I was hoping it might suddenly pull together at some point but it never did.

Too technical.......2006-06-19

I thought the book was a page-turner for no other reason than the subject matter and wanting to know what would happen in the end. However, I found none of the characters interesting. I really couldn't care a less if the whole world went up in flames in the end with people this thin living there. All that aside, the biggest problem is all the technical language. Unless you are a military buff who is interested in all the "Alpha Bravo 1-49603-408" lingo, then 1/4 of the book falls by the waist-side.

An Alternate Ending to the Cold War.......2005-09-10

This is an engaging account of an alternate ending to the Cold War. WWIII is an accidental outcome of a chain of mistakes and reactions that are highly plausible in the modern spin-controlled politics of opinion polls and political/military decisions. The story has a few things that don't seem realistic. For example, as we now know, global instability causes energy prices to climb to crippling levels, and this was not foreseen in the book. The book never explains why the North Koreans choose to suddenly attack South Korea, and also just as suddenly withdraw. Also, why do the Chinese halt their attacks upon Russia and sit on their hands during the US-Russia conflict? And M-16's with "recoil?" However, if you look past little details like this, the book is a fascinating and informed depiction of how WWIII could plausibly unfold with today's modern hardware and force structures. I'd always envisioned WWIII as one big MAD global mushroom cloud ending life on earth. But this book shows that life can go on after nuclear war, which was the biggest surprise to me.

The author eerily got it right in 1994 that the President (a Clinton-like character) would be impeached, and the date the nuclear war begins (6/11) reminded me of 9/11.

Overall, a good suspensful page-turner.

Absolutley riveting.......2005-06-14

I agree with the first couple of reviews. I read this book back in 1995ish and it completely drew my attention so much that I passed the book on to a friend. I never saw the book again until recently. It was noted as "out of print" but I found an old copy on Amazon. I plan on keeping it forever now. I havent had a chance to reread it but it is my favorite book. The descriptions on events such as the army station at the airport as the attack hits to the beach scene in the Russian far east, I was utterly mesmerized.

The Cruise of the Northern Light (Sisters of the Hunt) (Sisters of the Hunt)

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The Cruise of the Northern Light (Sisters of the Hunt) (Sisters of the Hunt)
Mrs. John Borden
Manufacturer: Stackpole Books
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Breaking the role of Chicago socialite as wife of John Borden, heir to the Borden's Condensed Milk fortune, Courtney Borden accompanied her husband on hunts and became adept at shooting and fishing. The couple, along with a small party, took a five-month voyage to hunt Alaskan brown bear, walrus, and polar bear trophies, some of which would become specimens for Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History. Courtney Borden recorded the events of the trip, and this book is her account of the Arctic adventure, from hunting walrus from a kayak to visits to Native settlements and frontier communities in Alaska.

Lights of Madness: In Search of Joan of Arc

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Lights of Madness: In Search of Joan of Arc
Preston Russell
Manufacturer: Frederic C. Beil
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ASIN: 1929490240

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Joan of Arc's legend has been embraced by diverse worldly ideologies, all competing for her meaning---icon, lunatic, early feminist, possibly a man? In this book Joan of Arc's trials and imagery are traced through the centuries, leading to modern scientific research to explain what is considered, or dismissed, as miraculous. Preston Russell examines the three trials of Joan; Joan's transformation in history and literature; and, as a physician, the evolution of insanity from antiquity to current brain research, presently probing the origins of consciousness to higher sources---opening up avenues that a few decades ago would have been dismissed as scientific madness. Does God speak to individuals directly? Are some human beings born with such a keen intuitive power that they can communicate with supernatural beings? Does God use otherwise ordinary people as the conduits for his miracles? And can science provide an answer to mankind's eternal search for God? Through Joan of Arc, Preston Russell provides a startling conclusion, achieving a reconciliation of science and religion, uniting the physical and the metaphysical.

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A Book Children Will Love

Arc of Light
Linda Jane Roberts
Manufacturer: Trafford Publishing
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ASIN: 1412025206
Release Date: 2006-07-06

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A new animal adventure fantasy full of danger and thrills but constant triumph. This adventurous journey to freedom from their own limitations and all too narrow reality.

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A Book Children Will Love.......2004-10-05

PCR 10-5-04 CS Silversheen

For you cultural warriors, and for old fashioned animal lovers, good news: At last, a book you will want your children to read and one they will want to read--"Arc of Light" by Linda Jane Roberts.

"Arc of Light" is the story of a raccoon, a possum, and a groundhog, two night creatures and a day creature, who leave their comfortable abodes in the garden of a manor house on a thrilling and dangerous journey of discovery. The adventurers experience new sights and creatures, some friendly and some dangerous, and discover that "adventuring has more to do with discovering ourselves than a new world."

Night creatures have eyes for moonlight and darkness, not for the bright light of day when, they believe, monsters with sharp teeth are about. Day creatures fear night's darkness, a time, they insist, when fierce monsters prowl. The journey's dangers and tribulations, as well as its joys, cause the adventurers to travel at times by night and at times by day. To cope with challenges, the animals have to rise beyond their limits and the limits of their own worlds.

The author is clearly a close observer of American wildlife. The characters she gives the animals are both believable and insightful. Her descriptions of streams and fauna, wildflowers and trees are poetic. Beautifully written and engaging for adults as well, it is a story grownups will enjoy reading to their children and grandchildren.

"Arc of Light" will introduce your children to a world beyond the video screen. After your children have experienced the adventures of Moonbeam, possum and groundhog, don't be surprised if you are asked for a walk in the woods, especially a forest with bridges and creeks and paw prints to observe.

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A story that needs to be told
Arc Light

Arc Light
G. V. Short
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In early February of 1968, at the beginning of the Tet Offensive, Gregory V. Short arrived in Vietnam as an eighteen-year-old, Marine mortarman. Amid all the chaos, he was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, stationed near the DMZ at a place called Con Thien. While living in the horrible conditions reminiscent of the First World War, his unit was constantly being bombarded by the enemy's artillery and mortar shells. It was from this display of firepower that he would begin to learn the deadly art of survival. Then, in early April, his battalion was finally ordered to leave Con Thien and help establish LZ Vandegrift (Stud) in preparation for Operation Pegasus. It was during this period that he left his mortar crew to become an 81's Forward Observer for Hotel Company. Working with the U.S. Army's 1st Air Cavalry Division and other units; he helped relieve the siege at Khe Sanh by reopening Route 9.

As fortune would have it, his unit would remain at Khe Sanh for the next eight weeks, until they abandoned it in June. Participating in several different operations close to the Laotian border, the contact with the enemy was heavy and frequent. Then, on May 19th, Ho Chi Minh's birthday, the NVA attempted to overrun the combat base in the dead of night. Accidentally discovered by a Marine convoy, just 600 meters from the main gate, he helped participate in the destruction of an NVA regiment. Tragically, within a two-month period, one of the companies (Charlie Company) within his battalion would sustain over eighty per cent casualties.

Then, in June of 1968, Lance Corporal. Short was transferred to the 27th Marines, stationed near Da Nang. Serving with Alpha Company as a 61mm mortarman, he participated in the fight for Cam Le Bridge during the enemy's Summer Offensive. It was during this time that he had an opportunity to get acquainted with the Vietnamese culture, which he describes in his book. Then in September, the 27th Marines were sent back home and he was transferred to the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines (Walking Dead). While operating along the DMZ and near the A Shau Valley as an infantryman (grunt), he would spend the next five months patrolling the surrounding area and enduring the harsh elements.

At the beginning of 1969, he suddenly re-upped for a second tour of duty and was sent home on a thirty-day leave. Describing in detail as to how everything and everyone back home had changed in his absence, he participated in the first anti-war march in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Then, after being reassigned to the 1st Marine Air Wing in Da Nang, he got an opportunity to experience the rear areas of Vietnam and the kids who served there.

Employing his experiences as a combat veteran and a trained historian, his book is very unique and completely different from the other books about Vietnam. In fact, he gives a completely new slant as to the reasons behind the Tet Offensive and the Vietnam War in general.

The book "Arc Light" is a compelling autobiography about a young man serving with the Marines in Vietnam during the height of the war. Direct, honest, and brutal in his observations, Mr. Short holds nothing back in describing the hardships of modern warfare and the illusions of victory held by our leaders.

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A story that needs to be told.......2006-07-22

The author does a wonderful job of telling of his experiences during a time that no eighteen year old should have to go through. He does so with total honesty and no apparent bitterness. The book is a must read if only from the historical and political presceptive. Mr. Short's comments fully explain his motive in producing this labor of love. Congratulations,
C.V. Short, for a job well done. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences with us.

Arc Light.......2003-03-09

One hell of a read. Anyone interested in Viet Nam should read this book. Greg shows brutal honesty and a great sense of humor in this book about his experiences in the war. I felt like I was there with him. Highly recommended

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Arc Light One
Don Harten
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must read.......2005-08-03

Very well written, keeps your attention, moving with a good history lesson on the war as well

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AN ARC OF LIGHT
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Arc of Light/Dark Matter
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THE GHOST PATROL - And Other Stories: The Willow Walk; Letter from the Queen; The Hack Driver; Go East Young Man; Moth in the Arc Light; Young Man Alexbrod
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Maze and Arc of Light
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A humorous yet realistic look at life in hospitals. Written for both the lay public and medical professionals, The Forest and the Trees is a factual representation of medical prodedures and disease processes told in the setting of an intern's first six months of training. Readers will gain a basic understanding of medicine while medical professionals will appreciate the insight into current medical thought processes.

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An avid reader.......2004-04-17

For those who love a good book this is a must. It is informative as well as entertaining. The main character draws you in to his world as a resident so that by the end of the book you don't even realize how much you learned about the workings of the body and a hospital. It's like reading all the good stories the doctors talk about amongst themselves but that a lay person never hears. It's one of those books you can't wait to finish, but hope never ends!

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