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Topological Dimension and Dynamical Systems
Translated from the popular French edition, the goal of the book is to provide a self-contained introduction to mean topological dimension, an invariant of dynamical systems introduced in 1999 by Misha Gromov. The book examines how this invariant was successfully used by Elon Lindenstrauss and Benjamin Weiss to answer a long-standing open question about embeddings of minimal dynamical systems i…
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- 978-3-319-19794-4
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Topics on Methodological and Applied Statistical Inference
This book brings together selected peer-reviewed contributions from various research fields in statistics, and highlights the diverse approaches and analyses related to real-life phenomena. Major topics covered in this volume include, but are not limited to, bayesian inference, likelihood approach, pseudo-likelihoods, regression, time series, and data analysis as well as applications in the…
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- 978-3-319-44093-4
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Topics in Theoretical and Applied Statistics
This book highlights the latest research findings from the 46th International Meeting of the Italian Statistical Society (SIS) in Rome, during which both methodological and applied statistical research was discussed. This selection of fully peer-reviewed papers, originally presented at the meeting, addresses a broad range of topics, including the theory of statistical inference; data mining and…
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- 978-3-319-27274-0
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Improving Energy Decisions: Towards Better Scientific Policy Advice for a Saf…
Managing a successful transition of the current energy supply system to less carbon emitting options, ensuring a safe and secure supply during the whole process and in the long term, is one of the largest challenges of our time. Various approaches and first implementations show that it is not only technological issue, but also a matter of societal acceptance and acceptability, considering basic…
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- 978-3-319-11345-6
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- XLIII, 257
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- 338 IMP
Improving Aid Effectiveness in Global Health
This direct, accessible guide uses a human rights perspective to define effectiveness in aid delivery and offer a robust framework for creating sustainable health programs and projects and assessing their progress. Geared toward hands-on professionals in such critical areas as food aid, maternal health, and disease control, it lays out challenges and solutions related to funding, planning, and …
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- 978-1-4939-2720-3
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- XVI, 370
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- 628 IMP
Improvement Measures of Urban Thermal Environment
Maximizing readers’ insights into urban and architectural environmental planning with consideration for the thermal environment, this work highlights how various urban heat-island strategies have been developed and their effectiveness in urban areas. Specific measures to combat the urban heat-island phenomenon, including improvement of surface cover, reduction of exhaust heat, improvement of …
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- 978-3-319-13784-1
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- IX, 42
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- 338 TAK i
Imprecision and Uncertainty in Information Representation and Processing: New…
The book offers a comprehensive and timely overview of advanced mathematical tools for both uncertainty analysis and modeling of parallel processes, with a special emphasis on intuitionistic fuzzy sets and generalized nets. The different chapters, written by active researchers in their respective areas, are structured to provide a coherent picture of this interdisciplinary yet still evolving fi…
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- 978-3-319-26301-4
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- XI, 414
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- 004 IMP
Importing EU Norms: Conceptual Framework and Empirical Findings
This interdisciplinary work presents a conceptual framework and brings together constructivist and rationalist accounts of how EU norms are adopted, adapted, resisted or rejected. These chapters provide empirical cases and critical analysis of a rich variety of norm-takers from EU member states, European and non-European states, including the rejection of EU norms in Russia and Africa as well a…
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- 978-3-319-13739-1
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- X, 262
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- 361 IMP
Implementing IT Processes: The Main 17 IT Processes and Directions for a Succ…
Information Technology plays a major role in our society. Due to system integration and process automation, a company has to rely on performant information systems. To achieve this objective, it is important to have relevant IT processes in place on the one hand to ensure current operation and on the other hand to enable the successful introduction of new technologies. Once IT processes are def…
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- 978-3-658-04772-6
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- XIV, 239
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- 004 IMP
Implementing Climate Change Adaptation in Cities and Communities: Integrating…
This book analyzes how climate change adaptation can be implemented at the community, regional and national level. Featuring a variety of case studies, it illustrates strategies, initiatives and projects currently being implemented across the world. In addition to the challenges faced by communities, cities and regions seeking to cope with climate change phenomena like floods, droughts and othe…
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- 978-3-319-28589-4
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- Environmental Economics
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- 330 IMP
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