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Advances in Services Computing: 9th Asia-Pacific Services Computing Conferenc…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th Asia-Pacific Services Computing Conference, APSCC 2015, held in Bangkok, Thailand, in December 2015.The 17 revised full papers and 6 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics in services computing, web services, cloud computing, security in services, and…
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- 978-3-319-26979-5
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- XIV, 312
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- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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- 006.3 ADV a
The Future Use of Nordic Forests
Chapters investigate inter-alia the growing world population and the expected economic growth in countries with huge populations, and assess the resulting pressure on all land-based resources. Authors examine the urgent need for solutions to the energy crisis, consider worrying climate scenarios and provide a global outlook on bioenergy futures. Readers will discover how these developments will…
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- 978-3-319-14218-0
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- XXI, 169
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Logic Programming and Nonmonotonic Reasoning: 13th International Conference, …
This volume contains the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Logic Programming and Nonmonotonic Reasoning, LPNMR 2015, held in September 2015 in Lexington, KY, USA. The 290long and 11 short papers presented together with 3 invited talks, the paper reporting on the Answer Set Programming competition, and four papers presented by LPNMR student attendees at the doctoral co…
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- 978-3-319-23264-5
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Local Languages as a Human Right in Education; Comparative Cases from Africa
There seems to be general agreement that children learn better when they understand what the teacher is saying. In Africa this is not the case. Instruction is given in a foreign language, a language neither pupils nor the teachers understand well. This is the greatest educational problem there is in Africa. This is the problem this book discusses and it is therefore an important book. The recen…
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- 978-94-6209-947-0
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Unifying the Philosophy of Truth
This anthology of the very latest research on truth features the work of recognized luminaries in the field, put together following a rigorous refereeing process. Along with an introduction outlining the central issues in the field, it provides a unique and unrivaled view of contemporary work on the nature of truth, with papers selected from key conferences in 2011 such as Truth Be Told (Amster…
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- 978-94-017-9673-6
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- 30 b/w illustrations
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Human Paleoneurology
The book presents an integrative review of paleoneurology, the study of endocranial morphology in fossil species. The main focus is on showing how computed methods can be used to support advances in evolutionary neuroanatomy, paleoanthropology and archaeology and how they have contributed to creating a completely new perspective in cognitive neuroscience. Moreover, thanks to its multidisciplina…
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- 978-3-319-08499-2
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- IX, 250
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- 004 HUM
What We Are When We Are Kaj smo, ko smo
Working within a postmodern style, this rhythmic and melodious collection of poems originally written in Slovenian by Cvetka Lipuš and translated here by Tom Priestly, blends the real with the surreal, dull urban lives with dreams. Lipuš, known for the lexical beauty of her work, dwells on topics of time and space which she handles in an almost revolving, irreverent manner. Priestly captures …
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- 9781771992497.01
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- 5.5 x 7.25, 104 pages
Human Interface and the Management of Information. Information and Knowledge …
The two-volume set LNCS 9172 and 9173 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Human Interface and the Management of Information thematic track, held as part of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2015, held in Los Angeles, CA, USA, in August 2015, jointly with 15 other thematically similar conferences. The total of 1462 papers and 246 posters presented at t…
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- 978-3-319-20617-2
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- XXV, 693
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- 004
Dynamic and stochastic multi-project planning
This book deals with dynamic and stochastic methods for multi-project planning. Based on the idea of using queueing networks for the analysis of dynamic-stochastic multi-project environments this book addresses two problems: detailed scheduling of project activities, and integrated order acceptance and capacity planning. In an extensive simulation study, the book thoroughly investigates existin…
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- 9783319045405
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- 658.5
Dynamical systems : modelling: Łódź, Poland, December 7-10, 2015
The book is a collection of contributions devoted to analytical, numerical and experimental techniques of dynamical systems, presented at the international conference "Dynamical Systems: Theory and Applications," held in Łódź, Poland on December 7-10, 2015. The studies give deep insight into new perspectives in analysis, simulation, and optimization of dynamical systems, emphasizing direct…
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- 9783319424026
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- xiv, 446 pages
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- 515.39
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