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The Twenty-First Century Commercial Space Imperative
Young addresses the impressive expansion across existing and developing commercial space business markets, with multiple private companies competing in the payload launch services sector. The author pinpoints the new markets, technologies, and players in the industry, as well as highlighting the overall reasons why it is important for us to develop space. NASA now relies on commercial partners …
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- 978-3-319-18929-1
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Modelling Behaviour
This book reflects and expands on the current trend in the building industry to understand, simulate and ultimately design buildings by taking into consideration the interlinked elements and forces that act on them. This approach overcomes the traditional, exclusive focus on building tasks, while posing new challenges in all areas of the industry from material and structural to the urban scale.…
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- 978-3-319-24206-4
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- XXV, 544
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National Test:System Design of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone
This book discusses the latest developments in the China Pilot Free- Trade Zone strategy. It puts forward and explains the idea that building the Shanghai Pilot Free-Trade Zone (SFTZ) is a national test, as it is a major strategic decision to help China cope with the new situation resulting from opening-up and the further implementation of the reform. Based on China’s strategic demand in the …
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- 978-981-10-0217-5
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- XXII, 430
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Multi-Net Optimization of VLSI Interconnect
This book covers layout design and layout migration methodologies for optimizing multi-net wire structures in advanced VLSI interconnects. Scaling-dependent models for interconnect power, interconnect delay and crosstalk noise are covered in depth, and several design optimization problems are addressed, such as minimization of interconnect power under delay constraints, or design for minimal de…
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- 978-1-4614-0820-8
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- XVI, 233
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Multi-Project Management with a Multi-Skilled Workforce
This book covers three fundamental problems at the interface of multi-project management and human resource management: the selection of projects, the composition of small project teams, and workload leveling. Matthias Walter proposes optimization models and solution methods for these problems, assuming multi-skilled workers with heterogeneous skill levels. For the first time, the author presen…
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- 1431-6846
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- XXIII, 301
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- Produktion und Logistik
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Morphogenesis and Individuation
This contributed volume aims to reconsider the concept of individuation, clarifying its articulation with respect to contemporary problems in perceptual, neural, developmental, semiotic and social morphogenesis. The authors approach the ontogenetical issue by taking into account the morphogenetic process, involving the concept of individuation proposed by Gilbert Simondon and Gilles Deleuze. Th…
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- 2195-1934
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- Lecture Notes in Morphogenesis
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More than Moore Technologies for Next Generation Computer Design
This book provides a comprehensive overview of key technologies being used to address challenges raised by continued device scaling and the extending gap between memory and central processing unit performance. Authors discuss in detail what are known commonly as “More than Moore” (MtM), technologies, which add value to devices by incorporating functionalities that do not necessarily scale a…
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- 978-1-4939-4710-2
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Morton Deutsch: Major Texts on Peace Psychology
Commemorating Morton Deutsch’s 95th birthday, this book presents ten major texts by this highly respected social psychologist on war and peace. This second volume presents Deutsch in his role as a leading social science activist on issues of war and peace – writing papers, making speeches and participating in demonstrations. After serving in the U.S. Air Force during World War II and being …
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- 978-3-319-15442-8
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- XIII, 167
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- SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice
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Morton Deutsch: A Pioneer in Developing Peace Psychology
Commemorating Morton Deutsch’s 95th birthday, this book presents ten major texts by this highly respected social psychologist on war and peace. This first volume presents Deutsch in his role as a leading social science activist on issues of war and peace – writing papers, making speeches and participating in demonstrations. After serving in the U.S. Air Force during World War II and being a…
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- 978-3-319-15439-8
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- XVI, 139
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- SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice
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Monitoring and Modeling of Global Changes: A Geomatics Perspective
The chapters in this book present state-of-the-art geomatics technologies applied in global environmental studies. This text provides the latest research findings and delivers complete references to related publications. This book will motivate the undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and practitioners to better understand the environmental changes with informed solutions. Global…
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- 978-94-017-9812-9
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- XI, 320
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- Springer Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry
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