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Natural History Dioramas : History, Construction and Educational Role
This book brings together in a unique perspective aspects of natural history dioramas, their history, construction and rationale, interpretation and educational importance, from a number of different countries, from the west coast of the USA, across Europe to China. It describes the journey of dioramas from their inception through development to visions of their future. A complementary journey …
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- 978-94-017-9495-4
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- X, 289
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Multimodal Optimization by Means of Evolutionary Algorithms
This book offers the first comprehensive taxonomy for multimodal optimization algorithms, work with its root in topics such as niching, parallel evolutionary algorithms, and global optimization. The author explains niching in evolutionary algorithms and its benefits; he examines their suitability for use as diagnostic tools for experimental analysis, especially for detecting problem (type) p…
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- 978-3-319-07406-1
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- XX, 189
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- Natural Computing Series
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Encyclopedia of Biometrics
This encyclopedia provides a comprehensive reference to topics in biometrics including concepts, modalities, algorithms, devices, systems, security, performance testing, applications and standardization. With an A–Z format and over 1400 entries, it provides easy access to relevant information on all aspects of biometrics for those seeking entry into this broad field. Entries are written by…
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- 978-1-4899-7488-4
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- 337 b/w illustrations, 486 illustrations in colour
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Multimodal Location Estimation of Videos and Images
This book presents an overview of the field of multimodal location estimation. The authors' aim is to describe the research results in this field in a unified way. The book describes fundamental methods of acoustic, visual, textual, social graph, and metadata processing as well as multimodal integration methods used for location estimation. In addition, the book covers benchmark metrics and exp…
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- 978-3-319-09860-9
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- XII, 191
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Multiplicative Ideal Theory and Factorization Theory:Commutative and Non-comm…
This book consists of both expository and research articles solicited from speakers at the conference entitled "Arithmetic and Ideal Theory of Rings and Semigroups," held September 22–26, 2014 at the University of Graz, Graz, Austria. It reflects recent trends in multiplicative ideal theory and factorization theory, and brings together for the first time in one volume both commutative and non…
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- 978-3-319-38853-3
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- XIV, 407
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- Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics
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Encyclopedia of Astrobiology
The interdisciplinary field of Astrobiology constitutes a joint arena where provocative discoveries are coalescing concerning, e.g. the prevalence of exoplanets, the diversity and hardiness of life, and its increasingly likely chances for its emergence. Biologists, astrophysicists, biochemists, geoscientists and space scientists share this exciting mission of revealing the origin and commonalit…
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- 978-3-662-44185-5
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- 219 b/w illustrations, 484 illustrations in colour
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Multimodal Computational Attention for Scene Understanding and Robotics
This book presents state-of-the-art computational attention models that have been successfully tested in diverse application areas and can build the foundation for artificial systems to efficiently explore, analyze, and understand natural scenes. It gives a comprehensive overview of the most recent computational attention models for processing visual and acoustic input. It covers the biological…
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- 978-3-319-33794-4
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- XXIV, 203
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- Cognitive Systems Monographs
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Multiplication Operators on the Bergman Space
This book deals with various aspects of commutants and reducing subspaces of multiplication operators on the Bergman space, along with relevant von Neumann algebras generated by these operators, which have been the focus of considerable attention from the authors and other experts in recent years. The book reviews past developments and offers insights into cutting-edge developments in the study…
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- 978-3-662-46844-9
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- VIII, 322
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- Lecture Notes in Mathematics
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Multiprocessor Scheduling for Real-Time Systems
This book provides a comprehensive overview of both theoretical and pragmatic aspects of resource-allocation and scheduling in multiprocessor and multicore hard-real-time systems. The authors derive new, abstract models of real-time tasks that capture accurately the salient features of real application systems that are to be implemented on multiprocessor platforms, and identify rules for mappi…
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- 978-3-319-08695-8
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- XV, 228
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- Embedded Systems
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Multiple Time Scale Dynamics
This book provides an introduction to dynamical systems with multiple time scales. The approach it takes is to provide an overview of key areas, particularly topics that are less available in the introductory form. The broad range of topics included makes it accessible for students and researchers new to the field to gain a quick and thorough overview. The first of its kind, this book merges a…
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- 978-3-319-12315-8
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- XIII, 814
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- Applied Mathematical Sciences
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