Leon Lapidus
George F. Pinder, (Both of Univ. of Vermont)
ISBN: 0-471-35944-0
Paperback
Pages: 677
Published: Jun 1999
From the reviews of Numerical Solution of Partial Differential
Equations in Science and Engineering:
"The book by Lapidus and Pinder is a very comprehensive,
even exhaustive, survey of the subject . . . [It\g] is unique in
that it covers
equally finite difference and finite element methods."ｭBurrelle's.
"The authors have selected an elementary (but not
simplistic) mode of presentation. Many different computational
schemes are
described in great detail . . . Numerous practical examples and
applications are described from beginning to the end, often with
calculated results given."ｭMathematics of Computing.
"This volume . . . devotes its considerable number of pages
to lucid developments of the methods [for solving partial
differential
equations\g] . . . the writing is very polished and I found it a
pleasure to read!"ｭMathematics of Computation
Contents
Fundamental Concepts.
Basic Concepts in the Finite Difference and Finite Element
Methods.
Finite Elements on Irregular Subspaces.
Parabolic Partial Differential Equations.
Elliptic Partial Differential Equations.
Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations.
Index.
Michael R. Chernick (Cordis Webster, A Johnson and Johnson
Company, Diamond Bar, California)
ISBN: 0-471-34912-7
Hardcover
Pages: 272
Published: Sep 1999
Bootstrap methods have seen a surge of research activity in
recent years, generating new theoretical developments, real-world
applications, and critical reviews of its performance in solving
various problems. This book introduces the bootstrap method at a
remarkably practical, accessible level. Michael Chernick, highly
recognized for his encyclopedic knowledge of the field, presents
numerous recent results and applications, clearly explains when
the bootstrap method is not effective or appropriate, and
connects it
with older and more traditional sampling methods.
Contents
What is Bootstrapping?
Estimation.
Confidence Sets and Hypothesis Testing.
Regression Analysis.
Forecasting and Time Series Analysis.
Which Resampling Method Should You Use?
Efficient and Effective Simulation.
Special Topics.
When Does Bootstrapping Fail?
Bibliography.
Indexes.
Series Title:
Wiley Series in Probability and Mathematical Statistics - Applied
Probability and Statistics Section
Edward Aboufadel
Steven Schlicker, (Both of Grand Valley State Univ., Allendale,
Michigan)
ISBN: 0-471-33193-7
Hardcover
Projected Pub Date: Sep 1999
Wavelets have received much attention in recent years, owing to
their numerous known and promising applications in image
processing, the restoration of recordings, seismology, and other
fields. Discovering Wavelets presents an easily accessible
introduction to the topic, assuming only a basic knowledge of
linear algebra.
Contents
Wavelets, Fingerprints, and Image Processing.
Wavelets and Orthogonal Decompositions.
Multiresolutions, Cascades, and Filters.
Sample Projects.
Appendices.
References.
George Nemhauser (School of Industrial and Systems
Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta,
Georgia)
Laurence Wolsey (Center for Operations Research and Econometrics,
Univ. Catholique de Louvain,
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)
ISBN: 0-471-35943-2
Paperback
Pages: 766
Published: Jun 1999
Rave reviews for INTEGER AND COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION
"This book provides an excellent introduction and survey of
traditional fields of combinatorial optimization . . . It is
indeed one of the
best and most complete texts on combinatorial optimization . . .
available. [And\g] with more than 700 entries, [it\g] has quite
an
exhaustive reference list."ｭOptima
"A unifying approach to optimization problems is to
formulate them like linear programming problems, while
restricting some or all of
the variables to the integers. This book is an encyclopedic
resource for such formulations, as well as for understanding the
structure of
and solving the resulting integer programming problems."ｭComputing
Reviews
"[This book\g] can serve as a basis for various graduate
courses on discrete optimization as well as a reference book for
researchers
and practitioners."ｭMathematical Reviews
"This comprehensive and wide-ranging book will undoubtedly
become a standard reference book for all those in the field of
combinatorial optimization."ｭBulletin of the London
Mathematical Society
"This text should be required reading for anybody who
intends to do research in this area or even just to keep abreast
of
developments."ｭTimes Higher Education Supplement, London
Also of interest . . .
INTEGER PROGRAMMING Laurence A. Wolsey Comprehensive and
self-contained, this intermediate-level guide to integer
programming provides readers with clear, up-to-date explanations
on why some problems are difficult to solve, how techniques can
be reformulated to give better results, and how mixed integer
programming systems can be used more effectively. 1998
(0-471-28366-5) 260 pp.
Series Title:
Wiley-Interscience Series in Discrete Mathematic
Contents
FOUNDATIONS.
The Scope of Integer and Combinatorial Optimization.
Linear Programming.
Graphs and Networks.
Polyhedral Theory.
Computational Complexity.
Polynomial-Time Algorithms for Linear Programming.
Integer Lattices.
GENERAL INTEGER PROGRAMMING.
The Theory of Valid Inequalities.
Strong Valid Inequalities and Facets for Structured Integer
Programs.
Duality and Relaxation.
General Algorithms.
Special-Purpose Algorithms.
Applications of Special- Purpose Algorithms.
COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION.
Integral Polyhedra.
Matching.
Matroid and Submodular Function Optimization.
References.
Indexes.
Keay Davidson
ISBN: 0-471-25286-7
Hardcover
Pages: 540
Published: Aug 1999
"Carl Sagan was more than just a scientist. He was a public
figure and a personality. Keay Davidson has produced a
thoughtful,
intimate portrait of the man behind the TV image." ｭLawrence
M. Krauss, author of The Physics of Star Trek
The first biography of the most famous scientist of our time Carl
Sagan was one of the greatest scientists of this centuryｭthe
handsome
and alluring visionary who inspired a generation to look to the
heavens and beyond. His life was both an intellectual feast and
an
emotional rollercoaster. Whether he was seeking life on Mars or
visiting Timothy Leary in prison, searching for radio messages
from
distant space or protesting nuclear weapons, prophesying some of
the most exciting discoveries of modern science, filming the most
successful PBS series of all time, or turning down invitations to
dine at the Reagan White House, Sagan was always fascinatingｭan
enthralling, complex, contradictory prophet of the Space Age.
Based on interviews with Sagan's family and friends, including
his widow, Ann Druyan, his first wife, acclaimed scientist Lynn
Margulis, and his three sons, as well as exclusive access to many
personal papers, this captivating life story offers remarkable
insight
into one of the most influential, provocative, and beloved
figures of our time.
Keay Davidson (San Francisco, CA) is the chief science reporter
for the San Francisco Examiner and has written feature articles
for
National Geographic and New Scientist. He also was the coauthor
of the acclaimed book Wrinkles in Time with George Smoot.
Contents
Brooklyn.
Chicago.
Unnecessary Hypotheses.
High Ground.
California.
Harvard.
Mars and Manna.
Mr. X.
Gods Like Men.
The Shadow Line.
Dragons of Eden.
Annie.
Cosmos.
Contact.
The Value of L.
Look Back, Look Back.
Hollywood.
The Night Freight.
Notes.
Bibliograph
R. Dennis Cook
Sanford Weisberg, (Both of The Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul)
ISBN: 0-471-31711-X
Hardcover
Pages: 600
Published: Jul 1999
Regression analysis is the study of the dependence of a response
variable on one or more predictor variables. It is among the most
widely used methods in statistics. In recent years, several new
ways to approach regression have been presented. First, the types
of
models that might be used have been expanded from the traditional
linear and nonlinear regression models to generalized linear
models
(GLMs) and others. Second, non- and semi-parametric approaches
have been tried, but these have as yet only a limited impact on
the
general practice of statistics. Finally, computer graphics,
including high quality images, motion, color, plot linking, and
so on, have been
applied to the regression problem. This book ties together all
these modern trends in regression analysis using graphics as a
unifying
theme. The book present the essential theory and practice based
on standard models and on selected non- and semi-parametric
ideas.
Series Title:
Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics: Texts and References
Section
Contents
ooking Forward and Back.
Introduction to Regression.
Introduction to Smoothing.
Bivariate Distributions.
Two-Dimensional Plots.
TOOLS.
Simple Linear Regression.
Introduction to Multiple Linear Regression.
Three-Dimensional Plots.
Weights and Lack-of-Fit.
Understanding Coefficients.
Relating Mean Functions.
Factors and Interactions.
Response Transformations.
Diagnostics I: Curvature and Nonconstant Variance.
Diagnostics II: Influence and Outliers.
Predictor Transformations.
Model Assessment.
REGRESSION GRAPHICS.
Visualizing Regression.
Visualizing Regression with Many Predictors.
Graphical Regression.
LOGISTIC REGRESSION AND GENERALIZED LINEAR MODELS.
Binomial Regression.
Graphical and Diagnostic Methods for Logistic Regression.
Generalized Linear Models.
Appendix.
References.
Indexes.
William Frucht
ISBN: 0-471-33244-5
Hardcover
Projected Pub Date: Sep 1999
"William Frucht's wide-ranging compilation of mathematically
flavored fiction and poetry is humorous, thought-provoking, and
profoundly entertaining."ｭJohn Allen Paulas, author of
Once Upon a Number
This delightful anthologyｭthe first such collection since the
publications of Clifton Fadiman's bestselling Fantasia
Mathematica and
The Mathematical Magpieｭexplores the many ways that creative
writers have worked with mathematical ideas from the fourth
dimension to time reversal and infinity.
Features contributions by beloved writers, including Lewis
Carroll, Jorge Luis Borges, Italo Calvino, James Dickey, Carl
Sandburg,
and Alan Lighman, author of Einstein's Dreams
Reintroduces lesser-known but seminal works such as science
fiction writer Connie Willis's cult classic "The
Schwartzchild Radius"
William Frucht (Danbury, CT) is the senior editor of science
books at Basic Books. He has also edited science books for the
Copernicus imprint of Springer Verlag, Newbridge Science Book
Clubs, and Oxford University Press.
Subject:
Mathematics / General & Introductory Mathematics / Popular
Interes
Edited by: M'hammed Boulagouaz, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah
University, Fez, Morocco, and Jean-Pierre Tignol,
Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
series: Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics ,volume:
208
11/01/1999 In Press
Softcover
description:
Demonstrates the key manipulations surrounding Brauer groups,
graded rings, group representations, ideal classes of
number fields, p-adic differential equations, and rationality
problems of invariant fields妖isplaying an extraordinary
command of the most advanced methods in current algebra.
Describes new developments in noncommutative valuation theory and
p-adic analysis.
Martin Vath, University of W・zburg, Germany
series: Pure and Applied Mathematics ,volume: 224
11/01/1999 In Press
Hardcover
description:
Develops and applies topological and algebraic methods to study
abstract Volterra operators and differential equations
arising in models for "real-world" phenomena in
physics, biology, and a host of other disciplines. Presents
completely
new results that appear in book form for the first time.
Second, Revised and Enlarged Edition
G. Adelman,Massachusettes Institute of Technology,
B.H. Smith, The Health Foundation, New York
Description
The first edition of the Encyclopedia of Neuroscience has, since
its publication nearly ten years ago, become
the standard reference work designed to make the neurosciences
readily accessible to both the specialist and
non-specialist reader.
This landmark work, with its broad scope and interdisciplinary
coverage, has become an essential reference and
learning tool for everyone involved in the study of the brain and
how it mediates behavior.
Now, the Encyclopedia has been expanded and updated, in most
cases by the original authors, and is available both on CD-ROM
and
in print. The Encyclopedia represents the culmination of a
massive international effort to present the neurosciences in one
concise source.
Edited by George Adelman and Barry Smith, and compiled under the
guidance of an outstanding and distinguished Scientific Advisory
Board, it includes contributions from renowned experts in their
respective fields from around the world, including several Nobel
Prize
winners. The Encyclopedia contains over 800 new entries.
You'll also have a quick, easy access to an astounding wealth of
information on CD-ROM as well as through direct links to relevant
websites.
Now there's a new updated version with a number of informational
and technological improvements: Elsevier's Encyclopedia of
Neuroscience on CD-ROM version 1.1.
Version 1.1, with more weblinks, an improved search engine,
voice-overs added to the animations and cross-browser
compatibility,
gives you faster access to more information than ever.
For more details please visit the Encyclopedia of Neuroscience
website.
Reviews
C.N.S., 1999
...Animation of simple events, such as
neurotransmission,literally brings to life what might otherwise
make very dull
reading. I would recommend this encyclopedia because it is
presented in a good format and the information it contains is
exellent. The fact that it uses animation makes it easier to
convey quite complex concepts in relatively simple terms.
Bibliographic Information
Hardbound
ISBN: 0-444-81612-7
2,500 pages
Hardbound + CD-ROM
ISBN: 0-444-50176-2
CD-ROM - Single user version 1.1.
ISBN: 0-444-50160-6