2005, VIII, 128 p. 53 illus., 10 in colour., Hardcover
ISBN: 0-387-25487-0
Due: August 2005
About this book
During the last few centuries, natural philosophers, and more
recently vision scientists, have recognized that a fundamental
problem in biological vision is that the sources underlying
visual stimuli are unknowable in any direct sense, because of the
inherent ambiguity of the stimuli that impinge on sensory
receptors. The light that reaches the eye from any scene
conflates the contributions of reflectance, illumination,
transmittance, and subsidiary factors that affect these primary
physical parameters. Spatial properties such as the size,
distance and orientation of physical objects are also conflated
in light stimuli. As a result, the provenance of light reaching
the eye at any moment is uncertain. This quandary is referred to
as the inverse optics problem. This book considers the evidence
that the human visual system solves this problem by incorporating
past human experience of what retinal images have typically
corresponded to in the real world.
Table of contents
Introduction.- The Geometry of Natural Scenes.- Line Length.-
Angles.- Size.- Distance.- The Muller-Lyer Illusion.- The
Poggendorff Illusion.- Implications.- References.- Glossary
Series: Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and
Knowledge Organization
2005, XIX, 704 p. 181 illus., Softcover
ISBN: 3-540-25677-6
About this book
The contributions in this volume represent the latest research
results in the field of Classification, Clustering, and Data
Analysis. Besides the theoretical analysis, papers focus on
various application fields as Archaeology, Astronomy, Bio-Sciences,
Business, Electronic Data and Web, Finance and Insurance, Library
Science and Linguistics, Marketing, Music Science, and Quality
Assurance
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2004, 125 illus. with CD-ROM., Softcover
ISBN: 0-387-95466-X
Due: October 2005
About this book
Computing and IT professionals are mainly concerned with
production of software and systems, but writing code is only one
element of the software production cycle. It is also necessary to
produce a wide variety of documentation, from requirements
analyses to user manuals. Additional tasks include explaining
code to other project team members, documenting design decisions,
analyzing and reporting on technical options, bidding for
projects, and making spoken presentations. This book is a
handbook on clear communication, both written and verbal, for
computing professionals. It describes how to write about and
present information relating to software engineering. All
computing professionals must have good communication skills, and
teaching those skills is an element in undergraduate programs in
computing and IT. This book is intended primarily for computing
and IT professionals, including managers, analysts, and users of
IT, such as web designers.
Table of contents
* Overview * PART I: Nontechnical documentation * Technical
documentation * Technical documentation with design models *
Documentation for small systems and small projects * PART II:
Identifying, assessing, and using literature * Analysis, criteria
for analysis * Technical reports * Algorithms and processes *
Figures, tables, and diagrams * PART III: Software interfaces *
Internationalization * Communication via the Web * PART IV:
Spoken presentations * General English usage * Professional
ethics
Series: Springer Texts in Statistics
2006, Approx. 300 p., Hardcover
ISBN: 0-387-40084-2
Due: September 2005
About this book
This book is a contemporary introduction to theory, methods and
computation in Bayesian Analysis. It focuses on topics that have
stood the test of time and emerging areas such as reference
priors, objective Bayes testing, Bayesian model selection and
wavelets. No other such book is available in the market.
Table of contents
Basic Concepts * Utility and Prior * Posterior Normality and
Posterior Expansion * Objective Bayesian Analysis * Testing *
Testing of Sharp Null Hypothesis * Objective Bayesian Point and
Interval Estimation * Hierarchical Bayes (HB) Methods and
Introduction to MCMC * Model Selection in Low and High
Dimensional Problems * Bayesian Computation * Introduction to
Bayesian Nonparametrics * Introduction to Bayesian Anlysis *
Bayesian Analysis of Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Data
Series: Universitext
2005, XV, 371 p. 14 illus., Softcover
ISBN: 3-540-25830-2
About this textbook
This is an introduction to advanced analysis at the beginning
graduate level that blends a modern presentation with concrete
examples and applications, in particular in the areas of calculus
of variations and partial differential equations. The book does
not strive for abstraction for its own sake, but tries rather to
impart a working knowledge of the key methods of contemporary
analysis, in particular those that are also relevant for
application in physics. It provides a streamlined and quick
introduction to the fundamental concepts of Banach space and
Lebesgue integration theory and the basic notions of the calculus
of variations, including Sobolev space theory. The third edition
contains new material on further important tool in analysis,
namely cover theorems. Useful references for such results and
further properties of various classes of weakly differential
functions are added. And finally, misprints and minor
inconsistencies have been corrected.
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Series: Universitext
2005, XIII, 566 p. 14 illus., Softcover
ISBN: 3-540-25907-4
About this textbook
This established reference work continues to lead its readers to
some of the hottest topics of contemporary mathematical research.
Besides several smaller additions, reorganizations, corrections,
and a systematic bibliography, the main new features of the 4th
edition are a systematic introduction to Kahler geometry and the
presentation of additional techniques from geometric analysis.
From the reviews: "This book provides a very readable
introduction to Riemannian geometry and geometric analysis. The
author focuses on using analytic methods in the study of some
fundamental theorems in Riemannian geometry, e.g., the Hodge
theorem, the Rauch comparison theorem, the Lyusternik and Fet
theorem and the existence of harmonic mappings. With the vast
development of the mathematical subject of geometric analysis,
the present textbook is most welcome. [..] The book is made more
interesting by the perspectives in various sections." Math.
Reviews
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2005, Approx. 495 p., Softcover
ISBN: 3-540-25541-9
Due: October 5, 2005
About this book
This book represents the refereed proceedings of the Sixth
International Conference on Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo
Methods in Scientific Computing and of the Second International
Conference on Monte Carlo and Probabilistic Methods for Partial
Differential Equations. These conferences were held jointly at
Juan-les-Pins (France) in June 2004. The proceedings include
carefully selected papers on many aspects of Monte Carlo methods,
quasi-Monte Carlo methods, and the numerical solution of partial
differential equations. The reader will be informed about current
research in these very active areas.
Written for:
Researchers, graduate students
Keywords:
Monte Carlo methods
Quasi-Monte Carlo methods
mathematical finance
partial differential equations
simulation methods