The book is inspired by the first seminar in a cycle connected to the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the Politecnico di Milano. "Dealing with the Image Ivory Towers and Virtual Bridges" was the motto of this meeting, aiming to stimulate a discussion among engineers, designers and architects, all of whom are...

In dem Buch wird die Methodik des Business Engineerings, das heißt der modell- und methodenbasierten Konstruktionslehre für Geschäftslösungen auf Strategie-, Organisations- und IT-Ebene in einen umfassenden und aktuellen Überblick erläutert. Das Metamodell sowie die Vorgehensmodelle wichtiger Projekttypen werden...

Information technologies have evolved to an enabling science for natural resource management and conservation, environmental engineering, scientific simulation and integrated assessment studies. Computing plays a significant role in the every day practices of environmental engineers, natural scientists, economists, and social scientists. The...

This volume provides an overview of the development and scope of molecular biophysics and in-depth discussions of the major experimental methods that enable biological macromolecules to be studied at atomic resolution.   It also reviews the physical chemical concepts that are needed to interpret the experimental results and to...

Automobiles are responsible for a substantial part of the world's consumption of primary energy, mostly fossil liquid hydrocarbons and the reduction of the fuel...

This book provides a comprehensive up-to-date review of optical approaches used in brain imaging and therapy. It covers a variety of imaging approaches including diffuse optical imaging, laser speckle imaging, photoacoustic imaging and optical coherence tomography. A number of laser-based therapeutic techniques are reviewed, including...

Das Buch beschäftigt sich mit der Theorie endlicher Automaten und den klassischen Resultaten wie den Sätzen von Richard Büchi und Michael Rabin. Die vier Teile des Buchs sind den unterschiedlichen Strukturen gewidmet: endliche Wörter, Bäume, endliche und unendliche Bäume. Jeder Teil endet mit Übungsaufgaben...

Decision makers in large scale interconnected network systems require simulation models for decision support. The behaviour of these systems is determined by many actors, situated in a dynamic, multi-actor, multi-objective and multi-level environment. How can such systems be modelled and how can the socio-technical complexity be captured?...

Auch Unternehmen, die sich hauptsächlich auf die technische Entwicklung und Herstellung ihrer Produkte konzentrieren, müssen neue Kunden gewinnen und langfristig an sich binden. Das Buch bietet eine Anleitung für den Weg hin zum industriellen Dienstleistungsunternehmen: An Beispielen führender Industriebetriebe...

In 2010, the ALPHA collaboration achieved a first for mankind: the stable, long-term storage of atomic antimatter, a project carried out a the Antiproton Decelerator facility at CERN. A crucial element of this observation was a dedicated silicon vertexing detector used to identify and analyze antihydrogen annihilations. This thesis reports...

This book provides a completely revised and expanded version of the previous classic edition ‘General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics’. In Part I the foundations of general relativity are thoroughly developed, while Part II is devoted to tests of general relativity and many of its applications. Binary pulsars – our...

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