Written by some of the world's finest contemporary literature specialists, the specially commissioned essays in this volume examine the work of more than twenty major British novelists, including Peter Ackroyd, Martin Amis, Iain (M.) Banks, Pat Barker, Julian Barnes, A.S. Byatt, Angela Carter, Janice Galloway, Kazuo Ishiguro, Hanif Kureishi, Ian McEwan, Salman Rushdie, Zadie Smith, Graham Swift…
Many probability books are written by mathematicians and have the built in bias that the reader is assumed to be a mathematician coming to the material for its beauty. This textbook is geared towards beginning graduate students from a variety of disciplines whose primary focus is not necessarily mathematics for its own sake. Instead, A Probability Path is designed for those requiring a deep und…
1 Introduction -- 2 Metallic point contacts as a physical tool -- 3 Fundamentals of PCS theory -- 4 Experimental techniques -- 5 PCS of quasiparticle excitations -- 6 PCS of nonphononic scattering mechanisms -- 7 Thermal effects in point contacts -- 8 Point contacts in the magnetic field -- 9 Electrical fluctuations in point contacts -- 10 Point contacts under irradiation -- 11 PCS of semimetal…
Mathematical Preliminaries -- Vector Calculus -- Partial Differential Equations -- Theory of Generalized Convexity -- Calculus of Variations and the Optimal Control -- Miscellaneous Techniques -- Economics of Multidimensional Screening -- The Unidimensional Screening Model -- The Multidimensional Screening Model -- Beyond the Quasilinear Case -- Existence, Uniqueness, and Continuity of the Solu…
Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization -- Recent Trends in Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization -- Self-adaptation and Convergence of Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms in Continuous Search Spaces -- A Simple Approach to Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization -- Quad-trees: A Data Structure for Storing Pareto Sets in Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms with Elitism -- Scalable Te…
On Convex Developments of a Doubly-Covered Square -- Flat 2-Foldings of Convex Polygons -- Uniform Coverings of 2-Paths with 6-Paths in the Complete Graph -- Foldings of Regular Polygons to Convex Polyhedra I: Equilateral Triangles -- Maximum Induced Matchings of Random Regular Graphs -- Antimagic Valuations for the Special Class of Plane Graphs -- A General Framework for Coloring Problems: Old…
Human Resource Planning -- Modelling Human Systems in Support of Process Engineering -- Human Aspects of IT-Supported Performance Measurement System -- Competence and Preference-based Workplace Assignment -- Personnel Development and Assignment Based upon the Technology Calendar Concept -- Reorganising the Working Time System of a Call-Centre with Personnel-oriented Simulation -- Human Aspects …
to Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) -- ITS: A Short History and a Perspective on the Future -- ITS Organizational Issues, Regionalism and the Transportation/Information Infrastructure -- Transportation Operations: An Organizational and Institutional Perspective -- Deploying the Transportation/Information Infrastructure -- ITS Deployment and the “Competitive Region” -- ITS: Implicati…
Portfolio Management -- Heuristic Optimization -- Transaction Costs and Integer Constraints -- Diversification in Small Portfolios -- Cardinality Constraints for Markowitz Efficient Lines -- The Hidden Risk of Value at Risk -- Finding Relevant Risk Factors in Asset Pricing -- Concluding Remarks.Portfolio Management with Heuristic Optimization consist of two parts. The first part (Foundations) d…
Getting Started in Medical Writing -- Basic Writing Skills -- From Page One to the End -- Technical Issues in Medical Writing -- What’s Special About Medical Writing? -- How to Write a Review Article -- Case Reports, Editorials, Letters to the Editor, Book Reviews, and Other Publication Models -- Writing Book Chapters and Books -- How to Write a Report of a Clinical Study -- Getting Your Writ…