Introduction: Population Without Age -- The Life Table -- The Matrix Model Framework -- Mortality Comparisons; The Male-Female Ratio -- Fixed Regime of Mortality and Fertility: The Uses of Stable Theory -- Birth and Population Increase from the Life Table -- Birth and Population Increase from Matrix Population Models -- Reproductive Value from the Life Table -- Reproductive Value from Matrix Mo…
Transformations of the Plane -- Homogeneous Coordinates and Transformations of the Plane -- Homogeneous Coordinates and Transformations of Space -- Projections and the Viewing Pipeline -- Curves -- Bézier Curves I -- Bézier Curves II -- B-splines -- Surfaces -- Curve and Surface Curvatures -- Rendering.Focusing on the manipulation and representation of geometrical objects, this book explores …
Roadmap to Become a World-Class University -- International Advisory Boards in the World -- Excellence as Duty -- Excellence in Education -- Excellence in Research -- Excellence in Serving Society and Mankind -- Excellence in Strategic Planning -- Excellence in Innovation and Knowledge Economy -- Excellence in International Cooperation -- Change towards Excellence.Open AccessThis book written b…
Main Topics You Can Find in this “ICME-13 Topical Survey” -- Introduction -- Survey on the State-of-the-art -- Summary and Looking Ahead.Open AccessThis book provides an overview of current research on a variety of topics related to both large-scale and classroom assessment. First, the purposes, traditions and principles of assessment are considered, with particular attention to those commo…
Palgrave Critical Universities Studies Series Editor: John Smyth, University of Hudderfield, UK This book explores how the kinds of world-wide restructurings of higher education and research work that are underway today have not only increased employment insecurity in academia but may actually be producing unemployment both for those within academia and for graduate job-seekers in other sectors…
Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- Writing Academic Autoethnographies: Imagination, Serendipity and Creative Interactions -- A Tinker’s Quest: Embarking on an Autoethnographic Journey in Learning “Doctoralness” -- Conversations and the Cultivation of Self-Understanding -- Creative Self-Awareness: Conversations, Reflections and Realisations -- Curating an Exhibition in a University Set…
Chapter 1. Introduction (Xinyue Ye) -- Chapter 2. Planning as Computational Intelligence (Shih-Kung Lai) -- Chapter 3. Towards a Spatio-Socio-Semantic Analysis Framework (Wei Luo) -- Chapter 4. Hub location and network design with considerations of flow delay and point-point connection (Guoqiang Shen) -- Chapter 5. Spatial Characteristics of Social Networks (Lingqian Hu) -- Chapter 6. A social …
1.Finding an Optimal Bitumen and Natural Sand Balance for Hot Mix Asphalt Concrete in Hot And Arid Regions -- 2.Incremental Rutting Prediction with Asphalt Mixture Shear Properties -- 3.Thermal Gradient in Self Compacting Concrete - An Experimental Investigation -- 4.Static compaction characteristics of coarse and fine grained soils -- 5.Resilient Modulus and Layer Coefficient of Open-graded Ag…
Preface -- Part I: Analytical approach -- Chapter 1: Scenario analysis of low carbon urban energy system in Asian cities -- Chapter 2: Co-benefits: A Comparative Analysis of Enablers and Barriers -- Chapter 3: Limit to Urbanization: Application of Integrated Assessment for Smart City Development in India -- Chapter 4: Pragmatic Collaboration for Resilient Climate Co-benefits Policy Implementati…
Introduction -- Copula function -- Copula-based seasonal design flood calculation -- Drought analysis using copulas -- Copula-based flood coincidence risk analysis -- Copula-based multi-site streamflow simulation -- Copula-based forecast uncertainty evolution model for flood risk analysis -- Copula entropy -- Determination of input for Artificial Neural Networks for flood forecasting using the …