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Simulation-Based Algorithms for Markov Decision Processes (Communicati...
Chang, Hyeong Soo, Hu, Jiaqiao, Fu, Michael C...
Hardcover. The updated 2nd edition of this book covers MDPs in constrained settings and with uncertain transition properties; approximation stochastic annealing, a population-based on-line simulation-based algorithm; game-theoretic method for solving MDPs and more. Series: Communications and Control Engineering. Num Pages: 246 pages, 48 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, 12 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: GPFC; KJT; PBT; TJFM; UMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447150213
- ISBN
- 9781447150213
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.39
€ 128.39
Hardcover. This book details linguistic threshold schemes for information sharing. It examines the opportunities of using these techniques to create new models of managing strategic information shared within a commercial organisation or a state institution. Series: Advanced Information and Knowledge Processing. Num Pages: 149 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KJ; URY; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 238 x 13. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447150152
- ISBN
- 9781447150152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Hardcover. Here is a new paradigm for scalable, sustainable, globally distributed manufacturing systems. Covers adoption of cloud computing technology by manufacturers and a new method for streaming 3-D design and manufacturing data. With case studies and real-life data. Editor(s): Li, Weidong; Mehnen, Jorn. Series: Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing. Num Pages: 269 pages, 29 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV6; TGXT; UYQE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447149347
- ISBN
- 9781447149347
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.36
€ 128.36
Hardcover. This book surveys offshore business models from outsourcing to third party providers, from cooperative arrangements to captive offshore centers. Covers offshoring of knowledge-intensive services; hidden costs, administration of offshore activities and more. Editor(s): Pedersen, Torben; Bals, Lydia; Orberg Jensen, Peter D.; Larsen, Marcus M. Num Pages: 409 pages, 31 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV5; KJU; TBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447149071
- ISBN
- 9781447149071
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.88
€ 195.88
Hardcover. This book gathers a number of decision tools for high tech companies, including such innovations as an ontology-based model that integrates relevant aspects of a potential technology to offer a comprehensive, logically connected data pool for decision makers. Editor(s): Cetindamar, Dilek; Daim, Tugrul; Basoglu, Nuri; Beyhan, Berna. Num Pages: 265 pages, 69 black & white illustrations, 6 colour illustrations, 39 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: KJMD; KNDH; TBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447148869
- ISBN
- 9781447148869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.20
€ 128.20
Hardcover. This book demonstrates the structural characteristics of the optimal control policies in various stochastic supply chains and to shows how to make use of these characteristics to construct easy-to-operate sub-optimal policies. Series: Advances in Industrial Control. Num Pages: 292 pages, 42 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV5; PBKQ; PBU; PBWL; TGP; TJFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447147237
- ISBN
- 9781447147237
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.25
€ 129.25
Multi-agent Based Beam Search for Real-time Production Scheduling and ...
Kang, Shu Gang; Choi, Shiu Hong
Hardcover. This book connects academic research with industrial practice, offering real-world solutions to production planning and scheduling problems. Introduces software which builds the MABBS method into a generic computation engine, and includes case studies. Num Pages: 144 pages, 7 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV5; TJFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 161 x 14. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 143
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447145752
- ISBN
- 9781447145752
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.70
€ 126.70
Hardcover. This book examines and evaluates a number of Quality Management (QM) tools and techniques used to understand, review and improve closed-loop supply chain processes. Offers modeling and quantitative methods and a thorough description of QM tools and techniques. Editor(s): Nikolaidis, Yiannis. Num Pages: 172 pages, 13 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KJMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447145363
- ISBN
- 9781447145363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.00
€ 127.00
Hardcover. This book describes a business-driven holistic approach to technology integration, from examinaton of current state to assessment of emerging business technologies, to preparatory tasks and project initiation, through planning, execution, control, to close. Num Pages: 324 pages, 33 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KJQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447143895
- ISBN
- 9781447143895
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.56
€ 195.56
Hybrid Predictive Control for Dynamic Transport Problems
Nunez, Alfredo; Saez, Doris A.; Cortes, Crist...
Hardcover. This book develops methods for the design of predictive control strategies for nonlinear-dynamic hybrid discrete-/continuous-variable systems. The methodology is designed for real-time applications, particularly the study of dynamic transport systems. Series: Advances in Industrial Control. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJT; TJFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447143505
- ISBN
- 9781447143505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90
Creating Shared Understanding in Product Development Teams
Moller Nielsen, Louise; Tollestrup, Christian
Hardcover. This book uses research-based cases from The Red Cross, Daimler AG and Copenhagen Living Lab to show how prototyping specific physical artifacts can be drivers and focal points for creating shared understanding of a project's purpose, direction and deliverables. Num Pages: 148 pages, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JMJ; KJMP; KJMV5; TBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447141792
- ISBN
- 9781447141792
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.36
€ 127.36
Hardcover. This unique textbook introduces and describes in detail the SEQUAL framework for understanding the quality of models and modeling languages, including the numerous specializations of the generic framework, and the differing ways in which it can be applied. Num Pages: 442 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJQ; UYZM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 457
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447129356
- ISBN
- 9781447129356
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.07
€ 70.07
Hardcover. This volume emphasizes the versatility of the GSN approach, presenting examples involving business management, drama, engineering, politics and astrobiology. Each symbol of the notation is introduced before advancing to complex structures, which illustrate how the symbols work together in practical scenarios. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV5; KNXC; TGPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 176 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447123118
- ISBN
- 9781447123118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05
Paperback. Editor(s): Henderson, Peter. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV3; UL; UMZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447111467
- ISBN
- 9781447111467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
Paperback. Series: Practitioner Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV3; KJMV8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447111146
- ISBN
- 9781447111146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.44
€ 128.44
Paperback. Series: Distinguished Dissertations. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMV3; UMZ; UYZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447110729
- ISBN
- 9781447110729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.17
€ 128.17
SRA International grew from one person in his home basement to more than 7,000 people and nearly $2 billion in revenue in thirty years. This book describes the lessons learned through varied phases, and it explains how high ethics and a sense of service to customers, employees, and society led to a very special company. Num Pages: 304 pages, 71 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: KJZ; KNTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442242807
- ISBN
- 9781442242807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.22
€ 44.22
The New CEOs. Women, African American, Latino, and Asian American Lead...
Zweigenhaft, Richard L.; Domhoff, G. Williams
The New CEOs looks at the women and people of color leading Fortune 500 companies, exploring the factors that have helped them achieve success and their impact on the business world and society more broadly. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442207653
- ISBN
- 9781442207653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.66
€ 79.66
Hardcover. Infectious Disease Informatics and Biosurveillance provides an authoritative reference for researchers, students and practitioners in the field. The text discusses the technology used in the collection and analysis of infectious disease data, in addition to methods for disease management and prevention. Editor(s): Zeng, Daniel; Chen, Hsinchun; Castillo-Chavez, Carlos; Lober, William B.; Thurmond, Mark. Num Pages: 488 pages, 28 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KJQ; KJT; MBNS; MBP; UT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 932.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 540
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441968913
- ISBN
- 9781441968913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 259.99
€ 259.99
Complementarity Modeling in Energy Markets (International Series in Op...
Gabriel, Steven A., Conejo, Antonio J., Fulle...
Hardcover. In a straightforward and approachable manner, this book introduces complementarity models, and uses them to carry out an in-depth analysis of energy markets, including formulation issues and solution techniques. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 656 pages, 76 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KCBM; KJT; KNB; PBUH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1142.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441961228
- ISBN
- 9781441961228
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 209.71
€ 209.71