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Paperback. Analyzes how catastrophe models can be used for assessing and managing risks of extreme events. This book focuses on natural disaster risk, and also discusses the management of terrorism risk. It involves three catastrophe modeling firms, AIR Worldwide, EQECAT, and Risk Management Solutions. Series: Huebner International Series on Risk, Insurance and Economic Security. Num Pages: 252 pages, 65 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GPQD; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
2005th Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387241050
ISBN
9780387241050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 281.46

Hardcover. This volume explores diverse ways of researching and theorizing the body. It draws together a range of work and different approaches to researching the body are examined through these contributions which include autobiography, case studies, interviews and participant observation. Editor(s): Cunningham-Burley, Sarah; Backett-Milburn, Kathryn. Series: Explorations in Sociology. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPS; JFF; JMAL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333775950
ISBN
9780333775950
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.62

Paperback. When embarking on a new research project students face the same core research design issues. This volume provides readers with practical guidelines for both qualitative and quantitative designs, discussing the typical trade-offs involved in choosing them and is rich in examples from real research. Editor(s): Gschwend, Thomas; Schimmelfennig, Frank. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230301276
ISBN
9780230301276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 138.83

Hardcover. An exploration of core problems in experimental research on voting behaviour and political institutions, ranging from design and data analysis to inferences with respect to constructs, constituencies and causal claims. The focus of is on the implementation of principles in experimental political science and the reflection of actual practices. Editor(s): Kittel, Bernhard; Luhan, Wolfgang J.; Morton, Rebecca B. Series: Research Methods Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, 23 black & white tables, 17 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: GPS; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230300859
ISBN
9780230300859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.05

Hardcover. This book explores and celebrates imaginative and creative approaches to youth research, showcasing a wide range of innovative methods including music elicitation, mental mapping, blog analysis and mobile methods. Editor(s): Heath, Sue; Walker, Charlie. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPS; JFSP2; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230278493
ISBN
9780230278493
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.08

Paperback. We still lack practical answers to one of the most basic questions in empirical research:How should researchers interpret meanings? The contributors take seriously the goals of both post-modernist and positivist researchers, as they offer detailed guidance on how to apply specific tools of analysis and how to circumvent their inherent limitations. Editor(s): Klotz, Audie; Prakash, Deepa. Series: ECPR Research Methods. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPS; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230241756
ISBN
9780230241756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.45

Hardcover. When embarking on a new research project students face the same core research design issues. This volume provides readers with practical guidelines for both qualitative and quantitative designs, discusses the typical trade-offs involved in choosing them and is rich in examples from actual research. Editor(s): Gschwend, Thomas; Schimmelfennig, Frank. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPS; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230019478
ISBN
9780230019478
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.72

paperback. This book synthesizes such tools as Hamilton-Jacobi-Isaacs partial differential inequalities and Linear Matrix Inequalities to focus on electromechanical applications with nonsmooth phenomena caused by dry friction, backlash, and sampled-data measurements. Series: Systems & Control: Foundations and Applications. Num Pages: 229 pages, 31 black & white illustrations, 12 colour illustrations, 3 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: GPFC; PBKJ; PBW; PBWR; TBJ; TGMD4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 361.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Birkhäuser United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493944422
ISBN
9781493944422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.14

hardcover. This book explores several unsolved problems in coding theory. Employing Sage - a free open-source mathematics program - to illustrate ideas, the book can serve as supplementary reading material in a graduate course on coding theory, or as a self-study text. Series: Applied and Numerical Harmonic Analysis. Num Pages: 248 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GPJ; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Birkhäuser United States
Edition
2011th Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817682552
ISBN
9780817682552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.98

hardcover. Pesents theoretical and practical results about information-theoretic and statistical models of complex networks in the natural sciences and humanities. This title advocates and promotes a combination of graph-theoretic, information-theoretic, and statistical methods as a way to better understand and characterize real-world networks. Editor(s): Dehmer, Matthias; Emmert-Streib, Frank; Mehler, Alexander. Num Pages: 395 pages, 114 black & white illustrations, 39 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GPFC; PBT; PBW; TJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Birkhäuser United States
Edition
2011th Edition
Number of pages
395
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817649036
ISBN
9780817649036
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.91

Hardcover. Advanced H? Control Series: Systems & Control: Foundations and Applications. Num Pages: 229 pages, 31 black & white illustrations, 12 colour illustrations, 3 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: GPFC; PBKJ; PBW; PBWR; TBJ; TGMD4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 242 x 14. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Birkhäuser
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493902910
ISBN
9781493902910
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.85

Hardcover. This book lays a comprehensive theoretical foundation for the study of networked control systems, and introduces tools for work in the field. Covers characterization, comparison and design of information structures in static and dynamic teams and much more. Series: Systems & Control: Foundations and Applications. Num Pages: 482 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GPFC; PBWL; TJK; UT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 175 x 32. Weight in Grams: 884.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Edition
2013th Edition
Number of pages
473
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461470847
ISBN
9781461470847
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 197.11

Paperback. Series: Universitext. 274 pages, black & white illustrations. An enhanced version of an earlier Russian edition. It deals with modern symplectic geometry and its applications. It puts more emphasis on reordering the topics according to a category-theoretical view. This allows the mathematical results to be stated, proved, and understood in a much easier way. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: GPFC; PBKS; PBMP. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 17. Weight: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461414988
ISBN
9781461414988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Series: Systems & Control: Foundations and Applications. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPFC; PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Birkhäuser
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461275831
ISBN
9781461275831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542. 281 pages, black & white illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: GPJ. Dimension: 193 x 236 x 16. Weight: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Apress
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
SKU
V9781430247616
ISBN
9781430247616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 95.33

Hardback. Explains the interrelationships between the decision support, decision modelling, and information systems. This book focuses on the interdisciplinary decision support framework, in which mathematical programming (optimization) is taken as the inference engine. It includes a selection of invited contributions from internationally-known researchers. Series: Operations Research/Computer Science Interface S. Num Pages: 366 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPQ; KJMD; KJQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 719.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402075605
ISBN
9781402075605
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 201.62

Paperback. The evolutionary approach called scatter search originated from strategies for creating composite decision rules and surrogate constraints. This book presents the basic principles and fundamental ideas that allow the readers to create successful applications of scatter search. It includes the C source code. Series: Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPF; PBW; UM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 615.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402073762
ISBN
9781402073762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 129.13

Hardback. Editor(s): Armstrong, S.; Henry, Mr. Alistair; Blaustein, Jarrett. Num Pages: 388 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GPS; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137546418
ISBN
9781137546418
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.76
€ 74.83

Hardcover. The last 15 years has seen an explosion of studies that use cognitive science to understand theatre, whilst at the same time theatre-makers are using their artistic practice to address research question. This book looks at the current discourse around these emerging fields. Num Pages: 84 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ANF; GPS; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 16. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137522726
ISBN
9781137522726
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.76

Paperback. Teacher research is recognized, in ELT and education more generally, as a powerful transformative strategy for teacher development and school improvement. This volume provides original insights into this issue by focusing on the processes involved in becoming and being a teacher researcher. Editor(s): Borg, Simon; Sanchez, Hugo Santiago. Series: International Perspectives on English Language Teaching. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 black & white tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; CJA; EBA; GPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137376213
ISBN
9781137376213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.02

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