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Mathematics
Hardback. This text provides a presentation of general philosophical approaches, more technical foundational discussions, questions related to the application of mathematics, and historical analyses. Editor(s): Agazzi, Evandro; Darvas, Gyorgy. Series: Episteme. Num Pages: 361 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBB; PBCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792343431
- ISBN
- 9780792343431
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€ 125.74
€ 125.74
Hardback. Global optimization has found applications in many areas of science and technology including molecular biology, chemical equilibrium problems, medical imaging and networks. This book includes papers which indicates the diverse applicability of global optimization. Editor(s): Bomze, Immanuel M.; Csendes, Tibor; Horst, Reiner; Pardalos, Panos M. Series: Nonconvex Optimization and Its Applications. Num Pages: 359 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBU; PBW; UM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 686.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 359
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792343516
- ISBN
- 9780792343516
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€ 193.94
€ 193.94
Hardback. Devoted to the problem of the geometrizing of Lagrangians which depend on higher-order accelerations, this volume presents a construction of the geometry of the total space of the bundle of the accelerations of order k>=1. It is suitable for scientists whose work involves differential geometry and mechanics of particles and systems. Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBMP; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 675.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 351
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792343936
- ISBN
- 9780792343936
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€ 193.97
€ 193.97
Hardback. Contains a selection of papers presented at the first conference of the Society for Computational Economics held at ICC Institute, Austin, Texas, May 21-24, 1995. This volume is devoted to applications of computational methods for the empirical analysis of economic and financial systems. Editor(s): Amman, Hans M.; Rustem, Berc; Whinston, Andrew B. Series: Advances in Computational Economics. Num Pages: 376 pages, 35 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KC; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 724.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792343974
- ISBN
- 9780792343974
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€ 194.69
€ 194.69
Hardback. Covers the implications of interior techniques for the field of mathematical programming. This book provides theoretical as well as computational results, explains the intuition behind the main ideas, gives examples as well as proofs, and contains a bibliography. Series: Applied Optimization. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBU; PBW; UM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792344308
- ISBN
- 9780792344308
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€ 192.90
€ 192.90
Hardback. Examines features of curriculum policy across the TIMSS countries, especially the role of textbooks and curriculum guides. This book portrays similarities and differences in mathematics curricula in the succession of objectives across grades. Editor(s): Schmidt, William H.; McKnight, Curtis C.; Valverde, Gilbert A.; Houang, Richard T. (Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA); Wiley, David E. (Northwestern University, USA). Num Pages: 276 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JN; PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 193 x 17. Weight in Grams: 725.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792344360
- ISBN
- 9780792344360
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€ 131.39
€ 131.39
Hardback. Deals with oscillation theory. This title considers the two-term linear differential equations Lny + p(x)y = 0, where Ln is a disconjugate operator of order n and p(x) has a fixed sign. It pays attention to the equation y(n) + p(x)y = 0. Series: Mathematics and its Applications. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBKJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792344476
- ISBN
- 9780792344476
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€ 127.74
€ 127.74
Hardback. Aims at giving an account of the central characteristics and problems of the orthodox notion of consequentialist economic rationality and at showing how the formal core of classical decision theory can be defended against objections and incorporated into a coherentist notion of practical reason. Series: Theory and Decision Library A:. Num Pages: 174 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCH; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 980.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792344933
- ISBN
- 9780792344933
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€ 126.73
€ 126.73
Hardback. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute and Seminaire de mathematiques superieures, Montreal, Canada, July 3-14, 1995 Editor(s): Hurtubise, Jacques; Lalonde, Francois; Sabidussi, G. Series: NATO Science Series C. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792345008
- ISBN
- 9780792345008
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€ 191.68
€ 191.68
Hardback. In the period between the two World Wars, Stanislaw Lesniewski, the Polish logician, created his system of the foundations of mathematics, a system comprising three deductive theories: protothetic, ontology, and mereology. This volume is a collection of the major contributions to protothetic. Editor(s): Srzednicki, Jan T.J.; Stachniak, Zbigniew. Series: Nijhoff International Philosophy Series. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; PBCH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 642.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792345046
- ISBN
- 9780792345046
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€ 246.86
€ 246.86
Hardback. Presents some of the work on the modelling of risk and uncertainty, with applications to problems in environmental policy, economics and finance. This book contain 18 papers by economists, management scientists, and statisticians shedding light on phenomena such as the Allais and St Petersburg paradoxes and the equity premium puzzle. Editor(s): Nau, Robert; Gronn, Erik; Machina, Mark J.; Bergland, Olvar. Series: Theory and Decision Library B. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 576.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792345565
- ISBN
- 9780792345565
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€ 128.59
€ 128.59
Hardback. This text is devoted to a special class of decision making problems, called "unstructured problems". A new procedure of decision making in non-structured problems is constructed and some methods that are logical inferences from it are demonstrated. Series: Theory and Decision Library C. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJMD; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792345787
- ISBN
- 9780792345787
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€ 128.47
€ 128.47
Hardback. Presents the advanced theory and practice of fractional programming. This title provides possible fields of application for fractional programming methods. It describes the convex, quasi-convex, pseudo-convex, and log-convex functions. Series: Mathematics and its Applications. Num Pages: 434 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBT; PBW; UM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 782.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792345800
- ISBN
- 9780792345800
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€ 125.74
€ 125.74
Hardback. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Nonstandard Analysis and its Applications, International Centre for Mathematical Studies, Endinburgh, Scotland, 30 June-13 July 1996 Editor(s): Arkeryd, Leif O.; Cutland, Nigel J.; Henson, C. Ward. Series: NATO Science Series C. Num Pages: 366 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 713.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792345862
- ISBN
- 9780792345862
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€ 365.20
€ 365.20
Hardback. Contains selected contributions from the geoENV96 - First European Conference on Geostatistics for Environmental Applications, held in Lisbon in November 1996. This book presents a set of geostatistical tools and approaches used to successfully resolve a variety of specific problems in environment modelling. Editor(s): Soares, Amilcar; Gomez-Hernandez, Jaime; Froidevaux, Roland. Series: Quantitative Geology and Geostatistics. Num Pages: 506 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBT; RBG; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 901.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 506
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792345909
- ISBN
- 9780792345909
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€ 250.52
€ 250.52
Mathematics Education as a Research Domain - A Search for Identity
. Ed(S): Sierpinska, Anna; Kilpatrick, Jeremy
Hardback. Addresses questions such as: Is mathematics education a science? Is it a discipline? In what sense? What is its place within other domains of research and academic disciplines? And what accounts for its specificity? Editor(s): Sierpinska, Anna; Kilpatrick, Jeremy. Series: New ICMI Study Series. Num Pages: 600 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNU; PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1012.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792345992
- ISBN
- 9780792345992
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€ 251.75
€ 251.75
Mathematics Education as a Research Domain: A Search for Identity
. Ed(S): Sierpinska, Anna; Kilpatrick, Jeremy
Paperback. Is mathematics education a science? Is it a discipline? In what sense? This book addresses these questions, and provides a variety of analyses of the actual directions of research in different countries, and a number of visions for the future of research in mathematics education. Editor(s): Sierpinska, Anna; Kilpatrick, Jeremy. Series: New ICMI Study Series. Num Pages: 343 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNU; PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 830.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
- Number of pages
- 343
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792346005
- ISBN
- 9780792346005
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Condition: New
€ 132.15
€ 132.15
Hardback. Points out gaps in the way data fusion problems are conceptually treated and addresses this issue by exhibiting mathematical tools which treat combination of evidence in the presence of uncertainty in a more systematic way. This book offers research progress on data fusion and serves as an introduction to powerful techniques. Series: Theory and Decision Library B. Num Pages: 508 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBCH; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 906.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 508
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792346746
- ISBN
- 9780792346746
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Condition: New
€ 154.58
€ 154.58
Hardback. Presents important mathematical tools for studying economic models. It covers linear differential equations and linear discrete-time systems; a sketch of the general theory of nonlinear systems and the stability of equilibria; and an introduction to numerical methods for differential equations. Series: Mathematical Modelling: Theory and Applications. Num Pages: 376 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 708.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792346753
- ISBN
- 9780792346753
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Condition: New
€ 130.50
€ 130.50
Hardback. Offers a differential geometric approach to smooth nonlinear optimization. This book replaces convexity by geodesic convexity and applies it in complementarity systems, to study the nonlinear coordinate representations of smooth optimization problems, to describe the structure by tensors, and to introduce a framework for variable metric methods. Series: Nonconvex Optimization and Its Applications. Num Pages: 390 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBT; PBW; UM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 390
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792346807
- ISBN
- 9780792346807
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Condition: New
€ 248.07
€ 248.07
Hardback. Starts with the basic concepts of Fuzzy Logic: the membership function, the intersection and the union of fuzzy sets, fuzzy numbers, and the extension principle underlying the algorithmic operations. This book includes chapters devoted to applications of Fuzzy Logic in Operations Research. Series: Applied Optimization. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBCH; PBWX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792346814
- ISBN
- 9780792346814
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Condition: New
€ 127.17
€ 127.17
Hardback. Multivalued analysis is a mixture of many different fields of mathematics, such as topology, measure theory, nonlinear functional analysis and applied mathematics. This is the first of a two-volume exposition on the theory and applications of set-valued maps. It provides an overview of the subject. Series: Mathematics and its Applications. Num Pages: 968 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1682.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 968
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792346821
- ISBN
- 9780792346821
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€ 280.54
€ 280.54
Game Theoretical Applications to Economics and Operations Research
. Ed(S): Parthasarathy, T.; Dutta, Bhaskar; P...
Hardback. This text deals with various aspects of game theory and their applications to economics and operational research related problems. It brings together the contributions of a wide spectrum of disciplines such as statistics, mathematics, mathematical economics and OR. Editor(s): Parthasarathy, T.; Dutta, Bhaskar; Potters, J.; Raghaven, T. E. S.; Ray, D.; Sen, A. Series: Theory and Decision Library C. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 625.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792347125
- ISBN
- 9780792347125
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Condition: New
€ 193.27
€ 193.27
Hardback. Based on the lectures given at the First Inter-University Graduate School on Gravitation and Cosmology organized by IUCAA, Pune, India. This volume offers a firm mathematical foundation for a number of subjects including geometrical methods for physics, quantum field theory methods and relativistic cosmology. Editor(s): Iyer, B.R.; Vishveshwara, C. V. Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics. Num Pages: 574 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 984.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 574
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792347255
- ISBN
- 9780792347255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 251.64
€ 251.64