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Figuring it out : entertaining encounters with everyday math by Crato, Nuno

Table of Contents: “…. -- The dinner table algorithm -- Cutting the Christmas cake -- Oranges and computers -- When two and two don't make four -- Getting more intelligent every day -- The other lane always goes faster -- Shoelaces and neckties -- Number puzzles -- Tossing a coin -- The switch -- Eubulides, the heap and the Euro -- The Earth is Round. -- How GPS works -- Gear wheels -- February 29 -- The Nonius scale -- Pedro Nunes' map -- Lighthouse geometry -- Asteroids and least squares -- The useful man and the genius -- Secret Affairs. -- Alice and Bob -- Inviolate cybersecrets -- Quantum cryptography -- The FBI wavelet -- The enigma machine -- Art and Geometry. -- The Vitruvian man -- The golden number -- The geometry of A4 paper sizes -- The strange worlds of Escher -- Escher and the Möbius strip -- Picasso, Einstein and the fourth dimension -- Pollock's fractals -- Voronoi diagrams -- The Platonic solids -- Pythagorean mosquitoes -- The most beautiful of all -- Mathematical Objects. -- The power of math -- Doubts in the realm of certainty -- When chance enhances reliability -- The difficulty of chance -- Conjectures and proofs -- Mr. …”
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Code : Collaborative Ownership and the Digital Economy. by Ghosh, Rishab Aiyer

Table of Contents: “…Oral Traditions, Indigenous Rights, and Valuable Old Knowledge -- 7 From Keeping "Nature's Secrets" to the Institutionalization of "Open Science" -- 8 Benefit Sharing: Experiments in Governance -- 9 Trust among the Algorithms: Ownership, Identity, and the Collaborative Stewardship of Information -- 10 Cooking-Pot Markets and Balanced Value Flows -- 11 Coase's Penguin, or, Linux and the Nature of the Firm -- 12 Paying for Public Goods -- 13 Fencing Off Ideas: Enclosure and the Disappearance of the Public Domain -- 14 A Renaissance of the Commons: How the New Sciences and Internet are Framing a New Global Identity and Order -- 15 Positive Intellectual Rights and Information Exchanges -- 16 Copyright and Globalization in the Age of Computer Networks -- Contributors -- Index.…”
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Mathematical programming and game theory for decision making

Table of Contents: “…Mathematical programming and its applications in finance / L.C. Thomas -- 2. Anti-stalling pivot rule for linear programs with totally unimodular coefficient matrix / S.N. …”
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Epilepsy : the Intersection of Neurosciences, Biology, Mathematics, Engineering, and Physics. by Osorio, Ivan

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Media technologies : essays on communication, materiality, and society

Table of Contents: “…Bowker -- "What Do We Want?" "Materiality!" "When Do We Want It?" "Now!" / Jonathan Sterne -- Mediations and Their Others / Lucy Suchman -- The People, Practices, and Promises of Information Networks. …”
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Pattern Recognition in Computational Molecular Biology : Techniques and Approaches by Elloumi, Mourad, Iliopoulos, Costas, Wang, Jason T. L., Zomaya, Albert Y.

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Mechanisms and games for dynamic spectrum allocation

Table of Contents: “…7.3.10 Other equilibrium concepts -- 7.4 Learning equilibria -- 7.4.1 Learning Nash equilibria -- 7.4.2 Learning epsilon-equilibrium -- 7.4.3 Learning coarse correlated equilibrium -- 7.4.4 Learning satisfaction equilibrium -- 7.4.5 Discussion -- 7.5 Conclusion -- References -- II Cognitive radio and sharing of unlicensed spectrum -- 8 Cooperation in cognitiveradio networks: from accessto monitoring -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.1.1 Cooperation in cognitive radio: mutual benefits and costs -- 8.2 An overview of coalitional game theory -- 8.3 Cooperative spectrum exploration and exploitation -- 8.3.1 Motivation -- 8.3.2 Basic problem -- 8.3.3 Joint sensing and access as a cooperative game -- 8.3.4 Coalition formation algorithm for joint sensing and access -- 8.3.5 Numerical results -- 8.4 Cooperative primary user activity monitoring -- 8.4.1 Motivation -- 8.4.2 Primary user activity monitoring: basic model -- 8.4.3 Cooperative primary user monitoring -- 8.4.4 Numerical results -- 8.5 Summary -- Acknowledgements -- Copyright notice -- References -- 9 Cooperative cognitive radios with diffusion networks -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Preliminaries -- 9.2.1 Basic tools in convex and matrix analysis -- 9.2.2 Graphs -- 9.3 Distributed spectrum sensing -- 9.4 Iterative consensus-based approaches -- 9.4.1 Average consensus algorithms -- 9.4.2 Acceleration techniques for iterative consensus algorithms -- 9.4.3 Empirical evaluation -- 9.5 Consensus techniques based on CoMAC -- 9.6 Adaptive distributed spectrum sensing based on adaptive subgradient techniques -- 9.6.1 Distributed detection with adaptive filters -- 9.6.2 Set-theoretic adaptive filters for distributed detection -- 9.6.3 Empirical evaluation -- 9.7 Channel probing -- 9.7.1 Introduction -- 9.7.2 Admissibility problem -- 9.7.3 Power and admission control algorithms.…”
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Handbook of power systems. II

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Handbook of Power Systems II13; -- Preface of Volume II13; -- Contents of Volume II13; -- Contents13; of Volume I -- Contributors13; -- Part I Transmission and Distribution Modeling -- Recent Developments in Optimal Power Flow Modeling Techniques -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Physical Network Representation -- 3 Operational Constraints -- 4 Tap-Changing and Regulating Transformers -- 5 FACTS Devices -- 6 OPF Objective Functions and Formulations -- 7 OPF Solution Techniques -- 8 Numerical Examples -- 9 Conclusion -- References -- Algorithms for Finding Optimal Flows in Dynamic Networks -- 1 Optimal Dynamic Network Flow Models and Power Industry -- 2 Minimum Cost Dynamic Single: Commodity Flow Problems and Algorithms for Their Solving -- 3 Minimum Cost Dynamic Multicommodity Flow Problems and Algorithms for Their Solving -- References -- Signal Processing for Improving Power Quality -- 1 Wavelet-based Algorithm for Harmonics Analysis -- 2 Wavelet-based Algorithm for Nonstationary Power System Waveform Analysis -- 3 Wavelet-GA-ANN Based Hybrid Model for Accurate Prediction of Short-term Load Forecast -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Transmission Valuation Analysis based on Real Options with Price Spikes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Behavior of Commodity Prices -- 3 Valuation of Obligations and Options -- 4 Valuation in the Presence of Spikes -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Part II Forecasting in Energy -- Short-term Forecasting in Power Systems: A Guided Tour -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Electricity Load Forecasting -- 3 Wind Power Forecasting -- 4 Forecasting Electricity Prices -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- State-of-the-Art of Electricity Price Forecasting in a Grid Environment -- 1 Introduction -- 2 State-of-the-Art Techniques of Electricity Price Forecasting -- 3 Input8211;Output Specifications of Electricity Price Forecasting Techniques -- 4 Comparing Existing Statistical Techniques for Electricity Price Forecasting -- 5 Implementations of Electricity Price Forecasting in a Grid Environment -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Modelling the Structure of Long-Term Electricity Forward Prices at Nord Pool -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Long-term Forward Price Process -- 3 Model Estimation -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Hybrid Bottom-Up/Top-Down Modeling of Prices in Deregulated Wholesale Power Markets -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Top-Down Models for Electricity Price Forecasting -- 3 Hybrid Bottom-Up/Top-Down Modeling -- 4 A Hybrid Model for the New Zealand Electricity Market -- 5 A Hybrid Model for the Australian Electricity Market -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Part III Energy Auctions and Markets -- Agent-based Modeling and Simulation of Competitive Wholesale Electricity Markets -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Agent-based Modeling and Simulation -- 3 Behavioral Modeling -- 4 Market Modeling -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Futures Market Trading for Electricity Producers and Retailers -- 1 Introduction: Futures Market Trading -- 2 Producer Trading -- 3 Retailer Trading -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- A Decision Support System for Generation Planning and Operation in Electricity Markets -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Long-term Stochastic Market Planning Model -- 3 Medium-term Stochastic Hydrothermal Coordination Model -- 4 Medium-term Stochastic Simulation Model -- T$29828.…”
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New autonomous systems by Cardon, Alain, 1946-, Itmi, Mhamed

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Table of Contents -- Title -- Copyright -- Introduction -- List of Algorithms -- 1 Systems and their Design -- 1.1. Modeling systems -- 1.2. …”
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All Source Positioning, Navigation and Timing by Li, Rongsheng, Ph. D.

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There's Something about Gödel : The Complete Guide to the Incompleteness Theorem. by Berto, Francesco

Table of Contents: “…. -- 6 ... and the unsatisfied logicists, Frege and Russell -- 7 Bits of set theory -- 8 The Abstraction Principle -- 9 Bytes of set theory -- 10 Properties, relations, functions, that is, sets again -- 11 Calculating, computing, enumerating, that is, the notion of algorithm…”
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Randomness through computation : some answers, more questions

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Getting Started with Greenplum for Big Data Analytics. by Gollapudi, Sunila

Table of Contents: “…Greenplum Unified Analytics Platform (UAP) -- Big Data analytics -- platform requirements -- Greenplum Unified Analytics Platform (UAP) -- Core components -- Greenplum Database -- Hadoop (HD) -- Chorus -- Command Center -- Modules -- Database modules -- HD modules -- Data Integration Accelerator (DIA) modules -- Core architecture concepts -- Data warehousing -- Column-oriented databases -- Parallel versus distributed computing/processing -- Shared nothing, massive parallel processing (MPP) systems, and elastic scalability -- Shared disk data architecture -- Shared memory data architecture -- Shared nothing data architecture -- Data loading patterns -- Greenplum UAP components -- Greenplum Database -- The Greenplum Database physical architecture -- The Greenplum high-availability architecture -- High-speed data loading using external tables.…”
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High Performance Computing Systems and Applications & OSCAR Symposium. by International Symposium on High Performance Computing Systems and Applications (17th : 2003 : Sherbrooke, Quebec)

Table of Contents: “…""Table of Contents / Table des matières""; ""Preface""; ""Préface""; ""Symposium Organizers / Comité organisateur""; ""Program Committee / Comité scientifique""; ""Part I: Applications / Partie I: applications""; ""Concurrent Computation and Time Complexity Bounds for Algebraic Fractals""; ""Fast Algorithm to Estimate Dense Disparity Fields""; ""Evolutionary Grids of Interacting Stellar Binaries Containing Neutron Star Accretors""; ""HYDRA-MPI: An Adaptive Particle-Particle, Particle-Mesh Code for Conducting Cosmological Simulations on MPP Architectures""…”
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The Rise of Technosocialism : How Inequality, AI and Climate Will Usher in a New World. by King, Brett

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Innovative development of industrial manufacturing : selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2014 International Conference on Mechanics, Mechatronics and Materials Research (ICM3R...

Table of Contents: “…Nonlinear Response of Carbon-Carbon Laminated Panels to Random Acoustic Excitation under a Gradient Temperature FieldDiscussion on the Complicated Topological Dynamic System of Ordinary Differential Equation (ODE); Design and Simulation Analysis of One-Dimension Projectile Trajectory Corrector for Mortar Shell; Chapter 2: Materials and Processing Technologies; Research on the Anti-Rust Mechanism of T704; Optimization of Anhydrous Coolant's Base Fluid and the Evaluation of Low Temperature Performance; A Simulation Based Study on Gate Oxide Breakdown Characteristics for NMOS.…”
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Features and processing in agreement by Mancini, Simona, 1978-

Table of Contents: “…1st/2nd vs. 3rd person: Person underspecification and context-dependencePronoun representation and interpretive anchors; The featural makeup of pronouns; Summary; Chapter Five; When disagreement is grammatical: Unagreement; Unagreement processing and the role of interpretive anchors; Unagreeing, null and overt subjects; Summary; Chapter Six; From feature bundles to feature an; Representations, algorithms and neuroanatomical bases of agreement; Relation to existing sentence comprehension models; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index…”
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Regression Analysis : Theory, Methods, and Applications by Sen, Ashish

Table of Contents: “…Random Variables -- B.1.2 Correlated Random Variables -- B.1.3 Sample Statistics -- B.1.4 Linear Combinations of Random Variables -- B.2 Random Vectors -- B.3 The Multivariate Normal Distribution -- B.4 The Chi-Square Distributions -- B.5 The F and t Distributions -- B.6 Jacobian of Transformations -- B.7 Multiple Correlation -- Problems -- C Nonlinear Least Squares -- C.1 Gauss-Newton Type Algorithms -- C.1.1 The Gauss-Newton Procedure -- C.1.2 Step Halving -- C.1.3 Starting Values and Derivatives -- C.1.4 Marquardt Procedure -- C.2 Some Other Algorithms -- C.2.1 Steepest Descent Method -- C.2.2 Quasi-Newton Algorithms -- C.2.3 The Simplex Method -- C.2.4 Weighting -- C.3 Pitfalls -- C.4 Bias, Confidence Regions and Measures of Fit -- C.5 Examples -- Problems -- Tables -- References -- Author Index.…”
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Hands-On Reinforcement Learning with Python : Master Reinforcement and Deep Reinforcement Learning Using OpenAI Gym and TensorFlow. by Ravichandiran, Sudharsan

Table of Contents: “…Solving the taxi problem using Q learningSARSA; Solving the taxi problem using SARSA; The difference between Q learning and SARSA; Summary; Questions; Further reading; Chapter 6: Multi-Armed Bandit Problem; The MAB problem; The epsilon-greedy policy; The softmax exploration algorithm; The upper confidence bound algorithm; The Thompson sampling algorithm; Applications of MAB; Identifying the right advertisement banner using MAB; Contextual bandits; Summary; Questions; Further reading; Chapter 7: Deep Learning Fundamentals; Artificial neurons; ANNs; Input layer; Hidden layer; Output layer.…”
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Enterprise artificial intelligence transformation : a playbook for the next generation of business and technology leaders by Haq, Rashed

Table of Contents: “…Types of Uses for Machine Learning -- Types of Machine Learning Algorithms -- Supervised, Unsupervised, and Semisupervised Learning -- Making Data More Useful -- Semantic Reasoning -- Applications of AI -- PART II Artificial Intelligence in the Enterprise -- Chapter 3 AI in E-Commerce and Retail -- Digital Advertising -- Marketing and Customer Acquisition -- Cross-Selling, Up-Selling, and Loyalty -- Business-to-Business Customer Intelligence -- Dynamic Pricing and Supply Chain Optimization -- Digital Assistants and Customer Engagement -- Chapter 4 AI in Financial Services -- Anti-Money Laundering.…”
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