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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Ein wichtiger Bereich für das Ziel eines nachhaltig zukunftsfähigen Wirtschaftens im Bedürfnisfeld 'Bauen und Wohnen' ist der bisher in der Forschung wenig berücksichtigte Bereich der Altbaumodernisierung. Hierin liegen sehr große Potentiale, aber auch Hemmnisse für Maßnahmen zur Energieeinsparung. Außerdem fallen bei Neueinbau und Entsorgung erhebliche Mengen von Stoffströmen in vielfältiger Zusammensetzung und zum Teil mit problematischen Inhaltsstoffen an. Die Studie untersuchte die komplexen Strukturen, Rahmenbedingungen, Entscheidungsprozesse, Verflechtungen der beteiligten Akteure und Hemmnisse für ein zielführendes Stoffstrommanagement bei der Altbaumodernisierung an Fallbeispielen sowie mittels zahlreicher Gespräche mit Beteiligten im Baugeschehen und eines Workshops mit Akteuren aus dem Bereich des Mietwohnbaus. Daraus wurden Empfehlungen abgeleitet.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 164 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Rezension' Das Buch ist für kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen, die nach Nordamerika expandieren wollen, eine wichtige Hilfe. Das deutsch-amerikanische Autorenteam beantwortet viele Fragen mit der Kompetenz langjähriger Erfahrung deutsch-amerikanischer Unternehmensberatung. Die kulturellen Unterschiede sind nur ein Teil der behandelten Themen. Die Besonderheiten des konsumfreundlichen, größten Binnenmarktes der Welt, das angemessene Marketing und juristische Fragen werden verständlich erläutert. Das amerikanische Rechtssystem wird in für Unternehmer wichtigen Feinheiten des Handels-, Vertrags- und Arbeitsrechts vorgestellt. Einsteiger in den amerikanischen Markt (Unternehmer, Manager oder Fachkräfte) können sich mit diesem Buch auf die neue Herausforderung vorbereiten.' (Deutscher Drucker)Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 216 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Die Bedeutung des Kohärenzgebotes für das Zusammenwirken der unterschiedlichen Bereiche europäischer Integration ist Gegenstand dieser Untersuchung. Das Zusammenwirken der intergouvernementalen Kooperationsbereiche der Gemeinsamen Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik (GASP) und der Zusammenarbeit im Bereich Justiz und Inneres (ZBJI) mit dem supranationalen Integrationsbereich der Gemeinschaften kann nur schwer juristisch korrekt beschrieben werden. Die Beziehungen zwischen und innerhalb dieser drei Integrationsbereiche lassen sich am ehesten mit dem Begriff eines Pflichtenbündels erfassen. Die zentrale Rolle kommt dabei dem Begriff der Kohärenz zu. Die Frage der praktischen Umsetzung des Kohärenzgebotes zeigt, daß die Mitgliedstaaten sich der Bedeutung adäquater administrativer Strukturen für die Sicherstellung einer aufeinander abgestimmten Politikgestaltung durchaus bewußt sind. Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 192 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Die staatliche Teilnahme am Markt, d.h. die Nachfrage nach Gütern und Dienstleistungen, hat zunehmend das Interesse der Ökonomen und Juristen gefunden. Marktöffnung, Transparenz und Rechtsschutz für Bewerber und Bieter bilden die Schlagwörter bei der rechtlichen Neuordnung des Vergaberechts. Auftraggeber und Auftragnehmer haben sich auf ein verändertes Angebots- und Nachfrageverhalten auf den öffentlichen Beschaffungsmärkten einzurichten. Die Anbindung des Vergaberechts an das Wettbewerbsrecht verdeutlicht die Entwicklung, obwohl oder gerade weil nur sogenannte Großaufträge hiervon erfaßt werden sollen. Verständlich und nachvollziehbar geschrieben bietet dieses Buch einen schnellen Überblick über die gesamte Breite des Vergaberechts. Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 552 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Internet, World Wide Web, Provider, Online-Dienste . - allgegenwärtige Schlagworte der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie. Was ist das Internet Welchen Nutzen bietet es Medizinern in Beruf und Ausbildung Welche spezifisch medizinischen Informations- und Kommunikationsdienste erschließen sich online Wie erhält man Zugang zum Internet und den Online-Diensten Welche medizinischen Dienste zeichnen sich bereits für die Zukunft ab Wie kann man eigene Inhalte im Internet positionieren Die kompetente Beantwortung dieser Fragen bildet den Schwerpunkt der aktualisierten, erweiterten Neuauflage dieses erfolgreichen Werkes: leicht verständlich, mit zahlreichen Illustrationen, ermöglicht es einen schnellen Einstieg in dieses komplexe Thema und eine effiziente Nutzung der diversen Dienste.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 264 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Der Konsum alkoholischer Getränke (Menge, Häufigkeit) in der deutschen Wohnbevölkerung wird differenziert beschrieben. Zusammenhänge zwischen den Trinkgewohnheiten einerseits sowie wichtigen Gesundheitsindikatoren andererseits werden dargestellt. Weiter werden die Sterberaten an Herz-Kreislaufkrankheiten und an allen Todesursachen von Abstinenten und Gruppen mit unterschiedlichem Alkoholkonsum verglichen. Diese erste größere Analyse zum Alkoholkonsum und seine gesundheitlichen Auswirkungen bestätigt internationale Erkenntnisse, daß leichter und moderater Alkoholkonsum unabhängig von der Getränkeart subjektive und objektive gesundheitliche Vorteile mit sich bringt und mit einer statistisch signifikant niedrigen Sterblichkeit verbunden ist, starker und sehr starker Alkoholgenuß bewirkt aber das Gegenteil.Die Analysen wurden auf dem aktuellen Stand des epidemiologischen Wissens und der statistisch-epidemiologischen Verfahren durchgeführt.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 84 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Die Kapillarsperre ist ein innovatives, wirtschaftliches System zur Abdeckung von Deponien und Altlasten. Es beruht auf der wasserbindenden Wirkung der in ungesättigten Böden auftretenden Kapillarkräfte. Die obere Schicht aus feinkörnigen Sanden hält die Wässer kapillar und leitet sie bei vorhandener Hangneigung zum Böschungsfuß hin ab. Der darunter angeordnete Kapillarblock aus grobkörnigen Materialien bleibt dagegen nur gering durchfeuchtet. Vorteile des Systems sind u. a. eine weitgehende Unempfindlichkeit gegenüber Austrocknung und Setzungen sowie niedrige Herstellungskosten. Dieses Buch gibt einen Überblick zum Stand der Technik bei Planung und Bau von Kapillarsperren, der für Fachleute in der Praxis als Arbeits- und Entscheidungsgrundlage genutzt werden kann.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 224 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Algebra Interactive! is an HTML-based course for undergraduate students in all fields of science, e.g. mathematics, computer science, physics and (electrical) engineering. The novel features of Algebra Interactive are the interactive examples and tools for computing in the various structures. Many of these tools and examples use the computer package GAP, which comes with Algebra Interactive, as a back engine. Moreover, abstract notations are enlivened by Java applets, which go beyond the classical examples given in traditional textbooks. The course contains numerous exercises. Apart from the classical type of exercise (with hints and solutions), the product also presents interactive multiple-choice questions on each page and at the end of each chapter. A comprehensive accompanying printed book summarizes the contents of Algebra Interactive.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 168 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The third Financial Cryptography conference was held in February 1999, once again at Anguilla in the British West Indies. The number of attendees continues to increase from year to year, as do the number and quality of the technical submissions. The Program Committee did a great job selecting the technical program. I thank them for all of their eo rt¿s. We were helped by a number of outside reviewers, including Mart n Abadi, Gerrit Bleumer, Drew Dean, Anand Desai, Mariusz Jakubowski, Andrew Odlyzko, David Pointcheval, Guillaume Poupard, Zul kar Ramzan, Aleta Ricciardi, Dan Simon, Jessica Staddon, Venkie Venka- san, Avishai Wool, and Francis Zane. I apologize for any omissions. Adi Shamir gave an excellent invited talk that forecast the future of crypt- raphy and electronic commerce. On-line certic ate revocation was the subject of a panel led by Michael Myers, following up on the success of his panel on the same topic at last year¿s conference. Joan Feigenbaum moderated a lively panel on fair use, intellectual property, and the information economy, and I thank her for pulling together from that discussion a paper for these proceedings. A s- cessful Rump Session allowed participants to present new results in an informal setting, superbly chaired by Avi Rubin.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 280 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The Conference on Spatial Information Theory ¿ COSIT ¿ grew out of a series of workshops / NATO Advanced Study Institutes / NSF specialist meetings concerned with cognitive and applied aspects of representing large-scale space, particularly geographic space. In these meetings, the need for a well-founded theory of spatial information processing was identified. The COSIT conference series was established in 1993 as a biennial interdisciplinary European conference on the representation and processing of information about large-scale space, after a successful international conference on the topic had been organized by Andrew Frank et al. in Pisa, Italy, in 1992 (frequently referred to as ¿COSIT zerö). After two successful European conferences with strong North-American participation (COSIT ¿93, held on the Island of Elba, Italy; COSIT ¿95, held in Semmering, Austria), the conference became a truly international enterprise when COSIT ¿97 was held in the Laurel Highlands, Pennsylvania, USA. COSIT ¿99 will take place in Stade, Germany. All aspects of large-scale space, i. e. spaces too large to be seen from a single vantage point, are addressed in the COSIT conferences. These include spaces of geographic scale, as well as smaller spaces in which humans, animals, or autonomous robots have to find their way around. Spatial information theory also deals with the description of objects, processes, or events in spatial environments and it forms the foundation for the construction of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and for spatial information and communication system design in general.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 500 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In the first part, this book analyzes the knowledge discovery process in order to understand the relations between knowledge discovery steps and focusing. The part devoted to the development of focusing solutions opens with an analysis of the state of the art, then introduces the relevant techniques, and finally culminates in implementing a unified approach as a generic sampling algorithm, which is then integrated into a commercial data mining system. The last part evaluates specific focusing solutions in various application domains. The book provides various appendicies enhancing easy accessibility.The book presents a comprehensive introduction to focusing in the context of data mining and knowledge discovery. It is written for researchers and advanced students, as well as for professionals applying data mining and knowledge discovery techniques in practice. 332 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Thepapersincludedinthisvolumecoverdiverseaspectsofthemanagement ofsuchdata,andtheyhavebeenorganizedinto vegroups:understanding andmanipulatingspatio-temporaldata;integration,exchange,andvisualization; query processing; index evaluation; and constraints and dependencies.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 260 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This volume contains papers selected for presentation during the 24th Interna tional Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science held on September 6-10, 1999 in Szklarska Por^ba, Poland. The symposium, organized alternately in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland, focuses on theoretical aspects and mathematical foundations of computer science. The scientific program of the symposium consists of five invited talks given by Martin Dyer, Dexter Kozen, Giovanni Manzini, Sergio Rajsbaum, and Mads Tofte, and 37 accepted papers chosen out of 68 submissions. The volume contains all accepted contributed papers, and three invited papers. The contributed papers have been selected for presentation based on their scientific quality, novelty, and interest for the general audience of MFCS par ticipants. Each paper has been reviewed by at least three independent referees ¿ PC members and/or sub-referees appointed by them. The papers were se lected for presentation during a fully electronic virtual meeting of the program committee on May 7, 1999. The virtual PC meeting was supported by software written by Artur Zgoda, Ph.D. student at the University of Wroclaw. The entire communication and access to quite a sensitive database at PC headquarters in Wroclaw was secured by cryptographic protocols based on technology of certificates.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 476 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -PaCT-99 (Parallel Computing Technologies) was a four-day conference held in St. Petersburg on 6¿10 September 1999. This represented the fth inter- tional conference in PaCT series, which take place in Russia every odd year. The rst, PaCT-91, was held in Novosibirsk (Academgorodok), 7¿11 September, 1991. The second PaCT-93 was held in Obninsk (near Moscow), 30 August ¿ 4 September, 1993. The third, PaCT-95, was organized in St.Petersburg, 12¿ 15 September, 1995 and the last fourth PaCT-97 was held in Yaroslavl 9-12 September, 1997. PaCT-99 was jointly organized by the Institute of Computational Mathem- ics and Mathematical Geophysics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Novo- birsk) and by the Electrotechnical University of St.Petersburg. The purpose of the conference was to bring together scientists working with theory, archit- ture, software, hardware and solution of large-scale problems in order to provide integrated discussions on Parallel Computing Technologies. The Conference attracted more than 100 participants from around the world. Authors from over 23 countries submitted 103 papers and there were 2 invited papers. Of those submitted, 47 papers were selected for the conference; in ad- tion there were a number of posters presented. All the papers were internationally reviewed by at least three referees.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 536 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The 1973 WHO classification of bladder tumours anticipated a probable need for eventual revision of the criteria for diagnosing papillary and flat bladder neoplasia. A workshop sponsored by the WHO consisting of pathologists, urologists, cytologists, oncologists and basic scientists interested in bladder tumours addressed this subject, and after a follow- -up meeting sponsored by the International Society of Urological Pathology, the classification and terminology used in this text were agreed upon. A major change is in the introduction of a new category: papillary urothelial neoplasm of low malignant potential. Many of the tumours previously designated as papillary transitional cell carcinoma, grade I now fall into that category. Another major change is in the designation of flat lesions, and this includes a definition of carcinoma in situ. Furthermore, a number of variant forms of urothelials carcinomas are included as well as new entities not recognized when the 1st edition was issued.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 120 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -While optimality conditions for optimal control problems with state constraints have been extensively investigated in the literature the results pertaining to numerical methods are relatively scarce. This book fills the gap by providing a family of new methods. Among others, a novel convergence analysis of optimal control algorithms is introduced. The analysis refers to the topology of relaxed controls only to a limited degree and makes little use of Lagrange multipliers corresponding to state constraints. This approach enables the author to provide global convergence analysis of first order and superlinearly convergent second order methods. Further, the implementation aspects of the methods developed in the book are presented and discussed. The results concerning ordinary differential equations are then extended to control problems described by differential-algebraic equations in a comprehensive way for the first time in the literature.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 240 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Integer Optimization addresses a wide spectrum of practically important optimization problems and represents a major challenge for algorithmics. The goal of integer optimization is to solve a system of constraints and optimization criteria over discrete variables.Integer Optimization by Local Search introduces a new approach to domain-independent integer optimization, which, unlike traditional strategies, is based on local search. It develops the central concepts and strategies of integer local search and describes possible combinations with classical methods from linear programming. The surprising effectiveness of the approach is demonstrated in a variety of case studies on large-scale, realistic problems, including production planning, timetabling, radar surveillance, and sports scheduling. The monograph is written for practitioners and researchers from artificial intelligence and operations research.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 164 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -LCPC¿98 Steering and Program Committes for their time and energy in - viewing the submitted papers. Finally, and most importantly, we thank all the authors and participants of the workshop. It is their signi cant research work and their enthusiastic discussions throughout the workshopthat made LCPC¿98 a success. May 1999 Siddhartha Chatterjee Program Chair Preface The year 1998 marked the eleventh anniversary of the annual Workshop on Languages and Compilers for Parallel Computing (LCPC), an international - rum for leading research groups to present their current research activities and latest results. The LCPC community is interested in a broad range of te- nologies, with a common goal of developing software systems that enable real applications. Amongthetopicsofinteresttotheworkshoparelanguagefeatures, communication code generation and optimization, communication libraries, d- tributed shared memory libraries, distributed object systems, resource m- agement systems, integration of compiler and runtime systems, irregular and dynamic applications, performance evaluation, and debuggers. LCPC¿98 was hosted by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) on 7 - 9 August 1998, at the William and Ida Friday Center on the UNC-CH campus. Fifty people from the United States, Europe, and Asia attended the workshop. The program committee of LCPC¿98, with the help of external reviewers, evaluated the submitted papers. Twenty-four papers were selected for formal presentation at the workshop. Each session was followed by an open panel d- cussion centered on the main topic of the particular session. 404 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Das Buch bietet eine Einführung in die moderne Klimatologie mit ihren Prognose- und Interpretationsmodellen. Es gibt einen Überblick über die Vorstellungen, die man heute vom Klima und von klimarelevanten Prozessen hat, und wie man diese konzeptionell und quantitativ - also mit Modellen - zu beschreiben versucht. Der Text ist allgemein verständlich geschrieben und setzt keine besonderen Kenntnisse der Mathematik und Physik voraus. Dieses Lehrbuch basiert auf einer Vorlesung am Meteorologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg und richtet sich hauptsächlich an Studenten der Geowissenschaften und Physik, daneben an ebenfalls mit Klima befaßten Disziplinen der Land-, Forst- und Umweltwissenschaften.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 268 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Das Buch stellt das Verhältnis vom Selbstbestimmungsrecht des estnischen Volkes und dem Schutz der auf seinem Territorium lebenden nationalen Minderheiten,insbesondere der russischen Minderheit, dar. Nach Wiederherstellung der staatlichen Unabhängigkeit des estnischen Staates ist die Staatsangehörigkeitsfrage von entscheidender Bedeutung für den Rechtsstatus ethnisch nicht estnischer Personen mit langjährigem Wohnsitz in Estland vor 1990 geworden. Schwerpunkt der völkerrechtlichen Untersuchung ist das Problem um das Staatsangehörigkeitskriterium als Voraussetzung für einen Minderheitenstatus und dessen Folgen am konkreten Beispiel Estlands. In der Arbeit wird die Notwendigkeit einer völkerrechtlichen Regelung dieser Streitfrage aufgezeigt. Die Autorin plädiert für eine erleicherte Einbürgerung von ethnisch nicht estnischen Personen mit enger und langjähriger Beziehung zu Estland sowie für eine Definition von Minderheitenrechten nicht nur als Staatsbürgerrechte, sondern als Menschenrechte.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 304 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Die regenerativen Energietrager haben bereits heute einen signifikanten Anteil an der weltweiten Stromerzeugung. 1m Jahre 1997 trugen sie knapp 20 % zur Gesamt produktion von etwa 12. 000 TWh bei. Dieser Anteil wurde fast ausschlieBlich von der Wasserkraft gedeckt, der Beitrag der Solarthermie war mit 0,7 TWh sehr klein, obwohl bereits Ende des letzten, Anfang dieses Jahrhunderts erste Anlagen u. a. zum Antrieb von Bewasserungspumpen auf Basis solarthermischer Stromerzeugung gebaut wurden. Der Einsatz von kostengtinstigerem 01 und anderen fossilen Brenn stoffen verhinderte damals weitere Entwicklungen, und erst mit dem Beginn der Energiekrise 1973/74 wurden diese Technologien neu entdeckt. Wahrend die Para bolrinnenkraftwerke SEGS I-IX mit 354 MWel in Kalifornien schon bewiesen, daB unter gtinstigen Rahmenbedingungen ein kommerzieHer Betrieb moglich ist, bieten z. B. Paraboloidkraftwerke mit im Brennpunkt angeordneten Stirling-Motoren erst die Perspektive, bei Serienfertigung Strom in abgelegenen Gebieten des aquatoria len Gtirtels giinstiger zu gestehen als die dort bisher genutzten Dieselaggregate. ABe solarthermischen Anlagen erfordern eine direkte Einstrahlung von mindestens 2 1800 kWh/m a, so daB ihr Einsatz nur in Gebieten zwischen etwa 40° nordlicher und siidlicher Breite, also beispielsweise nicht in Deutschland, okonomisch sinnvoH ist. Das hier vorliegende Buch ist aus dem Skriptum zur Vorlesung 'Stromerzeugung durch erneuerbare Energietrager', weche an der Ruhr-Universitat Bochum seit dem Wintersemester 1996 als Wahlfach bzw. als Teilnahmefach der Vertiefungsrichtung 'Energieversorgung' gelesen wird, hervorgegangen.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 196 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book contains the papers presented at the 9th International Workshop on Field ProgrammableLogic and Applications (FPL¿99), hosted by the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, August 30 ¿ September 1, 1999. FPL¿99 is the ninth in the series of annual FPL workshops. The FPL¿99 programme committee has been fortunate to have received a large number of high-quality papers addressing a wide range of topics. From these, 33 papers have been selected for presentation at the workshop and a further 32 papers have been accepted for the poster sessions. A total of 65 papers from 20 countries are included in this volume. FPL is a subject area that attracts researchers from both electronic engine- ing and computer science. Whether we are engaged in research into soft ha- ware or hard software seems to be primarily a question of perspective. What is unquestionable is that the interaction of groups of researchers from di erent backgrounds results in stimulating and productive research. As we prepare for the new millennium, the premier European forum for - searchers in eld programmable logic remains the FPL workshop. Next year the FPL series of workshopswill celebrate its tenth anniversary.The contribution of so many overseas researchers has been a particularly attractive feature of these events, giving them a truly international perspective, while the informal and convivial atmosphere that pervades the workshops have been their hallmark. We look forward to preserving these features in the future while continuing to expand the size and quality of the events.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 564 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Fundamentals of Computation Theory, FCT '99, held in Iasi, Romania in August/September 1999.The 42 revised full papers presented together with four invited papers were carefully selected from a total of 102 submissions. Among the topics addressed are abstract data types, algorithms and data structures, automata and formal languages, categorical and topological approaches, complexity, computational geometry, concurrency, cryptology, distributed computing, logics in computer science, process algebras, symbolic computation, molecular computing, quantum computing, etc.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 588 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A Source Book for the History of Mathematics, but one which offers a different perspective by focusinng on algorithms. With the development of computing has come an awakening of interest in algorithms. Often neglected by historians and modern scientists, more concerned with the nature of concepts, algorithmic procedures turn out to have been instrumental in the development of fundamental ideas: practice led to theory just as much as the other way round. The purpose of this book is to offer a historical background to contemporary algorithmic practice.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 536 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This volume contains the proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR¿99) held in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 24-27 August 1999. ThepurposeoftheCONCURconferencesistobringtogetherresearchers,- velopersandstudentsinordertoadvancethetheoryofconcurrencyandpromo te its applications. Interest in this topic is continuously growing, as a consequence oftheimportanceandubiquityofconcurrentsystemsandtheirapplications,and of the scienti c relevance of their foundations. The scope of CONCUR¿99 covers all areas of semantics, logics and veri cation techniques for concurrent systems. A list of speci c topics includes (but is not limited to) concurrency-related - pects of: models of computation and semantic domains, process algebras, Petri nets, event structures, real-time systems, hybrid systems, stochastic systems, - cidability, model-checking, veri cation techniques, re nement techniques, term and graph rewriting, distributed programming, logic constraint programming, object-oriented programming, typing systems and algorithms, case studies, and tools and environments for programming and veri cation. The rst two CONCUR conferences were held in Amsterdam (NL) in 1990 and 1991, the following ones in Stony Brook (USA), Hildesheim (D), Uppsala (S), Philadelphia (USA), Pisa (I), Warsaw (PL) and Nice (F). The proceedings have appeared in Springer LNCS, as Volumes 458, 527, 630, 715, 836, 962, 1119, 1243, and 1466.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 596 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In the third edition the presentation of new topics has been deliberately kept simple for pedagogical purposes. Chapter 1 was completed by references to the tidal bore and magnetic envelope solitons. Two new sections devoted to magnetic envelope solitons and signal processing with solitons have been added to Chap. 4. Short comments on models describing blood-pressure pulse propagation in terms of solitons were added to chapter 5. A description of a new mechanical transmission line with two equilibrium states has been included in Chap. 6. Such an analog device is useful to illustrate the properties of kink-solitons and to observe solitary waves with a compact shape, called compactons. New references conceming recent advances in experimental techniques and lattice effects were added to Chap. 7. In Chap. 8 a short introduction to spatial optical solitons in continuous and discrete systems was included. Chapter 9 was completed by new sections devoted to nonlinear lattice models and energy localization. The concepts of self-trapped states and intrinsic localized modes or discrete breathers are dicussed. Different analog chains which make it possible to observe the characteristic features of discrete breathers, are described. Contrary to previous chapters where we have considered reversible or conservative systems where solitons can exist owing to the dynamical balance between linear dispersion and nonlinearity, Chapter 11 which is a new chapter, is devoted to irreversible systems where nonlinearity can balance the effects of dissipation leading to 'diffusing solitary waves' or 'diffusive solitons'.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 364 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Biological inorganic chemistry is a field of research at the interface of inorganic and biological chemistry. The rapidly developing insights into the role of metals in biological systems has far-reaching implications not only for biological science but also for related disciplines, ranging from molecular medicine to the environment. In each volume the reader, whether engaged in chemistry, biochemistry, biology or molecular medicine, receives a comprehensive summary and critical overview of a topic of hight current interest written by leading international experts. 232 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -and should therefore constitute a part of every area of economic 3 theory. The spectrum covered by information economics today ranges from Stigler's search theory4 to industrial economics, including oligopoly theory, innovation, as well as research and develop 5 ment. However, the area information economics is most closely connected with is the theory of optimal contracts, mainly ana 6 lyzed in principal-agent models. Contract theory deals primar ily with the question of how optimal arrangements (contracts) for the purchase and sale of commodities and services between two or more agents should be structured. In these models, it is often assumed that the parties to the contract are informed differently or asymmetrically about relevant variables (e. g. the health of one party in the case of insurance contracts, or the effort in relation to employment contracts). As a result of this asymmetric in formation, phenomena such as moral hazard, adverse selection, signaling, and screening may arise. Frequently, results from con tract theory are referred to when making statements about the effects of asymmetric information on an economy. Models of this kind are often used to explain phenomena such as fixed wages or unemployment, among others. 7 However, such conclusions must be treated with caution for two reasons. In the first place, in these models, a contract (explicit or implicit) is determined by the solution of an optimization prob lem.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 160 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This thesis was stimulated throughout the time of my participation in a research project on Dynamic Macroeconomics, supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The starting point was the central question of how to integrate price setting firms in a dynamic disequilibrium model. Almost all recent literature on imperfect competition in macroeconomics applies the objective demand approach by assuming that firms know the true demand curve they are faced with. While this approach can be ap plied in temporary monetary equilibrium models, it proves inadequate for formulating price adjustment in a dynamic disequilibrium model, where it has to be replaced by the concept of subjective demand. Based on this distinction, the thesis starts out with a comparison of the concepts of subjective and objective demand in an abstract framework and surveys the literature on general equilibrium theory with imperfect competition. The objective demand approach is criticized not only on the grounds of its strong rationality requirements and existence problems, but also by the observation that it cannot be applied successfully to characterize determinate rational expectations equilibria in intertemporal macroeco nomics. Finally, price setting firms using subjective demand functions are integrated in a dynamic disequilibrium model in order to study mo nopolistic and oligopolistic price adjustment.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 180 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This volume contains the papers presented at the Second International and - terdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and Using Context (CONTEXT¿99), held in Trento (Italy) from 9 to 11 September 1999. CONTEXT¿99 is the second in the CONTEXT series. The rst was held in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) in 1997. The CONTEXT conference series is meant to provide an interdisciplinary - rum where researchers can exchange ideas, methodologies, and results on c- text, and is increasingly becoming an important reference for all people doing research on context. This is testi ed by the larger number of research areas that are represented at CONTEXT¿99 (in particular, Philosophy and Cognitive Psychology were not signi cantly present at the rst conference), and by the number and quality of submitted papers. Speci cally, we received 118 papers, mostly of good or excellent quality. Among them, 33 (28%) have been accepted as full papers, and 21 as short papers. We think it is fair to say that the 54 papers collected in this volume provide a signi cant picture of the international research on context currently going on. The notion of context plays an important role in many areas, both theoretical and applied, such as Formal Logic, Arti cial Intelligence, Philosophy, Pragm- ics, Computational Linguistics, Computer Science, Cognitive Psychology. 548 pp. Englisch.