Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Mai 2004, 2004
ISBN 10: 3540443746 ISBN 13: 9783540443742
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Klinische Erfahrungen in den USA sammeln zu können, bedeutet für viele Studenten und Ärzte in Aus- und Weiterbildung eine enorme Bereicherung ihrer Ausbildung. Dementsprechend ungebrochen ist der Ansturm, zumindest für einen Teil der Aus- und Weiterbildung Aufnahme an einer amerikanischen Klinik zu finden, trotz der stellenweise extrem hohen Kosten. Der vorliegende Kompaktratgeber beschreibt kurz und prägnant die verschiedenen Aus- und Weiterbildungsmöglichkeiten für Mediziner. Klar strukturiert weist er mit zahlreichen Infoboxen und Checklisten den Weg durch die zahllosen Instanzen. Musterbriefe, umfangreiches Adressmaterial und Hinweise auf das soziale Umfeld ergänzen das Werk und machen es so zu einem unverzichtbaren Ratgeber. 180 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Mai 2004, 2004
ISBN 10: 3540219447 ISBN 13: 9783540219446
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -New variational methods by Aubry, Mather, and Mane, discovered in the last twenty years, gave deep insight into the dynamics of convex Lagrangian systems. This book shows how this Principle of Least Action appears in a variety of settings (billiards, length spectrum, Hofer geometry, modern symplectic geometry). Thus, topics from modern dynamical systems and modern symplectic geometry are linked in a new and sometimes surprising way. The central object is Mather's minimal action functional. The level is for graduate students onwards, but also for researchers in any of the subjects touched in the book. 148 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Mai 2004, 2004
ISBN 10: 3540215050 ISBN 13: 9783540215059
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The exposition studies projective models of K3 surfaces whose hyperplane sections are non-Clifford general curves. These models are contained in rational normal scrolls. The exposition supplements standard descriptions of models of general K3 surfaces in projective spaces of low dimension, and leads to a classification of K3 surfaces in projective spaces of dimension at most 10. The authors bring further the ideas in Saint-Donat's classical article from 1974, lifting results from canonical curves to K3 surfaces and incorporating much of the Brill-Noether theory of curves and theory of syzygies developed in the mean time. 180 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Mai 2004, 2004
ISBN 10: 3540219234 ISBN 13: 9783540219231
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Forming functions of operators is a basic task of many areas of linear analysis and quantum physics. Weyl's functional calculus, initially applied to the position and momentum operators of quantum mechanics, also makes sense for finite systems of selfadjoint operators. By using the Cauchy integral formula available from Clifford analysis, the book examines how functions of a finite collection of operators can be formed when the Weyl calculus is not defined. The technique is applied to the determination of the support of the fundamental solution of a symmetric hyperbolic system of partial differential equations and to proving the boundedness of the Cauchy integral operator on a Lipschitz surface. 196 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Mai 2004, 2004
ISBN 10: 3540221190 ISBN 13: 9783540221197
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Program generation holds the promiseof helping tobridge the gap between application-level problem solutions and efficient implementations at the level of today's source programs as written in C or Java. Thus, program generation can substantially contribute to reducing production cost and time-to-market in future software production, while improving thequality and stability of the product.This book is about domain-specific program generation; it is the outcome of a Dagstuhl seminar on the topic held in March 2003. After an introductory preface by the volume editors, the 18 carefully reviewed revised full papers presentedare organized into topical sections on- surveys of domain-specific programming technologies- domain-specific programming languages- tool support for program generation- domain-specific techniquesfor program optimization 344 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Mai 2004, 2004
ISBN 10: 3540220046 ISBN 13: 9783540220046
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Followingalongtraditionofexcellence,theseventeentheditionoftheconference of the Canadian Society for the Computational Studies of Intelligence continued the success of its predecessors. This edition re ected the energy and diversity of the Canadian AI community and the many international partnerships that this community has successfully established. AI 2004 attracted high-quality submissions from Canada and around the world. All papers submitted were thoroughly reviewed by the program comm- tee. Eachpaperwasassignedtoatleastthreeprogramcommitteemembers. Out of105submissionstothemainconference,29paperswereincludedasfullpapers inthisvolume,and22asshort/positionpapers. Threeworkshopsandagraduate symposium were also associated with AI 2004. In this volume, 14 papers selected from 21 submissions to the graduate symposium have been included. We invited three distinguished researchers to give talks representing their active research in AI: Fahiem Bacchus, Michael Littman, and Manuela Veloso. It would have been impossible to organize such a successful conference wi- out the help of many individuals. We would like to express our appreciation to the authors of the submitted papers, and to the program committee members and external referees who provided timely and signi cant reviews. In particular, we would like to thank Luis Rueda for organizing the reviewing of the graduate symposium submissions, and Eric Mulvaney for providing valuable assistance in thepreparationoftheproceedings. Tomanagethesubmissionandreviewingp- cess we used CyberChair developed by Richard van de Stadt. Christine Gun ther from Springer has patiently attended to many editorial details. We owe special thanks to Bob Mercer for handling the local arrangements. 604 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Mai 2004, 2004
ISBN 10: 3540221271 ISBN 13: 9783540221272
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Thisproceedingsvolumeofthe5thAOISWorkshopisanopportunityforlooking back at ve years of organizing AOIS workshops. What did we achieve with the AOIS workshop series Where were we ve years ago, where are we now Did ourthemeimpactontheinformationsystems eldinthewaythatwehadhoped for AOIS workshops have taken place in Seattle, Heidelberg, Stockholm, Austin, Montr eal, Interlaken, Toronto, Bologna, Melbourne, and Chicago, always in c- junction with a major conference on either multiagent systems in arti cial - telligence (AI/MAS) or information systems (IS). We have tried to innovate in holding these workshops as biconference events (each year AOIS held two wo- shop events, one at an AI/MAS conference and one at an IS conference), as well as using the AOIS web site as a medium for communication among researchers. So, certainly, we have reached a wide audience of researchers around the world from both the AI/MAS and IS communities. But did we also manage to build up a dedicated AOIS community Five years ago, we wrote: 'Agent concepts could fundamentally alter the nature of information systems of the future, and how we build them, much like structured analysis, ER modeling, and Object-Orientation has precipitated fundamental changes in IS practice. ' Of course, a period of ve years is too short for evaluating the success or failure of a new scienti c paradigm. But still we may observe that while most IS conferences meanwhile list agents as one of their many preferred topics, agent-orientation is generally not considered to be a fundamental IS paradigm. 228 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Mai 2004, 2004
ISBN 10: 3540220003 ISBN 13: 9783540220008
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The last decade has been one of great progress in the field of software architecture research and practice. Software architecture has emerged as an important subdis- pline of software engineering. A key aspect of the design of any software system is its architecture, i. e. the fundamental organization of a system embodied in its com- nents, their relationships to each other, and to the environment, and the principles guiding its design and evolution (as defined in the Recommended Practice for Arc- tectural Description of Software-Intensive Systems -- IEEE Std 1471-2000). - The First European Workshop on Software Architecture (EWSA 2004) provided an international forum for researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to discuss a wide range of topics in the area of software architecture, and to jointly f- mulate an agenda for future research in this field. EWSA 2004 distinguished among three types of papers: research papers (which describe authors' novel research work), experience papers (which describe real-world experiences related to software architectures), and position papers (which present concise arguments about a topic of software architecture research or practice). The Program Committee selected 19 papers (9 research papers, 4 experience - pers, and 6 position papers) out of 48 submissions from 16 countries (Australia, B- zil, Canada, Chile, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, The Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, USA). All submissions were reviewed by three members of the Program Committee. 296 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Mai 2004, 2004
ISBN 10: 3540210830 ISBN 13: 9783540210832
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The ever-increasing release of harmful agents due to human activities have led in some areas of the world to heavy pollution. In order to protect human health and the environment, environmental standards that shall limit the release and the concentration of those toxic agents in the environment and hence the exposure to it have to be established. The related assessment and decision-making procedures have to be based on solid scientific data about the effects and mechanisms of these agents as well as on ethical, social and economic aspects. For risk evaluation, the knowledge of the dose response curve is an essential prerequisite. Dose responses without a threshold dose are most critical in this connection. Such dose responses are assumed for mutagenic and carcinogenic effects, which, therefore, dominate also the discussion in this book. In the environmentally important low dose range, risk estimation can only be achieved by extrapolation from higher doses with measurable effects. The extrapolation is accompanied with uncertainties which makes risk evaluation as well as risk communication frequently problematic. In order to ensure rational efficient and fair decisions beyond a sound scientific assessment the dialogue between disciplines, with the affected people and with the general public is necessary. In this book, the whole range of relevant and essential aspects of risk evaluation and standard setting is addressed. Starting with the ethical foundations, the sound analysis of recent scientific findings sets the frame for further reflections by theory of cognition, psychosocial sciences, and jurisprudence. The authors end up with concluding recommendations for coping with the recent problems of standard setting in the field of environmentally relevant low doses. The book is designed to a readership of scientists, legislators, administrators, and the interested public. 492 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Mai 2004, 2004
ISBN 10: 3540220593 ISBN 13: 9783540220596
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volume of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series contains the p- ceedings of the second Working Conference on Component Deployment, which took place May 20 21, 2004, at the e-Science Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland, as a collocated event of the International Conference on Software Engineering. Component deployment addresses what needs to be done afteracomponent has been developed. Component deployment includes activities such as com- nent customization, con guration, integration, activation, de-activation and - commissioning. The emerging research community that investigates component deploymentconcernsitselfwiththeprinciples,methodsandtoolsfordeployment activities. The community held its rst working conference in Berlin, Germany, inJune2002.TheproceedingswerepublishedbySpringer-Verlagasvolume2370 of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. The program of this year s conference consisted of an invited talk and 16 technical paper presentations. The invited talk was given by Patrick Goldsack of Hewlett PackardResearchLaboratoriesBristol, UK. He presented the Smart- Frog component deployment framework that HP released as Open Source. The technicalpaperswerecarefullyselectedfromatotalof34submittedpapers.Each paper was thoroughly peer reviewed by at least three members of the program committee and consensus on acceptance was achieved by means of an electronic PC meeting. 260 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Mai 2004, 2004
ISBN 10: 3540221131 ISBN 13: 9783540221135
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volume contains the papers accepted for publication at IPCO X, the Tenth InternationalConferenceonInteger ProgrammingandCombinatorialOptimi- tion, held in New York City, New York, USA, June 7 11, 2004.The IPCO series of conferences presents recent results in theory, computation and applications of integer programming and combinatorial optimization. These conferences are sponsoredby the Mathematical ProgrammingSociety, andareheldin thoseyearsin whichno InternationalSymposiumonMathema- calProgrammingtakes place.IPCO VIII was held in Utrecht (The Netherlands) and IPCO IX was held in Cambridge (USA). A total of 109 abstracts, mostly of very high quality, were submitted. The ProgramCommittee accepted 32, in order to meet the goal of having three days of talks with no parallel sessions. Thus, many excellent abstracts could not be accepted. The papers in this volume havenot been refereed. It is expected that revised versions of the accepted papers will be submitted to standard scienti c journals for publication. The Program Committee thanks all authors of submitted manuscripts for their support of IPCO. March 2004 George Nemhauser Daniel Bienstock Organization IPCO X was hosted by the Computational Optimization Research Center (CORC), Columbia University. 464 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Mai 2004, 2004
ISBN 10: 3540220941 ISBN 13: 9783540220947
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Abstract state machines (ASM) sharpen the Church-Turing thesis by the c- sideration of bounded resources for computing devices. They view computations as an evolution of a state. It has been shown that all known models of com- tation can be expressed through speci c abstract state machines. These models can be given in a representation-independent way. That is one advantage of transferring these models to ASM. The main advantage is, however, to provide a unifying theory to all of these models. At the same time ASM can be re ned to other ASMs. Stepwise re nement supports separation of concern during so- ware development and will support component-based construction of systems thus providing a foundation of new computational paradigms such as industrial programming, programming-in-the-large, and programming-in-the-world. ASM 2004 continued the success story of the ASM workshops. Previous workshops were held in the following European cities: Taormina, Italy (2003); Dagstuhl, Germany (2002); Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain (2001); Monte Verita, Switherland (2000); Toulouse, France (1999); Magdeburg, Germany (1998); Cannes, France (1998, 1997); Paderborn, Germany (1996); and H- burg, Germany (1994). The ASM workshops have had predecessors, e.g., the famous Lipari Summer School in 1993, whose in uential outcome was the f- damental Lipari Guide. 252 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Mai 2004, 2004
ISBN 10: 3540219439 ISBN 13: 9783540219439
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book explains basic principles of MuPAD commands. It teaches how to write simple programs and develop interactive environments for teaching mathematics. The text gives a large number of useful examples from different areas of undergraduate mathematics developed by the author during his long teaching experience. All the book examples are available online. Flash, SVG and JVX formats are used to display interactive and animated graphics. 556 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Mai 2004, 2004
ISBN 10: 3540220569 ISBN 13: 9783540220565
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The natural mission of Computational Science is to tackle all sorts of human problems and to work out intelligent automata aimed at alleviating the b- den of working out suitable tools for solving complex problems. For this reason ComputationalScience,thoughoriginatingfromtheneedtosolvethem ostch- lenging problems in science and engineering (computational science is the key player in the ght to gain fundamental advances in astronomy, biology, che- stry, environmental science, physics and several other scienti c and engineering disciplines) is increasingly turning its attention to all elds of human activity. In all activities, in fact, intensive computation, information handling, kn- ledge synthesis, the use of ad-hoc devices, etc. increasingly need to be exploited and coordinated regardless of the location of both the users and the (various and heterogeneous) computing platforms. As a result the key to understanding the explosive growth of this discipline lies in two adjectives that more and more appropriately refer to Computational Science and its applications: interoperable and ubiquitous. Numerous examples of ubiquitous and interoperable tools and applicationsaregiveninthepresentfourLNCSvolumescontainingthecontri- tions delivered at the 2004 International Conference on Computational Science and its Applications (ICCSA 2004) held in Assisi, Italy, May 14-17, 2004. 1200 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Mai 2004, 2004
ISBN 10: 354022002X ISBN 13: 9783540220022
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -'We know more than we can tell and we can know nothing without relying upon those things which we may not be able to tell' (Michael Polanyi) The importance of knowledge management (KM) is increasingly recognized in the public sector and in relation with e-government implementations. Because governments and public administrations deal with information and knowledge on a large scale, this domain is particularly predestined to actively practice KM: much of the work of public authorities refers to the elaboration of data, infor- tionandknowledgeoncitizens,businesses,society,themarkets,the environment, laws, politics, etc. Evenmany'products'ofpublicadministrationandgovernmentaredelivered intheshapeofinformationandknowledgethemselves.Thisaspectespecially- plies to the policies, management, regulation and monitoring of society, markets and the environment. With the recent evolution of e-government projects, high expectations are linked. As a consequence, e cient support from adequate KM conceptsandtoolstoexploitthehugeknowledgeandinformationresourcesdealt with in e-government is expected. Not only the trend towards a knowledge society calls for KM solutions. C- rent e-government developments signi cantly in uence the public sector. These require the rethinking of knowledge distribution and management: Citizen- and business- oriented service delivery, including one-stop service provision, inter- ganizationalco-operationbetweengovernmentagenciesandcross-bordersupport for complex administrative decision making call for largely opened-up access to remote information and knowledge resources. E-government - and speci cally the concept of online one-stop government - integrates dislocated information and knowledge sources into a global virtual knowledge fabric. 360 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Mai 2004, 2004
ISBN 10: 3540214402 ISBN 13: 9783540214403
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Giant projects often end in giant failures. From the ancient tower of Babel to the recent Transrapid Train, giant projects stumble from crisis to crisis. Based on an analysis of the technical, time, and financial goals from case studies (Olympic Games, university hospitals, and a huge wind energy converter), four success factors in managing giant projects are identified: Formulation and change of goals, basic configuration, socio-political environment, and management structure and capacity. The book focuses on the crucial role of the project owner and the relations among the four success factors. It offers recommendations and guidance on successfully completing giant projects to owners, project managers and contractors. 292 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Mai 2004, 2004
ISBN 10: 3540219986 ISBN 13: 9783540219989
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Component-based software engineering (CBSE) is concerned with the devel- ment of software-intensive systems from reusable parts (components), the dev- opmentofsuchreusableparts,andthemaintenanceandimprovementofsystems by means of component replacement and customization. Although it holds c- siderable promise, there are still many challenges facing both researchers and practitioners in establishing CBSE as an e cient and proven engineering dis- pline. Six CBSE workshops have been held consecutively at the most recent six International Conferences on Software Engineering (ICSE). The premise of the last three CBSE workshops was that the long-term success of component-based development depends on the viability of an established science and technology foundation for achieving predictable quality in component-based systems. TheintentoftheCBSE2004symposiumwastobuildonthispremise,andto provide a forum for more in-depth and substantive treatment of topics perta- ing to predictability, to help establish cross-discipline insights, and to improve cooperation and mutual understanding. The goal of the CBSE 2004 symposium was to discuss and present more complete and mature works, and consequently collect the technical papers in published proceedings. The response to the Call for Papers was beyond expectations: 82 papers were submitted. Of those 25 (12 long and 13 short) were accepted for publication. In all 25 cases, the papers were reviewed by three to four independent reviewers. The symposium brought together researchers and practitioners from a variety of disciplines related to CBSE. 324 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Mai 2004, 2004
ISBN 10: 3540219226 ISBN 13: 9783540219224
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volumedeals with various topicsaround equivariant holomorphic maps of Hermitian symmetric domains and is intended for specialists in number theory and algebraic geometry. In particular, it contains a comprehensive exposition of mixed automorphic forms that has never yetappeared in book form. The main goalis to explore connections among complex torus bundles, mixed automorphic forms, and Jacobi forms associated to an equivariant holomorphic map. Both number-theoretic and algebro-geometric aspects of such connections and related topics are discussed. 260 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Mai 2004, 2004
ISBN 10: 3540221530 ISBN 13: 9783540221531
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volume contains the proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Rewriting Techniques and Applications (RTA 2004), which was held June 2 5, 2004, at the RWTH Aachen in Germany. RTA is the major forum for the presentation of research on all aspects of rewriting. Previous RTA conferences took place in Dijon (1985), Bordeaux (1987), Chapel Hill (1989), Como (1991), Montreal (1993), Kaiserslautern (1995), Rutgers (1996), Sitges (1997), Tsukuba (1998), Trento (1999), Norwich (2000), Utrecht (2001), Copenhagen (2002), and Valencia (2003). The program committee selected 19 papers for presentation, including ve system descriptions, from a total of 43 submissions. In addition, there were invited talks by Neil Jones, Aart Middeldorp, and Robin Milner. Many people helped to make RTA 2004 a success. I am grateful to the m- bers of the program committee and the external referees for reviewing the s- missionsandmaintainingthehighstandardsoftheRTAconferences. Itisagreat pleasure to thank the conference chair Jurgen Giesl and the other members of the local organizing committee. They were in charge of the local organization of all events partaking in the Federated Conference on Rewriting, Deduction, and Programming (RDP). Apart from RTA 2004, these events were: 2nd International Workshop on Higher-Order Rewriting (Delia Kesner, Femke van Raamsdonk, and Joe Wells), 5th International Workshop on Rule-Based Programming (Slim Abdennadher and Christophe Ringeissen), 13thInternationalWorkshoponFunctionaland(Constraint)LogicProgr- ming (Herbert Kuchen), IFIP Working Group 1. 328 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Mai 2004, 2004
ISBN 10: 3540221115 ISBN 13: 9783540221111
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volume contains the workshop proceedings of DEON 2004, the Seventh International Workshop on Deontic Logic in Computer Science. The DEON workshop series aims at bringing together researchers interested in topics - lated to the use of deontic logic in computer science. It traditionally promotes research in the relationship between normative concepts and computer science, arti cial intelligence, organisation theory, and law. In addition to these topics, DEON 2004 placed special emphasis on the relationship between deontic logic and multi-agent systems. The workshop was held in Madeira, Portugal, on 26-28 May 2004. This v- ume includes all 15 papers presented at the workshop, as well as two abstracts from the two outstanding invited speakers we were privileged to host: Prof Mark Brown (Syracuse University, USA), and Prof Mike Wooldridge (University of Liverpool, UK). The reader will nd that the topics covered span from t- oretical investigations on deontic concepts and their formalisation in logic, to the use of deontic formalisms to verify and reason about multi-agent systems applications. We believe this makes it a well-balanced and interesting volume. We wish to thank all those who contributed to this workshop, and especially the authors of the submitted papers and the referees. They were all forced to work on a very tight timescale to make this volume a reality. 292 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Mai 2004, 2004
ISBN 10: 3540220674 ISBN 13: 9783540220671
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The Third International Workshop on Experimental and E cient Algorithms (WEA 2004) was held in Angra dos Reis (Brazil), May 25 28, 2004. TheWEAworkshopsaresponsoredbytheEuropeanAssociationforTheo- tical Computer Science (EATCS). They are intended to provide an international forum for researchers in the areas of design, analysis, and experimental eval- tion of algorithms. The two preceding workshops in this series were held in Riga (Latvia, 2001) and Ascona (Switzerland, 2003). This proceedings volume comprises 40 contributed papers selected by the Program Committee along with the extended abstracts of the invited lectures presentedbyRichardKarp(UniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley,USA),Giuseppe Italiano (University of Rome Tor Vergata , Italy), and Christos Kaklamanis (University of Patras, Greece). As the organizer and chair of this wokshop, I would like to thank all the authors who generously supported this project by submitting their papers for publication in thisvolume. Iamalso grateful to theinvited lecturers, who kindly accepted our invitation. For their dedication and collaboration in the refereeing procedure, I would like also to express my gratitude to the members of the Program Committee: E. Amaldi (Italy), J. Blazewicz (Poland), V.-D. Cung (France), U. Derigs (G- many), J. Diaz (Spain), M. Gendreau (Canada), A. Goldberg (USA), P. Hansen (Canada), T. Ibaraki (Japan), K. Jansen (Germany), S. Martello (Italy), C.C. McGeoch (USA), L.S. Ochi (Brazil), M.G.C. Resende (USA), J. Rolim (Sw- zerland), S. Skiena (USA), M. Sniedovich (Australia), C.C. Souza (Brazil), P. 600 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Mai 2004, 2004
ISBN 10: 3540220127 ISBN 13: 9783540220121
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI 2004, held at ECCV 2004 in Prague, Czech Republic in May 2004.The 19 revised full papers presented together with an introductory overview and an invited paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 45 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on human-robot interaction, gesture recognition and body tracking, systems, and face and head. 244 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Mai 2004, 2004
ISBN 10: 3540219773 ISBN 13: 9783540219774
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The International Symposium on Smart Graphics 2004 was held on May 23 25, 2004 in Ban , Canada. It was the fth event in a series which originally started in 2000 as a AAAI Spring Symposium. In response to the overwhelming success of the 2000 symposium, its organizers decided to turn it into a self-contained event in 2001. With the support of IBM, the rst two InternationalSymposia on Smart Graphics were held at the T. J. Watson Research Center in Hawthorne, NY in 2001 and 2002. The 2003 symposium moved to the European Media Lab in Heidelberg to underline the international character of the Smart Graphics enterprise and its community. The 2004 symposium particularly emphasized the contribution of arts and design to the interdisciplinary eld of Smart Graphics andwasthereforeheldattheBan CentreinAlberta,Canada,aninternationally recognized center of creative excellence. The core idea behind these symposia is to bring together researchers and practitioners from the eld of computer graphics, arti cial intelligence, cog- tive psychology and the ne arts. Each of these disciplines contributes to what we mean by the term Smart Graphics : the intelligent process of creating - pressive and esthetic graphical presentations. While artists and designers have been creatingcommunicativegraphicsfor centuries,arti cialintelligencefocuses on automating this process by means of the computer. While computer graphics providesthetoolsforcreatinggraphicalpresentationsinthe rstplace,cognitive sciences contribute the rules and models of perception necessary for the design of e ective graphics. 180 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Mai 2004, 2004
ISBN 10: 3540203664 ISBN 13: 9783540203667
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Das Buch bietet für den deutschsprachigen Bereich erstmals eine wirtschaftliche und technische Betrachtung und Analyse eines immer wichtiger werdenden Modells der Softwareentwicklung und -lizenzierung. Es gibt zunächst eine Übersicht über den deutschen Softwaremarkt, stellt dann die verschiedenen Erscheinungsformen von Open-Source-Software (OSS) dar, beleuchtet die technischen Aspekte der Erstellung und des Einsatzes von OSS und analysiert sowohl die Motivation von Privatpersonenals auch von Unternehmen OSS zu entwickeln und einzusetzen. Insbesondere werden auch die wettbewerbsstrategischen und die betriebswirtschaftlichen Dimensionen dieser sich rasch ausbreitenden Vorgehensweise erörtert. Darauf aufbauend werden die wirtschaftlichen Auswirkungen von OSS auf die deutsche Softwareindustrie sowie wirtschaftspolitische Aspekte von OSS untersucht. 256 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Mai 2004, 2004
ISBN 10: 3540212884 ISBN 13: 9783540212881
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Obwohl die marktorientierte Fremdkapitalfinanzierung stark an Bedeutung gewonnen hat, werden Credit Relations, also die Beziehungen zu Kreditgebern und Anleiheinvestoren, von den (kontinental-)europäischen Unternehmen noch recht stiefmütterlich behandelt. Dabei ließen sich bei optimaler Verzahnung von Investorenansprache, Kapitalmarktkommunikation und Transaktionsgestaltung die Zins- und Kapitaldienste in signifikantem Maße senken.Das Buch beschreibt die Ziele und Aufgaben im Bereich Credit Relations sowie den effizienten Einsatz der geeigneten Instrumente. Zudem skizziert es die notwendigen personellen Ressourcen. Fallbeispiele und Analysen runden die umfassende Darstellung ab. Damit gibt das Werk fundiert und praxisnah Hilfestellung bei der Optimierung der Unternehmensfinanzen. 336 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Springer, Berlin, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Springer Mai 2004, 2004
ISBN 10: 3540208933 ISBN 13: 9783540208938
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Die Autoren beschreiben aus Herstellersicht betriebswirtschaftliche, technische und technologische Aspekte der Prozessintegration in der Printmedien-Industrie auf Basis des Job Definition Formats. Es ist eine umfassende Darstellung der Thematik, die auf ersten Praxiserfahrungen von Herstellern, Instituten und Anwendern beruht. Entscheidern der Printmedien-Industrie wird mit diesem Buch ein Rahmen für Investitionsentscheidungen in Software und deren Implementierung geliefert. Das Buch zeichnet sich durch seine einfache Sprache mit zahlreichen Begriffserläuterungen, Praxisbeispielen, erläuternden Grafiken und Checklisten aus. 110 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Mai 2004, 2004
ISBN 10: 3540212639 ISBN 13: 9783540212638
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Die verschiedensten Formen von Sonderabgaben sind in der Rechtswissenschaft seit Jahrzehnten in der Diskussion. Das Buch zeigt die Entwicklung der bisherigen Dogmatik zur Beurteilung der verfassungsrechtlichen Zulässigkeit in Literatur und Rechtsprechung auf. Der vorherrschende Ansatz des Bundesverfassungsgerichts wird dabei grundlegend in Frage gestellt und im Ergebnis abgelehnt (Teil B). Es wird sodann eine eigenständige umfassende Lösungskonzeption erarbeitet und in den verfassungsrechtlichen Rahmen eingefügt (Teil C). Die praktische Tragfähigkeit der neuen Lösungskonzeption wird schließlich anhand einiger Beispiele von Sonderabgaben im Umweltrecht, im Wirtschaftsrecht und in sonstigen Rechtsgebieten erprobt (Teil D). 252 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Mai 2004, 2004
ISBN 10: 3540214550 ISBN 13: 9783540214557
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Was bedeutet 'Menschenwürde' Wie lässt sie sich begründen Wem kommt sie zu Wie lässt sich dieses Prinzip gesellschaftlich durchsetzen und auf welche bioethischen Konfliktfälle, insbesondere Konfliktfälle am Lebensanfang, Lebensende und im Rahmen gentechnischer Eingriffe am Menschen lässt es sich anwenden Dies sind die Fragen, die hinter der vorliegenden Untersuchung stehen. Ihr wesentliches Ziel besteht darin, Lösungen und Lösungsalternativen für diese Fragen zu entwickeln und dadurch den gesellschaftlichen Dialog zu versachlichen. 232 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Mai 2004, 2004
ISBN 10: 3540206566 ISBN 13: 9783540206569
Anbieter: Rheinberg-Buch Andreas Meier eK, Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Diese reich illustrierte Einführung in die Meteorologie entstand aus der langjährigen Lehrerfahrung des Autors an den Universitäten München, Göttingen und Bonn. Neben dem Einstieg in dieses Fach bietet sie auch einen Überblick über wichtige Teilgebiete wie die synoptische Meteorologie und die Klimatologie. Die Themen sind für einen weiten Leserkreis interessant, da dasBuch auch geographische und ökologische Aspekte beleuchtet. Alle Fragestellungen werden strukturiert erarbeitet. Das Buch liegt nun, aktualisiert und umfangreich ergänzt, in seiner 3. Auflage vor. 448 pp. Deutsch.
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Mai 2004, 2004
ISBN 10: 3540204342 ISBN 13: 9783540204343
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Verfahrenspfleger sind originäre und allein den kindlichen Interessen verpflichtete Parteivertreter, unabhängig und an Weisungen anderer nicht gebunden. Alle, die diese Aufgabe wahrnehmen oder sich darauf vorbereiten, aber auch Richter, Rechtsanwälte, Jugendamtsmitarbeiter, unterstützt das Buch als Anleitung und Ratgeber. 200 pp. Deutsch.