Evolutionary Computation in Practice (Studies in Computational Intelligence)



Evolutionary Computation in Practice (Studies in Computational Intelligence)
Springer; 1 edition | ISBN: 3540757708 | 322 pages | February 1, 2008 | PDF | 17 Mb

This book is loaded with examples in which computer scientists and engineers have used evolutionary computation - programs that mimic natural evolution - to solve real problems. They arent abstract, mathematically intensive papers, but accounts of solving important problems, including tips from the authors on how to avoid common pitfalls, maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of the search process, and many other practical suggestions. Some of the authors have already won Humies - Human Competitive Results Awards - for the work described in this book. I highly recommend it as a highly concentrated source of good problem-solving approaches that are applicable to many real-world problems.

Topics in Discrete Mathematics: Dedicated to Jarik Nesetril on the Occasion of his 60th birthday



Topics in Discrete Mathematics: Dedicated to Jarik Nesetril on the Occasion of his 60th birthday
(Algorithms and Combinatorics)
Springer; 1 edition | ISBN: 3540336982 | 627 pages | August 18, 2006 | PDF | 6 Mb

The book offers the readers a collection of high quality papers in selected topics of Discrete Mathematics, to celebrate the 60th birthday of Professor Jarik Neetril. Leading experts have contributed survey and research papers in the areas of Algebraic Combinatorics, Combinatorial Number Theory, Game theory, Ramsey Theory, Graphs and Hypergraphs, Homomorphisms, Graph Colorings and Graph Embeddings.

Real-Time Applications with Stochastic Task Execution Times: Analysis and Optimisation



Real-Time Applications with Stochastic Task Execution Times: Analysis and Optimisation
Springer; 1 edition | ISBN: 1402055056 | 160 pages | January 2007 | PDF | 1 Mb

Embedded systems have become indispensable in our lives: household appliances, cars, airplanes, power plant control systems, medical equipment, telecommunication systems, space technology, they all contain digital computing systems with dedicated functionality. Most of them, if not all, are real-time systems, i.e. their responses to stimuli have timeliness constraints.

The Enlightened Kitchen: Eat Your Way to Better Health



The Enlightened Kitchen: Eat Your Way to Better Health
John Wiley and Sons, Inc. | ISBN:047108929X | 2002 | English | 322 pages | PDF | RS | 1.5 MB

Enjoy the health benefits of richly flavorful plant-based cuisine with 175 sure-to-satisfy recipes found in The Enlightened Kitchen, based on the newspaper column of the same name. In this, her fourth book, Marie Oser helps you discover how to convert traditional favorites normally high in saturated fat, calories, and cholesterol into healthy, wholesome, and satisfying meals. These enlightened dishes are absolutely delicious, having all of the flavor, texture, and eye appeal you expect from gourmet fare–but without the unhealthy baggage that often comes with traditional ingredients. Enjoy dishes that are good-tasting and good for you! Making food choices that lead to optimal health and well-being has never been easier– or tastier.

Model-Based Testing of Reactive Systems: Advanced Lectures (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)



Model-Based Testing of Reactive Systems: Advanced Lectures (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
Springer; 1 edition | ISBN: 3540262784 | 659 pages | August 22, 2005 | PDF | 4 Mb

Testing is the primary hardware and software verification technique used by industry today. Usually, it is ad hoc, error prone, and very expensive. In recent years, however, many attempts have been made to develop more sophisticated formal testing methods. This coherent book provides an in-depth assessment of this emerging field, focusing on formal testing of reactive systems.

This book is based on a seminar held in Dagstuhl Castle, Germany, in January 2004. It presents 19 carefully reviewed and revised lectures given at the seminar in a well-balanced way ensuring competent complementary coverage of all relevant aspects. An appendix provides a glossary for model-based testing and basics on finite state machines and on labelled transition systems. The lectures are presented in topical sections on testing of finite state machines, testing of labelled transition systems, model-based test case generation, tools and case studies, standardized test notation and execution architectures, and beyond testing.

Semantics with Applications: An Appetizer (Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science)



Semantics with Applications: An Appetizer (Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science)
Springer; 1 edition | ISBN: 1846286913 | 274 pages | March 28, 2007 | PDF | 1 Mb

Semantics will have an important role to play in the future development of software systems and domain specific languages, and there is a real need for an introductory book that presents the fundamental ideas behind these approaches; stresses their relationship by formulating and proving the relevant theorems; and illustrates the applications of semantics in computer science.

This book investigates the relationship between the various methods and describes some of the main ideas used, illustrating these via interesting applications. Historically important application areas are used together with some exciting potential applications including: Validating prototype implementations of programming languages. Verifying program analyses that are part of more advanced implementations of programming languages. Verifying security analyses. Verifying useful program properties including information about execution time.

Analyses of Aircraft Responses to Atmospheric Turbulence



Willem Van Staveren " Analyses of Aircraft Responses to Atmospheric Turbulence "
Delft Univ Pr | 2003-12 | ISBN:9040724539 | 502 pages | PDF | 23 Mb

This is a Ph.D. dissertation. The response of aircraft to stochastic atmospheric turbulence plays an important role in, for example, aircraft design (load calculations) and flight simulation (handling qualities research and pilot training). In order to simulate these aircraft responses, an accurate mathematical model is required. Two classical models will be discussed in this thesis that is the Delft University of Technology (DUT) model and the Four Point Aircraft (FPA) model. Although they are well established, their fidelity remains obscure. The cause lies in one of the requirements for system identification; it has always been necessary to relate inputs to outputs to determine, or identify, system dynamic characteristics. From experiments, using both the measured input and the measured output, a mathematical model of any system can be obtained.