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In the study of the computational structure of biological/robotic sensorimotor systems, distributed models have gained center stage. This book addresses this research area providing a set of articulated presentations which include reviews, computational models, simulation studies, psychophysical, and neurophysiological experiments.

This volume focuses on theory and methods within the area of statistics. Topics covered include: a historical perspective; relations and identities; distributed function of statistics; extremes and asymptotics; and resampling methods.

The origin of knowledge about the self is a fundamental problem of psychology. Progress in the study of infant and animal behavior provides insights about the origins of self-knowledge. This book is a collection of theoretical views and research on the self in early infancy, prior to self-identification and emergence of mirror self-recognition.

Introduces a range of combinatorial methods for those who want to apply these methods in the solution of practical and theoretical problems. This book contains exercises on random walks on graphs and their relations to eigenvalues, expansion properties and electrical resistance.

The production of proteins in mammalian cells is an important tool in numerous scientific and commercial areas. This book presents a comprehensive coverage of the technical aspects of gene expression in mammalian cells, written by experienced scientists.

From a detailed analysis of hypercomplex numbers in up to four dimensions, Silviu Olariu presents hypercomplex number properties in five and six dimensions and on to an analysis of polar and planar hypercomplex numbers in n dimensions.

Contains the written versions of lectures delivered since 1997 in the weekly seminar on Applied Mathematics at the College de France in Paris, directed by Jacques-Louis Lions. This book includes texts that deal with various aspects of the theory of nonlinear partial differential equations.

The subject of aluminium and Alzheimer's disease has been plagued with controversy. This book brings together scientists researching aluminium and life and contains their summaries on the known facts about aluminium toxicity in man and offers an opinion on the implications of this knowledge on a link between aluminium and Alzheimer's disease.

Traces the emergence and the economic and legal content of the different income support tools for agricultural producers, collectively termed 'production rights'. This work also looks at the foundations of the specific national conceptions underlying the methods of organising agricultural activity.

Describes the methodological basics of soil liquid phase research: methods of soil solution extraction, the main problems of application of ion-selective electrodes for immediate in situ assessment of ionic activity in soil liquid phase and redox potential, and ways to overcome those problems.

Parallel CFD 2000, the Twelfth in an International series of meetings featuring computational fluid dynamics research on parallel computers, was held May 22-25, 2000 in Trondheim, Norway.

Reviews the history of numerical analysis of PDEs. This volume explores the formulation of the concept of stability in the Lax equivalence theorem and the Kreiss matrix lemmas. It describes, spline collocation methods, spectral methods and wavelet methods.

ParCFD 2001, the thirteenth international conference on Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics took place in Egmond aan Zee, the Netherlands, from May 21-23, 2001. This title constitutes the proceedings of ParCFD 2001 that present an overview of the developments in parallel computational fluid dynamics.

Contains contributions in the area of differential equations and integral equations. This volume studies the problem of establishing upper bounds for the norm of the nth power of square matrices. It discusses the numerical methods for the computation and continuation of equilibria and bifurcation points of equilibria of dynamical systems.

Helps potential users in choosing appropriate software for the problems they need to solve. This volume includes review articles that provide both researchers and practitioners with snapshots of the development with regard to algorithms for particular classes of problem.

The Haifa 2000 Workshop on 'Inherently Parallel Algorithms for Feasibility and Optimization and their Applications' brought together top scientists in this area. This volume presents the proceedings of the Workshop representing the discussions, debates and communications that took place.

Provides coverage of function spaces of low Borel complexity. This book collects knowledge about general topology. It contains exercises which aim to test the reader's understanding of the material, supply proofs of statements that are used in the text and provide additional information.

For various reasons, but mainly in order to approximate reality, a large number of unknowns are needed in complex equation systems. Over the years, the authors have studied the problem of Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication, resulting in a stable solver. This book describes the problems analyzed and solved, and how they came together in the EHL solver.

Provides a comprehensive exposition of the use of set-theoretic methods in abelian group theory, module theory, and homological algebra, including applications to Whitehead's Problem, the structure of Ext and the existence of almost-free modules over non-perfect rings. This book is useful for graduates and researchers in both algebra and logic.

In accordance with the developments in computation, theoretical studies on numerical schemes are needed. This book studies various schemes from operator theoretical points of view. It includes chapters such as: Boundary Value Problems and FEM; Semigroup Theory and FEM; Evolution Equations and FEM; Other Methods in Time Discretization; and more.

With the help of leading Quality Assurance and Quality Control microbiology specialists in Europe, a set of guidelines on how to start and implement a quality system in a microbiological laboratory has been prepared, supported by the European Commission through the Measurement and Testing Programme. This book contains the outcome of their work.

Studies automorphism groups of both graphs and maps. This book includes chapters on the subfields of enumerative topological graph theory and random topological graph theory, as well as on the composition of English church-bell music. It places emphasis on Cayley maps: imbeddings of Cayley graphs for finite groups.

Bamboos constitute one of a few select categories of plants which are taxonomically related, very rich in species and of vital economic and ecological importance. This comprehensive reference provides basic information on bamboos world wide. It is suitable for those interested in the morphology, taxonomy, distribution and cultivation of bamboos.

Describes solar surface magnetism. This book includes topics such as solar surface magnetism, solar magnetic activity, dynamical response of the heliosphere, space environment exploration and monitoring; and, space weather prediction.

Passing no judgement on the concept of repetitive work or assembly line work, this manual contains a rich source of hard-to-find information that should facilitate practical applications of the principles of ergonomics.