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This book presents a computational model of design problem solving in which problems may be under-specified and domain knowledge may be incomplete. The approach combines plausible inference methods for generating, adapting, and evaluating designs, together with a flexible control strategy that accommodates constraints emerging late in the design process.

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The purpose of this book is to provide a medium for an exchange of expertise and concerns. In order to achieve the goal, the editors have solicited contributions from both computational intelligence as well as biology researchers. They have collected contributions from the CI community describing powerful new methodologies that could, or currently are, utilized for biology-oriented applications. On the other hand, the book also contains chapters devoted to open problems in biology that are in need of strong computational techniques, so the CI community can find a brand new and potentially intriguing spectrum of applications.

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This collection of articles presents a snapshot of the status of computability theory at the end of the millennium and a list of fruitful directions for future research. The papers represent the works of experts in the field who were invited speakers at the AMS-IMS-SIAM Joint Summer Conference on Computability Theory and Applications held at the University of Colorado (Boulder). The conference focused on open problems in computability theory and on some related areas in which the ideas, methods, and/or results of computability theory play a role.

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The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: New York, E.P. Dutton and Company; Publication date: 1922; Subjects: Industries; Labor and laboring classes; Working class; Labor movement; Labor; Business ... Read more

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This is an invaluable textbook, prepared by the Open University team and designed so that it can be read on its own or as part of the OU course. This second edition has been fully revised and updated including new colour illustrations increasing the striking spread of full colour diagrams throughout the book. The clarity of the text has been improved, providing comprehensive coverage of the evolution of ocean basins and their structure in a clear, concise manner aimed specifically at the student market.

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This volume is a collection of surveys of research problems in topology and its applications.The topics covered include general topology, set-theoretic topology, continuum theory, topological algebra, dynamical systems, computational topology and functional analysis.

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101 Short Problems / 101 Problemas Cortos How manycats and canaries can fit in Ms. Jones' pet shop? What does Aliceexperience when she revisits the Wonderland of her youth? These aretwo of the many intriguing questions in this fun-filled collection ofshort, open mathematics problems. By exploring different strategiesand applying them to real-world situations, students discover thatproblems can be solved in more than one way. 101 Short Problems isperfect for group work, investigation starters, homework, andmathematics explorations. Topics include numerical and spatialreasoning, probability and statistics, patterns and relationships,algebraic thinking, and discrete mathematics. The problems are notcomplex or tricky; everybody can find a place to start. This dualEnglish/Spanish book is invaluable for teaching math in bilingualclassrooms.

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Throughout this book, we discuss some open problems in various branches of science, including mathematics, theoretical physics, astrophysics, geophysics etc. It is of our hope that some of the problems discussed in this book will find their place either in theoretical exploration or further experiments, while some parts of these problems may be found useful for scholarly stimulation.The present book is also intended for young physics and mathematics fellows who will perhaps find the unsolved problems described here are at least worth pondering. If this book provides only a few highlights of plausible solutions, it is merely to keep the fun of readers in discovering the answers by themselves. Bon voyage! ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Engineering Economist, published by Institute of Industrial Engineers, Inc. (IIE) on September 22, 1995. The length of the article is 4775 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: This paper deals with the search of consistent optima in pure capital rationing problems. These problems are summarized in the second section, together with some recent theorems on the existence of such optima and on their properties. A new theorem in the third section makes the search of those optima almost trivial and shows that fractional projects play a very narrow role. Section four explains why some well-known problems admit no consistent optima and why many iterative procedures suggested to find them fail. The final section deals with the economic implications of our results.

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Title: Some open problems in pure capital rationing theory.
Author: Maria Elena De Giuli
Publication: Engineering Economist (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 1995
Publisher: Institute of Industrial Engineers, Inc. (IIE)
Volume: v41Issue: n1Page: p77(13)

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