springer berlin heidelberg jan 1997 (58 résultats)

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Here are two physicists looking over the fence of physics, getting thrilled by the life and growth of trees, taking an altogether different, exciting view of wood: trees produce wood for their own benefit. They do not live for the benefit of man who builds his world using wood as a raw material. Timber is revealed in a different light, and the reader is taught to stop thinking of it in terms of defective beams and boards. Wood only fails as a part of the living tree. To us, the tree and wood biologists, this new definition is a real, inspiring challenge, which is just what Kubler and Mattheck intended it to be. Their answers may seem too simple or little logical to some of us; but the authors are not at a loss for sound and solid arguments. Their field studies prove the incredible, their hypotheses makes us want to get to the bottom of the un proven unbelievable. The authors' answers and arguments are bold and cour ageous. They arouse our curiosity and force us to fathom the facts. It seems as if Kubler and Mattheck wanted to trick us into believing that trees only live and react following mechanical rules and strategies. To tell the truth, that was what I first suspected the authors of: but I was wrong.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 144 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Das 'Gesetz zur Vermeidung, Verwertung und Beseitigung von Abfällen' trat am 28.9.1996 in Kraft. Seither müssen die Unternehmen zentrale Änderungen im Bereich des Abfallrechts beachten. Der vorliegende Band geht ausführlich auf die neuen Anforderungen ein. Es kommen u.a. folgende Themen zur Sprache: Grundsätzliche Veränderungen durch das Gesetz, Anforderungen an Entsorgungsfachbetriebe, Abfallbestimmungsverordnung und Abfallkataloge, Produktverantwortung, Abfallwirtschaftskonzepte und Abfallbilanzen, Energetische Verwertung von Abfall, Stoffliche Verwertung von Abfall, Entsorgungsengineering, Abfallvermeidung, Konzepte zur Abfallüberwachung.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 360 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Hier berichten Fachleute aus Ministerien, Planungs- und Ingenieurbüros zum Thema Standortplanung für thermische Abfallbehandlungsanlagen. Schwerpunkte sind unter anderem: rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen die künftige Rolle thermischer Abfallbehandlungsanlagen Standortsuchverfahren Umweltverträglichkeitsuntersuchung Systemvergleich thermischer Abfallbehandlungsanlagen Kostenanalysen Mediationsverfahren.Zur Darstellung dieser Themen werden konkrete Beispiele und Projekte herangezogen, woduch ein hoher Praxisbezug gewährleistet ist.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 268 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Das Loseblattwerk informiert praxisnah und aktuell uber Methoden der C6kologischen Landwirtschaft und zeigt dem Landwirt realistische Schritte fur die Umstellung auf. Die Kapitel Pflanzenanbau, Anbau im GewC$chshaus, Sorten und Samen, Rinderhaltung, Bienenhaltung und VollwerternC$hrung werden aktualisiert und ergC$nzt. Neu hinzu kommen Grunland und Naturschutz, Backwaren und Anlage von Hecken.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 212 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Inhaltsangabe1 Allgemeine Meßtechnik.- 1.1 Grundsätzliches.- 1.2 Grundbegriffe des Messens.- 1.2.1 Internationales Einheitensystem (SI), Begriffe des Normes, Eichen, Justieren, Kalibrieren.- 1.2.2 Das Meßgerät als System, der Begriff der Übertragung.- 1.3 Meßfehler.- 1.3.1 Statische Fehler, empirische Beschreibung und Klassifizierung.- 1.3.2 Statische Fehler mit systematischen Fehlerursachen.- 1.3.3 Statische Fehler mit zufälligen Fehlerursachen.- 1.3.4 Dynamische Fehler.- 1.3.5 Fehlerkennwerte in der Praxis.- 1.4 Lineare Regression.- 1.5 Filterung.- 1.5.1 Analoge Filterung.- 1.5.2 Digitale Filterung.- 1.6 Anzeige und Registrierung der Meßergebnisse.- 1.6.1 Anzeige.- 1.6.2 Registrierung.- 2 Temperaturmessung.- 2.1 Einleitung.- 2.1.1 Wärmeübertragung.- 2.1.2 Messung der Raumtemperatur.- 2.1.3 Messung in Rohrleitungen.- 2.1.4 Messung im Luftkanal.- 2.1.5 Messung der Außentemperatur.- 2.2 Anwendungsbereiche von Temperaturmeßgeräten.- 2.3 Mechanische Berührungsthermometer.- 2.3.1 Flüssigkeits-Glasthermometer.- 2.3.2 Flüssigkeits-und Dampfdruck-Federthermometer.- 2.3.3 Metall-Ausdehnungsthermometer.- 2.4 Elektrische Temperaturmessung.- 2.4.1 Widerstandsthermometer.- 2.4.1.1 Platin- 100-Sensor, Pt-100 nach DIN IEC 751.- 2.4.1.2 Nickel- 100-Sensor, Ni-100 nach DIN 43760.- 2.4.1.3 Nickel-1000- und Platin- 1000-Sensoren.- 2.4.1.4 Mittelwertbildung mit Widerstandssensoren.- 2.4.2 Halbleiter-Sensoren.- 2.4.3 Elektronische Temperatursensoren.- 2.4.4 Thermoelemente.- 2.4.5 Sekundenthermometer.- 2.4.6 Quarz-Temperatursensoren.- 2.5 Temperatur-Meßfarben.- 2.6 Strahlungspyrometer.- 2.7 Thermografie.- 3 Kraft und Druckmessung.- 3.1 Kraftmeßtechnik.- 3.1.1 Federkörper-Krafitmeßtechnik.- 3.1.2 Piezoelektrische Krafltmeßtechnik.- 3.1.3 Drehmomentmeßtechnik.- 3.1.4 Wägetechnik.- 3.2 Dehnungsmeßtechnik.- 3.2.1 Mechanische und optische Dehnungsmeßgeräte.- 3.2.2 Dehnungsmeßstreifen (DMS).- 3.2.2.1 Meßprinzip von Dehnmeßstreifen.- 3.3 Flüssigkeitsstand und Druck.- 3.3.1 Verfahren zur Bestimmung des Flüssigkeitsstandes.- 3.3.1.1 Schwimmer und Tastplatten.- 3.3.1.2 Elektrische Verfahren.- 3.3.1.3 Hydrostatische und pneumatische Verfahren.- 3.3.2 Druckmessung.- 4 Messung von Strömungsgeschwindigkeit, Durchfluß und Massenstrom.- 4.1 Allgemeines.- 4.2 Gasförmige Medien.- 4.2.1 Pitot-und Staurohr.- 4.2.2 Schalenkreuz-und Flügelradanemometer.- 4.2.3 Thermisches Anemometer.- 4.2.4 Laser-Doppler-Anemometer.- 4.3 Strömungsgeschwindigkeit, Durchfluß, Massenstrom.- 4.3.1 Volumenzähler.- 4.3.2 Wirkdruckverfahren.- 4.3.3 Induktive Durchflußmesser.- 4.3.4 Ultraschall-Strömungsmesser.- 5 Schallmessung.- 5.1 Schall und Schallfeld.- 5.1.1 Schallkenngrößen.- 5.1.1.1 Schalldruck.- 5.1.1.2 Schalleistung.- 5.1.2 Schallausbreitung.- 5.1.2.1 Elementare Schallstrahler.- 5.1.2.2 Kolbenstrahler.- 5.1.2.3 Stehende Schallwellen.- 5.1.2.4 Nahfeld und Fernfeld.- 5.1.2.5 Freies Schallfeld und diffuses Schallfeld.- 5.1.3 Schalldruckpegel.- 5.1.3.1 Bewertung von Schalldruckpegeln.- 5.1.3.2 Mittelung von Schalldruckpegeln.- 5.1.3.3 Beurteilung zeitlich schwankender Geräusche.- 5.2 Messung der Schallkenngrößen.- 5.2.1 Schallpegelmesser.- 5.2.1.1 Mikrofon.- 5.2.1.2 Kalibrierung.- 5.2.2 Schalleistungsmessung.- 5.2.2.1 Hüllflächenverfahren.- 5.2.2.2 Hallraum-Verfahren.- 5.3 Frequenzanalyse.- 6 Analysenmeßtechnik, Bestimmung von Konzentrationen.- 6.1 Gasanalyse.- 6.1.1 Einleitende Bemerkungen.- 6.1.2 Fotometrische Verfahren.- 6.1.2.1 Fotometrische Gasanalyse.- 6.1.2.2 Fotometrische Staubmessung.- 6.1.3 Streulichtverfahren.- 6.1.4 ß-Strahlen-Absorption.- 6.1.5 Bestimmung der Rußzahl.- 6.1.6 Gravimetrische Verfahren.- 6.1.7 Wärmeleitverfahren.- 6.1.8 Wärmetönungssensoren (Reaktionswärmesensoren, Pellistoren).- 6.1.9 Festelektrolyt-Gassensoren ( -Sonde und Sauerstoffmeßzelle).- 6.1.10 Elektrochemische Sensoren.- 6.1.11 Halbleiter-Gassensoren (Mischgassensoren).- 6.1.12 Flammenionisationsdetektor (FID).- 6.1.13 Sauerstoffanalyse unter Ausnutzung des Paramagnetismus.- 6.1.14 Chemilumineszenz zur Messung derSpringer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 452 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Dieses Buch gibt eine fundierte Einführung in die Methoden der Qualitäts- und Zuverlässigkeitssicherung bei der Entwicklung und Produktion von Geräten und Systemen. Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf der Anwendung, vor allem auch in Verbindung mit der ISO 9001 und der EU-Produkthaftungsregelungen. Zahlreiche Beispiele, Abbildungen und Tabellen illustrieren die praxisnah aufbereiteten, sauber mathematisch begründeten Inhalte. Dem Leser wird somit ein rascher Einstieg in Theorie und Praxis der Qualitäts- und Zuverlässigkeitssicherung geboten, der auch für das Selbststudium geeignet ist. Das Werk richtet sich sowohl an Entwicklungsingnieure, Projektleiter, Qualitätsfachleute, Produktionsingenieure sowie Ingenieure in Marketing und Vertrieb als auch an Studenten an Fachhochschulen und Universitäten.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 384 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Die vorliegende Dissertation entstand neben meiner Tätigkeit als Mitarbeiter am Institut für Produktionstechnik GmbH (ifp). Besonders danken möchte ich Herrn Prof. Dr.-Ing. J. Milberg, dem Leiter des Lehrstuhls für Betriebswissenschaften und Montagetechnik (iwb) der Technischen Universität München, der mir die Bearbeitung der Thematik ermöglichte und durch kritische Anregungen und wertvolle Hinweise meine Arbeit stets wohlwollend unterstützte. Herrn Prof. Dr.-Ing. W. Günthner, dem Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Fördertechnik, Materialfluß und Logistik (fml) der Technischen Universität München, danke ich für das meiner Arbeit entgegengebrachte Interesse und die Übernahme des Korreferats. Mein Dank gilt ebenfalls Herrn Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christoph Maier dem Geschäftsführer des Instituts für Produktionstechnik, der die Erstellung der vorliegenden Dissertation unterstützte. Er gab mir die Möglichkeit, meine Erfahrungen aus der Projekttätigkeit in die vorliegende Arbeit einzubringen. Besonderer Dank gilt weiterhin Herrn Dr.-Ing. Stefan Linner, dem ehemaligen Geschäftsführer des Instituts für Produktionstechnik. Seine wertvollen Anregungen motivierten mich, die Idee MATPLANumzusetzen. Schließlich möchte ich mich bei allen Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeitern des ifp und iwb sowie allen Studenten, die mich bei der Erstellung der Arbeit unterstützt haben, recht herzlich bedanken - insbesondere bei Herrn Dipl.-Ing. Ulrich Kohler.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 212 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -ist. 328 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Intelligent agents are computer systems that are capable of flexible autonomous action in dynamic, typically multi-agent domains. Over the past few years, the computer science community has begun to recognise that the technology of intelligent agents provides the key to solving a range of complex software application problems, for which traditional software engineering tools and techniques offer no solution.This book, the third in a series, represents the state of the art in the science of agent systems. It is based on papers presented at the 3rd workshop on Agent Theories, Architectures and Languages (ATAL'96), held in conjunction with the European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI'96) in Budapest, Hungary, in August 1996. It is essential reading for anyone interested in this vital new technology. 428 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book originates from the 5th LOMAPS Workshop on Analysis and Verification of Multiple-Agent Languages, held in Stockholm, Sweden, in June 1996. LOMAPS is an ESPRIT project devoted to program analysis and verification techniques applicable to emerging multi-paradigm programming languages.The volume presents 14 revised full papers selected from the workshop submissions together with 4 invited contributions; also included is an introductory overview surveying the state of the art in the area and putting the contributions into this context. 452 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The history of many sciences is characterized by an almost continuous emer gence of new theories. From a normative point of view, the survival of a new theory should mainly be determined by its ability to explain a new body of facts which the existing theories are unable to explain. If in addition the new theory is able to explain all the results obtained by the existing theories and if it can point out why these theories fail to explain certain facts, it should become the dominant theory. Otherwise, it might coexist with other theories for some time. Hence, a new theory ought to be judged not only by confronting it with existing facts, but also by confronting it with existing theories. The idea that a theory should be able to account for the results ob tained by other theories, although implicitly adhered to by many scientists, has rarely been formalized. The statistics literature on parametric hypoth esis testing, though, might be seen as an instance of such a formalization. 180 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Workshop on Communication and Architectural Support for Network-Based Parallel Computing, CANPC'97, held in San Antonio, Texas, USA, in February 1997.The 19 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from a total of 36 submissions. Among the topics addressed are processor/network interfaces, communication protocols, high-performance network technology, operating systems and architectural issues, and load balancing techniques. All in all, the papers competently describe the state-of-the-art for network-based computing systems. 292 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This carefully arranged book is mainly based on work done by the Intelligent Systems Research Group at BT Laboratories, essentially in cooperation with internationally leading scientists from outside BT. It opens with a detailed introduction surveying the area and putting the work presented in context. Conceptual issues surrounding intelligent agents and multi-agent systems are investigated and the practical and industrial applicability of this exciting new technology is demonstrated. One section is devoted to the rationale, philosophy, and techniques of the emerging area of soft computing. The final section outlines the broader context in dealing with machine intelligence in general and intelligent software systems in particular. 324 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Von der programmiersprachenunabhängigen Objektdefinitionssprache ODL über die C++-basierte Objektmanipulationssprache OML bis zur Anfragesprache OQL und ihrer C++-Anbindung C++-OQL finden Sie alles Wissenswerte. 232 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The book gives a survey of some recent developments in the theory of bundles on curves arising out of the work of Drinfeld and from insights coming from Theoretical Physics. It deals with: 1. The relation between conformal blocks and generalised theta functions (Lectures by S. Kumar) 2. Drinfeld Shtukas (Lectures by G. Laumon) 3. Drinfeld modules and Elliptic Sheaves (Lectures by U. Stuhler) The latter topics are useful in connection with Langlands programme for function fields. The contents of the book would give a comprehensive introduction of these topics to graduate students and researchers.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 204 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In auctions, bidders compete with one another in their attempt to 1 purchase the goods that are up for sale - But buyer competition may be reduced or disappear when a ring of colluding bidders is present. The purpose of the participants to a ring is to eliminate buyer competition and to realize a gain over vendors. When all participants are members of the ring, this is done by purchasing the item at the reserve price and splitting the spoils (the difference between the item market value and the reserve price) among the participants. 'The term ring apparently derives from the fact that in a settlement sale following the auction, members of the collusive arrangement form a circle or ring to facilitate observation of their trading behavior by the ring leader' (Cassady jr. (1967)). If the coalition members knew other players' values, the problem faced by the ring might be easily solved: the player with the highest value should submit a serious bid and the other members, on the contrary, only phony bids. However, ring participants do not usually know the values of other members. Therefore, ring members have to find out some mechanism which selects the player who has to bid seriously and, eventually, esta blish side payments paid to each of the losers2. 188 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This thoroughly refereed and well organized collection of papers is largely based on papers originally presented at the IJCAI'95 Workshop on Fuzzy Logic in AI, held in Montreal, Canada, in August 1995. Additionally, a few papers were invited in order to round off the scope and competent coverage of relevant topics.The 20 revised full papers included are organized in sections on hybrid and novel architectures, machine learning and data mining, image processing and computer vision, and theoretical developments. Focusing on the most pressing problems of AI, the volume supports the view that fuzzy systems combined with traditional AI leads the move towards the next generation of intelligent systems. 292 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Nonmonotonic logics were created as an abstraction of some types of common sense reasoning, analogous to the way classical logic serves to formalize ideal reasoning about mathematical objects. These logics are nonmonotonic in the sense that enlarging the set of axioms does not necessarily imply an enlargement of the set of formulas deducible from these axioms. Such situations arise naturally, for example, in the use of information of different degrees of reliability.This book emphasizes basic concepts by outlining connections between different formalisms of nonmonotonic logic, and gives a coherent presentation of recent research results and reasoning techniques. It provides a self-contained state-of-the-art survey of the area addressing researchers in AI lo 260 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -During the years that have intervened since the third volume of the International Life Seiences Institute (ILSI) Monographs on Pathology of Laboratory Animals, Digestive System, was published, new information of interest to pathologists has developed at a rather remarkable pace. Standardized nomenclature has been proposed and gained significant acceptance during the period since the first edition and isbeing utilized on aninternational basis. Thishas resulted in improvement in communi cationof pathologic data to reguiatory agencies and inscientific publica tions worldwide. This monograph series and others sponsored by ILSI have had significant effects on improved communications and the inter national acceptance of standardized nomenclature. In this second edition, new formats have been used in some instances where more appropriate for the subjects to be eovered. The format introduced in the first edition remains useful as it emphasizes the neces sityto reeognize the morphologie features of pathologic lesions to iden tify them precisely. This identifieation is an essential first step toward development of new insightsintopathogenetic meehanismsand their use in decisions eventually applieable to public health. Newinformation is included in thisedition on the nature and variability of preneoplastic lesions in the Iiver of laboratory rodents. Data on the aeeompanying changes in enzyme activity in affeeted Iiver cells are ex panded, and additional information on spongiosis hepatis in the rat and its relation to spongiotic pericytoma is a further feature. In a few in stanees, research on a pathologie entity has been Iimitedbut its recogni tionremains important. Thisjustifiesinclusion of suchentities in the new edition. 480 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -In auctions, bidders compete with one another in their attempt to 1 purchase the goods that are up for sale ¿ But buyer competition may be reduced or disappear when a ring of colluding bidders is present. The purpose of the participants to a ring is to eliminate buyer competition and to realize a gain over vendors. When all participants are members of the ring, this is done by purchasing the item at the reserve price and splitting the spoils (the difference between the item market value and the reserve price) among the participants. 'The term ring apparently derives from the fact that in a settlement sale following the auction, members of the collusive arrangement form a circle or ring to facilitate observation of their trading behavior by the ring leader' (Cassady jr. (1967)). If the coalition members knew other players' values, the problem faced by the ring might be easily solved: the player with the highest value should submit a serious bid and the other members, on the contrary, only phony bids. However, ring participants do not usually know the values of other members. Therefore, ring members have to find out some mechanism which selects the player who has to bid seriously and, eventually, esta blish side payments paid to each of the losers2.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 188 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This carefully arranged book is mainly based on work done by the Intelligent Systems Research Group at BT Laboratories, essentially in cooperation with internationally leading scientists from outside BT. It opens with a detailed introduction surveying the area and putting the work presented in context. Conceptual issues surrounding intelligent agents and multi-agent systems are investigated and the practical and industrial applicability of this exciting new technology is demonstrated. One section is devoted to the rationale, philosophy, and techniques of the emerging area of soft computing. The final section outlines the broader context in dealing with machine intelligence in general and intelligent software systems in particular.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 324 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Nonmonotonic logics were created as an abstraction of some types of common sense reasoning, analogous to the way classical logic serves to formalize ideal reasoning about mathematical objects. These logics are nonmonotonic in the sense that enlarging the set of axioms does not necessarily imply an enlargement of the set of formulas deducible from these axioms. Such situations arise naturally, for example, in the use of information of different degrees of reliability.This book emphasizes basic concepts by outlining connections between different formalisms of nonmonotonic logic, and gives a coherent presentation of recent research results and reasoning techniques. It provides a self-contained state-of-the-art survey of the area addressing researchers in AI loSpringer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 260 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book originates from the 5th LOMAPS Workshop on Analysis and Verification of Multiple-Agent Languages, held in Stockholm, Sweden, in June 1996. LOMAPS is an ESPRIT project devoted to program analysis and verification techniques applicable to emerging multi-paradigm programming languages.The volume presents 14 revised full papers selected from the workshop submissions together with 4 invited contributions; also included is an introductory overview surveying the state of the art in the area and putting the contributions into this context.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 452 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The original articles included in the present book have primarily been taken from papers presented at the International Advanced Course, more precise the Master on Sports Cardiology, held in Rome from November 27 to December 15 1995 at the School of Sport and Institute of Sport Sciences of the Italian National Olympic Committee. The contributions, written by internationally acknowledged scientists, appeared after extensive and careful revision by the Authors, and represent current and highly profitable scientific material. The incentive to publish this work came from Springer-Verlag, a renowned publi sher, and the articles have been compiled in Advances in Sports Cardiology. The present volume is an easy-to-consult, comprehensive and up-to-date refe rence. Possible future developments in cardiovascular evaluation in athletes have been covered, too. The cardiological evaluation of athletes represents a more than 30 years-old discipline in'Italy, with legal implications, which compel physicians in this field to investigate in each individual athlete the possible, innermost causes of cardiovascular abnormality and to express a circumstantial prognostic asses sment. Cardiologists in this field should have an extensive background in phy siology but should also be aware of the indications and limits of the instrumen tal diagnostic procedures used in clinical practice as well as of the distinction between normal physiological adaptation to exercise and training and a true pathological cardiac process. Hence, sound basis in physiology with a major interest in clinical practice distinguishes sports cardiology as a new and origi nal discipline.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 172 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book constitutes the strictly refereed post-conference proceedings of the International Symposium on Graph Drawing, GD'96, held in Berkeley, California, in September 1996.The 24 revised full papers and the 8 systems demonstrations presented in the book were carefully selected from a total of 50 papers and 24 demos submitted. Also included is a summary of the annual graph drawing competition. Among the topics covered are planarity, upward and orthogonal drawing, heuristics, experimental results, and graph drawing systems.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 428 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The history of many sciences is characterized by an almost continuous emer gence of new theories. From a normative point of view, the survival of a new theory should mainly be determined by its ability to explain a new body of facts which the existing theories are unable to explain. If in addition the new theory is able to explain all the results obtained by the existing theories and if it can point out why these theories fail to explain certain facts, it should become the dominant theory. Otherwise, it might coexist with other theories for some time. Hence, a new theory ought to be judged not only by confronting it with existing facts, but also by confronting it with existing theories. The idea that a theory should be able to account for the results ob tained by other theories, although implicitly adhered to by many scientists, has rarely been formalized. The statistics literature on parametric hypoth esis testing, though, might be seen as an instance of such a formalization.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 180 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Workshop on Communication and Architectural Support for Network-Based Parallel Computing, CANPC'97, held in San Antonio, Texas, USA, in February 1997.The 19 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from a total of 36 submissions. Among the topics addressed are processor/network interfaces, communication protocols, high-performance network technology, operating systems and architectural issues, and load balancing techniques. All in all, the papers competently describe the state-of-the-art for network-based computing systems.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 292 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Intelligent agents are computer systems that are capable of flexible autonomous action in dynamic, typically multi-agent domains. Over the past few years, the computer science community has begun to recognise that the technology of intelligent agents provides the key to solving a range of complex software application problems, for which traditional software engineering tools and techniques offer no solution.This book, the third in a series, represents the state of the art in the science of agent systems. It is based on papers presented at the 3rd workshop on Agent Theories, Architectures and Languages (ATAL'96), held in conjunction with the European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI'96) in Budapest, Hungary, in August 1996. It is essential reading for anyone interested in this vital new technology.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 428 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This thoroughly refereed and well organized collection of papers is largely based on papers originally presented at the IJCAI'95 Workshop on Fuzzy Logic in AI, held in Montreal, Canada, in August 1995. Additionally, a few papers were invited in order to round off the scope and competent coverage of relevant topics.The 20 revised full papers included are organized in sections on hybrid and novel architectures, machine learning and data mining, image processing and computer vision, and theoretical developments. Focusing on the most pressing problems of AI, the volume supports the view that fuzzy systems combined with traditional AI leads the move towards the next generation of intelligent systems.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 292 pp. Englisch.