Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies

Douglas Hofstadter , "Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies"Basic Books (March 1, 1996) ISBN:0465024750 532 pages Djvu 5,2 Mb

Douglas Hofstadter, best known for his masterpiece Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, tackles the subject of artificial intelligence and machine learning in his thought-provoking work Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies, written in conjunction with the Fluid Analogies Research Group at the University of Michigan. Driven to discover whether computers can be made to "think" like humans, Hofstadter and his colleagues created a variety of computer programs that extrapolate sequences, apply pattern-matching strategies, make analogies, and even act "creative." As always, Hofstadter's work requires devotion on the part of the reader, but rewards him with fascinating insights into the nature of both human and machine intelligence. Book Description"Will change your idea of what it is to be creative and even what it is to be human."--(William Poundstone, New York Times Book Review)

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HPLC: A Practical User's Guide, 2nd Edition

Marvin McMaster, HPLC: A Practical User's Guide, 2nd EditionWiley ISBN: 9780471754015 2007 HTML & PDF 238 Pages 9.2 Mb

This Second Edition of the classic handbook details how to set up an HPLC system that capitalizes on the latest innovations. It covers new techniques in high-temperature, micro-flow, and ultra-fast chromatography, the linking of an HPLC to a mass spectrometer, and more. Complete with a CD-ROM and appendices, this guide has everything chromatographers need to know to confidently separate, identify, purify, and quantify compounds.

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Advanced Javascript

Advanced JavascriptWordware Publishing, Inc.; 2nd edition ISBN:155622852X 703 pages May 25, 2001 PDF 5 Mb

Focuses on professional-level JavaScript techniques, including the latest developments.
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Advanced PHP Programming (Developer's Library)

Advanced PHP Programming (Developer's Library)Sams ISBN: 0672325616 672 pages March 1, 2004 PDF 2 Mb

Over the past three years PHP has evolved from being a niche language used to add dynamic functionality to small sites to a powerful tool making strong inroads into large-scale, business-critical Web systems. The rapid maturation of PHP has created a skeptical population of users from more traditional "enterprise" languages who question the readiness and ability of PHP to scale, as well as a large population of PHP developers without formal computer science backgrounds who have learned through the hands-on experimentation while developing small and midsize applications in PHP.While there are many books on learning PHP and developing small applications with it, there is a serious lack of information on "scaling" PHP for large-scale, business-critical systems. Schlossnagle's Advanced PHP Programming fills that void, demonstrating that PHP is ready for enterprise Web applications by showing the reader how to develop PHP-based applications for maximum performance, stability, and extensibility.

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Computational Intelligence An Introduction

Andries P. Engelbrecht, "Computational Intelligence: An Introduction " Wiley; 2 edition (December 10, 2007) ISBN: 0470035617 628 pages PDF 3,7 Mb

Computational Intelligence: An Introduction, Second Edition offers an in-depth exploration into the adaptive mechanisms that enable intelligent behaviour in complex and changing environments. The main focus of this text is centred on the computational modelling of biological and natural intelligent systems, encompassing swarm intelligence, fuzzy systems, artificial neutral networks, artificial immune systems and evolutionary computation. Engelbrecht provides readers with a wide knowledge of Computational Intelligence (CI) paradigms and algorithms; inviting readers to implement and problem solve real-world, complex problems within the CI development framework. This implementation framework will enable readers to tackle new problems without any difficulty through a single Java class as part of the CI library. Key features of this second edition include: A tutorial, hands-on based presentation of the material. State-of-the-art coverage of the most recent developments in computational intelligence with more elaborate discussions on intelligence and artificial intelligence (AI). New discussion of Darwinian evolution versus Lamarckian evolution, also including swarm robotics, hybrid systems and artificial immune systems. A section on how to perform empirical studies; topics including statistical analysis of stochastic algorithms, and an open source library of CI algorithms. Tables, illustrations, graphs, examples, assignments, Java code implementing the algorithms, and a complete CI implementation and experimental framework. Computational Intelligence: An Introduction, Second Edition is essential reading for third and fourth year undergraduate and postgraduate students studying CI. The first edition has been prescribed by a number of overseas universities and is thus a valuable teaching tool. In addition, it will also be a useful resource for researchers in Computational Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence, as well as engineers, statisticians, operational researchers, and bioinformaticians with an interest in applying AI or CI to solve problems in their domains.

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Optimal Real-time Control of Sewer Networks

Magdalene Marinaki, Markos Papageorgiou, "Optimal Real-time Control of Sewer Networks" Springer; 1 edition (December 1, 2004) ISBN: 1852338946 162 pages PDF 3,4 Mb

Recent years have seen a very marked increase in the desire to protect the environment from any and all malign influences. The maintenance or restoration of water quality is a vital part of that protection. A sine qua non of control system development for modern sewer networks is therefore the preservation of the water system around a networks outflow(s). Several approaches have been proposed for the optimisation of sewage control and Optimal Real-time Control of Sewer Networks provides a comparative synthesis of a central sewer network flow control based on two of these: nonlinear-optimal and multivariable-feedback control.In nonlinear optimal control, control and operational objectives are treated directly by the formulation of a nonlinear cost function minimized according to system constraints and the relevant state equation. The comparison presented uses the rolling horizon method for the real-time application of the optimal control algorithm with updated inflow predictions and updated initial conditions.On the other hand, the linear multivariable feedback regulator considered with and without feedforward terms to account for external inflows is developed via a systematic linear-quadratic procedure including precise specifications on model structure, equations and the choice of nominal steady state and quadratic criterion.The comprehensive testing and comparison of these protocols is undertaken on the basis of their respective control results for the real large-scale sewer network located around the river Obere Iller in Bavaria. The control strategies now implemented within this network are based on this study.Starting at the selection of possible methods of control and moving to the actual implementation of those methods in a real sewer system, Optimal Real-time Control of Sewer Networks will be invaluable to control and civil engineers working in sewage flow and wastewater treatment and of great interest to academics wishing to see how their ideas on optimal control are likely to work out when practically applied.

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