Electronic Books

Steel Designers' Handbook / Branko E. Gorenc, A. Syam, Ron Tinyou

Stochastic Global Optimization

This book presents the main methodological and theoretical developments in stochastic global optimization. The extensive ...

Stochastic Learning and Optimization

(Four areas in one book) This book covers various disciplines in learning and optimization, including perturbation analysis ...

Stochastic Linear Programming

STOCHASTIC LINEAR PROGRAMMING: Models, Theory, and Computation is a definitive presentation and discussion of the theoretical ...

Stochastic Optimization

The search for optimal solutions pervades our daily lives. From the scientific point of view, optimization procedures play ...

Stochastic Optimization Methods

Optimization problems arising in practice involve random model parameters. For the computation of robust optimal solutions, ...

Stochastic Orders

Stochastic ordering is a fundamental guide for decision making under uncertainty. It is also an essential tool in the study ...

Stochastic Processes, Optimization, and Control Theory: Applications in Financial Engineering, Queueing Networks, and Manufacturing Systems

This book presents stochastic processes, control theory, differential games, optimization, and their applications in finance, ...

Stochastic Simulation

Sampling-based computational methods have become a fundamental part of the numerical toolset of practitioners and researchers ...

Stone Conservation: Principles and Practice / Alison Henry

Brings together contributions from leading stone conservation practitioners. It discusses the philosophical principles on ...

Strategic Supply Chain Management in Process Industries

More and more often practitioners in process industry have to adapt their global production networks to changes in the competitive ...

Stratosphere Troposphere Interactions : An Introduction

This textbook describes various physical, radiative, dynamical and chemical processes involved in the coupling between the ...

Street-Level Architecture : The Past, Present and Future of Interactive Frontages / Conrad Kickert, Hans Karssenberg

Provides the tools to maintain and rebuild the interaction between architecture and public space. Despite the best intentions ...

String Processing and Information Retrieval (vol. # 3772)

String processing (dictionary algorithms, text sear- ing, pattern matching, text compression, text mining, natural language ...

String Processing and Information Retrieval (vol. # 4209)

This volume contains the papers presented at the 13th International Symposium on String Processing and Information Retrieval ...

Structural Restoration of Masonry Monuments Arches, Domes and Walls / George Penelis, Gregory Penelis

This guide to structural assessment and restoration of masonry monuments and historical buildings outlines the techniques, ...

Structure for Architects : A Case Study in Steel, Wood, and Reinforced Concrete Design / Ashwani Bedi, Ramsey Dabby

This book focuses on structural principles applied to the design of typical structural members—a beam, a girder, and a ...

Structure for Dependability: Computer-Based Systems from an Interdisciplinary Perspective

This book breaks new ground by presenting an interdisciplinary approach to a crucial problem – system dependability. Computer-based ...

Student Feedback on Teaching in Schools Using Student Perceptions for the Development of Teaching and Teachers

This book provides a comprehensive and informative overview of the current state of research about student perceptions of ...

Stufish - Entertainment Architecture (Architectural Design) / Ray Winkler, Neil Spiller

Looks at the work of STUFISH Entertainment Architects. Founded by the late Mark Fisher, the legendary British architect known ...