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Understanding Programming Languages

This book is about describing the meaning of programming languages. While a compiler or an interpreter offers a form of formal ...

Understanding Society and Natural Resources : Forging New Strands of Integration Across the Social Sciences

In this edited open access book leading scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds wrestle with social science integration ...

Understanding the Bigger Energy Picture

This book gives an overview of today’s energy problem in the context of a rising world population, climate change and the ...

Unemployment Insurance and Non-Standard Employment : Four European Countries in Comparison

The importance of non-standard employment forms has increased over the last decades. Janine Leschke addresses two important ...

Unfoldings : A Partial-Order Approach to Model Checking

In this book the authors introduce unfoldings, an approach to model checking which alleviates the state explosion problem ...

Uniform Output Regulation of Nonlinear Systems

This book is one of the first systematic studies on the nonlinear output regulation problem that embraces both the local ...

Unifying Themes in Complex Systems IV : Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Complex Systems

In June of 2002, over 500 professors, students and researchers met in Boston, Massachusetts for the Fourth International ...

Unifying Themes in Complex Systems, Vol. IIIA: Overview

This volume contains selected transcripts from presentations given at the conference. Speakers include: Chris Adami, Kenneth ...

Unifying Themes in Complex Systems, Vol. IIIB: New Research

This volume contains over 35 papers selected from those presented at the conference on topics including: self-organization ...

Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Applications and Services

This volume, edited by Constantine Stephanidis, contains papers in the thematic area of Universal Access in Human Computer ...

Uranium in the Environment

Uranium is an element to be found ubiquitous in rock, soil, and water. Uranium concentrations in natural ground water can ...

Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto and How to Observe Them

This book tells the story of two giants and a dwarf. The giants, Uranus and Neptune, are mostly huge balls of gas, and they ...

Urban Ecology : An International Perspective on the Interaction Between Humans and Nature

Urban Ecology is the study of ecosystems that include humans living in cities and urbanizing landscapes. This book presents ...

Urban Environmental Management and Technology

This book examines the importance of urban environmental management in the face of formidable challenges. It offers a comprehensive ...

Urban Informatics

This book is the first to systematically introduce the principles of urban informatics and its application to every aspect ...

Urban and Community Forestry in the Northeast

This book serves as a textbook for Urban/Community Forestry courses and a handbook for Shade Tree Commissions, tree wardens, ...

Urethral Reconstructive Surgery

Urethral reconstructive surgery can often be complex, time consuming and demanding. Enlightening urologists in a practical ...

Urologic Robotic Surgery

Laparoscopy has allowed surgeons to perform major surgical procedures through small incisions. The introduction of laparoscopy ...

Urological Oncology

Urological Oncology provides a comprehensive overview of the multi-disciplinary management of adult genito-urinary (GU) cancers. ...

Usability of Speech Dialog Systems : Listening to the Target Audience

this book is based on the fact that it is the usersâ judgments that is the final measure regarding usability and acceptance ...

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