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Chaos by James Gleick
RRP: $27.28$19.09Uncover one of the most exciting frontiers of modern physics in this fascinating, insightful and accessible overview of Chaos theory.'An exceedingly readable introduction to a new intellectual world' ObserverFrom the turbulence of the weather to the... -
National 5 Maths Student Book: Revise for SQA Exams (Leckie N5 Revision) by Craig Lowther 9780008282004
RRP: $46.18$44.08Exam Board: SQA Level: National 5 Subject: Maths First Teaching: 2017, First Exam: 2018 The National 5 Maths Student Book helps map your... -
A Student's Guide to the Navier-Stokes Equations by Justin W. Garvin 9781009236164
RRP: $37.78$32.59The Navier-Stokes equations describe the motion of fluids and are an invaluable addition to the toolbox of every physicist, applied mathematician, and engineer. The equations arise from applying Newton's laws of motion to a moving fluid and are... -
Complexity: A Very Short Introduction by John H. Holland
RRP: $18.88$13.55The importance of complexity is well-captured by Hawking's comment: "Complexity is the science of the 21st century". From the movement of flocks of birds to the Internet, environmental sustainability, and market regulation, the study and understanding of... -
Chaos: A Very Short Introduction by Leonard Smith
RRP: $18.88$13.55Chaos exists in systems all around us. Even the simplest system of cause and effect can be subject to chaos, denying us accurate predictions of its behaviour, and sometimes giving rise to astonishing structures of large-scale order. Our growing... -
The Golden Ticket: P, NP, and the Search for the Impossible by Lance Fortnow
RRP: $35.68$29.51The P-NP problem is the most important open problem in computer science, if not all of mathematics. Simply stated, it asks whether every problem whose solution can be quickly checked by computer can also be quickly solved by computer. The Golden Ticket... -
An Introduction to Linear Programming and Game Theory by Paul R. Thie 9780470232866
RRP: $243.50$211.22Praise for the Second Edition: "This is quite a well-done book: very tightly organized, better-than-average exposition, and numerous examples, illustrations, and applications." -Mathematical Reviews of the American Mathematical Society An Introduction... -
Lectures on Modern Convex Optimization: Analysis, Algorithms and Engineering Applications by Aharon Ben-Tal 9780898714913
RRP: $319.20$207.35Here is a book devoted to well-structured and thus efficiently solvable convex optimization problems, with emphasis on conic quadratic and semidefinite programming. The authors present the basic theory underlying these problems as well as their numerous... -
Convex Optimization by Stephen Boyd
RRP: $178.48$164.20Convex optimization problems arise frequently in many different fields. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the subject, and shows in detail how such problems can be solved numerically with great efficiency. The book begins with the basic... -
Ecological Networks: Linking Structure to Dynamics in Food Webs by Mercedes Pascual 9780195188165
RRP: $199.50$168.67This book is based on proceedings from a February 2004 Santa Fe Institute workshop. Its contributing chapter authors treat the ecology of predator-prey interactions and food web theory, structure, and dynamics, joining researchers who also work on... -
Reinforcement Learning and Stochastic Optimization: A Unified Framework for Sequential Decisions by Warren B. Powell
RRP: $254.00$219.30REINFORCEMENT LEARNING AND STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATION Clearing the jungle of stochastic optimization Sequential decision problems, which consist of "decision, information, decision, information," are ubiquitous, spanning virtually every human activity... -
Complexity And Criticality by Kim Christensen 9781860945175
RRP: $96.60$85.58This book provides a challenging and stimulating introduction to the contemporary topics of complexity and criticality, and explores their common basis of scale invariance, a central unifying theme of the book.Criticality refers to the behaviour of... -
Quantum Turbulence by Carlo F. Barenghi 9781009345668
RRP: $188.98$161.68Turbulence plays a crucial role in contexts ranging from galaxy formation to heavy atomic nuclei, from jet engines to arterial blood flow, challenging engineers, physicists, and mathematicians. Recently, turbulence of quantum fluids displaying... -
Dynamic Programming by Richard Bellman 9780486428093
RRP: $44.08$30.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486428093Author Richard BellmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 366Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Predictive Control for Linear and Hybrid Systems by Francesco Borrelli
RRP: $252.00$221.84Model Predictive Control (MPC), the dominant advanced control approach in industry over the past twenty-five years, is presented comprehensively in this unique book. With a simple, unified approach, and with attention to real-time implementation, it... -
The Numerical Methods Programming Projects Book by Thomas A. Grandine 9780198533870
$94.00Traditional numerical analysis books concentrate either on the mathematical or programming aspects of numerical algorithms. This textbook emphasizes the relevance of these techniques to the real world and the use of a widely available library of... -
Probability Theory and Combinatorial Optimization by J. Michael Steele 9780898713800
RRP: $134.40$66.68This monograph provides an introduction to the state of the art of the probability theory that is most directly applicable to combinatorial optimization. Much attention is paid to those questions dealing with discrete optimization problems for points in... -
Nonlinear Programming: Sequential Unconstrained Minimization Techniques by Anthony V. Fiacco 9780898712544
RRP: $153.30$92.80A reprint of the original volume, which won the Lanchester Prize awarded by the Operations Research Society of America for the best work of 1968. Although out of print for nearly 15 years, it remains one of the most referenced volumes in the field of... -
Linear Programming and Extensions by George B. Dantzig
RRP: $247.80$193.39In real-world problems related to finance, business, and management, mathematicians and economists frequently encounter optimization problems. In this classic book, George Dantzig looks at a wealth of examples and develops linear programming methods for... -
Robust Optimization by Aharon Ben-Tal
RRP: $193.20$152.90Robust optimization is still a relatively new approach to optimization problems affected by uncertainty, but it has already proved so useful in real applications that it is difficult to tackle such problems today without considering this powerful... -
Linear Programming: Methods and Applications: Fifth Edition by Saul I. Gass 9780486432847
RRP: $52.48$42.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486432847Author Saul I. GassFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Interior Point Polynomial Methods in Convex Programming by Yurii Nesterov 9780898715156
RRP: $296.10$191.56Written for specialists working in optimization, mathematical programming, or control theory. The general theory of path-following and potential reduction interior point polynomial time methods, interior point methods, interior point methods for linear... -
Nonlinear Programming: Analysis and Methods by Mordecai Avriel 9780486432274
$40.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486432274Author Mordecai AvrielFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Linear Programming and Economic Analysis by Robert Dorfman 9780486654911
RRP: $52.48$39.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486654911Author Robert DorfmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 525Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Probabilistic Risk Analysis: Foundations and Methods by Tim Bedford 9780521773201
RRP: $186.88$168.90Probabilistic risk analysis aims to quantify the risk caused by high technology installations. Increasingly, such analyses are being applied to a wider class of systems in which problems such as lack of data, complexity of the systems, uncertainty about... -
Bayesian Decision Analysis: Principles and Practice by Jim Q. Smith 9780521764544
RRP: $121.78$109.62Bayesian decision analysis supports principled decision making in complex domains. This textbook takes the reader from a formal analysis of simple decision problems to a careful analysis of the sometimes very complex and data rich structures confronted... -
Convex Optimization of Power Systems by Joshua Adam Taylor
RRP: $153.28$135.58Optimization is ubiquitous in power system engineering. Drawing on powerful, modern tools from convex optimization, this rigorous exposition introduces essential techniques for formulating linear, second-order cone, and semidefinite programming... -
Numerical Methods for Unconstrained Optimization and Nonlinear Equations by J.E. Dennis 9780898713640
RRP: $161.70$92.80This book has become the standard for a complete, state-of-the-art description of the methods for unconstrained optimization and systems of nonlinear equations. Originally published in 1983, it provides information needed to understand both the theory... -
Theory of Linear and Integer Programming Alexander Schrijver (Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica, Amsterdam) 9780471982326
RRP: $182.60$159.43Theory of Linear and Integer Programming Alexander Schrijver Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica, Amsterdam, The Netherlands This book describes the theory of linear and integer programming and surveys the algorithms for linear and integer programming... -
Networks: Optimisation and Evolution by Peter Whittle 9780521871006
RRP: $140.68$119.89Point-to-point vs hub-and-spoke. Questions of network design are real and involve many billions of dollars. Yet little is known about optimising design - nearly all work concerns optimising flow assuming a given design. This foundational book tackles... -
Quantitative Risk Assessment: The Scientific Platform by Terje Aven
RRP: $104.98$95.28Quantitative risk assessments cannot eliminate risk, nor can they resolve trade-offs. They can, however, guide principled risk management and reduction - if the quality of assessment is high and decision makers understand how to use it. This book builds... -
The Implementation of Prolog by Ara M. Djamboulian 9780691609393
RRP: $121.80$94.88A semantically well-defined programming language widely used in artificial intelligence, Prolog has greatly influenced other programming languages since its introduction in the late 1970s. A user may find Prolog deceptively easy, however, and there are a... -
Linear and Non-Linear System Theory by T Thyagarajan 9780367561765
RRP: $123.88$108.11Linear and Non-Linear System Theory focuses on the basics of linear and non-linear systems, optimal control and optimal estimation with an objective to understand the basics of state space approach linear and non-linear systems and its analysis thereof... -
Introduction to Linear and Convex Programming by Neil Cameron 9780521312073
RRP: $69.28$61.38This introduction to optimization emphasizes the need for both a pure and an applied mathematical point of view. Beginning with a chapter on linear algebra and Euclidean geometry, the author then applies this theory with an introduction to linear... -
Mathematical Programs with Equilibrium Constraints by Zhi-Quan Luo 9780521572903
RRP: $262.50$216.45This book provides a solid foundation and an extensive study for an important class of constrained optimization problems known as Mathematical Programs with Equilibrium Constraints (MPEC), which are extensions of bilevel optimization problems. The book... -
Behavioral Decision Theory: A New Approach by E. C. Poulton 9780521443685
RRP: $231.00$195.78This book discusses the well known fallacies of behavioural decision theory. It shows that while an investigator is studying a well-known fallacy, he or she may introduce, without realizing it, one of the simple biases that are found in quantifying... -
Boolean Models and Methods in Mathematics, Computer Science, and Engineering by Yves Crama 9780521847520
RRP: $233.10$211.30Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
A First Course in Combinatorial Optimization by Jon Lee 9780521811514
RRP: $159.58$144.10A First Course in Combinatorial Optimization is a text for a one-semester introductory graduate-level course for students of operations research, mathematics, and computer science. It is a self-contained treatment of the subject, requiring only some... -
Handbook of Hybrid Systems Control: Theory, Tools, Applications by Jan Lunze 9780521765053
RRP: $247.80$224.32Setting out core theory and reviewing a range of new methods, theoretical problems and applications, this handbook shows how hybrid dynamical systems can be modelled and understood. Sixty expert authors involved in the recent research activities and... -
Mathematical Programs with Equilibrium Constraints by Zhi-Quan Luo 9780521065085
RRP: $104.98$95.28This book provides a solid foundation and an extensive study for an important class of constrained optimization problems known as Mathematical Programs with Equilibrium Constraints (MPEC), which are extensions of bilevel optimization problems. The book...