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Book Evolutionary Computation Techniques  A Comparative Perspective

Download or read book Evolutionary Computation Techniques A Comparative Perspective written by Erik Cuevas and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-28 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book compares the performance of various evolutionary computation (EC) techniques when they are faced with complex optimization problems extracted from different engineering domains. Particularly focusing on recently developed algorithms, it is designed so that each chapter can be read independently. Several comparisons among EC techniques have been reported in the literature, however, they all suffer from one limitation: their conclusions are based on the performance of popular evolutionary approaches over a set of synthetic functions with exact solutions and well-known behaviors, without considering the application context or including recent developments. In each chapter, a complex engineering optimization problem is posed, and then a particular EC technique is presented as the best choice, according to its search characteristics. Lastly, a set of experiments is conducted in order to compare its performance to other popular EC methods.

Book Modern Phylogenetic Comparative Methods and Their Application in Evolutionary Biology

Download or read book Modern Phylogenetic Comparative Methods and Their Application in Evolutionary Biology written by László Zsolt Garamszegi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-29 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phylogenetic comparative approaches are powerful analytical tools for making evolutionary inferences from interspecific data and phylogenies. The phylogenetic toolkit available to evolutionary biologists is currently growing at an incredible speed, but most methodological papers are published in the specialized statistical literature and many are incomprehensible for the user community. This textbook provides an overview of several newly developed phylogenetic comparative methods that allow to investigate a broad array of questions on how phenotypic characters evolve along the branches of phylogeny and how such mechanisms shape complex animal communities and interspecific interactions. The individual chapters were written by the leading experts in the field and using a language that is accessible for practicing evolutionary biologists. The authors carefully explain the philosophy behind different methodologies and provide pointers – mostly using a dynamically developing online interface – on how these methods can be implemented in practice. These “conceptual” and “practical” materials are essential for expanding the qualification of both students and scientists, but also offer a valuable resource for educators. Another value of the book are the accompanying online resources (available at: http://www.mpcm-evolution.com), where the authors post and permanently update practical materials to help embed methods into practice.

Book A New Introduction to Comparative Law

Download or read book A New Introduction to Comparative Law written by Jaakko Husa and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-28 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thought-provoking introduction to the study of comparative law provides in-depth analyses of all major comparative methodologies and theories and serves as a common sense guide to the study of foreign legal systems. It is written in a lively and accessible style and will prove indispensable reading to students of the subject. It also contains much that will be of interest to comparative law scholars, offering novel insights into commonplace methodological and theoretical questions and making a significant contribution to the field.

Book School Mathematics Textbooks In China  Comparative Studies And Beyond

Download or read book School Mathematics Textbooks In China Comparative Studies And Beyond written by Jianpan Wang and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2021-01-28 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our collected work contains mathematics education research papers. Comparative studies of school textbooks cover content selection, compilation style, representation method, design of examples and exercises, mathematics investigation, the use of information technology, and composite difficulty level, to name a few. Other papers included are about representation of basic mathematical thought in school textbooks, a study on the compilation features of elementary school textbooks, and a survey of the effect of using new elementary school textbooks.

Book Comparative Risk Assessment

Download or read book Comparative Risk Assessment written by Holger Schütz and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2006-08-21 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a catalogue of suggested solutions for different categories of issues, this book offers a balanced overview and methodological examples for the practical implementation of the CRA. It considers CRA in the USA, Europe and Germany, using case studies to analyze and exemplify the decision-making processes and challenges involved. The authors then go on to look at the practical lessons learned from these case studies, together with an in-depth discussion of the underlying scientific hypotheses. Sound scientific knowledge for everyone who makes decisions, whether government ministers, regulators, or company directors.

Book Comparative Effectiveness of Drug Abuse Treatment Modalities

Download or read book Comparative Effectiveness of Drug Abuse Treatment Modalities written by National Institute on Drug Abuse and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Comparative Genomics

    Book Details:
  • Author : Eric Tannier
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2010-10-06
  • ISBN : 3642161804
  • Pages : 312 pages

Download or read book Comparative Genomics written by Eric Tannier and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-10-06 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complexity of genome evolution has given birth to exciting challenges for computational biologists. A various range of algorithmic, statistical, mathem- ical techniques to elucidate the histories of molecules are developed each year and many are presented at the RECOMB satellite workshop on Comparative Genomics. It is a place where scientists working on all aspects of comparative genomics can share ideas on the development of tools and their application to relevant questions. This volume contains the papers presented at RECOMB-CG 2010, held on October 9–11 in Ottawa. The ?eld is still ?ourishing as seen from the papers presented this year: many developments enrich the combinatorics of genome rearrangements, while gene order phylogenies are becoming more and more - curate, thanks to a mixing of combinatorial and statistical principles, associated with rapid and thoughtful heuristics. Several papers tend to re?ne the models of genome evolution, and more and more genomic events can be modeled, from single nucleotide substitutions in whole genome alignments to large structural mutations or horizontal gene transfers.

Book Strategies for Comparative Research in Political Science

Download or read book Strategies for Comparative Research in Political Science written by B. Guy Peters and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a prominent figure in the field, this book provides an accessible introduction to comparative methodology. Drawing on a wide range of approaches throughout, it is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand or research in this major area of political science.

Book Bulletin

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  • Author : Canada. Dept. of Forestry
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1921
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1632 pages

Download or read book Bulletin written by Canada. Dept. of Forestry and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 1632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book General Reports of the XVIIth Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law

Download or read book General Reports of the XVIIth Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law written by Katharina Boele-Woelki and published by Eleven International Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 1057 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work contains the General Reports presented at the XVIIth Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law (IACL), which was held in July 2006 in Utrecht. A wide variety of topics is covered in this collection, ranging from liability of judges to competition law. The book provides an interesting assessment of the development of comparative law in recent decades and shows the growing importance of comparative law in various disciplines of law.

Book Advances in Comparative Survey Methods

Download or read book Advances in Comparative Survey Methods written by Timothy P. Johnson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-09-24 with total page 1136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers the latest methodologies and research on international comparative surveys with contributions from noted experts in the field Advances in Comparative Survey Methodology examines the most recent advances in methodology and operations as well as the technical developments in international survey research. With contributions from a panel of international experts, the text includes information on the use of Big Data in concert with survey data, collecting biomarkers, the human subject regulatory environment, innovations in data collection methodology and sampling techniques, use of paradata across the survey lifecycle, metadata standards for dissemination, and new analytical techniques. This important resource: Contains contributions from key experts in their respective fields of study from around the globe Highlights innovative approaches in resource poor settings, and innovative approaches to combining survey and other data Includes material that is organized within the total survey error framework Presents extensive and up-to-date references throughout the book Written for students and academic survey researchers and market researchers engaged in comparative projects, this text represents a unique collaboration that features the latest methodologies and research on global comparative surveys.

Book Tax Administration 2015 Comparative Information on OECD and Other Advanced and Emerging Economies

Download or read book Tax Administration 2015 Comparative Information on OECD and Other Advanced and Emerging Economies written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tax Administration 2015 is a comprehensive survey of tax administration systems, practices and performance across 56 advanced and emerging economies (including all OECD, EU, and G20 members).

Book Comparative Philosophy without Borders

Download or read book Comparative Philosophy without Borders written by Arindam Chakrabarti and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-19 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comparative Philosophy without Borders presents original scholarship by leading contemporary comparative philosophers, each addressing a philosophical issue that transcends the concerns of any one cultural tradition. By critically discussing and weaving together these contributions in terms of their philosophical presuppositions, this cutting-edge volume initiates a more sophisticated, albeit diverse, understanding of doing comparative philosophy. Within a broad conception of the alternative shapes that work in philosophy may take, this volume breaks three kinds of boundaries: between cultures, historical periods and sub-disciplines of philosophy such as metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, and political philosophy. As well as distinguishing three phases of the development of comparative philosophy up to the present day, the editors argue why the discipline now needs to enter a new phase. Putting to use philosophical thought and textual sources from Eurasia and Africa, contributors discuss modern psychological and cognitive science approaches to the nature of mind and topics as different as perception, poetry, justice, authority, and the very possibility of understanding other people. Comparative Philosophy without Borders demonstrates how drawing on philosophical resources from across cultural traditions can produce sound state-of-the-art progressive philosophy. Fusing the horizons of traditions opens up a space for creative conceptual thinking outside all sorts of boxes.

Book Introduction to Comparative and International Education

Download or read book Introduction to Comparative and International Education written by Jennifer Marshall and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2014-11-30 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comparative and international education is an increasingly important area of study. This book introduces major themes surrounding globalisation and education, giving you a nuanced understanding of key debates, thinkers and sources of information. Important theories and research exploring how globalisation has influenced educational practice are critically examined, providing you with an understanding of relevant social, economic, historical and cultural factors. Coverage includes: Case studies from around the world raising thought-provoking questions on chapter topics How to undertake research using significant secondary sources of comparative international data (including OECD, PISA, TIMMS) The relationship between development, education and inequality The purpose and role of multicultural and citizenship education Gender and education in a global context This is essential reading for students on undergraduate Education Studies degrees, and for similar courses covering comparative and international education.