This book presents a synthesis of recent works concerning reactive system design. The term `reactive system' has been introduced in order to avoid ambiguities often involved with the term `real-time
From the reviews of the French edition: "This is a rich and useful volume. The material it treats has relevance well beyond the theory of Lie groups and algebras, ranging from the geometry of regular
This work deals with the instrumental measurement methods for the perceived quality of transmitted speech. These measures simulate the speech perception process employed by human subjects during audit
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This practical book provides a detailed guide to using algorithms from the Stanford Geostatistical Modeling Software (SGeMS), an open-source computer package for solving problems involving spatially r
One of the few up-to-date works on the whole of the arms trade, this book puts the global trade in weapons in the context of history and includes recent controversial deals, as well as case studies on
Harry's Art" is fine art for the twenty-first century revealed by the artist himself in his own style. This is how he designed his own multifaceted world of art. He brings his own advanced technology
The fascinating story of how a budget classical record label became the leading provider of classical music, and the man behind its successIn 1987, a budget classical record label was started in Hong
In the 1980s and 1990s, Nicolas Jabko suggests, the character of European integration altered radically, from slow growth to what he terms a "quiet revolution." In Playing the Market, he traces the po
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Always the focal point in modern times for momentous political, social and cultural upheaval, Berlin has continued, since the fall of the Wall in 1989, to be a city in transition. As the new capital o
Poetry. LGBT Studies. Musical notes, paint pigment, and lives of the heart converge in fantastical worlds of invention. Nicolas Destino's adventures through relationship, music, and visual art revital
C. P. Snow was a massive and contentious presence in the 20th century. Readers relished his novels but critics condemned them; his lectures crystallized crucial issues but provoked fierce attacks; and
"Most people outside of the art world view art as something that is foreign to their experiences and everyday lives. A People's Art History of the United States places art history squarely in the roug
Featuring a practical, unified approach to surface chemical bonding, this book provides the essential concepts, equations, limitations, and parametric values needed to deal with any surface bonding si
"Iceland is a beautifully structured and extremely powerful play that haunts the mind. Billon is an original and exciting voice."?Atom EgoyanNicolas Billon's acclaimed trilogy of plays tackles, with w
