Computers : Data Modeling & Design

Over recent decades vast amounts of biological data have been accumulated. However, it is becoming increasingly difficult to apply traditional theoretical methods to the formulation of coherent pictures of cell and organ function because it is no longer possible for a human theorist to integrate all of the available information. Instead, computer technologies must now be used to perform this integration. This book brings together contributions from many different fields to summarize the current status of computer-assisted modelling of biological processes. more...

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Presents a mathematical study of Economic Cooperation and Competition among Nations. This book appropriates the principles of Supply and Demand and of Rational Expectations to build the dynamic model of the Gross Domestic Products of two groups of nations which are linked up together. more...

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A unified view of metaheuristics. This book provides a complete background on metaheuristics and shows readers how to design and implement efficient algorithms to solve complex optimization problems across a diverse range of applications, from networking and bioinformatics to engineering design, routing, and scheduling. It presents the main design questions for all families of metaheuristics and clearly illustrates how to implement the algorithms under a software framework to reuse both the design and code. Throughout the book, the key search components of metaheuristics are considered as a toolbox for:.: Designing efficient metaheuristics (e.g. local search, tabu search, simulated annealing, evolutionary algorithms, particle swarm optimization, scatter search, ant colonies, bee colonies, artificial immune systems) for optimization problems;. Designing efficient metaheuristics for multi-objective optimization problems;. Designing hybrid, parallel, and distributed metaheuristics;. Implementing metaheuristics on sequential and parallel machines. Using many case studies and treating design and implementation independently, this book gives readers the skills necessary to solve large-scale optimization problems quickly and efficiently. It is a valuable reference for practicing engineers and researchers from diverse areas dealing with optimization or machine learning; and graduate students in computer science, operations research, control, engineering, business and management, and applied mathematics. more...

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1. Preface. 2. An Introduction to Monte Carlo Methods. 3. Constructing a Simulation. 4. The Single Scattering Model. 5. The Plural Scattering Model. 6. Practical Applications of Monte Carlo Models. 7. Backscattered Electrons. 8. Charge Collection and Cathodoluminescence. 9. Secondary Electrons and Imaging. 10. X-Ray Production and Micro-Analysis. 11. What Next in Monte Carlo Simulations? more...

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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Third International Conference on Nano-Networks, Nano-Net, held in Boston, MS, USA, in September 2008. The 17 revised full papers presented together with 5 invited presentations were carefully reviewed and selected. The papers address the whole spectrum of Nano-Networks and spans topis like modeling, simulation, statdards, architectural aspects, novel information and graph theory aspects, device physics and interconnects, nanorobotics as well as nano-biological systems. more...

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