Strictly Right

Strictly Right
Author: Linda Bridges
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2007-04-13
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0471758175

An affectionate portrait of the man who started it all "With this graceful homage to Bill Buckley, two people who have known the pleasure of his company as friends and colleagues place him where he incontestably belongs--at the center of the conservative political movement that moved the center of American politics to the right." --George F. Will, Newsweek "Strictly Right paints an intimate and penetrating portrait of the elegant and multifaceted figure who has helped to add a new dimension to the American political canvas." --Henry A. Kissinger "Bill and I and others have been good friends for almost sixty years and I thought I knew of his life as well as anyone, but Linda and John have brought the events together in a magnificent story that surpasses all that we have absorbed. If you like and admire Bill, you must read this. If you don't, read it anyway--it will be good for you." --Evan G. Galbraith, former Ambassador to France and Chairman of National Review "Linda Bridges and John Coyne evoke the true old times, when every morning brought a noble chance, and every chance brought out William F. Buckley Jr., ready to write, speak, question, provoke, tease, or praise, in print, in person, or on the tube, as required. All honor to him, and to the authors who capture him in these pages." --Richard Brookhiser, author of What Would the Founders Do?: Our Questions, Their Answers

Theory of Relations

Theory of Relations
Author: R. Fraïssé
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 411
Release: 2011-08-18
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0080960413

The first part of this book concerns the present state of the theory of chains (= total or linear orderings), in connection with some refinements of Ramsey's theorem, due to Galvin and Nash-Williams. This leads to the fundamental Laver's embeddability theorem for scattered chains, using Nash-Williams' better quasi-orderings, barriers and forerunning.The second part (chapters 9 to 12) extends to general relations the main notions and results from order-type theory. An important connection appears with permutation theory (Cameron, Pouzet, Livingstone and Wagner) and with logics (existence criterion of Pouzet-Vaught for saturated relations). The notion of bound of a relation (due to the author) leads to important calculus of thresholds by Frasnay, Hodges, Lachlan and Shelah. The redaction systematically goes back to set-theoretic axioms and precise definitions (such as Tarski's definition for finite sets), so that for each statement it is mentioned either that ZF axioms suffice, or what other axioms are needed (choice, continuum, dependent choice, ultrafilter axiom, etc.).

Multivariable Dynamic Calculus on Time Scales

Multivariable Dynamic Calculus on Time Scales
Author: Martin Bohner
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 608
Release: 2017-03-20
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3319476203

This book offers the reader an overview of recent developments of multivariable dynamic calculus on time scales, taking readers beyond the traditional calculus texts. Covering topics from parameter-dependent integrals to partial differentiation on time scales, the book’s nine pedagogically oriented chapters provide a pathway to this active area of research that will appeal to students and researchers in mathematics and the physical sciences. The authors present a clear and well-organized treatment of the concept behind the mathematics and solution techniques, including many practical examples and exercises.

Mastering PostgreSQL 11

Mastering PostgreSQL 11
Author: Hans-Jürgen Schönig
Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 435
Release: 2018-10-30
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 178953917X

Master the capabilities of PostgreSQL 11 to efficiently manage and maintain your database Key FeaturesMaster advanced concepts of PostgreSQL 11 with real-world datasets and examplesExplore query parallelism, data replication, and database performance while working with larger datasetsExtend the functionalities of your PostgreSQL instance to suit your organization’s needs with minimal effortBook Description This second edition of Mastering PostgreSQL 11 helps you build dynamic database solutions for enterprise applications using the latest release of PostgreSQL, which enables database analysts to design both the physical and technical aspects of the system architecture with ease. This book begins with an introduction to the newly released features in PostgreSQL 11 to help you build efficient and fault-tolerant PostgreSQL applications. You’ll examine all of the advanced aspects of PostgreSQL in detail, including logical replication, database clusters, performance tuning, monitoring, and user management. You will also work with the PostgreSQL optimizer, configuring PostgreSQL for high speed, and see how to move from Oracle to PostgreSQL. As you progress through the chapters, you will cover transactions, locking, indexes, and optimizing queries to improve performance. Additionally, you’ll learn to manage network security and explore backups and replications, while understanding the useful extensions of PostgreSQL so that you can optimize the speed and performance of large databases. By the end of this book, you will be able to use your database to its utmost capacity by implementing advanced administrative tasks with ease. What you will learnGet to grips with advanced PostgreSQL 11 features and SQL functionsMake use of the indexing features in PostgreSQL and fine-tune the performance of your queriesWork with stored procedures and manage backup and recoveryMaster replication and failover techniquesTroubleshoot your PostgreSQL instance for solutions to common and not-so-common problemsPerform database migration from MySQL and Oracle to PostgreSQL with easeWho this book is for This book is for data and database professionals wanting to implement advanced functionalities and master complex administrative tasks with PostgreSQL 11. Prior experience of database administration with PostgreSQL database will aid in understanding the concepts covered in this book.

Computer Animation and Simulation 2001

Computer Animation and Simulation 2001
Author: Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3709162408

This volume contains the research papers presented at the 12th Eurographics Workshop on Computer Animation and Simulation, Manchester, UK, September 2-3, 2001. The workshop is an international forum for research in computer-animation and simulation. This year, we choose to give a special focus on the modelling and animation of complex phenomena. This includes the modelling of virtual creature- from their body-parts to the control of their behavior, and the animation of natural phenomena such as water, smoke, fire and vegetation. The call for papers required submission of the full papers for review, and each paper was reviewed by at least 2 members of the international program committee and additional reviewers. Based on the reviews, 16 papers were accepted. We added to the final program an invited talk by Jos Stam. We wish to thank all reviewers for their time and effort in working within the rigid constraints of the tight schedule, thereby making it possible to publish this volume in time for the workshop. We also thank the authors for their contributions to the workshop, without whom this unique forum for animation and simulation work would not exist.

Counting Polynomial Matrices over Finite Fields

Counting Polynomial Matrices over Finite Fields
Author: Julia Lieb
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2017-09-15
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3958260640

This book is dealing with three mathematical areas, namely polynomial matrices over finite fields, linear systems and coding theory. Primeness properties of polynomial matrices provide criteria for the reachability and observability of interconnected linear systems. Since time-discrete linear systems over finite fields and convolutional codes are basically the same objects, these results could be transferred to criteria for non-catastrophicity of convolutional codes. In particular, formulas for the number of pairwise coprime polynomials and for the number of mutually left coprime polynomial matrices are calculated. This leads to the probability that a parallel connected linear system is reachable and that a parallel connected convolutional code is non-catastrophic. Moreover, other networks of linear systems and convolutional codes are considered.

Multivariate Time Series With Linear State Space Structure

Multivariate Time Series With Linear State Space Structure
Author: Víctor Gómez
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 553
Release: 2016-05-09
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3319285998

This book presents a comprehensive study of multivariate time series with linear state space structure. The emphasis is put on both the clarity of the theoretical concepts and on efficient algorithms for implementing the theory. In particular, it investigates the relationship between VARMA and state space models, including canonical forms. It also highlights the relationship between Wiener-Kolmogorov and Kalman filtering both with an infinite and a finite sample. The strength of the book also lies in the numerous algorithms included for state space models that take advantage of the recursive nature of the models. Many of these algorithms can be made robust, fast, reliable and efficient. The book is accompanied by a MATLAB package called SSMMATLAB and a webpage presenting implemented algorithms with many examples and case studies. Though it lays a solid theoretical foundation, the book also focuses on practical application, and includes exercises in each chapter. It is intended for researchers and students working with linear state space models, and who are familiar with linear algebra and possess some knowledge of statistics.

Frequency Domain Techniques for H? Control of Distributed Parameter Systems

Frequency Domain Techniques for H? Control of Distributed Parameter Systems
Author: Hitay Ozbay
Publisher: SIAM
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2018-10-09
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1611975409

This book presents new computational tools for the H? control of distributed parameter systems in which transfer functions are considered as input-output descriptions for the plants to be controlled. The emphasis is on the computation of the controller parameters and reliable implementation. The authors present recent studies showing that the simplified skew-Toeplitz method is applicable to a wide class of systems, supply detailed examples from systems with time delays and various engineering applications, and discuss reliable implementation of the controller, complemented by a software based on MATLAB. Frequency Domain Techniques for H? Control of Distributed Parameter Systems is intended for advanced undergraduate and early graduate students interested in robust control of distributed parameter systems?time delay systems?as well as researchers and engineers working in related fields. It can be used in the following courses: Introduction to Robust Control with Applications to Distributed Parameter Systems and Introduction to Robust Control with Applications to Time Delay Systems.

Linear Systems

Linear Systems
Author: Panos J. Antsaklis
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 685
Release: 2006-11-24
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0817644350

"There are three words that characterize this work: thoroughness, completeness and clarity. The authors are congratulated for taking the time to write an excellent linear systems textbook!" —IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control Linear systems theory plays a broad and fundamental role in electrical, mechanical, chemical and aerospace engineering, communications, and signal processing. A thorough introduction to systems theory with emphasis on control is presented in this self-contained textbook, written for a challenging one-semester graduate course. A solutions manual is available to instructors upon adoption of the text. The book’s flexible coverage and self-contained presentation also make it an excellent reference guide or self-study manual. For a treatment of linear systems that focuses primarily on the time-invariant case using streamlined presentation of the material with less formal and more intuitive proofs, please see the authors’ companion book entitled A Linear Systems Primer.

Introductory Signal Processing

Introductory Signal Processing
Author: Roland Priemer
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 762
Release: 1991
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9789971509194

A valuable introduction to the fundamentals of continuous and discrete time signal processing, this book is intended for the reader with little or no background in this subject. The emphasis is on development from basic principles. With this book the reader can become knowledgeable about both the theoretical and practical aspects of digital signal processing.Some special features of this book are: (1) gradual and step-by-step development of the mathematics for signal processing, (2) numerous examples and homework problems, (3) evolutionary development of Fourier series, Discrete Fourier Transform, Fourier Transform, Laplace Transform, and Z-Transform, (4) emphasis on the relationship between continuous and discrete time signal processing, (5) many examples of using the computer for applying the theory, (6) computer based assignments to gain practical insight, (7) a set of computer programs to aid the reader in applying the theory.