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  Nature-Inspired Metaheuristic Algorithms for Engineering Optimization Applications

  This book engages in an ongoing topic, such as the implementation of nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithms, with a main concentration on optimization problems in different fields of engineering optimization applications. The chapters of the book provide concise overviews of various nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithms, defining their profits in obtaining the optimal solutions of tiresome engineering design problems that cannot be efficiently resolved via conventional mathematical-based techniques. Thus, the chapters report on advanced studies on the applications of not only the traditional, but also the contemporary certain nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithms to specific engineering optimization problems with single and multi-objectives. Harmony search, artificial bee colony, teaching learning-based optimization, electrostatic discharge, grasshopper, backtracking search, and interactive search are just some of the methods exhibited and consulted step by step in application contexts. The book is a perfect guide for graduate students, researchers, academicians, and professionals willing to use metaheuristic algorithms in engineering optimization applications.

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  Software Design for Flexibility (eBook, ePUB)

  Strategies for building large systems that can be easily adapted for new situations with only minor programming modifications. Time pressures encourage programmers to write code that works well for a narrow purpose, with no room to grow. But the best systems are evolvable; they can be adapted for new situations by adding code, rather than changing the existing code. The authors describe techniques they have found effective--over their combined 100-plus years of programming experience--that will help programmers avoid programming themselves into corners. The authors explore ways to enhance flexibility by: • Organizing systems using combinators to compose mix-and-match parts, ranging from small functions to whole arithmetics, with standardized interfaces • Augmenting data with independent annotation layers, such as units of measurement or provenance • Combining independent pieces of partial information using unification or propagation • Separating control structure from problem domain with domain models, rule systems and pattern matching, propagation, and dependency-directed backtracking • Extending the programming language, using dynamically extensible evaluators

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  Guilt: An Alex Delaware Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 801min

  The number one New York Times best-selling author Jonathan Kellerman's "psychology skills and dark imagination are a potent literary mix" (Los Angeles Times), and this intensely thrilling blend has never been so powerful as in the acclaimed author's new novel of murder and madness among the beautiful dreamers, seductive predators, and doomed innocents adrift in the glare of Southern California's eternal sunshine. A series of horrifying events occur in quick succession in the same upscale L.A. neighborhood. A backyard renovation unearths an infant's body, buried 60 years ago. And soon thereafter in a nearby park, another disturbingly bizarre discovery is made not far from the body of a young woman shot in the head. Helping LAPD homicide detective Milo Sturgis to link these eerie incidents is brilliant psychologist Alex Delaware. But even the good doctor's vast experience with matters both clinical and criminal might not be enough to cut down to the bone of this chilling case - and draw out the disturbing truth. Backtracking six decades into the past stirs up tales of a beautiful nurse with a mystery lover, a handsome, wealthy doctor who seems too good to be true, and a hospital with a notorious reputation - all of them long gone, along with any records of a newborn, and destined for anonymity. But the specter of fame rears its head when the case unexpectedly twists in the direction of the highest echelons of celebrity privilege. Entering this sheltered world, Alex little imagines the macabre layer just below the surface - a decadent quagmire of unholy rituals and grisly sacrifice. Before their work is done, Alex and Milo, "the most original whodunit duo since Watson and Holmes" (Forbes), must confront a fanatically deranged mind of such monstrous cunning that even the most depraved madman would shudder. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Rubinstein. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/003381/bk_rand_003381_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Guilt: An Alex Delaware Novel, Hörbuch, Digital, 417min

  The number-one New York Times best-selling author Jonathan Kellerman’s "psychology skills and dark imagination are a potent literary mix" (Los Angeles Times), and this intensely thrilling blend has never been so powerful as in the acclaimed author’s new novel of murder and madness among the beautiful dreamers, seductive predators, and doomed innocents adrift in the glare of Southern California’s eternal sunshine. A series of horrifying events occur in quick succession in the same upscale L.A. neighborhood. A backyard renovation unearths an infant’s body, buried 60 years ago. And soon thereafter in a nearby park, another disturbingly bizarre discovery is made not far from the body of a young woman shot in the head. Helping LAPD homicide detective Milo Sturgis to link these eerie incidents is brilliant psychologist Alex Delaware. But even the good doctor’s vast experience with matters both clinical and criminal might not be enough to cut down to the bone of this chilling case - and draw out the disturbing truth. Backtracking six decades into the past stirs up tales of a beautiful nurse with a mystery lover, a handsome, wealthy doctor who seems too good to be true, and a hospital with a notorious reputation - all of them long gone, along with any records of a newborn, and destined for anonymity. But the specter of fame rears its head when the case unexpectedly twists in the direction of the highest echelons of celebrity privilege. Entering this sheltered world, Alex little imagines the macabre layer just below the surface - a decadent quagmire of unholy rituals and grisly sacrifice. Before their work is done, Alex and Milo, "the most original whodunit duo since Watson and Holmes" (Forbes), must confront a fanatically deranged mind of such monstrous cunning that even the most depraved madman would shudder. Language: English. Narrator: John Rubinstein. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/003380/bk_rand_003380_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen

  Dieses bestens eingeführte Lehrbuch wendet sich an Studierende der Informatik in Grund- und Hauptstudium. Es behandelt gut verständlich alle Themen, die üblicherweise in der Standardvorlesung "Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen" vermittelt werden. Die einzelnen Algorithmen werden theoretisch fundiert dargestellt; ihre Funktionsweise wird ausführlich anhand vieler Beispiele erläutert. Zusätzlich zur halbformalen Beschreibung werden wichtige Algorithmen in Java formuliert. Das Themenspektrum reicht von Algorithmen zum Suchen und Sortieren über Hashverfahren, Bäume, Manipulation von Mengen bis hin zu Geometrischen Algorithmen und Graphenalgorithmen. Dabei werden sowohl der Entwurf effizienter Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen als auch die Analyse ihres Verhaltens mittels mathematischer Methoden behandelt. Durch eine übersichtliche Gliederung, viele Abbildungen und eine präzise Sprache gelingt den Autoren in vorbildlicher Weise die Vermittlung des vielschichtigen Themengebiets. Die 5. Auflage ist vollständig durchgesehen und überarbeitet. Neu aufgenommen wurden Einführungen in die Themen Dynamisches Programmieren, Backtracking, Onlinealgorithmen, Approximationsalgorithmen sowie einige Algorithmen für spezielle Probleme wie die schnelle Multiplikation von Matrizen, von ganzen Zahlen, und die Konstruktion der konvexen Hülle von Punkten in der Ebene.Das Buch eignet sich zur Vorlesungsbegleitung, zum Selbststudium und zum Nachschlagen. Eine Vielzahl von Aufgaben dient der weiteren Vertiefung des Gelernten. Unter http://ad.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/bibliothek/books/ad-buch/ werden Java-Programme für die wichtigsten Algorithmen und ergänzende Materialien zum Buch bereitgestellt.

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  Andrzej Sapkowski's the Witcher: A Grain of Truth

  Geralt's encounter with a beast reveals the truth behind fairy tales in this graphic novel adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski's original short story. Geralt takes a short cut down a beaten path, where he makes a grim discovery of two corpses. Backtracking their trail, he's led to a derelict mansion secured with elevated walls and a gate-mysterious and ramshackle, yet adorned with a rare elegance Geralt could not ignore. He is met with the mansion's owner-not quite human, but a beast with the faculties of a man. With Geralt unfazed by his monstrous appearance and displays of aggression, the beast invites him inside. A kind but wary host, he shares stories of his family, his life . . . and his curse. If the weight of his misdeeds could condemn him to the body of a beast-a retribution spoken of only in fairy tales, could there be another grain of truth in these tales of fantasy-one that could help him elude his fate and lead him to salvation? This graphic novel is the first in a series of adaptations from Sapkowski's acclaimed short story collection The Last Wish! Script adaptation by Jacek Rembis (Frostpunk) with art by Jonas Scharf (Bone Parish, War for the Planet of the Apes).

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  Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen (eBook, PDF)

  Dieses bestens eingeführte Lehrbuch wendet sich an Studierende der Informatik in Grund- und Hauptstudium. Es behandelt gut verständlich alle Themen, die üblicherweise in der Standardvorlesung "Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen" vermittelt werden. Die einzelnen Algorithmen werden theoretisch fundiert dargestellt; ihre Funktionsweise wird ausführlich anhand vieler Beispiele erläutert. Zusätzlich zur halbformalen Beschreibung werden wichtige Algorithmen in Java formuliert. Das Themenspektrum reicht von Algorithmen zum Suchen und Sortieren über Hashverfahren, Bäume, Manipulation von Mengen bis hin zu Geometrischen Algorithmen und Graphenalgorithmen. Dabei werden sowohl der Entwurf effizienter Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen als auch die Analyse ihres Verhaltens mittels mathematischer Methoden behandelt. Durch eine übersichtliche Gliederung, viele Abbildungen und eine präzise Sprache gelingt den Autoren in vorbildlicher Weise die Vermittlung des vielschichtigen Themengebiets. Die 5. Auflage ist vollständig durchgesehen und überarbeitet. Neu aufgenommen wurden Einführungen in die Themen Dynamisches Programmieren, Backtracking, Onlinealgorithmen, Approximationsalgorithmen sowie einige Algorithmen für spezielle Probleme wie die schnelle Multiplikation von Matrizen, von ganzen Zahlen, und die Konstruktion der konvexen Hülle von Punkten in der Ebene.Das Buch eignet sich zur Vorlesungsbegleitung, zum Selbststudium und zum Nachschlagen. Eine Vielzahl von Aufgaben dient der weiteren Vertiefung des Gelernten. Unter http://ad.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/bibliothek/books/ad-buch/ werden Java-Programme für die wichtigsten Algorithmen und ergänzende Materialien zum Buch bereitgestellt.

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  Parsing with Perl 6 Regexes and Grammars

  Write good regexes and parsers with the Perl 6 programming language. You'll see how regexes are used for searching, parsing, and validation: in particular the grammar extension makes them uniquely suitable for parsing, the main focus of this book. Written by Perl 6 expert Moritz Lenz, a core contributor of Rakudo, Parsing with Perl 6 Regexes and Grammars starts from the very basics of regular expressions, and then explores how they integrate with regular Perl 6 code. Then follows a deeper exploration of how regexes work under the hood and a discussion of common techniques for constructing regexes and exploring the data under scrutiny. Later material goes beyond relatively simple formats to reusable named regexes and grammars, which permit code reuse in grammars, and shows how to write parsers for more involved data formats. Error reporting and case studies wrap up the topic.While regexes allow you to search for patterns in text and validate input, Perl 6 regexes advance that concept: you'll see how they are easier to read, yet much more powerful, than the traditional "Perl-compatible regular expression". With improved reusability and backtracking control, you will be able to write complete parsers with the help of this book.What You'll LearnDiscover the building blocks of Perl 6 regexes Handle regex mechanics and master useful regex techniques Extract data and work with patterns among these use cases Reuse named regexes and other grammars as components or templates Write full parsers, including advanced error reporting and data extraction Learn how to parse nested scopes and indention-based formatsWho This Book Is ForThose with at least some prior experience with Perl programming, but who may be new to Perl 6 as well as searching and parsing.

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  Parsing with Perl 6 Regexes and Grammars (eBook, PDF)

  Write good regexes and parsers with the Perl 6 programming language. You'll see how regexes are used for searching, parsing, and validation: in particular the grammar extension makes them uniquely suitable for parsing, the main focus of this book. Written by Perl 6 expert Moritz Lenz, a core contributor of Rakudo, Parsing with Perl 6 Regexes and Grammars starts from the very basics of regular expressions, and then explores how they integrate with regular Perl 6 code. Then follows a deeper exploration of how regexes work under the hood and a discussion of common techniques for constructing regexes and exploring the data under scrutiny. Later material goes beyond relatively simple formats to reusable named regexes and grammars, which permit code reuse in grammars, and shows how to write parsers for more involved data formats. Error reporting and case studies wrap up the topic. While regexes allow you to search for patterns in text and validate input, Perl 6 regexes advance that concept: you'll see how they are easier to read, yet much more powerful, than the traditional "Perl-compatible regular expression". With improved reusability and backtracking control, you will be able to write complete parsers with the help of this book. What You'll LearnDiscover the building blocks of Perl 6 regexes Handle regex mechanics and master useful regex techniques Extract data and work with patterns among these use cases Reuse named regexes and other grammars as components or templates Write full parsers, including advanced error reporting and data extraction Learn how to parse nested scopes and indention-based formats Who This Book Is For Those with at least some prior experience with Perl programming, but who may be new to Perl 6 as well as searching and parsing.

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  Parsing und Recognizing des Französischen mit Backtracking

  Parsing und Recognizing des Französischen mit Backtracking: ab 12.99 €

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