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Acting Strategically Using Drama Theory (Hardcover): James William Bryant Acting Strategically Using Drama Theory (Hardcover)
James William Bryant
R3,047 Discovery Miles 30 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In today's confrontational and connected world, communication is the key strategic act. This book uses drama theory-a radical extension of game theory-to show how best to communicate so as to manage the emotionally charged confrontations occurring in any worthwhile relationship. Alongside a toolset that provides a systematic framework for analysing conflicts, drama theory explains why people need to listen to, and rely on, their feelings to help shake themselves out of fixed, unproductive positions and to find new ways of solving tough problems. This guide provides a sufficient grounding in the approach to enable you to apply it immediately for your own benefit and for the benefit of those with whom you work. A host of inspirational examples are included based upon actual situations in social and personal relations, business and organisational relations, defence and political management. These will give you an entirely fresh way of seeing how power is exercised in everyday interpersonal exchanges and a greater critical awareness of such factors as subtext and plotholes in public narratives. Using this approach you will be able to overcome the dilemmas of credibility and disbelief to build compelling messages that underpin your strategic intent. Moving beyond the vague platitudes of concepts like emotional intelligence, drama theory will also help you to avoid the pathologies that bedevil the process of managing conflicts and find ways of achieving authentic resolutions.

Essential Tools for Water Resources Analysis, Planning, and Management (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Omid Bozorg-Haddad Essential Tools for Water Resources Analysis, Planning, and Management (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Omid Bozorg-Haddad
R3,109 Discovery Miles 31 090 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book describes concepts and tools needed for water resources management, including methods for modeling, simulation, optimization, big data analysis, data mining, remote sensing, geographical information system, game theory, conflict resolution, System dynamics, agent-based models, multiobjective, multicriteria, and multiattribute decision making and risk and uncertainty analysis, for better and sustainable management of water resources and consumption, thus mitigating the present and future global water shortage crisis. It presents the applications of these tools through case studies which demonstrate its benefits of proper management of water resources systems. This book acts as a reference for students, professors, industrial practitioners, and stakeholders in the field of water resources and hydrology.

A First Course in Optimization (Hardcover): Charles Byrne A First Course in Optimization (Hardcover)
Charles Byrne
R2,904 Discovery Miles 29 040 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Give Your Students the Proper Groundwork for Future Studies in Optimization A First Course in Optimization is designed for a one-semester course in optimization taken by advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in the mathematical sciences and engineering. It teaches students the basics of continuous optimization and helps them better understand the mathematics from previous courses. The book focuses on general problems and the underlying theory. It introduces all the necessary mathematical tools and results. The text covers the fundamental problems of constrained and unconstrained optimization as well as linear and convex programming. It also presents basic iterative solution algorithms (such as gradient methods and the Newton-Raphson algorithm and its variants) and more general iterative optimization methods. This text builds the foundation to understand continuous optimization. It prepares students to study advanced topics found in the author's companion book, Iterative Optimization in Inverse Problems, including sequential unconstrained iterative optimization methods.

Game Theory and Economic Analysis - A Quiet Revolution in Economics (Paperback): Christian Schmidt Game Theory and Economic Analysis - A Quiet Revolution in Economics (Paperback)
Christian Schmidt
R1,344 Discovery Miles 13 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book presents the huge variety of current contributions of game theory to economics. The impressive contributions fall broadly into two categories. Some lay out in a jargon free manner a particular branch of the theory, the evolution of one of its concepts, or a problem, that runs through its development. Others are original pieces of work that are significant to game theory as a whole.
After taking the reader through a concise history of game theory, the contributions include such themes as:
*the connections between Von Neumann's mathematical game theory and the domain assigned to him today
*the strategic use of information by game players
*the problem of the coordination of strategic choices between independent players
*cooperative games and their place within the literature of games plus new developments in non-cooperative games
*possible applications for game theory in industrial and financial economics differential qualitative games and entry dissuasion.

Model Building in Mathematical Programming 5e (Paperback, 5th Edition): H. P Williams Model Building in Mathematical Programming 5e (Paperback, 5th Edition)
H. P Williams
R1,386 Discovery Miles 13 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The 5th edition of Model Building in Mathematical Programming discusses the general principles of model building in mathematical programming and demonstrates how they can be applied by using several simplified but practical problems from widely different contexts. Suggested formulations and solutions are given together with some computational experience to give the reader a feel for the computational difficulty of solving that particular type of model. Furthermore, this book illustrates the scope and limitations of mathematical programming, and shows how it can be applied to real situations. By emphasizing the importance of the building and interpreting of models rather than the solution process, the author attempts to fill a gap left by the many works which concentrate on the algorithmic side of the subject. In this article, H.P. Williams explains his original motivation and objectives in writing the book, how it has been modified and updated over the years, what is new in this edition and why it has maintained its relevance and popularity over the years: http://www.statisticsviews.com/details/feature/4566481/Model-Building-in-Mathematical-Programming-published-in-fifth-edition.html

Optimal Design for Nonlinear Response Models (Hardcover, New): Valerii V. Fedorov, Sergei L. Leonov Optimal Design for Nonlinear Response Models (Hardcover, New)
Valerii V. Fedorov, Sergei L. Leonov
R3,930 Discovery Miles 39 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Optimal Design for Nonlinear Response Models discusses the theory and applications of model-based experimental design with a strong emphasis on biopharmaceutical studies. The book draws on the authors' many years of experience in academia and the pharmaceutical industry. While the focus is on nonlinear models, the book begins with an explanation of the key ideas, using linear models as examples. Applying the linearization in the parameter space, it then covers nonlinear models and locally optimal designs as well as minimax, optimal on average, and Bayesian designs. The authors also discuss adaptive designs, focusing on procedures with non-informative stopping. The common goals of experimental design-such as reducing costs, supporting efficient decision making, and gaining maximum information under various constraints-are often the same across diverse applied areas. Ethical and regulatory aspects play a much more prominent role in biological, medical, and pharmaceutical research. The authors address all of these issues through many examples in the book.

Market-Consistent Prices - An Introduction to Arbitrage Theory (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020): Pablo Koch Medina, Cosimo Munari Market-Consistent Prices - An Introduction to Arbitrage Theory (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
Pablo Koch Medina, Cosimo Munari
R1,619 Discovery Miles 16 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Arbitrage Theory provides the foundation for the pricing of financial derivatives and has become indispensable in both financial theory and financial practice. This textbook offers a rigorous and comprehensive introduction to the mathematics of arbitrage pricing in a discrete-time, finite-state economy in which a finite number of securities are traded. In a first step, various versions of the Fundamental Theorem of Asset Pricing, i.e., characterizations of when a market does not admit arbitrage opportunities, are proved. The book then focuses on incomplete markets where the main concern is to obtain a precise description of the set of "market-consistent" prices for nontraded financial contracts, i.e. the set of prices at which such contracts could be transacted between rational agents. Both European-type and American-type contracts are considered. A distinguishing feature of this book is its emphasis on market-consistent prices and a systematic description of pricing rules, also at intermediate dates. The benefits of this approach are most evident in the treatment of American options, which is novel in terms of both the presentation and the scope, while also presenting new results. The focus on discrete-time, finite-state models makes it possible to cover all relevant topics while requiring only a moderate mathematical background on the part of the reader. The book will appeal to mathematical finance and financial economics students seeking an elementary but rigorous introduction to the subject; mathematics and physics students looking for an opportunity to get acquainted with a modern applied topic; and mathematicians, physicists and quantitatively inclined economists working or planning to work in the financial industry.

Optimization for Chemical and Biochemical Engineering - Theory, Algorithms, Modeling and Applications (Hardcover): Vassilios S.... Optimization for Chemical and Biochemical Engineering - Theory, Algorithms, Modeling and Applications (Hardcover)
Vassilios S. Vassiliadis, Walter Kahm, Ehecatl Antonio del Rio Chanona, Ye Yuan
R2,364 R2,193 Discovery Miles 21 930 Save R171 (7%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Discover the subject of optimization in a new light with this modern and unique treatment. Includes a thorough exposition of applications and algorithms in sufficient detail for practical use, while providing you with all the necessary background in a self-contained manner. Features a deeper consideration of optimal control, global optimization, optimization under uncertainty, multiobjective optimization, mixed-integer programming and model predictive control. Presents a complete coverage of formulations and instances in modelling where optimization can be applied for quantitative decision-making. As a thorough grounding to the subject, covering everything from basic to advanced concepts and addressing real-life problems faced by modern industry, this is a perfect tool for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in chemical and biochemical engineering.

Rock, Paper, Scissors (Paperback): Len Fisher Rock, Paper, Scissors (Paperback)
Len Fisher
R528 R439 Discovery Miles 4 390 Save R89 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Praised by "Entertainment Weekly" as "the man who put the fizz into physics," Dr. Len Fisher turns his attention to the science of cooperation in his lively and thought-provoking book. Fisher shows how the modern science of game theory has helped biologists to understand the evolution of cooperation in nature, and investigates how we might apply those lessons to our own society. In a series of experiments that take him from the polite confines of an English dinner party to crowded supermarkets, congested Indian roads, and the wilds of outback Australia, not to mention baseball strategies and the intricacies of quantum mechanics, Fisher sheds light on the problem of global cooperation. The outcomes are sometimes hilarious, sometimes alarming, but always revealing. A witty romp through a serious science, "Rock, Paper, Scissors" will both teach and delight anyone interested in what it what it takes to get people to work together.

Theories of the Bargaining Process (Paperback): Alan Coddington Theories of the Bargaining Process (Paperback)
Alan Coddington
R1,340 Discovery Miles 13 400 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The rise of game theory has made bargaining one of the core issues in economic theory. Written at a theoretical and conceptual level, the book develops a framework for the analysis of bargaining processes. The framework focuses on the dynamic of the bargaining process, which is in contrast to much previous theoretical work on the subject, and most notably to the approaches stemming from game theory. Chapters include: * Decision-Making and Expectations in Theories of Bargaining * Decision-Making and Expectations in a Game Theory Model * Limitations of the Environment Concept * Game Theory as a Basis for a Theory of Bargaining * The Decision/Expectation/adjustment Approach * The Adjustment Process * Direct Interdependence and the Consistency of Decisions

Game Theory in the Social Sciences - A Reader-friendly Guide (Paperback): Luca Lambertini Game Theory in the Social Sciences - A Reader-friendly Guide (Paperback)
Luca Lambertini
R2,142 Discovery Miles 21 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Individuals, firms, governments and nations behave strategically, for good and bad. Over the last few decades, game theory has been constructed and progressively refined to become the major tool used by social scientists to understand, predict and regulate strategic interaction among agents who often have conflicting interests. In the surprisingly anodyne jargon of the theory, they play games . This book offers an introduction to the basic tools of game theory and an overview of a number of applications to real-world cases, covering the areas of economics, politics and international relations. Each chapter is accompanied by some suggestions about further reading.

Nonlinear Optimization - Methods and Applications (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): H.A. Eiselt, Carl-Louis Sandblom Nonlinear Optimization - Methods and Applications (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
H.A. Eiselt, Carl-Louis Sandblom
R2,159 Discovery Miles 21 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to nonlinear programming, featuring a broad range of applications and solution methods in the field of continuous optimization. It begins with a summary of classical results on unconstrained optimization, followed by a wealth of applications from a diverse mix of fields, e.g. location analysis, traffic planning, and water quality management, to name but a few. In turn, the book presents a formal description of optimality conditions, followed by an in-depth discussion of the main solution techniques. Each method is formally described, and then fully solved using a numerical example.

Uncertain Renewal Processes (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): Kai Yao Uncertain Renewal Processes (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Kai Yao
R2,818 Discovery Miles 28 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book explores various renewal processes in the context of probability theory, uncertainty theory and chance theory. It also covers the applications of these renewal processes in maintenance models and insurance risk models. The methods used to derive the limit of the renewal rate, the reward rate, and the availability rate are of particular interest, as they can easily be extended to the derivation of other models. Its comprehensive and systematic treatment of renewal processes, renewal reward processes and the alternating renewal process is one of the book's major features, making it particularly valuable for readers who are interested in learning about renewal theory. Given its scope, the book will benefit researchers, engineers, and graduate students in the fields of mathematics, information science, operations research, industrial engineering, etc.

Optimization in Food Engineering (Hardcover, New): Ferruh Erdogdu Optimization in Food Engineering (Hardcover, New)
Ferruh Erdogdu
R6,931 Discovery Miles 69 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

While mathematically sophisticated methods can be used to better understand and improve processes, the nonlinear nature of food processing models can make their dynamic optimization a daunting task. With contributions from a virtual who s who in the food processing industry, Optimization in Food Engineering evaluates the potential uses and limitations of optimization techniques for food processing, including classical methods, artificial intelligence-genetic algorithms, multi-objective optimization procedures, and computational fluid dynamics.

The book begins by delineating the fundamentals and methods for analytical and numerical procedures. It then covers optimization techniques and how they specifically apply to food processing. The final section digs deep into fundamental food processes and provides detailed explanation and examples from the most experienced and published authors in the field. This includes a range of processes from optimization strategies for improving the performance of batch reactors to the optimization of conventional thermal processing, microwave heating, freeze drying, spray drying, and refrigeration systems, to structural optimization techniques for developing beverage containers, optimization approaches for impingement processing, and optimal operational planning methodologies. Each chapter presents the required parameters for the given process with the optimization procedure to apply.

An increasing part of the food processor s job is to optimize systems to squeeze more dollars out of overhead to offset rising utility and transportation costs. Logically combining optimization techniques from many sources into a single volume focused on food production processes, this book provides real solutions to increases in energy, healthcare, and product liability costs that impact the bottom line in food production.

Optimization of Solid-Phase Combinatorial Synthesis (Hardcover, illustrated edition): Bing Yan, Anthony W. Czarnik Optimization of Solid-Phase Combinatorial Synthesis (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Bing Yan, Anthony W. Czarnik
R7,167 Discovery Miles 71 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Addresses the key topic in combinatorial synthesis--how to optimize the quality of a combinatorial library--by determining the usefulness of synthesized compunds, the reliability of biological assay results, and analyzing acadmic and industrial applications, real-world examples, and case studies of successful and unsuccessful technologies."

Invitation to Linear Operators - From Matrices to Bounded Linear Operators on a Hilbert Space (Paperback): Takayuki Furuta Invitation to Linear Operators - From Matrices to Bounded Linear Operators on a Hilbert Space (Paperback)
Takayuki Furuta
R3,910 Discovery Miles 39 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Invitation to Linear Operators is an essential guide to linear operators. Linear operator theory is a natural extension of matrix theory. Most of the books on linear operators are not easy to read for students and researchers who have insufficient knowledge of mathematics. This book explains, in easy to follow steps, the newest essential and fundamental results on linear operators based on matrix theory. The topics covered include: Hilbert spaces, fundamental properties of bounded linear operators, and further developments of bounded linear operators. This book will undoubtedly be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students as well as researchers who have an interest in linear operators and their various applications. It also serves as a reference book for advanced readers.

Strategy - An Introduction to Game Theory (Paperback, Third International Student Edition): Joel Watson Strategy - An Introduction to Game Theory (Paperback, Third International Student Edition)
Joel Watson
R1,718 Discovery Miles 17 180 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Joel Watson has refined his successful text to make it even more student-friendly. A number of sections have been added, and numerous chapters have been substantially revised. Dozens of new exercises have been added, along with solutions to selected exercises. Chapters are short and focused, with just the right amount of mathematical content and end-of-chapter exercises. New passages walk students through tricky topics.

Operational Research - IO 2021-Analytics for a better world. XXI Congress of APDIO, Figueira da Foz, Portugal, November 7-8,... Operational Research - IO 2021-Analytics for a better world. XXI Congress of APDIO, Figueira da Foz, Portugal, November 7-8, 2021 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
Joao Paulo Almeida, Carla Soares Geraldes, Isabel Cristina Lopes, Samuel Moniz, Jose Fernando Oliveira, …
R4,446 Discovery Miles 44 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides the current status of research on the application of OR methods to solve emerging and relevant operations management problems. Each chapter is a selected contribution of the IO2021 - XXI Congress of APDIO, the Portuguese Association of Operational Research, held in Figueira da Foz from 7 to 8 November 2021. Under the theme of analytics for a better world, the book presents interesting results and applications of OR cutting-edge methods and techniques to various real-world problems. Of particular importance are works applying nonlinear, multi-objective optimization, hybrid heuristics, multicriteria decision analysis, data envelopment analysis, simulation, clustering techniques and decision support systems, in different areas such as supply chain management, production planning and scheduling, logistics, energy, telecommunications, finance and health. All chapters were carefully reviewed by the members of the scientific program committee.

Mathematical Analysis II: Optimisation, Differential Equations and Graph Theory - ICRAPAM 2018, New Delhi, India, October 23-25... Mathematical Analysis II: Optimisation, Differential Equations and Graph Theory - ICRAPAM 2018, New Delhi, India, October 23-25 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Naokant Deo, Vijay Gupta, Ana Maria Acu, P N Agrawal
R2,935 Discovery Miles 29 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book collects original research papers and survey articles presented at the International Conference on Recent Advances in Pure and Applied Mathematics (ICRAPAM), held at Delhi Technological University, India, on 23-25 October 2018. Divided into two volumes, it discusses major topics in mathematical analysis and its applications, and demonstrates the versatility and inherent beauty of analysis. It also shows the use of analytical techniques to solve problems and, wherever possible, derive their numerical solutions. This volume addresses major topics, such as multi-objective optimization problems, impulsive differential equations, mathematical modelling, fuzzy mathematics, graph theory, and coding theory. It is a valuable resource to students as well as researchers in mathematical sciences.

Evolutionary Algorithms for Mobile Ad hoc Networks (Hardcover): P Dorronsoro Evolutionary Algorithms for Mobile Ad hoc Networks (Hardcover)
P Dorronsoro
R2,710 Discovery Miles 27 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Describes how evolutionary algorithms (EAs) can be used to identify, model, and minimize day-to-day problems that arise for researchers in optimization and mobile networking

Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), vehicular networks (VANETs), sensor networks (SNs), and hybrid networks--each of these require a designer's keen sense and knowledge of evolutionary algorithms in order to help with the common issues that plague professionals involved in optimization and mobile networking.

This book introduces readers to both mobile ad hoc networks and evolutionary algorithms, presenting basic concepts as well as detailed descriptions of each. It demonstrates how metaheuristics and evolutionary algorithms (EAs) can be used to help provide low-cost operations in the optimization process--allowing designers to put some "intelligence" or sophistication into the design. It also offers efficient and accurate information on dissemination algorithms, topology management, and mobility models to address challenges in the field.

"Evolutionary Algorithms for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks" Instructs on how to identify, model, and optimize solutions to problems that arise in daily researchPresents complete and up-to-date surveys on topics like network and mobility simulatorsProvides sample problems along with solutions/descriptions used to solve each, with performance comparisonsCovers current, relevant issues in mobile networks, like energy use, broadcasting performance, device mobility, and more

"Evolutionary Algorithms for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks" is an ideal book for researchers and students involved in mobile networks, optimization, advanced search techniques, and multi-objective optimization.

Financial Mathematics - Theory and Problems for Multi-period Models (Paperback, 2012): Andrea Pascucci, Wolfgang J Runggaldier Financial Mathematics - Theory and Problems for Multi-period Models (Paperback, 2012)
Andrea Pascucci, Wolfgang J Runggaldier
R1,773 Discovery Miles 17 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

With the Bologna Accords a bachelor-master-doctor curriculum has been introduced in various countries with the intention that students may enter the job market already at the bachelor level. Since financial Institutions provide non negligible job opportunities also for mathematicians, and scientists in general, it appeared to be appropriate to have a financial mathematics course already at the bachelor level in mathematics. Most mathematical techniques in use in financial mathematics are related to continuous time models and require thus notions from stochastic analysis that bachelor students do in general not possess. Basic notions and methodologies in use in financial mathematics can however be transmitted to students also without the technicalities from stochastic analysis by using discrete time (multi-period) models for which general notions from Probability suffice and these are generally familiar to students not only from science courses, but also from economics with quantitative curricula. There do not exists many textbooks for multi-period models and the present volume is intended to fill in this gap. It deals with the basic topics in financial mathematics and, for each topic, there is a theoretical section and a problem section. The latter includes a great variety of possible problems with complete solution.

Practical Methods for Optimal Control Using Nonlinear Programming (Hardcover, 3rd Revised edition): John T. Betts Practical Methods for Optimal Control Using Nonlinear Programming (Hardcover, 3rd Revised edition)
John T. Betts
R4,686 R3,515 Discovery Miles 35 150 Save R1,171 (25%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How do you fly an airplane from one point to another as fast as possible? What is the best way to administer a vaccine to fight the harmful effects of disease? What is the most efficient way to produce a chemical substance? This book presents practical methods for solving real optimal control problems such as these. This third edition focuses on the direct transcription method for optimal control, and features: A summary of relevant material in constrained optimization, including nonlinear programming. Discretization techniques appropriate for ordinary differential equations and differential-algebraic equations. Several examples and descriptions of computational algorithm formulations that implement this discretize-then-optimize strategy. The third edition has been thoroughly updated and includes: New material on implicit Runge-Kutta discretization techniques. New chapters on partial differential equations and delay equations. More than 70 test problems and open source FORTRAN code for all of the problems. This book will be valuable for academic and industrial research and development in optimal control theory and applications. It is appropriate as a primary or supplementary text for advanced undergraduate and graduate students.

Numerical Optimization with Computational Errors (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Alexander J Zaslavski Numerical Optimization with Computational Errors (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Alexander J Zaslavski
R3,683 Discovery Miles 36 830 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book studies the approximate solutions of optimization problems in the presence of computational errors. A number of results are presented on the convergence behavior of algorithms in a Hilbert space; these algorithms are examined taking into account computational errors. The author illustrates that algorithms generate a good approximate solution, if computational errors are bounded from above by a small positive constant. Known computational errors are examined with the aim of determining an approximate solution. Researchers and students interested in the optimization theory and its applications will find this book instructive and informative. This monograph contains 16 chapters; including a chapters devoted to the subgradient projection algorithm, the mirror descent algorithm, gradient projection algorithm, the Weiszfelds method, constrained convex minimization problems, the convergence of a proximal point method in a Hilbert space, the continuous subgradient method, penalty methods and Newton's method.

Numerical Analysis and Optimization - NAO-V, Muscat, Oman, January 2020 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Mehiddin Al-Baali, Anton... Numerical Analysis and Optimization - NAO-V, Muscat, Oman, January 2020 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Mehiddin Al-Baali, Anton Purnama, Lucio Grandinetti
R2,925 Discovery Miles 29 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book gathers selected, peer-reviewed contributions presented at the Fifth International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Optimization (NAO-V), which was held at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, on January 6-9, 2020. Each chapter reports on developments in key fields, such as numerical analysis, numerical optimization, numerical linear algebra, numerical differential equations, optimal control, approximation theory, applied mathematics, derivative-free optimization methods, programming models, and challenging applications that frequently arise in statistics, econometrics, finance, physics, medicine, biology, engineering and industry. Many real-world, complex problems can be formulated as optimization tasks, and can be characterized further as large scale, unconstrained, constrained, non-convex, nondifferentiable or discontinuous, and therefore require adequate computational methods, algorithms and software tools. These same tools are often employed by researchers working in current IT hot topics, such as big data, optimization and other complex numerical algorithms in the cloud, devising special techniques for supercomputing systems. This interdisciplinary view permeates the work included in this volume. The NAO conference series is held every three years at Sultan Qaboos University, with the aim of bringing together a group of international experts and presenting novel and advanced applications to facilitate interdisciplinary studies among pure scientific and applied knowledge. It is a venue where prominent scientists gather to share innovative ideas and know-how relating to new scientific methodologies, to promote scientific exchange, to discuss possible future cooperations, and to promote the mobility of local and young researchers.

On Numbers and Games (Hardcover, Revised): John H. Conway On Numbers and Games (Hardcover, Revised)
John H. Conway
R5,140 Discovery Miles 51 400 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

ONAG, as the book is commonly known, is one of those rare publications that sprang to life in a moment of creative energy and has remained influential for over a quarter of a century. Originally written to define the relation between the theories of transfinite numbers and mathematical games, the resulting work is a mathematically sophisticated but eminently enjoyable guide to game theory. By defining numbers as the strengths of positions in certain games, the author arrives at a new class, the surreal numbers, that includes both real numbers and ordinal numbers. These surreal numbers are applied in the author's mathematical analysis of game strategies. The additions to the Second Edition present recent developments in the area of mathematical game theory, with a concentration on surreal numbers and the additive theory of partizan games.

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