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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 23rd
International Static Analysis Symposium, SAS 2016, held in
Edinburgh, UK, in September 2016. The 21 papers presented in this
volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 55 submissions.
The contributions cover a variety of multi-disciplinary topics in
abstract domains; abstract interpretation; abstract testing; bug
detection; data flow analysis; model checking; new applications;
program transformation; program verification; security analysis;
theoretical frameworks; and type checking.
Founded on the core notion that we have reached a turning point in
the governance, and thus the conservation, of ecosystems and the
environment, this edited volume features more than 20 original
chapters, each informed by the paradigm shift in the sector over
the last decade. Where once the emphasis was on strategies for
conservation, enacted through instruments of control such as
planning and 'polluter pays' legislation, more recent developments
have shown a shift towards incentive-based arrangements aimed at
those responsible for providing the environmental services enabled
by such ecosystems. Encouraging shared responsibility for watershed
management, developed in Costa Rica, is a prime example, and the
various interests involved in its instauration in Java are one of
the subjects examined here.
Founded on the core notion that we have reached a turning point in
the governance, and thus the conservation, of ecosystems and the
environment, this edited volume features more than 20 original
chapters, each informed by the paradigm shift in the sector over
the last decade. Where once the emphasis was on strategies for
conservation, enacted through instruments of control such as
planning and polluter pays legislation, more recent developments
have shown a shift towards incentive-based arrangements aimed at
those responsible for providing the environmental services enabled
by such ecosystems. Encouraging shared responsibility for watershed
management, developed in Costa Rica, is a prime example, and the
various interests involved in its instauration in Java are one of
the subjects examined here.
This volume contains all twenty-three of the principal survey
papers presented at the Symposium on Ordered Sets held at Banff,
Canada from August 28 to September 12, 1981. The Symposium was
supported by grants from the NATO Advanced Study Institute
programme, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of
Canada, the Canadian Mathematical Society Summer Research Institute
programme, and the University of Calgary. tve are very grateful to
these Organizations for their considerable interest and support.
Over forty years ago on April 15, 1938 the first Symposium on
Lattice Theory was held in Charlottesville, U.S.A. in conjunction
with a meeting of the American Mathematical Society. The principal
addresses on that occasion were Lattices and their applications by
G. Birkhoff, On the application of structure theory to groups by O.
Ore, and The representation of Boolean algebras by M. H. Stone. The
texts of these addresses and three others by R. Baer, H. M.
MacNeille, and K. Menger appear in the Bulletin of the American
Mathematical Society, Volume 44, 1938. In those days the theory of
ordered sets, and especially lattice theory was described as a
"vigorous and promising younger brother of group theory." Some
early workers hoped that lattice theoretic methods would lead to
solutions of important problems in group theory."
This volume contains the accounts of the principal survey papers
presented at GRAPHS and ORDER, held at Banff, Canada from May 18 to
May 31, 1984. This conference was supported by grants from the
N.A.T.O. Advanced Study Institute programme, the Natural Sciences
and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the University of
Calgary. We are grateful for all of this considerable support.
Almost fifty years ago the first Symposium on Lattice Theory was
held in Charlottesville, U.S.A. On that occasion the principal
lectures were delivered by G. Birkhoff, O. Ore and M.H. Stone. In
those days the theory of ordered sets was thought to be a vigorous
relative of group theory. Some twenty-five years ago the Symposium
on Partially Ordered Sets and Lattice Theory was held in Monterey,
U.S.A. Among the principal speakers at that meeting were R.P.
Dilworth, B. Jonsson, A. Tarski and G. Birkhoff. Lattice theory had
turned inward: it was concerned primarily with problems about
lattices themselves. As a matter of fact the problems that were
then posed have, by now, in many instances, been completely solved.
This volume contains the texts of the principal survey papers
presented at ALGORITHMS -and ORDER, held. at Ottawa, Canada from
June 1 to June 12, 1987. The conference was supported by grants
from the N.A.T.O. Advanced Study Institute programme, the
University of Ottawa, and the Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council of Canada. We are grateful for this considerable
support. Over fifty years ago, the Symposium on Lattice Theory, in
Charlottesville, U.S.A., proclaimed the vitality of ordered sets.
Only twenty years later the Symposium on Partially Ordered Sets and
Lattice Theory, held at Monterey, U.S.A., had solved many of the
problems that had been originally posed. In 1981, the Symposium on
Ordered Sets held at Banff, Canada, continued this tradition. It
was marked by a landmark volume containing twenty-three articles on
almost all current topics in the theory of ordered sets and its
applications. Three years after, Graphs and Orders, also held at
Banff, Canada, aimed to document the role of graphs in the theory
of ordered sets and its applications. Because of its special place
in the landscape of the mathematical sciences order is especially
sensitive to new trends and developments. Today, the most important
current in the theory and application of order springs from
theoretical computer seience. Two themes of computer science lead
the way. The first is data structure. Order is common to data
structures."
The passionate response of the British public to the Newbury Bypass
is a revealing measure of how strongly people feel about trees and
the environment. Similarly, in the United States, the giant sequoia
of California is an enduring national symbol that inspires intense
feelings. As rainforests are sacrificed to the interests of
multi-national corporations and traditional ways of life disappear,
the status of forests, the cultural significance of trees, and the
impact of conservation policies are subjects that have inspired
intense engagement. Why do people feel so strongly about trees?
With this explosion of interest in environmental issues, a serious
study of what trees mean to people has long been overdue. This
interdisciplinary book responds to this need by providing the first
cross-cultural analysis of tree symbolism. Drawing on rich case
studies, contributors explore the processes through which trees are
used as metaphors of identity and continuity. Political struggles
over forest resources feature prominently, and the perceptions of
trees in various cultures provide telling insights into the ways in
which human societies conceptualize nature.As well as being a major
contribution to the field of symbolic anthropology, this
comprehensive study will be essential reading for students in a
wide range of courses and for anyone with a keen interest in the
politics of ecology, the occult and neo-paganism, and the history
and sociology of environmentalism in its widest sense.
The passionate response of the British public to the Newbury Bypass
is a revealing measure of how strongly people feel about trees and
the environment. Similarly, in the United States, the giant sequoia
of California is an enduring national symbol that inspires intense
feelings. As rainforests are sacrificed to the interests of
multi-national corporations and traditional ways of life disappear,
the status of forests, the cultural significance of trees, and the
impact of conservation policies are subjects that have inspired
intense engagement. Why do people feel so strongly about trees?
With this explosion of interest in environmental issues, a serious
study of what trees mean to people has long been overdue.
This interdisciplinary book responds to this need by providing the
first cross-cultural analysis of tree symbolism. Drawing on rich
case studies, contributors explore the processes through which
trees are used as metaphors of identity and continuity. Political
struggles over forest resources feature prominently, and the
perceptions of trees in various cultures provide telling insights
into the ways in which human societies conceptualize nature.
As well as being a major contribution to the field of symbolic
anthropology, this comprehensive study will be essential reading
for students in a wide range of courses and for anyone with a keen
interest in the politics of ecology, the occult and neo-paganism,
and the history and sociology of environmentalism in its widest
sense.
This volume contains the texts of the principal survey papers
presented at ALGORITHMS -and ORDER, held. at Ottawa, Canada from
June 1 to June 12, 1987. The conference was supported by grants
from the N.A.T.O. Advanced Study Institute programme, the
University of Ottawa, and the Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council of Canada. We are grateful for this considerable
support. Over fifty years ago, the Symposium on Lattice Theory, in
Charlottesville, U.S.A., proclaimed the vitality of ordered sets.
Only twenty years later the Symposium on Partially Ordered Sets and
Lattice Theory, held at Monterey, U.S.A., had solved many of the
problems that had been originally posed. In 1981, the Symposium on
Ordered Sets held at Banff, Canada, continued this tradition. It
was marked by a landmark volume containing twenty-three articles on
almost all current topics in the theory of ordered sets and its
applications. Three years after, Graphs and Orders, also held at
Banff, Canada, aimed to document the role of graphs in the theory
of ordered sets and its applications. Because of its special place
in the landscape of the mathematical sciences order is especially
sensitive to new trends and developments. Today, the most important
current in the theory and application of order springs from
theoretical computer seience. Two themes of computer science lead
the way. The first is data structure. Order is common to data
structures."
This volume contains the accounts of the principal survey papers
presented at GRAPHS and ORDER, held at Banff, Canada from May 18 to
May 31, 1984. This conference was supported by grants from the
N.A.T.O. Advanced Study Institute programme, the Natural Sciences
and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the University of
Calgary. We are grateful for all of this considerable support.
Almost fifty years ago the first Symposium on Lattice Theory was
held in Charlottesville, U.S.A. On that occasion the principal
lectures were delivered by G. Birkhoff, O. Ore and M.H. Stone. In
those days the theory of ordered sets was thought to be a vigorous
relative of group theory. Some twenty-five years ago the Symposium
on Partially Ordered Sets and Lattice Theory was held in Monterey,
U.S.A. Among the principal speakers at that meeting were R.P.
Dilworth, B. Jonsson, A. Tarski and G. Birkhoff. Lattice theory had
turned inward: it was concerned primarily with problems about
lattices themselves. As a matter of fact the problems that were
then posed have, by now, in many instances, been completely solved.
This volume contains all twenty-three of the principal survey
papers presented at the Symposium on Ordered Sets held at Banff,
Canada from August 28 to September 12, 1981. The Symposium was
supported by grants from the NATO Advanced Study Institute
programme, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of
Canada, the Canadian Mathematical Society Summer Research Institute
programme, and the University of Calgary. tve are very grateful to
these Organizations for their considerable interest and support.
Over forty years ago on April 15, 1938 the first Symposium on
Lattice Theory was held in Charlottesville, U.S.A. in conjunction
with a meeting of the American Mathematical Society. The principal
addresses on that occasion were Lattices and their applications by
G. Birkhoff, On the application of structure theory to groups by O.
Ore, and The representation of Boolean algebras by M. H. Stone. The
texts of these addresses and three others by R. Baer, H. M.
MacNeille, and K. Menger appear in the Bulletin of the American
Mathematical Society, Volume 44, 1938. In those days the theory of
ordered sets, and especially lattice theory was described as a
"vigorous and promising younger brother of group theory." Some
early workers hoped that lattice theoretic methods would lead to
solutions of important problems in group theory."
This text provides the reader with tools necessary to study
biological and bio-inspired flows, all the while developing an
appreciation for their evolutionary and engineering constraints. It
is suitable for students already exposed to introductory concepts
in fluid mechanics and applied mechanics as a whole, but who would
not need an advanced training in fluid mechanics per se. Currently
no textbook exists that can take students from an introductory
position in fluid mechanics to these contemporary topics of
interest. The book is ideal for upper-level undergraduates and
graduate students studying a range of engineering domains as well
as biology, or even medicine.
Updating Neanderthals: Understanding Behavioral Complexity in the
Late Middle Paleolithic provides comprehensive knowledge on
Neanderthals who lived throughout the European and Asian
continents. The book synthesizes historical information about the
study of Middle Paleolithic populations and presents current
debates about their genetics, subsistence, technology, social and
cognitive behaviors. It focuses on the last phase of Neanderthal
settlements and presents the main patterns of modern humans across
Europe. Written by international experts on the Middle Paleolithic
who have conducted innovative studies in the last three decades,
this book explores the implications of interactions between
different human species, including Neanderthals, Denisovans and
Sapiens. In addition, the book discusses the diversity and
variability of human adaptations and behaviors in the changing
climate and environment of the Late Pleistocene, and the
relationship between these behaviors, demography and cognitive
capabilities.
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Verification, Model Checking, and Abstract Interpretation - 15th International Conference, VMCAI 2014, San Diego, CA, USA, January 19-21, 2014, Proceedings (Paperback, 2014 ed.)
Kenneth McMillan, Xavier Rival
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th
International Conference on Verification, Model Checking and
Abstract Interpretation, VMCAI 2014, held in San Diego, CA, USA, in
January 2013. The 25 revised full papers presented were carefully
reviewed and selected from 64 submissions. The papers cover a wide
range of topics including program verification, model checking,
abstract interpretation and abstract domains, program synthesis,
static analysis, type systems, deductive methods, program
certification, debugging techniques, program transformation,
optimization, hybrid and cyber-physical systems.
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The Huaorani of Ecuador lived as hunters and gatherers in the
Amazonian rainforest for hundred of years, largely undisturbed by
western civilization. Since their first encounter with North
American missionaries in 1956, they have held a special place in
journalistic and popular imagination as "Ecuador's last savages."
"Trekking Through History" is the first description of Huaorani
society and culture according to modern standards of ethnographic
writing. Through her comprehensive study of their extraordinary
tradition of trekking, Laura Rival shows that the Huaorani cannot
be seen merely as anachronistic survivors of the Spanish Conquest.
Her critical reappraisal of the notions of agricultural regression
and cultural devolution challenges the universal application of the
thesis that marginal tribes of the Amazon Basin represent devolved
populations who have lost their knowledge of agriculture. Far from
being an evolutionary event, trekking expresses cultural creativity
and political agency. Through her detailed comparative discussion
of native Amazonian representations of history and the environment,
Rival illustrates the unique way the Huaorani have socialized
nature by choosing to depend on resources created in the past --
highlighting the unique contribution anthropology makes to the
study of environmental history.
A self-contained introduction to abstract interpretation-based
static analysis, an essential resource for students, developers,
and users. Static program analysis, or static analysis, aims to
discover semantic properties of programs without running them. It
plays an important role in all phases of development, including
verification of specifications and programs, the synthesis of
optimized code, and the refactoring and maintenance of software
applications. This book offers a self-contained introduction to
static analysis, covering the basics of both theoretical
foundations and practical considerations in the use of static
analysis tools. By offering a quick and comprehensive introduction
for nonspecialists, the book fills a notable gap in the literature,
which until now has consisted largely of scientific articles on
advanced topics. The text covers the mathematical foundations of
static analysis, including semantics, semantic abstraction, and
computation of program invariants; more advanced notions and
techniques, including techniques for enhancing the cost-accuracy
balance of analysis and abstractions for advanced programming
features and answering a wide range of semantic questions; and
techniques for implementing and using static analysis tools. It
begins with background information and an intuitive and informal
introduction to the main static analysis principles and techniques.
It then formalizes the scientific foundations of program analysis
techniques, considers practical aspects of implementation, and
presents more advanced applications. The book can be used as a
textbook in advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in static
analysis and program verification, and as a reference for users,
developers, and experts.
Val d Europe is a new city created in 1987, located next to the
first tourist destination in Europe, Disneyland Paris. The
challenge of this unique architectural and urban experience was to
design, ex nihilo, a city that simultaneously represents beauty,
practicality, and sustainability, creating social diversity without
architectural discrimination, limiting the use of vehicles, and
responding to ecological imperatives. This book presents, without
concealing the difficulties, the process that was put into place in
order to achieve the same urban quality as Europe s most beautiful
cities.
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