This textbook for Naval Academy midshipmen focuses on search and detection theory as it was developed in World War II and evolved after the war. Accessible to anyone with a mathematical background, it covers analytical decision-making, simulation techniques, and models used in determining the probability of detection. This third edition is a comprehensive update that collects in one place the basic analytical developments in naval search theory over the last fifty years, while retaining the material on the models of search theory developed in the campaigns against the submarine threat in World War II. With recent improvements in stealth technology, the need to become more knowledgeable about search theory is increasing.

Chester, the complete human environment simulation for tactical emergency response, is the most ambitious project in the history of computer science. Scientists throughout the solar system labor to insure that he is programmed with all relevant information. Is it possible that the super computer could learn something from a lowly love doll? And even if he does learn the ultimate secret of humanity, is it too late to stop the destructive forces of God's Fire? And what will be the consequences when two computer geniuses fall in love and take the next step in human evolution?

...SELF-REPLICATING SOFTWARE...
...MIND MACHINE DIGITAL INTERFACE...
...GENETIC MANIPULATION...
...CLONING...
...NANOTECHNOLOGY...
...QUANTUM COMPUTERS...
They are already here, shaping the future!
Are we approaching a critical point in human evolution that may be as significant as when our ancestors first crawled out of the sea? The God Chip Conspiracy explores the philosophical implications of man's headlong race toward the ultimate merger with his machines. Herbert Stump's diagnostic toilet turns him in for therapy. So begins a strange adventure of epic proportions; one which answers many of the riddles of the human condition.