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Building on the pioneering work by the Nobel Memorial Laureate,
John Nash, Professor Thomson has brought together a broad selection
of seminal articles which analyse and discuss bargaining and the
theory of cooperative games. Beginning with a distinguished
collection of papers discussing the origins of game theory, this
volume systematically explores its development as a tool to
illuminate economic behaviour. It includes the work of highly
accomplished academics whose discoveries over the years have shaped
the direction of this subject. With his insightful introduction,
the editor has ensured that this indispensable book is suitable for
anyone with an interest in cooperative gaming.
This edition features a new chapter on computational methods that
presents the basic principles on which most modern computer
programs are developed. It introduces an example on rotor balancing
and expands on the section on shock spectrum and isolation.
This fourth edition of this volume features a new chapter on
computational methods that presents the basic principles on which
most modern computer programs are developed. It introduces an
example on rotor balancing and expands on the section on shock
spectrum and isolation. It adds coverage of the methods of assumed
modes and incorporates a new section on suspension bridges to
illustrate the application of the continous system theory to
simplified models for the calculation of natural frequencies.
An idiosyncratic, richly illustrated guide to Britain's rivers,
seas and shores, for everyone who loves the water and the natural
world - a Norwegian Wood for Britain's waters This is a book for
those who want to understand better how the waters surrounding us
affect our daily lives, how it imperceptibly but crucially shapes
our actions, and has shaped our landscape for millenia. It's for
anyone who knows and loves our coast, and who wants to understand,
discover, surf, or sail it better. Inspired by his own witnessing
of the power of the sea through travelling around Britain's
coastline in a panel van with his young family, William Thomson
tells the story of the cycles of the sea. He combines a lyrical,
passionate narrative with graphically beautiful renderings of the
main forms of water which affect Britain: Rip, Rapids, Swell,
Stream, Tide, Wave, Whirlpool, Tsunami. The Book of Tides is a book
for all of us who feel the pull of the sea and the tug of the tide.
This textbook is Volume 1 of a two-volume set on the axiomatics of
economic design. Its central argument is that economic institutions
are not God-given: they are man-made. Their ultimate goal is to
promote social welfare. The book describes the axiomatic approach
to design. It consists in the formulation of criteria of
desirability of solution mappings, and of the examination of their
logical implications when imposed in various combinations. Its goal
is to identify as precisely as possible the line that separates
those combinations of desiderata that are compatible and those that
are not. The end product of axiomatic work are menus of choices for
practitioners to choose from when they have to make a decision. The
first volume offers pedagogical coverage of the axiomatic approach
to economic design, in the form of answers to questions posed by a
young person curious about it. It introduces readers to what
motivates economic design. It continues with the mathematical
representation of a class of allocation problems. The bulk of the
volume is to present structured inventories of the field of axioms,
arranged by format first, and content next. These chapters are
followed by a user's manual on the axiomatic method. Lastly, the
volume discusses how economic design can be aided by other
disciplines, in particular philosophy, mathematics, and computer
science.
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