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Medicine

Kudo, Contrast Harmonic Imaging in the Diagnosis

and Treatment of Hepatic Tumors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Lanyi, Mammography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

*Manning/DeBakey, Medicine 2nd ed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Peitgen, Digital Mammography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

*Reimer (Eds.), Clinical MR Imaging 2nd ed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Usui (Eds.), Experimental and Clinical Reconstructive Microsurgery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Biology/Biomedicine

Bels (Eds.), Vertebrate Biomechanics and Evolution (SEB Seminar Series) (BIOS). . . . 3

Jucker (Ed.), Antifungal Agents (Progress in Drug Research) (Birkhäuser) . . . . . . . . . . 3

Harding (Ed.), Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering Reviews 17 (Intercept) . . . . . . . . 3

Harding (Ed.), Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering Reviews 18 (Intercept. . . . . . . . . 4

*LeRoy et al., Facilitating the Genetic Counseling Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

McKinley et al., The Sensory Circumventricular Organs of the Mammalian Brain

(Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology 172) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Miller/Gimpel, A Systematic Catalogue of the Eriococcidae (Felt Sclaes)

(Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the World (Intercept) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

The Natural History Museum (Ed.), The Natural History Museum,

London, UK (Ed.), British Mesozoic Fossils (Intercept) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

The Natural History Museum (Ed.), British Caenozoic Fossils (Intercept). . . . . . . . . . . 5

The Natural History Museum (Ed.), British Palaeozoic Fossils (Intercept) . . . . . . . . . . 6

Nelson, Erich Nelson's Book of the Genus Orchis (Intercept) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Hormones, Brain, and Behavior <New Series>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Numan/Insel, The Neurobiology of Parental Behavior

(Hormones, Brain, and Behavior) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Pankhurst/Mullin, Flora of the Outer Hebrides (Intercept) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Press/Short, Flora of Madeira (Intercept) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Thomas (Eds.), TOR (Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology 279). . . . . . . 8

Ecology/Environmental Science

Andersen (Eds.), Fire in Tropical Savannas (Ecological Studies 169) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Kroon (Eds.), Root Ecology (Ecological Studies 168) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Gribble (Ed.), Natural Production of Organohalogen Compounds

(The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry 3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Guhathakurta (Ed.), Integrated Land Use and Environmental Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Nagy (Eds.), Alpine Biodiversity in Europe (Ecological Studies 167). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Mathematics/Statistics

Alt (Eds.), Polymer and Cell Dynamics

(Mathematics and Biosciences in Interaction) (Birkhäuser). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

*Benedetto (Eds.), Sampling, Wavelets, and Tomography

(Applied and Numerical Harmonic Analysis) (Birkhäuser) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Broer et al., Bifurcations in Hamiltonian Systems (LN in Mathematics 1806) . . . . . . . 10

Cao, Geometric Curve Evolution and Image Processing (LN in Mathematics 1805). . 11

Dale, Most Honourable Remembrance

(Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences) . . . . . . 11

*Dantzig/Thapa, Linear Programming (Springer Series in Operations Research) . . . . 11

*Dungey et al., Analysis on Lie Groups with Polynomial Growth

(Progress in Mathematics 214) (Birkhäuser) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

*Emmer (Eds.), Mathematics, Art, Technology, and Cinema. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

*Gentle, Random Number Generation and Monte Carlo Methods

(Statistics in Computing) 2nd ed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Kanamori, The Higher Infinite (Springer Monographs in Mathematics) 2nd ed. . . . . 13

*Knabner/Angerman, Numerical Methods for Elliptic and Parabolic

Partial Differential Equations (Texts in Applied Mathematics 44). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

*Kushner/Yin, Stochastic Approximation and Recursive Algorithms

and Applications (Applications of Mathematics 35) 2nd ed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

*Lam, Exercises in Classical Ring Theory (Problem Books in Mathematics) 2nd ed. . 14

Lubotzky/Segal, Subgroup Growth (Progress in Mathematics 212) (Birkhäuser) . . . . 14

*Manski, Partial Identification of Probability Distributions

(Springer Series in Statistics) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

*Matousek, Using the Borsuk-Ulam Theorem (Universitext) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Milman (Eds.), Geometric Aspects of Functional Analysis

(LN in Mathematics 1807) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

*Quarteroni/Saleri, Introduction to Scientific Computing

(Texts in Computational Science and Engineering 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

*Rogers/Renardy, An Introduction to Partial Differential Equations

(Texts in Applied Mathematics 13) 2nd ed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Stevens, Deformations of Singularities (Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1811) . . . . . . . 16

Wagner (Eds.), High Performance Computing in Science and

Engineering, Munich 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

*Zhao, Dynamical Systems in Population Biology (CMS Books in Mathematics 16) . 17

Chemistry

Gossauer, Monopyrollic Natural Compounds Including Tetramic Acid

Derivatives (Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products 86) . . . . . . . . . 17

Hodgson (Ed.), Organolithiums in Enantioselective Synthesis

(Topics in Organometallic Chemistry 5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Jacobsen (Eds.), Comprehensive Asymmetric Catalysis Supplement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Jacobsen (Eds.), Comprehensive Asymmetric Catalysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Ware (Ed.), Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 178 . . . . . . . . 18

Engineering

Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics <New Series>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

*Chapelle/Bathe, The Finite Element Analysis of Shells

(Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

*Gertsbakh, Measurement Theory for Engineers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

*Kiselev et al., Astronautics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Inuiguchi (Eds.), Rough Set Theory and Granular Computing

(Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing 125). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Jarvis (Eds.), Robotics Research (Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics 6) . . . . . . . . . 20

*Kories/Schmidt-Walter, Electrical Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

*Krantz, A Handbook of Real Variables (Birkhäuser) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Liu/Antsaklis, Stability and Control of Dynamical Systems

with Applications (Control Engineering) (Birkhäuser). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Oberlack (Eds.), Theories of Turbulence

(CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences 442). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Pham (Ed.), Handbook of Reliability Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Seyranian (Eds.), Modern Problems of Structural Stability

(CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences 436). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Skrzypek (Eds.), Anisotropic Behaviour of Damaged Materials

(LN in Applied and Computational Mechanics 9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Tokhi et al., Parallel Computing for Real-time Signal Processing and Control

(Advanced Textbooks in Control and Signal Processing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Physics/Astronomy

Bernhardt (Eds.), Membrane Transport in Red Blood Cells in Health and Disease. . . 23

Dierolf, Electronic Defect States in Alkali Halides

(Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 185) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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Gladkov, Dielectric Properties of Porous Media

(Springer Series in Materials Science 59) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Henning (Ed.), Astromineralogy (LN in Physics 609) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Hillebrandt (Eds.), From Twilight to Highlight: The Physics of Supernovae

(ESO Astrophysics Symposia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Krivec (Eds.), Few-Body Problems in Physics (Few-Body Systems, Supplement 14). . 25

Landolt-Börnstein, Group 3/Volume 35/Subvolume C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Landolt-Börnstein, Group 7/Volume 2/Subvolume a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Landolt-Börnstein, Group 8/Volume 5/<B>Subvolume A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Masuhara (Eds.), Single Organic Nanoparticles (NanoScience and Technology) . . . . 26

Rosenauer, Transmission Electron Microscopy of Semiconductor Nanostructures


Staliunas/Sánchez-Morcillo, Transverse Patterns in Nonlinear Optical Resonators


Wiedemann, Particle Accelerator Physics (Advanced Texts in Physics) (Softcover) . . 27

Williams (Ed.), Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods

in Science and Engineering (AIP Conference Proceedings 659) (AIP) . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Blin (Eds.), Hadron Physics (AIP Conference Proceedings 660) (AIP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Garrido (Eds.), Modeling of Complex Systems

(AIP Conference Proceedings 661) (AIP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Ricker (Eds.), Gamma-ray Burst and Afterglow Astronomy 2001

(AIP Conference Proceedings 662) (AIP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Geosciences

Baba et al., Waves and Tidal Flat Ecosystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Lottermoser, Mine Wastes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Neugebauer (Eds.), Dynamics of Multiscale Earth Systems

(LN in Earth Sciences 97) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

*Pedlosky, Waves in the Ocean and Atmosphere. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Economics/Business

Kusuoka/Maruyama, Advances in Mathematical Economics 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Billari (Eds.), Agent-Based Computational Demography

(Contributions to Economics) (Physica-Verlag) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

*Borglin/Tvede, Economic Dynamics and General Equilibrium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Brauer, The Real Exchange Rate and Prices of Traded Goods

in OECD Countries (Kieler Studien - Kiel Studies 322) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Dutzler, The European System of Central Banks: An Autonomous Actor?

(Research Institute for European Affairs Publication Series 22). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Eppler, Managing Information Quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

*Grossmann, Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology

(Contributions to Management Science) (Physica-Verlag) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Heckelman (Eds.), Collective Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Herrmann (Eds.), Foreign Direct Investment in the Real and

Financial Sector of Industrial Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Marjit/Acharyya, International Trade, Wage Inequality and the

Developing Economy (Contributions to Economics) (Physica-Verlag) . . . . . . . . . . 33

*Mertins (Eds.), Knowledge Management 2nd ed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Metz, Information Dissemination in Currency Crises

(LN in Economics and Mathematical Systems 527) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Petrosyan (Eds.), ICM Millennium Lectures on Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

*Semmler, Asset Prices, Booms and Recessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Siebert (Ed.), Global Governance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Computer Science

*Chivers, Essential C# fast (Essential Series). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Franke (Eds.), Text Mining (Advances in Soft Computing) (Physica-Verlag) . . . . . . . 36

*Ghosh, Algorithm Design for Networked Information Technology Systems . . . . . . . 36

Ohsawa (Eds.), Chance Discovery (Advanced Information Processing) . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Schneider, Verification of Reactive Systems

(Texts in Theoretical Computer Science. An EATCS Series) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Apress

*Chapman, In Search of Stupidity (Apress) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

*Habibi, Regular Expressions with J2 (Apress). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

*Kofler, The Definitive Guide to Excel VBA 2nd ed. (Apress) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Blaze (Ed.), Financial Cryptography (LNCS 2357) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Dingledine (Eds.), Privacy Enhancing Technologies (LNCS 2482) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Kaliski (Eds.), Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems - CHES 2002

(LNCS 2523) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Lee (Eds.), Mobile Communications (LNCS 2524) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Padget (Eds.), Agent-Mediated Electronic Commerce IV.

Designing Mechanisms and Systems (LNCS 2531) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

König-Ries (Eds.), Developing an Infrastructure for Mobile and Wireless Systems

(LNCS 2538) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Dimov (Eds.), Numerical Methods and Applications (LNCS 2542) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Fleischer (Eds.), Experimental Algorithmics (LNCS 2547) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Desmedt (Ed.), Public Key Cryptography - PKC 2003 (LNCS 2567). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Hagiya (Eds.), DNA Computing (LNCS 2568). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Jünger (Eds.), Combinatorial Optimization - Eureka, You Shrink! (LNCS 2570) . . . . 41

Lee (Eds.), Information Security and Cryptology - ICISC 2002 (LNCS 2587) . . . . . . . 42

Gelbukh (Ed.), Computational Linguistics and Intelligent Text Processing

(LNCS 2588) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Börger (Eds.), Abstract State Machines 2003: Advances in Theory and Practice

(LNCS 2589) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Asperti (Eds.), Mathematical Knowledge Management (LNCS 2594). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Nyberg (Eds.), Selected Areas in Cryptography (LNCS 2595) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Paun (Eds.), Membrane Computing (LNCS 2597) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Klein (Eds.), Computer Science in Perspective (LNCS 2598) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Mendelson (Eds.), Advanced Lectures on Machine Learning (LNCS 2600) . . . . . . . . . 44

Ajmone Marsan (Eds.), Quality of Service in Multiservice IP Networks

(LNCS 2601) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Alt (Eds.), STACS 2003 (LNCS 2607) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Okada (Eds.), Software Security - Theories and Systems (LNCS 2609) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Laddaga (Eds.), Self-Adaptive Software (LNCS 2614) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence

Sichman (Eds.), Multi-Agent-Based Simulation (LNAI 2581) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Matwin (Eds.), Inductive Logic Programming (LNAI 2583) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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This book contains the proceedings of the Sixth Interna-tional Workshop on Digital Mammography held in Bremen, Germany, June 22-25, 2002. The Workshop was a forum for discussing new developments in digitalmammography and its applications and included

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Contents: Imaging Systems and Detectors.- Image Quali-ty.- Image Processing and Display.- Computer AidedDiagnosis.- Soft Copy Reading.- Clinical Studies of DigitalMammography or Related Modalities.- 3D Techniques.-Other Applications of Digital Mammography.- AuthorIndex.- Subject Index.

M. Usui, Hokkaido Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan; T. Yoshizu, Niigata Hand Surgery Foundation, Niigata, Japan (Eds.)

Experimental and Clinical Reconstructive MicrosurgeryEditor-in-Chief: S. Tamai, Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan

2003. XL, 550 pp. 850 illus. 79 in color. Hardcover $299.00ISBN 4-431-70318-7

Since the first successful digit replantation in Japan in1965, the field of microvascular surgery has rapidly pro-gressed throughout Japan and the world. Experimentaland Clinical Reconstructive Microsurgery draws on theexperience of a large number of experts in the areas of

experimental microsurgery, limb and digit replantation,and composite tissue transplantation. The result is anextensive monograph covering the history and futureprospects of microsurgery, essential microsurgical techniques for laboratory research, and the fundamentalmethods of harvesting tissues and their grafting tech-niques. Because the field of microsurgery includes a broad range of clinical disciplines, this book is a valuableresource to all orthopedic, traumatic, and plastic surgeonswith an interest in microsurgery.

From the Contents: A. The History of Microsurgery.- B. Operating Microscope and Microsurgical Instruments.-C. Experimental Microsurgery.- D. Preoperative andPostoperative Management.- E. Clinical ReconstructiveMicrosurgery.

Second Edition

P. Reimer, Städtisches Klinikum, Karlsruhe, Germany;P.M. Parizel, Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen,Edegem, Belgium; F.-A. Stichnoth, München, Germany(Eds.)

Clinical MR ImagingA Practical Approach

2nd completely rev. and updated ed. 2003. Approx. 570 pp. 500 illus. 100 tables. Hardcover $129.00ISBN 3-540-43467-4 (Replaces ISBN 3-540-64098-3)

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become theleading cross-sectional imaging method in clinical prac-tice. Continuous technical improvements have significant-ly broadened the scope of applications. At present, MRimaging is not only the most important diagnostic tech-nique in neuroradiology and musculoskeletal radiology,but has also become an invaluable diagnostic tool forabdominal, pelvic, cardiac, breast and vascular imaging.

This book offers practical guidelines for performingefficient and cost-effective MRI examinations in dailypractice. The underlying idea is that, by adopting a practi-cal protocol-based approach, the work-flow in a MRI unitcan be streamlined and optimized. For the second edition,all chapters have been thoroughly reviewed, and newtechniques and figures were included. This book will helpbeginners to advance their starting point in implementingthe protocols and will aid more experienced users inupdating their knowledge.

Contents: Principles of magnetic resonance (MR) imagingand magnetic resonance angiography.- Contrast agents forMR imaging.- Hemorrhage.- MR imaging of the brain.-MR imaging of the spine.- Head and neck.- Joints.- Boneand soft tissues.- Upper abdomen: liver, pancreas, biliarysystem, and spleen.- Kidneys and adrenal glands.- Pelvis.-Heart.- Large vessels and peripheral vessels.- Chest.- MRof the breast.- MR imaging of pediatric patients.- Inter-ventional magnetic resonance.

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V.L. Bels, Centre of Agricultural Research, Hainaut,Belgium; J.-P. Gasc, French National History Museum ofParis, France; and A. Casinos, University of Barcelona,Spain (Eds.)

Vertebrate Biomechanics and Evolution(SEB Seminar Series)

2002. Approx. 300 pp. Hardcover $149.00 ISBN 1-85996-238-6

Biomechanics, the study of the mechanical laws governingthe form and structure of living creatures, is now a pre-dominant tool to explain how complex structures andfunctions evolve under the pressure of historical (phyloge-netical) and environmental constraints. Evolutionarybiologists are becoming increasingly aware of the value of using biomechanics to analyse the performance ofvarious traits.

This volume seeks to contribute to our understanding ofthe complex relationship between environmental demandsor constraints, and the evolution of organismal design and function. It brings together research from the leadingnames in these areas of study and integrates the historicalor phylogenetic approaches with biomechanical andbiophysical analyses of the form, function and behavior of living and fossil organisms.

Many academics and students in the biological sciencesare increasingly interested by questions relating to evolu-tion so that it is now one of the major topics of research inbiology. It is intended that this book will cover a broadspectrum of disciplines and will bring responses to thosequestions as well as opening new perspectives in the wholeprocess of how organisms evolve and adapt.

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S.E. Harding, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonnington, UK (Ed.)

Biotechnology & GeneticEngineering ReviewsVolume 17

2000. XVI, 589 pp. 174 illus. Hardcover $200.00 ISBN 1-898298-61-0

A well-established hardcover review series with one new volume published each year. Each volume containsapproximately 15 original, major review articles coveringimportant developments in industrial, agricultural andmedical applications of biotechnology (wide sense), withparticular emphasis on the genetic manipulation of theorganisms concerned.

Contents: Techniques: On-line, real-time measurementsof cellular biomass using dielectric spectroscopy.- The useof chromatography to manufacture purer and safer plas-

ma products.- Tools for molecular genetic epidemiology:A comparison of MADGE methodology with other sys-tems; Molecular Biology & Genetics: Deriving meaningfrom genomic information.- High-density arrays andinsights into genome function.- Human mitochondrialgenetics.- The P53 tumour suppressor protein.- Produc-tion of active mammalian and viral proteases in bacterialexpression systems.- Genetic susceptibility in infectiousdiseases; Microbial Biotechnology: Emerging strategiesfor the chemical treatment of microbial biofilms.- Theeffect of aeration upon the secondary metabolism ofmicroorganisms.- Plant Biotechnology: Geneticallymodified food crops: Current concerns and solutions fornext generation crops.- Metabolic engineering of plantcells in a space environment.- Possible molecular mecha-nisms involved in nickel, zinc and selenium hyperaccumu-lation in plants.- Antibody Biotechnology: Use andapplication of subtractive antibody screening.

E. Jucker, Ettingen, Switzerland (Ed.)

Antifungal AgentsAdvances and Problems

(Progress in Drug Research – Special Topic)

2003. Approx. 300 pp. Softcover $105.00 (tent.) ISBN 3-7643-6926-4

This second volume of PDR Special Topics contains fivereview articles dealing with fungal diseases in humans as well as therapeutic approaches. The first chapter givesan account of the various growth forms of pathogenicfungi and classifies them based on their sexual cycle and on their RNA/DNA patterns. The second chapterdescribes the clinical manifestations of human fungalinfections, their prevalence and epidemiology. The thirdchapter is devoted to diverse laboratory methods in the

field of diagnosis of fungal infections, and the fourth and main chapter presents a complete overview of currentantifungal therapy. The increase in fungal infections and the improvement of therapeutic options leading to a demand for reliable antifungal susceptibility testing isthe topic of the closing chapter. The volume aims at thepractitioner who wants to be abreast of the latest achieve-ments in this field and advanced students who wish tofurther their studies in this important domain.

Contents: Classification and taxonomy of fungi pathogen-ic for warm-blooded hosts.- Fungal diseases.- Diagnosis offungal diseases.- Antifungal therapy - state of the art at thebeginning of the 21st century.- Susceptibility testing offungi - current status and open questions.- Index.

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Biotechnology & GeneticEngineering ReviewsVolume 18

2001. XIII, 415 pp. 202 illus. Hardcover $200.00 ISBN 1-898298-70-X

Contents: Techniques: Pyrolysis in biotechnology.-Kinetic analysis for analyte–receptor binding and dissociation in biosensor applications: a fractal analysis.-Molecular Biology & Genetics: Applications, and efficientlarge-scale production, of recombinant human epidermalgrowth factor.- Use of the baculovirus expression systemfor the generation of virus-like particles.- Expression ofinsulin in yeast: the importance of molecular adaptationfor secretion and conversion.-Microbial Biotechnology:

Gene structures and catalytic mechanisms of microbialenzymes able to biodegrade the synthetic solid polymersnylon and polyester polyurethane.- 5-Aminolevulinic acid:Production by fermentation, and agricultural and bio-medical applications.-Biotransformations of explosives.-Tumour-selective Salmonella-based cancer therapy.-Enzyme Technology: Bioconjugation for enzyme technol-ogy.- Regulation of muscle glycogen phosphorylase byphysiological effectors.- Plant Biotechnology: Geneticimprovement of iron content and stress adaptation inplants using ferritin gene; Antibody Biotechnology:Industrial purification of pharmaceutical antibodies:Development, operation, and validation of chromatogra-phy processes.- Biotechnological approaches to fightpathogens at mucosal sites; Polysaccharide Biotechnolo-gy: Cyanobacterial exopolysaccharides: Their nature andpotential biotechnological applications.- Index.

M.J. McKinley, R.M. McAllen, P. Davern, M.E. Giles, J. Penschow, N. Sunn, A. Uschakov, and B.J. Oldfield

The Sensory CircumventricularOrgans of the Mammalian BrainSubfornical Organ, OVLT and Area Postrema

(Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology,Vol. 172)

2003. Approx. 112 pp. 28 illus. Softcover $99.00ISBN 3-540-00419-X

Contents: Introduction.- Location, general structure andependymal cells of sensory circumventricular organs.-Regional subdivisions within sensory circumventricularorgans.- Vasculature, compartmental barriers, neuronsand glia in the sensory circumventricular organs.- Neuro-chemical aspects of sensory circumventricular organs.-The neural connections of the sensory circumventricularorgans.- Immediate early gene expression in the sensorycircumventricular organs.- Functions of the sensorycircumventricular organs.- Summary.- Subject index.

B.S. LeRoy, P.M Veach, and D.M. Bartels, all, Universityof Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Facilitating the Genetic Counseling ProcessA Practice Manual


Every parent hopes for a healthy, “normal” baby but notall babies fall into that category. On a daily basis, geneticcounselors help clients, at whatever stage of intended oractual pregnancy, navigate both the purely clincial mani-festations of a complicated birth and the short and longterm emotional impact.

This manual helps students learn how to guide clientsthrough these complex and difficult process. Designed tohelp students learn these basic counseling skills Facilitat-ing the Genetic Counseling Process, takes a “how to”approach to these complex and emotionally charged clientinteractions.

Contents: Guidelines for Manual Users.- Genetic Coun-seling Models.- Attending Skills.- Primary EmpathySkills.- Gathering Information: Asking Questions andTaking Client Genetic History: Structuring the GeneticCounseling Session.- Collaborating with Clients.-Advanced Empathy and Confrontation.- Resistance,Client Affect and Client Styles.- Self-Reference.- EthicalIssues.- Information Age & Online Overload.- Recogniz-ing Your Limits.- Appendices.

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D.R. Miller and M.E. Gimpel, both, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Beltsville, MD

A Systematic Catalogue of the Eriococcidae (Felt Sclaes) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the World2001. Approx. 589 pp. 5 illus. Hardcover $144.50ISBN 1-898298-74-2

Felt scales include many serious pests, particularly ofornamental plants such as azaleas, elms, beech trees, andcacti. This book is a synthesis and catalogue of all thetaxonomic information published on felt scales worldwideup to April 2000, and gives information on their correctscientific name, common names, synonyms, host plants,distribution, biology, economic importance, and pub-lished references.

Contents: Preface.- Introduction.- Catalogue Format.-Catalogue of Genera and Species.- References.- Index toGenera.- Index to Species.

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British Caenozoic Fossils5th ed. 1975. 4th printing 2001. VI, 132 pp. 44 illus. Softcover $17.00 ISBN 1-898298-77-7

Since it was first published this series of three books hasestablished itself as the classic work of reference for allstudents of geology. It provides information on whichfossils one may expect to find amongst the wealth ofgeological horizons occurring in Britain and at the sametime aids the identification of the species once they havebeen found.

Amateur and professional palaeontologists alike willcontinue to find that these volumes are as important totheir studies as their hand lens and geological hammer.

The other titles in this series are Palaeozoic fossils andMesozoic fossils.

This handbook illustrates but a small part of the wealth of animal and plant species that have inhabited Britainduring the past 70 million years. Although this was the ageof the great expansion and dominance of the mammals on the land, these are poorly represented in the Britishgeological record. Indeed, the selection of species to beillustrated has proved difficult since, clearly, as wide arange as practicable should be represented, despite the fact that molluscs form (microscopic forms apart) theoverwhelmingly dominant element.

The 354 species of animals and plants illustrated representonly a small proportion of the thousands recorded. Dur-ing the 70 million years span represented in this bookmost archaic animals and plants have been replaced bymore modern forms, of which a number are still livingtoday.


British Mesozoic Fossils6th ed. 1983. 4th printing 2001. Approx. 212 pp. 73 illus.Softcover $22.00 ISBN 1-898298-73-4

Since it was first published, this series of three books hasestablished itself as the classic work of reference for allstudents of geology. It provides information on whichfossils one may expect to find amongst the wealth ofgeological horizons occurring in Britain and at the sametime aids the identification of the species once they havebeen found.

Amateur and professional palaeontologists alike willcontinue to find that these volumes are as important totheir studies as their hand lens and geological hammer.

In this, the sixth edition of Mesozoic fossils, there have beenextensive stratigraphical and nomenclatorial revisions tobring jt fully into line with current concepts. The other titlesin this series are Palaeozoic fossils and Caenozoic fossils.

The Mesozoic era ranged from 240 million to 65 millionyears ago, and though it is popularly known as the ‘Age ofReptiles’, the term ‘Age of Ammonites’ would certainlyappear to fossil collectors to be much more appropriate.These molluscs form an important element of the 365fossil species illustrated in this book, which total repre-sents a very small proportion of the thousands of recordedMesozoic species of invertebrates, vertebrates and plants.

Contents: Introduction.- Illustrated Geological Time-Scale.-Stratigraphical tables.- Geological Distribution ofthe Species.- Illustrated Scientific Names of Fossils.-Explanation of Plates.-Bibliography.- Index.

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British Palaeozoic Fossils4th ed. 1975. 4th printing 2002. VI, 203 pp. 70 illus. Softcover $22.00 ISBN 1-898298-71-8

This handbook is one of a series of three devoted toBritish Fossils. And it is intended to provide a simple andinexpensive source of reference for those wishing to knowwhich fossils they may expect to find from the wealth ofgeological horizons occurring in Britain and to help themto identify for themselves the fossils they have collected.The handbooks are intended to serve the needs of bothamateurs and those seriously studying geology.

The series comprises:• British Caenozoic Fossils• British Mesozoic Fossils• British Palaeozoic Fossils

The Palaeozoic Era encompasses some 350 million years.illustrating such a period of time presents selection prob-lems made more difficult by the frequent distortion andindifferent preservation of many of its ancient fossils. Four hundred and forty-three species are illustrated in this volume which presents a small proportion of the totalnumber of species known to science but includes thosemost commonly found in this country.

Contents: Introduction.- Geological Time-Scale.- Strati-graphical tables.-Geological Distribution of the SpeciesIllustrated.- Scientific Names of Fossils.- Explanation ofPlates.- Bibliography.- Index.

Announcing a New Publications Series

Hormones, Brain and BehaviorEds.: Gregory F. Ball, Jacques Balthazart, andRandy J. Nelson

The aims of this series will be to highlight and integraterecent empirical advances in the field and discuss andanalyze methodological challenges facing investigatorsworking in this area. The clinical implications of this basicresearch for problems such as mood disorders, sexualdysfunction, violence and other behavioral problems willalso be considered. Volumes will include books focussedon the neuroendocrine regulation of a particular behavior,

a summary of the anatomical localization of hormonesensitive brain networks (e.g., localization of hormonereceptors, metabolizing enzymes etc) and a considerationthe cellular and molecular mechanisms mediating hor-mone action in the brain.

The books will be aimed at advanced graduate students aswell as established investigators working in the fields ofneuroscience, physiology and psychology with a particularemphasis on behavioral neuroscience, neuroethology andneuroendocrinology. Some books in the series will also beuseful for upper division neuroscience and neuroethologycourses. It is also hoped that clinical investigators will findthese books as useful summaries of basic research that isrelevant to many health-related questions.

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Erich Nelson’s Book of the Genus Orchis2001. Approx. 231 pp. 45 illus. Hardcover $185.00 ISBN 3-9522293-0-X

Erich Nelson (1897–1980) dedicated his life to the study of the form of plants, in particular orchids. This presentwork comprises a text volume and the previously unpub-lished illustrations of the genus Orchis (around 80 plantportraits in their original size on 44 plates of 280x375 mmformat). The highest quality of reproduction has beenstrived for in order to depict the undiminished beauty ofthe water-colours for which Nelson’s earlier works arerenowned. The plates are loose and kept together in asturdy box.

The text volume contains appraisals of Nelson’s completeworks written by botanists in English and German. They shed light on the history of biological thought andresearch in the twentieth century. Nelson occupies asignificant position in this field, given his anticipation of concepts that are relevant today. His research, whichwas based on intensive observation of form and wasconducted with an analytical mind, led him to record theshapes of the flowers and their evolution in every detail.The link with current systematics research is established in the accompanying text volume in the form of a detailedguide to the latest molecular genetic findings. These callfor the allocation of the previous Orchis species into threegenera originating from different roots. Nelson’s workretains its scientific and aesthetic relevance to this day.

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M. Numan, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA; T.R. Insel, National Institutes of Mental, Health, Bethesda, MD

The Neurobiology of Parental Behavior(Hormones, Brain, and Behavior)

2003. Approx. 480 pp. 79 illus. Hardcover $124.00 ISBN 0-387-00498-X

In addition to filling a need within the field of parentalbehavior, this book contributes importantly to the grow-ing area of emotional and motivational neuroscience. Amajor part of neuroscience research at the whole organismlevel has been focused on cognitive neuroscience, with anemphasis on the neurobiology of learning and memory,but there has been a recent upsurge in research which isattempting to define the neural basis of basic motivationaland emotional systems which regulate such behaviors as

food intake, aggression, reproduction, reward-seekingbehaviors, and anxiety-related behaviors.

In this book the emphasis is on the research findingsobtained from rodents, sheep and primates. The authors’goal, of course, was to provide a foundation that may helpus understand the neurobiology of human parental behav-ior. Indeed, the last chapter attempts to integrate the non-human research data with some human data in order tomake some inroads toward an understanding of postpar-tum depression, child abuse, and child neglect. Clearly,motivational and emotional neuroscience has close ties to psychiatry, and this connection will be very evident inthe final chapter. By understanding the neurobiology ofparental behavior we are also delving into neurobiologicalfactors which may have an impact on core human charac-teristics involved in sociality, social attachment, nurturingbehavior, and love. In this very violent world, it is hard toconceive of a group of characteristics that are more wor-thy of study.

J.R. Press and M.J. Short, The Natural History Museum,London, UK

Flora of Madeira1st ed. 1994. 2nd printing 2001. XVII, 574 pp. 57 illus.Softcover $71.50 ISBN 1-898298-80-7

Flora of Madeira is the first book to describe fully all ofthe vascular plants of the Madeiran and Salvage Islands. Itcovers 1360 species of native and naturalized plants, manyof them little known. A high proportion of taxa, some16%, are endemic to the islands themselves or are restrict-ed to Macaronesia (the collective name for the archipela-gos of the Azores, Madeira, Salvages, Canaries and CapeVerdes).

The Flora provides descriptions and keys for taxa at alllevels, as well as information on habitats, distributions andflowering times. Local names are also cited, Fifty-sevenplates or original drawings illustrate 212 of the Madeiranand Macaronesian endemic taxa, some of them depictedfor the first time. Introductory chapters describe thegeography and geology of the islands, the main vegetationtypes and the extensive measures being implemented toconserve this unique flora.

Contents: Preface.- Maps of the Madeira and SalvageIslands.-Introduction.- Organization of the Flora.- Flora.- Illustrations.- Index to Scientific names.- Index to Portuguese names.

R.J. Pankhurst and J.M, Mullin, both, Royal BotanicGarden Edinburgh, UK

Flora of the Outer Hebrides1st ed. 1991. 3rd printing 2001. Approx. 185 pp. 10 illus. Softcover $54.50 ISBN 1-898298-84-7

This is the first flora to comprehensively cover theseislands’ flowering plants and ferns. Introductory chaptersdescribe climate, geography, geology, soils, vegetation andbotanical history, after which there are detailed descrip-tions of over 700 species.

Contents: Preface.- Introduction to the Flora of the OuterHebrides.- The Geography of the Outer Hebrides.- TheGeology of the Outer Hebrides.-The Geomorphology ofthe Outer Hebrides.- Climate and Vegetation of the OuterHebrides.- Floristic and Vegetational History of the OuterHebrides.- The Vegetation of the Outer Hebrides.- TheHistory of Botany in the Outer Hebrides.- Plant Lore inGaelic Scotland.- The Flora.- Appendices.- Bibliography.-List of SSSIs and NNRs.- Index.

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G. Thomas, Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland; D. Sabatini, Whitehead Institute, Cambridge,MA; M.N. Hall, University of Basel, Switzerland (Eds.)

TORTarget of Rapamycin

(Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, Vol. 279)

2003. Approx. 270 pp. 56 illus. 9 in color. Hardcover$129.00 ISBN 3-540-00534-X

TOR, the Target of Rapamycin was discovered a little overten years ago in a genetic screen in S. cerevisiae in searchof mutants resistant to the cytostatic effects of the antimy-cotic, rapamycin. Recent studies have placed TOR at theinterface between nutrient sensing and the regulation ofmajor anbolic and catabolic responses. The editors havegathered the leading figures in the field of TOR and its rolein cellular homeostasis and human diseases.

Contents: TOR: the first ten years.- The role of phos-phatases in TOR signaling in yeast.- Yeast TOR signaling:a mechanism for metabolic regulation.- Nutrient signalingthrough TOR kinases control gene expression and cellulardifferentiation in fungi.- Autophagy in yeast: a TOR-mediated response to nutrient starvation.- The fissionyeast TOR proteins and the rapamycin response: an unexpected tale.- Plant growth and the TOR pathway.-TOR action in mammalian cells and C. elegans.-Geneticanalysis of TOR signaling in Drosophila.- Interplaybetween growth factor and nutrient signaling: lessonsfrom Drosophila TOR.- mTOR signaling to translation.-Modulation of the protein kinase activity of mTOR.- Roleof mTOR signaling in the control of translation initiationand elongation by nutrients.- Novel regulatory mecha-nisms of mTOR signaling.- Raptor and mTOR: subunitsof a nutrient-sensitive complex.- Kinase activities associat-ed with mTOR.- mTOR: a mediator of intracellular home-ostasis.- mTOR as a positive regulator of tumor cellresponse to hypoxia.- Retroviral oncogenes and TOR.-mTOR as a target for cancer therapy.- Subject index.

H. de Kroon, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands;E.J.W. Visser, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands(Eds.)

Root Ecology(Ecological Studies, Vol. 168)

2003. Approx. 400 pp. 99 illus. 2 in color. Hardcover$149.00 ISBN 3-540-00185-9

In the course of evolution, a great variety of root systemshave learned to overcome the many physical, biochemicaland biological problems brought about by soil. Thisdevelopment has made them a fascinating object of scientific study.

This volume gives an overview of how roots have adaptedto the soil environment and which roles they play in thesoil ecosystem. The text describes the form and functionof roots, their temporal and spatial distribution, and theirturnover rate in various ecosystems. Subsequently, aphysiological background is provided for basic functions,

such as carbon acquisition, water and solute movement,and for their responses to three major abiotic stresses, i.e.hard soil structure, drought and flooding. The volumeconcludes with the interactions of roots with other organ-isms of the complex soil ecosystem, including symbiosis,competition, and the function of roots as a food source.

Contents: Constraints on the Form and Function of RootSystems.- Distribution of Roots in Soil, and Root ForagingActivity.- Turnover of Root Systems.- The Control ofCarbon Acquisition by and Growth of Roots.- HydraulicProperties of Roots.- Root Growth and Function in Rela-tion to Soil Structure, Composition, and Strength.- Adap-tation of Roots to Drought.- Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plant Root Systems Subjected to Flooding of the Soil.- Root Competition: Towards aMechanistic Understanding.- Root Exudates: an Overview.-Mycorrhizas.- Signalling in Rhizobacteria - Plant Interac-tions.-Interactions between Oxygen-Releasing Roots andMicrobial Processes in Flooded Soils and Sediments.-Root-Animal Interactions.

A.N. Andersen, G.D. Cook, and R.J. Williams, all, CSIROSustainable Ecosystems, Winnellie, NT, Australia (Eds.)

Fire in Tropical SavannasThe Kapalga Experiment

(Ecological Studies, Vol. 169)

2003. Approx. 216 pp. 96 illus. Hardcover $119.00 ISBN 0-387-00291-X

The ten-year research program and the Kapalga fire exper-iment at CSIRO in Australia has provided a wealth ofknowledge about savanna ecosystems and the critical butpoorly understood role of fire. The frequent low intensityfires examined in this volume characterize fire in thetropics and are a dominant force in shaping the structureand function of tropical ecosystems. Contributors discuss

fire in relation to rainfall, groundwater, and the mammalsand plants in the ecology and management of ecosystems.Among the management issues addressed are: habitatmanagement, endangered species, protection of peopleand property, erosion and nutrient depletion, integrationof knowledge from indigenous people and western sci-ence, and atmospheric pollution from fire smoke. Thisbook will be valuable to tropical and savanna ecologists,fire ecologists and fire managers throughout the world,whether they are interested in plants, animals, soils or inthe landscape as a whole.

Contents: Preface.- Introduction.- Kapalga and the FireExperiment.- Fire Behavior.- Fuel Dynamics, Nutrients andAtmospheric Chemistry.- Streams.- Vegetation.- Arthro-pods.- Terrestrial Vertebrates.- Synthesis: Fire Ecology andAdaptive Conservation Management.- References.

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Natural Production ofOrganohalogen CompoundsPart P

(The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Vol. 3)

2003. Approx. 330 pp. 90 illus. Hardcover $189.00 ISBN 3-540-41842-3

This book summarizes the state-of-the-art knowledge onnaturally occurring organohalogens, of which more than3700 are documented. The chapters cover all aspects ofthis field, including the structural diversity and sources oforganohalogens, the mechanisms for their formation andbiodegradation, the clinical use of dichloroacetate, and thesynthesis of the powerful anticancer chlorine-containingcryptophycin. Both biogenic and abiogenic sources oforganohalogens are treated, the latter of which includevolcanic emissions and abiogenic formation in soil. Halo-genation in humans, fungi, and in the ocean are covered

in separate chapters. Sources and biosynthesis of therelatively rare natural organofluorines are also discussedin this volume. By better understanding of the role natureplays in the area of organohalogens, we can more intelli-gently regulate the production, use, and disposal of man-made organohalogen compounds.

From the Contents: The Diversity of Naturally OccurringOrganohalogen Compounds.- The Global Cycles of theNaturally Occurring Monohalomethanes.- The Biogeo-chemistry of Chlorine in Soil.- Abiotic Formation ofOrganohalogens During Early Diagenetic Processes.-Marine Sources of Volatile Organohalogens.- An Update on Organohalogen Metabolites Produced byBasidiomycetes.- Volcanic Formation of HalogenatedOrganic Compounds.- Fluorinated Natural Products:Occurrence and Biosynthesis.- Enzymology and MolecularGenetics of Biological Halogenation.- Myeloperoxidaseand Eosinophil Peroxidase: Phagocyte Enzymes for Bio-halogenation in Humans.- Biotransformation, Toxicologyand Pharmacogenetics of Dichloroacetate.

L. Nagy, McConnell Associates, Edinburgh, Scotland; G. Grabherr, University of Vienna, Austria; C. Körner,University of Basel, Switzerland; D.B.A. Thompson,Scottish Natural Heritage, Edinburgh, Scotland (Eds.)

Alpine Biodiversity in Europe(Ecological Studies, Vol. 167)

2003. Approx. 460 pp. 150 illus. 17 in color. Hardcover $159.00 ISBN 3-540-00108-5

This is the first ever European-wide overview of biodiver-sity in alpine areas. The volume draws together taxonom-ic, ecological, historical, functional and climatic studies todevelop a holistic understanding of biodiversity at andabove the treeline. The main themes are: plant, vegetationand animal diversity, altitude gradients and spatial pat-terns, long-term changes and the effects of herbivores ondiversity. These themes are introduced by a geo-biologicalscene setting and by a novel characterisation of alpine bio-climate. The comparisons of current and long-term obser-vations and data emphasise the historical tradition ofalpine biodiversity research in Europe. Analyses of taxo-nomic and assembly data at the continent-wide scaleprovide insight into pattern and its historical and ecologi-cal causes.

S. Guhathakurta, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ(Ed.)

Integrated Land Use and Environmental ModelsA Survey of Current Applications and Research


The authors of this volume follow four interrelatedthemes. In the first section “Evolving Definitions - Chang-ing Practices” the fundamental shifts in urban modelingpractices are examined in relation to the new theoreticaland computational advances in the field. The secondsection “Ecologic Processes and their Land Use Implica-tions” provides current examples of ecological models thatinfluence land use policy and planning. “Visualization,Representation and Communication” deals exclusivelywith the science and art of geographic data generation andrepresentation techniques. Finally the section on “Socioe-conomic Implications of Transportation and Land Use”examines the traditional domain of urban models from asociological and environmental perspective and offers newinsights on transportation planning.






W. Alt, University of Bonn, Germany; M. Chaplain,University of Dundee, UK; M. Griebel, University ofBonn, Germany; J. Lenz, Bonn, Germany (Eds.)

Polymer and Cell Dynamics(Mathematics and Biosciences in Interaction)

2003. Approx. 344 pp. Hardcover $108.00 (tent.) ISBN 3-7643-6924-8

Polymer and cell dynamics play an important role inprocesses like tumor growth, metastasis, embryogenesis,immune reactions and regeneration. This volume - basedon an international workshop on numerical simulationsof polymer and cell dynamics in Bad Honnef (Germany)in 2000 - provides an overview of the relevant mathemati-cal and numerical methods, their applications and limits.The contributions are from the fields of applied andnumerical mathematics, scientific computing, theoreticalphysics, molecular biophysics, cell and molecular biologyas well as chemical and biomedical engineering. The

volume will be of interest to scientists and advancedundergraduates in the fields of biotechnology, biomedi-cine, applied mathematics, biomathematics, biophysicsand bioinformatics.

From the Contents: Introduction.- Part I: MolecularDynamics and Protein Configuration. Introduction toPart I. Molecular Dynamics Studies of Micelle and CapsidSelf-assembly. A Functional Study on Saposin B and CUsing Experimentally Validated Models. The MorphServer and the Macromolecular Motions Database: AStandardized System for Analyzing and VisualizingMacromolecular Motions in a Database Framework.- PartII: Polymer Dynamics and Cell Motility. Introduction toPart II. Brownian Dynamics of Flexible Polymers in Flow.A Microscopic Model for the Dynamics of Actin Filamentsin Motility Assays and Its Numerical Simulation. Multi-particle Modeling of Actin-Myosin Networks: FromMolecular Interactions to Cell Motility.

H. Broer and I. Hoveijn, both, University of Groningen,The Netherlands; G. Lunter, University of Oxford, UK; G. Vegter, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Bifurcations in Hamiltonian SystemsComputing Singularities by Gröbner Bases

(Lecture Notes in Mathematics, Vol. 1806)

2003. XIII, 169 pp. Softcover $36.80 ISBN 3-540-00403-3

The authors consider applications of singularity theoryand computer algebra to bifurcations of Hamiltoniandynamical systems. They restrict themselves to the casewhere the following simplification is possible. Near the equilibrium or (quasi-) periodic solution under consideration the linear part allows approximation by a

normalized Hamiltonian system with a torus symmetry. It is assumed that reduction by this symmetry leads to asystem with one degree of freedom. The volume focuseson two such reduction methods, the planar reduction (or polar coordinates) method and the reduction by theenergy momentum mapping. The one-degree-of-freedomsystem then is tackled by singularity theory, where com-puter algebra, in particular, Gröbner basis techniques, areapplied. The readership addressed consists of advancedgraduate students and researchers in dynamical systems.

Contents: Introduction.- I. Applications: Methods I:Planar reduction; Method II: The energy-momentummap.- II. Theory: Birkhoff Normalization; SingularityTheory; Gröbner bases and Standard bases; Computingnormalizing transformations.- Appendix A.1. Classifica-tion of term orders; Appendix A.2. Proof of Proposition5.8.- References.- Index.

J.J. Benedetto, University of Maryland, College Park, MD;A.I. Zayed, DePaul University, Chicago, IL (Eds.)

Sampling, Wavelets,and Tomography(Applied and Numerical Harmonic Analysis)

2003. Approx. 352 pp. 50 illus. Hardcover $69.95 (tent.)ISBN 0-8176-4304-4

Sampling, Wavelets, and Tomography are three activeareas of contemporary mathematics with numerousapplications in signal and image processing and medicalimaging technology. They share common roots that lie atthe heart of harmonic and Fourier analysis. Also, theadvent of new techniques in mathematical analysis hasstrengthened their interdependence and has led to newand interesting results.

This state-of-the-art work reflects the contributions ofrenowned mathematicians and engineers, all experts intheir respective areas. One of the key features of the bookis an introductory chapter, written by the editors, to stressthe interdependence of the three areas covered.

Part I deals with sampling issues, both theoretical andapplied. On the theoretical front, the mathematical foun-dations of sampling as related to sampling in generalfunction spaces are presented, as well as in the multireso-lution analysis setting. The applied issues include sam-pling of linear and stochastic processes, sampling in signalanalysis and image processing, data compression, digitalfiltering, and error analysis, Part II includes chapters onwavelets, multiresolution analysis, frames, and Gaboranalysis, while Part III is devoted entirely to tomographyand medical imaging.

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F. Cao, IRISA / INRIA, Rennes, France

Geometric Curve Evolution and Image Processing(Lecture Notes in Mathematics, Vol. 1805)

2003. X, 187 pp. Softcover $36.80 ISBN 3-540-00402-5

In image processing, “motions by curvature” provide anefficient way to smooth curves representing the bound-aries of objects. In such a motion, each point of the curvemoves, at any instant, with a normal velocity equal to afunction of the curvature at this point. This book is arigorous and self-contained exposition of the techniquesof “motion by curvature”. The approach is axiomatic and formulated in terms of geometric invariance withrespect to the position of the observer. This is translated

into mathematical terms, and the author develops theapproach of Olver, Sapiro and Tannenbaum, which classi-fies all curve evolution equations. He then draws a com-plete parallel with another axiomatic approach usinglevel-set methods: this leads to generalized curvaturemotions. Finally, novel, and very accurate, numericalschemes are proposed allowing one to compute the solu-tion of highly degenerate evolution equations in a com-pletely invariant way. The convergence of this scheme isalso proved.

Contents: Preface.- Part I. The curve smoothing problem:1. Curve evolution and image processing; 2. Rudimentarybases of curve geometry.- Part II. Theoretical curve evolu-tion: 3. Geometric curve shortening flow; 4. Curve evolu-tion and level sets.- Part III. Numerical curve evolution: 5.Classical numerical methods for curve evolution; 6. Ageometrical scheme for curve evolution.- Conclusion andperspectives.- A. Proof of Thm. 4.3.4.- References.- Index.

G.B. Dantzig, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; M.N. Thapa, Stanford Business Software, Inc., Palo Alto, CA

Linear Programming2: Theory and Extensions

(Springer Series in Operations Research)


Linear programming represents one of the major applica-tions of mathematics to business, industry, and econom-ics. It provides a methodology for optimizing an outputgiven that is a linear function of a number of inputs.George Dantzig is widely regarded as the founder of thesubject with his invention of the simplex algorithm in the1940’s.

This second volume is intended to add to the theory of theitems discussed in the first volume to provide a compre-

hensive book on linear programming. It also includesadditional advanced topics such as variants of the simplexmethod, interior point methods (early and current meth-ods), GUB, decomposition, integer programming, andgame theory.

There is an extensive collection of exercises interspersed inthe text and many problems at the ends of chapters.

Graduate students and researchers in the fields of opera-tions research, industrial engineering, and applied mathe-matics will find this volume of particular interest.

Contents: Geometry of Linear Inequality Systems & theSimplex Method.- Duality and Theorems of the Alterna-tives.- Early Interior-Point Methods.- Interior-PointMethods.- Degeneracy.- Variants of the Simplex Method.-Transportation Problem and Variations.- Network FlowTheory.- Generalized Upper Bounds.- Decomposition ofLarge-Scale Systems.- Stochastic Programming: Introduc-tion.- Two Stage Stochastic Programs.- Appendix: Proba-bility Theory: Overview.- References.

A.I. Dale, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa

Most Honourable RemembranceThe Life & Work of Thomas Bayes

(Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences)


Thomas Bayes (1702 - 1761) was an English clergymanand mathematician. Until around 1950, he was considereda minor contributor to the history of mathematics, and ifhe was known at all it was because his name was attachedto a simple theorem in the calculus of probabilities. Sincethen, however, that theorem and the problem Bayes was

able to solve with it have become the basis for an impor-tant branch of statistical methodology, the problem ofinverse probability.

Little is known of Bayes’ life and few records mentioninghim remain. Dale has meticulously researched the materi-al and here gives a picture of Bayes and his time, as well as the intellectual and social climate in which Bayesworked. The writing is both instructive and entertaining,representing superb historical scholarship and excellentmathematics. Contents: Preface.- Acknowledgments.-Introduction.- A Bayesian Genealogy.- Thomas Bayes: ALife.- Divine Benevolence.- An Introduction to the Doc-trine of Fluxions.- On a Semi-convergent Series.- TheEssay on Chances.- The Supplement to the Essay.- Lettersfrom John Ward.- Miscellaneous Items.- The Notebook.-Memento Mori.- Notes.- Bibliography.- Index.







N. Dungey, Australian National University, Canberra,Australia; A.F.M. ter Elst, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands; D. Robinson,Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Analysis on Lie Groups with Polynomial Growth(Progress in Mathematics, Vol. 214)


Lie Groups with Polynomial Growth is the first book topresent a method for examining the surprising connectionbetween invariant differential operators and almost peri-odic operators on a suitable nilpotent Lie group. It dealswith the theory of second-order, right invariant, elliptic

operators on a large class of manifolds: Lie groups withpolynomial growth. In systematically developing theanalytic and algebraic background on Lie groups withpolynomial growth, it is possible to describe the large timebehavior for the semigroup generated by a complex sec-ond-order operator with the aid of homogenizationtheory and to present an asymptotic expansion. Further,the text goes beyond the classical homogenization theoryby converting an analytical problem into an algebraic one.

Contents: Preface.- Introduction.- General Formalism.-Structure Theory.- Kernel Bounds.- Global Derivatives.-Asymptotics.- Appendices.- Bibliography.- Index ofNotation.- Index.

Second Edition

J.E. Gentle, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

Random Number Generation and Monte Carlo Methods(Statistics in Computing)

2nd ed. 2003. Approx. 400 pp. Hardcover $79.95 ISBN 0-387-00178-6 (Replaces ISBN 0-387-98522-0)

Monte Carlo simulation has become one of the mostimportant tools in all fields of science. Simulationmethodology relies on a good source of numbers thatappear to be random. These “pseudorandom” numbersmust pass statistical tests just as random samples would.Methods for producing pseudorandom numbers andtransforming those numbers to simulate samples fromvarious distributions are among the most important topicsin statistical computing.

This book surveys techniques of random number genera-tion and the use of random numbers in Monte Carlosimulation. The book covers basic principles, as well asnewer methods such as parallel random number genera-tion, nonlinear congruential generators, quasi MonteCarlo methods, and Markov chain Monte Carlo. The bestmethods for generating random variates from the stan-dard distributions are presented, but also general tech-niques useful in more complicated models and in novelsettings are described. The emphasis throughout the bookis on practical methods that work well in current comput-ing environments.

The book includes exercises and can be used as a text orsupplementary text for various courses in modern statis-tics. It could serve as the primary test for a specializedcourse in statistical computing, or as a supplementary textfor a course in computational statistics and other areas ofmodern statistics that rely on simulation. The book, whichcovers recent developments in the field, could also serve asa useful reference for practitioners.

M. Emmer, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy; M. Manaresi, University of Bologna, Italy (Eds.)

Mathematics, Art, Technology,and Cinema2003. Approx. 230 pp. Hardcover $99.00 ISBN 3-540-00601-X

From the reviews of the Italian edition:“Michele Emmer from the University of Rome ‘La Sapien-za’, this time assisted by Mirella Manaresi from Bologna,has again organized a collection of extremely inspired(and inspiring!) articles for the Springer series, Mathemat-ics and Culture [...] Again, the outcome is a book contain-ing various essays on the interconnections betweenmathematics, philosophy, technology, and fine arts, nowwith a particular emphasis on the presentation of mathe-matical themes at cinema. [...] Also this time the editorshave made an excellent job (the reader is strongly recom-mended to read also the Preface by Michele Emmer!), andone cannot help congratulating the authors and Springer

Italia for this marvellous new volume in the series”Matematica e cultura”. The non-Italian mathematicalcommunity could really envy the Italians this extraordi-nary series.”

Jürgen Appell, Zentralblatt für Mathematik und ihre Grenzgebiete

Contents: Part I: God is Everywhere.- The GeometricWorld of Lucio Saffaro.- John Robinson’s Universe Seriesof Symbolic Sculptures.- Mathematics Meets Art: Escher,Reutersvärd and Saffaro at Bologna 2000.- Making theOptiverse: A Mathematician’s Guide to AVN, a Real-TimeInteractive Computer Animator.- The Geometry of Sight:From Euclid’s Optics to the Renaissance Perspective.-From Descriptive Geometry to CAD.- The Muses ofMathematics.- Cryptography and Digital Signature.- TheImages of Art and the Art of Images; Part II. Mathematicsand Cinema.- Mathematics in Cinema. Reviews, Inter-views with Authors, Stage Directors and Script Writers.

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Second Edition

A. Kanamori, Boston University, Boston, MA

The Higher InfiniteOriginally published in the series “Perpectives in Mathematical Logic”

(Springer Monographs in Mathematics)

2nd ed. 2003. XXIV, 540 pp. Hardcover $119.00 ISBN 3-540-00384-3 (Replaces ISBN 3-540-57071-3)

The theory of large cardinals is currently a broad main-stream of modern set theory, the main area of investiga-tion for the analysis of the relative consistency ofmathematical propositions and possible new axioms for

mathematics. The first of a projected multi-volume series,this book provides a comprehensive account of the theoryof large cardinals from its beginnings and some of thedirect outgrowths leading to the frontiers of contemporaryresearch. A “genetic” approach is taken, presenting thesubject in the context of its historical development. Withhindsight the consequential avenues are pursued and themost elegant or accessible expositions given. With openquestions and speculations provided throughout, thereader should not only come to appreciate the scope andcoherence of the overall enterprise but also become pre-pared to pursue research in several specific areas by study-ing the relevant sections.

Second Edition

H.J. Kushner, Brown University, Providence, RI; G.G. Yin, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

Stochastic Approximation and Recursive Algorithms and Applications (Applications of Mathematics, Vol. 35)

2nd ed. 2003. Approx. 520 pp. 31 illus. Hardcover $64.95 (tent.) ISBN 0-387-00894-2 (Replaces ISBN 0-387-94916-X)

The book presents a thorough development of the moderntheory of stochastic approximation or recursive stochasticalgorithms for both constrained and unconstrained prob-lems. There is a complete development of both probabilityone and weak convergence methods for very general noiseprocesses. The proofs of convergence use the ODE

method, the most powerful to date, with which theasymptotic behavior is characterized by the limit behaviorof a mean ODE. The assumptions and proof methods aredesigned to cover the needs of recent applications. Thedevelopment proceeds from simple to complex problems,allowing the underlying ideas to be more easily under-stood. Rate of convergence, iterate averaging, high-dimen-sional problems, stability-ODE methods, two time scale,asynchronous and decentralized algorithms, generalcorrelated and state-dependent noise, perturbed testfunction methods, and large devitations methods, arecovered. Many motivational examples from learningtheory, ergodic cost problems for discrete event systems,wireless communications, adaptive control, signal pro-cessing, and elsewhere, illustrate the application of thetheory.

This second edition is a thorough revision, although themain features and the structure remain unchanged. Itcontains many additional applications and results, andmore detailed discussion.

P. Knabner, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany;L. Angerman, University of Clausthal, Clausthal-Zeller-feld, Germany

Numerical Methods for Elliptic and Parabolic Partial Differential Equations(Texts in Applied Mathematics, Vol. 44)

2003. Approx. 440 pp. 67 illus. Hardcover $69.95ISBN 0-387-95449-X

This book covers numerical methods for partial differen-tial equations: discretization methods such as finite differ-ence, finite volume and finite element methods; solutionmethods for linear and nonlinear systems of equationsand grid generation.

The book takes account of both the theory and implemen-tation, providing simultaneously both a rigorous and aninductive presentation of the technical details. It contains

modern topics such as adaptive methods, multilevelmethods and methods for convection-dominated prob-lems. Detailed illustrations and extensive exercises areincluded.

It will provide mathematics students with an introductionto the theory and methods, guiding them in their selectionof methods and helping them to understand and pursuefinite element programming. For engineering and physicsstudents it will provide a general framework for formula-tion and analysis of methods providing a broader perspec-tive to specific applications.

Contents: For Example: Modelling Processes in PorousMedia with Differential Equations.- For the Beginning:The Finite Difference Method for the Poisson Equation.-The Finite Element Method for the Poisson Equation.-The Finite Element Method for Linear Elliptic BoundaryValue Problems of Second Order.- Grid Generation and APosteriori Error Estimation.- Iterative Methods for Sys-tems of Linear Equations.








Second Edition

T.-Y. Lam, University of California, Berkeley, CA

Exercises in Classical Ring Theory(Problem Books in Mathematics)

2nd ed. 2003. Approx. 280 pp. Hardcover $64.95 ISBN 0-387-00500-5 (Replaces ISBN 0-387-94317-X)

From the reviews of the first edition:“This useful book, which grew out of the author’s lecturesat Berkeley, presents some 400 exercises of varying degreesof difficulty in classical ring theory, together with com-plete solutions, background information, historical com-mentary, bibliographic details, and indications of possibleimprovements or generalizations. The book should beespecially helpful to graduate students as a model of theproblem-solving process and an illustration of the applica-tions of different theorems in ring theory. The author alsodiscusses ‘the folklore of the subject: the ‘tricks of the

trade’ in ring theory, which are well known to the expertsin the field but may not be familiar to others, and forwhich there is usually no good reference’. The problemsare from the following areas: the Wedderburn-Artintheory of semisimple rings, the Jacobson radical, represen-tation theory of groups and algebras, (semi) prime rings, (semi)primitive rings, division rings, ordered rings, (semi)local rings, the theory of idempotents, and(semi)perfect rings. Problems in the areas of moduletheory, category theory, and rings of quotients are notincluded, since they will appear in a later book.”

T. W. Hungerford, Mathematical Reviews

Contents: Preface.- Notes to the Reader.- Wedderburn-Artin Theory.- Jacobson Radical Theory.- Introduction to Representation Theory.- Prime and Primitive Rings.-Introduction to Division Rings.- Ordered Structures inRings.- Local Rings, Semilocal Rings, and Idempotents,Perfect and Semiperfect Rings.- Name Index.- SubjectIndex.

C.F. Manski, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Partial Identification of Probability Distributions(Springer Series in Statistics)


Sample data alone never suffice to draw conclusions aboutpopulations. Inference always requires assumptions aboutthe population and sampling process. Statistical theory hasrevealed much about how strength of assumptions affectsthe precision of point estimates, but has had much less tosay about how it affects the identification of populationparameters. Indeed, it has been commonplace to think of identification as a binary event - a parameter is eitheridentified or not - and to view point identification as apre-condition for inference. Yet there is enormous scopefor fruitful inference using data and assumptions that

partially identify population parameters. This bookexplains why and shows how.

The book presents in a rigorous and thorough manner the main elements of Charles Manski’s research on partialidentification of probability distributions. One focus is prediction with missing outcome or covariate data.Another is decomposition of finite mixtures, with application to the analysis of contaminated sampling andecological inference. A third major focus is the analysis oftreatment response.

Whatever the particular subject under study, the presenta-tion follows a common path. The author first specifies thesampling process generating the available data and askswhat may be learned about population parameters usingthe empirical evidence alone. He then asks how the (typi-cally) setvalued identification regions for these parametersshrink if various assumptions are imposed. The approachto inference that runs throughout the book is deliberatelyconservative and thoroughly nonparametric.

A. Lubotzky, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel; D. Segal, All Souls College, Oxford, UK

Subgroup Growth(Progress in Mathematics, Vol. 212)


Subgroup growth studies the distribution of subgroups offinite index in a group as a function of the index. In thelast two decades this topic has developed into one of themost active areas of research in infinite group theory; thisbook is a systematic and comprehensive account of thesubstantial theory, which has emerged. As well as deter-mining the range of possible ‘growth types’, for finitelygenerated groups in general and for groups in particularclasses such as linear groups, a main focus of the book ison the tight connection between the subgroup growth of agroup and its algebraic structure. A wide range of mathe-matical disciplines play a significant role in this work: as

well as various aspects of infinite group theory, theseinclude finite simple groups and permutation groups,profinite groups, arithmetic groups and Strong Approxi-mation, algebraic and analytic number theory, probability,and p-adic model theory. Relevant aspects of such topicsare explained in self-contained ‘windows’.

Contents: Preface.- Notation.- Introduction andOverview.- Basic Techniques of Subgroup Counting.- FreeGroups.- Groups with Exponential Subgroup Growth.-Pro-p Groups.- Finitely Generated Groups with Polyno-mial Subgroup Growth.- Congruence Subgroups.- TheGeneralized Congruence Subgroup Problem.- LinearGroups.- Soluble Groups.- Profinite Groups with Polyno-mial Subgroup Growth.- Probabilistic Methods.- OtherGrowth Conditions.- The Growth Spectrum.- ExplicitFormulas and Asymptotics.- Zeta Functions I: NilpotentGroups.- Zeta Functions II: p-adic Analytic Groups.-Windows.- Open Problems.- Bibliography.- Index.

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J. Matousek, Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia

Using the Borsuk-Ulam TheoremLectures on Topological Methods in Combinatorics and Geometry

(Universitext)

2003. Approx. 200 pp. Softcover $49.95 ISBN 3-540-00362-2

A number of important results in combinatorics, discretegeometry, and theoretical computer science have beenproved using algebraic topology. While the results arequite famous, their proofs are not so widely understood.This book is the first textbook treatment of a significantpart of these results. It focuses on so-called equivariantmethods, based on the Borsuk-Ulam theorem and itsgeneralizations. The topological tools are intentionallykept on a very elementary level. No prior knowledge ofalgebraic topology is assumed, only a background inundergraduate mathematics, and the required topologicalnotions and results are gradually explained.

A. Quarteroni, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,Switzerland; F. Saleri, Università degli Studi di Milano,Italy

Introduction to Scientific ComputingProblems and Exercises solved by MATLAB

(Texts in Computational Science and Engineering, Vol. 2)

2003. X, 243 pp. Hardcover $49.95 ISBN 3-540-44363-0

This textbook is an introduction to Scientific Computing,in which several numerical methods for the computersolution of certain classes of mathematical problems areillustrated. The authors show how to compute the zeros or

the integrals of continuous functions, solve linear systems,approximate functions by polynomials and constructaccurate approximations for the solution of differentialequations. To make the presentation concrete and appeal-ing, the programming environment Matlab is adopted as a faithful companion. All the algorithms introducedthroughout the book are shown, thus furnishing an immediate quantitative assessment of their theoreticalproperties such as stability, accuracy and complexity. The book also contains the solution to several problemsraised through exercises and examples, often originatingfrom specific applications. A specific section is devoted to subjects which were not addressed in the book andindicate the bibliographical references for a more compre-hensive treatment of the material.

Original Italian edition published by Springer-Verlag, Italia,2002

V.D. Milman, Tel Aviv University, Israel; G. Schechtman,Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel (Eds.)

Geometric Aspects of Functional AnalysisIsrael Seminar 2001-2002

(Lecture Notes in Mathematics, Vol. 1807)

2003. VIII, 429 pp. Softcover $76.80 (tent.) ISBN 3-540-00485-8

The proceedings of the Israeli GAFA seminar on Geomet-ric Aspect of Functional Analysis during the years 2001-2002 follow the long tradition of the previous volumes.They continue to reflect the general trends of the Theory.Several papers deal with the slicing problem and its rela-tives. Some deal with the concentration phenomenon andrelated topics. In many of the papers there is a deep inter-play between Probability and Convexity. The volumecontains also a profound study on approximating convexsets by randomly chosen polytopes and its relation tofloating bodies, an important subject in Classical Convexi-ty Theory. All the papers of this collection are originalresearch papers.








Second Edition

R.C. Rogers and M. Renardy, both, Virginia PolytechnicInstitute and State University, Blacksburg, VA

An Introduction to Partial Differential Equations(Texts in Applied Mathematics, Vol. 13)

2nd ed. 2003. Approx. 448 pp. 21 illus. Hardcover $59.95 (tent.) ISBN 0-387-00444-0 (Replaces ISBN 0-387-97952-2)

Partial differential equations are fundamental to themodeling of natural phenomena, arising in every field of science. Consequently, the desire to understand thesolutions of these equations has always had a prominentplace in the efforts of mathematicians; it has inspired such diverse fields as complex function theory, functionalanalysis and algebraic topology. Like algebra, topology,and rational mechanics, partial differential equations are a core area of mathematics.

This book aims to provide the background necessary toinitiate work on a Ph.D. thesis in PDEs for beginninggraduate students. Prerequisites include a truly advancedcalculus course and basic complex variables. Lebesgueintegration is needed only in Chapter 10, and the neces-sary tools from functional analysis are developed withinthe course. The book can be used to teach a variety ofdifferent courses.

This new edition features new problems throughout and the problems have been rearranged in each section from simplest to most difficult. New examples have alsobeen added. The material on Sobolev spaces has beenrearranged and expanded. A new section on nonlinearvariational problems with “Young-measure” solutionsappears. The reference section has also been expanded.

Contents: Characteristics.- Conservation Laws andShocks.- Maximum Principles.- Distributions.- FunctionSpaces.- Sobolev Spaces.- Operator Theory.- Linear Ellip-tic Equations.- Nonlinear Elliptic Equations.- EnergyMethods for Evolution Problems.- Semigroup Methods.

S. Wagner, University of Stuttgart, Germany; W. Hanke,University of Würzburg, Germany; A. Bode, TechnicalUniversity of Munich, Germany; F. Durst, University ofErlangen-Nürnberg, Germany (Eds.)

High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering,Munich 2002Transactions of the First Joint HLRB and KONWIHRStatus and Result Workshop, October 10-11, 2002,Technical University of Munich, Germany

2003. XIII, 505 pp. 253 illus. Hardcover $119.00 ISBN 3-540-00474-2

This book consists of reports on selected projects that havebeen using the High Performance Computer in Bavaria(HLRB), Hitachi SR8000-F1, the first Teraflops computerin Europe. The reports were presented at the joint HLRBand KONWIHR Workshop at the Technical University of Munich in October 2002. The projects come from the following fields: Applied Mathematics, Biosciences,Chemistry, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Cosmology,Geosciences, High Energy Physics, Informatics, NuclearPhysics, Solid State Physics. Moreover, results from KON-WIHR projects (Competence Network for Scientific HighPerformance Computing in Bavaria) are presented duringthis workshop, too. These transactions give an overview ofthe broad range of applications that require high perfor-mance computing. For each project, the scientific back-ground is described, along with the scientific resultsachieved thanks to that supercomputer.

J. Stevens, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg,Sweden

Deformations of Singularities(Lecture Notes in Mathematics, Vol. 1811)

2003. VII, 157 pp. Softcover $36.80 ISBN 3-540-00560-9

These notes deal with deformation theory of complexanalytic singularities and related objects.

The first part treats general theory. The central notion isthat of versal deformation in several variants. The theoryis developed both in an abstract way and in a concrete waysuitable for computations.

The second part deals with more specific problems, espe-cially on curves and surfaces. Smoothings of singularitiesare the main concern.

Contents: Introduction.- Deformations of singularities.-Standard bases.- Infinitesimal deformations.- Example:the fat point of multiplicity four.- Deformations of alge-bras.- Formal deformation theory.- Deformations ofcompact manifolds.- How to solve the deformation equa-tion.- Convergence for isolated singularities.- Quotientsingularities.- The projection method.- Formats.-Smoothing components of curves.- Kollár’s conjectures.-Cones over curves.- The versal deformation of hyperellip-tic cones.- References.- Index.

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X.-Q. Zhao, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NF, Canada

Dynamical Systems in Population Biology(CMS Books in Mathematics, Vol. 16)


The conjoining of nonlinear dynamics and biology hasbrought about significant advances in both areas, withnonlinear dynamics providing a tool for understandingbiological phenomena and biology stimulating develop-ments in the theory of dynamical systems. This researchmonograph provides an introduction to the theory ofnonautonomous semiflows with applications to popula-tion dynamics. It develops dynamical system approachesto various evolutionary equations such as difference,

ordinary, functional, and partial differential equations,and pays more attention to periodic and almost periodicphenomena. The presentation includes persistence theory,monotone dynamics, periodic and almost periodic semi-flows, traveling waves, and global analysis of typical models in population biology. Research mathematiciansworking with nonlinear dynamics, particularly thoseinterested in applications to biology, will find this bookuseful. It may also be used as a textbook or as supplemen-tary reading for a graduate special topics course on thetheory and applications of dynamical systems.

Dr. Xiao-Qiang Zhao is a professor in applied mathemat-ics at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. His main research interests involve applied dynamicalsystems, nonlinear differential equations, and mathemati-cal biology. He is the author of more than 40 papers and his research has played an important role in thedevelopment of the theory of periodic and almost periodicsemiflows and their applications.

D.M. Hodgson, University of Oxford, UK (Ed.)

Organolithiums in Enantioselective Synthesis(Topics in Organometallic Chemistry, Vol. 5)

2003. Approx. 330 pp. 63 illus. (Also available as onlineversion). Hardcover $229.00 ISBN 3-540-00104-2

Organolithium chemistry occupies a central position inthe selective construction of C-C bonds in both simpleand complex molecules. Paralleling the surge of interest inmethods for asymmetric synthesis, the use of organolithi-ums in enantioselective synthesis has witnessed spectacu-lar advances in a little over a decade. This volume is thefirst dedicated to comprehensive coverage of this impor-tant area. It is designed to provide graduate students andresearchers with a rich source of essential information onsynthesizing molecules in an enantioselective mannerusing organolithiums, and to inspire future developments.

Following an overview chapter summarizing key mile-stones, successive chapters, each written by leading expertsin their field, critically survey all the major areas ofprogress.

Contents: Overview of Organolithium-Ligand Combina-tions and Lithium Amides for Enantioselective Processes.-Enantioselective Addition of Organolithiums to C=OGroups and Ethers.- Enantioselective Conjugate Additionand 1,2-Addition to C=N of Organolithium Reagents.-Enantioselective Synthesis by Lithiation Adjacent toOxygen and Electrophile Incorporation.- EnantioselectiveSynthesis by Lithiation Adjacent to Nitrogen and Elec-trophile Incorporation.- Enantioselective Synthesis byLithiation Adjacent to Sulfur, Selenium or Phosphorous,or without an Adjacent Activating Heteroatom.- Enantios-elective Synthesis by Lithiation Adjacent to Oxygen andSubsequent Rearrangement.- Enantioselective Synthesisby Lithiation to Generate Planar or Axial Chirality.-Enantioselective Carbolithiations.

A. Gossauer, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Monopyrollic Natural Compounds Including Tetramic Acid Derivatives(Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products, Vol. 86)


This classic series has been published by Springer since itsinauguration in 1938. The volumes contain contributionson various topics related to the origin, distribution, chem-istry, synthesis, biochemistry, function or use of various

classes of naturally occurring substances ranging fromsmall molecules to biopolymers. Each contribution iswritten by a recognized authority in the field and providesa comprehensive and up-to-date review of the topic inquestion. Addressed to biologists, technologists, andchemists alike, the series can be used by the expert as asource of information and literature citations and by thenon-expert as a means of orientation in a rapidly develop-ing discipline.

Contents: Monopyrrolic Natural Compounds IncludingTetramic Acid Derivatives: Introduction.- Pyrroles fromVertebrates.- Pyrroles from Invertebrates.- Pyrroles fromPlants.- Pyrroles from Fungi.- Pyrroles from Bacteria.-References.

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E.N. Jacobsen, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; A. Pfaltz, University of Basel, Switzerland; H. Yamamoto, University of Nagoya, Japan (Eds.)

Comprehensive AsymmetricCatalysis Supplement 12003. Approx. 240 pp. 241 illus. Hardcover $198.00 (tent.)ISBN 3-540-00333-9

In this first supplement to the three-volume referencework Comprehensive Asymmetric Catalysis, recognizedexperts critically review new developments in the field’shottest topics. Eleven chapters from the major referencework have been supplemented and five new chapters havebeen added. Thus, the state-of-the art in this area is nowreestablished. Together with the basic three-volume bookset, this supplement is the principal reference source notonly for synthetic organic chemists, but also for all scien-tific researchers who use chiral compounds in their work(for example, in biochemical investigations and molecularmedicine) as well as for pharmaceutical chemists andother industrial researchers who prepare chiral compounds.

G.W. Ware, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (Ed.)

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and ToxicologyVolume 178


Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicolo-gy provides concise, critical reviews of timely advances,philosophy, and significant areas of accomplished orneeded endeavor in the whole field of xenobiotics in anysegment of the environment, as well as toxicologicalimplications.

Contents: Influence of Aging on Metal Availability inSoils.- Algal Toxicity Tests for Environmental Risk Assess-ments of Metals.- Chromium-Microorganism Interactionsin Soils: Remediation Implications.- Chemistry ofChromium in Soils with Emphasis on Tannery Waste.

E.N. Jacobsen, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; A. Pfaltz, University of Basel, Switzerland; H. Yamamoto, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan (Eds.)

Comprehensive AsymmetricCatalysisNow Including Supplement 1

1st ed. 2000. 2nd printing 2003. Approx. 1,750 pp. 1852 illus.3-volume-set, Supplement 1 + CD-ROM. Hardcover $1599.00 (tent.) ISBN 3-540-00555-2(Replaces ISBN 3-540-64337-0)3-volume-set + Supplement 1. Hardcover $983.00 (tent.)ISBN 3-540-00554-4 (Replaces ISBN 3-540-64336-2)

Comprehensive Asymmetric Catalysis critically reviewsmethods for the catalytic preparation of chiral organiccompounds. This major reference represents the state-of-the-art in this area. The internationally acclaimed editorsand the contributors, recognized experts in the field,guarantee authoritative and timely coverage. This set is

not only the principal reference source for syntheticorganic chemists, but also for all scientific researchers whorequire chiral compounds in their work (for example inbiochemical investigations and molecular medicine) aswell as for pharmaceutical chemists, agricultural chemistsand other industrial researchers who prepare chiral com-pounds. The CD-ROM includes the full text search and astate-of-the-art graphic substructure search routine forcompounds and reactions. Thus, enhancing the value ofthe book set.

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Computational Fluid and Solid MechanicsEditor: K.J. Bathe, MIT, Cambridge, MA

In recent decades, computational procedures have beenapplied to an increasing extent in engineering and thephysical sciences. Mostly, two separate fields have beenconsidered, namely, the analysis of solids and structuresand the analysis of fluid flows. These continuous advances

in analyses are of much interest to physicists, mathemati-cians and in particular, engineers. Also, computationalfluid and solid mechanics are no longer treated as entirelyseparate fields of applications, but instead, coupled fluidand solid analysis is being pursued.

The objective of the book series is to publish monographs,textbooks, and proceedings of conferences of archivalvalue, on any subject of computational fluid dynamics,computational solid and structural mechanics, and com-putational multiphysics dynamics. The publications arewritten by and for physicists, mathematicians and engi-neers and are to emphasize the modeling, analysis andsolution of problems in engineering.

I. Gertsbakh, Ben Gurion University, Beersheva, Israel

Measurement Theoryfor Engineers2003. Approx. 160 pp. Hardcover $49.95 (tent.) ISBN 3-540-00081-X

Measurement Theory for Engineers is a concise and self-contained presentation of the principal issues of measure-ment theory, with emphasis on the industrial applicationsof Statistical Measurement Theory. Difficult theoreticalissues are treated separately so as not to obstruct themainstream presentation. Each topic starts with an infor-mal introduction followed by an example, the rigorous

problem formulation, solution method, and a detailednumerical solution. Each chapter concludes with a set ofexercises of increasing difficulty, mostly with solutions.The book is meant as a text for graduate students and areference for researchers and industrial experts specializ-ing in measurement and measurement data analysis forquality control, quality engineering and industrial processimprovement using statistical methods. Knowledge ofcalculus and fundamental probability and statistics isrequired.

Contents: Introduction.- Mean and Standard Deviation.-Comparing Means and Variances.- Process and Measure-ment Variability.- Error Propagation Formula.- Calibra-tion.- Collaborative Studies.- Special Measurements.

D. Chapelle, INRIA-Rocquencourt, Le Chesnay, France;K.-J. Bathe, MIT, Cambridge, MA

The Finite Element Analysis of ShellsFundamentals

(Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics)

2003. XIV, 330 pp. 88 illus. Hardcover $79.95 ISBN 3-540-41339-1

The objective of this book is to present modern finiteelement procedures for general shell analysis. The firstchapters introduce the basic concepts for the analysis of

shells, explain the mathematical preliminaries, and discussthe mathematical models of plates and shells – includingtheir asymptotic properties. The following chapters dealwith finite element discretization methods for plates andshells. At the end of the text readers will find a descriptionof the application of these methods in the field of engi-neering and an overview of nonlinear shell analysis.

Contents: Introduction.- Geometrical Preliminaries.-Elements of Functional and Numerical Analysis.- ShellMathematical Models.- Asymptotic Behaviors of ShellModels.- Displacement-Based Shell Finite Elements.-Influence of the Thickness in the Finite Element Approxi-mation.- Towards the Formulation of Effective GeneralShell Elements.- On the Nonlinear Analysis of Shells.

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A.I. Kiselev, A. Medvedev, and V. Menshikov, all,Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center,Russia

AstronauticsSummary and Prospects

2003. Approx. 600 pp. 250 illus. some in color. Hardcover $99.00 ISBN 3-211-83890-2

Three distinguished authors – leading representatives ofRussian space research and industry – present results andfuture prospects for astronautics at the start of the thirdmillennium. While focusing on the development of astro-nautics in Russia, Astronautics: Summary and Prospectsalso covers developments in the US, Europe, China, Japan, and India. The book spotlights salient trends inspace-related issues: necessary restructuring of the space industry and spaceports; improvement of carrier rockets,

booster units, spacecraft, and component elements.Prospects for the wider use of space technology and itsnumerous applications – such as navigation and commu-nication, space manufacturing, space biotechnology, andpollution research – are described. The book presents ahuge number of facts, accompanied by many color pho-tographs, charts and diagrams, in a manner that is accessi-ble to specialists and non-specialists alike.

Contents: Preface to the English-Language Edition.-Preface to the Russian Edition.- Introduction.- Trends inGlobal Space Exploration.- The Main Trends in Develop-ment of Astronautics in Russia.- The Ground-BasedInfrastructure.- Space Exploration and Ecology.- Conclu-sion.- Bibliography.- Abbreviations.- About the Authors.-Index.

R.A. Jarvis, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; A. Zelinsky, Australian National University, Canberra,Australia (Eds.)

Robotics ResearchThe Tenth International Symposium

(Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, Vol. 6)

2003. XXII, 574 pp. Hardcover $158.00 (tent.) ISBN 3-540-00550-1

Robotics Research presents a collection of papers fromthe International Symposium in Robotics Research(ISRR01). That symposium brought together active,leading robotics researchers from academia, government,and industry to define the state of the art in robotics andits future direction.

Contents: Simultaneous Localization and Mapping.-Humanoid Robotics I.- Dynamics and Control.-Humanoid Robotics II.- Human Centered Robotics.-Applications.- Field Robots.- Vision-Based Navigation.-Planning and Modeling.- Robot Technology I.- RobotTechnology II.

M. Inuiguchi, S. Tsumoto, and S. Hirano (Eds.)

Rough Set Theory and Granular Computing(Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, Vol. 125)


This monograph presents novel approaches to rough setsand granular computing, as well as new results in funda-mentals and applications. The authors apply rough sets to real world problems, such as data mining, decisionsupport and sensor fusion. The relationship of rough set to other important methods of data analysis – Bayes

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Contents: Generalizations and New Theories.- DataMining and Rough Sets.- Conflict Analysis and DataAnalysis.- Applications in Engineering.

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R. Kories, Deutsche TelekomUniversity of Applied Sciences, Leipzig, Germany; H. Schmidt-Walter, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Darmstadt,Germany

Electrical EngineeringA Pocket Reference

2003. Approx. 650 pp. Softcover $59.95 ISBN 3-540-43965-X

Electrical Engineering: A Pocket Reference is a superbsource for quickly accessible information on the wholearea of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, includingElectromagnetic Fields, Networks, Signals & Systems,Digital and Analog Electronics, and Power Supplies.Students will find this book a reliable and most effective

tool for problem solving and exercises. For electricalengineers, it serves as a concise and quick reference. Eachchapter is a self-contained unit, comprising all importantexpressions, formulas, rules and theorems, as well as manyexamples and applications. Extensive appendices providemuch useful supplementary information. Figures, tables,and frames create a very clear and concise layout thatmakes finding essential information fast and easy.

Contents: DC Systems.- Electric Fields.- AC Systems.-Current, Voltage, and Power Measurement.- Networks atVariable Frequency.- Signals and Systems.- AnalogueCircuit Design.- Digital Electronics.- Power Supplies.-Mathematical Basics.- Tables.- Acronyms.- Circuit Sym-bols.- Index.

Original German edition published by Harri Deutsch, 2000

D. Liu, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL; P.J. Antsaklis, University of Notre Dame

Stability and Control of Dynamical Systems with ApplicationsA Tribute to Anthony N. Michel

(Control Engineering)


The edited text is an outgrowth of the “Workshop onContemporary Issues in Systems Stability and Controlwith Applications in Honor of Anthony N. Michel”, heldin April 2003 at the University of Notre Dame. The vol-ume is dedicated to providing a venue for researchers andcolleagues to honor Dr. Michel’s contributions, whileexamining the latest issues in nonlinear system stabilityand control. Topics covered include analysis of nonlinear

dynamical systems, unmanned combat vehicle control,power systems, neural networks, biological control sys-tems, and wireless networks.

This book highlights and builds upon the pioneeringefforts Dr. Michel has made in his distinguished career.He has served on the faculty at Notre Dame since 1984,acting as the Chair of the Department of Electrical Engi-neering and as the Matthew H. McCloskey Dean of Engi-neering. Dr. Michel also was on the faculty of Iowa Statefor 16 years and has rendered extensive service to theengineering community in his roles as General Chair ofthe IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Distin-guished Lecturer of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society,and the Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Circuits andSystems. His work in systems and control engineering hasled to advances in large-scale dynamical systems, nonlin-ear systems stability analysis, recurrent neural networks,and qualitative analysis of hybrid dynamical systems.

S.G. Krantz, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

A Handbook of Real VariablesWith Applications to Differential Equations and Fourier Analysis

2003. Approx. 264 pp. 30 illus. Hardcover $49.95 (tent.)ISBN 0-8176-4329-X

This concise, well-written real analysis handbook takesinto account the fundamentals of the classical theory ofthe subject and sheds light on its significant applicationsto differential equations and Fourier analysis. Manyengineering programs and curricula in physics, economicsand other disciplines depend decisively on real analysis:approximation theory, splines, control theory, systemsscience, to mention only several.

This is a book of “practice” rather than theory for the largeaudience of scientists and others who wish to “use” thefruits of real analysis and who do not necessarily have thetime to appreciate all of the theory.

Contents: Preface.- Basics.- Sequences.- Series.- TheTopology of the Real Line.- Limits and the Continuity ofFunctions.- The Derivative.- The Integral.- Sequences andSeries of Functions.- Some Special Functions.- AdvancedTopics.- Differential Equations.- Glossary of Terms fromReal Variable Theory.- List of Notation.- A Guide to theLiterature.- Bibliography.- Index.

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M. Oberlack, Technical University, Darmstadt, Germany;F.H. Busse, University of Bayreuth, Germany (Eds.)

Theories of Turbulence(CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences,No. 442)

2002. VIII, 373 pp. 147 illus. Softcover $89.95 ISBN 3-211-83694-2

The term “turbulence” is used for a large variety ofdynamical phenomena of fluids in motion whenever the details of the flow appear to be random and averageproperties of primary interest. Just as wide-ranging are the theoretical methods that have been applied towards abetter understanding of fluid turbulence. In Theories ofTurbulence, a number of these methods are described andapplied to a broad range of problems from the transitionto turbulence to asymptotic turbulence when the inertialpart of the spectrum is fully developed. Statistical as well

as nonstatistical treatments are presented, but completecoverage of the subject is not attempted. The book will beof interest to scientists and engineers who wish to famil-iarize themselves with modern developments in theoriesof turbulence. In addressing the properties of turbulentfluid flow from very different points of view, this volumeis unique.

Contents: Preface.- Intermittency in Turbulence.- TheProblem of Turbulence and the Manifold of AsymptoticSolutions of the Navier-Stokes Equations.- Renormaliza-tion Methods Applied to Turbulence Theory.- FromRapid Distortion Theory to Statistical Closure Theories ofAnisotropic Turbulence.- Engineering Turbulence Modelsand their Development, with Emphasis on Explicit Alge-braic Reynolds Stress Models.- Symmetries and InvariantSolutions of Turbulent Flows and their Implications forTurbulence Modeling.

A.P. Seyranian, Moscow State Lomonosov University,Moscow, Russia; I. Elishakoff, Florida Atlantic University,FL (Eds.)

Modern Problems of Structural Stability(CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences,No. 436)

2003. VIII, 394 pp. 111 illus. Softcover $99.00 ISBN 3-211-83697-7

Stability of structures is one of the most important andinteresting fields in mechanics. Modern Problems ofStructural Stability is dedicated to fundamental concepts,problems, and methods of structural stability along withqualitative understanding of instability phenomena. Thebook includes modern theoretical and experimental staticand dynamic stability studies, combining mathematical

foundations and interesting classical and modern mechan-ical problems. The methods presented are constructiveand easy to implement in computer programs. Recent,exciting experiments on dynamic stability of non-conserv-ative systems are described and illustrated by many pho-tographs.

Contents: Preface.- Stability Bounds and Optimal Shapeof Elastic Rods (T.M. Atanackovic).- The Odd Stability ofthe Euler Beam (G. Domokos).- Some UnconventionalElastic Stability Problems (I. Elishakoff).- The Effect ofInitial Imperfections on Shell Stability (J. Arbocz,J.M.A.M. Hol, J. de Vries).- Bifurcations of Eigenvaluesand Stability Problems in Mechanics (A.P. Seyranian).-Sensitivity Analysis for Dynamic Stability Problems (P.Pedersen).- Experimental Approach to NonconservativeStability Problems (Y. Sugiyama).

H. Pham, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ (Ed.)

Handbook of Reliability Engineering2003. Approx. 960 pp. 134 illus. Hardcover $199.00ISBN 1-85233-453-3

An effective reliability program is an essential componentof every product’s design, testing, and efficient produc-tion. From the failure analysis of a microelectronic deviceto software fault tolerance and from the accelerated lifetesting of mechanical components to hardware verifica-tion, a common underlying philosophy of reliabilityapplies. Defining both fundamental and applied workacross the entire systems reliability arena, this state-of-the-art reference presents methodologies for quality, main-tainability and dependability.

The Handbook’s cross-disciplinary scope ensures that itwill be an indispensable tool for researchers in industrial,electrical, electronics, computer, civil, mechanical, andsystems engineering. It will also aid professional engineersto find creative reliability solutions and management toevaluate systems reliability and to improve processes. Forstudent research projects it will be the ideal starting pointwhether addressing basic questions in communicationsand electronics or learning advanced applications inmicro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), manufactur-ing and high-assurance engineering systems.

Contents: Part I. System Reliability and Optimization.-Part II. Statistical Reliability Theory.- Part III. SoftwareReliability.- Part IV. Maintenance Theory and Testing.-Part V. Practices and Emerging Applications.

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J. Skrzypek and A.W. Ganczarski, both, Krakow, Poland(Eds.)

Anisotropic Behaviour of Damaged Materials(Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics, Vol. 9)


Eminent researchers and international experts in the fieldof damage mechanics report recent achievements andstate-of-the-art results in these invited lectures from the

International Symposium on the Anisotropic Behaviour of Damaged Materials, held in Krakow, Poland, Septem-ber 9-11, 2002. The coverage of anisotropic damagemechanics, involving micromechanical aspects and ther-mo-mechanical coupling, is both of academic interest andrelevant for practical applications, particularly the lecturesconcerning more advanced anisotropic models of materi-als and the transition from the microscopic to the macro-scopic level.

Contents: General Description of Anisotropically Dam-aged Materials.- Phenomenological and MicromechanicalBased Approaches to Anisotropic Damage and Fracture inBrittle Materials.- Damage Induced Creep Anisotropy ofMetallic Materials under Thermomechanical Loadings.

I. Bernhardt, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany; J.C. Ellory, University of Oxford, UK (Eds.)

Membrane Transport in RedBlood Cells in Health and Disease2003. Approx. 744 pp. 105 illus. Hardcover $149.00ISBN 3-540-44227-8

This book describes our current understanding of thetransport of ions, amino acids, nucleosides, sugars, waterand gases across the red blood cell membrane. It alsooutlines the necessary theoretical background to under-stand the dynamics of membrane constituents togetherwith the mechanisms of transport pathways (pumps,channels, carriers/cotransporters, residual passive perme-ability). Separate chapters describe our present ideas aboutmembrane and metabolic disorders as well as red bloodcell diseases like malaria, sickle cell disease, and hyperten-sion. The latest findings are explained on the basis of ahistorical review and well-established principles. The book

is thus structured in a manner that makes the materialaccessible to beginners in the field of red blood cell physi-ology and biophysics. Active researchers will also benefitfrom this carefully organized compilation.

Contents: The Red Cell as a Paradigm: A Historical View.- Lipid Dynamics and Transport.- Membrane Poten-tial and Passive Permeability.- Na-Pump.- Ion Channels.-Osmolyte Channels.- Ion Cotransport Systems.- Band 3-Mediated Transport.- Amino Acid Transport.- NucleosideTransport.- Sugar Transport.- Ca-Transport.- Mg-Transport.- Trace Element Transport.- Organic AcidTransport.- Water Permeability.- Gas Transport.- LipidDisorders in Diseases.- Oxidative Damage and its Effectson Passive Cation Permeability.- Stomatocystosis andRelated Transport Defects.- Metabolic Disorders.- SickleCell Disease.- Malaria.- Disorders Involving Band-3.-Amino Acid Transport in Disease.- Transgenic Models of Disorders.- Comparative Physiology of MembraneTransport.

O. Tokhi, University of Sheffield, UK; M.A. Hossain,Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK; M.H. Shaheed,Queen Mary University of London, UK

Parallel Computing for Real-timeSignal Processing and Control(Advanced Textbooks in Control and Signal Processing)


Although the computing demands of real-time signalprocessing and control applications are increasing rapidly,parallel processors permit several instructions to be dealtwith simultaneously so that the “real-time” needed ismanageable. This book introduces the advantages of thisstrategy and details how to use parallel processing to dealwith common signal processing and control algorithms. It

emphasises the relationship between the computingrequirements of algorithms and the appropriate choice ofarchitectures, while demonstrating how to identify proces-sor capabilities and how to exploit them to the fullest. Thetext includes examples and end-of-chapter exercises tofacilitate self- and group study and case studies to puttheoretical concepts into a practical context. For advancedstudents in parallel computing, control and signal process-ing disciplines, it is an invaluable tool in learning to getthe most from their conputer systems.

Contents: Introduction.- Parallel Architectures.- Performance Evaluation Issues in Real-time Computing.-Performance Metrics.- Parallel Programming and Multi-threading.- Algorithm Analysis and Design.- Multiproces-sors: The Processing Elements of Parallel Architectures.-Real-time Performances: Algorithms vs. Architectures.-Appendix A: List of Abbreviations.- Appendix B: Hard-ware and Software Resources.

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V. Dierolf, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

Electronic Defect States in Alkali HalidesEffects of Interaction with Molecular Ions

(Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, Vol. 185)

2003. XII, 198 pp. 79 illus. (Also available online). Hardcover $149.00 ISBN 3-540-00471-8

This book deals with the mutual interaction and energytransfer effects between electronic defects such as centersand defect ions (e.g. rare earth elements) as well as neigh-boring molecular defects (OH-, CN-) in alkali halides.

These model defect systems exhibit a very intriguing andambiguous character because they behave like isolateddefects in one instance but like supermolecules in others.The text gives an overview of the topic and discussespossible applications. It covers a wide range of spectro-scopic methods applied to the systems and reviews severalapproaches for their theoretical interpretation. It includesmore than 100 illustrations, figures, and tables as well asmany previously unpublished results. This book providesa valuable resource for further studies into this and relatedfields.

Contents: Introduction and Historical Overview.- Proper-ties of Molecular Defects.- Theoretical Models for the E-VTransfer.- Overview of Experimental Findings and theirInterpretation.- Summary and Outlook.

T.K. Henning, University of Jena, Germany (Ed.)

Astromineralogy(Lecture Notes in Physics, Vol. 609)

2003. IX, 281 pp. Hardcover $82.80ISBN 3-540-44323-1

Astromineralogy deals with the science of gathering mineralogical information from the astronomical spec-troscopy of asteroids, comets and dust in the circumstellarenvironments in general. It is only recently, however, thatthis field has received a tremendous boost with the reliableidentification of minerals by the Infrared Space Observa-tory. This book is the first comprehensive and coherent

account of this exciting field. Beyond addressing thespecialist in the field, the book is intended as a high-levelbut readable introduction to astromineralogy for both thenonspecialist researcher and the advanced student.

Contents: From Dust Astrophysics Towards Dust Miner-alogy - A Historical Review.- Formation and Evolution ofMinerals in Accretion Disks and Stellar Outflows.- TheMineralogy of Interstellar and Circumstellar Dust.- TheMineralogy of Cometary Dust.- The In-Situ Study of SolidParticles in the Solar System.- The Astromineralogy ofInterplanetary Dust Particles.- The Most Primitive Materi-al in Meteorites.- Laboratory Astrophysics of Cosmic DustAnalogues.

S.O. Gladkov, Moscow, Russia

Dielectric Properties of Porous Media(Springer Series in Materials Science, Vol. 59)

2003. Approx 272 pp. 180 illus. Hardcover $89.95ISBN 3-540-00186-7

This monograph systematically presents the fundamentalsof theoretical and experimental research into the mostimportant physical characteristics of porous structures.Non-standard behavior of certain physical parameters,such as the breakdown of the electric field of poroussubstances, is described. The method of calculation of thethermal conductivity coefficient of porous dielectrics,

based on the non-equilibrium principle, is illustrated indetail. The present approach may be applied to the inves-tigation of the properties of “disparate” substances such ascellulose matrices, composites, and fibrous structures. Thebook is intended for physicists, physical chemists andmaterials scientists at research and postgraduate andundergraduate levels. It may also be helpful for engineersand technical workers in the applied sciences.

Contents: Model of the Internal Structure of a PorousDielectric.- Equilibrium Physical Parameters of PorousDielectrics.- The Theory of Fast Nonstationary Phenome-na in Porous Dielectrics.- On Specific Features of ThermalConduction and Diffusion in Porous Dielectrics.- Behav-ior of Porous Dielectrics in Acoustic and ElectromagneticFields.

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W. Hillebrandt and B. Leibundgut, both, Max PlanckInstitute for Astrophysics, Garching, Germany (Eds.)

From Twilight to Highlight: ThePhysics of SupernovaeProceedings of the ESO/MPA/MPE Workshop Held at Garching, Germany, 29-31 July 2002

(ESO Astrophysics Symposia)

2003. XVII, 414 pp. Hardcover $49.95 ISBN 3-540-00483-1

Supernovae, their bearing on cosmology and their con-nection to gamma-ray bursts are now at the center ofastrophysical research programs. This volume deals withastronomical observations of supernovae and their

relation to nuclear and particle astrophysics. All knownaspects of supernovae explosions are investigated in arti-cles specifically written for researchers and advancedgraduate students. It also includes recent numerical”experiments” related to the question of hydrodynamicalinstability in two and three dimensions and to problemsconcerning the complexity of radiation transport in themodels. Other contributions discuss the possible energysources needed to drive these powerful stellar explosions.

From the Contents: Pre-Supernova Evolution of MassiveStars.- Core-Collapse Supernova Explosions.- Progenitorsof Thermonuclear Supernovae.- Models of Thermonu-clear Supernova Explosions.- Supernova Spectra and LightCurves.- Supernovae and Their Environment.- SupernovaNucleosynthesis and Chemical Evolution.- SupernovaSearches.

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Landolt-BörnsteinNumerical Data and Functional Relationships in Scienceand Technology - New SeriesEditor-in-chief: W. Martienssen

Group 3: Condensed Matter

Volume 35: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Data

Editors: R.R. Gupta, M.D. Lechner

Subvolume C: Chemical Shifts and Coupling Constants for Hydrogen-1

Part 3: Natural Products

R.R. Gupta, M.P. Dobhal

Natural Compounds2003. VIII, 322 pp. With CD-ROM. Hardcover $3310.00 (tent.) ISBN 3-540-41058-9

Contents: The chemical shifts and the structural formulaeare given along with the complete references. The data arearranged according to the compounds. The arrangementof the compounds is based on their gross formulaeaccording to the widely used Hill system. The completedata, the chemical shifts and the coupling constants J,including the structural formulae are available on theprovided CD-ROM.

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R. Krivec, M. Rosina, B. Golli, and S. Sirca, all, Universityof Ljubljana, Slovenia (Eds.)

Few-Body Problems in PhysicsProceedings of the XVIII. European Conference, Bled, Slovenia, September 8-14, 2002

(Few-Body Systems, Supplement 14)


The book contains invited and contributed talks presentedat the 18th European Conference on Few-Body Problemsin Physics, held in Bled (Slovenia) in September 2002.

The topics covered range from sub-nucleonic to molecu-lar scales and demonstrate the latest theoretical, experi-mental, and computational advances, with an emphasis oninterdisciplinarity of few-body techniques.

Contents: Preface.- Quark Models and Hadronic Struc-ture.- Two-Nucleon Systems and NN-Interaction.- Three-and Four-Nucleon Systems.- Atomic and MolecularProcesses.- New Developments in Computational Meth-ods.- Interdisciplinary.- Hyperon-Nucleon Interactionand Hypernuclei.- Baryonic Excitation and Meson Pro-duction.- Physics with Electro-Weak Probes.- Spin Struc-ture of Few-Body Systems.- Few-Body Correlations inMedium.- Relativity in Few-Body Physics.- List of Partici-pants.- Author Index.

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Group 7: Biophysics

Volume 2: Proteins

Editor: H.J. Hinz

Subvolume a

Biochemical and Physical PropertiesStructural and Physical Data I

With contrib. by G. Böhm; H. Durchschlag; G. Fermi;G.R. Hedwig; U. Heinemann; H. Hoiland; J.J. Müller;K.M. Polyakov; S.N. Timasheff; C.S.C. Wu; J.T. Yang

2003. X, 583 pp. 203 illus. with CD ROM. Hardcover$6140.00 (tent.) ISBN 3-540-56083-1

Contents: The present subvolume VII/2A covers funda-mental structural data of hemoglobin and ribonuclease, asurvey of circular dichroism information on proteins andbasic thermodynamic data on density of proteins andprotein complexes as well as preferential interaction dataand protein compressibilities.


H. Masuhara, Osaka University, Japan; H. Nakanishi,Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan; K. Sasaki, HokkaidoUniversity, Sapporo, Japan (Eds.)

Single Organic Nanoparticles(NanoScience and Technology)

2003. Approx. 345 pp. 300 illus. 30 in color. Hardcover$119.00 ISBN 3-540-00187-5

Written by experts in the field, Single Organic Nanoparti-cles describes advanced techniques for the chemicalsynthesis of functional organic nanoparticles and proposesnew characterization and manipulation methods for single

nanoparticles. Theoretical and experimental studies of the physical and chemical properties of organic particles,semiconductor particles and liquid droplets are reported.The text gives not only scientific details but also discussesthe general and historical background, applications, andfuture perspectives. A clear interpretation of technicalterms and concepts is included where necessary. Thematerial for the book originates from the research activi-ties of the collaboration project “Laser Chemistry of SingleOrganic Nanometer Particles” supported by the Ministryof Education, Science Sports and Culture of Japan. It iswritten primarily for graduate students, researchers andengineers.



Group 8: Advanced Materials and Technologies

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S. Pestov

Physical Properties of Liquid Crystals2003. VI, 492 pp. With CD-ROM. Hardcover $5033.00 (tent.) ISBN 3-540-43365-1

Contents: Volume VIII/5A contains data on physicalproperties (density, refractive index, surface tension, heatcapacity, thermal conductivity, diffusion coefficient, orderparameter, polarizability, crystal data, viscosity, soundvelocity, compressibility, dielectric permittivity, magneticsusceptibility, dipole moment, vapour pressure) for 2900liquid crystalline compounds.


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A. Rosenauer, University of Karlsruhe, Germany

Transmission Electron Microscopyof Semiconductor NanostructuresAnalysis of Composition and Strain State

(Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, Vol. 182)

2003. XII, 238 pp. 136 illus. Hardcover $149.00 ISBN 3-540-00414-9

TEM of Semiconductor Nanostructures provides toolsfor the quantitative investigation of semiconductor elec-tron microscopy. These tools allow for the accurate deter-mination of the composition of ternary semiconductornanostructures with a spatial resolution at near atomicscales. The book focuses on new methods including strainstate analysis as well as evaluation of the composition via

the lattice fringe analysis (CELFA) technique. The basicsof these procedures as well as their advantages, drawbacksand sources of error are all discussed. The techniques areapplied to quantum wells and dots in order to give insightinto kinetic growth effects such as segregation and migra-tion. In the first part of the book the fundamentals oftransmission electron microscopy are provided. These areneeded for an understanding of the digital image analysistechniques described in the second part of the book. Therethe reader will find information on different methods ofcomposition determination. The third part of the bookfocuses on applications such as composition determina-tion in InGaAs Stranski-Krastanov quantum dots. Finallyit is shown how an improvement in the precision of thecomposition evaluation can be obtained by combiningCELFA with electron holography. This is demonstratedfor an AlAs/GaAs superlattice.

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H. Wiedemann, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Particle Accelerator PhysicsVolumes I and II (Study Edition)

(Advanced Texts in Physics)

2003. Approx. 950 pp. (2-volume-set; volumes not avail-able separately). Softcover $89.95 ISBN 3-540-00672-9

This two-volume book serves as a thorough introductionto the field of high-energy particle accelerator physics andbeam dynamics. Volume 1 provides a general understand-ing of the field and a firm basis for the study of the moreelaborate topic, mainly nonlinear and higher-order beamdynamics, which is the subject of Volume 2.

Contents: Introduction.- Linear Accelerators.- CircularAccelerators.- Charged Particles in ElectromagneticFields.- Linear Beam Dynamics.- Period Focusing Sys-tems.- Perturbations in Beam Dynamics.- Charged Parti-cle Acceleration.- Synchroton Radiation.- Particle BeamParameters.- Beam Life Time.- Collective Phenomena.-Beam Emittance and Lattice Design.- Hamiltonian For-mulation of Beam Dynamics.- General ElectromagneticFields.- Dynamics of Coupled Motion.- Higher-OrderPerturbations.- Hamiltonian Nonlinear Beam Dynamics.-Charged Particle Acceleration.- Synchrotron Radiation.-Hamiltonian Many-Particle Systems.- Particle BeamParameters.- Collective Phenomena.- Insertion DeviceRadiation.

K. Staliunas, Physikalisch-Technische BundesanstaltBraunschweig, Germany; V.J. Sánchez-Morcillo, Poly-technic University of Valencia, Spain

Transverse Patterns in Nonlinear Optical Resonators(Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, Vol. 183)


This book is devoted to the formation and dynamics oflocalized structures (vortices, solitons) and of extendedpatterns (stripes, hexagons, tilted waves) in nonlinearoptical resonators such as lasers, optical parametric oscil-lators, and the like. Theoretical analysis is performed byderiving order parameter equations, and also throughnumerical integration of microscopic models of the sys

tems under investigation. Experimental observations, andpossible technological implementations of transverseoptical patterns are also discussed. A comparison withpatterns found in other nonlinear systems, both opticalsystems and extended systems in general, is given.

Contents: Introduction.- Order Parameter Equations forLasers.- Order Parameter Equations for Optical Paramet-ric Oscillators and Photorefractive Oscillators.- ZeroDetuning: Laser Hydrodynamics and Optical Vortices.-Finite Detuning: Vortex Sheets and Vortex Lattices.-Patterns in Resonators with Curved Mirrors.- The RestlessVortex.- Domains and Spatial Solitons.- Subcritical Soli-tons I: Saturable Absorber.- Subcritical Solitons II: Non-linear Resonance.- Phase Domains and Phase Solitons.-Local Activation-Lateral Inhibition Mechanism: TuringPatterns in Nonlinear Optics.- Three-Dimensional Pat-terns.- Patterns and Noise.- Conclusions.

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C.J. Williams, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID (Ed.)

Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering22nd International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering

(AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 659)


The papers for these proceedings were peer reviewed.Bayesian inference and maximum entropy methodsprovide a framework for analyzing very complicated datasets. The papers in this volume provide applications ofthese methods to problems such as medical imaging,weather prediction, intrusion detection, and modelingplanetary nebulae. Other papers address foundationalquestions that underlie these methods. Topics include:estimation and inference; applications in physics; signalseparation and classification; inductive logic theory; priorspecification; and tutorials.

P.L. Garrido and J. Marro, both, Universidad de Granada,Granada, Spain (Eds.)

Modeling of Complex SystemsSeventh Granada Lectures

(AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 661)


The Granada Seminar is defined as a small topical confer-ence whose pedagogical effort is especially aimed at youngresearchers. In fact, one interesting aspect of this meetingis the opportunity given to the young scientists to present

their results and to discuss their problems with leadingspecialists. This year’s seminar mainly covered the model-ing of complex systems (with some emphasis on its com-putational aspects). This timely topic importantly relies on the creative use of computers and it is of interest in anincreasing number of fields, from chemistry, biology andgeology to engineering, communications and economics.Each topic is comprehensively described. The ‘GranadaLectures’ help introduce the beginner to novel advances instatistical physics and to the creative use of computers inscientific research. They serve as a work of reference forteachers, students and researchers.

A.H. Blin, B. Hiller, A.A. Osipov, M.C. Ruivo, and E.van Beveren, all, Universidade de Coimbra, Centrode Fisica Teorica, Coimbra, Portugal (Eds.)

Hadron PhysicsEffective Theories of Low Energy QCD; Second International Workshop on Hadron Physics

(AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 660. Subseries: HighEnergy Physics)


New theories are explored and discussed on establishingrelations between the fundamental theory of strong interactions, known as QCD, and experiment. Powerfultheoretical models, known as effective theories, based onsymmetries of QCD, have been developed to address thenon-perturbative regime of QCD in an approximate, yetquantitatively controllable way. The present workshopfocussed on the most recent developments in this area.New results on meson and baryon physics are discussed aswell and new directions towards the possible experimentalconfirmation of nuclear/quark matter and quark-gluonplasma are indicated.

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G.R. Ricker and K. Vanderspek, both, MassachusettsInstitute of Technology, Center for Space Research, Cambridge, MA (Eds.)

Gamma-ray Burst and Afterglow Astronomy 2001A Workshop Celebrating the First Year of the HETE Mission

(AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 662. Subseries: Astronomy and Astrophysics)


This proceedings contains the papers from both the posterand oral presentations presented at the Workshop cele-brating the first year of the HETE mission. The HETE

mission, launched on 9 October 2000, has dramaticallyquickened the pace of GRB discoveries. By disseminatingaccurate burst coordinates to the astronomical communi-ty within a minute of the burst onset, HETE has madepossible the panchromatic observation of the early, brightphases of the relativistic fireball expansion in several GRBafterglows. The scientific program covered the rapidlyexpanding range of GRB research, with roughly half of thesessions being devoted to prompt burst emission, and halfto burst afterglows, both from observational and theoreti-cal perspectives. In particular, 26 papers presented in thesection on the HETE Satellite Mission comprise both atutorial on the spacecraft and its instruments, as well as a summary of early scientific results. In addition, special sessions, such as the session devoted to soft gamma repeaters, were devoted to future missions andinstrumentation.

B. Lottermoser, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia

Mine WastesCharacterization, Treatment and EnvironmentalImpacts


Today’s best practices in environmental mine-wastemanagement require a thorough understanding of thewastes produced. Knowledge of mine wastes represents anew interdisciplinary science, and this book provides anintroductory descriptive and analytic overview of the field,

describing the characterization, prediction, monitoring,disposal, and treatment, as well as environmental impacts.Mine Wastes systematically builds the reader’s under-standing and knowledge of the wastes produced, theirphysical and chemical characteristics, and how to dealresponsibly with them on a short and long-term basis.Sixteen case studies span the world’s mineral industry,elucidating best practices and specific challenges in mine-waste management and site rehabilitation.

Contents: An Introduction to Mine Wastes.- SulfidicWastes.- Mine Waters.- Tailings.- Uranium Mine Wastes.-Phosphate Mine Wastes.- Cyanidation Wastes.- Mine SiteRehabilitation.

E. Baba, H. Kawarada, W. Nishijima, M. Okada, andH. Suito

Waves and Tidal Flat Ecosystems2003. X, 164 pp. 144 illus. 27 in color. Hardcover $109.00ISBN 3-540-00442-4

The authors explain and describe the mutually rewardinginsights that resulted from the interdisciplinary collabora-tion between an environmental study group workingcoastal ecosystems and effects of oil spills and appliedmathematicians modeling wave motion on sandy beaches.By using the unified Navier-Stokes equations with aBingham fluid model for spilled oil, multi-phase flowanalysis was made. Decomposition of spilled oil by bacteria

was simulated as a chemical reaction, and the theoreticaland numerical analysis suggested a countermeasure tohelp reduce stress on coastal ecosystems. The new under-standing of how the ecosystems both depend upon, andhelp to determine, the nature of the shoreline demon-strates promising ways to better assist and exploit theregenerative powers inherent in nature.

Contents: What is a Tidal Flat?.- Mathematical Model.-Effects of Seawater Infiltration by Waves and Tide onTidal Flat Ecosystems.- Numerical Simulation of SeawaterInfiltration into Tidal Flat.- Oil Pollution: Human Damages on Hydraulic Regime in the Sediments andEcosystems.- Numerical Simulation of Oil PollutionsEffect on a Tidal Flat and Sandy Beach.

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H.J. Neugebauer and C. Simmer, both, University ofBonn, Germany (Eds.)

Dynamics of Multiscale Earth Systems(Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, Vol. 97)

2003. XII, Approx. 360 pp. 85 illus. Softcover $89.95 ISBN 3-540-41796-6

Earth and life scientists are confronted with the increas-ingly puzzling complexity of phenomena enmeshed in aseemingly boundless web of interrelations. To deal withthis complexity and to further develop the analysis andprediction of system behavior, science is learning to transcend reliance on averages and ‘permanence’ andto consider the fundamental multiple-scale character

of phenomena. The contributions collected here detailtechniques of multi-scale and fractal analysis that enhancethe study of geo-complexity. They represent a multi-

disciplinary approach to understanding the geologicalhistory of a section of the Lower Rhine River. They have incommon the underlying question: does qualitative model-ing of natural phenomena prove or fail to prove the exis-tence of representative averages?

From the Contents: Introduction: Scale Aspects of Geo-Data Sampling; Scale in Geoscientific Modeling; ScaleAspects of Data.- Multiscale Representation of Data:Wavelets; Diffusion Methods for Form Generalization;Multiscale Aspects in the Management of Geometries.-Scale Problems in Physical Process Models: Wavelet andMultigrid Methods for Partial Differential Equations;Analytical Coupling of Scales; Upscaling of HydrologicalModels by Means of Parameter Aggregation Technique;Parameterization of Turbulent Transport in the Atmos-phere; Precipitation Dynamics; Sediment Transport;Water Uptake by Plant Roots.- Pathways towards Find-ing the Governor Geo-Processes: Fractals; Fractal Vari-ability; Is the Earth Surface Critical? Scale Problems inGeometric-Kinematic Modeling of Geological Objects.

S. Kusuoka, T. Maruyama

Advances in Mathematical EconomicsVolume 5

2003. VI, 200 pp. Hardcover $69.95 ISBN 4-431-00003-8

Contents: Research Articles: G. Carlier, Duality andexistence for a class of mass transportation problems andeconomic applications; Charles Castaing and AhmedGamal Ibrahim: Functional evolution equations governedby m-accretive operators; Leonid Hurwcz and Marcel K.Richter, Implicit functions and diffeomorphisms withoutC; Leonid Hurwicz and Marcel K. Richter, Optimizationand Lagrange multipliers: Non-C1 Constraints and mini-mal constraint qualifications; Takao Fujimoto, Jose A.Silva and Antonio Villar, Nonlinear generalizations oftheorems on inverse-positive matrices; Shigeo Kusuoka,Monte Carlo method for pricing of Bermuda type deriva-tives.- Historical Perspectives: Isao Mutoh, Mathematicaleconomics in Vienna between the wars.- Subject index.

J. Pedlosky, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,Woods Hole, MA

Waves in the Ocean and AtmosphereIntroduction to Wave Dynamics

2003. Approx. 240 pp. 98 illus. Hardcover $61.00 (tent.) ISBN 3-540-00340-1

Waves in the Ocean and Atmosphere presents a study ofthe fundamental theory of waves appropriate for first-yeargraduate students in oceanography, meteorology, andassociated sciences. Starting with an elementary overviewof the basic wave concept, specific wave phenomena arethen examined, including: surface gravity waves, internalgravity waves, lee waves, waves in the presence of rotation,geostrophic adjustment, quasi-geostrophic waves andpotential vorticity, wave-mean flow interaction and unsta-ble waves. Each wave topic is used to introduce either anew technique or concept in general wave theory. Empha-

sis is placed on connectivity between the various subjectsand on the physical interpretation of the mathematicalresults. The book contains numerous exercises at the endof the respective chapters.

Contents: Introduction.- Kinematic Generalization.-Equations of Motion.- Fields of Motion in Gravity Wavesand the Energy.- The Initial Value Problem.- Discussionof Initial Value Problem.- Internal Gravity Waves.- Inter-nal Waves, Group Velocity and Reflection.- WKB Theoryfor Internal Gravity Waves.- Vertical Propagation ofWaves: Steady Flow and the Radiation Condition.- Rota-tion and Potential Vorticity.- Large Scale HydrostaticMotions.- Shallow Water Waves in a Rotating Fluid,Poincaré and Kelvin Waves.- Rossby Waves.- RossbyWaves, Quasi-Geostrophy.- Energy and Energy Flux inRossby Waves.- Laplace Tidal Equations and the VerticalStructure Equation.- Equatorial ß - Plane and EquatorialWaves.- Stratified Quasi-Geostrophic Motion and Insta-bility Waves.- Energy Equation and Necessary Conditionsfor Instability.- Wave - Mean Flow Interaction.- ProblemSet 1-12.

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F.C. Billari, Bocconi University, Milano, Italy; A. Prskawetz, Max Planck Institute for DemographicResearch, Rostock, Germany (Eds.)

Agent-Based ComputationalDemographyUsing Simulation to Improve Our Understanding of Demographic Behaviour

(Contributions to Economics)

2003. X, 210 pp. 77 illus. Softcover $50.00ISBN 3-7908-1550-0

Agent-Based Computational Demography (ABCD) aimsat starting a new stream of research among social scientistswhose interests lie in understanding demographic behav-iour. The book takes a micro-demographic (agent-based)perspective and illustrates the potentialities of computersimulation as an aid in theory building. The chapters ofthe book, written by leading experts either in demographyor in agent-based modeling, address several key questions.

Why do we need agent-based computational demography?How can ABCD be applied to the study of migrations,family demography, and historical demography? What arethe peculiarities of agent-based models as applied to thedemography of human populations? ABCD is of interestto all scientists interested in studying demographic behav-iour, as well as to computer scientists and modelers whoare looking for a promising field of application.

From the Contents: Data, Models, Theory and Reality:The Structure of Demographic Knowledge.- The Role ofAgent-Based Modelling in Demographic Explanation.-Diffusion Processes in Demographic Transitions: AProspect on Using Multi Agent Simulation to Explore theRole of Cognitive Strategies and Social Interactions.- TheCollapse of the Berlin Wall - Simulating State-Level Eastto West German Migration Patterns.- Agent-Based Mod-eling of Householders’ Migration Behavior and Its Conse-quences.- Population-Wide Marriage Patterns Producedby Individual Mate-Search Heuristics.

H. Brauer, Feri Research GmbH, Bad Homburg, Germany

The Real Exchange Rate and Prices of Traded Goods in OECD Countries(Kieler Studien - Kiel Studies, Vol. 322)


The book deals with real exchange rate changes resultingeither from shifts in nominal exchange rates or increasesin costs that are asymmetric across countries. It is shownhow exchange rates and local production costs are passedthrough into import prices. It is found both analyticallyand empirically for OECD countries that pass-through isincomplete and the degree of pass-through depends oncountry and industry characteristics such as productionshare, market structure, product attributes and demandfeatures. The book also investigates the implications ofexchange rate changes for profits, investment and theentry/exit decisions of firms. The main finding is that eventhough the exchange rate changes have a limited impacton price competitiveness, they do matter for location andinvestment decisions.

A. Borglin, University of Lund, Sweden; M. Tvede, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Economic Dynamics and General EquilibriumTime and Uncertainty


The developments in economic theory in the 1950s servedto pinpoint important underlying assumptions in thestudy of market institutions. The conflict betweenobserved institutions - spot markets for commodities,financial markets - and the benchmark interpretation -forward markets for commodities, allowing all trade totake place at a single point in time, became apparent. Thisled to the introduction of new equilibrium concepts;temporary equilibrium, spot-market equilibrium andmonetary equilibrium. The emphasis was on the possibili-ties to transfer purchasing power over time or over states

using spot markets involving assets or money. This bookfocuses on the developments in the theory of incompletemarkets and overlapping generations economies whereincome transfers over time or across states are restrictedeither by available assets or by the infeasibility of contractswith unborn generations. It bridges the gap betweenstandard textbooks on microeconomics and moreadvanced expositions.

Contents: Time and Uncertainty in General EquilibriumTheory: Consumers and Economies - A Review.-Economies over Time.- Assets and Income Transfers.-Economies with Uncertainty.- Existence and Determina-cy.- Optimality and Incomplete Markets. OverlappingGenerations Economies: Overlapping GenerationsEconomies.- Optimality in OG Economies.- StationaryOG Economies.- Global Dynamics.- Fluctuations.- Con-clusions and Suggestions for Further Reading.- Appendix:Some Calculus Results; Quadratic Forms and BorderedMatrices; Separation Theorem and Farkas’ Lemma;Dynamical Systems.

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B. Dutzler, Bundesministerium für Finanzen, Vienna,Austria

The European System of CentralBanks: An Autonomous Actor?The Quest for an Institutional Balance in EMU

(Research Institute for European Affairs PublicationSeries, Vol. 22)


With the communitarisation of monetary policy and theestablishment of a European Central Bank (ECB), the ideaof insulating a central bank from the political process wasrealized to a degree never thought possible. The result, the asymmetric construction of Economic and MonetaryUnion (EMU), makes it difficult to democratically legit-imize the exercise of power by the autonomous actor ECB.In this regard, EMU can be conceived as a parable for the

respective difficulties of the European Union. As a stillrare example for a combination of juridical and economicpoint of view, this volume makes this challenge subject ofdiscussion. By means of comparison with the Americancentral banking system, the book probes the ECB’s institu-tional design, attempts to define the ECB’s status in EMU,and looks for ways towards a more democratically legiti-mated economic and monetary policy.

Contents: The System and its Powers: Institutional struc-ture; The objectives of the ECB; The main tasks of theECB.- Controversial Issues: The legal status of the ECB;Democracy and independence; Accountability and theECB; Institutional balance.- Comparison ESCB - FED:Comparison of the institutional structure; The Fed’sobjectives; Accountability procedures; Checks and Bal-ances.- Evaluation and Concluding Remarks: Autonomyor independence?; Justification; Proposals for Reform;Final Remarks.- Bibliography.

M. Grossmann, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland

Entrepreneurship in BiotechnologyManaging for Growth from Start-Up to Initial Public Offering

(Contributions to Management Science)

2003. XVI, 323 pp. 119 illus. Softcover $58.00ISBN 3-7908-0033-3

Research and development of novel medicines for humantherapy commonly takes over a decade before significantrevenues from sales are forthcoming. How can biotech-nology companies be founded and grow successfully in anindustry with such extended innovation processes? Thisbook investigates this problem and distinguishes three

growth phases: From incorporation and start-up throughcollaborative R&D with large pharmaceutical firms tovalue creation from R&D pipelines to Public Offeringsand product marketing. In this book a dynamic simula-tion model for testing different decision-making strategiesis developed. For each phase the author identifies decisionrules that provide for successful corporate growth.

Contents: Independent Biopharmaceutical Companiesand Their Specialization in Drug Discovery Technologies.-Model Structure for High-Technology Firms and ItsDynamic Behavior in Start-Up Phases.- Model Structureand Dynamic Behavior for High-Technology Firms inTransition to Growth Phases.- Economic Value Creationin Transition Phases: Access to Equity Capital.- Strategiesfor Growth Phases to Sustain Independence.

M.J. Eppler, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

Managing Information QualityIncreasing the Value of Information in Knowledge-intensive Products and Processes


What makes information useful? This seemingly simpleand yet intriguing and complicated question is discussedin this book. It examines ways in which the quality ofinformation (i.e., its fitness for use) can be improved inknowledge-intensive processes (such as on-line communi-cation, strategy, product development, or consulting).

Based on existing information quality literature, the bookproposes a conceptual framework to manage informationquality for knowledge-based content. It presents fourproven principles to apply the framework to a variety ofinformation products. Five in-depth company case studiesshow how information quality can be managed systemati-cally in order to increase the satisfaction of knowledgeworkers and information consumers. The book usesfrequent diagrams and tables, as well as diagnostic ques-tions and summary boxes to make its content actionable.

Contents: Introducing the Notion of Information Quality.- Information Quality Problems and CurrentApproaches.- A Framework for Information QualityManagement.- Information Quality Case Studies.- Conclusion and Outlook.

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J.C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem,NC; D. Coates, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD(Eds.)

Collective ChoiceEssays in Honor of Mancur Olson

2003. X, 298 pp. 36 illus. Hardcover $99.00ISBN 3-540-00341-X

Mancur Olson wrote important books in the area ofCollective Choice and is considered one of the foundingfathers of Public Choice as a field of economics. Thechapters in this volume cover three main areas of Olson’slife work: Collective Action, Institutional Sclerosis andMarket-Augmenting Government. Some chapters directlyassess Olson’s contributions, focusing on distinguishingwhat was original in his works from what was already inthe literature, and gauging his impact on the fields ofpublic economics and economic history. Other chapterspresent new tests and frequently extend his work. Each of

the chapters is a new piece of scholarship inspired by andintended to honor Mancur Olson, and extend his influ-ence to another generation of Collective Choice scholarsand researchers.

From the Contents: Foreword.- Preface.- On the Shoul-ders of a Giant: The Legacy of Mancure Olson.- Part I:Collective Action: Precursors of Mancur Olson.- WarrNeutrality and the Natural Egalitarianism of VoluntaryPublic Good Provision.- Collective Silence and IndividualVoice: The Logic of Information Games.- The CollectiveAction Problems of Political Consolidation: Evidencefrom Poland.- Part II: Institutional Sclerosis: An EmpiricalAnalysis of Institutional Sclerosis and Managerial Incen-tives: The Case of Motor Carrier Deregulation.- Develop-ing the Canadian Government’s Bargaining Position onthe Constitution, June - July, 1980: An Application ofOlson’s Argument from The Rise and Decline of Nations.-Absolute and Relative Effects of Interest Groups on theEconomy.- If I Had a Hammer: Mancur Olson as anEconomic Historian..

S. Marjit, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta,India; R. Acharyya, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India

International Trade,Wage Inequality and the Developing EconomyA General Equilibrium Approach

(Contributions to Economics)

2003. XII, 176 pp. 34 illus. Softcover $44.00ISBN 3-7908-0031-7

This book deals with the impact that international trade islikely to have on the skilled-unskilled wage gap in a typicaldeveloping economy. This is the first theoretical mono-graph on this particular issue which has already generatedsubstantial debate and voluminous work for the developedcountries. A unique feature of this work is that it tries toexplain the possibility of rising inequality across trading

nations and looks at the segmented labor markets of thepoor economies. It makes convincing arguments that thestandard general equilibrium models, the main workhorseof trade theory, can be given a creative facelift to address anumber of critical and emerging issues in the area of tradeand development.

Contents: Introduction.- Part I: Evidence and theDebate: Wages and Employment.- Part II: ExplainingSymmetric Wage-Gap: The Standard Trade Theory: HowFar Does It Go?; Trade Liberalization and SymmetricWage-Gap; Input Trade: An Alternative Explanation.-Part III: Trade, Capital Flow and Employment: Liberal-ization and Employment in the Organized Sector.- PartIV: Trade Liberalization, Wage Inequality and Employ-ment in the South: Diverse Trade Pattern, Complemen-tarity and Fragmentation; Segmented Input Markets andNon-Traded Good; Trade, Skill Formation and the Wage-Gap.- Conclusion.

H. Herrmann, Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt, Germany; R. Lipsey, NBER, NY (Eds.)

Foreign Direct Investment in the Real and Financial Sector of Industrial Countries2003. VIII, 366 pp. 126 illus. Hardcover $109.00ISBN 3-540-00510-2

The international integration of national economies is adominant feature of the present time. This book bringstogether papers on the determinants and consequences offoreign direct investment (FDI) in the real and financialsectors of industrial countries. It sheds new light on thedeterminants of FDI, in particular the role of governmen-tal incentives. Another main topic of this volume is therole of FDI in the east European accession countries. Itprovides insights into the question of whether EU enlarge-ment will have consequences for capital flows into those

countries. Since the start of European monetary union thediscussion on cross-border mergers in the Europeanbanking industry has intensified. The final part of thebook contains contributions to this debate.

Contents: Foreign Direct Investment in the Real andFinancial Sector of Industrial Countries.- Host-CountryDeterminants of U.S. Foreign Direct Investment intoEurope.- Discussion.- The Economics of Foreign DirectInvestment Incentives.- Discussion.- Chains of Owner-ship, Regional Tax Competition, and Foreign DirectInvestment.- Pain, N. Fiscal Policies, European Integra-tion and Structural Changes in the Location of GermanForeign Direct Investment.- Discussion.- Ownership,Capital or Outsourcing: What Drives German Investmentto Eastern Europe?.- Is there a Potential for Increases inFDI for Central and Eastern European Countries Follow-ing EU Accession?.- Discussion.- EU Accession andProspective FDI Flows to CEE Countries.- Discussion.- A“New” Micro Database for German FDI.- Foreign DirectInvestment.- Discussion.

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K. Mertins, P. Heisig, and J. Vorbeck, all, FraunhoferInstitute Production Systems and Design Technology(IPK), Berlin, Germany (Eds.)

Knowledge ManagementConcepts and Best Practices

2nd ed. 2003. XXX, 385 pp. Hardcover $69.95 ISBN 3-540-00490-4 (Replaces ISBN 3-540-67484-5)

The Fraunhofer Competence Center Knowledge Manage-ment presents in this second edition its up-dated andextended research results on business-process orientedknowledge management, pro-active change management,KM strategy, knowledge structuring and KM audit,reviews the latest advancements in measuring intellectualcapital and classifies more than 100 KM tools. Best Prac-tices in KM are described by the Swiss BenchmarkingCenter TECTEM at University St. Gallen and in casestudies from price-winning companies like Aventis and

Siemens as well as from Arthur D. Little, British Aerospaceplc., Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Phonak and Roche. Newsurvey results on KM from EFQM, OECD and on “TheFuture of Knowledge Management” are presented. Thebook concludes with an overview on research funded bythe European Commission in order to make “KM Made in Europe” a reality.

From the Contents: Introduction.- Design Fields: Busi-ness Process Oriented Knowledge Management.- TheFraunhofer Knowledge Management Audit (FKM-Audit).- Motivation for Knowledge Management.- RoleModels, Human Resources and Strategy.- KnowledgeManagement Tools.- Intellectual Capital: MeasuringKnowledge Management. Survey: Delphy Study on theFuture Knowledge Management.- A Survey on GoodPractices in Knowledge Management in European Com-panies.- How German Companies Employ KnowledgeManagement. Case Studies: Knowledge Management -Results of a Benchmarking Study.- The Holistic Approachof Arthur D. Little, Inc.- The Aventis Approach to KM.

L.A. Petrosyan, St. Petersburg State University, Russia;D.W.K. Yeung, Hong Kong Baptist University, China(Eds.)

ICM Millennium Lectures on Games2003. IX, 412 pp. 75 illus. Hardcover $109.00ISBN 3-540-00615-X

This volume gathers together 26 selected papers from theInternational Congress of Mathematicians’ 1st SatelliteConference on Game Theory and its Applications (2002).It contains four sections: Foundations, Concepts, andStructure; Equilibrium Properties; Applications to the

Natural and Social Sciences; Computational Aspects of Games. The first section explores fundamental ideas,leading to new and analytically interesting analysis of current problems, new games and new modelingapproaches. Papers in the second section discuss issues inthe solution of games, and present a number of potentiallyfruitful ideas regarding game equilibrium. The third andfourth sections are devoted to applications to the naturaland social sciences and to computation. The articles onmarket structure and game-based computations would beof particular interest to researchers and practitioners.

From the Contents: Foundations, Concepts, and Struc-ture.- Equilibrium Properties.- Applications to the Natur-al and Social Sciences.- Computational Aspects of Games.

C. Metz, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/Main, Gemany

Information Dissemination in Currency Crises(Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems,Vol. 527)

2003. XI, 231 pp. 27 illus. Softcover $61.00 ISBN 3-540-00656-7

As the complexity of financial markets keeps growing, sodoes the need to understand the decision-making and thecoordination of the ensuing actions in the marketplace. In particular, the disclosure of information to marketparticipants and its impact on the market outcome meritsattention. This study analyses the role of private andpublic information in currency crises. Calls for increased

dissemination of economic and policy-related informationby central banks notwithstanding, the study shows thattransparency is not generally conductive to preventingspeculative attacks in fixed exchange-rate regimes. Rather,the role of private and public information in the market-place depends critically on the prevailing market senti-ment. The study also highlights the import of markettransparency design in an environment that allows forherding and market leadership of individual speculators.

From the Contents: Introduction.- The Classical Curren-cy Crisis Models.- Self-Fulfilling Currency Crisis Modelwith Unique Equilibrium - Morris and Shin (1998).- The Influence of Private and Public Information in Self-Fulfilling Currency Crisis Models.- Informational Aspectsof Speculator’s Size and Dynamics.- Testing the Theoreti-cal Results.- Concluding Thoughts.

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W. Semmler, New School University, New York, NY

Asset Prices, Booms and RecessionsFinancial Market, Economic Activity and the Macroeconomy


The book studies the interaction of the financial market,economic activity and the macroeconomy from a dynamicperspective. The financial market to be studied hereencompasses the money and bond market, credit market,stock market and foreign exchange market. Economicactivity is described by the activity of firms, banks, house-holds, governments and countries. The book shows howeconomic activity affects asset prices and the financialmarket and how asset prices and financial market volatili-ty feed back to economic activity. The focus in this book ison theories, dynamic models and empirical evidence.

Empirical applications relate to episodes of financialinstability and financial crises of the U.S., Latin American,Asian as well as Euro-area countries. The book is not onlyuseful for researchers and practitioners in the field offinancial engineering, but is also very useful forresearchers and practitioners in economics.

From the Contents: Money, Bonds and Economic Activity:Money, Bonds and Interest Rates.- Term Structure ofInterest Rates. The Credit Market and Economic Activity:Theories on Credit Market, Credit Risk and EconomicActivity.- Empirical Tests on Credit Market and EconomicActivity. The Stock Market and Economic Activity:Approaches to Stock Market and Economic Activity.-Macro Factors and the Stock Market.- New Technologyand the Stock Market. Asset Pricing and Economic Activ-ity: Portfolio Theory: CAPM and Extensions.- Consump-tion Based Asset Pricing Models.- Production Based AssetPricing Models. Foreign Exchange Market, FinancialInstability and Economic Activity: Balance Sheets andFinancial Instability.

I. Chivers, Kings College, London, UK

Essential C# fast(Essential Series)


C# is a new language from Microsoft and is a key part oftheir .NET framework. It is a modern, well-engineeredlanguage, in the same family of programming languages in terms of syntax, as C, C++ and Java. If you have knowledge of one of these languages, it will look veryfamiliar.

Essential C# fast is a quick, practical introduction to theC# programming language. It includes complete program-ming examples that highlight the core features of thislanguage, and covers areas such as:

• Using C# with a traditional compile run cycle• Using C# within the Developer Studio environment• Different data types supported in C#• Control structures and input and output (i/o) in C#• Key features of C# and their relationship to C, C++,

Java and other programming languages. The source code for examples in this book is availablefrom the Essential series web site: www.essential-series.com

Contents: Overview.- Language Concepts.- An Introduc-tion to C#.- Arithmetic and Expressions in C#.- Somemore on C# data types.- Strings.- Arrays in C#.- ControlStructures.- Input and Output.- Exceptions.- Threads.-Structs in C#.- Classes.- An Introduction to the System.Collections Namespace.- Operator Overloading.- Addi-tional Language Features.- Where Next?

H. Siebert, Kiel Institute for World Economics, Kiel,Germany (Ed.)

Global GovernanceAn Architecture for the World Economy


Globalization deeply affects economic structures andraises the issue of how governments should respond to thenew challenges. In this book, various ways of improvingthe institutional setup for global governance are discussedby renowned experts. The discussion focuses on furtherliberalizing international trade, preventing internationalfinancial crises, and protecting global environmentalsystems. The advantages of free international trade as wellas the fear of anti-globalizationers are considered in thecontributions.

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J. Franke, G. Nakhaeizadeh, and I. Renz, all, DaimlerChrysler AG, Ulm, Germany (Eds.)

Text MiningTheoretical Aspects and Applications

(Advances in Soft Computing)

2003. X, 165 pp. 69 illus. Softcover $44.00ISBN 3-7908-0041-4

Text Mining: Theoretical Aspects and Applicationspresents contributions from researchers from differentdisciplines, each of which studies the problem of miningtext according to his scientific background: artificialintelligence, computational linguistics, document analysis,machine learning, information retrieval, pattern recogni-tion. Their common goal is to analyze huge text collec-tions in real world applications in order to supportknowledge-intensive processes.

Contents: I. Renz, J. Franke: Text Mining.- N. Fuhr: XML Information Retrieval and Information Extraction.-J. Zavrel, W. Daelemans: Feature-Rich Memory-BasedClassification for Shallow NLP and Information Extrac-tion.- R. Klinkenberg, S. Rüping: Concept Drift and theImportance of Examples.- T. Joachims: EvaluatingRetrieval Performance Using Clickthrough Data.- A. Hustet al.: Towards Collaborative Information Retrieval: ThreeApproaches.- D. Rösner, M. Kunze: The XDOC Docu-ment Suite - a Workbench for Document Mining.- A.Hotho et al.: On Knowledgeable Unsupervised Text Min-ing.- F. Ceravegna et al.: Using Adaptive InformationExtraction for Effective Human-Centred DocumentAnnotation.

Y. Ohsawa, University of Tsukuba, Tokyo, Japan; P. McBurney, University of Liverpool, UK (Eds.)

Chance Discovery(Advanced Information Processing)


Chance discovery is the awareness and the explanation ofthe significance of a certain piece of information about anevent or a situation, which gives significant impact ondecision making. It combines data mining methods for

finding rare but important events with knowledge man-agement, groupware, and social psychology. Possibleapplication scenarios include finding information in theInternet, recognizing changing customer behavior, anddetecting the first signs of an imminent earthquake.

This book covers both the state of the art in theory andmethods as well as possible application scenarios and thusappeals to researchers working on new techniques oralgorithms and to professionals in possible applicationareas alike.

S. Ghosh, Stevens Inst. of Techn., Dept of Elec & CompEngrg, Hoboken, NJ

Algorithm Design for NetworkedInformation Technology Systems2003. Approx. 286 pp. 161 illus. Hardcover $64.95 (tent.)ISBN 0-387-95544-5

Networked information technology (NIT) systems aresynonymous with network-centric or net-centric systemsand constitute the cornerstone of the fast-growing infor-mation age. NIT systems’ field of application ranges fromthe traditional worldwide telecommunication systems,banking and financial transactions, on-line travel reserva-tion systems, and remote data acquisition and control tothe present-day e-commerce and distance learning totomorrow’s patient medical records, remote surgery,

intelligent transportation systems, and communicationsand control in deep space. To date, however, the designand development of NIT systems have been ad-hoc, andlacking a scientific theory.

A new text presents a scientific theory of NIT systems andlogically develops the fundamental principles to helpsynthesize control algorithms for these systems. Thealgorithms are referred to as asynchronous, distributeddecision-making (ADDM) algorithms, and their charac-teristics include correct operation, robustness, reliability,scalability, stability, and performance. The book explainsthrough several case studies and actual research the con-ception, development, experimental testing, validation,and rigorous performance analysis of practical ADDMalgorithms for real-world systems from a number ofdiverse disciplines. It concludes by exploring the benefitsand impact of ADDM algorithms in the future.

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K. Schneider, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany

Verification of Reactive SystemsFormal Methods and Algorithms

(Texts in Theoretical Computer Science. An EATCSSeries)


Reactive systems are becoming more and more importantfor many areas of everyday life. The design of these sys-tems is a great challenge that must find good compromisesbetween safety and time-to-market. To satisfy these needs,early design phases nowadays include verification of givenspecifications against system descriptions to find potentialdesign errors as soon as possible.

The book is a foundation of the most importantformalisms used for specification and verification ofreactive systems. In particular, it presents all-importantresults on m-calculus, w-automata, and temporal logics,shows the relationships between these formalisms anddescribes state-of-the-art verification procedures for them.It also discusses advantages and disadvantages of theseformalisms, and shows up their strengths and weaknesses.Most results are given with detailed proofs.

Contents: Introduction.- A Unified Specification Lan-guage.- Fixpoint Calculi.- Finite Automata.- TemporalLogics.- Monadic Predicate Logics.- Conclusions.- Index.

M. Habibi, Columbus, OH

Regular Expressions with J2SE2003. Approx. 256 pp. Softcover $35.99 (tent.)ISBN 1-59059-107-0

Regular Expressions with J2SE is the only book to use the Java library to process regular expressions. RegularExpressions with J2SE is appealing because it has so manyexamples. Regular Expressions books are not so much“studied” as they are “looked through” and mined forgood solutions. For example, the right regex expressioncan replace an entire page of code with two lines.

Java/J2SE 1.4 adds a library for handling regular expres-sions. Regular expressions are text expressions used to findbits of information in larger bits of text, like ‘find me allsentences with the word John’ in it, or does any file

include ‘5 e’s’... Regular Expressions with J2SE offers alook at what regular expressions are and how to use theJava library to process regular expressions. ... RegularExpressions with J2SE uses plenty of examples to showtypical and atypical uses of the library, a powerful learningtool.

Contents: Introduction; Part I-The Basics.- Introductionto Regular Expressions.- Patterns- The Syntax of theLanguage.- Operations.- Advanced Regular Expressions.-Greedy Qualifiers.- More on Grouping.- Putting RegularExpressions Together.- Differences from Perl.- FAQs;-Part II-Regular Expression Objects in Java.- Introductionto Regex Objects in Java.- The Pattern Class.- The Match-er Class.- The String Class.- Compiling Patterns.- Opera-tions.- Groups and Captures.- Advanced Topics.- FAQs;Part III-Examples.- FAQs.

M.R. Chapman

In Search of StupidityOver 20 Years of High-Tech Marketing Disasters


In Search of Stupidity is National Lampoon meets PeterDrucker. It is a funny and well written business book thattakes a look at some of the most influential marketing andbusiness philosophies of the last twenty years and, throughthe dark glass of hindsight, provides a educational andvastly entertaining examination of why they didn’twork…and make no mistake, most of them did not work.

Richly illustrated with cartoons and reproductions ofmany of the actual campaigns used at the time, marketingwizard Richard Chapman takes readers on a hilarious ridethrough the last twenty years. Filled with personal

anecdotes spanning Chapman’s remarkable career (he was present at many now famous meetings and events) In Search of Stupidity takes a no holds barred look at the uncreative and hopeless marketing ideas surroundingthe technology industry.

It offers clear, detailed analysis of what happened, why,and what can be done to avoid acting stupidly in thefuture.

This book offers unique insights into the avoidable mistakes made by some of the country’s largest and best-known high tech companies as well as succinct, to-the-point advice on how companies can avoid acting stupidly.It is aimed at people in the high tech industries, bothsoftware and hardware sides of the business. The softwareside is more heavily represented since software is moreglamorous and highly covered than the hardware. It willalso appeal to anyone with an interest in marketing.

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The Definitive Guide to Excel VBA2nd ed. 2003. Approx. 888 pp. Softcover $49.99 (tent.) ISBN 1-59059-103-8 (Replaces ISBN 1-893115-79-8)

Microsoft’s Excel is not only a powerful spreadsheet andgraphics tool - it contains a programming language calledVisual Basic for Application (VBA). VBA allows you toautomate simple tasks, but also enables you to create full-featured applications that make Excel users moreproductive. In The Definitive Guide to Excel VBA 2ndEdition, Michael Kofler provides the definitive coverageVBA for Excel by showing how it can be used to imple-ment real-world business solutions. Designed to be usefulto programmers who have never used VBA before, itnevertheless covers advanced topics needed for usersalready familiar with VBA.

First, Kofler introduces VBA and shows examples of thekinds of tasks that can be performed. He then introducesthe Excel object model, focusing on the unique character-istics of programming and debugging code associated with a spreadsheet. The next few chapters cover menus,toolbars, forms and templates - the tools for creatingcustomized user interfaces and full-featured applications.Kofler then moves on to a broad range of advanced topics,including automating graphs and diagrams, accessingexternal databases from Excel and analyzing data usinggrouping and pivot-tables. He even covers ActiveXautomation and the access of Web Services using the Web Service Toolkit.

Throughout the book the author never loses sight of thereal-world problems faced by Excel programmers. Theauthor shows how to avoid undocumented or poorlydocumented problems that arise when programmingExcel using VBA - the kind of practical knowledge that is usually gained only through hard-won experience.

R. Dingledine, The Free Haven Project, Arlington, MA; P. Syverson, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC(Eds.)

Privacy Enhancing TechnologiesRevised Papers of the Second International Workshop,PET 2002, San Francisco, CA, April 14-15, 2002

(Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 2482)

2003. VIII, 239 pp. Softcover $45.00 ISBN 3-540-00565-X

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the Second International Workshop onPrivacy Enhancing Technologies, PET 2002, held in SanFrancisco in April 2002.

The 17 revised full papers presented were carefully select-ed during two rounds of reviewing and improvement.Among the topics addressed are Internet security, private authentication, information theoretic anonymity,anonymity measuring, enterprise privacy practices, servicearchitectures for privacy, intersection attacks, online trustnegotiation, random data perturbation, Website finger-printing, Web user privacy, TCP timestamps, privateinformation retrieval, and unobservable Web surfing.

M. Blaze, AT&T Labs Research, Florham Park, NJ, UK (Ed.)

Financial CryptographyRevised Papers of the 6th International Conference, FC 2002, Southampton, Bermuda, March 11-14, 2002


2003. VIII, 301 pp. Softcover $56.00 (tent.) ISBN 3-540-00646-X

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-pro-ceedings of the 6th International Conference on FinancialCryptography, FC 2002, held in Southampton, Bermuda,in March 2002.

The 19 revised full papers presented were carefully select-ed during two rounds of reviewing and improvement. Thepapers are organized in topical sections on voting andrecommending, auctions, cryptography, digital signatureschemes, thresholds and secret sharing, and anonymityand digital payment systems.

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B.S.J. Kaliski, RSA Laboratories, Bedford, MA; C.K.Koc, Oregon State University; C. Paar, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany (Eds.)

Cryptographic Hardware andEmbedded Systems - CHES 2002Revised Papers of the 4th International Workshop,Redwood Shores, CA, August 13-15, 2002


2003. XIV, 612 pp. Softcover $91.00 ISBN 3-540-00409-2

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-pro-ceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Crypto-graphic Hardware and Embedded Systems, CHES 2002,held in Redwood Shores, California in August 2002.

The 41 revised full papers presented together with twoinvited contributions were carefully selected from 101submissions during two rounds of reviewing and revision.The papers are organized in topical sections on attackstrategies, finite field and modular arithmetic, ellipticcurve cryptography, AES and AES candidates, tamperresistance, RSA implementation, random number generation, new primitives, hardware for cryptanalysis.

J. Padget, O. Shehory, D. Parkes, N. Sadeh, and W.E. Walsh (Eds.)

Agent-Mediated Electronic Commerce IV. Designing Mechanisms and SystemsRevised Papers of the AAMAS 2002 Workshop on Agent Mediated Electronic Commerce, Bologna, Italy, July 16, 2002


2002. XVII, 341 pp. Softcover $62.00 ISBN 3-540-00327-4

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Agent-Mediated Electronic Commerce, AMEC 2002, held in Bologna, Italy in July 2002 during the AAMAS2002 conference.

The 20 revised full papers presented together with anintroductory survey by the volume editors were carefullyselected and improved during two rounds of reviewingand revision. The book gives a unique overview of thestate of the art of designing mechanisms and systems foragent-mediated e-commerce. The papers are organized intopical sections on electronic auctions, negotiations, andelectronic markets.

J. Lee, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea; C.-H. Kang, KoreaUniversity, Seoul, Korea (Eds.)

Mobile CommunicationsRevised Papers of the 7th CDMA International Conference, CIC 2002, Seoul, Korea, October 29 - November 1, 2002


2003. XIV, 516 pp. Softcover $79.00 ISBN 3-540-00732-6

This book constitutes the refereed post-proceedings of the 7th CMDA International Conference, CIC 2002, heldin Seoul, Korea, in October/November 2002.

The 52 revised full papers presented were carefully select-ed during two rounds of reviewing and post-conferenceimprovements from 140 conference presentations. Thepapers are organized in topical sections on modulationand coding, cellular mobile communications, IMT-2000systems, 4G mobile systems and technology, softwaredefined radio, wireless LAN and wireless QoS, multipleaccess technology, wireless multimedia services, resourcemanagement, mobility management and mobile IP, andmobile and wireless systems.



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Developing an Infrastructure forMobile and Wireless SystemsRevised Papers of the NSF Workshop IMWS 2001,Scottsdale, AZ, October 15, 2001,



This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of an International NSF Workshop on anInfrastructure for Mobile and Wireless Systems held inScottsdale, Arizona in October 2001.

The 11 revised full papers presented together with 4invited contributions and a comprehensive consensusreport for developing an infrastructure for mobile andwireless systems were carefully selected during two roundsof reviewing and improvement. The book assesses thestate of the art in the area and provides a research agendafor future R and D work.

R. Fleischer, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China; B. Moret, University of New Mexico,Albuquerque, NM; E. Meineche Schmidt, University ofAarhus, Denmark (Eds.)

Experimental AlgorithmicsFrom Algorithm Design to Robust and Efficient Software



Experimental algorithmics, as its name indicates, com-bines algorithmic work and experimentation: algorithmsare not just designed, but also implemented and tested ona variety of instances. Perhaps the most important lessonin this process is that designing an algorithm is but thefirst step in the process of developing robust and efficientsoftware for applications.

Based on a seminar held at Dagstuhl Castle, Germany inSeptember 2000, this state-of-the-art survey presents acoherent survey of the work done in the area so far. The11 carefully reviewed chapters provide complete coverageof all current topics in experimental algorithmics.

I. Dimov, I. Lirkov, S. Margenov, and Z. Zlatev (Eds.)

Numerical Methods and ApplicationsRevised Papers of the 5th International Conference,NMA 2002, Borovets, Bulgaria, August 20-24, 2002


2003. XII, 574 pp. Softcover $85.00 ISBN 3-540-00608-7

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 5th International Conference onNumerical Methods and Applications, NMA 2002, held in Borovets, Bulgaria, in August 2002.

The 58 revised full papers presented together with 6invited papers were carefully selected from numeroussubmissions during two rounds of reviewing andimprovement. In accordance with various mini-symposia,the papers are organized in topical sections on MonteCarlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo methods, robust iterativesolution methods and applications, control and uncertain-ty systems, numerical methods for sensor data processing,as well as in a section comprising various other methods,tools, and applications.




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Y. Desmedt, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (Ed.)

Public Key Cryptography - PKC 2003Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop onTheory and Practice in Public Key Cryptography,Miami, FL, January 6-8, 2003


2002. XI, 365 pp. Softcover $62.00 ISBN 3-540-00324-X

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6thInternational Workshop on Practice and Theory in PublicKey Cryptosystems, PKC 2003, held in Miami, Florida inJanuary 2003.

The 26 revised full papers presented were carefullyreviewed and selected from 105 submissions. The papersare organized in topical sections on Diffie-Hellman basedschemes, threshold cryptography, reduction proofs,broadcast and tracing, digital signatures, specializedmultiparty cryptography, cryptanalysis, elliptic curves:implementation attacks, implementation and hardwareissues, new public key schemes, and elliptic curves: generalissues.

M. Jünger, University of Köln, Germany; G. Reinelt,University of Heidelberg, Germany; G. Rinaldi, CNR,Rome, Italy (Eds.)

Combinatorial Optimization -Eureka,You Shrink!Revised Papers of the Papers Dedicated to JackEdmonds 5th International Workshop, Aussois, France, March 5-9, 2001



This book is dedicated to Jack Edmonds in appreciation ofhis ground breaking work that laid the foundations for abroad variety of subsequent results achieved in combina-torial optimization.

The main part consists of 13 revised full papers on currenttopics in combinatorial optimization, presented at Aussois2001, the Fifth Aussois Workshop on CombinatorialOptimization, March 5-9, 2001, and dedicated to JackEdmonds.

Additional highlights in this book are an account of anAussois 2001 special session dedicated to Jack Edmondsincluding a speech given by William R. Pulleyblank as wellas newly typeset versions of three up-to-now hardly acces-sible classical papers:

• Submodular Functions, Matroids, and Certain Polyhedra by Jack Edmonds

• Matching: A Well-Solved Class of Integer Linear Programs by Jack Edmonds and Ellis L. Johnson

• Theoretical Improvements in Algorithmic Efficiency for Network Flow Problems by Jack Edmonds and Richard M. Karp.

M. Hagiya, University of Tokyo, Japan; A. Ohuchi,Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan (Eds.)

DNA ComputingRevised Papers of the 8th International Workshop on DNA Based Computers, DNA8, Sapporo, Japan, June 10-13, 2002


2003. XI, 338 pp. Softcover $56.00 ISBN 3-540-00531-5

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-pro-ceedings of the 8th International Workshop on DNABased Computers, DNA8, held in Sapporo, Japan, in June 2002.

The 30 revised full papers presented were carefully select-ed during two rounds of reviewing and improvementfrom an initial total of 68 submissions. The papers areorganized in topical sections on self-assembly andautonomous molecular computation, molecular evolutionand application to biotechnology, applications to mathe-matical problems, nucleic acid sequence design, andtheory.



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Information Security and Cryptology - ICISC 2002Revised Papers of the 5th International Conference, Seoul, Korea, November 28-29, 2002



This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Information Security and Cryptology, ICISC 2002, held in Seoul, Korea in November 2002.

The 35 revised full papers presented together with aninvited paper were carefully selected from 142 submissionsduring two rounds of reviewing and improvement. Thepapers are organized in topical sections on digital signa-tures, Internet security, block ciphers and stream ciphers,stream ciphers and other primitives, efficient implementa-tions, side-channel attacks, cryptographic protocols andbiometrics.

E. Börger, University of Pisa, Italy; A. Gargantini, University of Catania, Italy; E. Riccobene, University of Catania, Italy (Eds.)

Abstract State Machines 2003:Advances in Theory and PracticeProceedings of the 10th International Workshop, ASM2003, Taormina, Italy, March 3-7, 2003



This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Abstract State Machines,ASM 2003, held in Taormina, Italy in March 2003.

The 16 revised full papers presented together with 8invited papers and 12 abstracts were carefully reviewedand selected for inclusion in the book. The papers reflectthe state of the art of the abstract state machine methodfor the design and analysis of complex software/hardwaresystems. Besides theoretical results and methodologicalprogress, application in various fields are studied as well.

A. Gelbukh, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico City,Mexico (Ed.)

Computational Linguistics and Intelligent Text ProcessingProceedings of the 4th International Conference, CICLing 2003, Mexico City, Mexico, February 16-22, 2003


2003. XV, 648 pp. Softcover $96.00 ISBN 3-540-00532-3

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4thInternational Conference on Computational Linguisticsand Intelligent Text Processing, CICLing 2003, held inMexico City, Mexico in February 2003.

The 67 revised papers presented together with 4 keynotepapers were carefully reviewed and selected from 92submissions. The papers are organized in topical sectionson computational linguistics formalisms; semantics anddiscourse; syntax and POS tagging; parsing techniques;morphology; word sense disambiguation; dictionary,lexicon, and ontology; corpus and language statistics;machine translation and bilingual corpora; text genera-tion; natural language interfaces; speech processing;information retrieval and information extraction; textcategorization and clustering; summarization; and spell-checking.

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A. Asperti, University of Bologna, Italy; B. Buchberger,University of Linz, Austria; J.H. Davenport, University ofBath, UK (Eds.)

Mathematical KnowledgeManagementSecond International Conference, MKM 2003 Bertinoro, Italy, February 16-18, 2003



This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of theSecond International Conference on MathematicalKnowledge Management, MKM 2003, held in Betinoro,Italy, in February 2003.

The 16 revised full papers presented together with aninvited paper were carefully reviewed and selected forpresentation. Among the topics addressed are digitization,representation, formalization, proof assistants, distributedlibraries of mathematics, NAG library, LaTeX, MathML,mathematics markup, theorem description, query lan-guages for mathematical metadata, mathematical infor-mation retrieval, XML-based mathematical knowledgeprocessing, semantic Web, mathematical content manage-ment, formalized mathematics repositories, theoremproving, and proof theory.

G. Paun, G. Rozenberg, A. Salomaa, and C. Zandron (Eds.)

Membrane ComputingRevised Papers of the International Workshop, WMC-CdeA 2002, Curtea de Arges, Romania, August 19-23, 2002


2003. VIII, 423 pp. Softcover $69.00 ISBN 3-540-00611-7

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the International Workshop on MembraneComputing, WMC-CdeA 2002, held in Curtea de Arges,Romania, in August 2002.

The 29 revised full papers presented were carefully select-ed during two rounds of reviewing and revision; somewere especially solicited for inclusion in the book after theworkshop. Most papers address membrane systems andmembrane computing from the point of view of theoreti-cal computer science; some papers solve open problemsand present new approaches, and others provide mathe-matical and biological background. All in all, the bookpresents the state of the art in membrane computing.

K. Nyberg, Nokia Research Center, Lappeerante, Finland;H. Heys, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St.John’s, NF, Canada (Eds.)

Selected Areas in CryptographyRevised Papers of the 9th Annual International Workshop, SAC 2002, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, August 15-16, 2002



This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 9th Annual International Workshop on Selected Areas in Cryptology, SAC 2002, held in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, in August 2002.

The 25 revised full papers presented were carefully select-ed from 90 submissions during two rounds of reviewingand improvement. The papers are organized in topicalsections on elliptic curve enhancements, SNOW, encryp-tion schemes, differential attacks, Boolean functions andstream ciphers, block cipher security, signatures and secretsharing, MAC and hash constructions, and RSA and XTRenhancements.



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Computer Science in PerspectiveEssays Dedicated to Thomas Ottmann


2003. X, 357 pp. Softcover $59.00 ISBN 3-540-00579-X

By presenting state-of-the-art aspects of theoretical com-puter science and practical applications in various fields,this book commemorates the 60th birthday of ThomasOttmann.

The 26 research papers presented span the whole rangeof Thomas Ottmann’s scientific career, from formallanguages to algorithms and data structures, from topicsin practical computer science like software engineering ordatabase systems to applications of Web technology,groupware, and e-learning.

M. Ajmone Marsan, Politecnico di Torino; G. Corazza;M. Listanti; A. Roveri (Eds.)

Quality of Service in Multiservice IP NetworksProceedings of the Second International Workshop,QoS-IP 2003, Milano, Italy, February 24-26, 2003


2003. XV, 759 pp. Softcover $106.00 ISBN 3-540-00604-4

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of theSecond International Workshop on Quality of Service inMultiservice IP Networks, QoS-IP 2003, held in Milano,Italy in February 2003.

The 53 revised full papers presented together with aninvited paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 97submissions. The papers are organized in topical sectionson analytical models, QoS routing, measurements andexperimental results, QoS below IP, end-to-end QoS in IPnetworks, QoS multicast, optical networks, reconfigurableprotocols and networks, provision of multimedia services,QoS in multidomain networks, congestion and admissioncontrol, and architectures and protocols for QoS provision.

S. Mendelson, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia; A.J. Smola, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia (Eds.)

Advanced Lectures on Machine LearningRevised Lectures of the Machine Learning Summer School 2002, Canberra, Australia, February 11-22, 2002


2003. IX, 259 pp. Softcover $44.00 ISBN 3-540-00529-3

This book presents revised reviewed versions of lecturesgiven during the Machine Learning Summer School heldin Canberra, Australia, in February 2002.

The lectures address the following key topics in algorith-mic learning: statistical learning theory, kernel methods,boosting, reinforcement learning, theory learning, associa-tion rule learning, and learning linear classifier systems.Thus, the book is well balanced between classical topicsand new approaches in machine learning.

Advanced students and lecturers will find this book acoherent in-depth overview of this exciting area, whileresearchers will use this book as a valuable source ofreference.




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H. Alt, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany; M. Habib, LIRMM, Montpellier, France (Eds.)

STACS 2003Proceedings of the 20th Annual Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science, Berlin, Germany, February 27 - March 1, 2003



This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th Annual Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science, STACS 2003, held in Berlin, Germanyin February/March 2003.

The 58 revised full papers presented together with 2invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from253 submissions. The papers address the whole range oftheoretical computer science including algorithms anddata structures, automata and formal languages, complex-ity theory, semantics, logic in computer science, as well ascurrent challenges like biological computing, quantumcomputing, and mobile and net computing.

R. Laddaga, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA;P. Robertson, Dynamic Object Language Inc., Andover;H. Shrobe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA(Eds.)

Self-Adaptive SoftwareRevised Papers of the Second International Workshop,IWSAS 2001, Balatonfüred, Hungary, May 17-19, 2001



The 18 revised full papers presented in this book togetherwith an introductory survey were carefully reviewed andconstitute the documentation of the Second InternationalWorkshop on Self-adaptive Software, IWSAS 2001, held inBalatonfüred, Hungary in May 2001.

Self-adaptive software evaluates its own behavior andchanges it when the evaluation indicates that the softwaredoes not accomplish what it is intended to do or whenbetter functionality or better performance is possible. The self-adaptive approach in software engineering buildson well known dynamic features familiar to Lisp or Javaprogrammes and aims at improving the robustness ofsoftware systems by gradually adding new features of self-adaptation or autonomy.

M. Okada, B. Pierce, A. Scedrov, H. Tokuda, and A. Yonezawa (Eds.)

Software Security - Theories and SystemsRevised Papers of the Mext-NSF-JSPS International Symposium, ISSS 2002, Tokyo, Japan,November 8-10, 2002


2003. XII, 471 pp. Softcover $69.00 ISBN 3-540-00708-3

For more than the last three decades, the security of software systems has been an important area of computerscience, yet it is a rather recent general recognition thattechnologies for software security are highly needed.

This book assesses the state of the art in software andsystems security by presenting a carefully arranged selection of revised invited and reviewed papers. It covers basic aspects and recently developed topics such assecurity of pervasive computing, peer-to-peer systems andautonomous distributed agents, secure software circula-tion, compilers for fail-safe C language, construction ofsecure mail systems, type systems and multiset rewritingsystems for security protocols, and privacy issues as well.



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Multi-Agent-Based SimulationRevised Papers of the Third International Workshop,MABS 2002, Bologna, Italy, July 15-16, 2002

(Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence. Subseries ofLecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 2581)


This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-pro-ceedings of the Third International Workshop on Multi-Agent-Based Simulation, MABS 2002, held as part of theAAMAS 2002 conference in Bologna, Italy, in July 2002.

The 12 revised full papers presented together with aninvited paper were carefully selected during two rounds of reviewing and improvement. The papers are organizedin topical sections on emergence, alliances, and groups;MABS platforms and languages; and MABS applications.

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Inductive Logic ProgrammingRevised Papers of the 12th International Conference,ILP 2002, Sydney, Australia, July 9-11, 2002

(Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence. Subseries ofLecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 2583)


This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 12th International Conference onInductive Logic Programming, ILP 2002, held in Sydney,Australia in July 2002.

The 22 revised full papers presented were carefully select-ed during two rounds of reviewing and revision from 45submissions. Among the topics addressed are: first orderdecision lists, learning with description logics, bagging inILP, kernel methods, concept learning, relational learners,description logic programs, Bayesian classifiers, knowl-edge discovery, data mining, logical sequences, theorylearning, stochastic logic programs, machine discovery,and relational pattern discovery.




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