History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

Elements of Information Theory (Wiley Series in Telecommunications and Signal Processing)

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Disappointing...
topics are OK. poorly written
Good Book
Updated, reorganized, expanded Second Edition
A good survey of Information Theory

Elements of Information Theory (Wiley Series in Telecommunications and Signal Processing)
Thomas M. Cover , and Joy A. Thomas
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ASIN: 0471241954

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The latest edition of this classic is updated with new problem sets and material

The Second Edition of this fundamental textbook maintains the book's tradition of clear, thought-provoking instruction. Readers are provided once again with an instructive mix of mathematics, physics, statistics, and information theory.

All the essential topics in information theory are covered in detail, including entropy, data compression, channel capacity, rate distortion, network information theory, and hypothesis testing. The authors provide readers with a solid understanding of the underlying theory and applications. Problem sets and a telegraphic summary at the end of each chapter further assist readers. The historical notes that follow each chapter recap the main points.

The Second Edition features:
* Chapters reorganized to improve teaching
* 200 new problems
* New material on source coding, portfolio theory, and feedback capacity
* Updated references

Now current and enhanced, the Second Edition of Elements of Information Theory remains the ideal textbook for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in electrical engineering, statistics, and telecommunications.

An Instructor's Manual presenting detailed solutions to all the problems in the book is available from the Wiley editorial department.

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Disappointing..........2007-09-21

This is the standard reference on the subject, but I found it very disappointing. The chapters felt disjointed to me. But what is more problematic is the lack of rigor in the writing. For example, terms are used without being precisely defined; assumptions are made without this being made explicit; and descriptions are given without precision. (A good example of the latter is the section on Huffman coding, where the algorithm is "specified" by giving two examples.)

The book may be good as a reference (time will tell...) but I did not find it good for learning the material.

topics are OK. poorly written.......2007-06-01

Believe me, I have read many many textbooks. Not one is like this book. The problem is that the authors don't explain, to an extent where terms are not clearly defined. I have to frequently stop and GUESS what the authors mean by the symbols and terms, and writing something in that particular way. The flow of understanding is constantly stopped by these intensionally introduced hurdles. I say intensional because from the preface of the book I see that the authors are pretty proud of that.

I think I am already quite good at guessing what the authors of other books occasionally skip. But this one really annoys me. I think it is really a waste of time to have to guess something that is just basic definition.

Good Book.......2007-05-14

Honestly, this is a great book on Information Theory. Though, I must admit, I was petrified when I got it. I didn't buy it directly from Amazon, but from some other vendor, and when I receive it, the front and back page was all in Chinese! It happens to be someone who bought it in China (for a tenth of the price) broght it to America and sold it. The text itself was in English, fortunately. That's why this days I don't buy anything in Amazon that is not directly from Amazon, unless it is strictly necessary!

Updated, reorganized, expanded Second Edition.......2007-03-25

The preface of this book says, 'This is intended to be a simple and accessible book on information theory.' That's true, but it is aimed at the senior year or early graduate level where a theoretical background is needed for computer science, communications engineering, applied mathematics or similar fields. The mathematical nature of the book says that the student should at least have a background through calculus and a couple of upper level courses in statistics/probability. After all, Information Theory is generally considered to be a branch of applied mathematics.

On the whole, the writing style of the book (other than the equasions) is rather light and entertaining. For instance his discussion on the similarities between gambling and data compression brings a rather complex notion down something we can identify - that's before he gets into the math of course.

One complaint about the first edition of the book was that it didn't have enough problems for the student. This has been solved by the addition of a couple of hundred additional problems. There is also a dedicated web site for this book with more material, including solutions to selected problems.

A good survey of Information Theory.......2007-02-08

Elements of Information Theory was the book I used in graduate school. It takes a topical approach to the subject from standard topics like source and channel coding, esoteric concepts like Kolmogorov complexity, to applied topics like how to get rich by applying Information theory to horse racing and the stock market. Overall I thought it was a good book. It is well written and exposes the grandure of subject. However what it provides in bredth it takes away in depth. Several topics, including fundemental ones like entropy, while well illustrated are not at all motivated - they are just given as definitions. In this I feel Galleghers book is superior. Also there is a real dearth of problems, its unusual to do all the problems in a book and feel you have not done enough to understand the material. Many a time I found myself scouring the web for more problems to augment the ones provided. So if you are looking for a broad view of the subject of information theory, this is the book to buy. If you are looking for a deeper understanding of the fundamental topics get Gallegher.

Elements of the Theory of Computation (2nd Edition)

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No Ackermann function
Needlessly cryptic; too clever for its own good
Great math, bad writing.
Content left as an exercise
A good textbook

Elements of the Theory of Computation (2nd Edition)
Harry R. Lewis , and Christos H. Papadimitriou
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Lewis and Papadimitriou present this long awaited Second Edition of their best-selling theory of computation. The authors are well-known for their clear presentation that makes the material accessible to a a broad audience and requires no special previous mathematical experience. In this new edition, the authors incorporate a somewhat more informal, friendly writing style to present both classical and contemporary theories of computation. Algorithms, complexity analysis, and algorithmic ideas are introduced informally in Chapter 1, and are pursued throughout the book. Each section is followed by problems.

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No Ackermann function.......2007-10-01

Computability: An Introduction to Recursive Function Theory I have a better book that gives a better introduction to this field. I have read several books (older and newer) along these lines.
While this book gives a bad introduction to the tiling problem,
it ignores what is pretty much a "standard" problem in
modern texts : the Ackermann recursion. The text takes the Mathematical high road and leaves most of the human race out in the cold by lack of good illustrations and explanations.
If I were teaching the course in computation , I might tell students to look this book up in the library, but never make them
spend this much for a text that will fail all but the top 5 % of students.

Needlessly cryptic; too clever for its own good.......2007-06-30

This book claims to "make the essentials of the subject accessible to a broad undergraduate audience in a way that is mathematically sound but presupposes no special mathematical experience." On this count, the book fails miserably. The book starts easily enough with an introduction to sets and languages, but by the time Chapter 3 rolls around, the writing degenerates into the hectoring style of Russell and Whitehead... pages and pages of non-intuitive academic proofs, and making simple concepts needlessly complex in the name of Formality. The concepts the authors are presenting are fascinating, but in order to get to them you have to spend way too much time shuffling symbols. By the time we've made it to Chapters 6 and 7 (the good ones) we've lost most of the students in the muddy bootcamp of Chapters 3 and 4.

Don't buy this book, and don't use it to teach; the Sipser book is the way to go.

Great math, bad writing........2007-06-10

I read this book while taking a bachelor level course in computer science. I am not many many years beyond that degree and thought it would be nice to reflect on it as a working professional.

I now understand the math much better, and I can now somewhat read through this book... However, when I recall my days as a student, this book simply did not serve well as a text book (nor does it serve as recreational reading).

The author obviously knows his set theory and discrete mathematics... The writing is just so poor and hard to read that it makes the book relatively worthless.

Good books take a (potentially) complicated subject and make it easy to understand. The subject may look complicated, but it really isn't that hard to grasp once you develop a general understanding of it. If it isn't explained well, then the subject matter seems to be written in a different language. That is what happens with this book.

Explanations are often given a line or two before the author continues to build upon the material. Similarly to a calculus course, the information you just learned will be used in a more advanced manner, increasing in complexity as you move forward. That is what happens here. The problem is that the few sentences aren't always enough to "get" or understand the material. If you don't quite grasp what is happening, then you immeidately become lost as the author moves on.

The examples aren't always that helpful, and the information is just presented in a non reader-friendly fashion that it is exceptionally easy to get lost and lose your way...

The book has the potential to be very good... but it would probably take 600 pages of writing instead of 300. If the author spent more time "hammering" in the facts of the topic, it would be way more effective as a learning tool..

Content left as an exercise.......2005-06-08

I had the "pleasure" of being exposed to this nightmare of a book in a bachelor level course. I am told that it is normal to use this book on masters-degree level, so maybe it's because I wasn't "prepared" enough for this book that my take on it is so negative. The book does have it's moments, where things are understandable, but thats mainly if the stuff is easy. There is a lack of explenations throughout the entire book. It seems the author(s) view of "explenation" is the words "it is easy to see..." or "left as an exercise"....The proof of my feelings toward this book, can be seen on the teeth-marks that decorate the books cover. Im not writing this, because I need to vent steam...I passed the course on the first try, and it is now behind me, but I advice anyone faced with this book, to seek alternatives..this book is not a teaching book, it is a telling book.

The best way to describe the book, is if you imagine a book, that on page 2 reads "content left as an exercise"...and then its blank for the rest.

A good textbook.......2005-04-25

I taught a couple of classes from the first edition of this textbook, and my students did fairly well. On the whole, they were able to understand the material and solve the homework problems. I certainly wouldn't mind teaching a class on this subject from the second edition as well, which I feel is a mild improvement over the first one.

The chapter on finite automata is excellent. And the material on context-free languages is thorough and well written. So is the introduction to Turing machines.

Of course, the book then spends a fair amount of time on recursive function theory. That is exactly what I want it to do. And I think the chapter on unsolvability, starting with the Halting Problem, is excellent.

The style, especially of the first edition, is a little formal. But this is serious mathematical material, and I think it is not asking too much to require students to handle this subject in such a manner.

The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

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Fantastic book--Ideal for self-study
spans hardware and software

The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles
Noam Nisan , and Shimon Schocken
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ASIN: 026214087X

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In the early days of computer science, the interactions of hardware, software, compilers, and operating system were simple enough to allow students to see an overall picture of how computers worked. With the increasing complexity of computer technology and the resulting specialization of knowledge, such clarity is often lost. Unlike other texts that cover only one aspect of the field, The Elements of Computing Systems gives students an integrated and rigorous picture of applied computer science, as its comes to play in the construction of a simple yet powerful computer system.

Indeed, the best way to understand how computers work is to build one from scratch, and this textbook leads students through twelve chapters and projects that gradually build a basic hardware platform and a modern software hierarchy from the ground up. In the process, the students gain hands-on knowledge of hardware architecture, operating systems, programming languages, compilers, data structures, algorithms, and software engineering. Using this constructive approach, the book exposes a significant body of computer science knowledge and demonstrates how theoretical and applied techniques taught in other courses fit into the overall picture.

Designed to support one- or two-semester courses, the book is based on an abstraction-implementation paradigm; each chapter presents a key hardware or software abstraction, a proposed implementation that makes it concrete, and an actual project. The emerging computer system can be built by following the chapters, although this is only one option, since the projects are self-contained and can be done or skipped in any order. All the computer science knowledge necessary for completing the projects is embedded in the book, the only pre-requisite being a programming experience.

The book's web site provides all tools and materials necessary to build all the hardware and software systems described in the text, including two hundred test programs for the twelve projects. The projects and systems can be modified to meet various teaching needs, and all the supplied software is open-source.

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Fantastic book--Ideal for self-study.......2005-11-16

I highly recommend this book if you are interested in learning about computer science. The book is organized around the idea of building a computer from the fundamental logic gates up--starting with the hardware (combinational logic gates, arithmetic logic units, sequential logic gates, the CPU and memory) and then through the software hierarchy (starting with the machine language, and working up through the assembler, a virtual machine, a compiler for a high-level language, and an operating system). As a "by-product," one learns, by very relevant examples, many fundamental concepts of computer science.

You can just read the book, but the best idea is to follow the authors' advice and do the projects where you implement every necessary piece of the computer system yourself. The projects are all very well organized. All the software necessary to emulate any part of the computer is available for free download from the authors' web-site. It all works beautifully. If you want to skip any of the projects, you can, because the software is organized in such a way that it will use built-in modules instead of the ones you built if necessary.

The authors seem to have extensively tested the whole approach through the courses they have taught using this material. I also noticed that Harvard's Computer Science 101 course is being taught based on this book. I have been using the book for self-study with absolutely no problems--in fact I have never had such a great experience with a self-study course. All you need is a Windows or Linux (edit: Mac OS X works fine too) computer and access to the internet, and you can give yourself a wonderful education in computer science.

In terms of prerequisites, you only really need to have some experience with programming (e.g. with C, or ideally with Java or Python). I think that the book should work well for students or hobbyists who don't have any more experience than that, but it is also great for much more experienced students, as a kind of integrative summary of the field. I also think the book is perfect for graduate students or researchers from other fields who want to learn how digital hardware and software systems are actually engineered.

Finally, I just want to compliment the authors on the extraordinary care that they have taken with the whole project. The computer design that you build up is wonderfully elegant--at every stage the design is just as simple as it can be while being sufficient. Every piece of emulation software works as advertised. Even the extra powerpoint or .pdf tutorials are nicely done. This is really quality work, and using it is just a real pleasure. Finally, the source code for all the software provided by the authors is available, so if you wanted to extend the provided emulators, you could do that.

In summary, I give this book my unqualified highest recommendation.

spans hardware and software.......2005-07-31

As computers have gotten more powerful, the field of computer science has split into two. One deals with hardware design, the other with software. The problem is that a student can effectively major mostly in one of these fields, without enough of an appreciation of its counterpart.

Nisan tries to alleviate this trend by offering a solid technical overview of both. While conceptually the book aspires to building a computer from the ground up, in practice this may be overstated. The reality may be more that the book serves a useful purpose by binding together an understanding of hardware and software. So that, for example, a programmer has some appreciation of the workings of a Neumann machine, and of assembly language. This example is deliberate. For there are many more programmers than VLSI designers, and the greater pool of ignorance can be amongst the former.

Uncertainty-Based Information: Elements of Generalized Information Theory (Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing)

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Never by this book
Interesting and Valuable

Uncertainty-Based Information: Elements of Generalized Information Theory (Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing)
George J. Klir , and Mark J. Wierman
Manufacturer: Physica-Verlag Heidelberg
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The book is an overview of the development of basic ideas and mathematical results regarding measures and principles of uncertainty-based information formalized within the framework of classical set theory, probability theory, fuzzy set theory, possibility theory, and the Dempster-Shafer theory of evidence.
The book contains many new results, which had until now not been available in a single monograph. The book is very useful for researchers, but it can also be used as a graduate text.

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Never by this book.......2006-02-05

This book is trash, I will never, ever suggest anyone
buying this book! Save your money for the other books.

Interesting and Valuable.......1999-03-12

a great book for fuzzy field

Elements of Finite Model Theory (Texts in Theoretical Computer Science. An EATCS Series)

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Elements of Finite Model Theory (Texts in Theoretical Computer Science. An EATCS Series)
Leonid Libkin
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ASIN: 3540212027

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This book is an introduction to finite model theory which stresses the computer science origins of the area. In addition to presenting the main techniques for analyzing logics over finite models, the book deals extensively with applications in databases, complexity theory, and formal languages, as well as other branches of computer science. It covers Ehrenfeucht-Fraïssé games, locality-based techniques, complexity analysis of logics, including the basics of descriptive complexity, second-order logic and its fragments, connections with finite automata, fixed point logics, finite variable logics, zero-one laws, and embedded finite models, and gives a brief tour of recently discovered applications of finite model theory.

This book can be used both as an introduction to the subject, suitable for a one- or two-semester graduate course, or as reference for researchers who apply techniques from logic in computer science.

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Technical review of this book.......2004-09-21

Model theory is the study of the logical properties of mathematical structures. Finite model theory arises when we focus our attention on finite structures, such as finite graphs (graphs with a finite number of nodes). This book presents the most important results of finite model theory in an extremely readable, yet careful and precise manner. Libkin himself is a master of the art, and this shows in his beautiful presentation of the material.
--Ronald Fagin Manager, Foundations of Computer Science, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA

Elements of Distributed Algorithms: Modeling and Analysis with Petri Nets

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Elements of Distributed Algorithms: Modeling and Analysis with Petri Nets
Wolfgang Reisig
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Distributed Computing is rapidly becoming the principal computing paradigm in diverse areas of computing, communication, and control. Processor clusters, local and wide area networks, and the information highway evolved a new kind of problems which can be solved with distributed algorithms.In this textbook a variety of distributed algorithms are presented independently of particular programming languages or hardware, using the graphically suggestive technique of Petri nets which is both easy to comprehend intuitively and formally rigorous. By means of temporal logic the author provides surprisingly simple yet powerful correctness proofs for the algorithms.The scope of the book ranges from distributed control and synchronization of two sites up to algorithms on any kind of networks. Numerous examples show that description and analysis of distributed algorithms in this framework are intuitive and technically transparent.

Introduction to Finite Element Analysis: Theory and Application

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Introduction to Finite Element Analysis: Theory and Application
Harold Clifford Martin
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Boundary Control and Boundary Variations (Lecture notes in control and information sciences)

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J.P. Zolesio
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Elementos De Teoria De La Informacion/ Information Theory Elements: Ciencias De La Informacion/ Media Sciences

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Elementos De Teoria De La Informacion/ Information Theory Elements: Ciencias De La Informacion/ Media Sciences
Francisco Sierra Caballero
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