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Fundamentals of Plasticity in Geomechanics

S. Pietruszczak, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Price:  $69.95
Cat. #:  K11839
ISBN:  9780415585163
Publication Date:  July 28, 2010
Binding:  Hardback


The book presents a concise yet reasonably comprehensive overview of fundamental notions of plasticity in relation to geomechanics. The primary objective of this work is to provide the reader with a general background in soil/rock plasticity and, as such, should be perceived as an...
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Design of Experiments: An Introduction Based on Linear Models

Max Morris, Iowa State University, Ames, USA

Price:  $89.95
Cat. #:  C9233
ISBN:  9781584889236
Publication Date:  July 27, 2010
Binding:  Hardback


Offering deep insight into the connections between design choice and the resulting statistical analysis, Design of Experiments: An Introduction Based on Linear Models explores how experiments are designed using the language of linear statistical models. The book presents an organized framework for...
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Frailty Models in Survival Analysis

Andreas Wienke, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

Price:  $99.95
Cat. #:  C7388
ISBN:  9781420073881
Publication Date:  July 27, 2010
Binding:  Hardback


The concept of frailty offers a convenient way to introduce unobserved heterogeneity and associations into models for survival data. In its simplest form, frailty is an unobserved random proportionality factor that modifies the hazard function of an individual or a group of related individuals....
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Industrial Combustion Testing

Editor(s):  Charles E. Baukal, Jr., John Zink Co. LLC, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Price:  $219.95
Cat. #:  8528X
ISBN:  9781420085280
Publication Date:  July 26, 2010
Binding:  Hardback


Until now, anyone conducting industrial combustion tests had to either rely on old methods, go scurrying through the literature to find proven applicable methodologies, or hire top shelf consultants such as those that work for cutting-edge companies like John Zink. Manufacturers can no longer take...
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Access Control, Security, and Trust: A Logical Approach

Shiu-Kai Chin, Syracuse University, New York, USA; Susan Beth Older, Syracuse University, New York, USA

Price:  $89.95
Cat. #:  C8628
ISBN:  9781584888628
Publication Date:  July 26, 2010
Binding:  Hardback


Developed from the authors’ courses at Syracuse University and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Access Control, Security, and Trust: A Logical Approach equips readers with an access control logic they can use to specify and verify their security designs. Throughout the text, the authors use...
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