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Advances in information and communication technology and systems by SpringerLink (Online service)

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Framing the social security debate : values, politics, and economics by National Academy of Social Insurance (U.S.). Conference

Contents: “…/ Dallas L. Salisbury -- Defined contribution plans : risky business for plan participant / Regina T. …”
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Saving for development : how Latin America and the Caribbean can save more and better by Inter-American Development Bank

Contents: “…The Last Resort: Taking Care of Grandma; Act Today, for a Better Tomorrow; Notes; 7 Saving for the Future: Pension Systems; Newer Systems for Older Populations; PAYG/Defined-Benefit Systems: Promises, Promises; Sustainability; Adequacy and Redistribution; Institutional Arrangements; Recommendations; Defined Contribution Systems: A Work in Progress; Transition Costs; Investments, Returns, and Costs; Retirement Products and Insurance Arrangements; Financial Literacy, Legitimacy, and Confidence; Appropriate Regulation and Supervision; Recommendations; When All Else Fails: Noncontributory Pensions.…”
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Combinatorial algorithms : 31st International Workshop, IWOCA 2020, Bordeaux, France, June 8-10, 2020, Proceedings by International Workshop on Combinatorial Algorithms Online, SpringerLink (Online service)

Contents: “…Intro -- Preface -- Organization -- Abstracts of Invited Talks -- Optimization by Population: Large-Scale Distributed Optimization Via Population Protocols -- Coordinating Swarms of Objects at Extreme Dimensions -- Algorithms for String Processing in Restricted-Access Models of Computation -- Contents -- Invited Paper -- Coordinating Swarms of Objects at Extreme Dimensions -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Traffic -- 3 Uniform Global Control for Particle Swarms -- 4 Online Triangulation and Structured Exploration -- 5 Cohesive Control -- 6 Coordinated Motion Planning.…”
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Managing downside risk in financial markets : theory, practice and implementation by ScienceDirect (Online service)

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Agent and Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Applications. 4th KES International Symposium, KES-AMSTA 2010, Gdynia, Poland, June 23-25, 2010, Proceedings. Part II by KES-AMSTA 2010 Gdynia, Poland, SpringerLink (Online service)

Contents: “…Management and e-Business -- Agent-Based Decision Making in the Electronic Marketplace: Interactive Negotiation -- Modeling and Verifying Business Interactions via Commitments and Dialogue Actions -- Personalized Support for Management of Financial Instruments by Means of Software Agents -- MAS Approach to Business Models Simulations: Supply Chain Management Case Study -- Analysing Bidder Performance in Randomised and Fixed-Deadline Automated Auctions -- Mobile Agents and Robots -- cljRobust -- Clojure Programming API for Lego Mindstorms NXT -- Agent-Enabled Collaborative Downloading: Towards Energy-Efficient Provisioning of Group-Oriented Services -- Lifespan-Aware Routing for Wireless Sensor Networks -- Machine Learning -- A Machine Learning Approach to Speech Act Classification Using Function Words -- Neural Networks for Solving the Superposition Problem Using Approximation Method and Adaptive Learning Rate -- Distributed Data Mining System Based on Multi-agent Communication Mechanism -- Biologically Inspired Agent System Based on Spiking Neural Network -- Agent-Based Optimization (ABO2010) -- Cooperative Optimization in Cellular Automata -- Based Multiagent Systems with Spatio-temporally Generalized Prisoner's Dilemma Model -- An Agent-Based Simulated Annealing Algorithm for Data Reduction -- Feature Set Reduction by Evolutionary Selection and Construction -- Iterative Method for Improving Consistency of Multi-attribute Object Judgments Performed by Teams of Decision Makers -- Experimental Investigation of the Synergetic Effect Produced by Agents Solving Together Instances of the Euclidean Planar Travelling Salesman Problem -- Multidimentional Self-organization for Online Time-Constrained Vehicle Routing Problems -- Cooperative Solution to the Vehicle Routing Problem -- AdQL -- Anomaly Detection Q-Learning in Control Multi-queue Systems with QoS Constraints -- Two Ensemble Classifiers Constructed from GEP-Induced Expression Trees -- Experimental Evaluation of the A-Team Solving Instances of the RCPSP/max Problem -- Agent-Enabled Social Computing (AESC2010) -- Early Warning of Cardiac Problems in a Crowd -- Symmetry Approach to Evacuation Scenarios -- Development of a Cognitive-Emotional Model for Driver Behavior -- Modelling Dynamic Forgetting in Distributed Information Systems -- Integrated Modeling of Cognitive Agents in Socio-technical Systems -- Digital Economy (DE2010) -- Aggregated Information Representation for Technical Analysis on Stock Market with Csiszár Divergence -- Implementation of Network Oriented Manufacturing Structures -- Supply Chain Arrangements in Recovery Network -- A Study of Stock Market Trading Behavior and Social Interactions through a Multi Agent Based Simulation -- e-Sourcing Cluster Strategies: Empathy vs. …”
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Advances in robot kinematics : analysis and design by SpringerLink (Online service)

Contents: “…Singularity Analysis of Parallel Manipulators -- A New Assessment of Singularities of Parallel Kinematic Chains -- Singularity Analysis through Static Analysis -- Constraint Singularities and the Structural Parameters of Parallel Robots -- Forward Kinematics and Singularity Analysis of a 3-RPR Planar Parallel Manipulator -- Geometric Algebra Approach to Singularity of Parallel Manipulators with Limited Mobility -- SinguLab -- A Graphical User Interface for the Singularity Analysis of Parallel Robots Based on Grassmann-Cayley Algebra -- Singularity Analysis of Limited-DOF Parallel Manipulators Using Grassmann-Cayley Algebra -- Design of Robots and Mechanisms -- On the Design of Fully Constrained Parallel Cable-Driven Robots -- Synthesis of Part Orienting Devices for Spatial Assembly Tasks -- Minimum Energy Manipulator Design -- Synthesis and Analysis of a Constrained Spherical Parallel Manipulator -- A Nonholonomic 3-DOF Parallel Robot -- 4-DOF Parallel Architecture for Laparoscopic Surgery -- Flapping-Wing Mechanism for a Bird-Sized UAVs: Design, Modeling and Control -- Methods in Kinematics -- Extended Jacobian Inverse Kinematics and Approximation of Distributions -- A Screw Syzygy with Applications to Robot Singularity Computation -- Singularity Robust Jacobian Inverse Kinematics for Mobile Manipulators -- Robots Based on Assur Group A (3.5) -- Kinematics of Free-Floating Systems through Optimal Control Theory -- Genericity Conditions for Serial Manipulators -- Alternative Forms for Displacement Screws and Their Pitches -- Motion Planning and Mobility -- Time-Invariant Strategies in Coordination of Human Reaching -- Mobility and Higher Order Local Analysis of the Configuration Space of Single-Loop Mechanisms -- Optimization of a Test Trajectory for SCARA Systems -- Singularity Free Path Planning for Parallel Robots -- A Comparison between Two Motion Planning Strategies for Kinematically Redundant Parallel Manipulators -- Trajectory Planning of Parallel Manipulators for Global Performance Optimization -- Human Motion Reconstruction by Direct Control of Marker Trajectories -- Performance and Properties of Mechanisms -- New Self-Motions of Parallel Manipulators -- Exact Envelope Computation for Moving Surfaces with Quadratic Support Functions -- A Compound-Structure Frame for Improving the Performance of a Dielectric Elastomer Actuator -- Transitions between Multiple Solutions of the Direct Kinematic Problem -- Kinetostatic Performance of a Planar Parallel Mechanism with Variable Actuation -- Results on Planar Parallel Manipulators with Cylindrical Singularity Surface -- Stiffness Matrix of Compliant Parallel Mechanisms -- Measure and Calibration -- A Pair of Measures of Rotational Error for Axisymmetric Robot End-Effectors -- Angular-Velocity Estimation from the Centripetal Component of the Rigid-Body Acceleration Field -- A Novel Point of View to Define the Distance between Two Rigid-Body Poses -- Parallel Robot Calibration by Working Mode Change -- Augmented Model of the 3-PRS Manipulator for Kinematic Calibration -- The Calibration of a Parallel Manipulator with Binary Actuation -- Stability Measure of Postural Dynamic Equilibrium Based on Residual Radius -- Kinematic Analysis and Workspace -- A Geometrical Characterization of Workspace Singularities in 3R Manipulators -- Kinematic Analysis of a Planar Tensegrity Mechanism with Pre-Stressed Springs -- Inverse Kinematics of Robot Manipulators with Multiple Moving Control Points -- On the Delassus Parallelogram -- Forward Kinematics and Workspace Determination of a Wire Robot for Industrial Applications -- Kinematic Modeling and Workspace Generation for a New Parallel Robot Used in Minimally Invasive Surgery.…”
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Life on land by SpringerLink (Online service)

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Root engineering : basic and applied concepts by SpringerLink (Online service)

Contents: “…Bloom -- Root aquaporins / Thorsten Knipfer, Wieland Fricke -- Root strategies for rill and gully erosion control / S. De Baets, T.A. Quine, J. Poesen -- Root system response to drought and salinity : root distribution and water transport / M. …”
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Fractals in physics : proceedings of the Sixth Trieste International Symposium on Fractals in Physics, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, July 9-12, 1985 by International Symposium on Fractals in Physics Trieste, Italy, International Centre for Theoretical Physics

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Informatics in control, automation and robotics II by International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, SpringerLink (Online service)

Contents: “…Cover -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Conference Committee -- Invited Speakers -- INVITED SPEAKERS -- COMBINING HUMAN & MACHINE BRAINS -- Practical Systems in Information & Control -- REDUNDANCY: THE MEASUREMENT CROSSING CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGIES -- HYBRID DYNAMIC SYSTEMS -- Overview and Discussion on Verification Methods -- TARGET LOCALIZATION USING MACHINE LEARNING -- PART 1 -- INTELLIGENT CONTROL SYSTEMS AND OPTIMIZATION -- MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL FOR DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER SYSTEMS USING RBF NEURAL NETWORKS -- FUZZY DIAGNOSIS MODULE BASED ON INTERVAL FUZZY LOGIC: OIL ANALYSIS APPLICATION -- DERIVING BEHAVIOR FROM GOAL STRUCTURE FOR THE INTELLIGENT CONTROL OF PHYSICAL SYSTEMS -- EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION FOR DISCRETE AND CONTINUOUS TIME OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEMS -- CONTRIBUTORS TO A SIGNAL FROM AN ARTIFICIAL CONTRAST -- REAL-TIME TIME-OPTIMAL CONTROL FOR A NONLINEAR CONTAINER CRANE USING A NEURAL NETWORK -- PART 2 -- ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION -- IMAGE-BASED AND INTRINSIC-FREE VISUAL NAVIGATION OF A MOBILE ROBOT DEFINED AS A GLOBAL VISUAL SERVOING TASK -- SYNTHESIZING DETERMINISTIC CONTROLLERS IN SUPERVISORY CONTROL -- AN UNCALIBRATED APPROACH TO TRACK TRAJECTORIES USING VISUAL-FORCE CONTROL -- A STRATEGY FOR BUILDING TOPOLOGICAL MAPS THROUGH SCENE OBSERVATION -- A SWITCHING ALGORITHM FOR TRACKING EXTENDED TARGETS -- SFM FOR PLANAR SCENES: A DIRECT AND ROBUST APPROACH -- COMBINING TWO METHODS TO ACCURATELY ESTIMATE DENSE DISPARITY MAPS -- PRECISE DEAD-RECKONING FOR MOBILE ROBOTS USING MULTIPLE OPTICAL MOUSE SENSORS -- IMAGE BINARISATION USING THE EXTENDED KALMAN FILTER -- LOWER LIMB PROSTHESIS: FINAL PROTOTYPE RELEASE AND CONTROL SETTING METHODOLOGIES -- DIRECT GRADIENT-BASED REINFORCEMENT LEARNING FOR ROBOT BEHAVIOR LEARNING -- PART 3 -- SIGNAL PROCESSING, SYSTEMS MODELING AND CONTROL -- PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF TIMED EVENT GRAPHS WITH MULTIPLIERS USING (MIN, +) ALGEBRA -- MODELING OF MOTOR NEURONAL STRUCTURES VIA TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION -- ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS OF DIGITAL STRUCTURE BY MATRIX METHOD -- ANN-BASED MULTIPLE DIMENSION PREDICTOR FOR SHIP ROUTE PREDICTION -- A PARAMETERIZED POLYHEDRA APPROACH FOR THE EXPLICIT ROBUST MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL -- A NEW HIERARCHICAL CONTROL SCHEME FOR A CLASS OF CYCLICALLY REPEATED DISCRETE-EVENT SYSTEMS -- WAVELET TRANSFORM MOMENTS FOR FEATURE EXTRACTION FROM TEMPORAL SIGNALS -- AUTHOR INDEX -- Last Page.…”
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Encyclopedia of deserts by Oklahoma Museum of Natural History (Norman, Okla.)

Contents: “…An Introduction to Deserts -- Aardvark -- Aardwolf -- Aborigines -- Acacia -- Activity Cycles, Animals -- Activity Cycles, Plants (Phenology) -- Addax -- Adder -- Adiabatic Processes -- Adobe -- Adventitious Roots -- Aeolian Deposits -- Aeolian Erosion -- Aestivation -- Afghanistan, Deserts of -- Africa, Deserts of -- African Lion -- Agave -- Agriculturalists -- Agriculture in Deserts -- Aia-Shan-Gobi Desert -- Algae -- Algarrobo -- Alluvial Fan -- Alluvial Soils -- Altiplano -- Amphibians -- Andean Grasslands (Andean Steppes) -- Andes -- Animal Adaptations -- Annual Plants -- Antarctic Desert -- Antelope -- Anticyclone -- Antlions -- Ants -- Anza-Borrego Desert -- Apache -- Aquatic Habitats -- Aquifer -- Arabian Desert -- Arabian Gulf, Deserts of -- Arabs -- Arachnids -- Arctic Desert -- Arenosol -- Argali -- Argentina, Deserts of -- Aridity -- Aridity Index -- Aridosol -- Arid Zones Defined -- Arizona Desert -- Arkosic Sand -- Armadillo -- Arrowweed -- Arroyo -- Artemisia -- Artesian Basin -- Artesian Water -- Artesian Well -- Arthropods -- Asia, Deserts of -- Asphalt -- Ass -- Aswan -- Atacama Desert -- Atlas Brown Cattle -- Atmospheric Circulation -- Australia, Deserts of -- Awassi Sheep -- Babbler -- Baboon -- Bacteria -- Badger -- Badlands -- Bagworms -- Baja California, Deserts of -- Bajada -- Barbary Deer -- Barbary Lion -- Barbary Partridge -- Barbary Sheep -- Barchan (Barkhan) Dune -- Barometric Pressure(Atmospheric Pressure) -- Basin and Range Topography -- Bat -- Beargrass -- Bedouins -- Bees -- Beetles -- Benguela Current -- Big Bend National Park -- Bighorn Sheep -- Bilharzia -- Biodiversity -- Biome -- Biosphere Reserve.…”
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Statistical physics : statics, dynamics and renormalization by Kadanoff, Leo P.

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Building resilience of human-natural systems of pastoralism in the developing world : interdisciplinary perspectives by SpringerLink (Online service)

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Natural disturbances and historic range of variation : type, frequency, severity, and post-disturbance structure in central hardwood forests USA by SpringerLink (Online service)

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Recent progress in operator theory and its applications by SpringerLink (Online service)

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Introduction to diffusion tensor imaging : and higher order models 2nd ed. by ScienceDirect (Online service)

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Proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Cognizance in Wireless Communication & Image Processing : ICRCWIP-2014 by International Conference on Recent Cognizance in Wireless Communication & Image Processing Jaipur, India, SpringerLink (Online service)

Contents: “…Vein Bio-Metric Template Security using Overlapped Shares Accounting for Minimum Storage -- Miniaturization of MEMs Based Smart Patch Antennas for Bio-Medical Applications -- Authentication of Primary User at Physical Layer through Approximation in Cognitive Radio -- Data Based Correlation Scheme -- A Comparative analysis of Different LFSR Based Ciphers and Parallel Computing Platforms for Development of Generic Cipher Compatible on Both Hardware and Software Platforms -- Generation of Automatic Variable Key to Make Secure Communication -- Vector Evaluated Genetic Algorithm Based Distributed Query Plan Generation in Distributed Database -- A Novel Mems Based Frequency Tunable Rectangular Patch Antenna -- Design and Optimization of Band Stop Filter using Metamaterial Structures for K-Band Applications -- Low Cost Crash Protection System for Heavy Motor Vehicles -- Effect of Parasitic Elements on the Performance of Buck-Boost Converter Used in PV System -- Effective Medium Approximation for Defining the Unavoidable Resistance of Solar Cell Front Contact -- A Novel Low Power Design Approach to Exploit the Power Usage of AMBA APB Bridge -- Solar Wind & Diesel Hybrid Energy System: A Review -- Analysis and Optimization of Stability for 6T SRAM Cell using 180nm Technology. …”
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Modeling solid oxide fuel cells : methods, procedures and techniques by SpringerLink (Online service)

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