Mathematics - General

This book covers the different technologies of Internet, and machine learning capabilities involved in Cognitive Internet of Things (CIoT). Machine learning is explored by covering all the technical issues and various models used for data analytics during decision making at different steps. It initiates...

This book discusses recent developments in Input-Output (I/O) models for microcomputers and applications of I/O models in regional studies. It provides background information on traditional I/O models and a set of working examples of I/O applications for users.Author: Daniel M. OttoISBN-10: 0367153807ISBN-13: 9780367153809Publisher: CRC...

The needs and demands placed on science to address a range of urgent problems are growing. The world is faced with complex, interrelated challenges in which the way forward lies hidden or dispersed across disciplines and organizations. For centuries, scientific research has progressed through...

The National Science Foundation's National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES), one of the nation's principal statistical agencies, is charged to collect, acquire, analyze, report, and disseminate statistical data related to the science and engineering enterprise in the United States and other nations...

The Intelligence Community Studies Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop on August 9-10, 2017 to examine challenges in machine generation of analytic products from multi-source data. Workshop speakers and participants discussed research challenges related to machine-based methods...

The environment for obtaining information and providing statistical data for policy makers and the public has changed significantly in the past decade, raising questions about the fundamental survey paradigm that underlies federal statistics. New data sources provide opportunities to develop a new paradigm that...

In October 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a 1-day public workshop on Principles and Practices for Federal Program Evaluation. The workshop was organized to consider ways to bolster the integrity and protect the objectivity of the evaluation function in...

Federal government statistics provide critical information to the country and serve a key role in a democracy. For decades, sample surveys with instruments carefully designed for particular data needs have been one of the primary methods for collecting data for federal statistics. However, the...

In the U.S. criminal justice system in 2014, an estimated 2.2 million people were in incarcerated or under correctional supervision on any given day, and another 4.7 million were under community supervision, such as probation or parole. Among all U.S. adults, 1 in 31...

With the amount of data in the world exploding, big data could generate significant value in the field of infectious disease. The increased use of social media provides an opportunity to improve public health surveillance systems and to develop predictive models. Advances in machine...

The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel & Readiness), referred to throughout this report as P&R, is responsible for the total force management of all Department of Defense (DoD) components including the recruitment, readiness, and retention of personnel. Its work and policies...

Additive manufacturing (AM) methods have great potential for promoting transformative research in many fields across the vast spectrum of engineering and materials science. AM is one of the leading forms of advanced manufacturing which enables direct computer-aided design (CAD) to part production without part-specific...

Because of the role of innovation as a driver of economic productivity and growth and as a mechanism for improving people's well-being in other ways, understanding the nature, determinants, and impacts of innovation has become increasingly important to policy makers. To be effective, investment...

Electricity is the lifeblood of modern society, and for the vast majority of people that electricity is obtained from large, interconnected power grids. However, the grid that was developed in the 20th century, and the incremental improvements made since then, including its underlying analytic...

Questions about the reproducibility of scientific research have been raised in numerous settings and have gained visibility through several high-profile journal and popular press articles. Quantitative issues contributing to reproducibility challenges have been considered (including improper data measurement and analysis, inadequate statistical expertise, and...

When Congress authorized the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in 1968, it intended for the program to encourage community initiatives in flood risk management, charge insurance premiums consistent with actuarial pricing principles, and encourage the purchase of flood insurance by owners of flood prone...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service (USDA/ERS) maintains four highly related but distinct geographic classification systems to designate areas by the degree to which they are rural. The original urban-rural code scheme was developed by the ERS in the 1970s. Rural America...

If the United States is to sustain its economic prosperity, quality of life, and global competitiveness, it must continue to have an abundance of secure, reliable, and affordable energy resources. There have been many improvements in the technology and capability of the electric grid...

In 1982 the Census Bureau requested the Committee on National Statistics to establish a panel to suggest research and experiments, to recommend improved methods, and to guide the Census Bureau on technical problems in appraising contending methods with regard to the conduct of the...

Floods take a heavy toll on society, costing lives, damaging buildings and property, disrupting livelihoods, and sometimes necessitating federal disaster relief, which has risen to record levels in recent years. The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) was created in 1968 to reduce the flood...

The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is housed within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and offers insurance policies that are marketed and sold through private insurers, but with the risks borne by the U.S. federal government. NFIP's primary goals are to ensure affordable...

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is responsible for the stewardship of the nation's living marine resources and their habitat. As part of this charge, NMFS conducts stock assessments of the abundance and composition of fish stocks in several bodies of water. At present,...

As the availability of high-throughput data-collection technologies, such as information-sensing mobile devices, remote sensing, internet log records, and wireless sensor networks has grown, science, engineering, and business have rapidly transitioned from striving to develop information from scant data to a situation in which the...

Like most areas of scholarship, mathematics is a cumulative discipline: new research is reliant on well-organized and well-curated literature. Because of the precise definitions and structures within mathematics, today's information technologies and machine learning tools provide an opportunity to further organize and enhance discoverability...

Since the 1950s, under congressional mandate, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) - through its National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) and predecessor agencies - has produced regularly updated measures of research and development expenditures, employment and training in science and engineering,...

Subjective well-being refers to how people experience and evaluate their lives and specific domains and activities in their lives. This information has already proven valuable to researchers, who have produced insights about the emotional states and experiences of people belonging to different groups, engaged...

Advances in computing hardware and algorithms have dramatically improved the ability to simulate complex processes computationally. Today's simulation capabilities offer the prospect of addressing questions that in the past could be addressed only by resource-intensive experimentation, if at all. Assessing the Reliability of Complex...

Two surveys of the National Science Foundation's Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS) provide some of the most significant data available to understand research and development spending and policy in the United States. These are the Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development...

Beginning in 2006, the Census Bureau embarked on a program to reengineer the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) to reduce its costs and improve data quality and timeliness. The Bureau also requested the National Academies to consider the advantages and disadvantages of...

Vital statistics, the records of birth and death, are a critical national information resource for understanding public health. Over the past few decades, the specific program that gathers the data has evolved into a complex cooperative program between the federal and state governments for...

Recent rough estimates are that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) spends at least $38 billion a year on the research, development, testing, and evaluation of new defense systems; approximately 40 percent of that cost-at least $16 billion-is spent on software development and testing....

Author: National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sci,Commission on Physical Sciences MathematISBN-10: 0309090385ISBN-13: 9780309090384Publisher: National Academies PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/1988Pages: 118Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.30d

Author: National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sci,Commission on Physical Sciences MathematISBN-10: 0309078172ISBN-13: 9780309078177Publisher: National Academies PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/1988Pages: 104Format: Paperback

Over three hundred years ago, Galileo is reported to have said, "The laws of nature are written in the language of mathematics." Often mathematics and science go hand in hand, with one helping develop and improve the other. Discoveries in science, for example, open...

This book describes fruitful past collaborations between the mathematical and materials sciences and indicates future challenges. It seeks both to encourage mathematical sciences research that will complement vital research in materials science and to raise awareness of the value of quantitative methods. The volume...

Author: Teach Elementals,Apollo TreviISBN-10: 1964695023ISBN-13: 9781964695020Publisher: Teach Elementals, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/15/2024Pages: 114Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.62lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.24d

A precursor to Russell's famous Principa Mathematica, this is one of the most original and comprehensive treatises on the logical foundation of mathematics available today. Author: Bertrand RussellISBN-10: 0415487412ISBN-13: 9780415487412Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/27/2009Pages: 600Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.51lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.22d

Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods are sampling based techniques, which use random numbers to approximate deterministic but unknownvalues. They can be used to obtain expected values, estimateparameters or to simply inspect the properties of a non-standard, high dimensional probability distribution. Bayesian analysis of...

The investigation of nonlinear dynamis in physical and engineering systems from the point of view of systems and control theory is important to develop better engineering systems. Synchronization of oscillators and output regulation for rigid body systems are two problem classes which are inherently...

Today's most commonly used circuit models increasingly tend to lose their validity in circuit simulation due to rapid technological developments, miniaturization and increased complexity of integrated circuits. The starting point of this thesis was to tackle these challenges by refining the critical parts of...

This work deals with the mathematical modelling and numerical simulation of processes involved in the quenching of steel. The considered physical processes are heat conduction, phase transformation, thermoelasticity, classical plasticity and transformation induced plasticity (TRIP). For the resulting coupled system of ordinary and partial...

In this thesis the optimization framework of stochastic programming with recourse is considered. Emphasis is placed on programs incorporating integrality constraints, dynamic decision structures (multi-stage stochastic programs), or risk aversion requirements. In the first part, Monte Carlo approximations for two-stage stochastic programs with integrality...

The design of distribution networks is an integral factor in the planning process of water supply systems. Models concerning this design process contain the problem of selecting pipe diameters for a given layout of the network. Assuming the demand to be estimated for a...

The exploration of time-variation in survival models can be summarised in two general questions: First, can the effect of a covariate be assumed to be time-constant, or does it distinctly change over time? Secondly, if the effect changes over time, of which form is...

"Linear Optimization: A Geometric Inquiry Course" is an inquiry based learning text for an undergraduate course in linear optimization. Taking a geometric vantage point to build intuition, students work through a sequence of activities through which they discover and build the theory and concepts...

Common Core Grade 4 Math: Five Full-Length Practice TestsThis book offers Five full-length Common Core Grade 4 Math practice tests to support fourth-grade math mastery and test readiness. Teachers, parents, tutors, and homeschoolers use it to give students the practice they need. Aligned to...

Excel on the South Dakota Smarter Balanced Grade 3 Math AssessmentSouth Dakota Smarter Balanced Grade 3 Math Made Ridiculously Simple is the comprehensive preparation resource third grade students need to excel on South Dakota's Smarter Balanced Assessment. This expertly crafted book supports teachers, parents,...

Common Core Grade 4 Math: Seven Full-Length Practice Tests for MasteryThis book offers Seven full-length Common Core Grade 4 Math practice tests to support fourth-grade math mastery and test readiness. Teachers, parents, tutors, and homeschoolers use it to give students the practice they need....

THE FIRST AND ONLY SCIENTIFIC BOOK THAT ACCURATELY EXPLAINS EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO UNCONVENTIONALLY, EASILY, AFFORDABLY, AND ENJOYABLY DECODE THE UNIVERSE FORMATIONIn "Turbulent Origin of the Universe", filled with great diagrams and digestible scientific facts, you will discover, learn, or get: The all-in-one, proven...

FIND ALL THE RELIABLE, CONVINCING, SCIENTIFIC ANSWERS YOU NEED TO SUCCESSFULLY DECODE THE ORIGIN OF CHEMICAL PARTICLES SAFELYWhere did all elementary particles and composite particles including atoms, molecules, minerals, and rocks come from? What are the fundamental factors, the machinery, and the generic processes...