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This book focuses on the geological evolution of Southwest (SW) Gondwana and presents state-of-the-art insights into its evolution. It addresses the diachronic assembly of continental fragments derived from the break-up of the Rodinia supercontinent later amalgamated to build SW Gondwana during the Neoproterozoic–Cambrian transition, which on a global scale includes parts of present-day South America, Africa and Madagascar. The book presents 24 state-of-the-art reviews including the most crucial controversies. Most experienced scientists about the geology of SW Gondwana from Europe, Africa, South America and Australia present contributions on key areas addressing the interactions between t...
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 21st Annual European Symposium on Algorithms, ESA 2013, held in Sophia Antipolis, France, in September 2013 in the context of the combined conference ALGO 2013. The 69 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 303 initial submissions: 53 out of 229 in track "Design and Analysis" and 16 out of 74 in track "Engineering and Applications". The papers in this book present original research in all areas of algorithmic research, including but not limited to: algorithm engineering; algorithmic aspects of networks; algorithmic game theory; approximation algorithms; computational biology; computational finance; computational geometry; combinatorial optimization; data compression; data structures; databases and information retrieval; distributed and parallel computing; graph algorithms; hierarchical memories; heuristics and meta-heuristics; mathematical programming; mobile computing; on-line algorithms; parameterized complexity; pattern matching; quantum computing; randomized algorithms; scheduling and resource allocation problems; streaming algorithms.
Andean Tectonics addresses the geologic evolution of the Andes Mountains, the prime global example of subduction-related mountain building. The Andes Mountains form one of the most extensive orogenic belts on Earth, spanning approximately an 8,000-km distance along the western edge of South America, from ~10°N to ~55°S. The tectonic history of the Andes involves a rich record of diverse geological processes, including crustal deformation, magmatism, sedimentary basin evolution, and climatic interactions. This book addresses the range of Andean tectonic processes and their temporal and spatial variations. An improved understanding of these processes is fundamental not only to the Andes but ...
Die Untersuchung dokumentiert die vielfach noch bis heute sichtbaren Förderungen, die der Universitätsbund in den vergangenen 100 Jahren für die Göttinger Georg-August-Universität geleistet hat. Sie gedenkt der Gründer des Universitätsbundes und derjenigen, die ihn anschließend mit uneigennützigem Engagement bis in die Gegenwart geleitet haben. Gedacht wird aber auch der tausenden Mitglieder, Sponsoren und Mitarbeitern/innen, ohne deren tatkräftige Mitwirkung der Universitätsbund nicht überdauert hätte. Die Geschichte des Universitätsbundes ist von derjenigen der Georgia-Augusta nicht zu trennen. Beide sind durch die allgemeinen sozialen, wirtschaftlichen und politischen Verhältnisse der vergangenen 100 Jahre schicksalhaft verbunden. Dieser eng aufeinander bezogenen Entwicklung folgt auch der vorliegende Jubiläumsband. Er wurde nicht nur in der Absicht verfasst, die vergangenen Leistungen des Universitätsbundes für die Georgia-Augusta zu würdigen und die Erinnerung daran zu bewahren, sondern auch mit der Zuversicht, dass die identitätsstiftende Kraft von Geschichte die Mission des Bundes als Förderer von Wissenschaft und Kultur stärken wird.
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Based on the successful Modelling and Control of Robot Manipulators by Sciavicco and Siciliano (Springer, 2000), Robotics provides the basic know-how on the foundations of robotics: modelling, planning and control. It has been expanded to include coverage of mobile robots, visual control and motion planning. A variety of problems is raised throughout, and the proper tools to find engineering-oriented solutions are introduced and explained. The text includes coverage of fundamental topics like kinematics, and trajectory planning and related technological aspects including actuators and sensors. To impart practical skill, examples and case studies are carefully worked out and interwoven through the text, with frequent resort to simulation. In addition, end-of-chapter exercises are proposed, and the book is accompanied by an electronic solutions manual containing the MATLAB® code for computer problems; this is available free of charge to those adopting this volume as a textbook for courses.