Software Engineering Measurement lays the basis for measurement standards so that software developers can begin to share experimental results in a meaningful way. It teaches computer science practitioners what metrics to collect, how to convert measurement data to management information, and how to manage software development measurement systems. The statistics necessary to perform these conversions are also supplied. This technical reference demonstrates how one can develop simple experiments for the empirical validation of theoretical research and shows how to convert measurement data into meaningful and valuable information that can be used immediately for software process improvement.
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Software Engineering & Systems Development
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Biological Invasions assembles detailed information on components of the invasive species problem from six continents. This volume reconfirms the diverse and unpredictable roles that non-native species assume as they invade new ecosystems including destruction of vital crops and forests and major damages to ecosystems leading to loss of biodiversity, soil erosion, and water loss. In addition, it covers the impact of disease organisms on human health and livestock. Information is provided on how the non-native species invade new ecosystems and the subsequent environmental effects of these invading species. Wherever possible, estimates on the economic impacts of the invading species are included.
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Ecological Economics
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Designed to be regularly consulted for immediate and precise information, this two-volume set details prevention aspects of pest management, including forecasting, modeling, conservation, monitoring, and scouting.. More than 300 international authorities address a wide spectrum of concepts, methodologies, strategies, solutions, questions, and dilemmas. Packed with drawings, tables, and photographs, this resource explores effective, economical, and environmentally compatible pest management systems, discusses recent pesticide and biocide laws and regulations, and examines the human health impact and cost of pesticide use.
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Agriculture
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Referenced and illustrated with over 860 literature citations, drawings, and tables, Multilayered Aquifer Systems: Fundamentals and Applications offers a systematic and unified approach to the classical theories and recent techniques of multilayered aquifer systems. The author clarifies governing principles and facilitates industrial problem solving. He uses the automated numerical Laplace inversion procedure to simplify mathematical material. Topics include non-leaky and leaky aquifers, stochastic analysis, computer methods, groundwater in fractured aquifers, and more. It supplies specialized tools based on Fortran programs and macro packages for MathematicaÔ.
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This book examines the applications of logic and science to decipher chaotic death scenes and difficult cases in an attempt to derive orderly explanations from jumbled clues. Its ten case studies illustrate the powers of observation exercised in reading the signs, identifying them as clues, and reasoning from them to the most feasible explanation for the cause of death. Designed for investigators as well as forensic pathologists, coroners, prosecutors, and defense attorneys, Dead Reckoning: The Art of Forensic Detection stresses the importance of trusting one's own observations even in the face of contradictory evidence.
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Forensic Science - Law
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This text discusses state-of-the-art research on inverse problems in engineering mechanics. Topics covered include: unknown shape determination; identification of material properties; system determination; defect identification; mathematical and c...
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Probability Theory & Applications
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La novela 2050: yo sí existo narra la historia de Natalia, una mujer casada, con hijos en el 2050, que construye una vida basada en el estándar social elitista de la sociedad de Miami, mientras que secretamente vive una vida buscando la libertad sexual. Su vida muestra cómo la búsqueda de la admiración, así como el hedonismo puro, la lleva a sentir un tremendo vacío escondiéndose en los libros, en su mejor amiga, quien es un avatar en la realidad virtual, y en un gran amor. Este gran amor desestabiliza la imagen perfecta que Natalia lleva de sí misma, cuestionándose los valores de su hogar, así como los valores que aprendió al crecer en un mundo digital. Sus autorrealizaciones la llevan a transitar experiencias dolorosas y excitantes que la ayudan a visualizar en la terapia con la Dr. Andrea Cohen cuál es su verdadera esencia.