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Maes, Christian |
Non-Dissipative Effects in Nonequilibrium Systems |
I09984 |
2018 |
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Bardi, Ugo |
The Seneca Effect |
I09948 |
2017 |
eBook |
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Abcha, Nizar |
Nonlinear Waves and Pattern Dynamics |
I09804 |
2018 |
eBook |
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Mart??nez-Guerra, Rafael |
Algorithms of Estimation for Nonlinear Systems |
I09780 |
2017 |
eBook |
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Tur, Anatoli |
Coherent Vortex Structures in Fluids and Plasmas |
I09778 |
2017 |
eBook |
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English, Lars Q |
There Is No Theory of Everything |
I09657 |
2017 |
eBook |
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Jumpertz, Louise |
Nonlinear Photonics in Mid-infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers |
I09652 |
2017 |
eBook |
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Salje, Ekhard K.H |
Avalanches in Functional Materials and Geophysics |
I09631 |
2017 |
eBook |
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van Putten, Michel J.A.M |
Dynamics of Neural Networks |
I09626 |
2020 |
eBook |
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Doyle, James F |
Spectral Analysis of Nonlinear Elastic Shapes |
I09613 |
2020 |
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| Title | Non-Dissipative Effects in Nonequilibrium Systems |
| Author(s) | Maes, Christian |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2018. |
| Description | VII, 53 p. 15 illus., 14 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book introduces and discusses both the fundamental aspects and the measurability of applications of time-symmetric kinetic quantities, outlining the features that constitute the non-dissipative branch of non-equilibrium physics. These specific features of non-equilibrium dynamics have largely been ignored in standard statistical mechanics texts. This introductory-level book offers novel material that does not take the traditional line of extending standard thermodynamics to the irreversible domain. It shows that although stationary dissipation is essentially equivalent with steady non-equilibrium and ubiquitous in complex phenomena, non-equilibrium is not determined solely by the time-antisymmetric sector of energy-entropy considerations. While this should not be very surprising, this book provides timely, simple reminders of the role of time-symmetric and kinetic aspects in the construction of non-equilibrium statistical??mechanics |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319677804 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Amorphous substances
2. Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory
3. Complex fluids
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics
7. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
8. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
9. THERMODYNAMICS
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| Title | The Seneca Effect : Why Growth is Slow but Collapse is Rapid |
| Author(s) | Bardi, Ugo |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | XVIII, 210 p. 57 illus., 21 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The essence of this book can be found in a line written by the ancient Roman Stoic Philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca: "Fortune is of sluggish growth, but ruin is rapid". This sentence summarizes the features of the phenomenon that we call "collapse," which is typically sudden and often unexpected, like the proverbial "house of cards." But why are such collapses so common, and what generates them? Several books have been published on the subject, including the well-known "Collapse" by Jared Diamond (2005), "The collapse of complex societies" by Joseph Tainter (1998) and "The Tipping Point," by Malcom Gladwell (2000). Why The Seneca Effect? This book is an ambitious attempt to pull these various strands together by describing collapse from a multi-disciplinary viewpoint. The reader will discover how collapse is a collective phenomenon that occurs in what we call today "complex systems," with a special emphasis on system dynamics and t he concept of "feedback." From this foundation, Bardi applies the theory to real-world systems, from the mechanics of fracture and the collapse of large structures to financial collapses, famines and population collapses, the fall of entire civilizations, and the most dreadful collapse we can imagine: that of the planetary ecosystem generated by overexploitation and climate change. The final objective of the book is to describe a conclusion that the ancient stoic philosophers had already discovered long ago, but that modern system science has rediscovered today. If you want to avoid collapse you need to embrace change, not fight it. Neither a book about doom and gloom nor a cornucopianist's dream, The Seneca Effect goes to the heart of the challenges that we are facing today, helping us to manage our future rather than be managed by it. "The Seneca Effect" is probably the most important contribution to our understanding of societal collapse since Jo seph Ta inter's 1988 masterpiece, "The Collapse of Complex Societies." Since we live in a society that is just in the process of rounding the curve from growth to decline, this is information that should be of keen interest to every intelligent person. Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute, Author, The End of Growth Why do human societies collapse? With today's environmental, social and political challenges it is a question that is more than academic. What can we learn from history? How can we avoid the pitfalls? In this fascinating, well written book, Ugo Bardi provides many of the answers. Here is a book to feast on, to devour and be stimulated by, a book packed full of insights and ideas which will leave the reader satisfied, curious and stimulated. Simply wonderful. Graeme Maxton, Secretary General of the Club of Rome |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319572079 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory
2. COMPLEXITY
3. COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY
4. Data-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Building
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. ECONOMIC POLICY
8. Economic sociology
9. ECONOMICS
10. ECONOPHYSICS
11. Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology
12. Phase transitions (Statistical physics)
13. Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems
14. Political Economy/Economic Systems
15. Sociophysics
16. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
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| Title | Nonlinear Waves and Pattern Dynamics |
| Author(s) | Abcha, Nizar;Pelinovsky, Efim;Mutabazi, Innocent |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2018. |
| Description | XVII, 229 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book addresses the fascinating phenomena associated with nonlinear waves and spatio-temporal patterns. These appear almost everywhere in nature from sand bed forms to brain patterns, and yet their understanding still presents fundamental scientific challenges. The reader will learn here, in particular, about the current state-of-the art and new results in: Nonlinear water waves: resonance, solitons, focusing, Bose-Einstein condensation, as well as and their relevance for the sea environment (sea-wind interaction, sand bed forms, fiber clustering) Pattern formation in non-equilibrium media: soap films, chimera patterns in oscillating media, viscoelastic Couette-Taylor flow, flow in the wake behind a heated cylinder, other pattern formation. The editors and authors dedicate this book to the memory of Alexander Ezersky, Professor of Fluid Mechanics at the University of Caen Normandie (France) from September 2007 to July 2016. Before 2007, he had served as a Senior Scientist at the Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Nizhny Novgorod (Russia). The chapters have been written by leading scientists in Nonlinear Physics, and the topics chosen so as to cover all the fields to which Prof. Ezersky himself contributed, by means of experimental, theoretical and numerical approaches. The volume will appeal to advanced students and researchers studying nonlinear waves and pattern dynamics, as well as other scientists interested in their applications in various natural media. |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319781938 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. Fluid- and Aerodynamics
5. FLUIDS
6. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
7. MECHANICS
8. Mechanics, Applied
9. Solid Mechanics
10. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
11. Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics
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| Title | Algorithms of Estimation for Nonlinear Systems : A Differential and Algebraic Viewpoint |
| Author(s) | Mart??nez-Guerra, Rafael;Cruz-Ancona, Christopher Diego |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | XX, 197 p. 58 illus., 10 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book acquaints readers with recent developments in dynamical systems theory and its applications, with a strong focus on the control and estimation of nonlinear systems. Several algorithms are proposed and worked out for a set of model systems, in particular so-called input-affine or bilinear systems, which can serve to approximate a wide class of nonlinear control systems. These can either take the form of state space models or be represented by an input-output equation. The approach taken here further highlights the role of modern mathematical and conceptual tools, including differential algebraic theory, observer design for nonlinear systems and generalized canonical forms |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319530406 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory
2. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
3. Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory
4. DYNAMICS
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. ERGODIC THEORY
8. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
9. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
10. VIBRATION
11. Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control
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| Title | Coherent Vortex Structures in Fluids and Plasmas |
| Author(s) | Tur, Anatoli;Yanovsky, Vladimir |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | X, 306 p. 99 illus., 2 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This monograph introduces readers to the hydrodynamics of vortex formation, and reviews the last decade of active research in the field, offering a unique focus on research topics at the crossroads of traditional fluids and plasmas. Vortices are responsible for the process of macroscopic transport of momentum, energy and mass, and are formed as the result of spontaneous self-organization. Playing an important role in nature and technology, localized, coherent vortices are regularly observed in shear flows, submerged jets, afterbody flows and in atmospheric boundary layers, sometimes taking on the form of vortex streets. In addition, the book addresses a number of open issues, including but not limited to: which singularities are permitted in a 2D Euler equation besides point vortices? Which other, even more complex, localized vortices could be contained in the Euler equation? How do point vortices interact with potential waves? |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319527338 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
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| Title | There Is No Theory of Everything : A Physics Perspective on Emergence |
| Author(s) | English, Lars Q |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | XIV, 224 p. 32 illus., 22 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The main purpose of this book is to introduce a broader audience to emergence by illustrating how discoveries in the physical sciences have informed the ways we think about it. In a nutshell, emergence asserts that non-reductive behavior arises at higher levels of organization and complexity. As physicist Philip Anderson put it, ???more is different.??? Along the text's conversational tour through the terrain of quantum physics, phase transitions, nonlinear and statistical physics, networks and complexity, the author highlights the various philosophical nuances that arise in encounters with emergence. The final part of the book zooms out to reflect on some larger lessons that emergence affords us. One of those larger lessons is the realization that the great diversity of theories and models, and the great variety of independent explanatory frameworks, will always be with us in the sciences and beyond. There is no ???Theory of Everything??? just around the corner waiting to be discovered. One of the main benefits of this book is that it will make a number of exciting scientific concepts that are not normally covered at this level accessible to a broader audience. The overall presentation, including the use of examples, analogies, metaphors, and biographical interludes, is geared for the educated non-specialist |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319591506 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
5. Philosophy and science
6. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
7. PHYSICS
8. Science???Social aspects
9. Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education
10. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
11. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
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| Title | Nonlinear Photonics in Mid-infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers |
| Author(s) | Jumpertz, Louise |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | XXIII, 134 p. 100 illus., 6 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This thesis presents the first comprehensive analysis of quantum cascade laser nonlinear dynamics and includes the first observation of a temporal chaotic behavior in quantum cascade lasers. It also provides the first analysis of optical instabilities in the mid-infrared range. Mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers are unipolar semiconductor lasers, which have become widely used in applications such as gas spectroscopy, free-space communications or optical countermeasures. Applying external perturbations such as optical feedback or optical injection leads to a strong modification of the quantum cascade laser properties. Optical feedback impacts the static properties of mid-infrared Fabry???Perot and distributed feedback quantum cascade lasers, inducing power increase; threshold reduction; modification of the optical spectrum, which can become either single- or multimode; and enhanced beam quality in broad-area transverse multimode lasers. It also leads to a different dynamical behavior, and a quantum cascade laser subject to optical feedback can oscillate periodically or even become chaotic.?? A quantum cascade laser under external control could therefore be a source with enhanced properties for the usual mid-infrared applications, but could also address new applications such as tunable photonic oscillators, extreme events generators, chaotic Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR), chaos-based secured communications or unpredictable countermeasures |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319658797 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. LASERS
5. Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices
6. PHOTONICS
7. SEMICONDUCTORS
8. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
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| Title | Avalanches in Functional Materials and Geophysics |
| Author(s) | Salje, Ekhard K.H;Saxena, Avadh;Planes, Antoni |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | XVII, 298 p. 171 illus., 80 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book provides the state-of-the art of the present understanding of avalanche phenomena in both functional materials and geophysics. The main emphasis of the book is analyzing these apparently different problems within the common perspective of out-of-equilibrium phenomena displaying spatial and temporal complexity that occur in a broad range of scales. Many systems, when subjected to an external force, respond intermittently in the form of avalanches that often span over a wide range of sizes, energies and durations. This is often related to a class of critical behavior characterized by the absence of characteristic scales. Typical examples are magnetization processes, plastic deformation and failure occuring in functional materials. These phenomena share many similarities with seismicity arising from the earth crust failure due to stresses that originate from plate tectonics |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319456126 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory
2. CONDENSED MATTER
3. CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. GEOPHYSICS
7. Geophysics and Environmental Physics
8. Geophysics/Geodesy
9. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
10. Structural Materials
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| Title | Dynamics of Neural Networks : A Mathematical and Clinical Approach |
| Author(s) | van Putten, Michel J.A.M |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2020. |
| Description | XVII, 259 p. 138 illus., 40 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book treats essentials from neurophysiology (Hodgkin???Huxley equations, synaptic transmission, prototype networks of neurons) and related mathematical concepts (dimensionality reductions, equilibria, bifurcations, limit cycles and phase plane analysis). This is subsequently applied in a clinical context, focusing on EEG generation, ischaemia, epilepsy and neurostimulation. The book is based on a graduate course taught by clinicians and mathematicians at the Institute of Technical Medicine at the University of Twente. Throughout the text, the author presents examples of neurological disorders in relation to applied mathematics to assist in disclosing various fundamental properties of the clinical reality at hand. Exercises are provided at the end of each chapter; answers are included. Basic knowledge of calculus, linear algebra, differential equations and familiarity with MATLAB or Python is assumed. Also, students should have some understanding of essentials of (clinical) neurophysiology, although most concepts are summarized in the first chapters. The audience includes advanced undergraduate or graduate students in Biomedical Engineering, Technical Medicine and Biology. Applied mathematicians may find pleasure in learning about the neurophysiology and clinic essentials applications. In addition, clinicians with an interest in dynamics of neural networks may find this book useful, too |
| ISBN,Price | 9783662611845 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory
2. Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics
3. BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS
4. Biomedical engineering
5. Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering
6. BIOPHYSICS
7. EBOOK
8. EBOOK - SPRINGER
9. IMAGE PROCESSING
10. NEUROBIOLOGY
11. Neurology
12. Neurology??
13. SIGNAL PROCESSING
14. Signal, Image and Speech Processing
15. Speech processing systems
16. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
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| Title | Spectral Analysis of Nonlinear Elastic Shapes |
| Author(s) | Doyle, James F |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2020. |
| Description | XI, 409 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book concerns the elastic stability of thin-walled structures ??? one of the most challenging problems facing structural engineers because of its high degree of nonlinearity ??? and introduces the innovative approach of using spectral analysis of the shapes and the stiffness to gain insights into the nonlinear deformations. The methodology greatly facilitates correlating the shape changes with the stiffness changes. Professor Doyle also develops specific computer procedures that complement finite element methods so that the ideas and methods are applicable to general structural problems. Basic validity of the procedures is established using key archetypal problems from buckling/post-buckling of columns, arches, curved plates, and cylindrical shells, all worked out in significant detail. The book is ideal for a wide variety of structural engineers, particularly those in aerospace and civil fields. Researchers in computational mechanics also find a rich source of new ideas for post-processing data from nonlinear analyses. Presents an innovative way of tackling nonlinear elastic stability problems with many new results and insights presented; Adopts a thoroughly modern, computationally based approach using finite elements as its basis as well as for its validations; Reinforces reader understanding with a range of practical problems encompassing arbitrary frame and shell structures; Develops concepts systematically starting with basic deformations of structural members followed by analysis of structures with coupled deformations, progressing seemlessly to the nonlinear analysis of structures and buckling/post-buckling behaviors |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030594947 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ANALYSIS
2. Analysis (Mathematics)
3. Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory
4. APPLIED MATHEMATICS
5. CIVIL ENGINEERING
6. EBOOK
7. EBOOK - SPRINGER
8. ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS
9. MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
10. Mathematical and Computational Engineering
11. Measurement Science and Instrumentation
12. Measurement??????
13. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
14. PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS
15. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
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