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ASCE ... 178 pages - Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE); (September, 2008) ...
Language: English - ISBN-10: 0784409862 - ISBN-13: 978-0784409862 ...

This Geotechnical Special Publication contains 16 papers concerning a variety of timely issues in pavement mechanics. Topics include the characterization, modeling, and simulation of asphalt mixtures, asphalt pavements, and concrete mixtures. Eight of these papers were submitted for publication only, while the other eight were presented at the Symposium on Pavement Mechanics and Materials at the 18th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Division Conference held June 3 6, 2008 in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Elaine Walker, Steve Elsworth ... 180 pages - Publisher: Longman; (May, 2000) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0582417104 - ISBN-13: 978-0582417106 ...

* Step-by-step grammar explanations with clear examples * A wealth of varied practice exercises with write-in space on the page * Tests to monitor students' progress * Illustrated with lively cartoons to increase students' understanding * An index and a comprehensive contents list for easy reference * For self-study, homework or use in class.

L. G. Alexander ... 304 pages - Publisher: Longman; (July, 1990) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0582045002 - ISBN-13: 978-0582045002 ...

* Flexible - the material can be used in any order, depending on students' needs. * Clearly organised - the Contents list, internal cross-referencing and comprehensive Index helps students select the areas of study required. * Easy to use - grammatical information is given in short, manageable amounts, immediately followed by practice exercises. * Adaptable - each item is marked with one, two or three asterisks to indicate the relative level of difficulty. * Authoritative - for students wishing to investigate as particular point in more depth this book is cross-referenced throughout to the Longman English Grammar. * Enjoyable - the context exercise in each section is an entertaining story illustrated with a cartoon; grammar practice needn't always be serious!

Myer Kutz ... 1000 pages - Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1st edition (November, 2003) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0071391223 - ISBN-13: 978-0071391221 ...

This is a comprehensive, problem-solving engineering guide on the strategic planning, development, and maintenance of public and private transportation systems. Covering all modes of transportation on land, air, and water, the Handbook shows how to solve specific problems, such as facility improvement, cost reduction, or operations optimization at local, regional, national, and international levels. * Extensive sections on road construction and maintenance, bridge construction and repair, and mass transit systems * Examines airline traffic control systems, airline schedule planning, and airline ground operation * Covers marine, rail, and freight transportation. THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM UPGRADES: For anyone striving to increase the efficiency, performance, capacity, or safety of any transportation system, Myer Kutz's Handbook of Transportation Engineering is an unbeatable asset. Packed with practical tools and strategies, this problem-solving resource helps you forge transport system solutions that work on all levels, including the all-important bottom line. IMPROVE ANY SYSTEM:  Covering all varieties of transportation systems -- air, rail, road, and water; local, regional, national, and international; freight and passenger, and facilities -- Handbook of Transportation Engineering provides: * Problem-solving engineering tools for transportation systems of all types, including mass transit * Planning and design techniques, with examples of successful applications * Stratagems for deriving positive results from the complex interplay among policy-making, planning, management, operations, and technology * Guidance on cost-effective repair of roads and bridges * Methods for improving air traffic control systems, airline scheduling, and ground operations * Practical applications that solve problems in rail and freight transportation * Expert help with noise and air pollution.

Alan L. Prasuhn ... 528 pages - Publisher: Oxford University Press; (June, 1995) ...
Language: English - ISBN-10: 0195107322 - ISBN-13: 978-0195107326 ...

This text provides comprehensive treatment of hydraulic engineering in both closed conduit and open channel flow and a clear presentation, with more examples and problems than most competitors. The carefully organized coverage, beginning with basics of hydrology, pipelines, and open channels. Also includes both hydrologic background and traditional hydraulics. A good balance of theory and applications and extensive appendices, including selected computer programs, round out the text.

Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari, Christian Blum, Maurice Clerc, Thomas Stützle, Alan Winfield ... 416 pages - Publisher: Springer; (October, 2008) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 3540875263 - ISBN-13: 978-3540875260.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence, ANTS 2008, held in Brussels, Belgium, in September 2008. The 17 revised full papers, 24 revised short papers, and 10 extended abstracts presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 91 submissions. The papers cover theoretical and foundational aspects of computational intelligence and related disciplines with special focus on swarm intelligence and are devoted to behavioral models of social insects and new algorithmic approaches, empirical and theoretical research in swarm intelligence, applications such as ant colony optimization or particle swarm optimization, and theoretical and experimental research in swarm robotics systems.

The series of biannual international conferences “ANTS – International C- ference on Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence”, now in its sixth edition, was started ten years ago, with the organization of ANTS’98. As some readers might recall, the first edition of ANTS was titled “ANTS’98 – From Ant Colonies to Artificial Ants: First International Workshop on Ant Colony Op- mization. ” In fact, at that time the focus was mainly on ant colony optimization (ACO), the first swarm intelligence algorithm to go beyond a pure scientific interest and to enter the realm of real-world applications. Interestingly, in the ten years after the first edition there has been a gr- ing interest not only for ACO, but for a number of other studies that belong more generally to the area of swarmintelligence. The rapid growth of the swarm intelligence field is attested by a number of indicators. First, the number of s- missions and participants to the ANTS conferences has steadily increased over the years. Second, a number of international conferences in computational - intelligence and related disciplines organize workshops on subjects such as swarm intelligence, ant algorithms, ant colony optimization, and particle swarm op- mization. Third, IEEE startedorganizing,in 2003, the IEEE SwarmIntelligence Symposium (in order to maintain unity in this growing field, we are currently establishing a cooperation agreement between IEEE SISandANTSsoastohave 1 IEEE SIS in odd years and ANTS in even years). Last, the Swarm Intelligence journal was born.

Larry W. Mays ... 1024 pages Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1st edition (July, 1999) ...
Language: English ISBN-10: 0070411522 ISBN-13: 978-0070411524 ...

At last, needed hydraulic design answers are instantly at hand! This all-inclusive compendium of authoritative information from the world's leading experts is the first comprehensive guide to practical hydraulic engineering. Long needed, Hydraulic Design Handbook can save you hours of searching through journals and fine-print government publications. This unique reference gives you current, best practice methods, tips, guidelines, and examples to help you handle any hydraulic design challenge.

 It features: Comprehensive coverage of all areas of hydraulic engineering * Authoritative, up-to-date methods from top engineers in each specialty * The latest hydraulic design engineering practices for environmental concerns * Many detailed case studies and examples * Hundreds of helpful illustrations and timesaving tables...

From the underlying principles of hydraulics - including findings from recent research - to help with computer modeling and the design of hydraulic structures -from channels to floodgates- Hydraulic Design Handbook gives you the practical, hands-on tools you need. Destined to be the reference of choice for practicing hydraulic designers, it's also the ideal choice for those just getting their feet wet -- the ideal sourcebook to help you get to the top!

Avi Ostfeld ... 352 pages - Publisher: InTech; 1st edition (February, 2011) ...
Language: English - ISBN-10: N/A - ISBN-13: 978-9533071572 ...

Ants communicate information by leaving pheromone tracks. A moving ant leaves, in varying quantities, some pheromone on the ground to mark its way. While an isolated ant moves essentially at random, an ant encountering a previously laid trail is able to detect it and decide with high probability to follow it, thus reinforcing the track with its own pheromone. The collective behavior that emerges is thus a positive feedback: where the more the ants following a track, the more attractive that track becomes for being followed; thus the probability with which an ant chooses a path increases with the number of ants that previously chose the same path. This elementary ant's behavior inspired the development of ant colony optimization by Marco Dorigo in 1992, constructing a meta-heuristic stochastic combinatorial computational methodology belonging to a family of related meta-heuristic methods such as simulated annealing, Tabu search and genetic algorithms. This book covers in twenty chapters state of the art methods and applications of utilizing ant colony optimization algorithms. New methods and theory such as multi colony ant algorithm based upon a new pheromone arithmetic crossover and a repulsive operator, new findings on ant colony convergence, and a diversity of engineering and science applications from transportation, water resources, electrical and computer science disciplines are presented.

Elizabeth M. Shaw, Keith J. Beven, Nick A. Chappell, Rob Lamb ...
560 pages - Publisher: CRC Press; 4th edition (August, 2010) ...
Language: English - ISBN-10: 0415370426 - ISBN-13: 978-0415370424 ...