Mathematical Applications in Agriculture

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This book is a must in order to build a solid foundation of critical mathematical applications needed by today's agriculture professionals. It can serve equally well as a learning tool and as a reference guide. Specifically, the book teaches the math skills required to perform successfully in the areas of crop production, livestock production and agribusiness financial management. Line drawings, charts, graphs, case studies, examples, and sample problems make the concepts easy to grasp.

Working with Dynamic Crop Models: Evaluation, Analysis, Parameterization, and Applications

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Working with Dynamic Crop Models: Evaluation, Analysis, Parameterization, and Applications

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ASIN: 0444521356

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Many different mathematical and statistical methods are essential in crop modeling. They are necessary in the development, analysis and application of crop models. Up to now, however, there has been no single source where crop modelers could learn about these methods. Furthermore, these methods are often described in other contexts and their application to crop modeling is not always straightforward.

This book aims at making a large range of relevant mathematical and statistical methods accessible to crop modelers. Each methodology chapter starts from basic principles and simple applications and builds gradually to state-of-the-art methods. Crop models are used as examples, and practical advice on applying the methods to crop models is given.

Working with Dynamic Crop Models is an essential learning and reference resource for students and researchers who want to understand and apply rigorous methods to crop models. This book will also be of value for other fields which use dynamic models of complex systems.

Topics covered include:
* Parameter estimation- including Bayesian methods
* Model evaluation- including prediction quality and decision quality
* Sensitivity analysis- including global analysis and interactions
* Data assimilation- the Kalman filter and extensions
* Management optimization- including stochastic optimization
* Models for multiple fields- emphasizing how to obtain input values
* Crop models and crop breeding - recent advances in using crop
models

Topics covered include:
* Parameter estimation- including Bayesian methods
* Model evaluation- including prediction quality and decision quality
* Sensitivity analysis- including global analysis and interactions
* Data assimilation- the Kalman filter and extensions
* Management optimization- including stochastic optimization
* Models for multiple fields- emphasizing how to obtain input values
* Crop models and crop breeding - recent advances in using crop models

Dynamic Programming: Applications to Agriculture and Natural Resources

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Dynamic Programming: Applications to Agriculture and Natural Resources
John O. S. Kennedy
Manufacturer: Elsevier Applied Science
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ASIN: 0853344248

Crop-Soil Simulation Models: Applications in Developing Countries (Cabi Publishing)

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Crop-Soil Simulation Models: Applications in Developing Countries (Cabi Publishing)

Manufacturer: CABI
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The use of crop-soil modelling has so far been mainly confined to the research community. Practical applications have occurred in the areas of decision tools for irrigation studies and pest management. However, there is potential to increase its applied use. This book reviews progress in crop-soil simulation modelling and assesses its application to agriculture in developing countries. It is based on work sponsored by the Natural Resources Systems Programme of the UK Department for International Development.

Unsaturated-zone Modeling: Progress, Challenges and Applications (Wageningen UR Frontis Series)

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Unsaturated-zone Modeling: Progress, Challenges and Applications (Wageningen UR Frontis Series)

Manufacturer: Springer
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ASIN: 1402029179
Release Date: 2007-03-30

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Mankind has manipulated the quantity and quality of soil water for millennia. Food production was massively increased through fertilization, irrigation and drainage. But malpractice also caused degradation of immense areas of once fertile land, rendering it totally unproductive for many generations. In populated areas, the pollutant load ever more often exceeds the soil’s capacity for buffering and retention, and large volumes of potable groundwater have been polluted or are threatened to be polluted in the foreseeable future. In the past decades, the role of soil water in climate patterns has been recognized but not yet fully understood.

The soil-science community responded to this diversity of issues by developing numerical models to simulate the behavior of water and solutes in soils. These models helped improve our understanding of unsaturated-zone processes and develop sustainable land-management practices.

Aimed at professional soil scientists, soil-water modelers, irrigation engineers etc., this book discusses our progress in soil-water modeling. Top scientists present case studies, overviews and analyses of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats related to soil-water modeling. The contributions cover a wide range of spatial scales, and discuss fundamental aspects of unsaturated-zone modeling as well as issues related to the application of models to real-world problems.

Agricultural Management Economics: Activity Analysis and Decision Making (Cabi Publishing)

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Agricultural Management Economics: Activity Analysis and Decision Making (Cabi Publishing)
Allan N. Rae
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ASIN: 0851987680

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In this book the processes of agricultural production and their management are described in terms of activity analysis, since this permits integration of theory with practical evaluations. Analytical tools developed in the book involve the construction of spreadsheet models, and readers are able to construct their own PC spreadsheets from the book's examples and case studies. Economic principles are presented that will assist in improving the design of agricultural processes and technologies, in guiding their appropriate combination in a business setting, and with the making of decisions through time and in recognition of noncertainty. Activity analysis models that allow the design and combination of agricultural activities to be optimized are also discussed. The book is aimed at advanced students of agricultural economics, business and management.

Agricultural Sector Models for the United States: Descriptions and Selected Policy Applications

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Agricultural Sector Models for the United States: Descriptions and Selected Policy Applications
C. Robert Taylor
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The Annealing Algorithm (The International Series in Engineering and Computer Science)

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The Annealing Algorithm (The International Series in Engineering and Computer Science)
R.H.J.M. Otten , and L.P.P.P. van Ginneken
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Applications of Dynamic Programming to Agricultural Decision Problems

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Applications of Dynamic Programming to Agricultural Decision Problems

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Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture (IFAC Postprint Volume)

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Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture (IFAC Postprint Volume)

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ASIN: 0080425976

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The second IFAC/IFIP/Eur Ag Eng workshop on AI in agriculture provided a forum for the presentation of new research, development and applications of AI in agriculture. The workshop brought together leading researchers and practitioners (both academic and industrial) and enabled them to discuss and evaluate new and exciting bridges between AI and its applications in agriculture and domains connected to it (in particular, environmental sciences). This publication contains the papers, covering a wide range of topics, presented at the workshop.

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From the beginning of Space Astronomy, the Extreme Ultraviolet band of the spectrum (roughly defined as the decade in energy from 90-900 Å) was deemed to be the `unobservable ultraviolet'. Pioneering results from an EUV telescope on the Apollo-Soyuz Mission in 1975 forcibly demonstrated that this view was incorrect; but it required the all-sky surveys of the English Wide-Field Camera and the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer to demonstrate the broad potential of this field. Over 700 EUV sources have now been detected.
Over 150 researchers from 16 countries gathered to share results in this new field at the International Astronomical Union Colloquium No. 152. Papers were presented on a wide variety of topics including cool star coronae, white dwarf atmospheres and evolution, neutron stars, the Io torus, cataclysmic variable stars, active galactic nuclei, the interstellar medium, winds and atmospheres of early type stars, and EUV plasma diagnostics.
Selected manuscripts from this meeting are provided in these Conference Proceedings.

Atomic Processes in Plasmas: The 15th International Conference on Atomic Processes in Plasmas (AIP Conference Proceedings / Atomic, Molecular, Chemical Physics)

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Atomic Processes in Plasmas: The 15th International Conference on Atomic Processes in Plasmas (AIP Conference Proceedings / Atomic, Molecular, Chemical Physics)

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All papers have been peer-reviewed. This volume reports the latest work of 37 leading researchers invited to speak at the 15th International Conference on Atomic Processes in Plasmas. The topics span 11 orders of magnitude of temperature (from laser-cooled particles to fusion reactors) and 25 orders of magnitude of length scale (from nanolithography to astrophysics). Topics discussed include: Plasmas, Atomic Physics, High Energy Density Physics (HEDP), Magnetic Fusion, Astrophysics, Lighting, Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) Lithography, Laser Produced Plasmas, Electron Beam Ion Traps (EBIT), Highly Charged Ions, Atomic Data, Plasma Modeling, Plasma-Solid Interactions, Fourth Generation Light Sources (LCLS, XFEL), Plasma Diagnostics, Atomic Spectroscopy.

Extreme Ultraviolet Astronomy (Cambridge Astrophysics)

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Extreme Ultraviolet Astronomy (Cambridge Astrophysics)
Martin A. Barstow , and Jay B. Holberg
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This book describes the development of astronomy in the Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) wavelength range, from the first rocket-based experiments in the late 1960s through to the latest satellite missions. It provides detailed material on the tools of EUV astronomy, dealing with the instrumentation, observational techniques, and modelling tools for the interpretation of data. Prospects for future EUV missions are discussed, and a catalog of known EUV sources is included.

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This text describes the development of astronomy in the Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) wavelength range, from the first rocket-based experiments in the late 1960s through to the latest satellite missions. Discussions of the results from the most important space projects are followed by an analysis of the contributions made by EUV astronomy to the study of specific groups of astronomical objects. Within this framework, the book provides detailed material on the tools of EUV astronomy, dealing with the instrumentation, observational techniques, and modelling tools for the interpretation of data. Prospects for future EUV missions are discussed, and a catalogue of the known EUV sources is included. This timely book will be of great value to graduate students and researchers. It is the first to give a complete overview of Extreme Ultraviolet astronomy, and comes at the end of a major phase of discovery in the field.

Extreme Ultraviolet Astronomy: A Selection of Papers Presented at the First Berkeley Colloquium on Extreme Ultraviolet Astronomy, University of Calif

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Extreme Ultraviolet Astronomy: A Selection of Papers Presented at the First Berkeley Colloquium on Extreme Ultraviolet Astronomy, University of Calif
Roger F. Malina
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Free Electron Generation of Extreme Ultraviolet Coherent Radiation (AIP Conference Proceedings)

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Free Electron Generation of Extreme Ultraviolet Coherent Radiation (AIP Conference Proceedings)

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Soft X-Rays and Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation: Principles and Applications

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an excellent book!
Taken from Contemporary Physics (London)
good book
A very good textbook

Soft X-Rays and Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation: Principles and Applications
David Attwood
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ASIN: 0521652146

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This self-contained, comprehensive book describes the fundamental properties of soft x-rays and extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation and discusses their applications in a wide variety of fields, including EUV lithography for semiconductor chip manufacture and soft x-ray biomicroscopy. The author begins by presenting the relevant basic principles such as radiation and scattering, wave propagation, diffraction, and coherence. He then goes on to examine a broad range of phenomena and applications. The topics covered include EUV lithography, biomicroscopy, spectromicroscopy, EUV astronomy, synchrotron radiation, and soft x-ray lasers. He also provides a great deal of useful reference material such as electron binding energies, characteristic emission lines and photo-absorption cross-sections. The book will be of great interest to graduate students and researchers in engineering, physics, chemistry, and the life sciences. It will also appeal to practicing engineers involved in semiconductor fabrication and materials science.

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an excellent book!.......2003-10-31

I lent this book from the library in our institute, and this book is very suitable to us, who do research with Synchrotron Radiation in the region of soft X-ray. Many directions of research for soft X-ray are included in this book.
I can't afford it because it is very expensive for me, although I like it very much!

Taken from Contemporary Physics (London).......2003-10-22

`... excellently written and produced book ... David Attwood is a respected teacher and renowned researcher in all of the topics covered in this book, and is to be congratulated on its timely publication ... there is no doubt in my mind that it will very quickly become a primary source for beginning graduate students (and high level undergraduates) and experienced researchers alike ... Unusually, I cannot think of any way in which the book could be improved. It is comprehensive and enjoyable to read, the figures are illustrative and clearly drawn and the mathematics is at an appropriate level for the intended readership ... it will serve as [an] important reference source as well as a teacher's and researcher's handbook ... I shall certainly be using this book in my future teaching and recommending it to advanced students.' Alan Michette, Contemporary Physics

good book.......2002-10-04

i found this book to be an excellent educational material on soft x-ray science

p.s. please note that there is a web-site by the author with the actual lectures available for watching absolutely free

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A very good textbook.......2000-05-05

I took the class taught by the author at UC-Berkeley while he was finishing up this text (I also proofread a couple of the chapters as part of the class - you can find my name and the names of my classmates in the acknowledgements).

The text is very clearly written. An undergraduate physics / engineering level of understanding of electromagnetics and quantum mechanics is sufficient background for most the textbook. Most of the calculations are done semi-classically which helps for people not well versed in quantum mechanics. It also serves nicely as a reference text.

Topics covered include:
- Grazing incidence optics
- Normal incidence multi-layer mirrors
- Synchrotron radiation
- Cyclotrons, wigglers and undulators
- Plasma physics with applications to EUV and X-ray sources
- Fresnel zone plates
- Coherence
- EUV and X-ray lithograpy
- ...

The textbook stands alone nicely ... you do not need to constantly look up results in other sources and texts.

The textbook also contains a wealth of reference materials (several appendices of atomic data for X-ray transitions, cross sections, mathematical tables, ...)

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Astrophysics in the Extreme Ultraviolet: Proceedings of Colloquium No. 152 of the International Astronomical Union, Held in Berkeley, California, March 27-30, 1995
International Astronomical Union
Manufacturer: Kluwer Academic Publishers
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MBUDWM

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Progress report & proposal to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the second year of a three-year program of micro- and nano-system technology ... by grant NAG5-5105 (SuDoc NAS 1.26:113010)
Claude R. Canizares
Manufacturer: National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Technical Information Service, distributor
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B000110A26

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Relative elemental abundance and heating constraints determined for the solar corona from SERTS measurements (SuDoc NAS 1.15:104616)
David A. Falcomer
Manufacturer: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center National Technical Information Service, distributor
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ASIN: B00010O17C

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Relative elemental abundance and heating constraints determined for the solar corona from SERTS measurements (SuDoc NAS 1.15:104616)
David A. Falconer
Manufacturer: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center National Technical Information Service, distributor
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ASIN: B00010O0FA

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