9/30/2011

Modeling of Dynamic Systems Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I've been reading this and the book is very inspiring. It has so far given me a good insight on modeling of systems and system control. I Highly recommend this book!Click Here to see more reviews about: Modeling of Dynamic Systems Written by a recognizedauthority in the field of identification andcontrol,...
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Management Decision Making: Spreadsheet Modeling, Analysis, and Application Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This college-level text is also useful to business and IT professionals because it provides a refresher for decision techniques that are the foundation of a number of disciplines. The book is divided into two parts: (1) deterministic methods, mainly focused on linear programming and optimization, and...
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Realistic Modeling for Toy Trains: A Hi-rail Guide (Classic Toy Trains Books) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)When I first saw Dennis Brennan's photographs of his O-scale modeling, I was stunned. Not only was the photography excellent, the model building at the highest level, but there was an understanding of the art of both that elevated the pictures into that rare realm of the truly special. Is it that the...
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9/29/2011

SOA Modeling Patterns for Service Oriented Discovery and Analysis Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)- Sometimes you wonder what you can get for a price that you pay for less than a full tank of gas!- This book is a clear milestone in software modeling and architecture. I think that this is the next generation. Its value is tremendous to business and IT and especially to analysis, discovery, and modeling...
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Model: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book does exactly what the title says, it reveals the ugly side of the modeling business. However, it is an older book so you won't hear any recent names. There is another book out there, "Shut up and Smile" that covers more recent models. But the writing from that book is no comparison to this...
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Hierarchical Modeling and Analysis for Spatial Data (Chapman & Hall/CRC Monographs on Statistics & Applied Probability) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I've bought several spatial statistics books over the years and found they generally fall into one of two categories; oversimplified or cover-to-cover matrix notation, neither of which is very useful for my research. However, this book is "just right," bridging these two extremes. It briefly covers the...
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9/28/2011

Power Integrity Modeling and Design for Semiconductors and Systems Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)At first, I was looking for a book covering on-chip power integrity issue and happened to find this book on Amazon. Since I can not search inside this book, I just bought it and later found it is related to the power integrity of package, not chip. However, I DEFINITELY don't regret buying this book...
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Exercises in Rethinking Innateness: A Handbook for Connectionist Simulations (Neural Network Modeling and Connectionism) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Here's a self-contained introduction to connectionist modeling. Easy to read and straight-forward, this text provides software and excercises aimed at stepping a novice through the basics of connectionism. Designed to accompany Rethinking Innateness (1996), these examples provide a glimpse into the world...
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Modeling a Character in 3DS Max, Second Edition (Wordware Game Developer's Library) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I purchased this book after skimming it over in a local store. I wish I had taken a closer look at it. I just came off a 2 week break from work and school. During my break I decided to work on a new model and following along with Mr. Steed's book. This turned out to be frustration hell. The methods in...
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9/27/2011

Structural Equation Modeling With Eqs: Basic Concepts, Applications, And Programming (Multivariate Applications) (Multivariate Applications Series) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Byrne offers a more readable alternative to the hard core approach of learning EQS from its official manual. The latter presents a heavily mathematical framework that might be offputting to some readers who lack a strong statistical background. Instead, her book goes through much of what EQS can do for...
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Improving Comprehension with Think-Aloud Strategies: Modeling What Good Readers Do Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)If you read aloud to your class, you must read this book! This books brings to our attention the during reading strategies that we do automatically and demonstrates how to teach them to our students. Appropriate for any grade level.Click Here to see more reviews about: Improving Comprehension with Think-Aloud...
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Geostatistics: Modeling Spatial Uncertainty (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Highly recommended! This is easily the most comprehensive, scholarly, and up-to-date work in the area. The authors cover the entire range of geostatistics - structural analysis (variogram fitting), kriging, multivariate and nonlinear methods, conditional simulation, scale effects, and inverse problems....
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9/26/2011

Cognitive Modeling (Bradford Books) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book could be considered to be a collection of articles on the `computational theory of mind.' Although the articles are somewhat out of date, due to the advances in neuroscience and cognitive science that have occurred since the time of publication of the book, it does serve as a good motivation...
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Ship Modeling from Scratch: Tips and Techniques for Building Without Kits Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I purchased this book several years past. This Amazon.com reviewer is an avid ship modeler. I use this book nearly constantly. I give this book five stars.Now, this book was written in 1993. So, there are no web sites for reference nor is there a more recent write up. If a person is interested in making...
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Dynamic Modeling (Modeling Dynamic Systems) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is an excellent book for beginning and intermediate modelers. I found it to be engaging, practical, and easy to understand. Dynamic modeling has become an essential tool to facilitate understanding developments in our increasingly complex and interdependent world, to communicate ideas across disciplinary...
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9/25/2011

Introduction to Regression Modeling (with CD-ROM) (Duxbury Applied) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is an accessible and very well-written introductory book on linear regression that goes much deeper than most books written at its level. Compared with other similar books, it is much more thoughtful and critical. This is one of the few introductory books on regression that gets people to actually...
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Detailing Scale Model Aircraft (Scale Modeling Handbook) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Mr. Ashey seems to know what he's talking about. This book covers a wide range of topics centered around altering and adding detail to your models. Lots of techniques for begginers to advanced modelers with simple tips to create the effects you want. He sometimes uses tools that most of us don't have,...
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