Agent-Based Models (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is fine as far as it goes. But ABM can only be done with software and it fails to mention one of the key players in this area. The author points out that NetLogo is easiest to learn but too simple for large models. Then he points you to the programmers-only solutions of Repast, Swarm, and Mason...

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Dynamical Symmetry Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Amazing read! Five stars! This book will assuredly stimulate new levels of thinking for the reader in various aspects of dynamical symmetry and it points to discoveries yet to be made in better understanding the some principals of physics therein. ...And makes important discoveries of its own in the...

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On Your Mark - An Insight Guide to Modeling Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)... every step of the way. From how to choose representation, to how to decide which aspect(s) of the industry fit you, Didiayer Snyder walks her readers step-by-step through each phase of the fashion modeling industry. If you're interested in pursuing this often more-complicated-than-it-looks career,...

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A Cage Of Bones Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Sexy and intelligent novel mixing fashion with politics. Jeffrey Round's A Cage of Bones follows the experiences of Warden, a Toronto gay man who makes it big on the catwalks of Europe. I found Round's writing to be both seductive and insightful. The novel reveals a writer whose life experience has enriched...

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Assembly Modeling with Solidworks, 2004-2005 Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I am an Engineering Manager. I purchased three copies of this book for my department. I would highly recommend this book for any user that has been working with SolidWorks for one or more years. This is not a book for the beginner or a person with no modeling experience. The book provides information...

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Come, Let's Play: Scenario-Based Programming Using LSCs and the Play-Engine Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The competing forces of Time-to-Market and Software Quality have for years begged a narrowing of the requirements-to-product divide. In "Come, Let's Play", world-renowned ACM Outstanding Educator Award recipient Harel and master software engineer Marelly join forces in clearly presenting their novel,...

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Children, Clay, And Sculpture Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is extremely useful for classroom teachers and homeschooling families alike. It slowly and thoroughly works through the progression of skills from first using clay to creating finished sculpture. The chapters include information for teaching the skills, multiple examples of professional artwork...

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Cryptanalytic Attacks on RSA Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Ok, so I don't admit to understand most of this book. The editorial review says that it is geared at professionals at the graduate level. My education is some undergraduate level. But I was able to follow along and learn a lot. Being able to derive and discover such theories and cryptography schemes...

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How to Enter the Business of Commercial Modeling and Acting...Without Get ting Ripped Off Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I truley enjoyed the book, " How to Enter the business of Commercial Modeling & Acting...Without Getting Ripped Off!"! I have learned how to act in college, but never how to make great money acting in the business! I never realized how simple it was for someone to get started in commercial modeling...

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Game Theory and Strategy (Mathematical Association of America Textbooks) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I found this book to be a very enjoyable read, covering the most interesting ideas in game theory and how they have impacted on other sciences from biology to sociology. Almost no mathematical knowledge is required, because the text focuses on the ideas not the math. Even if you want to learn about Game...

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Advanced Log-Linear Models Using SAS Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Another Zelterman classic. It's amazing what he can do in SAS.Click Here to see more reviews about: Advanced Log-Linear Models Using SASDaniel Zelterman applies his extensive SAS knowledge and biostatistics experience to illustrate how to use the GENMOD procedure to analyze log-linear models for categorical...

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Handbook of Materials Modeling (Vol 1&2) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The book contains extensive chapters on tight binding methods, density functional theory, atomistic modeling of materials using molecular dynamical methods, monte-carlo methods, rate equations and continuum methods, and covers processes from thin film growth to radiation damage in solids, defects in...

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Fundamentals of SolidWorks 2011 Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I don't often write reviews... but I purchased this product based on the great reviews the 2010 product has. With a lot of lousy stuff out there, I feel it is my duty to encourage others to choose this product... it lives up to all of the previous reviews!Over the years I have had to learn of lot of...

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Data Model Patterns: A Metadata Map (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is great stuff for Enterprise Architects. The discussion of Zachman is better than any of the Zachman Institues articles. The explanation of the value of architectural meta-models is excellent. On the down side, the meta-models presented are very good EXCEPT that the author still presents data...

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Triangulations and Applications (Mathematics and Visualization) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is an outstanding book. It is clearly written and goes into great detail. There is source code available that is very well designed and clearly commented. (search for Triangulation Template Library) There are ample illustrations to help you visualize the algorithms.It is a short book but very...

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Oracle DBA Pocket Guide (Pocket Reference) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I bought this book on a whim at a bookstore because it claimed to include "quick reference" info on performance. I found that area seriously lacking...I thought it odd to have sections on installation and planning in here. Hopefully one does not make such decisions with only a pocket guide as a reference....

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First Course in Mathematical Modeling-Textbook Only Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)A university course I am taking requires this textbook. I ordered it from Amazon, and it arrived well ahead of time, and even had the included CD (which usually "disappears" if I order a textbook from an online source). Thanks, Amazon!Click Here to see more reviews about: First Course in Mathematical...

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