Modeling

Data assimilation plays an important role in ocean modeling. The authors describe the methods of data assimilation in ocean modeling in a summary and point out its progress since the method originated from meteorology. So the content of this book is of great help to oceanographers, especially to those interested in numerical models.

El área de química inorgánica es hoy una de las ramas de la química con pocos adeptos y es dificil hallar libros que puedan guiar a los que se inician en el modelado molecular de compuestos inorgánicos; "Modeling of Inorganic Compounds" de P. Comba & T. W. Hambley es una gran ayuda para los amantes de la química inorgánica teórica.

Molecular modeling is a topic every scientist is talking about. At least every physicist and chemist. When I started my diploma work doing molecular simulations of polymers, Gelins book was the first i had to read. and indeed it gives a good overview with very many references to standard literature. The book is diveded into twelve chapters starting with how polymer chains are built, how to consider the detailed interaction mechanisms and then going on to how specific polymeric properties, e.g. mechanical behaviour, scattering, conductivity ... can be and are simulated. The book suits best for people who want to get an introduction to the subject. For those already familiar with the principles of molecular modeling i'd suggest the book of Allen and Tildesley on "Computer Simulation of Liquids".

This book explains well about several MOSFET models for SPICE simulations with informative historical review. MOSFET model parameters is now essential for semiconductor chip design as a communication tool between process/device engineers and circuit designers. In this book, starting from compact description of MOSFET physics, several well-known models are described seperately. So beginners can read only what they need. In addition, reading throughout introduction and final comments of each chapters give us information on progress of MOSFET models. If possible, I want to have an additional chapter which compares several models from the viewpoints of physical modeling and robustness of circuit simulation. Anyway, I recommend this book both to process and design engineers as well as modeling engineers for effective development of future semiconductor chips.

This books starts from zero up to Administrator level. It's very clear and contains valuable information. However, I wish it explains more detailed examples on some complex configuration like multiple domains and post offices.

This is a small and handy book about NDS the Novell Directory Service. It is fun, fast and easy to read. I found it trustworthy and helpful.

This book is very good for those who have background in Mathematics and are beginning to work with Numerical Simulations in Fluid Dynamics. It gives the mathematical introduction to beginners and contains program excerpts that may help in programming.

Philr James covers not only the use of the components within the Communicator suite but gives you practical real world examples of how to utilize your new found knowledge. He takes the beginner through a thorough and complete tour of the suite and brings them up to power user status. This book shows that Communicator is a complete package that is far above any web browsers available today.

This book provides both the Bayesian and classical approaches to ordinal data analysis but is unique in emphasizing the Bayesian approach and the latest advances. The authors are academic statisticians and the text is designed for a graduate level course for statistics or social science majors. It includes some very well written introductory material on these two forms fo statistical inference.

The mathematical level is intermediate but is written in a clear way to be accessible to social science students. This is also a good reference book for statisticians especially those involved in educational testing.

Markov chain Monte Carlo methods are provided along with some programmed algorithms for doing Gibbs sampling. A website is available to help the reader get access to datasets and software to implement the procedures.

Although the offer of software is nice, the authors neglect to mention the BUGS software that has been developed in the UK to handle MCMC problems. BUGS or the new window based WinBUGS is easily accessible to the reader and provides a lot of additional modeling aids including diagnostics.

The book covers a lot of interesting and applications oriented topics including logistic regression, ordinal regression, item response models, graded response models and the analysis of ROC curves. Concepts are illustrated and techniques demonstrated through real problems.

I love to build models and one of my very favorite subjects is the Panzer Type IV. This books takes serveral models in 1/35 scale and shows you how to superdetail and airbrush each one of them. The pointers are general and not the "exact step by step type" but anyone with basic skills will find much to learn from, and will probably be suitably inspired. There is a great walkaround section with color closeup photos of museum pieces that are fanatasctic for the detailer. I got this book primarily for that reason. Some of the painting techniques were new to me and I will attempt them on my next kit. A great book for the beginner/novice modeller who is aware of aftermarket goodies like photo etch frets, and who has recently aquired an airbrush and is ready to experiment with it.