Mathematical theory of computation Books

Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Symposium on Logical Foundations of Computer Science, LFCS 2022, held in Deerfield Beach, FL, USA, in January 2022. The 23 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 35 submissions. The scope of the Symposium is broad and includes constructive mathematics and type theory; homotopy type theory; logic, automata, and automatic structures; computability and randomness; logical foundations of programming; logical aspects of computational complexity; parameterized complexity; logic programming and constraints; automated deduction and interactive theorem proving; logical methods in protocol and program verification; logical methods in program specification and extraction; domain theory logics; logical foundations of database theory; equational logic and term rewriting; lambda and combinatory calculi; categorical logic and topological semantics; linear logic; epistemic and temporal logics; intelligent and multiple-agent system logics; logics of proof and justification; non-monotonic reasoning; logic in game theory and social software; logic of hybrid systems; distributed system logics; mathematical fuzzy logic; system design logics; other logics in computer science.Table of ContentsA Non-Hyperarithmetical Gödel Logic.- Shorten Resolution Proofs Non-Elementarily.- The Isomorphism Problem for FST Injection Structures.- Justification Logic and Type Theory as Formalizations of Intuitionistic Propositional Logic.- Hyperarithmetical Worm Battles.- Parametric Church’s Thesis: Synthetic Computability Without Choice.- Constructive and Mechanised Meta-Theory of Intuitionistic Epistemic Logic.- A Parametrized Family of Tversky Metrics Connecting the Jaccard Distance to an Analogue of the Normalized Information Distance.- A Parameterized View on the Complexity of Dependence Logic.- A Logic of Interactive Proofs.- Recursive Rules With Aggregation: A Simple Unified Semantics.- Computational Properties of Partial Non-deterministic Matrices and Their Logics.- Soundness and Completeness Results for LEA and Probability Semantics.- On Inverse Operators in Dynamic Epistemic Logic.- Computability Models Over Categories and Presheaves.- Reducts of Relation Algebras: The Aspects of Axiomatisability and Finite Representability.- Between Turing and Kleene.- Propositional Dynamic Logic With Quantification Over Regular Computation Sequences.- Finite Generation and Presentation Problems for Lambda Calculus and Combinatory Logic.- Exact and Parameterized Algorithms for Read-Once Refutations in Horn Constraint Systems.- Logical Principles.- Small Model Property Reflects in Games and Automata.

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Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Integrated Formal Methods, IFM 2022, held in Lugano, Switzerland, in June 2022. The 14 full papers and 2 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 46 submissions. The papers are categorized into the following topical sub-headings: Invited Papers; Cooperative and Relational Verification; B Method; Time; Probability; learning and Synthesis; Security; Stats Analysis and Testing; PhD Symposium Presentations.

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Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 19th International Conference on the Integration of Constraint Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Operations Research, CPAIOR 2022, which was held in Los Angeles, CA, USA, in June 2022.The 28 regular papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 60 submissions. The conference program included a Master Class on the topic "Bridging the Gap between Machine Learning and Optimization”.Table of ContentsA Two-Phase Hybrid Approach for the Hybrid Flexible Flowshop with Transportation Times.- A SAT Encoding to compute Aperiodic Tiling Rhythmic Canons.- Transferring Information across Restarts in MIP.- Towards Copeland Optimization in Combinatorial Problems.- Coupling Different Integer Encodings for SAT.- Model-Based Algorithm Configuration with Adaptive Capping and Prior Distributions.- Shattering Inequalities for Learning Optimal Decision Trees.- Learning Pseudo-Backdoors for Mixed Integer Programs.- Leveraging Integer Linear Programming to Learn Optimal Fair Rule Lists.- Solving the Job Shop Scheduling Problem extended with AGVs – Classical and Quantum Approaches.- Stochastic Decision Diagrams.- Improving the robustness of EPS to solve the TSP.- Efficient operations between MDDs and constraints.- Deep Policy Dynamic Programming for Vehicle Routing Problems.- Learning a Propagation Complete Formula.- A FastMap-Based Algorithm for Block Modeling.- Packing by Scheduling: Using Constraint Programming to Solve a Complex 2D Cutting Stock Problem.- Dealing with the product constraint.- Multiple-choice knapsack constraint in graphical models.- A Learning Large Neighborhood Search for the Staff Rerostering Problem.- Practically Uniform Solution Sampling in Constraint Programming.- Training Thinner and Deeper Neural Networks: Jumpstart Regularization.- Hybrid Offline/Online Optimization for Energy Management via Reinforcement Learning.- Enumerated Types and Type Extensions for MiniZinc.- A parallel algorithm for generalized arc-consistent filtering for the Alldifferent constraint.- Analyzing the Reachability Problem in Choice Networks.- Model-based Approaches to Multi-Attribute Diverse Matching.

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Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 42nd IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference on Formal Techniques for Distributed Objects, Components, and Systems, FORTE 2022, held in Lucca, Italy, in June 2022, as part of the 17th International Federated Conference on Distributed Computing Techniques, DisCoTec 2022.The 12 regular papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 28 submissions. They cover topics such as: software quality, reliability, availability, and safety; security, privacy, and trust in distributed and/or communicating systems; service-oriented, ubiquitous, and cloud computing systems; component-and model-based design; object technology, modularity, and software adaptation; self-stabilisation and self-healing/organising; and verification, validation, formal analysis, and testing of the above.

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Book SynopsisComputation theory is a discipline that uses mathematical concepts and tools to expose the nature of "computation" and to explain a broad range of computational phenomena: Why is it harder to perform some computations than others? Are the differences in difficulty that we observe inherent, or are they artifacts of the way we try to perform the computations? How does one reason about such questions? This unique textbook strives to endow students with conceptual and manipulative tools necessary to make computation theory part of their professional lives. The work achieves this goal by means of three stratagems that set its approach apart from most other texts on the subject. For starters, it develops the necessary mathematical concepts and tools from the concepts' simplest instances, thereby helping students gain operational control over the required mathematics. Secondly, it organizes development of theory around four "pillars," enabling students to see computational topics that have the same intellectual origins in physical proximity to one another. Finally, the text illustrates the "big ideas" that computation theory is built upon with applications of these ideas within "practical" domains in mathematics, computer science, computer engineering, and even further afield. Suitable for advanced undergraduate students and beginning graduates, this textbook augments the "classical" models that traditionally support courses on computation theory with novel models inspired by "real, modern" computational topics,such as crowd-sourced computing, mobile computing, robotic path planning, and volunteer computing. Arnold L. Rosenberg is Distinguished Univ. Professor Emeritus at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA. Lenwood S. Heath is Professor at Virgina Tech, Blacksburg, USA. Table of ContentsPreface.- I: Introduction.- 1 Introducing Computation Theory.- 2 Introducing the Book.- II: Pillar S: STATE.- 3 Pure State-Based Computational Models.- 4 The Myhill-Nerode Theorem: Implications and Applications.- 5 Online Turing Machines and the Implications of Online Computing.- 6 Pumping: Computational Pigeonholes in Finitary Systems.- 7 Mobility in Computing: An FA Navigates a Mesh.- 8 The Power of Cooperation: Teams of MFAs on a Mesh.- III: Pillar E: ENCODING.- 9 Countability and Uncountability: The Precursors of ENCODING.- 10 Computability Theory.- 11 A Church-Turing Zoo of Computational Models.- 12 Pairing Functions as Encoding Mechanisms.- IV: Pillar N: NONDETERMINISM.- 13 Nondeterminism as Unbounded Parallelism.- 14 Nondeterministic Finite Automata.- 15 Nondeterminism as Unbounded Search.- 16 Complexity Theory.- V: Pillar P: PRESENTATION/SPECIFICATION.- 17 The Elements of Formal Language Theory.- A A Chapter-Long Text on Discrete Mathematics.- B Selected Exercises, by Chapter.- List of ACRONYMS and SYMBOLS.- References.- Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Advances in Computer Games, ACG 2021, which was held as a virtual event during November 23–25, 2021. The 22 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 34 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: learning in games; search in games; solving games; chess patterns; player modelling; and game systems.Table of Contents​Learning in Games.- Improving Counterfactual Regret Minimization Agents Training in the Card Game Cheat.- Deep Reinforcement Learning for Morpion Solitaire.- Expert Iteration for Risk.- Search in Games.- Sequential Halving Using Scores.- Cosine Annealing, Mixnet and Swish Activation for Computer Go.- A Heuristic Approach to the Game of Sylver Coinage.- Evaluating Interpretability Methods for DNNs in Game-Playing Agents.- Solving Games.- Quixo is Solved.- Solving Bicoloring-Graph Games on Rectangular Boards – Part 1: Partisan Col and Snort.- Solving Bicoloring-Graph Games on Rectangular Boards – Part 2: Impartial Col and Snort.- BoxOff is NP-Complete.

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Book SynopsisThis book constitutes selected papers from the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Workshop on Rewriting Logic and Its Applications, WRLA 2022, held in Munich, Germany, in April 2022.The 9 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 13 submissions. They focus on topics in rewriting logic and its applications. The book also contains 2 invited papers, 2 invited tutorials and an experience report.Table of Contents​Invited Papers.- From Static to Dynamic Analysis and Allocation of Resources for BPMN Processes.- Rewriting Privacy.- Invited Tutorials and Experience Report.- Canonical Narrowing with Irreducibility and SMT Constraints as a Generic Symbolic Protocol Analysis Method.- An Overview of the Maude Strategy Language and its Applications.- Teaching Formal Methods to Undergraduate Students Using Maude.- Regular Papers.- Business Processes Analysis with Resource-aware Machine Learning Scheduling in Rewriting Logic.- Modeling, Algorithm Synthesis, and Instrumentation for Co-simulation in Maude.- An Efficient Canonical Narrowing Implementation for Protocol Analysis.- Checking Sufficient Completeness by Inductive Theorem Proving.- On Ground Convergence and Completeness of Conditional Equational Program Hierarchies.- Automating Safety Proofs about Cyber-Physical Systems using Rewriting Modulo SMT.- Executable Semantics and Type Checking for Session-Based Concurrency in Maude.- Tool Papers.- Parallel Maude-NPA for Cryptographic Protocol Analysis.- Maude as a Library: An Efficient All-Purpose Programming Interface.

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Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 24th International Workshop on Computer Algebra in Scientific Computing, CASC 2022, which took place in Gebze, Turkey, in August 2022. The 20 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 32 submissions. They focus on the theory of symbolic computation and its implementation in computer algebra systems as well as all other areas of scientific computing with regard to their benefit from or use of computer algebra methods and software. Table of ContentsSurvey on Generalizations of the Intermediate Value Theorem and Applications (Invited Talk).- On Truncated Series Involved in Exponential-Logarithmic Solutions of Truncated LODEs.- Subresultant Chains Using B´ezout Matrices.- Application of Symbolic-Numerical Modeling Tools for Analysis of Gyroscopic Stabilization of Gyrostat Equilibria.- Computer Science for Continuous Data: Vision, Theory, and Practice of a Computer (Algebra) ANALYSIS System.- Computational Aspects of Equivariant Hilbert Series of Canonical Rings for Algebraic Curves.- Symbolic-Numeric Algorithm for Calculations in Geometric Collective Model of Atomic Nuclei.- Analyses and Implementations of Chordality-Preserving Top-Down Algorithms for Triangular Decomposition.- Accelerated Subdivision for Clustering Roots of Polynomials Given by Evaluation Oracles.- On Equilibrium Positions in the Problem of the Motion of a System of Two Bodies in a Uniform Gravity Field.- An Interpolation Algorithm for Computing Dixon Resultants.- Distance Evaluation to the Set of Matrices with Multiple Eigenvalues.- On Boundary Conditions Parametrized by Analytic Functions.- Computing the Integer Hull of Convex Polyhedral Sets.- A Comparison of Algorithms for Proving Positivity of Linearly Recurrent Sequences.- Stability Analysis of Periodic Motion of the Swinging Atwood Machine.- New Heuristic to Choose a Cylindrical Algebraic Decomposition Variable Ordering Motivated by Complexity Analysis.- An Implementation of Parallel Number-Theoretic Transform Using Intel AVX-512 Instructions.- Locating the Closest Singularity in a Polynomial Homotopy.- A General Method of Finding New Symplectic Schemes for Hamiltonian Mechanics.- A Mechanical Method for Isolating Locally Optimal Points of Certain Radical Functions.

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Book SynopsisThis four-volume set LNCS 13701-13704 constitutes contributions of the associated events held at the 11th International Symposium on Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, ISoLA 2022, which took place in Rhodes, Greece, in October/November 2022. The contributions in the four-volume set are organized according to the following topical sections: specify this - bridging gaps between program specification paradigms; x-by-construction meets runtime verification; verification and validation of concurrent and distributed heterogeneous systems; programming - what is next: the role of documentation; automated software re-engineering; DIME day; rigorous engineering of collective adaptive systems; formal methods meet machine learning; digital twin engineering; digital thread in smart manufacturing; formal methods for distributed computing in future railway systems; industrial day.Table of ContentsSpecify This - Bridging gaps between program specification paradigms.- X-by-Construction Meets Runtime Verification.- Verification and Validation of Concurrent and Distributed Heterogeneous Systems.

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Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the International Workshop on Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, and Norms for Governance of Multi-Agent Systems, COINE 2022, which was held in Auckland, New Zealand, on May 9, 2022.The 14 papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 15 submissions. They deal with autonomous agents and multi-agent systems, focusing on the scientific and technological aspects of social coordination, organizational theory, artificial (electronic) institutions, and normative and ethical MAS.Table of ContentsDesigning International Humanitarian Law into Military Autonomous Devices.- Epistemic Diversity and Explanatory Adequacy in Distributed Information Processing.- The Complexity of Norm Synthesis and Revision.- Embracing AWKWARD! Real-Time Adjustment of Reactive Plans Using Social Norms.- Self-Learning Governance of Black-Box Multi-Agent Systems.- Computational Theory of Mind for Human-Agent Coordination.- Computational Discovery of Transaction-Based Financial Crime via Grammatical Evolution: The Case of Ponzi Schemes.- Centralized Norm Enforcement in Mixed-Motive Multiagent Reinforcement Learning.- Supporting the Reasoning about Environmental Consequences of Institutional Actions.- Social Motives and Social Contracts in Cooperative Survival Games.- Evaluating Human and Agent Task Allocators in Ad Hoc Human-Agent Teams.- Fleur: Social Values Orientation for Robust Norm Emergence.- Reasoning about Collective Action in Markov Logic: A Case Study from Classical Athens.- Design Heuristics for Ethical Online Institutions.

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Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Rules and Reasoning, RuleML+RR 2022, held in Berlin, Germany, during September 26–28, 2022. This is the 6th conference of a new series, joining the efforts of two existing conference series, namely “RuleML” (International Web Rule Symposium) and “RR” (Web Reasoning and Rule Systems). The 18 full research papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 54 submissions. The papers cover the following topics: answer set programming; foundations of nonmonotonic reasoning; datalog; queries over ontologies; proofs, error-tolerance, and rules; as well as agents and argumentation.Table of ContentsAnswer Set Programming.- Foundations of Nonmonotonic Reasoning.- Datalog.- Queries Over Ontologies.- Proofs, Error-tolerance, and Rules.- Agents and Argumentation.

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Book SynopsisChapter(s) “Chapter Name or No.” is/are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.Table of ContentsA stochastic algorithm for non-monotone DR-submodular maximziation over a convex set.- Flow shop scheduling problems with transportation constraints revisited.- LotterySampling: A Randomized Algorithm for the Heavy Hitters and Top-k Problems in Data Streams.- Approximation Algorithms for the Min-Max Mixed Rural Postmen Cover Problem and Its Variants.- Large k-gons in a 1.5D Terrain.- Nondeterministic Auxiliary Depth-Bounded Storage Automata and Semi-Unbounded Fan-in Cascading Circuits (Extended Abstract).-Analysis of Approximate sorting in I/O model.-Two Generalizations of Proper Coloring: Hardness and Approximability.-Approximation Algorithms for Capacitated Assignment with Budget Constraints and Applications in Transportation Systems.-On the Complexity of Minimum Maximal Acyclic Matchings.-Online non-monotone DR-submodular maximization: 1/4 approximation ratio and sublinear regret.-Fair Division with Minimal Withheld Information in Social Networks.- Facility Location Games with Ordinal Preferences.-Fully Dynamic $k$-Center Clustering with Outliers.-Refutation of Spectral Graph Theory Conjectures with Monte Carlo Search.-Online one-sided smooth function maximization.-Revisiting Maximum Satisfiability and Related Problems in Data Streams.-Turing Machines with Two-level Memory: A Deep Look into the Input/Output Complexity.- A quantum version of Pollard's Rho of which Shor's Algorithm is a particular case.-Single machine scheduling with rejection to minimize the $k$-th power of the makespan.- Escape from the Room.- Algorithms for hard-constraint point processes via discretization.-Space Limited Graph Algorithms on Big Data Counting Cycles on Planar Graphs in Subexponential Time.-Semi-strict chordal digraphs.- Reallocation Problems with Minimum Completion Time.-The bound coverage problem by aligned disks in L1 metric.-Facility Location Games with Group Externalities.- Some New Results on Gallai Theorem and Perfect Matching for k-Uniform Hypergraphs.- Refined Computational Complexities of Hospitals/Residents Problem with Regional Caps.- Customizable Hub Labeling: Properties and Algorithms Linear-Time Algorithm for Paired-Domination on Distance-Hereditary Graphs.-Bounding the Number of Eulerian Tours in Undirected Graphs.- A Probabilistic Model Revealing Shortcomings in Lua's Hybrid Tables.- A 4-Space Bounded.- Approximation Algorithm \\for Online Bin Packing Problem.-Generalized Sweeping Line Spanners.- Rooting Gene Trees via Phylogenetic Networks.- An evolving network model from clique extension.- Online semi-matching problem with two heterogeneous sensors in a metric space.- Two-Stage BP Maximization under $p$-matroid Constraint.- The Hamiltonian Path Graph is Connected for Simple $s,t$ Paths in Rectangular Grid Graphs.- An $O(n^3)$-Time Algorithm for the Min-Gap.- Unit-Length Job Scheduling Problem.- Approximation Schemes for k-Facility Location.- Improved Deterministic Algorithms for Non-monotone Submodular Maximization.- Distributed Dominating Sets in Interval Graphs.- Optimal Window Queries on Line Segments using the Trapezoidal Search DAG.- On Rotation Distance, Transpositions and Rank Bounded Trees.- Hitting Geometric Objects Online via Points in $\mathbb{Z}^d$.- Capacitated Facility Location with Outliers/Penalties Improved Separated Red Blue Center Clustering.- Proper colorability of segment intersection graphs.

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Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 30th International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization, GD 2022, held in Tokyo, Japan, during September 13-16, 2022. The 25 full papers, 7 short papers, presented together with 2 invited talks, one report on graph drawing contest, and one obituary in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 70 submissions. The abstracts of 5 posters presented at the conference can be found in the back matter of the volume. The contributions were organized in topical sections as follows: properties of drawings of complete graphs; stress-based visualizations of graphs; planar and orthogonal drawings; drawings and properties of directed graphs; beyond planarity; dynamic graph visualization; linear layouts; and contact and visibility graph representations. Table of ContentsProperties of Drawings of Complete Graphs.- Stress-based Visualizations of Graphs.- Planar and Orthogonal Drawings.- Drawings and Properties of Directed Graphs.- Beyond Planarity.- Dynamic Graph Visualization.- Linear Layouts.- Contact and Visibility Graph Representations.

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Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Advances in Optimization and Applications, OPTIMA 2022, held in Petrovac, Montenegro, during September 26–30, 2022. The 13 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 26 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: ​mathematical programming; global optimization; discrete and combinatorial optimization; optimization and data analysis; game theory and mathematical economics; and applications.Table of Contents​Mathematical Programming.- A Derivative-Free Nonlinear Least Squares Solver.- Gradient-Type Methods for Optimization Problems with Polyak- Lojasiewicz Condition: Early Stopping and Adaptivity to Inexactness Parameter.- Global Optimization.- An Improved Genetic Algorithm for the Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem.- Nonlocal Optimization Methods for Nonlinear Controlled Systems with Terminal Constraints.- Discrete and Combinatorial Optimization.- Three-Bar Charts Packing Problem.- An 11/7 – Approximation Algorithm for Single Machine Scheduling Problem with Release and Delivery Times.- Optimization and Data Analysis.- Decentralized Strongly-Convex Optimization with Affine Constraints: Primal and Dual Approaches.- Game Theory and Mathematical Economics.- Analysis of the Model of Optimal Expansion of a Firm.- Comparative Analysis of the Efficiency of Financing the State Budget through Emissions, Taxes and Public Debt.- Applications.- Construction of Optimal Feedback for Zooplankton Diel Vertical Migration.- Synthesis of Trajectory Planning Algorithms Using Evolutionary Optimization Algorithms.- Application of Attention Technique for Digital Pre-Distortion.- Forecasting with Using Quasilinear Recurrence Equation.

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Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the conference proceedings of the 48th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science, SOFSEM 2023, held in Nový Smokovec, Slovakia, during January 15–18, 2023.The 22 full papers presented together with 2 best papers and 2 best students papers in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 43 submissions.This workshop focuses on graphs problems and optimization; graph drawing and visualization; NP-hardness and fixed parameter tractability; communication and temporal graphs; complexity and learning; and robots and strings. Table of ContentsThe Complexity of Finding Tangles.- A spectral algorithm for finding maximum cliques in dense random intersection graphs.- Solving Cut-Problems in Quadratic Time for Graphs With Bounded Treewidth.- More Effort Towards Multiagent Knapsack.- Dominance Drawings for DAGs with Bounded Modular Width.- Morphing Planar Graph Drawings Through 3D.- Visualizing Multispecies Coalescent Trees: Drawing Gene Trees Inside Species Trees.- Parameterized Approaches to Orthogonal Compaction.- Hardness of bounding influence via graph modification.- On the Parameterized Complexity of $s$-club Cluster Deletion Problems.- Balanced Substructures in Bicolored Graphs.- On the Complexity of Scheduling Problems With a Fixed Number of Parallel Identical Machines.- On the 2-Layer Window Width Minimization Problem.- Sequentially Swapping Tokens: Further on Graph Classes.- On the Preservation of Properties when Changing Communication Models.- Introduction to Routing Problems with Mandatory Transitions .- Multi-Parameter Analysis of Finding Minors and Subgraphs in Edge-Periodic Temporal Graphs.- Lower Bounds for Monotone $q$-Multilinear Boolean Circuits.- A faster algorithm for determining the linear feasibility of systems of BTVPI constraints.- Quantum complexity for vector domination problem.- Learning through Imitation by using Formal Verification.- Delivery to Safety with Two Cooperating Robots.- Space-Efficient STR-IC-LCS Computation.- The k-center Problem for Classes of Cyclic Words.

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Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on High-Performance Computing Systems and Technologies in Scientific Research, Automation of Control and Production, HPCST 2022, held in Barnaul, Russia, during May 20–21, 2022. The 23 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 116 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: hardware for high-performance computing and signal processing; information technologies and computer simulation of physical phenomena; computing technologies in data analysis and decision making; and computing technologies in information security applications.Table of Contents​Hardware for High-Performance Computing and Signal Processing.- Hierarchical Encoder-Decoder Neural Network with Self-Attention for Single-Channel Speech Denoising.- Calculation of Activation Functions in FPGA-Based Neuroprocessors Using the Cordic Algorithm.- Frequency-Domain Generalized Phase Transform Method in Pipeline Leaks Locating.- Information Technologies and Computer Simulation of Physical Phenomena.- Inverse Problem Regularization of Parametric Identification of the Particle Temperature Distribution of Gas-Thermal Flow with Optimization of Its Solution.- Application of the Heterogeneous Multiscale Finite Element Method for Modelling the Compressibility of Porous Media.- Parallel Non-Conforming Finite Element Technique for Mathematical Simulation of Fluid Flow in Multiscale Porous Media.- Darcy Problem Solution in a Mixed Formulation for Geological Media of Various Structures.- Mathematical Modeling of the Electromagnetic Field from a Solenoidal Coil in the Frequency Domain.- Computing Technologies in Data Analysis and Decision Making.- Novel Planning Technique for ERP Systems Implementation Projects.- Development of an Automated Document Classification System with a Predefined Structure.- Ontology-Based Data Mining Platform for Diagnosing Sowing Quality of Wheat Seeds.- Algorithm for the Classification of Coronary Heart Disease Based on the Use of Symptom Complexes in the Cardiovascular Environment.- Business Process Designing of the Institutional Ranking System of Higher Education of the Kyrgyz Republic.- Evaluation of the Efficiency of the Vaccination against Chickenpox Based on the Results of Simulation Modeling.- Hierarchical Volume Mesh Model of Heterogeneous Media Based on Non-Destructive Imaging Data.- Modeling а Potential Plant Habitat by Ensemble Machine Learning.- Information and Computing Technologies in Automation and Control Science.- Adaptive Traffic Signal Control Based on a Macroscopic Model of the Transport Network.- Optimization and Robustization of Angular Motion Control of an Automatic Maneuverable Aerial Vehicle.- Synthesis of the Rational Analyzing Function for Feature Extraction of Signals from the Electrostatic Location System.- Application of Computer Numerical Control in Eddy-Current Study Methods.- Computing Technologies in Information Security Applications.- Open-Source Solution for Identification and Blocking of Anomalous BGP-4 Routing Information.- Simulation of DDoS Attacks on LTE and LoRaWAN Protocols in the NS-3 Network Simulator.- Transaction-Oriented Approach to the Design of Information Systems Based on Formal Grammar.

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Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Algorithms and Discrete Applied Mathematics, CALDAM 2023, which was held in Gandhinagar, India, during February 9-11, 2023.The 32 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 67 submissions. The papers were organized in topical sections named: algorithms and optimization; computational geometry; game theory; graph coloring; graph connectivity; graph domination; graph matching; graph partition and graph covering.Table of ContentsStable Approximation Schemes.- A whirlwind tour of intersection graph enumeration.- Graph modification problems with forbidden minors.- Algorithms & Optimization Efficient reductions and algorithms for Subset Product.- Optimal length cutting plane refutations of integer programs.- Fault-Tolerant Dispersion Resource management in device-to-device communications.- Computational Geometry Algorithms for k-Dispersion for Points in Convex Position in the Plane.- Arbitrary oriented color spanning region for line segments.- Games with a Simple Rectilinear Obstacle in Plane.- Diverse Fair Allocations: Complexity and Algorithms.- Graph Coloring New bounds and constructions for neighbor-locating colorings of graphs.- D K 5-list coloring toroidal 6-regular triangulations in linear time.- On Locally Identifying Coloring of Graphs.- On Structural Parameterizations of Star Coloring.- Reddy Perfectness of G-generalized join of graphs.- Coloring of a superclass of 2K2-free graphs.- The Weak (2,2)-Labelling Problem for graphs with forbidden induced structures.- Graph Connectivity Short cycles dictate dichotomy status of the Steiner tree problem on Bisplit graphs.- Some insights on dynamic maintenance of Gomory-Hu tree in cactus graphs and general graphs.- Monitoring edge-geodetic sets in graphs.- Cyclability, Connectivity and Circumference.- Graph Domination On three domination-based identification problems in block graphs.- Graph modification problems with forbidden minors.- Computational Aspects of Double Dominating Sequences in Graph.- Relation between broadcast domination and multipacking numbers on chordal graphs.- Pushing Cops and Robber on Oriented Graphs.- Mind the Gap: Edge Facility Location Problems in Theory and Practice.- Complexity Results on Cosecure Domination in Graphs.- Kusum and Arti Pandey Graph Matching Latin Hexahedra and Related Combinatorial Structures.- Minimum Maximal Acyclic Matching in Proper Interval Graphs.- Graph Partition & Graph Covering Transitivity on subclasses of chordal graphs.- Maximum subgraph problem for 3-regular Knödel graphs and its wirelength.- Covering using Bounded Size Subgraphs.- Axiomatic characterization of the the toll walk function of some graph classes.- Structural Parameterization of Alliance Problems.

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Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Metaheuristics, MIC 2022, held in Syracuse, Italy, in July 2022.The 48 full papers together with 17 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 72 submissions. The papers detail metaheuristic techniques.Chapter “Evaluating the Effects of Chaos in Variable Neighbourhood Search” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book constitutes the proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems, TACAS 2023, which was held as part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2023, during April 22-27, 2023, in Paris, France. The 56 full papers and 6 short tool demonstration papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 169 submissions. The proceedings also contain 1 invited talk in full paper length, 13 tool papers of the affiliated competition SV-Comp and 1 paper consisting of the competition report. TACAS is a forum for researchers, developers, and users interested in rigorously based tools and algorithms for the construction and analysis of systems. The conference aims to bridge the gaps between different communities with this common interest and to support them in their quest to improve the utility, reliability, flexibility, and efficiency of tools and algorithms for building computer-controlled systems.Table of ContentsTool Demos.- EVA: a Tool for the Compositional Verification of AUTOSAR Models.- WASIM: A Word-level Abstract Symbolic Simulation Framework for Hardware Formal Verification.- Multiparty Session Typing in Java, Deductively.- PyLTA: A Verification Tool for Parameterized Distributed Algorithms.- FuzzBtor2: A Random Generator of Word-Level Model Checking Problems in Btor2 Format.- Eclipse ESCET™: The Eclipse Supervisory Control Engineering Toolkit.- Combinatorial Optimization/Theorem Proving.- New Core-Guided and Hitting Set Algorithms for Multi-Objective Combinatorial Optimization.- Verified reductions for optimization.- Specifying and Verifying Higher-order Rust Iterators.- Extending a High-Performance Prover to Higher-Order Logic.- Tools (Regular Papers).- The WhyRel Prototype for Relational Verification of Pointer Programs.- Bridging Hardware and Software Analysis with Btor2C: A Word-Level-Circuit-to-C Converter.- CoPTIC: Constraint Programming Translated Into C.- Acacia-Bonsai: A Modern Implementation of Downset-Based LTL Realizability.- Synthesis.- Computing Adequately Permissive Assumptions for Synthesis.- Verification-guided Programmatic Controller Synthesis.- Taming Large Bounds in Synthesis from Bounded-Liveness Specifications.- Lockstep Composition for Unbalanced Loops.- Synthesis of Distributed Agreement-Based Systems with Effciently Decidable Verification.- LTL Reactive Synthesis with a Few Hints.- Timed Automata Verification and Synthesis via Finite Automata Learning.- Graphs/Probabilistic Systems.- A Truly Symbolic Linear-Time Algorithm for SCC Decomposition.- Transforming quantified Boolean formulas using biclique covers.- Certificates for Probabilistic Pushdown Automata via Optimistic Value Iteration.- Probabilistic Program Verification via Inductive Synthesis of Inductive Invariants.- Runtime Monitoring/Program Analysis.- Industrial-Strength Controlled Concurrency Testing for C# Programs with Coyote.- Context-Sensitive Meta-Constraint Systems for Explainable Program Analysis.- Explainable Online Monitoring of Metric Temporal Logic.- 12th Competition on Software Verification — SV-COMP 2023.- Competition on Software Verification and Witness Validation: SV-COMP 2023.- Symbiotic-Witch 2: More Efficient Algorithm and Witness Refutation (Competition Contribution).- 2LS: Arrays and Loop Unwinding (Competition Contribution).- Bubaak: Runtime Monitoring of Program Verifiers (Competition Contribution).- EBF 4.2: Black-Box Cooperative Verification for Concurrent Programs (Competition Contribution).- Goblint: Autotuning Thread-Modular Abstract Interpretation (Competition Contribution).- Java Ranger: Supporting String and Array Operations (Competition Contribution).- Korn–Software Verification with Horn Clauses (Competition Contribution).- Mopsa-C: Modular Domains and Relational Abstract Interpretation for C Programs (Competition Contribution).- PIChecker: A POR and Interpolation based Verifier for Concurrent Programs (Competition Contribution).- Ultimate Automizer and the CommuHash Normal Form (Competition Contribution).- Ultimate Taipan and Race Detection in Ultimate (Competition Contribution).- VeriAbsL: Scalable Verification by Abstraction and Strategy Prediction (Competition Contribution).- VeriFuzz 1.4: Checking for (Non-)termination (Competition Contribution).

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Book SynopsisThis book explores and demonstrates how geometric tools can be used in data analysis. Beginning with a systematic exposition of the mathematical prerequisites, covering topics ranging from category theory to algebraic topology, Riemannian geometry, operator theory and network analysis, it goes on to describe and analyze some of the most important machine learning techniques for dimension reduction, including the different types of manifold learning and kernel methods. It also develops a new notion of curvature of generalized metric spaces, based on the notion of hyperconvexity, which can be used for the topological representation of geometric information.In recent years there has been a fascinating development: concepts and methods originally created in the context of research in pure mathematics, and in particular in geometry, have become powerful tools in machine learning for the analysis of data. The underlying reason for this is that data are typically equipped with some kind of notion of distance, quantifying the differences between data points. Of course, to be successfully applied, the geometric tools usually need to be redefined, generalized, or extended appropriately.Primarily aimed at mathematicians seeking an overview of the geometric concepts and methods that are useful for data analysis, the book will also be of interest to researchers in machine learning and data analysis who want to see a systematic mathematical foundation of the methods that they use. Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Topological foundations, hypercomplexes and homology.- Weighted complexes, cohomology and Laplace operators.- The Laplace operator and the geometry of graphs.- Metric spaces and manifolds.- Linear methods: Kernels, variations, and averaging.- Nonlinear schemes: Clustering, feature extraction and dimension reduction.- Manifold learning, the scheme of Laplacian eigenmaps.- Metrics and curvature.

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Book SynopsisMathematical Programming.- Hybrid Method for Linear ProgrammingHybrid Method for Linear Programming.- An Equilibrium Dynamic Traffic Assignment Model with Linear Programming Formulation.- Singular optimization problems and p-factor approach for their analysis.- On the Application of Composite Penalty Functions Obtained by Gluing of External Penalties with Barrier Ones in Linear Programming.- Nesterov's Method of Dichotomy via Order Oracle: The Problem of Optimizing a Two-Variable Function on a Square.- Piecewise Linear Approximations in the Balanced Identification of Models with Differential Equations.- Extragradient Sliding for Composite Non-Monotone Variational Inequalities.- Global Optimization.- A Three-Stage Numerical Approach to the Study of Extra-Large Atomic-Molecular Clusters.- Comparative Efficiency of Machine Learning Models for Enhancing Algorithms in Solving Multiextremal Multicriteria Problems.- Automated Multi-Criteria Optimization of Parallel Robots.- Optimal Selection of Feedback Coefficients in the Problem of Stabilizing a Chain of Three Integrators.- Optimal Control.- On Some Sufficient Condition for Quadraticity of a Degenerate Optimization Problem with Inequality Constraints.- A Maximum Principle for a State-Constrained Optimal Control Problem Whose Data Is Measurable in the Time-variable.- Game Theory and Mathematical Economics.- Nash and Stackelberg Equilibria in Differential Games with Functionals in the Form of the Minimum Antagonistic and Partial Criteria.- A Model of Investment Policy of Firms.- Optimization in Economics and Finance.- The Ramsey's Conjecture for the Model with Non-Liquid Capital.- A Nonlinear Input-Output-Based Model for Medium-Term Macroeconomic Risks Analysis for a Restructuring Economy with Limited Capacities.- Optimal Timing of Investment and Debt Payment in Production Expansion with the Use of External Financing.- Identification of an Endogenous Production Function for the U.S. Economy.- An Ecological and Economic Model of Carbon Neutrality.- Applications.- Optimal Control Problem in Treatment Strategies for Breast Tumors.- The Use of Both Temperature Field and Heat Fluxes to Identify the Thermal Conductivity and Volumetric Heat Capacity.- Maximising the Discounted Accumulated Income in the Model with Two Gas Fields.- Modeling and Optimization of Controlled Conveyor Systems Using Intelligent Controllers.

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Book SynopsisDoes modelling, formal or otherwise, play a role in designing interactive systems? A proliferation of interactive devices and technologies is used in an ever increasing diversity of contexts and combinations in professional and every-day life. This development poses a significant challenge to modelling approaches used for the design of interactive systems. The papers in this volume discuss a range of modelling approaches, the representations they use, the strengths and weaknesses of their associated specification and analysis techniques and their role in supporting the design of interactive systems.Table of ContentsInvited Talks.- Interacting in Chaos.- The Viability of Modelling Socially Organised Activity.- Papers Presented.- Deriving Business Object Definitions from User Work Process Models.- Inference and Information Resources: A Design Case Study.- An Ontology for Task World Models.- Formal Models for Cooperative Tasks: Concepts and an Application for En-Route Air-Traffic Control.- The Role of Formal Proof in Modelling Interactive Behaviour.- Validating Semi-Formal Specifications of Interactors as Design Representations.- The Role of Informal Representations in Early Design.- Pragmatic Formal Design: A Case Study in Integrating Formal Methods into the HCl Development Cycle.- The Role of Verification in Interactive Systems Design.- Integrating Rendering Specifications into a Formalism for the Design of Interactive Systems.- Practical Dialogue Refinement.- Which Widgets? Deriving Implementations from User-Interface Specifications.- A Framework for Generating Spatial Configurations in User Interfaces.- Using Model Checking for the Automatic Validation of User Interfaces Systems.- Specification and Verification of Media Constraints using UPPAAL.- Modelling Direct Manipulation with Referent and Statecharts.- Integrating Joint Behaviour and Dialogue Description.- Working Group Discussions.- Discussion Topics for the DSV-IS’98 Working Groups.- Working Group 1 Report.- Working Group 2 Report.- Working Group 3 Report.

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Book SynopsisAdapted from a modular undergraduate course on computational mathematics, Concise Computer Mathematics delivers an easily accessible, self-contained introduction to the basic notions of mathematics necessary for a computer science degree. The text reflects the need to quickly introduce students from a variety of educational backgrounds to a number of essential mathematical concepts. The material is divided into four units: discrete mathematics (sets, relations, functions), logic (Boolean types, truth tables, proofs), linear algebra (vectors, matrices and graphics), and special topics (graph theory, number theory, basic elements of calculus). The chapters contain a brief theoretical presentation of the topic, followed by a selection of problems (which are direct applications of the theory) and additional supplementary problems (which may require a bit more work). Each chapter ends with answers or worked solutions for all of the problems.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:“The book is ideally suited as an adjunct to a course in computer mathematics or as a refresher for someone with some background in computer mathematics. … The book fulfills its purpose of providing a distilled treatment of the mathematics most commonly used in computer science. It is of most value to computer science students who need a place to find a succinct treatment of the topics covered.” (Marlin Thomas, Computing Reviews, April, 2014)“Each of the chapters opens with a short summary followed by a set of essential problems and then a set of supplementary problems. … it would be very useful for someone that needs a quick and effective review that includes problems.” (Charles Ashbacher, MAA Reviews, January, 2014)Table of ContentsSets and NumbersRelations and DatabasesFunctionsBoolean Algebra, Logic and QuantifiersNormal Forms, Proof and ArgumentVectors and Complex NumbersMatrices and ApplicationsMatrix Transformations for Computer GraphicsElements of Graph TheoryElements of Number Theory and CryptographyElements of CalculusElementary Numerical Methods

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Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th Brazilian Symposium on Formal Methods, SBMF 2017, which took place in Recifel, Brazil, in November/December 2017.The 16 papers presented together with three invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 37 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections: formal methods integration and experience reports; model checking; refinement and verification; and semantics and languages.The chapter 'Rapidly Adjustable Non-Intrusive Online Monitoring for Multi-core Systems' is published open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.Table of ContentsFormal methods integration and experience reports.- Model checking.- Refinement and verification.- Semantics and languages.

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Book SynopsisThis tutorial book presents revised and extended lecture notes for a selection of the contributions presented at the International Summer School on Generative and Transformational Techniques in Software Engineering (GTTSE 2009), which was held in Braga, Portugal, in July 2009. The 16 articles comprise 7 long tutorials, 6 short tutorials and 3 participants contributions; they shed light on the generation and transformation of programs, data, models, metamodels, documentation, and entire software systems. The topics covered include software reverse and re-engineering, model driven engineering, automated software engineering, generic language technology, and software language engineering.Table of ContentsAn Introduction to Software Product Line Refactoring.- Excerpts from the TXL Cookbook.- Model Synchronization: Mappings, Tiles, and Categories.- An Introductory Tutorial on JastAdd Attribute Grammars.- Model Driven Language Engineering with Kermeta; EASY Meta-programming with Rascal.- The Theory and Practice of Modeling Language Design for Model-Based Software Engineering—A Personal Perspective.- Code Transformations for Embedded Reconfigurable Computing Architectures.- Model Transformation Chains and Model Management for End-to-End Performance Decision Support; Building Code Generators with Genesys: A Tutorial Introduction; The Need for Early Aspects.- Lightweight Language Processing in Kiama .- Some Issues in the ‘Archaeology’ of Software Evolution; Teaching Computer Language Handling – From Compiler Theory to Meta-modelling; C++ Metastring Library and Its Applications.- Language Convergence Infrastructure.

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Book SynopsisFabian Lorig develops a procedure model for hypothesis-driven simulation studies which supports the design, conducting, and analysis of simulation experiments. It is aimed at facilitating the execution of simulation studies with regard to the replicability and reproducibility of the results. In comparison to existing models, this approach is based on a formally specified hypothesis. Each step of the simulation study can be adapted to the central hypothesis and performed in such a way that it can optimally contribute to the verification and thus to the confirmation or rejection of the hypothesis.Table of ContentsFoundations and Methods of Simulation.- Assistance and Automation of Simulation.- Requirements Analysis on Hypotheses in Simulation.- Hypothesis-Driven Simulation Studies.- Services for the Assistance of Simulation Studies.- Case Study: Supply Chain Management.

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Book SynopsisParameterized Complexity in the Polynomial Hierarchy was co-recipient of the E.W. Beth Dissertation Prize 2017 for outstanding dissertations in the fields of logic, language, and information. This work extends the theory of parameterized complexity to higher levels of the Polynomial Hierarchy (PH). For problems at higher levels of the PH, a promising solving approach is to develop fixed-parameter tractable reductions to SAT, and to subsequently use a SAT solving algorithm to solve the problem. In this dissertation, a theoretical toolbox is developed that can be used to classify in which cases this is possible. The use of this toolbox is illustrated by applying it to analyze a wide range of problems from various areas of computer science and artificial intelligence.Table of ContentsComplexity Theory and Non-determinism.- Parameterized Complexity Theory.- Fpt-Reducibility to SAT.- The Need for a New Completeness Theory.- A New Completeness Theory.- Fpt-algorithms with Access to a SAT Oracle.- Problems in Knowledge Representation and Reasoning.- Model Checking for Temporal Logics.- Problems Related to Propositional Satisfiability.- Problems in Judgment Aggregation.- Planning Problems.- Graph Problems.- Relation to Other Topics in Complexity Theory.- Subexponential-Time Reductions.- Non-Uniform Parameterized Complexity.- Open Problems and Future Research Directions.- Conclusion.- Compendium of Parameterized Problems.- Generalization to Higher Levels of the Polynomial Hierarchy.

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Book SynopsisThis book explains compactly, without theoretical superstructure and with as little mathematical formalism as possible, the essential concepts in the encryption of messages and data worthy of protection. The focus is on the description of the historically and practically important cipher, signature and authentication methods. Both symmetric encryption and public-key ciphers are discussed. In each case, the strategies used to attack and attempt to "crack" encryption are also discussed. Special emphasis is placed on the practical use of ciphers, especially in the everyday environment. The book is suitable for working groups at STEM schools and STEM teacher training, for introductory courses at universities as well as for interested students and adults.Table of ContentsBasics and history.- Symmetric ciphers.- Public-key ciphers.- Digital signature.

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Book SynopsisThese transactions publish research in computer-based methods of computational collective intelligence (CCI) and their applications in a wide range of fields such as performance optimization in IoT, big data, reliability, privacy, security, service selection, QoS and machine learning. This 37th issue contains 9 selected papers which present new findings and innovative methodologies as well as discuss issues and challenges in the field of collective intelligence from big data and networking paradigms while addressing security, privacy, reliability and optimality to achieve QoS to the benefit of final users. Table of ContentsThe decline of the Buchholz tiebreaker system: a preferable alternative.- Constructing Varied and Attractive Shortlists from Databases: A Group Decision Approach Algorithms for measuring indirect control in corporate networks and effects of divestment.- Algorithms for measuring indirect control in corporate networks and effects of divestment.- Lies, Damned Lies, and Crafty Questionnaire Design.- Solidarity Measures.- Transportation problem with fuzzy unit costs. Z-fuzzy numbers approach.- The new ecological paradigm, functional stupidity and university sustainability – a polish case study.- A Model of a Parallel Design Environment for the Development of Decision-making IoT.

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Book Synopsis" ['etat pathologique ne differe point radicalement de ['etat physiologique, a ['egard duquel if ne suarait constituer, sous un aspect quelconque, qu'un simple prolongement plus ou moins etendu des limites de variation, soit superieures, soit in/erieures, propres a chaque phenomene de ['organisme normal, sans pouvoir jamais produire de phenomenes vraiment nouveaux, qui n'auraient point, a un certain degre, leurs analogues purement physiologiques. Par une suite necessaire de ce principe, la notion exacte et rationnelle de ['etat physiologique doit donc /ournir, sans doute, l'indespensable point de depart de toute saine theorie pathologique,* mais if en resulte, d'une maniere non moins evidente, que, reciproquement, ['exam en scienti/ique des phenomenes pathologiques est eminemment propre a per/ectionner les etudes uniquement relatives a ['etat normal. Un tel mode d'experimentation, quoique indirect. est, en general, mieux adapte qu'aucun autre a la vraie nature des phenomenes biologiques. " (Comte, 1838; pg 696). The principle that an unde. rstanding of physiology can be based on the analysis of pathological states, and that, vice versa, an understanding of pathology cannot proceed without a clear formulation of the structure on normal physiological states formed the basis for the development of experimental medicine in France in the first half of the 19th century, and for the development of neuropsychology in the second half of the 19th century.Trade Review`Professor Caramazza is one of the few people who could collate this kind of book; firstly, because of the high quality of his work, and secondly, the collection offers a coherent statement of the central issues in neuropsychology.' Professor John Morton, Director -- Development Unit, London 'The book is of interest to students of language acquisition; investigations into the loss of language (acquired aphasia) can lead to a model useful for examining language acquisition and growth.' Studies in Second Language Acquisition 14:4 1992 Table of ContentsA. General Introduction.- 1 Some aspects of language processing revealed through the analysis of acquired aphasia: The lexical system.- B. Reading Introduction to Section of Reading.- 2 Reading mechanisms and the organization of the lexicon: Evidence from acquired dyslexia.- 3 The role of the (output) phonological buffer in reading, writing, and repetition.- 4 The analysis of morphological errors in a case of acquired dyslexia.- 5 General to specific access to word meaning: A claim reexamined.- C. Writing Introduction to Section on Writing.- 6 Aspects of the spelling process: Evidence from a case of acquired dysgraphia.- 7 Dissociation of spelling errors in written and oral spelling: The role of allographic conversion in writing.- 8 The role of the Graphemic Buffer in spelling: Evidence from a case of acquired dysgraphia.- 9 Orthographic structure, the graphemic buffer and the spelling process.- D. Speaking Introduction to Section on Speaking.- 10 Dissociation of inflectional and derivational morphology.- 11 A Case of Selective Deficit to Positional Level Processing.- 12 Variation in the pattern of omissions and substitutions of grammatical morphemes in the spontaneous speech of so-called agrammatic patients.

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Book SynopsisThis book will teach you fundamental mathematical concepts using Unity-based custom examples, explaining the implementations and demonstrating how these concepts are applied in building modern video game functionality. You will learn the theoretical foundation of each concept, and then interact, examine, and modify the implementation to inspect the effects. Basic Math for Game Development with Unity 3D begins by explaining points in the 3D Cartesian Coordinate system. From there, you'll gain insight into vectors and details of dot and cross products, quaternions, rotation and decomposition of vectors. These basic mathematical foundations are illustrated through Unity-based example implementations. Associated with these concept presentations are separate examples of how the concepts are applied in creating typical video game functionality, such as collision support, motion simulations, autonomous behaviors, shadow approximations, and reflections off surfaces with arbitrary orientationTable of Contents

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Book SynopsisThis book integrates the foundations of quantum computing with a hands-on coding approach to this emerging field; it is the first to bring these elements together in an updated manner. This work is suitable for both academic coursework and corporate technical training.The second edition includes extensive updates and revisions, both to textual content and to the code. Sections have been added on quantum machine learning, quantum error correction, Dirac notation and more. This new edition benefits from the input of the many faculty, students, corporate engineering teams, and independent readers who have used the first edition.This volume comprises three books under one cover: Part I outlines the necessary foundations of quantum computing and quantum circuits. Part II walks through the canon of quantum computing algorithms and provides code on a range of quantum computing methods in current use. Part III covers the mathematical toolkit required to master quantum computing. Additional resources include a table of operators and circuit elements and a companion GitHub site providing code and updates.Jack D. Hidary is a research scientist in quantum computing and in AI at Alphabet X, formerly Google X. Trade Review“This well-put-together book is a valuable addition to the literature in the field.” (Shrisha Rao, Computing Reviews, February 3, 2023)Table of Contents-Preface the the Second Edition.- Preface to the First Edition.- Acknowledgements.- Navigating this Book.- I. Foundations.- 1. Superposition, Entanglement and Reversibility.- 2. A Brief History of Quantum Computing.- 3. Qubits, Operators and Measurement.- 4. Complexity Theory.- II. 5. Building a Quantum Computer.- 6. Development Libraries for Quantum Computer Programming.- 7. Teleportation, Superdense Coding and Bell’s Inequality.- 8. The Canon: Code Walkthroughs.- 9. Quantum Computing Methods.- 10. Applications and Quantum Supremacy.- III. Toolkit.- 11. Mathematical Tools for Quantum Computing I.- 12. Mathematical Tools for Quantum Computing II.- 13. Mathematical Tools for Quantum Computing III.- 14. Dirac Notation.- 15. Table of Quantum Operators and Core Circuits.- Works Cited.- Index.

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Book SynopsisThis new edition of Wilde's popular book promises over 100 pages of new material, exercises and references. New attention is given to the derivation of the Choi-Kraus theorem for quantum channels, the CHSH game, quantum relative entropy, and sequential decoding. The text offers an ideal entry point into the topic for graduate students.Trade Review'For years, I have been hoping that somebody would write a book on quantum information theory that was clear, comprehensive, and up to date. This is that book. And the second edition is even better than the first.' Peter Shor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology'Mark M. Wilde's Quantum Information Theory is a natural expositor's labor of love. Accessible to anyone comfortable with linear algebra and elementary probability theory, Wilde's book brings the reader to the forefront of research in the quantum generalization of Shannon's information theory. What had been a gaping hole in the literature has been replaced by an airy edifice, scalable with the application of reasonable effort and complete with fine vistas of the landscape below. Wilde's book has a permanent place not just on my bookshelf but on my desk.' Patrick Hayden, Stanford University, CaliforniaReview of previous edition: '… [its] clear, thorough, and above all self-contained presentation will aid quantum information researchers in coming up to speed with the latest results in this area of the field. Meanwhile, the familiar setting and language will help classical information theorists who wish to become more acquainted with the quantum aspects of information processing … The presentation is well-structured, making it easy to jump to the desired topic and quickly determine on what that topic depends and how it is used going forward … Quantum Information Theory fills an important gap in the existing literature and will, I expect, help propagate the latest and greatest results in quantum Shannon theory to both quantum and classical researchers.' Joseph M. Renes, Quantum Information ProcessingReview of previous edition: '… a modern self-contained text … suitable for graduate-level courses leading up to research level.' Journal of Discrete Mathematical Sciences and CryptographyReview of previous edition: '… the book does a phenomenal job of introducing, developing and nurturing a mathematical sense of quantum information processing … In a nutshell, this is an essential reference for students and researchers who work in the area or are trying to understand what it is that quantum information theorists study. Wilde, as mentioned in his book, beautifully illustrates 'the ultimate capability of noisy physical systems, governed by the laws of quantum mechanics, to preserve information and correlations' through this book. I would strongly recommend it to anyone who plans to continue working in the field of quantum information.' Subhayan Roy Moulick, SIGCAT NewsTable of ContentsPreface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; How to use this book; Part I. Introduction: 1. Concepts in quantum Shannon theory; 2. Classical Shannon theory; Part II. The Quantum Theory: 3. The noiseless quantum theory; 4. The noisy quantum theory; 5. The purified quantum theory; Part III. Unit Quantum Protocols: 6. Three unit quantum protocols; 7. Coherent protocols; 8. Unit resource capacity region; Part IV. Tools of Quantum Shannon Theory: 9. Distance measures; 10. Classical information and entropy; 11. Quantum information and entropy; 12. Quantum entropy inequalities and recoverability; 13. The information of quantum channels; 14. Classical typicality; 15. Quantum typicality; 16. The packing lemma; 17. The covering lemma; Part V. Noiseless Quantum Shannon Theory: 18. Schumacher compression; 19. Entanglement manipulation; Part VI. Noisy Quantum Shannon Theory: 20. Classical communication; 21. Entanglement-assisted classical communication; 22. Coherent communication with noisy resources; 23. Private classical communication; 24. Quantum communication; 25. Trading resources for communication; 26. Summary and outlook; Appendix A. Supplementary results; Appendix B. Unique linear extension of a quantum physical evolution; References; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis introductory graduate level text provides a relatively quick path to a special topic in classical differential geometry: principal bundles. While the topic of principal bundles in differential geometry has become classic, even standard, material in the modern graduate mathematics curriculum, the unique approach taken in this text presents the material in a way that is intuitive for both students of mathematics and of physics. The goal of this book is to present important, modern geometric ideas in a form readily accessible to students and researchers in both the physics and mathematics communities, providing each with an understanding and appreciation of the language and ideas of the other. Trade Review“He has written a book about principal bundles in the classical sense which is of great interest in and of itself … . a textbook which can be used in an advanced one-year course or for self-learning. … the book is also interesting for a physicist, because one can find the geometric basis of many mathematical tools used in physics. … reviewer has greatly enjoyed reading the book and acknowledges the author’s bravery in writing another text on differential geometry!” (Fernando Etayo Gordejuela, Mathematical Reviews, November, 2015)“The present book deals with principle bundles and their relevance in physics with a ground work on differential geometry. … The book will be helpful to the graduate and under graduate students of mathematics and physics. It can also be an informative hand book of the researchers in differential geometry and physics.” (Uday Chand De, zbMATH 1321.53004, 2015)Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Basics of Manifolds.- Vector Bundles.- Vectors and Covectors.- Differential Forms.- Lie Derivatives.- Lie Groups.- Frobenius Theorem.- Principle Bundles.- Connections on Principle Bundles.- Curvature of a Connection.- Classical Electromagnetism.- Yang-Mills Theory.- Gauge Theory.- The Dirac Monopole.- Instantons.- What Next?.- Discussion of the Exercises.

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Book SynopsisProfessor Stephen A. Cook is a pioneer of the theory of computational complexity. His work on NP-completeness and the P vs. NP problem remains a central focus of this field. Cook won the 1982 Turing Award for "his advancement of our understanding of the complexity of computation in a significant and profound way." This volume includes a selection of seminal papers embodying the work that led to this award, exemplifying Cook's synthesis of ideas and techniques from logic and the theory of computation including NP-completeness, proof complexity, bounded arithmetic, and parallel and space-bounded computation. These papers are accompanied by contributed articles by leading researchers in these areas, which convey to a general reader the importance of Cook's ideas and their enduring impact on the research community. The book also contains biographical material, Cook's Turing Award lecture, and an interview. Together these provide a portrait of Cook as a recognized leader and innovator in mathematics and computer science, as well as a gentle mentor and colleague.

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Book SynopsisAn original comprehensive guide on computational nanomechanics discussing basic concepts and implications in areas such as computational physics, materials, mechanics and engineering as well as several other interdisciplinary avenues. This book makes the underlying theory accessible to readers without specialised training or extensive background in quantum physics, statistical mechanics, or theoretical chemistry. It combines a careful treatment of theoretical concepts with a detailed tutorial on computer software and computing implementation, including multiscale simulation and computational statistical theory. Multidisciplinary perspectives are provided, yielding a true insight on the applications of computational nanomechanics across diverse engineering fields. The book can serve as a practical guide with step-by-step discussion of coding, example problems and case studies. This book will be essential reading for students new to the subject, as well as an excellent reference for graTable of ContentsPreface; ParT I. FIRST PRINCIPLE CALCULATIONS: 1. A short primer on quantum mechanics; 2. Density functional theory; 3. Quantum stress; 4. An introduction to VSAP; PART II. STATISTICAL MOLECULAR DYNAMICS: 5. Fundamentals of statistical mechanics; 6. Fundamentals of molecular dynamics; 7. Molecular dynamics time integration techniques; 8. Temperature control in MD simulations; 9. Andersen-Parrinello-Rahman molecular dynamics; 10. Introduction to LAMMPS; 11. Monte carlo methods; 12. Langevin equations and dissipative particle; 13. Non-equilibrium molecular dynamics; Part III. MULTISCALE MODELING AND SIMULATION: 14. Virial theoreum and virial stress; 15. Cauchy-born rile and multiscale methods; 16. Statistical theory of cauchy continuum; 17. Multiscale method (I): multiscale micromorhpic molecular dynamics; 18. Multiscale methods (II) multiscale finite element methods; Appendix A; Bibliography; Author index, Subject index.

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Book SynopsisThe study of hydrodynamic stability is fundamental to many subjects, ranging from geophysics and meteorology through to engineering design. This treatise covers both classical and modern aspects of the subject, systematically developing it from the simplest physical problems, then progressing to the most complex, considering linear and nonlinear situations, and analyzing temporal and spatial stability. The authors examine each problem both analytically and numerically. Many relevant fluid flows are treated, including those where the fluid may be compressible, or those from geophysics, or those that require salient geometries for description. Details of initial-value problems are explored equally with those of stability. The text includes copious illustrations and an extensive bibliography, making it suitable for courses on hydrodynamic stability or as an authoritative reference for researchers. In this second edition the opportunity has been taken to update the text and, most importantTable of Contents1. Introduction and problem formulation; 2. Temporal stability of inviscid incompressible flows; 3. Temporal stability of viscous incompressible flows; 4. Spatial stability of incompressible flows; 5. Stability of compressible flows; 6. Centrifugal stability; 7. Geophysical flow; 8. Transient dynamics; 9. Nonlinear stability; 10. Transition and receptivity; 11. Direct numerical simulation; 12. Flow control and optimization; 13. Investigating hydrodynamic instabilities with experiments; Appendix A. Mathematical formulas; Appendix B. Numerical methods; Appendix C. Solutions to exercises; References; Author index; Subject index.

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