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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “dirk buchholz”
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  • Bin-Picking

    New Approaches for a Classical Problem

    by Dirk Buchholz ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book is devoted to one of the most famous examples of automation handling tasks – the “bin-picking” problem. To pick up objects, scrambled in a box is an easy task for humans, but its automation is very complex. In this book three different approaches to solve the bin-picking problem are described, showing how modern sensors can be used for efficient bin-picking as well as how classic sensor ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Modeling and Simulation

    An Application-Oriented Introduction

    by Hans-Joachim Bungartz, Stefan Zimmer, Martin Buchholz, Dirk Pflüger ...
    Translated by Sabine Le Borne, Richard Le Borne ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This book provides an introduction to mathematical and computer-oriented modeling and to simulation as a universal methodology. It therefore addresses various model classes and their derivations. And it demonstrates the diversity of approaches that can be taken: be it discrete or continuous, deterministic or stochastic. A common underlying theme throughout the book are the means in which one ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Foundations of Environmental Economics

    by Wolfgang Buchholz, Dirk Rübbelke ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This textbook provides a solid introduction to the theoretical and empirical aspects of environmental economics, and their links to environmental policy. It advocates drawing on the economist’s toolbox as a powerful means of finding solutions to environmental problems by addressing the conflict between the societal costs of pollution on the one hand, and the financial costs of emissions reduction ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Globalization, Uncertainty and Late Careers in Society

    Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Sandra Buchholz, Dirk Hofäcker ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Sociology
    Globalization has been strongly shaping and transforming both national economies and individual careers in recent decades. These profound changes have had significant consequences for individual careers of men and women both during and after their employment career. This impressive new collection focuses on the effects of the globalization process on late-midlife workers and the exit from ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • The Theory of Externalities and Public Goods

    Essays in Memory of Richard C. Cornes

    Edited by Wolfgang Buchholz, Dirk Rübbelke ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This state-of-the art collection of papers analyses various aspects of the theory of externalities and public goods. The contributions employ new analytical techniques like the aggregative game approach, and discuss the philosophical underpinnings of the theory. Furthermore, they highlight a range of topical empirical applications including climate policy and counterterrorism. This contributed ... Read more

    $170.99 USD

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    The Naked Emperor Dethroned?

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    A Manifesto

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    Competition, Conflict, Crises

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    How the Science of Complex Systems is Transforming Economic Thought

    by David Orrell ...
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    by Hyman P. Minsky ...
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  • The Doom Loop in the Financial Sector

    And Other Black Holes of Risk

    by William Leiss ...
    Series series Critical Issues in Risk Management
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