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Sethi and Thompson have provided management science and economics communities with a thoroughly revised edition of their classic text on
Optimal Control Theory. Central to the book is its extraordinarily wide range of optimal control theory applications. Chapter 5 covers finance; Chapter 6 considers production and inventory problems; Chapter 7 covers marketing problems; Chapter 9 treats machine maintenance and replacement; Chapter 10 deals with problems of optimal consumption of natural resources (renewable or exhaustible); and Chapter 11 discusses a number of applications of control theory to economics. The book has been successfully used as a professional reference tool and as a graduate course book. Its usefulness lies in its emphasis on building applied models of realistic problems faced in a variety of business management situations.
The new edition has been completely refined with careful attention to the text and graphic material presentation. In Chapter 3, models have been added that use mixed (control and state) constraints, current value formulations, and terminal conditions. Chapter 4 now covers more advanced material on pure state constraints as they relate to mixed constraints. Each of these chapters contains new results that were not available when the first edition was published.
Another important change is the expansion of the material on stochastic optimal control theory, which has become the new Chapter 13. This new chapter provides a brief introduction to stochastic optimal control problems, and it contains formulations of simple stochastic models in production, marketing and finance, and their solutions.
Optimal control methods are used to determine optimal ways to control a dynamic system. The theoretical work in this field serves as a foundation for the book, which the authors have applied to business management problems developed from their research and classroom instruction.
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Technical Paper Rollup.......2005-02-08
Book is essentially a compendium of technical papers on specific economics topics subject to the application of Control Theory. The book includes a robust set of useful state equations and associated optimality problem statements, but I would have appreciated a more general discussion of the application of control theory to management science that ties all of the book's subjects together into a single, cohesive framework. The book focuses almost exclusively on the trees rather than the forest. As such, it is best suited as a supplement for graduate-level studies.
An extremely good textbook.......2003-03-27
This is a very good textbook for subjects on optimal controls with management science applications. I have adopted this as a textbook and students love it. Illustrative figures and diagrams are sufficiently provided, and materials are carefully explained.
The use of the commonly available Excel program to solve TPBVPs at the end of Chapter 2 is suitable for the ever increasing demand of "multimedia teaching". I have not seen any other optimal control textbook include such a set of Excel instructions in such a simple and elegant way.
Moreover, the authors made a set of chapter-by-chapter power point files available on the web to supplement the text book for classroom teaching.
I am giving 5 stars to this book anytime.
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Optimal Control and Dynamic Games has been edited to honor the outstanding contributions of Professor Suresh Sethi in the fields of Applied Optimal Control. Professor Sethi is internationally one of the foremost experts in this field. He is, among others, co-author of the popular textbook "Sethi and Thompson: Optimal Control Theory: Applications to Management Science and Economics". The book consists of a collection of essays by some of the best known scientists in the field, covering diverse aspects of applications of optimal control and dynamic games to problems in Finance, Management Science, Economics, and Operations Research. In doing so, it provides both a state-of-the-art overview over recent developments in the field, and a reference work covering the wide variety of contemporary questions that can be addressed with optimal control tools, and demonstrates the fruitfulness of the methodology.
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The advent of the International Space Station ISS and the exploration by humans of planets of the Solar system like the Moon and Mars is triggering worldwide interest. Space biology, a discipline familiar so far only to a restricted community, is gaining momentum. Space biologists are dealing with the behavior of terrestrial life in the extraterrestrial environment, in particular in 0 g. Several surprising and interesting phenomena have been discovered in 20 years of investigations in space laboratories. This began with so called "fishing" experiments, i.e. investigations trying to find out, without solid hypotheses, whether a biological system is altering its behavior when exposed to zero gravity. Today's space biology is a scientific discipline based on systematic studies carried out by renowned scientists. Some of the leaders in the field describe their work, ideas and findings.
This book will introduce the reader to this still young field of research which will certainly provide unexpected and significant surprises in the future.
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Volume 2: Compartments, Stressors and Sectors, deals with the problems that occur in the three 'compartments' of the environment, namely air, water and soil. The contributors also address the socio-economic sectors of industry, traffic, energy, agriculture and tourism.
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No scientific quest is as exciting and elusive as the search to understand the Universe. Falk's book places this search in its historical context, tracing the quest from its roots in ancient Greece to the twenty-first century, through the breakthroughs of Newton, Maxwell, and Einstein, up to the excitement of "string theory" and today's efforts to merge quantum theory with general relativity. With as much emphasis on history as on science, Falk's enlightening and entertaining book is aimed very much for the general reader. The search for a Unified Theory is full of quirky personalities, interesting tales, and moments of brilliance-high science and high drama.
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Still Haven't Found What We're Looking For! .......2005-06-04
"So what, exactly, do we mean by a `Theory of Everything'?," Falk asks (eventually) in his very last chapter (p 212). We mean, he says in his very first chapter, "the universe explained" in a form so "concise, simple and elegant" that it'd fit on a T-shirt. (p 2)
And THAT he says, is the aim of all science!
There are only THREE problems with this claim.
FIRST: most current scientists would deny that that's what they're seeking. And Falk belatedly admits as much at the very end of his book. "I may have given the impression," he writes, disingenuously, "that every physicist is obsessed with finding the Holy Grail -- the Theory of Everything. Most are not." In fact, he agrees, most, like the late great Richard Feynman, are "just looking to find out more about the world." (p 214)
SECOND: there's really very little evidence that scientists in the past sought a Theory of Everything either. This will be abundantly clear to anyone who reads this book from cover to cover -- because it is in large measure a pop history of physics from the Pre-Socratics in Ancient Greece to the strung-out, p-brane theorists of today. (Pun!)
Falk uses the "Universe on a T-shirt" idea as his organizing principle, and it enables him to write a short, snappy and engaging story. But he provides no evidence (`cos there is none) that, say, Copernicus, Galileo, Galvani, Oersted, Faraday, Maxwell, or any one of a host of other Greats was actually seeking a `Theory of Everything.' A case might be made for Newton and/or Einstein, but even they were more reserved and self-effacing, more hesitant in their claims than some of today's self-appointed Spokesmen for Science.
THIRD: If what we're really seeking is a theory that will "explain" everything but be concise enough to fit on a T-shirt, then we've already succeeded. Assuming we use the ENTIRE T-shirt.
But, that's not what Falk has in mind. What he envisions is less an "explanation" than a slogan; an equation that'll reduce all knowledge to a sound bite.
But, what'd be the point? No matter what equation "we" came up with, it'd still not be self-evident. It'd only "explain" the Universe to those who'd been educated to the point where they could understand the equation ... and so wouldn't need the T-shirt!
And, as for the Homer Simpsons among us, the T-shirt'd be about as useful and edifying as an advertising slogan!
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Though these points may undermine Falk's organizing principle they won't affect your enjoyment of this book. After all, it's not a Doctoral Dissertation; it's a pop history.
Readers with a good grounding in science will be pleasantly surprised by Falk's ability to convey the Big Ideas, though most'll probably be disappointed by his decision to eschew the math. (Incidentally, non-physicists should be warned -- Chemistry and Biology are at best only bit players in Falk's story).
Readers with a good grounding in History will be pleased to find that the story is NOT reduced to a childish morality play in which the Big Bad Church tries wrong-headedly to suppress the Courageous, Individualistic Scientists who are engaged in the disinterested pursuit of Truth! In this regard, Falk's treatment of Copernicus and Galileo should serve as a model for all future popularizers. On the other hand, the knowledgeable reader will be disappointed that the Pre-Socratics get an entire chapter while the Arabs get little more than a page. As if incohate mumblings about "atoms" could measure up to the Hindu-Arabic number system, or algebra, or trigonometry, or ...
But, these are really quite minor quibbles!
Honestly!
You'll enjoy this book! It's well-written and engaging, and is a remarkably easy read considering the subject matter.
If you read nothing else in this book, read "What Does It All Mean?" - a chapter on "Science, God and the Limits of Understanding." It's excellent!
A Must Read for the Scientifically Challenged.......2004-11-25
For someone like myself coming from a traditional Arts background and with a 25 year career in the Human Services where the word "quantum " anything is a foreign language, I am used to being on the outside looking in when it comes to the mysterious ( but compelling ) world of science. Not any longer. Reading Universe on a T shirt was nothing short of an epiphany for me. The author's well thought out presentation and friendly conversational language , complete with a well placed dose of subtle humour just when you thought things were getting a bit dry, made this book user friendly at minimum and warmly engaging at its best.
Being an amateur star gazer with a life long interest in Astronomy, I was drawn to this book because of its relevance to various theories in Astronomy and Space exploration, most of which escaped my very limited knowledge of Science of any kind. Perhaps it was the quirky title and interesting cover image that captured my attention and lead me to take a chance on what I hoped wouldn't be just another science book that I couldn;t understand. I was pleasantly surprised and thrilled to read a comprehensive but not overly detailed history of all the "great s" of Science and their discoveries as well as an overview of all the major theories. When I realized, with some degree of what I can only describe as shock, that I actually understood at a very basic level, Mr. Falk's presentation of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity( the wonderful illustration of Alice and Bernice on a moving train and the accompanying explanation really clinched it for me )I began to harbour wild eyed thoughts that maybe my guidance counsellors were wrong all those years ago when they told me that I was a "people person" destined for a career in the Humanities and Human Services exclusively. This book actually made me believe,well for a brief moment anyway, that perhaps a potential scientist has been laying dormant inside of me all this time , waiting for just the right moment to be awakened..
Especially insightful and satisfying was Mr. Falk's final chapter, "what does it all mean? Science, God and the limits of understanding" and how he brings it all together for a brief but provocative contemplation of philsophy and spirituality and how they integrate with scientific thought...or do they?
This book will be a permanent fixture in my library for reference as well as inspiration and I eagerly look forward to the author's next book.
No double slits, but still good.......2004-07-31
This book is really a history of the scientific search for the structure of the universe since Greek times. It does not stray from a its direct path to the latest thinking about string theory. Thus, though quantum theory is often at the center of the discussion, the double slit experiment is not mentioned, since the author apparently feels it is not necessary for his main point that quantum theory is "weird". I agree with the author's approach on this point. There is also essentially no math in the book. The only formula is Einstein's famous E = M times c-squared, and there is a numerical example to illustrate the inverse square concept, and that's it for math. I've done a lot of reading about quantum theory over the last few years and am a math professor by trade, but still found this one of the best books I have read. I especially enjoyed how the author handled the history. It is true the last chapter on the meaning of it all could have been omitted, but I feel the book is stronger for including this philosopical material. Highly recommended.
Easy read on a challenging subject.......2004-03-30
This book is a very easy read for even those who are non-scientists but are interested in the history of science. This book focuses mostly on cosmology and particle physics and the attempts made by scientists to unite the two areas with one theory ... the Theory of Everything.
Right now the two biggest theories in physics are Einstein's Theory of General Relativity, which deals with gravity and big things (i.e: galaxies and stars), and the Quantum Theory, which deals with small things (i.e: atoms and quarks). The poblem is that the two of them don't mesh, they don't play well together.
Falk's book is an overview of the history leading to these two discoveries, and the search for a theory that will explain these two theories in one framework.
Very easy read, very informative, highly recommended.
on science, simplicity, and the quest for truth..........2004-03-11
Dan Falk's Universe on a T-Shirt is an informative and entertaining tour of mainstream science-from Democritus to string theory-guided by a single, reining principle: that science is the pursuit of an aesthetic of simplicity, and that the culmination of this pursuit, the theory of everything, will be simple enough to grace a t-shirt.
Written in clear, clever, friendly prose, the book is easy to understand yet thorough; it serves as an excellent introduction for novices in the topics of physics and cosmology, but is full of fun facts, amusing anecdotes, and intriguing insights for the more knowledgeable reader. History is brought to life through brief biographical portraits of each scientist and thinker who has played a key role in the ongoing search for the ultimate theory, and the reader emerges from Falk's journey with an exciting sense of not only what is going on in science, but of what science itself is all about.
Speckled with illuminating quotes from physicists working in the field, Universe on a T-shirt dares to ask not only where physics is headed, but whether or not it is headed down the right path. Should notions like beauty and simplicity necessarily pave the road to truth, Falk asks. And will the ultimate theory mark the end of physics? Falk doesn't cower from the philosophy that lurks at the heart of physics. Instead, he embraces it, and allows the reader to delve into some of the most fundamental questions about the nature of reality. The author sympathetically writes of the layman's sense of cosmic alienation-perhaps this book can help those afflicted feel at home in the universe, and a part of the inspiring quest to truly understand it.
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A Fun Journey Through Physic's Greatest Achievements.......2007-09-11
I remember Einstein saying whenever he was given praise for his accomplishments that his work "stood on the shoulders of giants." This book is a perfect illustration of how that is so. Falk covers the scientific explorations and discoveries that have profoundly changed the world, from the early Greek's ruminations to today's efforts to find the Theory of Everything. He does so in an entertaining and engaging way that makes each of the key characaters, from Thales to Newton to Kepler to Einstein and beyond, both interesting and intrigueing. The writing makes the concepts accessible to the average Joe (that would be me) where it is possible - don't expect to chat freely about quantum mechanics and string theory at your next barbecue.
Falk also shows clearly how each discovery set the ground for the next, while making us want to know more about each of the protagonists' life, and concludes with an appropriate and balanced discussion about the possible, ultimate philosophical meaning of not only the discovery of the Theory of Everything, but also of the quest for the same.
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In this autobiographical novel, the King of B movie actors gives his legions of fans the inside view of his hilarious attempt to become an A list actor. Bruce imagines that he is cast in the big-budget film Lets Make Love. His Homeric attempt to break through the glass ceiling of B-grade genre fare is hampered by a vengeful studio executive and a production that becomes infected by something called the B movie virus, symptoms of which include excessive use of cheesy special effects, slapstick comedy, and projectile vomiting. From a violent fistfight with a Buddhist to a life-altering stint in federal prison, this novel has it all. Including graphics, photo essays, newspaper clippings, and a chart (or two), Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way is a masterwork from one of Americas most sly entertainers.
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Entertaining, but confused.......2007-10-10
I'm a casual fan of Bruce Campbell, meaning I'll see Bubba Ho-tep or Evil Dead II to watch his performance but draw the line at Mindwarp. I had high hopes for this book after If Chins Could Kill, Campbell's fun, optimistic memoirs reflecting on his B-movie life, which is actually on my top ten list of all time (and yes, I have read more than ten books). I also liked Man With a Screaming Brain, which Campbell wrote; in its own twisted Z-grade way, it was a fine example of good storytelling. I hesitate to say that I was disappointed, but I'm afraid I can't hold his first novel in the same esteem as the other two.
The premise, just to get us started, is simple: Bruce, by chance, is cast as the third lead in a big-budget mainstream comedy, opposite Richard Gere and Renee Zellwegger, and helmed by Mike Nicols (best known as director of The Graduate). This is, of course, a dream role; as Mike explains, "This is the kind of role the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor was created for." The rest of the book follows Bruce as he, determined not to blow his one shot at an A-list rating, travels from one zany location to the next, meeting a variety of experts to nail down various aspects of his charcter, Floyd, the sagacious doorman. Meanwhile, as filming progresses, Campbell's creative input gives birth to a "B-movie virus", the side effects of which include gratuitous fight scenes, revealing costumes on the leading lady, and stilted dialogue.
The main flaw of the novel is that it never quite decides what it's trying to be. With the plot, Campbell could have made a smart Hollywood satire in the vein of The Player or even Sunset Boulevard, but in the book's final stage that element is only half-conceived. Overlapping this is a rant/essay format, wherein Bruce grinds the plot to a halt to pontificate on the craft of acting or the role of communication in a relationship. This works in the loose, disjointed form of autobiography, since it's basically a series of loosely connected stories, but when one is trying to craft a single coherent storyline, it really disperses the focus. Another layer is that of the cheesy B-movie, which interjects itself from time to time in the most (intentionally) ridiculous ways, such as a random carchase, a stint undercover in disguise, and a grand finale shootout. If Bruce had singled out one of these approaches to drive the plot, he probably could have gotten away with using the others to give the book tone. By trying to give equal screen time, as it were, to all of them, he doesn't really cover any one in a satisfactory manner.
The other problem is that Bruce doesn't really make the transition from film to prose in the most graceful manner. Being funny in a movie or in a conversation is leagues away from being funny in a book. The dialogue and slapstick might have worked extraordinarily well onscreen, but aren't that effective transcribed, verbatim, into printed form. Bruce probably should have read Mark Twain, Douglas Adams, or even Christopher Moore to learn more about what sort of humor works in a novel and what doesn't.
The best part of Make Love is probably the "graphic sarcasm" by Craig "Kif" Sanborn, which basically consists of funny pictures with sardonic captions reflecting whatever is going on in the story at that moment. Sad to say, I got more laughs out of these than in the text itself.
I suppose I'm probably going to get bombarded with "not helpfuls" by defensive Campbell fans who can believe the man can do no wrong. I have a lot of respect for Bruce; I think he's one of the most talented and hardworking men in his field, and as a writer he at least has potential, if only he takes the time and care to develop it. I just think this one needed a few rewrites, that's all.
Great Fun.......2007-09-16
First let me say that I loved If Chins Could Kill. This is not autobiographical, but is screamingly funny. Campbell has a nice twisted sense of humor, which means it's twisted funny but not humiliating to anyone - except maybe himself. Maybe he wasn't meant to be an actor - maybe he's really a writer in disguise. The title is bad though - I amost didn't read the book because it really was one of those how to get girls books.
a delightful as Bruce Campbell.......2007-09-13
Bruce Campbell--one of the hottest and funniest (but, I repeat myself) men on the planet--finally gets a starring role in an A movie (a romantic comedy). Bruce, in an attempt to do a good job as Foyl the doorman, researches every possible aspect of romance (from pick ups to divorce) and get into all sorts of witty Bruce Campbell-ventures. Slowly, things begin to go south as the film begins to slowly resemble a film where Bruce should feel at home. The book proves what we've all known for years, Bruce Campbell is god and should be a film legend. I mean, is a film legend. The book is just hilarious Bruce-Campbell-tastic! Grade: A
Bruce all the way..........2007-07-26
The story line is great. For the first portion of the book you wouldn't know it was fiction without a label, but it quickly spirals into the absurd making for tons of laughs in a fantastic story that could have happened in a parallel universe. Bruce's 'research' for his A movie role lands him in all kinds of situations including a reoccurring 'bump in' with the secretary of state. His portrayal of a relationship with Richard Gere is hysterical. Especially when Richard asks Bruce for advice on picking up women. Another highlight is Bruce's dinner with Liz Taylor where he interviews her about her many loves.
I received the audio book version of this from my wish list on Amazon, unfortunately it doesn't seem to be available anymore. The audio version was amazing! I felt like I was in the scenes with the characters. It was created using different voices for each character and tons of sound effects, plus it was read by the author. I think it's the best audio book I have.
Enjoyed it through and through.......2007-06-24
This is just a delightfully absurd romp through Hollywood with our main man, Bruce Campbell. Mike Nichols is directing a new comedy starring Richard Gere and Renee Zellweger, and Bruce has been cast as a key supporting player. Unfortunately, dark forces are conspiring against him. Namely, Hollywood Producers, Sex Education Video directors, studio security guards, ecoterrorists, and of course, the United States Federal Government. I laughed pretty much the whole way through. Highly recommended.
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