This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the methodologies, datasets, and approaches related to the use of remotely sensed data to map human settlements at the global scale. The contributors describe the characteristics of human settlements as seen and mapped from remote sensors, either at t..
This book describes group sequential stopping rules designed to reduce average study length and control Type I and Type II error probabilities. The authors present one-sided and two-sided tests, introduce several families of group sequential tests, and explain how to choose the most appropriate test..
Based on the new World Reference Base for Soil Resources, this text shows the reciprocity between the soil, its environment and vegetation. Updated with the most recent results in the area, it presents a wide spectrum of practical applications, in.....
Although the majority of heart failure patients represent the exacerbation of chronic disease, about 20% will present as a first time diagnosis. And although there are a number of intravenous agents that can be used for acute decompensated heart failure, there are no national guidelines currently av..
With 200 tables and illustrations and a single focus on peripheral arterial disease (PAD) rather than all vascular disorders, this Handbook is the ultimate clinical care primer for those who seek the most up-to-date and practical PAD clinical strategies. Comprehensive and easy-to-use, the book prese..
Intended primarily for undergraduate chemical-engineering students, this book also includes material which bridges the gap between undergraduate and graduate requirements. The introduction contains a listing of the principal types of reactors employed in the chemical industry, with diagrams and exam..
The proceedings of the 2nd International Scale Effects in Rock Masses, held in Lisbon, June 25, 1993. The text includes coverage of scale effects in the determination of the deformability and strength of rock masses and scale effects in the determ.....
This volume covers such areas in the field of soil salinity and water quality as: origin and distribution of salt-affected soils; management of alkali soils; quality criteria of irrigation water; wastewaters as a source of irrigation; and grasses .....
Using real-life examples to illustrate the performance of learning algorithms and instructing readers how to apply them to practical applications, this work offers a comprehensive treatment of subspace learning algorithms for neural networks. The authors summarize a decade of high quality research o..