The essential textbook on agent-based modeling—now fully updated and expandedAgent-Based and Individual-Based Modeling has become the standard textbook on the subject for classroom use and self-instruction. Drawing on the latest version of NetLogo and fully updated with new examples, exercises, and an enhanced text for easier comprehension, this is the essential resource for anyone seeking to understand how the dynamics of biological, social, and other com...

Individual-based models are an exciting and widely used new tool for ecology. These computational models allow scientists to explore the mechanisms through which population and ecosystem ecology arises from how individuals interact with each other and their environment. This book provides the first in-depth treatment of individual-based modeling and its use to develop theoretical understanding of how ecological systems work, an approach the authors call "individual-based ecology.?G...

Die Nutzung von Dampfmaschinen für den Antrieb von Werkzeugmaschinen war der Grundstein der ersten industriellen Revolution und erst die Verwendung von Elektromotoren machte die kompliziert aufgebauten – und nicht ganz ungefährlichen – Transmissionen überflüssig.Kein Wunder also, dass auch Modellbauer von solchen Werkstätten mit ihrer komplexen Mechanik fasziniert sind. Doch wie baut man eine solche Werkstatt auf? Kann man diese komplett selbst bauen? Oder lassen sich auch handelsü...

Many modellers – especially beginners – ask themselves when the first steam engine or hot-air engine model is finished and working: and now? After all, such machines were originally intended to do work and enable mechanical activities. Early on, the suppliers of toy steam engines therefore came up with the idea of producing drive models in which the engines could deliver their power in a meaningful way. But many of these suppliers no longer exist, many machines are only available in antiqu...

The use of steam engines to drive machine tools was the cornerstone of the first industrial revolution, and it was only the use of electric motors that made the complicated - and not entirely harmless - transmissions superfluous. No wonder, then, that model makers are also fascinated by such workshops with their complex mechanics. But how do you build such a workshop? Can you build it yourself? Or can commercially available components be used to create an attractive steam workshop? Volker ...

This book contains the elaborated and updated versions of the 24 lectures given at the 43rd Saas-Fee Advanced Course. Written by four eminent scientists in the field, the book reviews the physical processes related to star formation, starting from cosmological down to galactic scales. It presents a detailed description of the interstellar medium and its link with the star formation. And it describes the main numerical computational techniques designed to solve the equations governing self-...

Geomathematics provides a comprehensive summary of the mathematical principles behind key topics in geophysics and geodesy, covering the foundations of gravimetry, geomagnetics and seismology. Theorems and their proofs explain why physical realities in geoscience are the logical mathematical consequences of basic laws. The book also derives and analyzes the theory and numerical aspects of established systems of basis functions; and presents an algorithm for combining different types of tri...

In der kleinen Stadt Nebelsburg ist der Teufel los. Das behauptet jedenfalls der Pfarrer. Denn einmal in der Woche zieht eine Schar junger Leute in die verfallene Ruine neben der Kirche, um einem mysteriösen "Heiligen" zu lauschen. Und wunderliche Dinge ereignen sich wirklich. Aber hilft da nicht jemand kräftig nach? Chris und Kathrin machen eine Entdeckung. Und ihr Beweisstück liegt sicher im Tresor. Aber ist es da wirklich sicher?

Bei einem Gastspiel des Filmstars Carol Sealing werden die Buff-Drillinge Zeugen eines Verbrechens. Doch sie geben sich nicht mit der Zuschauerrolle zufrieden. Benny gelingt es mit einer gewagten Aktion, einen der Gangster zu stellen. Aber wo ist der Komplize? Und wo ist Carol Sealing versteckt?

The model project Tell me Your Story for the participation of refugees and civic engagement is based on the "children's fairy tales" by the Brothers Grimm. In an innovative approach to cultural mediation, which focuses on mutual storytelling instead of the one-sided "learning" of a culture, the model project Tell me Your Story, initiated and developed by the author, conceived and implemented a variety of didactic and artistic working materials. These enable a dialogue across linguistic and...

This book is intended as reference material for students and professors interested in air pollution modeling at the graduate level as well as researchers and professionals involved in developing and utilizing air pollution models. Current developments in air pollution modeling are explored as a series of contributions from researchers at the forefront of their field. This newest contribution on air pollution modeling and its application is focused on local, urban, regional and intercontine...

Maritim bringt endlich erstmals die fehlenden Folgen der beliebten "Pater Brown"-Serie von Gilbert Keith Chesterton überall digital! Erlebt des ermittelnden Geistlichen in neuen Abenteuern...