NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • ATIME MUST-READ BOOK OF THE YEAR • A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a remarkable search for a family secret that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum. Electrifying, funny, and wholly origina...

This book presents efficient metaheuristic algorithms for optimal design of structures. Many of these algorithms are developed by the author and his colleagues, consisting of Democratic Particle Swarm Optimization, Charged System Search, Magnetic Charged System Search, Field of Forces Optimization, Dolphin Echolocation Optimization, Colliding Bodies Optimization, Ray Optimization. These are presented together with algorithms which were developed by other authors and have been successfully ...

A young man uncovers the truth behind his mother’s death in this haunting debut that takes you from New York to Tehran.'Profoundly moving' Elif Shafak'Dazzling' Ann Patchett‘Gorgeous’ Tommy Orange‘Radiant’ Lauren Groff‘Stunning’ John Green‘Miraculous' The New York Times‘Sensational’ Daily Mail

The book presents recently developed efficient metaheuristic optimization algorithms and their applications for solving various optimization problems in civil engineering. The concepts can also be used for optimizing problems in mechanical and electrical engineering.

This book presents efficient metaheuristic algorithms for optimal design of structures. Many of these algorithms are developed by the author and his colleagues, consisting of Democratic Particle Swarm Optimization, Charged System Search, Magnetic Charged System Search, Field of Forces Optimization, Dolphin Echolocation Optimization, Colliding Bodies Optimization, Ray Optimization. These are presented together with algorithms which were developed by other authors and have been successfully ...

Graph theory gained initial prominence in science and engineering through its strong links with matrix algebra and computer science. Moreover, the structure of the mathematics is well suited to that of engineering problems in analysis and design. The methods of analysis in this book employ matrix algebra, graph theory and meta-heuristic algorithms, which are ideally suited for modern computational mechanics. Efficient methods are presented that lead to highly sparse and banded structural m...

Il miracolo è un racconto in versi, una meditazione che interroga il rapporto tra fede e dubbio, corpo e parola, memoria e silenzio. In questa raccolta Kaveh Akbar esplora la tensione che lega il sacro e l'umano, lasciando scivolare all'interno di ogni poesia frammenti di vita quotidiana e ritualità antiche, e cucendo ogni verso attorno a gesti semplici e universali come inginocchiarsi, respirare, ricordare. In una moschea deserta, la voce del muezzin rimbomba tra le mura vuote come un ric...

A POETRY BOOK SOCIETY RECOMMENDATIONI could not be held responsiblefor desirehe could not be held at allTracking the joys and pains of the path through addiction, and wrestling with desire, inheritance and faith, Calling a Wolf a Wolf is the darkly sumptuous debut from award-winning poet Kaveh Akbar. These are powerful, intimate poems of thirst: for alcohol, for other bodies, for knowledge and for life.'The st...

The Sassanians ruled the last great Empire of Persia before the Arab conquests of the 7th century.Rome's only equal in the classical world, the Sassanian Empire had an enormous impact on the development of architecture, mythology, arts, music, military tactics and technology. Within the Sassanian military, the cavalry was the most influential element, and Sassanian cavalry tactics were adopted by the Romans, Arabs, and Turks.Their cavalry systems of weaponr...

Polycentric Governance and the Good Society: A Normative and Philosophical Investigation offers an examination of the idea of polycentric governance as one of the pillars of a flourishing human society. Rather than following the conventional path of suppressing complexity and diversity for the sake of reaching agreement on justice and political stability, David Thunder and Pablo Paniagua see complexity and diversity as assets that should be leveraged to make the "Open Society" a m...

This book presents and applies a novel efficient meta-heuristic optimization algorithm called Colliding Bodies Optimization (CBO) for various optimization problems. The first part of the book introduces the concepts and methods involved, while the second is devoted to the applications. Though optimal design of structures is the main topic, two chapters on optimal analysis and applications in constructional management are also included.This algorithm is based on one-dimensional coll...

- Destaca diferentes técnicas de datos para el análisis de datos sanitarios, incluyendo el aprendizaje automático y la minería de datos. - Ilustra diferentes aplicaciones, y los desafíos en el diseño, la aplicación y la gestión de sistemas inteligentes y redes de datos sanitarios. - Incluye aplicaciones y estudios de casos en todas las áreas en las que se puede aplicar la IA a los datos sanitarios.