“…Emphasizing utility, effectiveness, and ease of interpretation, contributors critically discuss practical innovations and intriguing possibilities (including mental representations, automated knowledge visualization, modeling, and computer-based feedback) across fields ranging from mathematics education to medicine. These contents themselves model the steps of systematic inquiry, from theoretical construct to real-world application: Historical and theoretical foundations for the investigation of knowledge Current opportunities for understanding knowledge empirically Strategies for the aggregation and classification of knowledge Tools and methods for comparison and empirical testing Data interfaces between knowledge assessment tools Guidance in applying research results to particular fields Researchers and professionals in education psychology, instructional technology, computer science, and linguistics will find Computer-Based Diagnostics and Systematic Analysis of Knowledge a stimulating guide to a complex present and a rapidly evolving future…”

“…Applications concern problems in financial mathematics and hydrodynamics. The book will be of interest to a wide audience of pure and applied mathematicians…”

“…Key topics covered include: * stochastic and differential games * dynamic games and their applications in various areas, such as ecology and economics * numerical methods and algorithms in dynamic games * zero- and nonzero-sum games * pursuit-evasion games * evolutionary game theory and applications The work will serve as a state-of-the art account of recent advances in dynamic game theory and its applications for researchers, practitioners, and advanced students in applied mathematics, mathematical finance, and engineering…”

“…The book is addressed to students and researchers in applied mathematics that are interested in understanding how tools from stochastic analysis can be used to study some intriguing phenomena in wave propagation in random media. …”

“…It consists of articles which address the different meshfree techniques, their mathematical properties and their application in applied mathematics, physics and engineering…”

“…More recently, arts education in schools has dwindled as schools try to increase test scores in mathematics and reading within the time constraints of the school day. …”

“…For courses in business, economics, and financial engineering and mathematics. The definitive guide to the derivatives market, updated with contemporary examples and discussions. …”

“…Examine select retail business scenarios to learn basic mathematics, as well as probability and statistics required to analyze big data. …”

“…Their tried and tested model of mathematics and science education has rapidly been overtaken by new developments in pedagogy and assessment research, while recruitment and retention of students and teachers has become increasingly fraught as European member states review what they are, and what they are not, prepared to fund. …”

“…The book finishes with details of symbolic mathematics and scientific and numerical programming in Python, using SymPi, SciPy, NumPy, and Matplotlib. …”

“…The author's approach - using a minimum of mathematics - has made this book equally popular as an outline for professionals and an introductory student text. * First edition (1990) has sold over 6000 copies. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cerebral Angioplasticity: The Anatomical Contribution to Ensuring Appropriate Oxygen Transport to Brain -- Changes in Cytochrome-C-Oxidase Account for Changes in Attenuation of Near-Infrared Light in the Healthy Infant Brain -- Hyperspectral Imaging of the Hemodynamic and Metabolic States of the Exposed Cortex: Investigating a Commercial Snapshot Solution -- Impact of Aging on Metabolic Changes in the Ketotic Rat Brain: Glucose, Oxidative and 4-HNE Metabolism -- Increases in Microvascular Perfusion and Tissue Oxygenation via Vasodilatation after Anodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in the Healthy and Traumatized Mouse Brain -- Fluctuations of Nutrition-associated Markers After Decompressive Hemicraniectomy in Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion Patients -- Resuscitation Fluid with Drag Reducing Polymer Enhances Cerebral Microcirculation and Tissue Oxygenation after Traumatic Brain Injury Complicated by Hemorrhagic Shock -- Comparison of Quantitative and Qualitative Oxygen Extraction Fraction (OEF) in Acute Stroke Patients with Large Vessel Occlusion -- Relation Between Asymmetry of Prefrontal Activity and Autonomic Nervous System in Post-stroke Patients with a Disorder of Consciousness -- Cerebral Hemodynamics after Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in Patients with Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury -- Differences in Tissue Oxygenation, Perfusion and Optical Properties in Brain Areas Affected by Stroke: A Time-resolved NIRS Study -- Changes of Doublecortin-immunoreactive Cells from the Acute Phase to Chronic Phase after Transient Global Brain Ischemia in Rat Cingulate Cortex -- Post-resuscitation Arterial Blood Pressure on Survival and Change of Capillary Density following Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation in Rats -- Monitoring of Brain Oxygenation During and After Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Prospective Porcine Study -- Effects of Aerobic Cycling Training on O2 Dynamics in Several Leg Muscles in Early Post-Myocardial Infarction -- Evaluation of Functional Hyperemia using NIRTRS without the Influence of Fat Layer Thickness -- Changes in Spinal Muscle Oxygenation and Perfusion during the Biering-Sørensen Test: Preliminary Results of a Study Employing NIRS-based Muscle Oximetry -- Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) Observation of Vastus Lateralis (muscle) and Prefrontal Cortex (brain) Tissue Oxygenation during Synchronised Swimming Routines in Elite Athletes -- Impact of Changes in Systemic Physiology on fNIRS/NIRS Signals: Analysis Based on Oblique Subspace Projections Decomposition -- Changes in Cerebral Oxyhaemoglobin Levels During and After a Single 20-minute Bout of Moderate-intensity Cycling -- Changes in the Prefrontal Cortex Oxygenation Levels during Cycling in the Supine and Upright Positions -- Trail Making Test Induces Prefrontal Cortex Activation as Revealed by a cw Wearable-Wireless fNIRS/DOT Imager -- Prediction of MMSE Score Using Time-resolved Near-infrared Spectroscopy -- Broadband NIRS Cerebral Cytochrome-C-Oxidase Response to Anoxia Before and After Hypoxic-Ischaemic Injury in Piglets -- Synchronized Oscillations of Arterial Oxygen Saturation, Cerebral Tissue Oxygenation and Heart Rate in Preterm Neonates: Investigation of Long-Term Measurements with Multiple Einstein’s Cross Wavelet Analysis -- Multispectral Near-Infrared Optical Tomography for Cancer Hypoxia Study in Mice -- Hypoxia-/HIF-1α-Driven Factors of the Tumor Microenvironment Impeding Antitumor Immune Responses and Promoting Malignant Progression -- Differential Expression of PGC1α in Intratumor Redox Subpopulations of Breast Cancer -- Accounting for Two Forms of Hypoxia for Predicting Tumour Control Probability in Radiotherapy: An In Silico Study -- Impact of Temporal Heterogeneity of Acute Hypoxia on the Radiation Response of Experimental Tumors -- Mathematical Description of Changes in Tumour Oxygenation from Repeated Functional Imaging -- An In Vitro Model for Determining Tumor Cell Migration Under Metabolic Gradients -- Expression of MicroRNAs in Fibroblasts and Macrophages Is Regulated by Hypoxia-Induced Extracellular Acidosis -- Influence of Extracellular Acidosis on Matrix Protein Homeostasis in Tumour Cells and Fibroblasts -- Novel Redox Active Tyrosine Mutations Enhance the Regeneration of Functional Oxyhemoglobin from Methemoglobin: Implications for Design of Blood Substitutes -- Septic-induced microRNA Expression Modulations are linked to Angiogenesis, Vasomotion, and Hypoxia-induced Processes -- Guidance to Transfer ‘Bench-ready’ Medical Technology into Usual Clinical Practice - Case Study: Sensors and Spectrometer used in EPR Oximetry -- Regulation of Oxygen Tension in the Mammalian Retina During Systemic Hyperoxia is Species Dependent -- Intravital Observation of Microvascular Remodeling during Chronic Exposure to Hypoxia in Mice -- Analysis of Aortic Remodeling and Stiffness in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: Preliminary Results -- Does Vascular Endothelial Cell or Smooth Muscle affect the Decrease in Oxygen Consumption of Arteriolar Wall during Vasodilation -- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections: A Retrospective Study -- Dynamic Exercise Elicits Dissociated Changes between Tissue Oxygenation and Cerebral Blood Flow in the Prefrontal Cortex: A Study using NIRS and PET -- Mucine-1 is Related to Cell-Mediated Immunoexpression and Blood Pressure in Pulmonary Artery in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH): Preliminary Results -- The Mitochondrial Na+/Ca2+ Exchanger is Necessary but not Sufficient for Ca2+ Homeostasis and Viability -- Hemoglobin Dynamics in the Skeletal Muscle of Patients with Malignant Hematopoietic Disease -- Fatigue, Muscle Oxygen Consumption and Blood Flow to the Skeletal Muscle after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation -- Reliability of Wearable Two Channel CW-NIRS in Measurements of Brain Function -- Investigation of Confounding Factors in Measuring Tissue Saturation with NIRS Spatially Resolved Spectroscopy -- Discrimination of Complex Activation Patterns in Near Infrared Optical Tomography with Artificial Neural Networks -- ABroAD: A Machine Learning Based Approach to Detect Broadband NIRS Artefacts -- Absolute Values of Optical Properties (μa, μs', μeff and DPF) of Human Head Yissue: Dependence on Head Region and Individual -- Long-term Changes in Optical Properties (μa, μs', μeff and DPF) of Human Head Tissue during Functional Neuroimaging Experiments -- A Fibreless Multiwavelength NIRS System for Imaging Localised Changes in Cerebral Oxidised Cytochrome C Oxidase -- Use of a Turn Coil and Channel above a GMR-SV Device to Observe and Measure the Properties of Deoxidized Red Blood Cells Coupled to Magnetic Beads -- Long-term in vivo Oxygen Sensors for Peripheral Artery Disease Monitoring -- A New Method Based on Virtual Fluence Detectors and Software Toolbox for Handheld Spectral Optoacoustic Tomography -- Computerized Video-capillaroscopy Alteration Related to Diabetes Mellitus and its Complications -- Contrast Ratio Quantification during Visualization of Microvasculature -- In vitro Comparisons of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Oximeters: Impact of Slow Changes in Scattering of Liquid Phantoms -- Liquid Blood Phantoms to Validate NIRS Oximeters: Yeast versus Nitrogen for Deoxygenation -- Visualization of Methemoglobin Distribution in Tissues: Phantom Validation -- Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids induce ROS Synthesis in Microvascular Endothelial Cells -- Effect of Chain Unsaturation and Temperature on Oxygen Diffusion through Lipid Membranes from Simulations -- Reduced Oxygen Permeability upon Protein Incorporation within Phospholipid Bilayers -- Sanal-Cell Cycle and Primo Vascular System: Regeneration via Sanals -- Role of CXCR4 antagonist in Megakaryocyte Reinstatement with Increased Sinusoidal Vessel Density -- Solid-phase Extraction with Packed-Fiber is a Biological Sample Preparation Tool for Neuro-active Molecule Detection -- Salivary Alpha-amylase and Behavior Reaction in Acute Stress and the Impact of Tridimensional Personality…”

“…Provides the right balance of mathematical sophistication - careful attention to mathematics and notation…”

“…Unfortunately, this side of Excel appears complex and intimidating to the uninitiated—shrouded in the mysteries of mathematics, finance, and impenetrable spreadsheet jargon. …”

“…Most chapters will be understandable by accountants and auditors that usually are lacking in the rigors of mathematics and statistics. The data interrogation methods are based on (a) known statistical techniques, and (b) the author's own published research in the field"--…”

“…The book starts with the earliest references to counting by humans, introduces various number systems, and discusses mathematics in early civilizations. It guides readers all the way through the latest advances in computer science, such as the design and analysis of computer algorithms.Through historical accounts, brief technical explanations, and examples, the book answer…”

“…Next, you will survey the bitcoin and altcoin ecosystem before delving into cryptographic hash functions, symmetric encryption, public key cryptography, and digital signatures. All the mathematics required to develop blockchain applications is covered. …”

“…In accordance with Humboldt's goal of equal status for the subjects Latin and Greek, mathematics and history, these and the corresponding teaching subjects as well as research at Königsberg University are considered in detail. …”

“…What schools of thought exist in philosophy, mathematics, and engineering, and what role did they play in the development of data science? …”

“…Covering all core areas of the subject, the book requires no advanced mathematics and is full of examples, exercises, and problems drawn from the fields of economics, management, marketing, political science, and public policy, among others. …”