1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996201141903316

Titolo

The Cambridge companion to logical empiricism / / edited by Alan Richardson, Thomas Uebel [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2007

ISBN

1-139-81641-1

1-139-00161-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 430 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge companions to philosophy

Disciplina

146/.42

Soggetti

Logical positivism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).

Nota di contenuto

The historical context of logical empiricism -- Logical empiricism: issues in general philosophy of science -- Logical empiricism and the philosophy of the special sciences -- Logical empiricism and its critics.

Sommario/riassunto

If there is a movement or school that epitomizes analytic philosophy in the middle of the twentieth century, it is logical empiricism. Logical empiricists created a scientifically and technically informed philosophy of science, established mathematical logic as a topic in and tool for philosophy, and initiated the project of formal semantics. Accounts of analytic philosophy written in the middle of the twentieth century gave logical empiricism a central place in the project. The second wave of interpretative accounts was constructed to show how philosophy should progress, or had progressed, beyond logical empiricism. The essays survey the formative stages of logical empiricism in central Europe and its acculturation in North America, discussing its main topics, and achievements and failures, in different areas of philosophy of science, and assessing its influence on philosophy, past, present, and future.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299816403321

Titolo

Engineering and Applied Sciences Optimization : Dedicated to the Memory of Professor M.G. Karlaftis / / edited by Nikos D. Lagaros, Manolis Papadrakakis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-18320-6

3-319-18319-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (511 p.)

Collana

Computational Methods in Applied Sciences, , 2543-0203 ; ; 38

Disciplina

388.31

Soggetti

Engineering design

Mathematical optimization

Civil engineering

Mathematics - Data processing

Engineering Design

Optimization

Civil Engineering

Computational Science and Engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

In Memoriam Professor Matthew G. Karlaftis -- Preface -- Motorway traffic flow optimisation in presence of vehicle automation and communication systems -- Characterizing Urban Dynamics Using Large Scale Taxicab Data -- Holistic Calibration of Microscopic Traffic Flow Models: Methodology and Real-World Application Studies -- Optimizing leisure travel: Is Big-Data ready to improve the joint leisure activities efficiency? -- Air Traffic Flow Management Data Mining and Analysis for In-Flight Cost Optimization -- Simulation Optimization Of Car-Following Models Using Flexible Techniques -- Computational Intelligence and Optimization for Transportation Big Data: Challenges and Opportunities -- Nature-Inspired Algorithms: Success and Challenges -- Comparative Study on Recent Metaheuristic Algorithms in Design Optimization of Cold-Formed Steel Structures -- Adaptive



Switching of Variable-Fidelity Models in Population-based Optimization -- Genetic Algorithms for the Construction of 22 and 23-level Response Surface Designs -- Reactive Power and Voltage Control Based on Mesh Adaptive Direct Search Algorithm -- Optimal placement of hysteretic dampers via adaptive sensitivity-smoothing algorithm -- Design of Tuned Mass Dampers via Harmony Search for Different Optimization Objectives of Structures -- Tailoring macro scale response of mechanical and heat transfer systems by topology optimization of microstructural details -- Aerodynamic Shape Optimization Using “Turbulent” Adjoint And Robust Design In Fluid Mechanics -- Hierarchical topology optimization for bone tissue scaffold: Preliminary results on the design of a fracture fixation plate -- Boundary constraint handling affection on slope stability analysis -- Black box Optimization for Engineering Design: Adaptive Statistical Surrogates and Direct Search Algorithms -- Life Cycle Analysis and Optimization of a Steel Building -- Optimization of Reinforced Concrete Columns Subjected to Uniaxial Loading -- The Effect of StakeholderInteractions on Design Decisions -- A Fixed Point Approach to Bi-Level Multi-Objective Problems -- Reliability-based shape design optimization of structures subjected to fatigue -- A stress-test of alternative formulations and algorithmic configurations for the binary combinatorial optimization of bridge rehabilitation selection.

Sommario/riassunto

The chapters which appear in this volume are selected studies presented at the First International Conference on Engineering and Applied Sciences Optimization (OPT-i), Kos, Greece, 4-6 June 2014,  and works written by friends, former colleagues and students of the late Professor M. G. Karlaftis; all in the area of optimization that he loved and published so much in himself. The subject areas represented here range from structural optimization, logistics, transportation, traffic and telecommunication networks to operational research, metaheuristics, multidisciplinary and multiphysics design optimization, etc.  This volume is dedicated to the life and the memory of Professor Matthew G. Karlaftis, who passed away a few hours before he was to give the opening speech at OPT-i. All contributions reflect the warmth and genuine friendship which he enjoyed from his associates and show how much his scientific contribution has been appreciated. He will be greatly missed and it is hoped that this volume will be received as a suitable memorial to his life and achievements.