1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910148644503321

Autore

Pintoff Stefanie

Titolo

City on Edge : A Novel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westminster : , : Random House Publishing Group, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-425-28446-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (399 pages)

Collana

Eve Rossi ; ; v.2

Classificazione

FIC022020FIC031000FIC022040

Disciplina

813.6

Soggetti

Government investigators

Terrorism

Kidnapping

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

"Edgar Award-winning author Stefanie Pintoff shoots to thrill in her gripping new novel of suspense.  ON THE DAY AMERICANS GIVE THANKS, A MADMAN GIVES THEM HELL.  The night before the Thanksgiving Day Parade, a crowd gathers on Manhattan's Upper West Side to watch the giant balloons fill with helium and rise toward the sky. Then the festive ritual takes a terrifying turn--a gunshot rings out, police commissioner Logan Donovan falls, and panic erupts. When the chaos clears, another crime is revealed: Donovan's daughter, Allie, has been kidnapped. Soon the abductor will make his shocking demands.  Within hours, Special Agent Eve Rossi and her handpicked team of quick-thinking, swift-moving, hard-striking former convicts know a lot about the kidnapper. He's somewhere close by, holding Allie along with a captive boy. He hates Logan Donovan enough to destroy him. And he will kill.  But there's more Eve and her team don't know--about a weapon planted inside the parade, about Commissioner Donovan's hidden life, and about the secrets his daughter keeps. As people line the streets, bands and marchers prepare, and the massive parade steps off into New York's echoing canyons, a desperate race begins to keep the city from being torn asunder by a brutal act of violence. But even as her squad deploys for action, Eve grapples with a harrowing question:



Whom should she fear more--a vengeful man threatening innocent lives, or a charming, arrogant cop fighting to save his daughter, who may be trying to cover up his crimes?  Praise for Stefanie Pintoff's Hostage Taker    "The perfect blend: an urban thriller as modern as tomorrow's New York Times, driven by a two-hundred-year-old idea, with a main character to die for. I hope we see plenty more of Eve Rossi and her team."--Lee Child    "A high-voltage game of parry and thrust."--New York Daily News    "Pintoff skillfully ratchets up the tension and throws more than one curveball into this twisty, exciting read."--Booklist (starred review)    "Strong writing, a well-paced plot, and intriguing characters make this one of the best thrillers of the year. Fans of Lisa Gardner will find much to like here."--Library Journal (starred review)    "A high-velocity roller coaster of a thriller."--Jeffery Deaver    "A brilliant thriller. Stefanie Pintoff is one of the best crime writers at work today."--Michael Koryta"--

"An electrifying thriller featuring Eve Rossi, head of a covert division of the FBI made up of ex-criminals, and set against the backdrop of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. What at first looks like an assassination attempt on New York City's Police Commissioner might in fact be a smokescreen for the abduction of his teenage daughter. Or is it a larger conspiracy? As midtown Manhattan grinds to a hault in preparation for Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Eve Rossi and her team of ex-cons race against the clock to save a child's life and thwart a massive terrorist threat in this whiplash-paced thriller"--



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910337471803321

Titolo

Advances in Nature-Inspired Computing and Applications / / edited by Shishir Kumar Shandilya, Smita Shandilya, Atulya K. Nagar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-319-96451-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (355 pages)

Collana

EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing, , 2522-8609

Disciplina

006.38

Soggetti

Telecommunication

Computational intelligence

Artificial intelligence

Dynamics

Nonlinear theories

Bioinformatics

Communications Engineering, Networks

Computational Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

Applied Dynamical Systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A Nature-inspired Decision System for Secure Cyber Network Architecture -- Optimizing Resource Allocation in Next-Generation Wireless Networks Considering Carrier Aggregation Using Evolutionary Programming -- Artificial Feeding Birds (AFB): a new metaheuristic inspired by the behavior of pigeons -- Nature – Inspired Algorithms for Medical Image Processing -- Firefly Algorithm applied to the Estimation of Parameters of Photovoltaic Systems -- Realization of PSO-based Adaptive Beamforming Algorithm for Smart Antennas -- A Multi-objective Analysis and Comparison of Bio-inspired Approaches for the Cluster-Head Selection problem in WSN -- An Energy Efficient Cluster Head Selection using Artificial Bees Colony Optimization for Wireless Sensor Networks -- Modified Krill Herd Algorithm for Global Numerical



Optimization Problems -- Application of Nature-Inspired Optimization Techniques in Vessel Traffic Control -- Enhanced throughput and accelerated detection of network attacks using a membrane computingmodel implemented on a GPU -- Physics-based Algorithms for Boolean Target Coverage -- A Hybrid Bio- Inspired Algorithm for Protein Domain Problems -- Modeling Service Discovery over Wireless Mesh Networks.

Sommario/riassunto

This book contains research contributions from leading global scholars in nature- inspired computing. It includes comprehensive coverage of each respective topic, while also highlighting recent and future trends. The book focuses on the current research while highlighting the empirical results along with theoretical concepts to provide a comprehensive reference for students, researchers, scholars, professionals and practitioners in the field of Advanced Artificial Intelligence, Nature-Inspired Algorithms and Soft Computing. Topics include Hybrid Bio-inspired Computing; Membrane Computing; Krill Herd Algorithm; Stochastic Optimization; Firefly Optimization Algorithm;Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm; Particle Swarm Optimization; Lion Optimization Algorithm; and Monkey Search Optimization. • Presents complete coverage of nature-inspired computing and applications; • Provides a comprehensive, criticaland descriptive examination of all facetsof nature-inspired algorithms and naturally-intelligent machines; • Fundamentals are emphasized throughout the book to provide strong basis for students.