1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463122303321

Autore

Glatstein Jacob <1896-1971.>

Titolo

The Glatstein chronicles [[electronic resource] /] / Jacob Glatstein ; edited and with an introduction by Ruth Wisse ; translated by Maier Deshell and Norbert Guterman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven [Conn.], : Yale University Press, c2010

ISBN

1-299-46372-X

0-300-16878-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (422 p.)

Collana

The new Yiddish library

Altri autori (Persone)

WisseRuth R

DeshellMaier

GutermanNorbert <1900-1984.>

GlatsteinJacob <1896-1971.>

Disciplina

839/.09/33

Soggetti

Jews

Jewish fiction

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published in Yiddish as: Ven yash iz geforn, and Ven Yash iz gekumen.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Book One: Homeward Bound -- Book Two: Homecoming at Twilight -- Notes -- Acknowledgments

Sommario/riassunto

In 1934, with World War II on the horizon, writer Jacob Glatstein (1896-1971) traveled from his home in America to his native Poland to visit his dying mother. One of the foremost Yiddish poets of the day, he used his journey as the basis for two highly autobiographical novellas (translated as The Glatstein Chronicles) in which he intertwines childhood memories with observations of growing anti-Semitism in Europe. Glatstein's accounts "stretch like a tightrope across a chasm," writes preeminent Yiddish scholar Ruth Wisse in the Introduction. In Book One, "Homeward Bound," the narrator, Yash, recounts his voyage to his birthplace in Poland and the array of international travelers he meets along the way. Book Two, "Homecoming at Twilight," resumes after his mother's funeral and ends with Yash's impending return to the



United States, a Jew with an American passport who recognizes the ominous history he is traversing. The Glatstein Chronicles is at once insightful reportage of the year after Hitler came to power, reflection by a leading intellectual on contemporary culture and events, and the closest thing we have to a memoir by the boy from Lublin, Poland, who became one of the finest poets of the twentieth century.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910299722103321

Autore

Kaveh A (Ali), <1948->

Titolo

Advances in Metaheuristic Algorithms for Optimal Design of Structures / / by A. Kaveh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-319-05549-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (433 p.)

Disciplina

519

519.6

620

621

Soggetti

Engineering mathematics

Engineering - Data processing

Mathematical optimization

Mechanical engineering

Mathematical and Computational Engineering Applications

Optimization

Mechanical 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

Introduction -- Historical background -- Formulation of the optimal design of structures -- Charged system search -- Magnetic charged system search -- Field of forces optimization -- Dolphin echolocation optimization -- Ray optimization -- Harmony search -- Big bang-big crunch -- Cuckoo search optimization -- Cuckoo search method --



Imperialist competitive algorithm -- Hybrid optimization algorithms -- Use of chaotic theory in optimization -- Multi-objective optimization -- Applications of meta-heuristics.

Sommario/riassunto

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 applied to various optimization problems. These consist of Particle Swarm Optimization, Big Bang-Big Crunch Algorithm, Cuckoo Search Optimization, Imperialist Competitive Algorithm, and Chaos Embedded Metaheuristic Algorithms. Finally a multi-objective optimization method is presented to solve large-scale structural problems based on the Charged System Search algorithm. The concepts and algorithms presented in this book are not only applicable to optimization of skeletal structures and finiteelement models, but can equally be utilized for optimal design of other systems such as hydraulic and electrical networks.  .