1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464240203321

Autore

Gitterman M

Titolo

The chaotic pendulum [[electronic resource] /] / Moshe Gitterman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J. ; ; London, : World Scientific, c2010

ISBN

1-283-14494-8

9786613144942

981-4322-01-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (140 p.)

Disciplina

003/.857

Soggetti

Pendulum

Chaotic behavior in systems

Electronic books.

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 (p. 133-138) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Contents; List of Equations; Chapter 1 Pendulum Equations; Chapter 2 Deterministic Chaos; Chapter 3 Pendulum subject to a Random Force; Chapter 4 Systems with Two Degrees of Freedom; Chapter 5 Conclusions; Bibliography; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Pendulum is the simplest nonlinear system, which, however, provides the means for the description of different phenomena in Nature that occur in physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, communications, economics and sociology. The chaotic behavior of pendulum is usually associated with the random force acting on a pendulum (Brownian motion). Another type of chaotic motion (deterministic chaos) occurs in nonlinear systems with only few degrees of freedom. This book presents a comprehensive description of these phenomena going on in underdamped and overdamped pendula subject to additive and multip



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910971853303321

Titolo

Adolescent risk and vulnerability : concepts and measurement / / Baruch Fischhoff, Elena O. Nightingale, Joah G. Iannotta, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, : National Academy Press, c2001

ISBN

9780309170369

0309170362

9780309509831

0309509831

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 152 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

FischhoffBaruch <1946->

NightingaleElena O

IannottaJoah G

Disciplina

362.7/083/0973

Soggetti

Risk-taking (Psychology) in adolescence - United States

Teenagers - United States - Social conditions

Teenagers - Health risk assessment - United States

Youth - Government policy - United States

Human behavior

Risk management

Human information processing

Probabilities

Organization

Public health

Health services administration

Statistics

Medical care

Thought and thinking

Risk

Decision making

Risk assessment

Adolescent psychology

Decision Making

Adolescent

Psychology, Adolescent

Adolescent Behavior

Risk Assessment

United States



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction: Adolescent risk and vulnerability: approaches to setting priorities to reduce their burden -- 2. Perceptions of risk and vulnerability / Baruch Fischhoff and Elena O. Nightingale -- 3. Vulnerability, risk, and protection / Susan G. Millstein and Bonnie L. Halpern-Felsher -- 4. Modeling the payoffs of interventions to reduce adolescent vulnerability / Robert William Blum, Clea McNeely, and James Nonnemaker -- 5. Adolescent vulnerability: measurement and priority setting / Martha R. Burt, Janine M. Zweig, and John Roman.

Sommario/riassunto

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