1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789433703321

Autore

Viswanathan Gandhimohan M.

Titolo

The physics of foraging : an introduction to random searches and biological encounters / / Gandhimohan M. Viswanathan [and three others] [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-107-22161-7

1-283-12753-9

9786613127532

1-139-09265-0

0-511-90268-9

1-139-09317-7

1-139-09214-6

1-139-09125-5

1-139-09034-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 164 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Classificazione

SCI040000

Altri autori (Persone)

ViswanathanGandhimohan M

Disciplina

591.5

Soggetti

Animal behavior - Mathematical models

Home range (Animal geography) - Mathematical models

Biological invasions - Mathematical models

Animal ecology - Mathematical models

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: Part I. Introduction: Movement: 1. Empirical motivation for studying movement; 2. Statistical physics of biological motion; 3. Random walks and Lévy flights; 4. Wandering albatrosses; Part II. Experimental Findings: 5. Early studies; 6. Evidence of anomalous diffusion; 7. Human dispersal; 8. How strong is the evidence?; Part III. Theory of Foraging: 9. Optimizing encounter rates; 10. Lévy flight foraging; 11. Other search models; Part IV. Finale: A Broader Context: 12. Superdiffusive random searches; 13. Adaptational versus emergent superdiffusion; 14. Perspectives and open problems; Appendices; References; Index.



Sommario/riassunto

Do the movements of animals, including humans, follow patterns that can be described quantitatively by simple laws of motion? If so, then why? These questions have attracted the attention of scientists in many disciplines, and stimulated debates ranging from ecological matters to queries such as 'how can there be free will if one follows a law of motion?' This is the first book on this rapidly evolving subject, introducing random searches and foraging in a way that can be understood by readers without a previous background on the subject. It reviews theory as well as experiment, addresses open problems and perspectives, and discusses applications ranging from the colonization of Madagascar by Austronesians to the diffusion of genetically modified crops. The book will interest physicists working in the field of anomalous diffusion and movement ecology as well as ecologists already familiar with the concepts and methods of statistical physics.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996575660703316

Titolo

2018 IEEE International Conference on Smart Materials and Spectroscopy (SMS) / / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Piscataway, NJ : , : IEEE, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

1-5386-7183-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (7 pages)

Disciplina

620.11

Soggetti

Smart materials

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



3.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00017546

Autore

VAILLANT, Johannes

Titolo

Arsacidarum Imperium, sive Regum Parthorum Historia : ad sidem numismatum accomodata / per J. Foy Vaillant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Parisiis, : Sumptibus Caroli Moette Bibliopolae, 1725

Descrizione fisica

[19], 31, 407, 24 p. : ill. ; 26 cm

Classificazione

IR IV

Soggetti

IRAN - STORIA - PERIODO PARTICO

Lingua di pubblicazione

Latino

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910315228303321

Autore

Schwinn Horst

Titolo

Handbuch Europäische Sprachkritik Online: Band 3 : 2018 / / Horst Schwinn . Volume 3.0

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Heidelberg, : Heidelberg University Publishing (heiUP), 2018

Heidelberg : , : Heidelberg University Publishing (heiUP), , 2018

ISBN

3-947732-22-8

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (144 p.)

Collana

Handbuch Europäische Sprachkritik Online

Soggetti

Language

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

In this third volume of the "Online Handbook of Language Criticism - A European Perspective", linguistic purism is being understood as both criticism of language usage on the level of parole and criticism of forms and structures of a language on the level of langue. The articles in this



volume illustrate in comparative perspective in which constellations of languages linguistic purism in German, English, French, Italian, and Croatian was relevant in the past, and still is today, how the individual languages were and are affected by language-puristic activities, and which actors and discourses have formed and framed language-puristic activities in the different language cultures.