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UNINA9910452383003321 |
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Nahin Paul J. |
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Digital Dice : Computational Solutions to Practical Probability Problems / / Paul J. Nahin |
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Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2013] |
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©2013 |
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1-4008-4611-0 |
1-299-13927-2 |
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[With a New preface by the author] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (289 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Mathematics |
Physical Sciences & Mathematics |
Mathematical Statistics |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- ntroduction -- The Problems -- 1. The Clumsy Dishwasher Problem -- 2. Will Lil and Bill Meet at the Malt Shop? -- 3. A Parallel Parking Question -- 4. A Curious Coin-Flipping Game -- 5. The Gamow-Stern Elevator Puzzle -- 6. Steve's Elevator Problem -- 7. The Pipe Smoker's Discovery -- 8. A Toilet Paper Dilemma -- 9. The Forgetful Burglar Problem -- 10. The Umbrella Quandary -- 11. The Case of the Missing Senators -- 12. How Many Runners in a Marathon? -- 13. A Police Patrol Problem -- 14. Parrondo's Paradox -- 15. How Long Is the Wait to Get the Potato Salad? -- 16. The Appeals Court Paradox -- 17. Waiting for Buses -- 18. Waiting for Stoplights -- 19. Electing Emperors and Popes -- 20. An Optimal Stopping Problem -- 21. Chain Reactions, Branching Processes, and Baby Boys -- The Solutions -- 1. The Clumsy Dishwasher Problem -- 2. Will Lil and Bill Meet at the Malt Shop? -- 3. A Parallel Parking Question -- 4. A Curious Coin-Flipping Game -- 5. The Gamow-Stern Elevator Puzzle -- 6. Steve's Elevator Problem -- 7. The Pipe Smoker's Discovery -- 8. A Toilet Paper Dilemma -- 9. The Forgetful Burglar Problem -- 10. The Umbrella Quandary -- 11. The |
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Case of the Missing Senators -- 12. How Many Runners in a Marathon? -- 13. A Police Patrol Problem -- 14. Parrondo's Paradox -- 15. How Long Is theWait to Get the Potato Salad? -- 16. The Appeals Court Paradox -- 17. Waiting for Buses -- 18. Waiting for Stoplights -- 19. Electing Emperors and Popes -- 20. An Optimal Stopping Problem -- 21. Chain Reactions, Branching Processes, and Baby Boys -- Appendix 1. One Way to Guess on a Test -- Appendix 2. An Example of Variance Reduction in the Monte Carlo Method -- Appendix 3. Random Harmonic Series -- Appendix 4. Solving Montmort's Problem by Recursion -- Appendix 5. An Illustration of the Inclusion-Exclusion Principle -- Appendix 6. Solutions to the Spin Game -- Appendix 7. How to Simulate Kelvin's Fair Coin with a Biased Coin -- Appendix 8. How to Simulate an Exponential Random Variable -- Appendix 9. Author-Created MATLAB m-files and Their Location in the Book -- Glossary -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- Also by Paul J. Nahin |
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Some probability problems are so difficult that they stump the smartest mathematicians. But even the hardest of these problems can often be solved with a computer and a Monte Carlo simulation, in which a random-number generator simulates a physical process, such as a million rolls of a pair of dice. This is what Digital Dice is all about: how to get numerical answers to difficult probability problems without having to solve complicated mathematical equations. Popular-math writer Paul Nahin challenges readers to solve twenty-one difficult but fun problems, from determining the odds of coin-flipping games to figuring out the behavior of elevators. Problems build from relatively easy (deciding whether a dishwasher who breaks most of the dishes at a restaurant during a given week is clumsy or just the victim of randomness) to the very difficult (tackling branching processes of the kind that had to be solved by Manhattan Project mathematician Stanislaw Ulam). In his characteristic style, Nahin brings the problems to life with interesting and odd historical anecdotes. Readers learn, for example, not just how to determine the optimal stopping point in any selection process but that astronomer Johannes Kepler selected his second wife by interviewing eleven women. The book shows readers how to write elementary computer codes using any common programming language, and provides solutions and line-by-line walk-throughs of a MATLAB code for each problem. Digital Dice will appeal to anyone who enjoys popular math or computer science. In a new preface, Nahin wittily addresses some of the responses he received to the first edition. |
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Record Nr. |
UNINA9911019211603321 |
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Autore |
Chappell David |
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Titolo |
Contractual correspondence for architects and project managers / / David Chappell |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2006 |
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9786610748617 |
9781280748615 |
1280748613 |
9780470763513 |
0470763515 |
9780470757888 |
0470757884 |
9781405172080 |
1405172088 |
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Edizione |
[4th ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (296 p.) |
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Architectural contracts - Great Britain |
Architects - Legal status, laws, etc - Great Britain |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contractual Correspondence for Architects and Project Managers; Contents; Preface to the Fourth Edition; A Appraisal; A1 Client's bona fides: in doubt; A2 If your client is a private individual (a consumer); A3 Fee recovery; A4 If two separate individuals or companies wish to commission you jointly; A5 Appointment, if architect asked to tender on fees; A6 Brief: difficulty in obtaining decisions; A7 Consultants: client requiring them to be appointed through the architect; A8 Other architects, if previously commissioned; A9 Site boundaries: unclear |
A10 Existing property, if urgent repair work requiredA11 Client: if wanting to proceed with inadequate planning permission; B Strategic Briefing; B1 Brief: unacceptable requirements; C Outline Proposals; C1 Objections: by client; C2 Objections: by planning authority, civic society etc.; D Detailed Proposals; D1 Client, if no reply; D2 Client, if another architect appointed to continue work; D3 Client, if preference |
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expressed for a particular sub-contractor; D4 Client: objection to the use of sub-contractor or supplier in a design capacity; E Final Proposals; E1 Client: wishing to modify brief |
F Production InformationF1 Client: declines to use a standard contract; F2 Client: wishes to use a partnering agreement without a legally binding contract; F3 Client: wishes to include unsuitable contractor on tender list; F4 Client: asks you to recommend a contractor; F5 Client: reluctance to appoint a full-time clerk of works; F6 Consultants, if late in supplying drawings and specification; F7 Sub-contractor or supplier, if tender not on standard form or conditions attached; F8 Sub-contractor or supplier, if price too high; F9 Letters of intent to sub-contractors or suppliers |
G Bills of QuantitiesG1 Drawings, if not ready; G2 Bills of quantities, if behind programme; H Tender Action; H1 Client, if he wishes to accept the lowest, but unsatisfactory, tender; J Mobilisation; J1 Clerk of works: letter of instruction; J2 Letter of intent: contractor; J3 Consents: not received from planning authority, building control, statutory undertakings; K Construction to Practical Completion; K1 Commencement before formal contract; K2 Contract documents: initials missing; K3 Contract documents: drawings amended; K4 Drawings, schedules: not ready |
K5 Failure to give possession on the due dateK6 Meetings: standing of minutes as a record; K7 Master programme: alleged approval by architect; K8 Master programme - if contractor changes it; K9 Printed conditions and bills of quantities (or specification) not in agreement; K10 Work not in accordance with comments on the submitted documents; K11 Discrepancy between bills of quantities, schedules of work, specification, architect's instructions, CDP documents or statutory requirements and contract documents, not found by the contractor; K12 Certification, if claim not yet ascertained |
K13 Certification: certificate not received by the employer |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book provides over 160 model letters, with commentary for use with all the main JCT 2005 building contracts. It concentrates on problems which can arise during a project, and draws on the author's extensive experience as a contracts consultant. It is a companion to the author's Standard Letters in Architectural Practice which covers more routine matters.The revised Fourth Edition takes account of:* the 2005 editions of the JCT Standard Building Contract, the Intermediate Building Contract and the Minor Works Building Contract, both with their contractor's design versions, |
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