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Statistical Tools for Nonlinear Regression: A Practical Guide With S-PLUS and R Examples (Springer Series in Statistics)

Springer, 2003

Statistical Tools for Nonlinear Regression presents methods for analyzing data. It has been expanded to include binomial, multinomial and Poisson non-linear models. The examples are analyzed with the free software nls2 updated to deal with the new models included in the second edition. The nls2 package is implemented in S-PLUS and R....

Active Visual Inference of Surface Shape (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Springer, 1995

This monograph is devoted to the problem of inferring geometric information about arbitrarily curved surfaces from visual cues; this is a central problem in computer vision with immediate relevance for robot manipulation and navigation. The author develops computational theories and techniques relating visual information arising from viewer...

Chirality in Drug Research (Methods and Principles in Medicinal Chemistry)

John Wiley & Sons, 2006

Divided into the three main sections of synthesis, analysis and drug development, this handbook covers all stages of the drug development process, including large-scale synthesis and purification of chirally pure pharmaceuticals.

The two editors from academia and a major pharmaceutical company have assembled an experienced,...

Essentials of Marketing

Financial Times Management, 2007

Brassington and Pettitt's Essentials of Marketing is the indispensable introduction to the subject for all students taking a short or one-semester Marketing module whatever their background. The second edition retains the lively writing style and authority of the authors' Principles of Marketing, and highlights the links between...

Teaching Academic ESL Writing: Practical Techniques in Vocabulary and Grammar (ESL and Applied Linguistics Professional)

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003

This work attempts to fill an important gap in teacher professional preparation by focusing on the grammatical and lexical features that are essential for all ESL writing teachers and student-writers to know. The fundamental assumption is that before students of English for academic purposes can begin to successfully produce academic writing, they...

Making Your Own Telescope

Dover Publications, 2003

Complete, detailed instructions and numerous diagrams for constructing a do-it-yourself telescope. No complicated mathematics are involved, and no prior knowledge of optics or astronomy is needed to follow the text's step-by-step directions. Contents cover, among other topics, materials and equipment; tube parts and alignment; eyepieces, and...