Shamanism, hypnosis, imaginal psychotherapies, and meditation are based on the use of what we in the modern western world think of as non-ordinary human consciousness. These four modalities have fundamental similarities and differences in purpose, theory, technique, type of alternative consciousness, and their application of non-ordinary reality. Shamanism, the oldest and most intertwined with the cultures in which it is practiced, will be explored as a model for individual healing and transformation and professional training. The shamanic way will also be explored as a model of consciousness and a world-view that offers individuals, groups, and society much needed coping mechanisms, healing techniques, and transformative values that may be helpful in dealing with this trying and important transition time for humanity. Imaginal therapies, meditation and hypnosis all have their roots in shamanism, although in some parts of the world at certain times in history, shamanism borrowed from meditation in its adaptation and development.
Third, the OSC places such a high value on linear thinking and scientific proof
that there is the risk of narrowing our sense of identity to the point where we
believe that we are only the sum total of our logical thoughts, rational abilities,
and ...
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Logic-Based Program Synthesis and Transformation, LOPSTR 2008, held in Valencia, Spain, during July 17-18, 2008. The 11 revised full papers presented together with one invited talk were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. LOPSTR traditionally solicits papers in the areas of specification, synthesis, verification, transformation, analysis, optimization, composition, security, reuse, applications and tools, component-based software development, software architectures, agent-based software development, and program refinement.
In this paper we present a procedure for representing the semantics of linear
hybrid automata (LHAs) as constraint logic programs (CLP); flexible and accurate
analysis and verification of LHAs can then be performed using generic CLP ...
The international conference \Operations Research 2008", the annual meeting of the German Operations Research Society (GOR), was held at the University of Augsburg on September 3-5, 2008. About 580 p- ticipants from more than 30 countries presented and listened to nearly 400 talks on a broad range of Operations Research. The general subject \Operations Research and Global Business" str- ses the important role of Operations Research in improving decisions in the increasingly complex business processes in a global environment. The plenary speakers Morris A. Cohen (Wharton School) and Bernd Liepert (Executive Board of KUKA Robotics) addressed this subject. Moreover, one of the founders of Operations Research, Saul Gass (U- versity of Maryland), gave the opening speech on the early history of Operations Research. This volume contains 93 papers presented at the conference, selected by the program committee and the section chairs, forming a representative sample of the various subjects dealt with at Operations Research 2008. The volume follows the structure of the conference, with 12 sections, grouped into six \Fields of Applications" and six \Fields of Methods and Theory". This structure in no way means a separation of theory and application, which would be detrimental in Operations Research, but displays the large spectrum of aspects in the focus of the papers. Of course, most papers present theory, methods and applications together.
Selected Papers of the Annual International Conference of the German
Operations Research Society (GOR) University of Augsburg, September 3-5,
2008 Bernhard Fleischmann, Karl-Heinz Borgwardt, Robert Klein, Axel Tuma ...
A handbook in the truest sense of the word, the first edition of the Operations Research Calculations Handbook quickly became an indispensible resource. While other books available tend to give detailed information about specific topics, this one contains comprehensive information and results useful for real-world problem solving. Reflecting the breadth and depth of growth in the field, the scope of the second edition has been expanded to cover several additional topics. And as with the first edition, it focuses on presenting analytical results and formulas that allow quick calculations and provide understanding of system models. See what’s in the Second Edition: New chapters include Order Statistics, Traffic Flow and Delay, and Heuristic Search Methods New sections include Distance Norms, Hyper-Exponential and Hypo-Exponential Distributions Newly derived formulas and an expanded reference list Like its predecessor, the new edition of this handbook presents the analytical results and formulas needed in the scientific applications of operations research and management. It continues to provide quick calculations and insight into system performance. Presenting practical results and formulas without derivations, the material is organized by topic and offered in a concise format that allows ready-access to a wide range of results in a single volume. The field of operations research encompasses a growing number of technical areas, and uses analyses and techniques from a variety of branches of mathematics, statistics, and other scientific disciplines. And as the field continues to grow, there is an even greater need for key results to be summarized and easily accessible in one reference volume. Yet many of the important results and formulas are widely scattered among different textbooks and journals and are often hard to find in the midst of mathematical derivations. This book provides a one-stop resource for many important results and formulas needed in operations research and management science applications.
Operations research uses analyses and techniques from a variety of branches of
mathematics, statistics, and other scientific disciplines. Certain analytical results
arise repeatedly in applications of operations research to industrial and service ...
Este livro foi elaborado para ser facilmente entendido por iniciantes. Escrito de forma direta, a linguagem matemática precisa é usada sem formalismo e abstração excessivos. Os conceitos e técnicas da matemática discreta, até chegar à lógica booleana, teoria dos grafos e modelagem computacional, demonstrados de forma eficiente, fornecem todos os fundamentos, sem diluir o conteúdo. Induz os alunos a pensar lógica e matematicamente, sendo uma ferramenta útil aos estudos futuros, especialmente para aqueles que continuarem na ciência da computação, matemática aplicada e engenharia. Demonstra a relevância e a praticidade da matemática discreta para uma variedade de aplicações no mundo real, de ciência da computação a redes de dados, psicologia, química, engenharia, lingüística, biologia, negócios e muitos outros campos.
Este livro foi elaborado para ser facilmente entendido por iniciantes.
