Essays on fundamental and applied environmental topics / Dragutin Mihailovic, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mihailovic, Dragutin T.

Series:

Environmental Remediation Technologies, Regulations and Safety

Environmental remediation technologies, regulations and safety

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental engineering.

Environmental engineering--Mathematical models.

Environmental sciences--Mathematical models.

Environmental sciences.

Environmental health.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (390 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, NY : Nova Science Publisher's, Inc., c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text brings together scientists and engineers working in research institutions, universities and academia who engage in the study of the theoretical, modelling, measuring and software aspects of the environmental sciences. It provides up-to-date information in this field.

Contents:

""ESSAYS ON FUNDAMENTAL AND APPLIED ENVIRONMENTAL TOPICS ""; ""ESSAYS ON FUNDAMENTAL AND APPLIED ENVIRONMENTAL TOPICS ""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""PART ONE: FUNDAMENTAL AND MODELING ASPECTS ""; ""TWO MAPS SERVING THE INTERCELULAR EXCHANGE OF BIOCHEMICAL SUBSTANCES AND THEIR BEHAVIOUR IN THE PRESENCE OF FLUCTUATIONS ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""1. INTRODUCTION ""; ""2. A SIMPLE MODEL OF INTERCELLULAR EXCHANGE ""; ""2.1. Empirical Background ""; ""2.2. Model Philosophy ""

""3. ANALYSIS OF THE COUPLED MAPS REPRESENTING THE INTERCELLULAR EXCHANGE OF SUBSTANCES USING METHODS OF NONLINEAR DYNAMICS """"3.1. Lyapunov Exponent of the Coupled Maps (6) for Constant Logistic Parameters ""; ""3.2. The Lyapunov Exponent of the Coupled Maps (6) when All System Parameters Are Changeable ""; ""3.3. Entropy of the System of the Coupled Maps (6) ""; ""4. EFFECT OF FLUCTUATIONS ""; ""CONCLUSIONS ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""FORMAL CONCEPT ANALYSIS AND CATEGORY THEORY IN MODELING INTERACTIONS OF LIVING SYSTEMS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTS""; ""ABSTRACT ""

""1. INTRODUCTION """"2. FORMAL CONCEPT ANALYSIS IN MODELING THE INTERACTION OF LIVING SYSTEMS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTS ""; ""2.1. Concept Lattices ""; ""2.2. The Fundamental Theorem of Concept Lattices ""; ""2.3. The Context of Animals: An Example ""; ""2.4. Use of FCA to Construct Subjective Interface between Biological Systems and their Environments ""; ""3. CATEGORIES IN OUR STORIES ""; ""3.1. General Remarks""; ""3.2. Fundamentals of Category Theory in a Condensed Form ""; ""3.3. Category Theory in Ecological Modeling ""; ""CONCLUSIONS ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ""; ""REFERENCES ""

""GENERATION OF INFORMATION IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS: A SHORT EPISTEMOLOGICAL ESSAY """"ABSTRACT ""; ""1. INTRODUCTION ""; ""2. THE MATHEMATICAL THEORY OF COMMUNICATION AND THE SEMANTICS OF INFORMATION ""; ""3. BIOSEMIOTICS AND SEMIOTIC-RELATED CONCEPTS ""; ""4. THE EMERGENCE OF SEMANTICS IN INFORMATION PROCESSING IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ""; ""CONCLUSIONS ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""MONTE CARLO RAY-TRACING METHOD FOR USE IN THE CALCULATION OF THE ALBEDO FOR DIFFERENT GEOMETRIES ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""1. INTRODUCTION ""

""2. SHORT REVIEW OF THE AGGREGATION OF THE ALBEDO OVER THE HETEROGENEOUS SURFACES """"2.1. Theoretical Approach ""; ""2.2. The MCRT Method Calculation of the Grid-Cell Albedo ""; ""3. CALCULATION OF THE LOSS COEFFICIENT ""; ""3.1. The “Trilateral Prism� and “Slope� Geometries ""; ""3.2. The “Canyon� Geometry ""; ""4. INFLUENCE OF THE ALBEDO CALCULATION ON THE EFFECTIVE TEMPERATURES OF HETEROGENEOUS GRID-CELLS CONSISTING OF DIFFERENT NATURAL COVERS ""; ""4.1. The “Trilateral Prism� and “Slope� Geometries ""; ""4.2. The “Canyon� Geometry ""; ""CONCLUSIONS ""

""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ""

Notes:

Includes index.

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ISBN:

1-61942-530-0