Critiquing the internal contradictions & practical limitations of the social contract theory espoused by John Locke & John Rawls, this title presents a covenantal theory for political life based on H Richard Niebuhr's theology of radical monotheism. ...

Deals with the application of techniques based on multivariable control theory & optimisation theory to the study of stability of highly uncertain models of interconnected power systems subject to parameter variations. This book focuses on the study of stability problems associated with parameter variations representing real physical quantities. ...

The standard theory of decision making under uncertainty advises the decision maker to form a statistical model linking outcomes to decisions & then to choose the optimal distribution of outcomes. It assumes that you trust the model completely. But what should a decision maker do if the model cannot be trusted? This work answers this question. ...

Explores why genetic changes do not cause organisms to fail catastrophically & how evolution shapes organisms' robustness. This book looks at this problem, starting with the alphabet of DNA, the genetic code, RNA, & protein molecules, moving on to genetic networks & embryonic development, & working his way up to whole organisms. ...

Bringing together relevant material to impart a clear understanding of how to analyze ROC curves, this book covers the fundamental theory as well as various special topics. It offers illustrative examples of the major methodological developments &

Includes:: as much of the mathematical theory as necessary without making the treatment too dense.

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In this Visconti classic, a mother & her five sons move from the poor rural south of Italy to the prosperous northern city of Milan in an effort to improve their lives. However, despite a promising start, their hopes for the future prove futile, & when the good-natured Rocco (Alain Delon) falls out with his brutal older brother Simone (Renato Salvatore) over his prostitute girlfriend Nadia (Annie Girardot), a tragic climax appears unavoidable. Long considered a masterpiece of late Neo-realist cinema, ' Rocco & his Brothers' is told in five distinct episodes, each named after one of the brothers. ...