A Contemporary Study of Iterative Methods
A Contemporary Study of Iterative Methods: Convergence, Dynamics and Applications evaluates and compares advances in iterative techniques, also discussing their numerous applications in applied mathematics, engineering, mathematical ...
Cultural Studies and the Study of Popular Culture
A revised and updated new edition of this best-selling introduction to the study of contemporary popular culture. The book presents an accessible introduction to the range of theories and methods which have been used to study contemporary popular ...
Iterative Methods for Linear Systems
Systems of linear equations are ubiquitous in numerical analysis and scientific computing. and iterative methods are indispensable for the numerical treatment of such systems. This book offers a rigorous introduction to fundamental iterative metho...
Iterative Methods without Inversion
Iterative Methods without Inversion presents the iterative methods for solving operator equations f(x) = 0 in Banach and/or Hilbert spaces. It covers methods that do not require inversions of f (or solving linearized subproblems). The typical repr...
Case Study Methods
The use of the case study goes back to the beginnings of social science research and is still one of the most common forms of qualitative research. This book is a handy introduction to understanding, researching, and doing case studies in...
Interactive Contemporary Art
Interactive Contemporary Art
Triangulating Methodological Approaches in Corpus Linguistic Research
Contemporary corpus linguists use a wide variety of methods to study discourse patterns. This volume provides a systematic comparison of various methodological approaches in corpus linguistics through a series of parallel empirical studies that us...
New Directions in American Reception Study
Contemporary reception study has developed a diversity of approaches and methods, including the institutional, textual, historical, authorial, and reader-response, which, to a greater or lesser extent, acknowledge the various ways in which readers...
Iterative Methods for Toeplitz Systems
Toeplitz and Toeplitz-related systems arise in a variety of applications in mathematics and engineering, especially in signal and image processing. This book deals primarily with iterative methods for solving Toeplitz and Toeplitz-related linear s...
Methods in Contemporary Linguistics
The present volume is a broad overview of methods and methodologies in linguistics, illustrated with examples from concrete research. It collects insights gained from a broad range of linguistic sub-disciplines, ranging from core disciplines to to...
Case Study Method
This is the most comprehensive guide to the current uses and importance of case study methods in social research. The editors bring together key contributions from the field which reflect different interpretations of the purpose and capacity of ca...
On the Study Methods of Our Time
Giambattista Vico's first original work of philosophy, On the Study Methods of Our Time (1708-9) takes up the contemporary "quarrel between the ancients and the moderns" and provides a highly interesting statement of the nature of humani...
Myth and Literature
This collection of thirty-four major essays devoted to the theories, methods, and problems of myth criticism offers a convenient and substantial introduction to one of the most distinctive trends in contemporary literary study. The essays (many of...
Situated Design Methods
A handbook of situated design methods, with analyses and cases that range from designing study processes to understanding customer experiences to developing interactive installations.All design is situated-carried out from an embedded position. De...
Criminology Today
For courses in Criminology. Criminology Today: An Integrative Introduction 6e is a clear, contemporary and comprehensive introduction to the study of criminology. Offering a thematic approach that contrasts the social responsibility and social pro...
Causal Case Study Methods
In this comprehensive reconstruction of causal case study methods, Derek Beach, Rasmus Brun Pedersen, and their coauthors delineate the ontological and epistemological differences among these methods, offer suggestions for determining the appropri...
Case Study Research Methods
More people than ever are using case studies in research, yet there is very little guidance on how to construct case studies effectively. Drawing on his vast experience of teaching and mentoring researchers, Bill Gillham here provides a comprehens...
Embedded Case Study Methods
Bridging the gap between quantitative and qualitative approaches, Embedded Case Study Methods ¿presents methods for interrelating and integrating the variables, findings, and evaluations from the facets of the case (i.e., dif...
Violence
A comprehensive overview of the integrative study of violence Violence continues to be one of the most urgent global public health problems that contemporary society faces. Suicides and homicides are increasing at an alarming rate, particularly in...
Contemporary Chinese Politics
Contemporary Chinese Politics: Sources, Methods, and Field Strategies considers how new and diverse sources and methods are changing the study of Chinese politics. Contributors spanning three generations in China studies place their distinct quali...
Bootstrap Methods
A practical and accessible introduction to the bootstrap method--newly revised and updated Over the past decade, the application of bootstrap methods to new areas of study has expanded, resulting in theoretical and applied advances across various ...
A Study of Taijiquan
First published in 1919, this work covers the art of Tai Chi Chuan. It details both the theory and practice of this style of Tai Chi Chuan created by the author himself. It discusses the underlying philosophy, based on the Yin/Yang theory of the h...
Rubank Advanced Method - Saxophone Vol. 1
An outlined course of study designed to follow the elementary and intermediate levels of any instructional method, the Rubank Advanced Methods are considered to be one of the gold standards of advanced instrumental study. The specially designed un...
AdvancED ActionScript 3.0
AdvancED ActionScript 3.0¿is a fresh look and new approach to utilizing valuable, structural techniques and methods that are commonly used in the field of rich interactive application development. With each method broken down into different strate...
Introduction to Language Policy
An Introduction to Language Policy: Theories and Method is a collection of newly-written chapters that cover the major theories and methods currently employed by scholars active in the field. provides an accessible introduction to the study of lan...
Phantoms of a future past : a study of contemporary Russian anti-utopian novels
In 1991 the Soviet Union collapsed along with the utopian Communist ideal that had played a major role in world politics for seventy-four years. This book is about the evolution of Russian anti-utopian literature in a post-Soviet environment. A gu...
Theology and Film
This introductory textbook uses appreciation of film to explore debates between theology and contemporary culture. It examines both method and theory and features a range of film examples throughout. Explores how film can enrich our study of theol...
Contemporary Approaches to the Study of Hysteria
Patients with striking physical symptoms suggestive of a neurological disease, but no evidence of nervous system damage are typically labelled as suffering from "hysterical conversion". Despite claims that conversion disorders have disap...
Methods for the Study of Religious Change
Methods for the Study of Religious Change aims to redefine the study of religion as the study of worldviews, of ideas which are active in shaping the world. It argues that the study of religion should focus on people's worldview-making capacities ...
Methods for the Study of Marine Benthos
The continuing global decline of the health of the sea, and the increasing depletion of marine resources and biodiversity, caused by human activity and climate change, have led to ever-increasing international concern. These changes in the marine ...
Rubank Elementary Method: Oboe: A Fundamental Course for Individual or Life-Instrument Class Instruction
(Elementary Method). One of the most widely used series of methods for individual or like-instrument class instruction. Using a very well-rounded approach including scales, arpeggios, technical studies, studies for musicianship, articulation studi...
Rubank Elementary Method: French Horn in F Flat Alto or Mellophone
(Elementary Method). One of the most widely used series of methods for individual or like-instrument class instruction. Using a very well-rounded approach including scales, arpeggios, technical studies, studies for musicianship, articulation studi...
Rubank Elementary Method: Bassoon
(Elementary Method). One of the most widely used series of methods for individual or like-instrument class instruction. Using a very well-rounded approach including scales, arpeggios, technical studies, studies for musicianship, articulation studi...
Rubank Elementary Method: Cornet or Trumpet
(Elementary Method). One of the most widely used series of methods for individual or like-instrument class instruction. Using a very well-rounded approach including scales, arpeggios, technical studies, studies for musicianship, articulation studi...
Inside the Big Band Drum Chart
Inside the Big Band Drum Chart is a first of its kind drum method that usestraditional and contemporary arrangements performed by a 17 piece jazzensemble as the vehicle to study beats, musical form, ensemble phrasing, articulation, and interpretat...
Iterative Methods for Sparse Linear Systems
Tremendous progress has been made in the scientific and engineering disciplines regarding the use of iterative methods for linear systems. The size and complexity of linear and nonlinear systems arising in typical applications has grown, meaning t...
