Extreme events in nature and society
Significant, and usually unwelcome, surprises, such as floods, financial crisis, epileptic seizures, or material rupture, are the topics of Extreme Events in Nature and Society. The book, authored by foremost experts in these fields, reveals unifying and distinguishing features of extreme events, in...
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| Formáid: | Livre numérique |
| Teanga: | Anglais |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Cham : Springer Nature |
| Eagrán: | 1st ed. 2006. |
| Sraith: | The Frontiers Collection
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| Rochtain ar líne: | Accès sur la plateforme de l'éditeur Accès sur la plateforme Istex Accès Université d'Orléans Accès INSA CVL |
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| Edition sous un autre format: | • Extreme events in nature and society, with 115 figures, 7 in color, Sergio Albeverio, Volker Jentsch, Holger Kantz (Eds.), [Berlin], Springer, 2006, 1 vol. (XV-352 p.), The frontiers collection, 978-3-540-28610-3 • Extreme Events in Nature and Society, Texte imprimé, 9783540814979 |
Clár na nÁbhar:
- Part I, General considerations
- Part II, Scenarios
- 6, Epilepsy: extreme events in the human brain
- Part III, Prevention, precaution, and avoidance
- 1, Extreme events: magic, mysteries, and challenges
- 2, Anticipating extreme events
- 3, Mathematical methods and concepts for the analysis of extreme events
- 4, Dynamical interpretation of extreme events: predictability and predictions
- 5, Endogenous versus exogenous origins of crises
- 7, Extreme events in the geological past
- 8, Wind and precipitation extremes in the Earth's atmosphere
- 9, Freak ocean waves and refraction of gaussian seas
- 10, Predicting the lifetime of steel
- 11, Computer simulations of opinions and their reactions to extreme events
- 12, Networks of the extreme: a search for the exceptional
- 13, Risk management and physical modelling for mountainous natural hazards
- 14, Prevention of surprise
- 15, Disasters as extreme events and the importance of network interactions for disaster response management