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In Complexity, the widely applauded work by Mitchell Waldrop that introduced the exciting and important work of the Santa Fe Institute to a wide audience, Brian Arthur and his ideas played a pivotal role and were shown connecting creatively with the many aspects of the Institute's work. This book brings together Professor Arthur's pioneering articles and provides a comprehensive presentation of his exciting vision of an economics that incorporates increasing returns. After a decade of resis-tance from economists, these ideas are now being widely discussed and adopted, as Kenneth Arrow recounts in his foreword. In fundamental ways they are changing our views of the working economy. The essential ideas are first introduced at a popular level with an article originally published in the Scientific American. They are then shown in powerful and convincing application to a variety of questions, including competition between technologies and the development of industrial clusters such as Silicon Valley. The volume also contains the technical articles that underpin the creation of this important and original work in economics. Brian Arthur's work establishes a whole new domain for economics, a new perspective on many contemporary economic problems, and an explanation for many puzzling features of the high technology economy. This book provides the ideal introduction to and a comprehensive exposition of Arthur's work.

This text/reference is a detailed look at the development and use of integral equation methods for electromagnetic analysis, specifically for antennas and radar scattering. Developers and practitioners will appreciate the broad-based approach to understanding and utilizing integral equation methods and the unique coverage of historical developments that led to the current state-of-the-art. In contrast to existing books, Integral Equation Methods for Electromagnetics lays the groundwork in the initial chapters so students and basic users can solve simple problems and work their way up to the most advanced and current solutions.

This unique book covers the whole field of electronic warfare modeling and simulation at a systems level, including chapters that describe basic electronic warfare (EW) concepts. Written by a well-known expert in the field with more than 24 years of experience, the book explores EW applications and techniques and the radio frequency spectrum, with primary emphasis on HF (high frequency) to microwave. A detailed resource for entry-level engineering personnel in EW, military personnel with no radio or communications engineering background, technicians and software professionals, the work helps you understand the basic concepts required for modeling and simulation, as well as fidelity and other practical aspects of simulation design and application. You get clear explanations of important mathematical concepts, such as decibel notation and spherical trigonometry. This informative reference explains how to facilitate the generation of realistic computer models of EW equipment. Moreover, it describes specific types of EW equipment, how they work and how each is mathematically modeled. The book concludes with a description of the various types of models and simulations and the ways they are applied to training and equipment testing tasks.