大葉大學圖書館 |

登入

回首頁 到查詢結果 [ author_sort:"adam, john a." ]

X and the city[electronic resource] ...

Adam, John A.

X and the city[electronic resource] :modeling aspects of urban life /

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
杜威分類號:	307.7601/5118
書名/作者:	X and the city : modeling aspects of urban life // John Adam.
作者:	Adam, John A.
出版者:	Princeton : : Princeton University Press,, c2012.
面頁冊數:	1 online resource (304 p.)
標題:	Mathematical models.
標題:	City and town life - Mathematical models.
標題:	Cities and towns - Mathematical models.
ISBN:	9781400841691 (electronic bk.)
ISBN:	1400841690 (electronic bk.)
書目註:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
內容註:	Introduction : cancer, Princess Dido, and the city -- Getting to the city -- Living in the city -- Eating in the city -- Gardening in the city -- Summer in the city -- Not driving in the city! -- Driving in the city -- Probability in the city -- Traffic in the city -- Car following in the city-I -- Car following in the city-II -- Congestion in the city -- Roads in the city -- Sex and the city -- Growth and the city -- The axiomatic city -- Scaling in the city -- Air pollution in the city -- Light in the city -- Nighttime in the city-I -- Nighttime in the city-II -- Lighthouses in the city -- Disaster in the city? -- Getting away from the city.
摘要、提要註:	X and the City, a book of diverse and accessible math-based topics, uses basic modeling to explore a wide range of entertaining questions about urban life. How do you estimate the number of dental or doctor's offices, gas stations, restaurants, or movie theaters in a city of a given size? How can mathematics be used to maximize traffic flow through tunnels? Can you predict whether a traffic light will stay green long enough for you to cross the intersection? And what is the likelihood that your city will be hit by an asteroid? Every math problem and equation in this book tells
電子資源:	http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7s3jg

X and the city[electronic resource] :modeling aspects of urban life /
Adam, John A.

X and the citymodeling aspects of urban life /[electronic resource] :John Adam. - Princeton :Princeton University Press,c2012. - 1 online resource (304 p.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : cancer, Princess Dido, and the city -- Getting to the city -- Living in the city -- Eating in the city -- Gardening in the city -- Summer in the city -- Not driving in the city! -- Driving in the city -- Probability in the city -- Traffic in the city -- Car following in the city-I -- Car following in the city-II -- Congestion in the city -- Roads in the city -- Sex and the city -- Growth and the city -- The axiomatic city -- Scaling in the city -- Air pollution in the city -- Light in the city -- Nighttime in the city-I -- Nighttime in the city-II -- Lighthouses in the city -- Disaster in the city? -- Getting away from the city.

X and the City, a book of diverse and accessible math-based topics, uses basic modeling to explore a wide range of entertaining questions about urban life. How do you estimate the number of dental or doctor's offices, gas stations, restaurants, or movie theaters in a city of a given size? How can mathematics be used to maximize traffic flow through tunnels? Can you predict whether a traffic light will stay green long enough for you to cross the intersection? And what is the likelihood that your city will be hit by an asteroid? Every math problem and equation in this book tells

ISBN: 9781400841691 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

175949
Mathematical models.

LC Class. No.: HT151 / .A288 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 307.7601/5118

X and the city[electronic resource] :modeling aspects of urban life /
LDR:02225cam a2200301Ka 4500 001 415715
003 OCoLC
005 20141031030000.0
006 m o d
007 cr cnu---unuuu
008 150203s2012 nju ob 001 0 eng d
020 $a 9781400841691 (electronic bk.)
020 $a 1400841690 (electronic bk.)
020 $z 9780691162324
020 $z 9780691154640
020 $z 0691154643
035 $a (OCoLC)793519806 $z (OCoLC)817706387
035 $a ocn793519806
040 $a N $c N $d YDXCP $d CDX $d E7B $d OCLCQ $d UMI $d OCLCQ $d COO $d DEBSZ $d MHW $d JSTOR
050 4 $a HT151 $b .A288 2012
082 0 4 $a 307.7601/5118 $2 23
100 1 $a Adam, John A. $3 586921
245 1 0 $a X and the city $h [electronic resource] : $b modeling aspects of urban life / $c John Adam.
260 $a Princeton : $b Princeton University Press, $c c2012.
300 $a 1 online resource (304 p.)
504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $a Introduction : cancer, Princess Dido, and the city -- Getting to the city -- Living in the city -- Eating in the city -- Gardening in the city -- Summer in the city -- Not driving in the city! -- Driving in the city -- Probability in the city -- Traffic in the city -- Car following in the city-I -- Car following in the city-II -- Congestion in the city -- Roads in the city -- Sex and the city -- Growth and the city -- The axiomatic city -- Scaling in the city -- Air pollution in the city -- Light in the city -- Nighttime in the city-I -- Nighttime in the city-II -- Lighthouses in the city -- Disaster in the city? -- Getting away from the city.
520 $a X and the City, a book of diverse and accessible math-based topics, uses basic modeling to explore a wide range of entertaining questions about urban life. How do you estimate the number of dental or doctor's offices, gas stations, restaurants, or movie theaters in a city of a given size? How can mathematics be used to maximize traffic flow through tunnels? Can you predict whether a traffic light will stay green long enough for you to cross the intersection? And what is the likelihood that your city will be hit by an asteroid? Every math problem and equation in this book tells
588 $a Description based on print version record.
650 0 $a Mathematical models. $3 175949
650 0 $a City and town life $x Mathematical models. $3 586948
650 0 $a Cities and towns $x Mathematical models. $3 586949
856 4 0 $u http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7s3jg

筆 0 讀者評論

多媒體

多媒體檔案
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7s3jg

評論

新增評論分享你的心得

Export

取書館別