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Fixed Point Theorv and Beat Avvronmatron: The KKM-mar, Pnncrole, By Sankatha Singh, Bruce Watson and Pramila Sravastava. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. (1997). 220 pages. NLG 180.00, $103.00, GBP 62.00. Contents: Preface. 1. Introductory concepts and fixed point theorems. 2. Ky Fan’s best approximation theorem. 3. Principle and applications of KKM-maps. 4. Partitions of unity and applications. 5. Application of tied points to approximation theory. Bibliography. Network and Netslau: Virtual Grouvs on the Internet. Edited by Fay Sudweeks, Margaret McLaughlin and Sheizaf Rafaeli. AA1 Press/MIT Press Menlo Park, CA. (1998) 313 pages. $35.00. Contents: Foreword (Ronald Rice). Introduction (Sheizaf Rafaeli, Margaret McLaughlin, Fay Sudweeks). Smile when you say that: Graphic accents ss gender markers in computer-mediated communication (Diane Witmer, Sandra Katzman). Frames and flames: The structure of argumentative messages on the net (Edward A. Mabry). Telelogue speech (Alexander E. Voiskounsky). “Hmm...where’s that smoke coming from ?” Writing, play and performance on Internet relay chat (Brenda Dane& Lucia Ruedenberg, Yehudit Rosenbaum-Tamari). Media use in an electronic community (Steve Jones). From terminal ineptitude to virtual sociopathy: How conduct is regulated on Usenet (Christine B. Smith, Margaret L. McLaughlin, Kerry K. Osborne). Investigation of Relcom network users (Alexander E. Voiskounsky). Practicing safe computing: Why people engage in risky computer-mediated communication (Diane Witmer). Practicing safe computing: Why people engage in risky computer-mediated communication (Diane Witmer). The social construction of rape in virtual reality (Richard MacKinnon). Inter&tivity on the nets (Sheizaf Rafaeli). It makes sense: Using an autosssociative neural network to explore typically in computer mediated discussions (Michael Berthold, Fay Sudweeks, Sid Newton, Richard Coyne). Modeling and supporting virtual cooperative interaction through the World Wide Web (Lee Li-Jen Chen, Brian R. Gainee). Guided exploration of virtual worlds (Patrick Doyle, Barbara Hayes-Roth). Appendix: ProjectH overview: A collaborative quantitative study of computer-mediated communication (M. Sheizaf Rafaeli, Fay Sudweeks, Joe Konstan, Ed Mabry). Bibliography. Index. Numerical Commutation in Science and Enoineerinq. By C. Pozrikidis. Oxford University Press, NY. (1998). 627 pages. $75.00. Contents: Preface. Pseudocode language commands. 1. Numerical computation. 2. Numerical matrix algebra and matrix calculus. 3. Linear algebraic equations. 4. Nonlinear algebraic equations. 5. Eigenvalues of matrices. 6. Function interpolation and differentiation. 7. Numerical integration. 8. Approximation of functions, lines, and surfaces. 9. Ordinary differential equations; initial-value problems. 10. Ordinary differential equations; boundsryequations. value, eigenvalue, and free-boundary problems. 11. Finite-difference methods for partial-differential Appendix A: Calculus refresher. Appendix B: Orthogonal polynomials. Appendix C: UNIX primer. Appendix D: FORTRAN primer. Appendix E: FORTRAN programs. Index. Marcus Contextual Grammar. By Gheorghe P&m. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. (1997). 375 pages. NLG 210.00, $120.00, GBP 65.00. Contents: Preface. 1. Origin and motivation. 2. Formal language theory prerequisites. 3. Contexts (adjoining) everywhere. 4. Basic classes of contextual grammars. 5. Generative capacity. 6. Language theoretic properties. 7. Linguistically relevant properties. 8. Grammars with restricted selection. 9. Grammars with minimal/maximal use of selectors. 10. Variants of contextual grammars. 11. Two-level contextual grammars. 12. Regulated contextual grammars. 13. A generalization: n-contextual grammars. 14. A dual model: Insertion grammars. 15. Further topics. 16. Open problems and research topics. Bibliography. Subject Index. Bufferino Techniques for Deliverv of Comvressed Video in Video-on-Demand Svstems. By Wu-chi Feng. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, MA. (1997). 132 pages. NLG 195.00, $88.50, GBP 58.50. Contents: List of figures. List of tables. Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Preliminaries. 3. Bandwidth smothing algorithms. 4. A survey of bandwidth smoothing techniques. 5. Interactivity in video-on-demand systems. 6. Bandwidth smoothing for interactivity. 7. Conclusions and future directions. References. Index. Aloebmic Model Theory. Edited by Bradd T. Hart, Alistair H. Lachlan, and Matthew A. Valeriote. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. (1997). 277 pages. NLG 210.00, $124.00, GBP 76.00. Contents: Preface. Participants. Contributors. An introduction to independence and local modularity (Elisabeth Bouscaren). Groups definable in ACFA (Z& Chatzidakis). Large finite structures with few types (Gregory Cherlin). A survey of the uncountable spectra of countable theories (Bradd Hart, Michael C. Laskowski). An introduction to tame congruence theory (Emil W. Kiss). Stable finitely homogeneous structures: A survey (Alistair H. Lach-
BOOK REPORTS
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Fixed Point Theorv and Beat Avvronmatron: The KKM-mar, Pnncrole, By Sankatha Singh, Bruce Watson and Pramila Sravastava. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. (1997). 220 pages. NLG 180.00, $103.00, GBP 62.00. Contents: Preface. 1. Introductory concepts and fixed point theorems. 2. Ky Fan’s best approximation theorem. 3. Principle and applications of KKM-maps. 4. Partitions of unity and applications. 5. Application of tied points to approximation theory. Bibliography. Network and Netslau: Virtual Grouvs on the Internet. Edited by Fay Sudweeks, Margaret McLaughlin and Sheizaf Rafaeli. AA1 Press/MIT Press Menlo Park, CA. (1998) 313 pages. $35.00. Contents: Foreword (Ronald Rice). Introduction (Sheizaf Rafaeli, Margaret McLaughlin, Fay Sudweeks). Smile when you say that: Graphic accents ss gender markers in computer-mediated communication (Diane Witmer, Sandra Katzman). Frames and flames: The structure of argumentative messages on the net (Edward A. Mabry). Telelogue speech (Alexander E. Voiskounsky). “Hmm...where’s that smoke coming from ?” Writing, play and performance on Internet relay chat (Brenda Dane& Lucia Ruedenberg, Yehudit Rosenbaum-Tamari). Media use in an electronic community (Steve Jones). From terminal ineptitude to virtual sociopathy: How conduct is regulated on Usenet (Christine B. Smith, Margaret L. McLaughlin, Kerry K. Osborne). Investigation of Relcom network users (Alexander E. Voiskounsky). Practicing safe computing: Why people engage in risky computer-mediated communication (Diane Witmer). Practicing safe computing: Why people engage in risky computer-mediated communication (Diane Witmer). The social construction of rape in virtual reality (Richard MacKinnon). Inter&tivity on the nets (Sheizaf Rafaeli). It makes sense: Using an autosssociative neural network to explore typically in computer mediated discussions (Michael Berthold, Fay Sudweeks, Sid Newton, Richard Coyne). Modeling and supporting virtual cooperative interaction through the World Wide Web (Lee Li-Jen Chen, Brian R. Gainee). Guided exploration of virtual worlds (Patrick Doyle, Barbara Hayes-Roth). Appendix: ProjectH overview: A collaborative quantitative study of computer-mediated communication (M. Sheizaf Rafaeli, Fay Sudweeks, Joe Konstan, Ed Mabry). Bibliography. Index. Numerical Commutation in Science and Enoineerinq. By C. Pozrikidis. Oxford University Press, NY. (1998). 627 pages. $75.00. Contents: Preface. Pseudocode language commands. 1. Numerical computation. 2. Numerical matrix algebra and matrix calculus. 3. Linear algebraic equations. 4. Nonlinear algebraic equations. 5. Eigenvalues of matrices. 6. Function interpolation and differentiation. 7. Numerical integration. 8. Approximation of functions, lines, and surfaces. 9. Ordinary differential equations; initial-value problems. 10. Ordinary differential equations; boundsryequations. value, eigenvalue, and free-boundary problems. 11. Finite-difference methods for partial-differential Appendix A: Calculus refresher. Appendix B: Orthogonal polynomials. Appendix C: UNIX primer. Appendix D: FORTRAN primer. Appendix E: FORTRAN programs. Index. Marcus Contextual Grammar. By Gheorghe P&m. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. (1997). 375 pages. NLG 210.00, $120.00, GBP 65.00. Contents: Preface. 1. Origin and motivation. 2. Formal language theory prerequisites. 3. Contexts (adjoining) everywhere. 4. Basic classes of contextual grammars. 5. Generative capacity. 6. Language theoretic properties. 7. Linguistically relevant properties. 8. Grammars with restricted selection. 9. Grammars with minimal/maximal use of selectors. 10. Variants of contextual grammars. 11. Two-level contextual grammars. 12. Regulated contextual grammars. 13. A generalization: n-contextual grammars. 14. A dual model: Insertion grammars. 15. Further topics. 16. Open problems and research topics. Bibliography. Subject Index. Bufferino Techniques for Deliverv of Comvressed Video in Video-on-Demand Svstems. By Wu-chi Feng. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, MA. (1997). 132 pages. NLG 195.00, $88.50, GBP 58.50. Contents: List of figures. List of tables. Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Preliminaries. 3. Bandwidth smothing algorithms. 4. A survey of bandwidth smoothing techniques. 5. Interactivity in video-on-demand systems. 6. Bandwidth smoothing for interactivity. 7. Conclusions and future directions. References. Index. Aloebmic Model Theory. Edited by Bradd T. Hart, Alistair H. Lachlan, and Matthew A. Valeriote. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. (1997). 277 pages. NLG 210.00, $124.00, GBP 76.00. Contents: Preface. Participants. Contributors. An introduction to independence and local modularity (Elisabeth Bouscaren). Groups definable in ACFA (Z& Chatzidakis). Large finite structures with few types (Gregory Cherlin). A survey of the uncountable spectra of countable theories (Bradd Hart, Michael C. Laskowski). An introduction to tame congruence theory (Emil W. Kiss). Stable finitely homogeneous structures: A survey (Alistair H. Lach-