Books published by Elsevier Science & Technology

Covers a range of conceptual, epistemological and methodological issues in the philosophy of science raised by reflection upon medical science and practice. This title includes chapters that examine such general meta-scientific concepts as discovery, reduction, theories and models, causal inference and scientific realism.

Provides an overview of both solvent extraction separation techniques and the competitive complexation/solvation theory. This book provides a key for a preliminary quantitative prediction of suitable extraction systems without experimentation, thus saving researchers time and resources. It analyzes classical and competitive models and techniques.

Presents a symbiosis of a brief description of physical fundamentals of rock properties (based on typical experimental results and relevant theories and models) with a guide for practical use of different theoretical concepts. This title also presents the problem of relationships between petrophysical parameters based on various model concepts.

Data is an expensive and expansive asset. Information capture has forced storage capacity from megabytes to terabytes, exabytes and, pretty soon, zetabytes of data. This title explains the principles underlying data architecture, how data evolves with organizations, and the challenges organizations face in structuring and managing their data.

Provides readers with trends and achievements in magnetism. This title includes topical review articles with a description given in graphical as well as in tabular form, emphasing on the discussion of the experimental material in the framework of physics, chemistry and material science.

Presents an introduction to ecological modelling. This title explains the concepts and processes involved in ecological modelling, presents the developments in the field and provides readers with the tools to construct their own models.

Covers properties of hydrocarbon mixtures, flow natural flow of fluids, natural flow performance, artificial lift methods and corrosion and scaling. This book provides engineers with a basis for understanding important concepts such a flow phenomena, hydrate formation, pressure (surge) waves, or high viscosity liquid flow failure.

Demonstrates the thought processes that are involved in attacking a problem from an SQL perspective to help advanced database programmers solve the puzzles that you frequently face. This book presents a collection of SQL puzzles with a variety of solutions and explanations.

Presents an introduction to refinery engineering topics, from basic concepts and unit operations to overall refinery economics, planning and control. Based on the fundamentals of thermodynamics and kinetics, this text develops the scientific background needed to understand refinery operations.

Offers information on optical networking technologies and techniques. This book discusses componentry and transmission with an emphasis on practical networking issues that affect organizations as they evaluate, deploy, or develop optical networks.