Molecular Modelling for Beginners (Alan Hinchliffe)

Alan Hinchliffe Chemical Modeling – From Atoms to Liquids

This book was written by Alan Hinchliffe, Reader in Chemistry at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (Manchester, England, UK). The author’s intention is to explain the procedures by which the properties of atoms, small and large molecules, solids, polymeric materials and liquids can be modeled. The present book is related to the author’s earlier book Modeling Molec...

Alan: An Action Language For Modelling Non-Markovian Domains

In this paper we present the syntax and semantics of a temporal action language named Alan, which was designed to model interactive multimedia presentations where the Markov property does not always hold. In general, Alan allows the specification of systems where the future state of the world depends not only on the current state, but also on the past states of the world. To the best of our kno...

Quantum computing for beginners

The paper introduces the basic concepts and principles behind quantum computing and examines in detail Shor’s quantum algorithm for factoring very large numbers. Some basic methodological principles and guidelines for constructing quantum algorithms are stated. The aim is not to provide a formal exposition of quantum computing but to identify its novelty and potential use in tackling NP-hard pr...

Biotechnology for Beginners

NS Simulator for Beginners

NS-2 is an open-source discrete event network simulator which is widely used by both the research community as well as by the people involved in the standardization protocols of IETF. The goal of this book is twofold: on one hand to learn how to use the NS-2 simulator, and on the other hand, to become acquainted with and to understand the operation of some of the simulated objects using NS-2 si...