Partial Order in Environmental Sciences And Chemistry

by Bruggemann, Rainer; Carlsen, Lars

• ISBN13: 9783540339687
• ISBN10: 354033968X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-29
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

The environmental and chemical sciences are ever more reliant on computers. This dependence needs formalization, and the theory of algebraic relations is one possibility. Under algebraic relations, "order" turns out to be of special interest in many applicational fields. Internationally renowned authors explain the theory and practice of order relations in such a way, that no specific mathematical skill is needed to understand the advantages of this algebraization. As the order relations are very general and simple, they can be used quite universally. For example, the structure of chemicals and their properties; evaluation of waste disposal sites, decision support for river management; and the way to measure biodiversity are examples of the broadness of the concept.This book is recommended to those, who are interested in the interface between sciences and management.

Author Biography

Rainer Br++ggemann studied chemistry at the Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich. He received his PhD in 1977. He joined a research group in 1980 at the Technical University of Berlin. 1984 saw him move to the GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health in Neuherberg near Munich. Since 1996 he is senior scientist at the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin.Lars Carlsen studied chemistry at the University in Copenhagen. He received his PhD in 1977 and his DSc in 1989. In 1991 he joined the National Environmental Research Institute in Denmark as Director of the Department of Environmental Chemistry. Since 1999 he has been an assigned professor in environmental chemistry at the Roskilde University, Denmark, and in 2000 he founded his own consultancy, "Awareness Center".

Table of Contents

Preface by R. Bruggemann and L. Carlsen	v
1 Chemistry and Partial Order
Partial Ordering of Properties: The Young Diagram Lattice and Related Chemical Systems
SHERIF EL-BASIL	3	(24)
Hasse Diagrams and their Relation to Molecular Periodicity
RAY HEFFERLIN	27	(8)
Directed Reaction Graphs as Posets
D.J. KLEIN AND T. IVANCIUC	35	(26)
2 Environmental Chemistry and Systems
Introduction to partial order theory exemplified by the Evaluation of Sampling Sites
RAINER BRÜGGEMANN AND LARS CARLSEN	61	(50)
Comparative Evaluation and Analysis of Water Sediment Data
STEFAN PUDENZ	111	(42)
Prioritizing PBT Substances
LARS CARLSEN, JOHN D. WALKER	153	(10)
3 Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships
Interpolation Schemes in QSAR
LARS CARLSEN	163	(18)
New QSAR Modelling Approach Based on Ranking Models by Genetic Algorithms – Variable Subset Selection (GA-VSS)
MANUELA PAVAN, VIVIANA CONSONNI, PAOLA GRAMATICA AND ROBERTO TODESCHINI	181	(40)
4 Decision support
Aspects of Decision Support in Water Management: Data based evaluation compared with expectations
UTE SIMON, RAINER BRÜGGEMANN, STEFAN PUDENZ, HORST BEHRENDT	221	(16)
A Comparison of Partial Order Technique with Three Methods of Multi-Criteria Analysis for Ranking of Chemical Substance
RAINER BRÜGGEMANN, LARS CARLSEN, DORTE B. LERCHE AND PETER B. SØRENSEN	237	(22)
5 Field, Monitoring and Information
Developing decision support based on field data and partial order theory
PETER B. SØRENSEN, DORTE B. LERCHE AND MARIANNE THOMSEN	259	(26)
Evaluation of Biomonitoring Data
DIETER HELM	285	(24)
Exploring Patterns of Habitat Diversity Across Landscapes Using Partial Ordering
WAYNE L. MYERS, G.P. PATIL AND YUN CAI	309	(18)
Information Systems and Databases
KRISTINA VOIGT, RAINER BRÜGGEMANN	327	(28)
6 Rules and Complexity
Contexts, Concepts, Implications and Hypotheses
ADALBERT KERBER	355	(12)
Partial Orders and Complexity: The Young Diagram Lattice
WILLIAM SEITZ	367	(18)
7 Historical remarks
Hasse Diagrams and Software Development
EFRAIM HALFON	385	(8)
8 Introductory References	393	(6)
Index	399