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• The Model Engineer and Electrician (partial serial archives)

• Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems (JAMES) (2009-) (full serial archives)

• Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems (JAMES) (2009-) (full serial archives)

• Structural Models for Architectural and Engineering Education (Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1963), by Peter Jan Pahl and Keto Soosaar (page images at HathiTrust)

• Structural Models for Architectural and Engineering Education (Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1963), by Peter Jan Pahl and Keto Soosaar (page images at HathiTrust)

• Four-Dimensional Model Assimilation of Data: A Strategy for the Earth System Sciences (1991), by National Research Council Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources (page images with commentary at NAP)
• A Compendium of Theoretical Atmospheric Tidal Structures (2 volumes; Hanscom AFB, MA: Astronomy Division, Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, 1982), by J. M. Forbes, D. F. Gillette, Maura E. Hagan, and E. DiCesare
  • Part I (Model Description and Explicit Structures due to Realistic Thermal and Gravitational Excitation): page images at HathiTrust
  • Part II (Thermospheric Extensions of the Classical Expansion Functions for Semidiurnal Tides): page images at HathiTrust

• Pilot Plants, Models, and Scale-Up Methods in Chemical Engineering (New York et al.: McGraw-Hill, 1957), by R. Edgeworth Johnstone and M. W. Thring (page images at HathiTrust)

• Construct-a-Boat (c2000), by Technical Education Research Centers and William Baroway (PDF with commentary at ed.gov)

• Harry's Garden (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., c1880) (page images at childrensbooksonline.org)

• From Complexity to Creativity: Computational Models of Evolutionary, Autopoietic and Cognitive Dynamics (prepublication version), by Ben Goertzel (HTML at goertzel.org)

• The Structure of Intelligence: A New Mathematical Model of Mind (prepublication version), by Ben Goertzel (HTML at goertzel.org)

• The Structure of Intelligence: A New Mathematical Model of Mind (prepublication version), by Ben Goertzel (HTML at goertzel.org)

• American Pattern Shop Practice (first edition; Cleveland: The Frontier Co., 1907), by H. J. McCaslin (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Art of Pattern-Making (first edition; New York: J. Wiley and Co.; London: Chapman and Hall, 1903), by I. McKim Chase (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Pattern Maker's Assistant: Embracing Lathe Work, Branch Work, Core Work, Sweep Work, and Practical Gear Construction; The Preparation and Use of Tools; Together With a Large Collection of Useful and Valuable Tables (second edition; New York: D. Van Nostrand; London: E. and F. N. Spon, 1878), by Joshua Rose (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Pattern-Making; To Which Are Added Chapters on Core-Making and Molding (Chicago: Popular Mechanics Co., c1910), by G. H. Willard and Fred D. Crawshaw (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Patternmaking: A Treatise on the Construction and Application of Patterns, Including the Use of Woodworking Tools, the Art of Joinery, Wood Turning, and Various Methods of Building Patterns and Core-Boxes of Different Types (New York: Industrial Press; London: Machinery Pub. Co., c1920), by Joseph A. Shelly (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Practical Pattern Making (second edition; New York: N. W. Henley Co., 1913), by F. W. Barrows (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Sheet Metal Pattern Layouts: A Practical, Illustrated Treatise Covering All Phases of Sheet Metal Work Including Pattern Cutting and Pattern Development, for All Sheet Metal Workers, Layout Men, Mechanics and Artisans (New York: T. Audel and Co., c1953), by Edwin P. Anderson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nuevo Metodo de Trazado de Plantillas para Trabajos en Laminas Metalicas (in Spanish; Mexico: Secretaria de Educacion Publica, 1922), by Francisco Morán (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Essentials of Sheet Metal Work and Pattern Drafting (Chicago: F. J. Drake and co. c1918), by James S. Daugherty
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  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at archive.org

• Catalogue of Glass Models of Invertebrate Animals, H. A. Ward's Natural Science Establishment, Rochester, N.Y. (Rochester, NY: E.R. Andrews, 1888), by Henry A. Ward (page images at HathiTrust)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Modeling and Simulation in Python (version 3.4.3; Needham, MA: Green Tea Press, 2017), by Allen Downey (PDF with commentary at Green Tea Press)
• Simulation of Information and Decision Systems in the Firm (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, c1963), by Charles P. Bonini (page images at HathiTrust)

• Modeling and Simulation in Manufacturing and Defense Acquisition: Pathways to Success, by National Research Council Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design (page images with commentary at NAP)

• AI for Everyone? Critical Perspectives (London: University of Westminster Press, c2021), ed. by Pieter Verdegem (multiple formats with commentary at University of Westminster Press)
• Artificial Intelligence and Games (2018), by Georgios N. Yannakakis and Julian Togelius (PDF with commentary at gameaibook.org)
• Artificial Intelligence and Responsive Optimization (second edition, 2003), by Mohammad Khosnevisan, Sukanto Bhattacharya, and Florentin Smarandache (PDF at UNM)
• Are We Spiritual Machines? Ray Kurzweil vs. the Critics of Strong A.I. (c2002), ed. by Jay W. Richards, contrib. by Ray Kurzweil, John R. Searle, Michael J. Denton, William A. Dembski, Thomas S. Ray, and George F. Gilder (at kurzweilai.net)
• Artificial Intelligence (third edition, reprinted with corrections; Reading, MA et al.: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 1993), by Patrick Henry Winston (PDF at MIT)
• The Age of Intelligent Machines (c1992), by Ray Kurzweil (at kurzweilai.net)
• The Boundaries of Humanity: Humans, Animals, Machines (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991), ed. by James J. Sheehan and Morton Sosna (HTML at UC Press)
• Artificial Intelligence Through Prolog (1988), by Neil C. Rowe (HTML at nps.edu)
• How Mobile Robots can Self-Organise a Vocabulary (Berlin: Language Science Press, c2015), by Paul Vogt
  • PDF with commentary at langsci-press.org
  • PDF at OAPEN
• Applications of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence to Reduce Risk and Improve Effectiveness: A Study for the United States Army (1983), by National Research Council Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (page images with commentary at NAP)
• When Things Start to Think (c1999), by Neil A. Gershenfeld (HTML with commentary at kurzweilai.net)
• Elements of Robotics (Cham: Springer Open, c2018), by M. Ben-Ari and Francesco Mondada (PDF and EPub with commentary at EPFL and Springer)
• Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp (c1992), by Peter Norvig (multiple formats with commentary at Github)
• From Bricks to Brains: The Embodied Cognitive Science of LEGO Robots (Edmonton: AU Press, c2010), by Michael Robert William Dawson, Brian Dupuis, and Michael Wilson (PDF with commentary at AU Press)
• The Computer Revolution in Philosophy: Philosophy, Science and Models of Mind (1978, with added notes and corrections), by Aaron Sloman (HTML and PDF with commentary in the UK)
• The Origin and Its Meaning, by Roger Ellman (PDF files at the-origin.org)

• Modeling and Simulation in Python (version 3.4.3; Needham, MA: Green Tea Press, 2017), by Allen Downey (PDF with commentary at Green Tea Press)
• The Nature of Code (c2012), by Daniel Shiffman, ed. by Shannon Fry, illust. by Zannah Marsh (illustrated HTML with commentary at natureofcode.com)
• A Practical Manual on the Monte Carlo Method for Random Walk Problems (Los Alamos, NM: Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory of the University of California, 1957), by E. D. Cashwell and C. J. Everett, contrib. by O. W. Rechard (page images at HathiTrust)

• Analog Simulation: Solution of Field Problems (New York et al.: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1958), by Walter J. Karplus (page images at HathiTrust)

• An Introduction to Statistical Learning, With Applications in R (corrected first edition and second edition; 2017 and 2021), by Gareth James, Daniela Witten, Trevor Hastie, and Robert Tibshirani (PDF with commentary at statlearning.com)
• Modeling with Data (Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009), by Ben Klemens (PDF with commentary at modelingwithdata.org)

• Optimization Algorithms on Matrix Manifolds (2008), by P.-A. Absil, R. Mahony, and R. Sepulchre (PDF files with commentary at Princeton)
• Iterative Methods for Optimization (Philadelphia: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, c1999), by C. T. Kelley (PDF at siam.org)
• Lecture Notes on Optimization (electronic edition of "Notes on Optimization", 1998), by Pravin Pratap Varaiya (PDF at Berkeley)
• The Design of Approximation Algorithms (electronic prepublication edition, c2011), by David P. Williamson and David Bernard Shmoys (PDF files with commentary at designofapproxalgs.com)
• Randomness and Optimal Estimation in Data Sampling (second edition, 2002), by Mohammad Khosnevisan, Housila P. Singh, S. Saxena, Sarjinder Singh, and Florentin Smarandache (PDF at UNM)

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