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Emerging trends in advanced science : selected, peer reviewed papers from the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Science, Engineering and Technology (ICETSET-2014), Apr...

Table of Contents: “…Emerging Trends in Advanced Science; Preface and Organising Committee; Table of Contents; Analysis, Design and Implementation of DC-DC Boost Converter Using H∞ Loop Shaping Controller; Building Multi-Dimensional Cube to Analyze Public Examination Results: A Business Intelligence Approach; Comparison of Performance Measures of Speed Control for a DC Motor Using Hybrid Intelligent Controller and Optimal LQR; Comparison of Z Source and Embedded Z Source Inverters in Micro Wind Power Generation System; Comparative Analysis of Various Modulation Strategies for Induction Heating System…”
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Java Deep Learning Projects : Implement 10 Real-World Deep Learning Applications Using Deeplearning4j and Open Source APIs. by Karim, Rezaul

Table of Contents: “…; Artificial Neural Networks; Biological neurons; A brief history of ANNs; How does an ANN learn?; ANNs and the backpropagation algorithm; Forward and backward passes; Weights and biases; Weight optimization; Activation functions.…”
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Energy efficient technologies for sustainability : selected, peer reviewed papers from the International Conference on Energy Efficient Technologies for Sustainability (ICEETS 2013...

Table of Contents: “…Kothari -- Investigation of PMSG Fed Diode-Clamped Multilevel Inverter for Wind Energy System / R. Seyezhai -- Modeling of Photovoltaic Array and Simulation of MPPT Algorithm / R. …”
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Model Free Adaptive Control : Theory and Applications. by Hou, Zhongsheng, Jin, Shangtai

Table of Contents: “…Traffic System; Welding Process; MW Grade Wind Turbine; Conclusions; Conclusions and Perspectives; Conclusions; Perspectives; References.…”
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Measurement while drilling (MWD) : signal analysis, optimization, and design by Chin, Wilson C.

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Advanced Manufacturing Research and Intelligent Applications : Selected, Peer Reviewed Papers from the International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Advanced Manufactu...

Table of Contents: “…Experimental Investigations on Machining Micro Alloy Steel (MAS 38MnSiVS5) Using K 20 Multi Coated Carbide InsertImproving the Hardness of a Wind Turbine Gear Surface by Nitriding Process; Design of Electromechanical Engine for Zero Direct Emission; VED & ABC Analysis of Inventories for a Wind Turbine Company; Analysis on the Performance, Combustion and Emission Characteristicsof a CI Engine Fuelled with Algae Biodiesel; Reducing UT Rejections in Cr-Mo and High Mn Steels by Controlling Hydrogen and Optimising Superheat; Synthesis and Characteristic of AA6061/SiC Sand Cast Composite.…”
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Research on Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Material Engineering : Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2013 International Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Ci...

Table of Contents: “…Analysis of Working Condition and Load Direction for Tripod Substructure of Offshore Wind TurbineThe Rotation Speed Control of DC Servo Motor Based on Fuzzy-PI Dual Mode; Route Planning of Geomagnetic Aided Navigation for Vehicle under Matching Suitability Constraints; Risk Assessment of Gravity Dam with Machine Properties; Integral Sliding Mode Control Based on Exponential Approach Law for Brushless Double Fed Machines; Temperature Measurement Algorithm Research of Boiler Furnace Based on BP Network…”
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Advances in time series forecasting. Volume 2

Table of Contents: “…INTRODUCTION -- CLASSICAL TIME SERIES FORECASTING MODELS -- ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR FORECASTING TIME SERIES -- A NEW ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK WITH DETERMINISTIC COMPONENTS -- APPLICATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- A Fuzzy Time Series Approach Based on Genetic Algorithm with Single Analysis Process -- Ozge Cagcag Yolcu* -- INTRODUCTION -- FUZZY TIME SERIES -- RELATED METHODS -- Genetic Algorithm (GA) -- Single Multiplicative Neuron Model -- PROPOSED METHOD -- APPLICATIONS -- CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION -- CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Forecasting Stock Exchanges with Fuzzy Time Series Approach Based on Markov Chain Transition Matrix -- Cagdas Hakan Aladag1,* and Hilal Guney2 -- INTRODUCTION -- FUZZY TIME SERIES -- TSAUR 'S FUZZY TIME SERIES MARKOV CHAIN MODEL -- THE IMPLEMENTATION -- CONCLUSION -- CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- A New High Order Multivariate Fuzzy Time Series Forecasting Model -- Ufuk Yolcu* -- INTRODUCTION -- RELATED METHODOLOGY -- The Fuzzy C-Means (FCM) Clustering Method -- Single Multiplicative Neuron Model Artificial Neural Network (SMN-ANN) -- Fuzzy Time Series -- THE PROPOSED METHOD -- APPLICATIONS -- CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSION -- CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Fuzzy Functions Approach for Time Series Forecasting -- Ali Z. …”
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Credit securitizations and derivatives : challenges for the global markets

Table of Contents: “…Market Credit Risk Pricing -- Regulation -- Developments in Structured Finance Markets -- Impairments of Asset-Backed Securities and Outstanding Ratings -- Issuance of Asset-backed Securities and Outstanding Volume -- Global CDO Issuance and Outstanding Volume -- PART II CREDIT PORTFOLIO RISK MEASUREMENT -- Mortgage Credit Risk -- Five C's of Credit and Mortgage Credit Risk -- Determinants of Mortgage Default, Loss Given Default and Exposure at Default -- Determinants of Mortgage Default -- Determinants of Mortgage LGD -- Determinants of Mortgage EAD -- Modeling Methods for Default, LGD and EAD -- Model Risk Management -- Credit Portfolio Correlations and Uncertainty -- Introduction -- Gaussian and Semi-Gaussian Single Risk Factor Model -- Individual and Simultaneous Confidence Bounds and Intervals -- Confidence Intervals for Asset Correlations -- Confidence Intervals for Default and Survival Time Correlations -- Confidence Intervals for Default Correlations -- Confidence Intervals for Survival Time Correlations -- Credit Portfolio Correlations with Dynamic Leverage Ratios -- The Hui et al. (2007) Model -- The Method of Images for Constant Coefficients -- The Method of Images for Time-Varying Coefficients -- Modelling Default Correlations in a Two-Firm Model -- Default Correlations -- A Two-Firm Model with Dynamic Leverage Ratios -- Method of Images for Constant Coefficients -- Method of Images for Time-Varying Coefficients -- Alternative Methodologies for General Values -- Numerical Results -- Accuracy -- The Impact of Correlation between Two Firms -- The Impact of Different Credit Quality Paired Firms -- The Impact of Volatilities -- The Impact of Drift Levels -- The Impact of Initial Value of Leverage Ratio Levels -- Impact of Correlation between Firms and Interest Rates -- The Price of Credit-Linked Notes -- A Hierarchical Model of Tail-Dependent Asset Returns -- The Variance Compound Gamma Model -- Multivariate Process for Logarithmic Asset Returns -- Dependence Structure -- Sampling -- Copula Properties -- An Application Example -- Portfolio Setup -- Test Portfolios -- Parameter Setup -- Simulation Results -- Importance Sampling Algorithm -- Conclusions -- Appendix A: The VCG Probability Distribution Function Appendix B: HAC Representation for the VCG Framework -- Monte Carlo Methods for Portfolio Credit Risk -- Modeling Credit Portfolio Losses -- Risk Measures -- Modeling Dependency -- Estimating Risk Measures via Monte Carlo -- Crude Monte Carlo Estimators -- Importance Sampling -- Specific Models -- The Bernoulli Mixture Model -- Factor Models -- Copula Models -- Intensity Models -- An Example Point Process Model -- Appendix A: A Primer on Rare-event Simulation -- Efficiency -- Importance Sampling -- The Choice of g -- Adaptive Importance Sampling -- Importance Sampling for Stochastic Processes -- Credit Portfolio Risk and Diversification -- Introduction -- Model Setup -- Independent Asset Values -- Correlated Asset Values -- Large Portfolio Limit -- Correlated Diffusion -- Correlated GARCH Process -- Applications of the Structural Recovery Rate -- Conclusions -- PART III CREDIT PORTFOLIO RISK SECURITIZATION AND TRANCHING -- Differences in Tranching Methods: Some Results and Implications -- Defining a Tranche -- The Mathematics of Tranching -- PD-based Tranching -- EL-based Tranching -- The EL of a Tranche Necessarily Increases When Either the Attachment Point or the Detachment Point is Decreased -- Upper Bound on Tranche Expected LGD (LGDt) Assumption Given EL-based Tranches -- Skipping of Some Tranches in the EL-based Approach -- Global Structured Finance Rating -- Asset-Backed Securities -- The ABS Structure for the Experiment -- Cash Flow Modeling -- Modeling and Simulating Defaults -- Expected Loss Rating -- Global Sensitivity Analysis -- Elementary Effects -- Variance-based Method -- Global Sensitivity Analysis Results -- Uncertainty Analysis -- Sensitivity Analysis -- Global Rating -- PART IV CREDIT DERIVATIVES -- Analytic Dynamic Factor Copula Model -- Pricing Equations -- One-factor Copula Model -- Multi-period Factor Copula Models -- Calibration -- Dynamic Modeling of Credit Derivatives -- General Model Choice -- Modeling Option Prices -- Modeling Credit Risk -- Portfolio Credit Derivatives -- Modeling Asset Dynamics -- The Market Model -- The Asset-value Model -- Empirical Analysis -- Elementary Data -- Implied Dividends -- Market Dynamics -- Asset Value Model -- Tranche Pricing -- Out-of-time Application -- Pricing and Calibration in Market Models -- Basic notions -- The model -- Modeling Assumptions -- Absence of Arbitrage -- An affine specification -- Pricing -- Calibration -- Calibration Procedure -- Calibration Results -- Appendix A: Computations -- Counterparty Credit Risk and Clearing of Derivatives -- From the Perspective of an Industrial Corporate with a Focus on Commodity Markets -- Credit exposures in commodity business -- Settlement Exposure -- Performance Exposure -- Example of Fixed Price Deal with Performance Exposure -- Example of a Floating Price Deal with Performance Exposure -- General Remarks on Credit Exposure Concepts -- Ex Ante exposure-reducing techniques -- Payment Terms -- Material Adverse Change Clauses -- Master Agreements -- Netting -- Margining -- Close Out Exposure and Threshold -- Ex Ante risk-reducing techniques -- Credit Enhancements in General -- Parent Company Guarantees -- Letters of Credit -- Credit Insurance -- Clearing via a Central Counterparty -- Ex Post risk-reducing techniques -- Factoring -- Novation -- Risk-reducing Trades -- Hedging with CDS -- Hedging with Contingent-CDS -- Hedging with Puts on Equity -- Ex Post work out considerations -- Practical credit risk management and pricing Peculiarities of commodity markets -- Peculiarities of commodity related credit portfolios -- Credit Risk Capital for a commodity related portfolio measured with an extension of CreditMetrics -- CreditRisk+ study: applied to a commodity related credit portfolio -- CDS Industrial Sector Indices, Credit and Liquidity Risk -- The Data -- Methodology and Results -- Preliminary Analysis -- Common Factor Analysis -- Stability of Relations -- Risk Transfer and Pricing of Illiquid Assets with Loan CDS -- Shipping Market -- Loan Credit Default Swaps -- LCDS Pricing -- Modeling LCDS Under the Intensity-based Model -- Valuation Framework for LCDS -- The Structural Approach -- Credit Risk in Shipping Loans -- Valuation of LCDS on Shipping Loans -- Simulation Model -- Numerical Results -- Appendix A: Monte Carlo Parameterization PART V REGULATION -- Regulatory Capital Requirements for Securitizations -- Regulatory Approaches for Securitizations -- Ratings Based Approach (RBA) -- Supervisory Formula Approach (SFA) -- Standardized Approach (SA) -- Post-crisis Revisions to the Basel Framework -- Regulating OTC Derivatives -- The Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Part of the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 -- Which Derivatives Will Be Affected? …”
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PRINCIPLES OF QUANTUM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. by Wichert, Andreas

Table of Contents: “…Computation; 2.1 Entscheidungsproblem; 2.1.1 Cantor's diagonal argument; 2.1.2 Reductio ad absurdum; 2.2 Complexity Theory; 2.2.1 Decision problems; 2.2.2 P and NP; 2.3 Church-Turing Thesis; 2.3.1 Church-Turing-Deutsch principle; 2.4 Computers; 2.4.1 Analog computers; 2.4.2 Digital computers; 2.4.3 Von Neumann architecture; 3. …”
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Technologies for sustainable development : proceedings of the 7th Nirma University International Conference on Engineering (NUiCONE 2019), November 21-22, 2019, Ahmedabad, India

Table of Contents: “…Accessibility of BRTS station in Ahmedabad city using GIS: A case study -- Shear strength parameters of soil and banana fiber mix -- Impact of temperature and duration of calcination of metakaolin on the compressive strength of metakaolin incorporated concrete -- Numerical analysis of shape-memory-alloy-wire based smart natural rubber bearing -- Techniques used for structural health monitoring and its application: A review -- Characterization of air based pneumatic damper for seismic response control -- Generation of wind time history data for nonlinear wind analysis of buildings…”
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension : diagnosis and evidence-based treatment

Table of Contents: “…Combination therapy in pulmonary arterial hypertension / Anne Keogh and Marius Hoeper -- Interventional and surgical modalities of treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension / Julio Sandoval and Ramona Doyle -- End points and clinical trial design in pulmonary arterial hypertension : clinical and regulatory perspectives / Andrew J. …”
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Pattern Recognition in Computational Molecular Biology : Techniques and Approaches by Elloumi, Mourad, Iliopoulos, Costas, Wang, Jason T. L., Zomaya, Albert Y.

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There's Something about Gödel : The Complete Guide to the Incompleteness Theorem. by Berto, Francesco

Table of Contents: “…. -- 6 ... and the unsatisfied logicists, Frege and Russell -- 7 Bits of set theory -- 8 The Abstraction Principle -- 9 Bytes of set theory -- 10 Properties, relations, functions, that is, sets again -- 11 Calculating, computing, enumerating, that is, the notion of algorithm…”
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Cognitive Electronic Warfare : An Artificial Intelligence Approach. by Haigh, Karen

Table of Contents: “…-- 1.5 Reader's Guide -- 1.6 Conclusion -- References -- 2 Objective Function -- 2.1 Observables That Describe the Environment -- 2.1.1 Clustering Environments -- 2.2 Control Parameters to Change Behavior -- 2.3 Metrics to Evaluate Performance -- 2.4 Creating a Utility Function -- 2.5 Utility Function Design Considerations -- 2.6 Conclusion -- References -- 3 ML Primer -- 3.1 Common ML Algorithms -- 3.1.1 SVMs -- 3.1.2 ANNs -- 3.2 Ensemble Methods -- 3.3 Hybrid ML -- 3.4 Open-Set Classification -- 3.5 Generalization and Meta-learning -- 3.6 Algorithmic Trade-Offs -- 3.7 Conclusion -- References -- 4 Electronic Support -- 4.1 Emitter Classification and Characterization -- 4.1.1 Feature Engineering and Behavior Characterization -- 4.1.2 Waveform Classification -- 4.1.3 SEI -- 4.2 Performance Estimation -- 4.3 Multi-Intelligence Data Fusion -- 4.3.1 Data Fusion Approaches -- 4.3.2 Example: 5G Multi-INT Data Fusion for Localization -- 4.3.3 Distributed-Data Fusion -- 4.4 Anomaly Detection -- 4.5 Causal Relationships -- 4.6 Intent Recognition -- 4.6.1 Automatic Target Recognition and Tracking -- 4.7 Conclusion -- References -- 5 EP and EA -- 5.1 Optimization -- 5.1.1 Multi-Objective Optimization -- 5.1.2 Searching Through the Performance Landscape -- 5.1.3 Optimization Metalearning -- 5.2 Scheduling -- 5.3 Anytime Algorithms -- 5.4 Distributed Optimization -- 5.5 Conclusion.…”
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Calculating the Secrets of Life : Contributions of the Mathematical Sciences to Molecular Biology. by Lander, Eric S.

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Mathematics and Multi-Ethnic Students : Exemplary Practices. by Germain- Mc Carthy, Yvelyne

Table of Contents: “…LYNNE GODFREY: AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE ALGEBRA PROJECT; Engaging Students; Warm-Up; Group Work; The Winding Game; Discussion between Colleagues; Commentary; Unit Overview: The Chinese Zodiac and the Division Algorithm; 5. …”
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Hands-On Reinforcement Learning with Python : Master Reinforcement and Deep Reinforcement Learning Using OpenAI Gym and TensorFlow. by Ravichandiran, Sudharsan

Table of Contents: “…Solving the taxi problem using Q learningSARSA; Solving the taxi problem using SARSA; The difference between Q learning and SARSA; Summary; Questions; Further reading; Chapter 6: Multi-Armed Bandit Problem; The MAB problem; The epsilon-greedy policy; The softmax exploration algorithm; The upper confidence bound algorithm; The Thompson sampling algorithm; Applications of MAB; Identifying the right advertisement banner using MAB; Contextual bandits; Summary; Questions; Further reading; Chapter 7: Deep Learning Fundamentals; Artificial neurons; ANNs; Input layer; Hidden layer; Output layer.…”
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Stochastic filtering with applications in finance by Bhar, Ramaprasad

Table of Contents: “…Economic convergence in a filtering framework. 3.3. Ex-ante equity risk premium. 3.4. Concluding remarks -- 4. …”
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Smart buildings, smart communities and demand response

Table of Contents: “…Demand Response in Smart Zero Energy Buildings and Grids / Nikos Kampelis -- DR in Smart and Near-zero Energy Buildings: The Leaf Community / Nikos Kampelis, Konstantinos Gobakis, Vagias Vagias, Denia Kolokotsa, Laura Standardi, Daniela Isidori, Cristina Cristalli, Fabio Maria Montagnino, Filippo Paredes, Pietro Muratore, Luca Venezia, Marina Kyprianou Dracou, Alaric Montenon, Andri Pyrgou, Theoni Karlessi, Mattheos Santamouris -- Performance of Industrial and Residential Near-zero Energy Buildings / Nikos Kampelis, Konstantinos Gobakis, Vagias Vagias, Denia Kolokotsa, Laura Standardi, Daniela Isidori, Cristina Cristalli, Fabio Maria Montagnino, Filippo Paredes, Pietro Muratore, Luca Venezia, Marina Kyprianou Dracou, Alaric Montenon, Andri Pyrgou, Theoni Karlessi, Mattheos Santamouris -- HVAC Optimization Genetic Algorithm for Industrial Near-Zero Energy Building Demand Response / Nikos Kampelis, Nikolaos Sifakis, Denia Kolokotsa, Konstantinos Gobakis, Konstantinos Kalaitzakis, Daniela Isidori, Cristina Cristalli -- Smart Grid/Community Load Shifting GA Optimization Based on Day-ahead ANN Power Predictions / Nikos Kampelis, Elisavet Tsekeri, Denia Kolokotsa, Konstantinos Kalaitzakis, Daniela Isidori, Cristina Cristalli -- Conclusions and Recommendations.…”
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