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The Failure of Risk Management : Why It's Broken and How to Fix It. by Hubbard, Douglas W.

Table of Contents: “…CHAPTER 5: The "Four Horsemen" of Risk Management: Some (Mostly) Sincere Attempts to Prevent an Apocalypse -- ACTUARIES -- WAR QUANTS: HOW WORLD WAR II CHANGED RISK ANALYSIS FOREVER -- ECONOMISTS -- MANAGEMENT CONSULTING: HOW A POWER TIE AND A GOOD PITCH CHANGED RISK MANAGEMENT -- COMPARING THE HORSEMEN -- MAJOR RISK MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS TO BE ADDRESSED -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 6: An Ivory Tower of Babel: Fixing the Confusion about Risk -- THE FRANK KNIGHT DEFINITION -- KNIGHT'S INFLUENCE IN FINANCE AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT -- A CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING DEFINITION -- RISK AS EXPECTED LOSS…”
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QoS and Energy Management in Cognitive Radio Network : Case Study Approach. by Mishra, Vishram

Table of Contents: “…1.6.1 Channel Selection in CR Based Infrastructure Network1.6.2 Channel Selection in CR Based Ad-hoc Network; 1.7 MAC Protocols for Cognitive Radio Networks; 1.7.1 Random Access Based MAC Scheme; 1.7.2 Time-Slotted Based MAC Scheme; 1.8 Self-coexistence in Cognitive Radio Networks; 1.8.1 Resource Relocation Based Self-coexistence; 1.8.2 Resource Sharing Based Self-coexistence; 1.9 Discussion; References; 2 Cognitive Radio Network- A Review; 2.1 Spectrum Management; 2.1.1 Ant Colony Optimization Based Spectrum Management; 2.1.2 Non-linear Optimization Based Spectrum Management.…”
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Better living through economics

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / John J Siegfried -- Overview: Highlights of the benefits of basic science in economics / Charles R Plott -- Comment / Daniel S Hamermesh -- Comment / Daniel Newlon -- 1: Evolution of emissions trading / Thomas H Tietenberg -- Comment / Wallace E Oates -- 2: Better living through improved price indexes / Michael J Boskin -- Comment / Jerry Hausman -- 3: Economics and the earned income tax credit / Robert A Moffitt -- Comment / V Joseph Hotz -- 4: Trade liberalization and growth in developing countries / Anne O Krueger -- Comment / Douglas A Irwin -- 5: Role of economics in the welfare-to-work reforms of the 1990s / Rebecca M Blank -- Comment / Nancy Folbre -- 6: Better living through monetary economics / John B Taylor -- Comment Laurence H Meyer -- 7: Greatest auction in history / R Preston McAfee, John McMillan, Simon Wilkie -- Comment / Jeremy Bulow -- 8: Air-transportation deregulation / Elizabeth E Bailey -- Comment / Nancy L Rose -- 9: Deferred-acceptance algorithms: history, theory, practice / Alvin E Roth -- Comment / Peter Cramton -- 9: Economics, economists, and antitrust: a tale of growing influence / Lawrence J White -- Comment / Kenneth G Elzinga -- 11: Economics and the all-volunteer military force / Beth J Asch, James C Miller III, John T Warner -- Comment / Walter Y Oi -- 12: Public policy and saving for retirement: the autosave features of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 / John Beshears [and others] -- Comment / Robert J Shiller -- Contributors -- Index.…”
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Revenue management and survival analysis in the automobile industry by Jerenz, André

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Microbiological sensors for the drinking water industry

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Big Data and Machine Learning in Quantitative Investment by Guida, Tony

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Chapter 1 Do Algorithms Dream About Artificial Alphas?; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Replication or Reinvention; 1.3 Reinvention with Machine Learning; 1.4 A Matter of Trust; 1.5 Economic Existentialism: A Grand Design or an Accident?…”
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Eat, cook, grow : mixing human-computer interactions with human-food interactions

Table of Contents: “…"You don't have to be a gardener to do urban agriculture": understanding opportunities for designing interactive technologies to support urban food production / William Odom -- Augmented agriculture, algorithms, aerospace, and alimentary architectures / Jordan Geiger -- The allure of provenance: tracing food through user-generated production information / Ann Light -- Beyond gardening: a new approach to HCI and urban agriculture / Tad Hirsch -- Hungry for data: metabolic interaction from farm to fork to phenotype / Marc Tuters and Denisa Kera -- Food futures: three provocations to challenge HCI interventions / Greg Hearn and David Lindsay Wright -- Bringing technology to the dining table / Charles Spence -- List of recipes.…”
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Applied Artificial Intelligence : Proceedings of the 7th International FLINS Conference. by Arena, Paolo, Fortuna, Luigi

Table of Contents: “…An extended branch-and-bound algorithm for fuzzy linear bilevel programming / G. …”
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Communication and control : tools, systems, and new dimensions

Table of Contents: “…Gehl -- So many choices, so little choice: streaming media, algorithmic efficiency, and the illusion of control / Matthew Pittman and Ryan S. …”
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WordPress 3 Search Engine Optimization. by David, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Understanding a search engine's inner workingPreparing the index; Querying the index; Exploring on-page search ranking factors; Weighing search factors; Understanding the search algorithm; Ranking factor: body content; Serious ranking power: title tags and meta tags; Using heading tags (h1, h2, h3); Optimizing code quality and load speed; Menus, internal navigation, and link structure; Image filenames and alt tags; Text attributes: bold, italics, and underline; Ranking factor: high page count; Fodder for search engines: fresh content; Using the subtle power of outbound links.…”
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Deep Learning with TensorFlow : Explore neural networks and build intelligent systems with Python, 2nd Edition. by Zaccone, Giancarlo

Table of Contents: “…; Artificial neural networks; The biological neurons; The artificial neuron; How does an ANN learn?; ANNs and the backpropagation algorithm; Weight optimization; Stochastic gradient descent; Neural network architectures; Deep Neural Networks (DNNs); Multilayer perceptron; Deep Belief Networks (DBNs).…”
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Handbook for pandemic and mass-casualty planning and response

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The Politics of Technology in Latin America (Volume 1) : Data Protection, Homeland Security and the Labor Market. by Plaw, Avery

Table of Contents: “…8. Algorithmic Law -- A Legal Framework for Artificial Intelligence in Latin America -- 9. …”
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Skin in the game : how putting yourself first today will revolutionize health care tomorrow by Hammergren, John

Table of Contents: “…A Thousand Miles of Health Care and the Last Two Feet -- Chapter 1 Unmanaged Care -- Choices for Tomorrow -- Everyone into the Pool -- Quality Service and You -- Chapter 2 From Tree Bark and Roots to Bar Codes and Robots -- Early Days in the Drug Business -- From Bulk Sacks to Gelatin Pills -- Economies of Scale -- The Technological Leap -- Chapter 3 Why We Go to the Hospital Today and Why We Will Go There Less Often in the Future -- Development of the Hospital -- The Complications Set In -- The End Results System -- The Low-Cost, High-Quality Shift -- Changing Hospital Culture -- The Hospital in the Marketplace -- Chapter 4 The Doctor Will See You Now -- Evolution of the American Doctor -- The Golden Age -- Putting the Doc Back on the Team -- Wiring It Together -- The Medical Home -- The Algorithm Will See You Now -- Chapter 5 Accounting for Care -- Warring Impulses -- A Step Back from the Marketplace -- Fixing the Breakdowns -- The Market Mind-Set -- The 65-Year Drop-Off -- The Consumer in Charge -- Getting the Payer-Provider-Consumer System Aligned -- Virtual Health -- Chapter 6 How Technology Is Putting the Patient at the Center of Care -- The Gap -- Fast-Forward -- Personalized Medicine -- Chapter 7The Blueprint for Change -- Resistance to Change -- Designing the Scorecard -- Getting to A -- Applying the Scorecard -- The Leadership Answer -- The Last Two Feet -- Appendix Resources Web Sites Tips and Guidelines for Educating Yourself -- Selecting Your Care -- Understanding the Payer Systems -- Keeping in Good Health -- Terminology -- Useful Web Sites -- Staying Healthy Overseas -- Notes -- References -- Index.…”
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Spam : a Shadow History of the Internet by Brunton, Finn, 1980-

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Complexity : a guided tour by Mitchell, Melanie (Computer scientist)

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Dermatologic principles and practice in oncology : conditions of the skin, hair, and nails in cancer patients

Table of Contents: “…Borovicka, Jennifer R.S. Gordon, Ann Cameron Haley, Nicole E. Larson and Dennis P. …”
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Computational ecology : artificial neural networks and their applications by Zhang, Wenjun

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Principles of artificial neural networks by Graupe, Daniel

Table of Contents: “…Fundamentals of biological neural networks -- ch. 3. Basic principles of ANNs and their early structures. 3.1. Basic principles of ANN design. 3.2. …”
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Communicating process architectures 2009 : WoTUG-32

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