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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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Digital information ecosystems : smart press by Augey, Dominique

Table of Contents: “…Pressure from advertisers and readers; 4.2.1. When advertisers apply the pressure; 4.2.2. When readers put pressure on advertising…”
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Innovation Manufacturing and Engineering Management : Selected, peer reviewed papers from the International Conference on Innovation Manufacturing and Engineering Management (IMEM)...

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 2: Innovation Engineering ManagementConstruction and Expression of Database for Computer-Aided Welding Fixture Design (CAWFD) Systems; Study on Self-Evolutionary Game in Co-Operative Knowledge Sharing Manufacturing Network; A Case Library Creating Method Based on Risk Control of Tunnel Engineering; An Electronic Components Screening Quality Control Method; Fuzzy PID Temperature Control in Manufacturing Engineering; Research on Management Information System of the Logistics Supply Chain of Liaoning Agricultural and Mechanical Products…”
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Mechanical, Electronic and Information Technology Engineering

Table of Contents: “…An Approach for the Implementation of Intelligent PID Controller Based on Fast Genetic Algorithm; Research of Large Erecting Control System Based on Fuzzy PID Control Algorithm; An Investigation of Undulating Shape Adaptation Characteristics of a Hydraulic-Driven Bionic Undulating Robot; Wireless Monitoring and Controlling Marine Navigation Parameters; Research on PCS Real-Time System Based on Integrated Control and Simulation; Rapid Design of DC Motor Speed Control System Based on MATLAB.…”
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How to measure anything in cybersecurity risk by Hubbard, Douglas W., 1962-, Seiersen, Richard, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…; Supporting the Decision: A Return on Mitigation; Where to Go from Here; Notes; Chapter 4 The Single Most Important Measurement in Cybersecurity; The Analysis Placebo: Why We Can't Trust Opinion Alone; How You Have More Data Than You Think; When Algorithms Beat Experts; Some Research Comparing Experts and Algorithms; Why Does This Happen?…”
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Advanced Analytics with R and Tableau. by Stirrup, Jen

Table of Contents: “…; Understanding the performance of the result; Next steps; Sharing our data analysis using Tableau; Interpreting the results; Summary; Chapter 5: Classifying Data with Tableau; Business understanding; Understanding the data; Data preparation; Describing the data; Data exploration; Modeling in R; Analyzing the results of the decision tree; Model deployment; Decision trees in Tableau using R; Bayesian methods; Graphs; Terminology and representations; Graph implementations; Summary.…”
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Towards 5G : Applications, Requirements and Candidate Technologies. by Vannithamby, Rath

Table of Contents: “…4.5.4 A System View of€Interference Management: Radio Circuits, PHY€Mechanisms, and€Protocol Designs4.5.5 Dynamic Cloud Services Spectrum Sharing Algorithms and€Mechanisms for€B4G Networks; 4.5.6 Fundamentals of Spectrum Sharing in Device-to-Device and Heterogeneous Communication Networks ; 4.5.7 Structured Sharing of€Network and€Compute Resources in€a€Community of€Devices; 4.5.8 A Unified Framework for Enabling Energy-efficient Mobile Internet Apps and Energy-efficient Cloud Offloading ; References; Part II Candidate Technologies -- Evolutionary ; Chapter 5 Towards Green and Soft.…”
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Statistical analysis techniques in particle physics : fits, density estimation and supervised learning by Narsky, Ilya, Porter, Frank Clifford

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Information Networking in Asia

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Global optimization methods in geophysical inversion by Sen, Mrinal K.

Table of Contents: “…5.6 Multimodal fitness functions, genetic drift, GA with sharing, and repeat (parallel) GA -- 5.7 Uncertainty estimates -- 5.8 Evolutionary programming -- a variant of GA -- 5.9 Summary -- 6 Other stochastic optimization methods -- 6.1 The neighborhood algorithm (NA) -- 6.1.1 Voronoi diagrams -- 6.1.2 Voronoi diagrams in SA and GA -- 6.1.3 Neighborhood sampling algorithm -- 6.2 Particle swarm optimization (PSO) -- 6.3 Simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation (SPSA) -- 7 Geophysical applications of simulated annealing and genetic algorithms -- 7.1 1D seismic waveform inversion -- 7.1.1 Application of heat bath SA -- 7.1.2 Application of GAs -- 7.1.3 Real-data examples -- 7.1.4 Hybrid GA/LI inversion using different measures of fitness -- 7.1.5 Hybrid VFSA inversion using different strategies -- 7.2 Prestack migration velocity estimation -- 7.2.1 1D earth structure -- 7.2.2 2D earth structure -- 7.2.3 Multiple and simultaneous VFSA for imaging -- 7.3 Inversion of resistivity sounding data for 1D earth models -- 7.3.1 Exact parameterization -- 7.3.2 Overparameterization with smoothing -- 7.4 Inversion of resistivity profiling data for 2D earth models -- 7.4.1 Inversion of synthetic data -- 7.4.2 Inversion of field data -- 7.5 Inversion of magnetotelluric sounding data for 1D earth models -- 7.6 Stochastic reservoir modeling -- 7.7 Seismic deconvolution by mean field annealing (MFA) and Hopfield network -- 7.7.1 Synthetic example -- 7.7.2 Real-data example -- 7.8 Joint inversion -- 7.8.1 Joint travel time and gravity inversion -- 7.8.2 Time-lapse (4D) seismic and well production joint inversion -- 8 Uncertainty estimation -- 8.1 Methods of numerical integration -- 8.1.1 Grid search or enumeration -- 8.1.2 Monte Carlo integration -- 8.1.3 Importance sampling -- 8.1.4 Multiple MAP estimation -- 8.2 Simulated annealing: the Gibbs sampler.…”
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Limits, Limits Everywhere : the Tools of Mathematical Analysis by Applebaum, David, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Continued Fractions; 9.1 Euclid's Algorithm; 9.2 Rational and Irrational Numbers as Continued Fractions; 10. …”
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Legitimate applications of peer to peer networks by Verma, Dinesh C.

Table of Contents: “…-- Organization of the Book -- 1 The Peer-to-Peer Architecture -- 1.1 Distributed Applications -- 1.1.1 A Distributed Computing Example -- 1.1.2 Client-Server Architecture -- 1.1.3 Peer-to-Peer Architecture -- 1.2 The Peer-to-Peer Software Structure -- 1.2.1 Base Overlay Layer -- 1.2.2 Middleware Functions -- 1.2.3 Application Layer -- 1.3 Comparison of Architectures -- 1.3.1 Ease of Development -- 1.3.2 Manageability -- 1.3.3 Scalability -- 1.3.4 Administrative Domains -- 1.3.5 Security -- 1.3.6 Reliability -- 2 Peer Discovery and Overlay Formation -- 2.1 Discovery -- 2.1.1 Static Configuration -- 2.1.2 Centralized Directory -- 2.1.3 Using the Domain Name Service -- 2.1.4 Member Propagation Techniques with Initial Member Discovery -- 2.2 Overlay Formation -- 2.2.1 Creating an Overlay Link -- 2.3 Topology Selection -- 2.3.1 Random Mesh Formation -- 2.3.2 Tiered Formation -- 2.3.3 Ordered Lattices -- 3 Application-Layer Multicast -- 3.1 General Multicast Techniques -- 3.1.1 Group Addressing -- 3.1.2 Group Maintenance -- 3.1.3 Message Forwarding Scheme -- 3.1.4 Multicast Routing -- 3.1.5 Secure Multicast -- 3.1.6 Reliable Multicast -- 3.1.7 Multicast Flow and Congestion Control -- 3.2 Network-Layer Multicast"IP Multicast -- 3.2.1 Problems with IP-Layer Multicast -- 3.3 Application-Layer Multicast -- 3.3.1 Broadcast Mechanisms in Peer-to-Peer Networks -- 3.3.2 Multicast in Peer-to-Peer Overlays -- 4 File-Sharing Applications -- 4.1 File-Sharing Overview -- 4.1.1 Disk Space Management -- 4.1.2 File Indexing -- 4.1.3 File Search/Retrieval -- 4.1.4 Access Control and Security -- 4.1.5 Anonymous File Retrieval -- 4.1.6 Search Acceleration Techniques -- 4.1.7 Digital Rights Management -- 4.2 Usage of File-Sharing Applications -- 4.2.1 Limitations of File-Sharing Applications -- 4.3 Preventing Unauthorized File Sharing -- 4.3.1 Firewall-Based Techniques -- 4.3.2 Asset Inventory -- 4.3.3 Port Scanning -- 4.3.4 Usage-Based Rate Control -- 4.3.5 Malicious Participation -- 5 File Storage Service -- 5.1 Handle Management -- 5.2 Retrieving Files with Handles -- 5.2.1 Circular Ring Routing -- 5.2.2 Plaxton Scheme -- 5.2.3 CAN Routing Algorithm -- 5.2.4 Modified Network Routing Schemes -- 5.2.5 Modified Broadcast -- 5.3 Miscellaneous Functions -- 5.3.1 Access Control -- 5.3.2 Availability and Reliability -- 5.4 Usage Scenarios -- 5.4.1 Distributed File Systems -- 5.4.2 Anonymous Publishing -- 6 Data Backup Service -- 6.1 The Traditional Data Management System -- 6.2 The Peer-to-Peer Data Management System -- 6.2.1 The Backup/Restore Manager -- 6.2.2 The Peer Searcher -- 6.2.3 The File Searcher -- 6.2.4 The Properties Manager -- 6.2.5 The Data Manager -- 6.2.6 The Schedule Manager -- 6.3 Security Issues -- 6.4 Hybrid Data Management Approach -- 6.5 Feasibility of Peer-to-Peer Data Backup Service -- 7 Peer-to-Peer Directory System -- 7.1 LDAP Dir.…”
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Multiple Sclerosis : Clinician's Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment. by Birnbaum, Gary

Table of Contents: “…Long-Term Disease-Modifying Therapies; Issues with Long-Term Immune-Modulating Therapies; Choosing a Disease-Modifying Therapy; Ensuring Treatment Adherence and Compliance; When Do I Initiate Treatment With Disease-Modifying Therapies?…”
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Robust statistics : theory and methods (with R) by Maronna, Ricardo A.

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Microbiological sensors for the drinking water industry

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A Statistical approach to genetic epidemiology : concepts and applications, with an e-Learning Platform. by Ziegler, Andreas, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…; 4.3 HOW SHOULD GENOTYPING ERRORS BE CHECKED IN POPULATION-BASED STUDIES USING THE HARDY-WEINBERG EQUILIBRIUM?; Algorithm 4.1.; Algorithm 4.2.; Algorithm 4.3.; 4.4 HOW CAN GENOTYPING ERRORS BE DETECTED IN HIGH-THROUGHPUT GENOTYPING STUDIES?…”
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Drones and other unmanned weapons systems under international law by Casey-Maslen, Stuart, Homayounnejad, Maziar, Stauffer, Hilary, Weizmann, Nathalie

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The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry by Taylor, David, 1963-, Paton, Carol, Kapur, Shitij

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Creating wicked students : designing courses for a complex world by Hanstedt, Paul, 1965-

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Applied mechanics and industrial technologies : selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2012 International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Manufacturing Technology (AMMT 2012),...

Table of Contents: “…An Assessment of Wet Compression Process in Gas Turbine Systems with an Analytical ModelingAssessment of Hole Quality and Thrust Force when Drilling CFRP/Al Stack Using Carbide Tools; Multi-Objective Optimization of Filament Wound Composite Pressure Vessels Based on Weight and Matrix Cracking/ Burst Pressure Using Imperialist Competitive Algorithm; In Situ Laser Build-Up Welding of Shipboard Crankshafts; Stress and Deformation Analysis for Caster Segment Based on ANSYS; Instable Crack Propagation Analysis with PDS-FEM; Reducing the Manufacturing Cost by Using Combination Die.…”
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