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    Scala for Machine Learning - Second Edition. by Nicolas, Patrick R.

    Published 2017
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    Numerical models for submerged breakwaters : coastal hydrodynamics and morphodynamics by Ahmadian, Amir Sharif

    Published 2016
    Table of Contents: “…3 Literature Review and BackgroundReferences; 4 Theories and Methodologies; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Traditional Models for Water Waves; 4.3 New Approaches; 4.3.1 Meshless Methods; 4.3.2 Artificial Intelligence Methods; MLP Networks; Back-Propagation Algorithm; Levenberg-Marquardt Algorithm; RBF Networks; References; 5 Mathematical Modeling and Algorithm Development; 5.1 Navier-Stokes Equations; 5.2 The Turbulent Model; 5.3 Initial and Boundary Conditions; 5.4 Shallow Waters; 5.5 The Extended Mild-Slope Equation; 5.6 Boussinesq Equations; 5.7 Smoothed Particles Hydrodynamics.…”
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    Visible Business : Uncover the Blindspots and Engage the World's Female Economy. by Brideson, RJ

    Published 2017
    Table of Contents: “…Blind Spots; Contents; Foreword; About the Author; Acknowledgements; To my community; To my village; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 From history to herstory; The birth of business marketing; Things have changed -- or have they?; Women want more; The wo-man algorithm; Become conscious of the bias; From reject to results; Chapter 2 Are you blind?…”
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    Cinder Creative Coding Cookbook. by Dawid Gorny, Rui Madeira

    Published 2013
    Table of Contents: “…Creating a simple video controllerSaving window content as an image; Saving window animations as video; Saving window content as a vector graphics image; Saving high resolution images with the tile renderer; Sharing graphics between applications; Building Particle Systems; Introduction; Creating a particle system in 2D; Applying repulsion and attraction forces; Simulating particles flying in the wind; Simulating flocking behavior; Making our particles sound reactive; Aligning particles to a processed image; Aligning particles to the mesh surface; Creating springs.…”
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    Mastering Scala machine learning by Kozlov, Alexander

    Published 2016
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    Data analytics and big data by Sedkaoui, Soraya

    Published 2018
    Table of Contents: “…Data analytics and machine learning: the relevance of algorithms -- Machine learning: a method of data analysis that automates analytical model building -- Supervised versus unsupervised algorithms: a guided tour -- Applications and examples.…”
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    Thermophysical aspects of re-entry flows

    Published 1986
    Table of Contents: “…Studies of Potential Fluid-Mechanical Mechanisms for Enhanced Stagnation-Region HeatingMeasured and Predicted Vortex-Induced Leeward Heating on a Biconic at Mach 6 and 10 -- Heating Rate Distributions at Mach 10 on a Circular-Body Earth-to-Orbit Transport Vehicle -- Developments in Aerothermal Test Techniques at the AEDC Supersonic/Hypersonic Wind Tunnels -- Application of Numerical Simulation to Enhance Arcjet Performance -- Effects of Surface Discontinuities on Convective Heat Transfer in Hypersonic Flow -- Chapter IV. …”
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    Advanced Research on Material Engineering, Chemistry, Bioinformatics III : Selected, Peer Reviewed Papers from the 2013 3rd International Conference on Material Engineering, Chemis...

    Published 2014
    Table of Contents: “…Advanced Research on Material Engineering, Chemistry, Bioinformatics III; Preface and Committee; Table of Contents; Chapter 1: Material Engineering and Applied Mechanics; Phase-Field Micro-Solidification Simulation for Dendrite Growth in Ni-Cu Binary Alloy; Research in Non-Isothermal Crystallization Kinetics of LDPE and Inorganic Particle Composite Films; Wear Mechanisms Analysis of Material 20Cr2Ni4A; Wind Tunnel Test of Effect of Sound-Absorbing Material on Lift of Two-Element Airfoil; Preparation of Compound Clinoptilolite Filter Material and Performance of Ammonia Nitrogen Removal…”
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    Better living through economics

    Published 2010
    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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    Measurement technology and its application III : selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2014 3rd International Conference on Measurement, Instrumentation and Automation (ICMIA 201...

    Published 2014
    Table of Contents: “…The Displacement Measurement of Ground Wind Loads for Launch VehicleThe Relations between UT1 Precision and Radio Source Sky-Coverage; The Research of GPS Elevation Fitting Considering the Influence of Covariance Function; Enabling Standardization in Shear Bond Strength Tests for Orthodontic Adhesives on Natural Teeth by Using an Innovative Grip Accessory for the Testing Machine; Knock Detection and Evaluation of Kerosene Piston Engine; Correction of the Popular Bias Test Method Recommended by ISO/TS16949 for Manufacturing Industries.…”
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    Compressed sensing : theory and applications

    Published 2012
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    Credit securitizations and derivatives : challenges for the global markets

    Published 2013
    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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    Applied mechanics and manufacturing technology : selected, peer reviewed papers of the 2011 International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Manufacturing Technology (AMMT 2011),...

    Published 2011
    Table of Contents: “…Multiobjective Optimization of Hybrid Electrical Vehicle Powertrain Mounting System Using Hybrid Genetic AlgorithmMechanical Properties and Reinforcement Mechanism of Amorphous Particles Reinforced Aluminum Matrix Composites; Error Analysis Model of Aircraft Multi-Joint Assembly Based on Linkage Mechanism Theory; Layup Analyzing of a Carbon/Glass Hybrid Composite Wind Turbine Blade Using Finite Element Analysis; Analysis of A/C Double Angular Milling Head's Performance; Analysis on the Thermal Error Compensation Model of Direct-Drive A/C Bi-Rotary Milling Head.…”
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    Microbiological sensors for the drinking water industry

    Published 2018
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    Current development of mechanical engineering and energy : selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2013 International Symposium on Vehicle, Mechanical, and Electrical Engineering (...

    Published 2014
    Table of Contents: “…Simulation and Study on Ride Comfort of Articulated Dump Truck Based on Rigid-Flex CouplingThe Hall Automotive Wheel Speed Sensor and Simulation for its Signal Processing; Wind-Induced Vibration of the Rear-View Mirrors of Car at High Speed; Research on the Affection of Vehicle Lateral Stability Related to the Improved ABS; The Quantification Research of Engine Body Defect that Tested by Ultrasonic Phased Array; Analysis of Vehicle Interior Low-Frequency Noise Based on ATV; The Engine Oil Sump Radiated Noise Optimization Design; A Novel OFDM Radar Algorithm in Vehicular Environment…”
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    Particle tracking velocimetry by Dabiri, Dana, 1963-, Pecora, Charles

    Published 2020
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