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Robotics : science and systems III

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Swift 2 design patterns : build robust and scalable iOS and Mac OS X game applications by Lange, Julien

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Self Sensing Techniques for Piezoelectric Vibration Applications. by Grasso, Emanuele

Table of Contents: “…Intro; 1 Introduction; 1.1 State of the art; 1.2 Aim of this work; 2 Piezoelectricity and vibrating structures; 2.1 Piezoelectricity; 2.1.1 Piezoelectric effect; 2.1.2 Constitutive equations for piezoelectric materials; 2.1.3 Piezoelectric nonlinearities; 2.1.4 Piezoelectric transducers and actuators; 2.2 Vibrating structures; 2.2.1 Modal analysis; 2.2.2 Modal analysis of a thin cantilevered beam; 2.2.3 Modal analysis of a thin plate; 2.3 Piezoelectric Vibrating Structures (PVS); 2.3.1 Piezoelectric static actuation in a PVS; 2.3.2 Dynamic model of a PVS â#x80;#x93; Rayleigh-Ritz formulation.…”
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Bioinformatics : a Swiss perspective

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Dependable software systems engineering

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Markov chains : from theory to implementation and experimentation by Gagniuc, Paul A.

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Machine interpretation of patterns : image analysis and data mining

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A guide to Monte Carlo simulations in statistical physics by Landau, David P.

Table of Contents: “…2.1.4 Fluctuations and the Ginzburg criterion -- 2.1.5 A standard exercise: the ferromagnetic Ising model -- 2.2 Probabilty theory -- 2.2.1 Basic notions -- 2.2.2 Special probability distributions and the central limit theorem -- 2.2.3 Statistical errors -- 2.2.4 Markov chains and master equations -- 2.2.5 The 'art' of random number generation -- 2.3 Non-equilibrium and dynamics: some introductory comments -- 2.3.1 Physical applications of master equations -- 2.3.2 Conservation laws and their consequences -- 2.3.3 Critical slowing down at phase transitions -- 2.3.4 Transport coefficients.…”
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Machine Learning for Healthcare : Handling and Managing Data. by Agrawal, Rashmi

Table of Contents: “…2.5 Collection of MIS Data through Various Platforms -- 2.5.1 Traditional -- 2.5.2 Electronic -- 2.6 Diagnosis and Treatment of Disease through MIS Data -- 2.7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 The Role of Metaheuristic Algorithms in Healthcare -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Machine Learning in Healthcare -- 3.3 Health Information System Framework -- 3.4 Privacy and Security of Data -- 3.5 Big Data Analytics in Disease Diagnosis -- 3.6 The Metaheuristic Algorithm for Healthcare -- 3.7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 Decision Support System to Improve Patient Care -- 4.1 Introduction…”
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The cinema of sensations

Table of Contents: “…II Embodiment, Art and Media -- Of Artists and Models: Italian Silent Cinema between Narrative Convention and Artistic Practice / Ivo Blom.…”
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Digital Learning in Motion : From Book Culture to the Digital Age. by Kergel, David

Table of Contents: “…4.3 The Urban Counterpublic of the Urban Avant-Garde: From Dadaism to Street Art -- 4.4 Progressive Education as (Counter- )Pedagogy of Modern Urbanism -- 4.5 Fordism -- the Economic Structure of Modern Urbanity -- 4.6 Informal-Accidental Learning Via Unidirectional Mass Media -- 4.7 In the Television Era the Electronic Age Finds its Medial Climax -- 4.8 Reacting on Informal-Accidental Learning -- Media Literacy, Media Competence and Media-Bildung -- 5 Fluid Learning in the Digital Age -- 5.1 The Beginning of the Digital Age -- 5.2 Early Counterculture of the 1990s Net Utopists.…”
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Future internet services and service architectures

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Digitalization of Society and Socio-Political Issues. 1, Digital, Communication, and Culture

Table of Contents: “…The Digitalization of Cultural Policies in France 149; Anne BELLON 14.1.…”
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Spectral sensing research for surface and air monitoring in chemical, biological and radiological defense and security applications

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Optimization for machine learning

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Advances in Intelligent Robotics and Collaborative Automation

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Introduction To Digital Signal Processing : Computer Musically Speaking.

Table of Contents: “…Acoustics, Hearing Limitations, and Sampling -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Sine Tone -- 3 Human Hearing and Its Limitations -- 3.1 Duration -- 3.2 Pitch -- 3.3 Amplitude and sound levels -- 3.4 Auditory masking -- 4 Sampling: The Art of Being Discrete -- 4.1 Sampling theorem -- 4.2 Aliasing -- 5 Quantization and Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) -- 5.1 SNR and QSNR -- 6 DC Component -- 7 Distortion and SquareWaves -- 7.1 Dithering -- 8 Musical Examples -- References and Further Reading -- 2. …”
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Advances In Artificial Intelligence For Privacy Protection And Security.

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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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Multiscale Modeling In Solid Mechanics : Computational Approaches.

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