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Indexing it all : the subject in the age of documentation, information, and data by Day, Ronald E., 1959-

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Blockchain technology and applications by Banafa, Ahmed

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Entity information life cycle for big data : master data management and information integration by Talburt, John R., Zhou, Yinle, 1986-

Table of Contents: “…CLUSTER-TO-CLUSTER CLASSIFICATIONSELECTING AN APPROPRIATE ALGORITHM; CONCLUDING REMARKS; Chapter 9 -- Blocking; BLOCKING; BLOCKING BY MATCH KEY; DYNAMIC BLOCKING VERSUS PRERESOLUTION BLOCKING; BLOCKING PRECISION AND RECALL; MATCH KEY BLOCKING FOR BOOLEAN RULES; MATCH KEY BLOCKING FOR SCORING RULES; CONCLUDING REMARKS; Chapter 10 -- CSRUD for Big Data; LARGE-SCALE ER FOR MDM; THE TRANSITIVE CLOSURE PROBLEM; DISTRIBUTED, MULTIPLE-INDEX, RECORD-BASED RESOLUTION; AN ITERATIVE, NONRECURSIVE ALGORITHM FOR TRANSITIVE CLOSURE; ITERATION PHASE: SUCCESSIVE CLOSURE BY REFERENCE IDENTIFIER.…”
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Mount Sinai Expert Guides : Neurology.

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Biomechanics : optimization, uncertainties and reliability by Kharmanda, Ghias, El Hami, Abdelkhalak

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Epistemological Foundations of Mathematical Experience

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Retail futures : the good, the bad and the ugly of the digital transformation

Table of Contents: “…Technology-infused organizational frontlines: when (not) to use chatbots in retailing to promote customer engagement -- 6. …”
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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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Mechanical, electronic and engineering technologies (ICMEET 2014) : selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2014 International Conference on Mechanical, Electronic and Engineering...

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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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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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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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Compressed sensing : theory and applications

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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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