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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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Hack proofing your network

Table of Contents: “…</br><br> Knowing What To Expect in the Rest of This Book</br><br> Understanding the Current Legal Climate</br><br> Summary</br><br> Frequently Asked Questions</br><br>Chapter 2 The Laws of Security</br><br> Introduction</br><br> Knowing the Laws of Security</br><br> Client-Side Security Doesn't Work</br><br> You Cannot Securely Exchange Encryption Keys without a Shared Piece of Information</br><br> Malicious Code Cannot Be 100 Percent Protected against</br><br> Any Malicious Code Can Be Completely Morphed to Bypass Signature Detection</br><br> Firewalls Cannot Protect You 100 Percent from Attack</br><br> Social Engineering</br><br> Attacking Exposed Servers</br><br> Attacking the Firewall Directly</br><br> Client-Side Holes</br><br> Any IDS Can Be Evaded</br><br> Secret Cryptographic Algorithms Are Not Secure</br><br> If a Key Is Not Required, You Do Not Have Encryption-You Have Encoding</br><br> Passwords Cannot Be Securely Stored on the Client Unless There Is Another Password to Protect Them</br><br> In Order for a System to Begin to Be Considered Secure, It Must Undergo an Independent Security Audit</br><br> Security through Obscurity Does Not Work</br><br> Summary </br><br> Solutions Fast Track</br><br> Frequently Asked Questions</br><br>Chapter 3 Classes of Attack</br><br> Introduction</br><br> Identifying and Understanding the Classes of Attack </br><br> Denial of Service</br><br> Information Leakage</br><br> Regular File Access</br><br> Misinformation</br><br> Special File/Database Access</br><br> Remote Arbitrary Code Execution</br><br> Elevation of Privileges</br><br> Identifying Methods of Testing for Vulnerabilities</br><br> Proof of Concept</br><br> Standard Research Techniques</br><br> Summary</br><br> Solutions Fast Track</br><br> Frequently Asked Questions</br><br>Chapter 4 Methodology</br><br> Introduction</br><br> Understanding Vulnerability Research Methodologies</br><br> Source Code Research</br><br> Binary Research</br><br> The Importance of Source Code Reviews</br><br> Searching Error-Prone Functions</br><br> Reverse Engineering Techniques</br><br> Disassemblers, Decompilers, and Debuggers</br><br> Black Box Testing</br><br> Chips</br><br> Summary</br><br> Solutions Fast Track</br><br> Frequently Asked Questions</br><br>Chapter 5 Diffing</br><br> Introduction</br><br> What Is Diffing?…”
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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: “…Application of DNA Genetic Algorithm in Manufacturing System Scheduling OptimizationSoft-Sensor for Estimation of Lead Slices Thickness in Continuous Casting Process; Hydrodynamic Mathematical Modeling of the Yangshan Deep-Water Harbor Waters, China; Multidisciplinary Design Method Taking Traditional Manufacturing Factors into Account; Research on the Seed-Fertilizer Box for a Ridge-Till and No-Till Seeder; Research on the Investment Decision-Making on the Application of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies in Enterprises; Zigbee-Based Data Acquisition System for Manufacturing…”
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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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The Failure of Risk Management : Why It's Broken and How to Fix It. by Hubbard, Douglas W.

Table of Contents: “…: WHY AMBIGUITY DOES NOT OFFSET UNCERTAINTY -- UNINTENDED EFFECTS OF SCALES: WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW CAN HURT YOU -- DIFFERENT BUT SIMILAR-SOUNDING METHODS AND SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT-SOUNDING METHODS -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 9: Bears, Swans and Other Obstacles to Improved Risk Management -- ALGORITHM AVERSION AND A KEY FALLACY -- ALGORITHMS VERSUS EXPERTS: GENERALIZING THE FINDINGS -- A NOTE ABOUT BLACK SWANS…”
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Advanced Analytics with R and Tableau. by Stirrup, Jen

Table of Contents: “…; How to do Clustering in Tableau; Creating Clusters; Clustering example in Tableau; Creating a Tableau group from cluster results; Constraints on saving Clusters; Interpreting your results; How Clustering Works in Tableau; The clustering algorithm; Scaling; Clustering without using k-means; Hierarchical modeling; Statistics for Clustering; Describing Clusters -- Summary tab; Testing your Clustering.…”
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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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Information Networking in Asia

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Lead generation for dummies by Rothman, Dayna

Table of Contents: “…Creating an Internal Blogging ProgramChapter 9: Creating Lasting Relationships Through Social Media; Sharing on Social Media; Getting the Most out of Facebook; Leveraging Twitter; Engaging Through LinkedIn; Building Your Google+ Presence; Getting Visual with Pinterest; Attracting Attention with SlideShare; Chapter 10: Getting Found Through Search Engine Optimization; Maximizing Different Traffic Sources; Knowing Your Search Engines; Making the Most out of Google Algorithm Updates; Choosing Your Keywords; Perfecting On-Page SEO; Utilizing Links in a Natural Way.…”
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Topology '90

Table of Contents: “…(p-1)/2Tangles in Prisms, Tangles in Cobordisms -- A Computational Algorithm of Spectral Flow in Floer Homology…”
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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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Digital journalism, drones, and automation : the language and abstractions behind the news by Dowd, Cate

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The cinema of sensations

Table of Contents: “…I Perception, Body and Mind -- Thinking like a Carpet: Embodied Perception and Individuation in Algorithmic Media / Laura U. …”
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Microbiological sensors for the drinking water industry

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The marketing performance blueprint : strategies and technologies to build and measure business success by Roetzer, Paul, 1978-

Table of Contents: “…Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Underprepared and Underperforming; Build a Performance-Driven Organization; Accelerate Success; Note; Section I: The Backstory; Chapter 1: Mind the Gaps; The Marketing Talent Gap; The Marketing Technology Gap; The Marketing Strategy Gap; The Marketing Performance Gap; Notes; Chapter 2: Commit to Digital Transformation; Adoption and Adaptation; Obstacles to Evolution; The Exposed Brand; Notes; Section II: Marketing Talent; Chapter 3: Build a Modern Marketing Team; A Talent War Has Begun; Rise of the Hybrids.…”
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Multicriteria decision aid and artificial intelligence : links, theory and applications by Doumpos, Michael

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Combinatorial and Computational Mathematics : Present and Future.

Table of Contents: “…2 LIST OF APPLICABLE MATHEMATICS IN SOCIAL SCIENCE3 SOCIAL WELFARE FUNCTIONS (SWF); 4 PROSPECTS; 5 OPEN PROBLEMS; References; Twelve Views of Matroid Theory; INTRODUCTION; 1 LINEAR DEPENDENCE WITHOUT SCALARS; 2 BASIS EXCHANGE PROPERTIES; 3 GEOMETRIC LATTICES; 4 GRAPH THEORY WITHOUT VERTICES; 5 GRAPH THEORY AND LEAN LINEAR ALGEBRA; 6 VARIETIES OF FINITE MATROIDS; 7 SECRET-SHARING MATROIDS; 8 GREEDY ALGORITHMS, MATROID INTERSECTION, AND MATROID PARTITION; 9 MATRIX MULTIPLICATION AND THE CAUCHY-BINET IDENTITY; 10 BASIS GENERATING FUNCTIONS AND THE MATRIX-TREE THEOREM…”
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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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