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Machine Learning for Asset Management New Developments and Financial Applications

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Pattern Recognition in Computational Molecular Biology : Techniques and Approaches by Elloumi, Mourad, Iliopoulos, Costas, Wang, Jason T. L., Zomaya, Albert Y.

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Handbook of power systems. II

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Handbook of Power Systems II13; -- Preface of Volume II13; -- Contents of Volume II13; -- Contents13; of Volume I -- Contributors13; -- Part I Transmission and Distribution Modeling -- Recent Developments in Optimal Power Flow Modeling Techniques -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Physical Network Representation -- 3 Operational Constraints -- 4 Tap-Changing and Regulating Transformers -- 5 FACTS Devices -- 6 OPF Objective Functions and Formulations -- 7 OPF Solution Techniques -- 8 Numerical Examples -- 9 Conclusion -- References -- Algorithms for Finding Optimal Flows in Dynamic Networks -- 1 Optimal Dynamic Network Flow Models and Power Industry -- 2 Minimum Cost Dynamic Single: Commodity Flow Problems and Algorithms for Their Solving -- 3 Minimum Cost Dynamic Multicommodity Flow Problems and Algorithms for Their Solving -- References -- Signal Processing for Improving Power Quality -- 1 Wavelet-based Algorithm for Harmonics Analysis -- 2 Wavelet-based Algorithm for Nonstationary Power System Waveform Analysis -- 3 Wavelet-GA-ANN Based Hybrid Model for Accurate Prediction of Short-term Load Forecast -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Transmission Valuation Analysis based on Real Options with Price Spikes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Behavior of Commodity Prices -- 3 Valuation of Obligations and Options -- 4 Valuation in the Presence of Spikes -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Part II Forecasting in Energy -- Short-term Forecasting in Power Systems: A Guided Tour -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Electricity Load Forecasting -- 3 Wind Power Forecasting -- 4 Forecasting Electricity Prices -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- State-of-the-Art of Electricity Price Forecasting in a Grid Environment -- 1 Introduction -- 2 State-of-the-Art Techniques of Electricity Price Forecasting -- 3 Input8211;Output Specifications of Electricity Price Forecasting Techniques -- 4 Comparing Existing Statistical Techniques for Electricity Price Forecasting -- 5 Implementations of Electricity Price Forecasting in a Grid Environment -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Modelling the Structure of Long-Term Electricity Forward Prices at Nord Pool -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Long-term Forward Price Process -- 3 Model Estimation -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Hybrid Bottom-Up/Top-Down Modeling of Prices in Deregulated Wholesale Power Markets -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Top-Down Models for Electricity Price Forecasting -- 3 Hybrid Bottom-Up/Top-Down Modeling -- 4 A Hybrid Model for the New Zealand Electricity Market -- 5 A Hybrid Model for the Australian Electricity Market -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Part III Energy Auctions and Markets -- Agent-based Modeling and Simulation of Competitive Wholesale Electricity Markets -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Agent-based Modeling and Simulation -- 3 Behavioral Modeling -- 4 Market Modeling -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Futures Market Trading for Electricity Producers and Retailers -- 1 Introduction: Futures Market Trading -- 2 Producer Trading -- 3 Retailer Trading -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- A Decision Support System for Generation Planning and Operation in Electricity Markets -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Long-term Stochastic Market Planning Model -- 3 Medium-term Stochastic Hydrothermal Coordination Model -- 4 Medium-term Stochastic Simulation Model -- T$29828.…”
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New autonomous systems by Cardon, Alain, 1946-, Itmi, Mhamed

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Table of Contents -- Title -- Copyright -- Introduction -- List of Algorithms -- 1 Systems and their Design -- 1.1. Modeling systems -- 1.2. …”
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Two-degree-of-freedom control systems : the Youla Parameterization approach by Keviczky, László, Bányász, Csilla

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All Source Positioning, Navigation and Timing by Li, Rongsheng, Ph. D.

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There's Something about Gödel : The Complete Guide to the Incompleteness Theorem. by Berto, Francesco

Table of Contents: “…. -- 6 ... and the unsatisfied logicists, Frege and Russell -- 7 Bits of set theory -- 8 The Abstraction Principle -- 9 Bytes of set theory -- 10 Properties, relations, functions, that is, sets again -- 11 Calculating, computing, enumerating, that is, the notion of algorithm…”
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Heating by Electromagnetic Sources (HES 2016). by Jan Sykulski, Fabrizio Dughiero

Table of Contents: “…Influence of SEN depth and port angle on vertical electromagnetic brake effects in continuous casting mouldInduction heating in estimation of thermal properties of conductive materials; Nonlinear model order reduction for the fast solution of induction heating problems in time-domain; Improved Litz wire manufacture process using resonant power converter-based induction heating; Design of power converters for induction heating applications taking advantage of wide-bandgap semiconductors; Construction improvement of the thermoelastic clutch based on shape optimization…”
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The Rise of Technosocialism : How Inequality, AI and Climate Will Usher in a New World. by King, Brett

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Cognitive Electronic Warfare : An Artificial Intelligence Approach. by Haigh, Karen

Table of Contents: “…-- 1.5 Reader's Guide -- 1.6 Conclusion -- References -- 2 Objective Function -- 2.1 Observables That Describe the Environment -- 2.1.1 Clustering Environments -- 2.2 Control Parameters to Change Behavior -- 2.3 Metrics to Evaluate Performance -- 2.4 Creating a Utility Function -- 2.5 Utility Function Design Considerations -- 2.6 Conclusion -- References -- 3 ML Primer -- 3.1 Common ML Algorithms -- 3.1.1 SVMs -- 3.1.2 ANNs -- 3.2 Ensemble Methods -- 3.3 Hybrid ML -- 3.4 Open-Set Classification -- 3.5 Generalization and Meta-learning -- 3.6 Algorithmic Trade-Offs -- 3.7 Conclusion -- References -- 4 Electronic Support -- 4.1 Emitter Classification and Characterization -- 4.1.1 Feature Engineering and Behavior Characterization -- 4.1.2 Waveform Classification -- 4.1.3 SEI -- 4.2 Performance Estimation -- 4.3 Multi-Intelligence Data Fusion -- 4.3.1 Data Fusion Approaches -- 4.3.2 Example: 5G Multi-INT Data Fusion for Localization -- 4.3.3 Distributed-Data Fusion -- 4.4 Anomaly Detection -- 4.5 Causal Relationships -- 4.6 Intent Recognition -- 4.6.1 Automatic Target Recognition and Tracking -- 4.7 Conclusion -- References -- 5 EP and EA -- 5.1 Optimization -- 5.1.1 Multi-Objective Optimization -- 5.1.2 Searching Through the Performance Landscape -- 5.1.3 Optimization Metalearning -- 5.2 Scheduling -- 5.3 Anytime Algorithms -- 5.4 Distributed Optimization -- 5.5 Conclusion.…”
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Apache Spark for Data Science Cookbook. by Chitturi, Padma Priya

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Statistical learning from a regression perspective by Berk, Richard A.

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Hack proofing your network

Table of Contents: “…</br><br> Looking to the Source Code</br><br> Exploring Diff Tools</br><br> Using File-Comparison Tools</br><br> Working with Hex Editors</br><br> Utilizing File System Monitoring Tools</br><br> Finding Other Tools</br><br> Troubleshooting</br><br> Problems with Checksums and Hashes</br><br> Problems with Compression and Encryption</br><br> Summary</br><br> Solutions Fast Track</br><br> Frequently Asked Questions</br><br>Chapter 6 Cryptography</br><br> Introduction</br><br> Understanding Cryptography Concepts</br><br> History</br><br> Encryption Key Types</br><br> Learning about Standard Cryptographic Algorithms</br><br> Understanding Symmetric Algorithms</br><br> Understanding Asymmetric Algorithms</br><br> Understanding Brute Force</br><br> Brute Force Basics</br><br> Using Brute Force to Obtain Passwords</br><br> Knowing When Real Algorithms Are Being Used Improperly</br><br> Bad Key Exchanges</br><br> Hashing Pieces Separately</br><br> Using a Short Password to Generate a Long Key</br><br> Improperly Stored Private or Secret Keys</br><br> Understanding Amateur Cryptography Attempts</br><br> Classifying the Ciphertext</br><br> Monoalphabetic Ciphers</br><br> Other Ways to Hide Information</br><br> Summary</br><br> Solutions Fast Track</br><br> Frequently Asked Questions</br><br>Chapter 7 Unexpected Input</br><br> Introduction</br><br> Understanding Why Unexpected Data Is Dangerous</br><br> Finding Situations Involving Unexpected Data</br><br> Local Applications and Utilities</br><br> HTTP/HTML</br><br> Unexpected Data in SQL Queries</br><br> Application Authentication</br><br> Disguising the Obvious</br><br> Using Techniques to Find and Eliminate Vulnerabilities</br><br> Black-Box Testing</br><br> Use the Source</br><br> Untaint Data by Filtering It</br><br> Escaping Characters Is Not Always Enough</br><br> Perl</br><br> Cold Fusion/Cold Fusion Markup Language (CFML)</br><br> ASP</br><br> PHP</br><br> Protecting Your SQL Queries</br><br> Silently Removing versus Alerting on Bad Data</br><br> Invalid Input Function</br><br> Token Substitution</br><br> Utilizing the Available Safety Features in Your Programming Language</br><br> Perl</br><br> PHP</br><br> ColdFusion/ColdFusion Markup Language</br><br> ASP</br><br> MySQL</br><br> Using Tools to Handle Unexpected Data</br><br> Web Sleuth</br><br> CGIAudit</br><br> RATS</br><br> Flawfinder</br><br> Retina</br><br> Hailstorm</br><br> Pudding</br><br> Summary</br><br> Solutions Fast Track</br><br> Frequently Asked Questions</br><br>Chapter 8 Buffer Overflow</br><br> Introduction</br><br> Understanding the Stack</br><br> The Stack Dump</br><br> Oddities and the Stack</br><br> Understanding the Stack Frame</br><br> Introduction to the Stack Frame</br><br> Passing Arguments to a Function: A Sample Program</br><br> Stack Frames and Calling Syntaxes</br><br> Learning about Buffer Overflows</br><br> A Simple Uncontrolled Overflow: A Sample Program</br><br> Creating Your First Overflow</br><br> Creating a Program with an Exploitable Overflow</br><br> Performing the Exploit</br><br> Learning Advanced Overflow Techniques </br><br> Stack Based Function Pointer Overwrite</br><br> Heap Overflows</br><br> Advanced Payload Design</br><br> Using What You Already Have</br><br> Summary</br><br> Solutions Fast Track</br><br> Frequently Asked Questions</br><br>Chapter 9 Format Strings</br><br> Introduction</br><br> Understanding Format String Vulnerabilities</br><br> Why and Where Do Format String Vulnerabilities Exist?…”
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What Every Teacher Should Know About Effective Teaching Strategies. by Tileston, Donna E. Walker

Table of Contents: “…Procedural MemoryAutomatic Memory -- Emotional Memory -- Chapter 4 -- Procedural Knowledge: Teaching Strategies That Work -- Helping Students Construct Models -- Teaching Procedural Knowledge That Requires Algorithms -- Strategies to Help Construct Models -- Shaping Procedural Knowledge -- Internalizing Procedural Knowledge -- The Metacognitive System -- Chapter 5 -- Graphic Organizers: Strategies for Thinking -- Graphic Organizers -- Chapter 6 -- Using Verbal Strategies in the Classroom -- Brainstorming -- Socratic Questioning -- Quaker Dialogues…”
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Features and processing in agreement by Mancini, Simona, 1978-

Table of Contents: “…1st/2nd vs. 3rd person: Person underspecification and context-dependencePronoun representation and interpretive anchors; The featural makeup of pronouns; Summary; Chapter Five; When disagreement is grammatical: Unagreement; Unagreement processing and the role of interpretive anchors; Unagreeing, null and overt subjects; Summary; Chapter Six; From feature bundles to feature an; Representations, algorithms and neuroanatomical bases of agreement; Relation to existing sentence comprehension models; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index…”
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Reservoir engineering in modern oilfields : vertical, deviated, horizontal, and multilateral well systems by Chin, Wilson C.

Table of Contents: “…Stratigraphic grids, drilling dome-shaped structures.…”
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Regression Analysis : Theory, Methods, and Applications by Sen, Ashish

Table of Contents: “…Random Variables -- B.1.2 Correlated Random Variables -- B.1.3 Sample Statistics -- B.1.4 Linear Combinations of Random Variables -- B.2 Random Vectors -- B.3 The Multivariate Normal Distribution -- B.4 The Chi-Square Distributions -- B.5 The F and t Distributions -- B.6 Jacobian of Transformations -- B.7 Multiple Correlation -- Problems -- C Nonlinear Least Squares -- C.1 Gauss-Newton Type Algorithms -- C.1.1 The Gauss-Newton Procedure -- C.1.2 Step Halving -- C.1.3 Starting Values and Derivatives -- C.1.4 Marquardt Procedure -- C.2 Some Other Algorithms -- C.2.1 Steepest Descent Method -- C.2.2 Quasi-Newton Algorithms -- C.2.3 The Simplex Method -- C.2.4 Weighting -- C.3 Pitfalls -- C.4 Bias, Confidence Regions and Measures of Fit -- C.5 Examples -- Problems -- Tables -- References -- Author Index.…”
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Hands-On Reinforcement Learning with Python : Master Reinforcement and Deep Reinforcement Learning Using OpenAI Gym and TensorFlow. by Ravichandiran, Sudharsan

Table of Contents: “…Solving the taxi problem using Q learningSARSA; Solving the taxi problem using SARSA; The difference between Q learning and SARSA; Summary; Questions; Further reading; Chapter 6: Multi-Armed Bandit Problem; The MAB problem; The epsilon-greedy policy; The softmax exploration algorithm; The upper confidence bound algorithm; The Thompson sampling algorithm; Applications of MAB; Identifying the right advertisement banner using MAB; Contextual bandits; Summary; Questions; Further reading; Chapter 7: Deep Learning Fundamentals; Artificial neurons; ANNs; Input layer; Hidden layer; Output layer.…”
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Curves and Surfaces for CAGD : a Practical Guide. by Farin, Gerald

Table of Contents: “…Coons Patches; Chapter 23. Shape; Chapter 24. Evaluation of Some Methods; App.…”
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Hands-On Automated Machine Learning : a beginner's guide to building automated machine learning systems using AutoML and Python. by Das, Sibanjan

Table of Contents: “…; Why use AutoML and how does it help?; When do you automate ML?; What will you learn?; Core components of AutoML systems; Automated feature preprocessing; Automated algorithm selection; Hyperparameter optimization; Building prototype subsystems for each component; Putting it all together as an end-to-end AutoML system; Overview of AutoML libraries; Featuretools; Auto-sklearn; MLBox; TPOT; Summary.…”
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