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Discrete choice experiments in marketing : use of priors in efficient choice designs and their application to individual preference measurement by Zwerina, Klaus, 1967-

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Applied Artificial Intelligence : Proceedings of the 7th International FLINS Conference. by Arena, Paolo, Fortuna, Luigi

Table of Contents: “…Environmental/economic dispatch using genetic algorithm and fuzzy number ranking method / G. Zhang [and others]. …”
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Linkage Analysis and Gene Mapping. by WANG, Jiankang

Table of Contents: “…Theoretical Frequencies of 4 Homozygotes in Permanent Populations -- Genotypic Frequencies of Two Co-Dominant Loci in Temporary Populations -- Genotypic Frequencies of One Co-Dominant Locus and One Dominant Locus in Temporary Populations -- Genotypic Frequencies of One Co-Dominant Locus and One Recessive Locus in Temporary Populations -- Genotypic Frequencies of Two Dominant Loci in Temporary Populations -- Genotypic Frequencies of One Dominant Locus and One Recessive Locus in Temporary Populations -- Genotypic Frequencies of Two Recessive Loci in Temporary Populations -- Estimation of Two-Point Recombination Frequency -- Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Recombination Frequency in DH Populations -- General Procedure on the Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Recombination Frequency -- Estimation of Recombination Frequency Between One Co-Dominant and One Dominant Marker in F2 Population -- Initial Values in Newton Algorithm -- EM Algorithm in Estimating Recombination Frequency in F2 Populations -- Effects on the Estimation of Recombination Frequency from Segregation Distortion -- Exercises -- Three-Point Analysis and Linkage Map Construction -- Three-Point Analysis and Mapping Function -- Genetic Interference and Coefficient of Interference -- Mapping Function -- Construction of Genetic Linkage Maps -- Marker Grouping Algorithm -- Marker Ordering Algorithm -- Use of the k-Optimal Algorithm in Linkage Map Construction -- Rippling of the Ordered Markers -- Integration of Multiple Maps -- Comparison of the Recombination Frequency Estimation in Different Populations -- LOD Score in Testing the Linkage Relationship in Different Populations -- Accuracy of the Estimated Recombination Frequency -- Least Population Size to Declare the Significant Linkage Relationship and Close Linkage -- Linkage Analysis in Random Mating Populations.…”
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Volatility Surface and Term Structure : High-profit Options Trading Strategies. by Lai, Kin Keung

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Implied volatility; 1.2 Local volatility model; 1.3 Stochastic volatility model; 2 A novel model-free term structure for stock prediction; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Volatility model; 2.3 Model-free term structure; 2.4 Empirical tests; 2.5 Conclusions; 3 An adaptive correlation Heston model for stock prediction; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Adaptive correlation coefficient model; 3.3 Empirical tests; 3.4 Conclusions; 4 The algorithm to control risk using options; 4.1 Introduction.…”
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Data Mining and Statistics for Decision Making by Tufféry, Stéphane, Tufféry, Stéphane

Table of Contents: “…Learning algorithms -- 8.7. The main neural networks -- Automatic clustering methods -- 9.1. …”
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Language learnability and language development by Pinker, Steven, 1954-

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A Case for the Existence of God. by Overman, Dean L.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 11: Recorded Experiences of Encounters with the Divine Bear Witness to a Way of Knowing that Includes Kierkegaard's KENDSKAB, BUBER'S I-Thou, OTTO'S Wholly Other, AND MARCEL'S MysteryChapter 12: THESE NINE WITNESSES TESTIFY TO ANOTHER WAY OF KNOWING THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE EMPIRICAL AND THE METAPHYSICAL RATIONAL WAYS OF KNOWING, BUT IS BEYOND THE DESCRIBABLE AND REQUIRES PERSO; Chapter 13: CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS AND SUMMARY; AFTERWORD; Appendix A: THE NEW MATHEMATICS OF ALGORITHMIC INFORMATION THEORY IS RELEVANT TO THEORIES CONCERNING THE FORMATION OF THE FIRST LIVING MATTER.…”
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Neural control engineering : the emerging intersection between control theory and neuroscience by Schiff, Steven J.

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Machine Learning in Chemical Safety and Health : Fundamentals with Applications. by Wang, Qingsheng

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 3 Flammability Characteristics Prediction Using QSPR Modeling -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 Flammability Characteristics -- 3.1.2 QSPR Application -- 3.1.2.1 Concept of QSPR -- 3.1.2.2 Trends and Characteristics of QSPR -- 3.2 Flowchart for Flammability Characteristics Prediction -- 3.2.1 Dataset Preparation -- 3.2.2 Structure Input and Molecular Simulation -- 3.2.3 Calculation of Molecular Descriptors -- 3.2.4 Preliminary Screening of Molecular Descriptors -- 3.2.5 Descriptor Selection and Modeling -- 3.2.6 Model Validation -- 3.2.6.1 Model Fitting Ability Evaluation -- 3.2.6.2 Model Stability Analysis -- 3.2.6.3 Model Predictivity Evaluation -- 3.2.7 Model Mechanism Explanation -- 3.2.8 Summary of QSPR Process -- 3.3 QSPR Review for Flammability Characteristics -- 3.3.1 Flammability Limits -- 3.3.1.1 LFLT and LFL -- 3.3.1.2 UFLT and UFL -- 3.3.2 Flash Point -- 3.3.3 Auto-ignition Temperature -- 3.3.4 Heat of Combustion -- 3.3.5 Minimum Ignition Energy -- 3.3.6 Gas-liquid Critical Temperature -- 3.3.7 Other Properties -- 3.4 Limitations -- 3.5 Conclusions and Future Prospects -- References -- Chapter 4 Consequence Prediction Using Quantitative Property-Consequence Relationship Models -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Conventional Consequence Prediction Methods -- 4.2.1 Empirical Method -- 4.2.2 Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Method -- 4.2.3 Integral Method -- 4.3 Machine Learning and Deep Learning-Based Consequence Prediction Models -- 4.4 Quantitative Property-Consequence Relationship Models -- 4.4.1 Consequence Database -- 4.4.2 Property Descriptors -- 4.4.3 Machine Learning and Deep Learning Algorithms -- 4.5 Challenges and Future Directions -- References -- Chapter 5 Machine Learning in Process Safety and Asset Integrity Management -- 5.1 Opportunities and Threats -- 5.2 State-of-the-Art Reviews -- 5.2.1 Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs).…”
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Big data and differential privacy : analysis strategies for railway track engineering by Attoh-Okine, Nii O.

Table of Contents: “…3.12.2.2 Deep Belief Nets (DBN)3.12.3 Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN); 3.12.4 Granular Computing (Rough Set Theory); 3.12.5 Clustering; 3.12.5.1 Measures of Similarity or Dissimilarity; 3.12.5.2 Hierarchical Methods; 3.12.5.3 Non-Hierarchical Clustering; 3.12.5.4 k-Means Algorithm; 3.12.5.5 Expectation-Maximization (EM) Algorithms; 3.13 Data Stream Processing; 3.13.1 Methods and Analysis; 3.13.2 LogLog Counting; 3.13.3 Count-Min Sketch; 3.13.3.1 Online Support Regression; 3.14 Remarks; References; Chapter 4 Basic Foundations of Big Data; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Query.…”
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Computational materials engineering : achieving high accuracy and efficiency in metals processing simulations by Pietrzyk, Maciej, 1947-, Madej, Łukasz, Rauch, Lukasz, Szeliga, Danuta

Table of Contents: “…Toward Increase of the Efficiency of Modeling -- 2.1 Improvement of Numerical Algorithms -- 2.1.1 Metamodeling -- 2.1.2 Inverse analysis -- 2.1.2.1 General formulation of the inverse problem -- 2.1.2.2 Regularization -- 2.1.2.3 Methods of regularizations -- 2.1.2.4 Numerical computations and regularization in the finite-dimension setting -- 2.1.3 Sensitivity analysis -- 2.1.3.1 Local SA -- 2.1.3.2 Global SA -- 2.1.3.3 The implementation of SA algorithms -- 2.1.3.4 A strategy for the identification of the model parameters -- 2.2 Improvement of Hardware -- 2.2.1 General idea of high-performance computing -- 2.2.2 Development of clusters -- 2.2.3 Development of heterogeneous architectures -- 2.2.4 Development of grid environments -- 3. …”
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Performance evaluation and Army recruiting by Dertouzos, James N., 1950-

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Intelligent computational systems : a multi-disciplinary perspective

Table of Contents: “…3.2.1. Genetic Algorithm (GA) -- 3.2.2. Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm (PSO) -- 3.3. …”
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Computational phraseology

Table of Contents: “…Monocollocable words : a type of language combinatory periphery / František Čermák -- Translation asymmetries of multiword expressions in machine translation : an analysis of the TED-MWE corpus / Johanna Monti, Mihael Arcan and Federico Sangati -- German constructional phrasemes and their Russian counterparts : a corpus-based study / Dmitrij Dobrovol'skij -- Computational phraseology and translation studies : from theoretical hypotheses to practical tools / Jean-Pierre Colson -- Computational extraction of formulaic sequences from corpora : two case studies of a new extraction algorithm / Alexander Wahl and Stefan Th. Gries -- Computational phraseology discovery in corpora with the MWETOOLKIT / Carlos Ramisch -- Multiword expressions in comparable corpora / Peter Ďurčo -- Collecting collocations from general and specialised corpora : a comparative analysis / Marie-Claude L'Homme and Daphnée Azoulay -- What matters more : the size of the corpora or their quality? …”
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Missing Data Methods : Cross-Sectional Methods and Applications. by Drukker, David M.

Table of Contents: “…NotesAcknowledgment; References; Orthogonality in the single index model; On the estimation of selection models when participation is endogenous and misclassified; Introduction; The model and estimator; Sampling algorithm; Simulated data example; Summary and conclusions; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; summary tables for additional simulations; Process for simulating non -- normal errors; Efficient probit estimation with partially missing covariates; Introduction; Model Specification; Efficient estimators and variances; Testing assumptions and possible modifications; Other models.…”
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The handbook of news analytics in finance

Table of Contents: “…Kalev and Huu Nhan Duong -- Equity portfolio risk estimation using market information and sentiment / Leela Mitra, Gautam Mitra and Dan diBartolomeo -- Incorporating news into algorithmic trading strategies : increasing the signal-to-noise ratio / Richard Brown -- Are you still trading without news? …”
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Reviews in computational chemistry.

Table of Contents: “…Small Molecule Docking and Scoring; Introduction; Algorithms for Molecular Docking; The Docking Problem; Placing Fragments and Rigid Molecules; Flexible Ligand Docking; Handling Protein Flexibility; Docking of Combinatorial Libraries; Scoring; Shape and Chemical Complementary Scores; Force Field Scoring; Empirical Scoring Functions; Knowledge-Based Scoring Functions; Comparing Scoring Functions in Docking Experiments: Consensus Scoring.…”
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Applications of GRA and grey prediction models

Table of Contents: “…Combined forecasting of regional logistics demand optimized by genetic algorithmApplication of grey relational analysis to expose individual student's cognitive difficulties in English public speaking; Mobile communication service income prediction method based on grey buffer operator theory; Using grey relational analysis to evaluate resource configuration and service ability for hospital on public private partnership model in China; The status of traditional medicine and national medicine in different areas of the China in 2011 with grey clustering analysis.…”
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The medical imagination : literature and health in the early United States by Altschuler, Sari

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Social-behavioral modeling for complex systems

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; List of Contributors; About the Editors; About the Companion Website; Part I Introduction and Agenda; Chapter 1 Understanding and Improving the Human Condition: A Vision of the Future for Social-Behavioral Modeling; Challenges; Challenge One: The Complexity of Human Issues; Challenge Two: Fragmentation; Empirical Observation; Empirical Experiments; Generative Simulation; Unification; Challenge Three: Representations; Challenge Four: Applications of Social-Behavioral Modeling; About This Book; Roadmap for the Book; References…”
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