Wang: 1062 books
macOS Programming for Absolute Beginners
Developing Apps Using Swift and Xcode
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Learn how to code for the iMac, Mac mini, Mac Pro, and MacBook using Swift, Apple's hottest programming language.
Fully updated to cover the new MacBook Touch Bar, macOS Programming for Absolute Beginners will not only teach complete programming novices how to write macOS programs, but it can...
Reverse Migration in Contemporary China
Returnees, Entrepreneurship and the Chinese Economy
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
The authors investigate the phenomenon of highly skilled Chinese returnees and their impact on the development of the Chinese economy and society, and on the transformation of China into a key player on the global stage. They analyse the reasons why Chinese entrepreneurs choose to return to their...
by Subal C. Kumbhakar, Hung-Jen Wang, Alan P. Horncastle
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2015
A Practitioner's Guide to Stochastic Frontier Analysis Using Stata provides practitioners in academia and industry with a step-by-step guide on how to conduct efficiency analysis using the stochastic frontier approach. The authors explain in detail how to estimate production, cost, and profit efficiency...
by Zhengyan Lin, Hanchao Wang
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Weak convergence of stochastic processes is one of most important theories in probability theory. Not only probability experts but also more and more statisticians are interested in it. In the study of statistics and econometrics, some problems cannot be solved by the classical method. In this book,...
Building the Intentional University
Minerva and the Future of Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
How to rebuild higher education from the ground up for the twenty-first century.
Higher education is in crisis. It is too expensive, ineffective, and impractical for many of the world's students. But how would you reinvent it for the twenty-first century—how would you build it from the ground...
by Zijun Cao, Yu Wang, Dianqing Li
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2016
This is the first book to revisit geotechnical site characterization from a probabilistic point of view and provide rational tools to probabilistically characterize geotechnical properties and underground stratigraphy using limited information obtained from a specific site. This book not only provides...
by Susheng Wang
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2015
This textbook concisely covers math knowledge and tools useful for business and economics studies, including matrix analysis, basic math concepts, general optimization, dynamic optimization, and ordinary differential equations. Basic math tools, particularly optimization tools, are essential for students...
Old Industrial Cities Seeking New Road of Industrialization
Models of Revitalizing Northeast China
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2013
This book aims to investigate how cities in China's rust belt restructure their urban industries and economies. Over the years, China's “economic miracle” has been mainly attributed to rapid development in its coastal region, where the majority of research into the country's development has originated...
Australia-China Relations post 1949
Sixty Years of Trade and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
This book challenges the common perceptions of Australian dependence upon great-power allies in the conduct of its foreign relations through a critical examination of Australia's relations with the People's Republic of China. The author focuses on the economic and political dimensions of the policy-making...
by Wang Weiguang, Guoguang Zheng, Jiahua Pan
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
China is becoming a rising star in global economical and political affairs. Both internationally and within China itself, people have great expectations of its future role. This book aims to clarify many aspects of China’s key position in the climate change situation and policy debates. However,...
Voice over IP Networks
Quality of Service, Pricing and Security
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2011
This book addresses three important issues in VoIP networks: Quality of Service, pricing and security.
In addressing Quality of Service (QoS), it introduces the notion of delay not exceeding an upper limit, termed the bounded delay, to measure the Quality of Service in VoIP networks. Queuing...
Network Hardening
An Automated Approach to Improving Network Security
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
This Springer Brief examines the tools based on attack graphs that help reveal network hardening threats. Existing tools detail all possible attack paths leading to critical network resources. Though no current tool provides a direct solution to remove the threats, they are a more efficient means...
Green China
Sustainable Growth in East and West
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
China is creating the third growth wave in the sustainable sector. This greening of the Chinese economy offers threats and opportunities for Western organizations. Getting a piece of this new cake requires strategic innovations in both policy and corporate strategy. Based on the theory of strategic...
Demystifying the Chinese Miracle
The Rise and Future of Relational Capitalism
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
The last three decades has witnessed miraculous economic growth of China. What has accounted for its miracle? What is the nature and future of the Chinese model? Is it unique?
This book presents an analytical framework to demystify China's economic growth miracle. The book suggests that interlinked...