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by Xian Liu
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Methods and Applications of Longitudinal Data Analysis describes methods for the analysis of longitudinal data in the medical, biological and behavioral sciences. It introduces basic concepts and functions including a variety of regression models, and their practical applications across many areas...
Linked
How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
The best-selling guide to network science, the revolutionary field that reveals the deep links between all forms of human social life
A cocktail party. A terrorist cell. Ancient bacteria. An international conglomerate. All are networks, and all are a part of a surprising scientific revolution....
by Andrzej Ruszczynski
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2011
Optimization is one of the most important areas of modern applied mathematics, with applications in fields from engineering and economics to finance, statistics, management science, and medicine. While many books have addressed its various aspects, Nonlinear Optimization is the first comprehensive...
Evolutionary Optimization and Game Strategies for Advanced Multi-Disciplinary Design
Applications to Aeronautics and UAV Design
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2015
Many complex aeronautical design problems can be formulated with efficient multi-objective evolutionary optimization methods and game strategies.
This book describes the role of advanced innovative evolution tools in the solution, or the set of solutions of single or multi disciplinary optimization....
System Dynamics
Modelling and Simulation
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2016
This book covers the broad spectrum of system dynamics methodologies for the modelling and simulation of complex systems: systems thinking, causal diagrams, systems structure of stock and flow diagrams, parameter estimation and tests for confidence building in system dynamics models. It includes a...
Team Performance Assessment and Measurement
Theory, Methods, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1997
This book began at a conference on team performance measurement held at the University of South Florida. Several participants at the conference felt that a book on team performance measurement would be of interest to a broader audience, and they began looking for authors in diverse disciplines. Some...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Bringing together several key elements needed to identify the most promising themes for future research in selection and classification, this book's underlying aim is to improve job performance by selecting the right persons and matching them most effectively with the right jobs. An emphasis is placed...
Modeling, Dynamics, Optimization and Bioeconomics II
DGS III, Porto, Portugal, February 2014, and Bioeconomy VII, Berkeley, USA, March 2014 - Selected Contributions
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2017
The concepts and techniques presented in this volume originated from the fields of dynamics, statistics, control theory, computer science and informatics, and are applied to novel and innovative real-world applications. Over the past few decades, the use of dynamic systems, control theory, computing,...
Stability and Control of Large-Scale Dynamical Systems
A Vector Dissipative Systems Approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2011
Modern complex large-scale dynamical systems exist in virtually every aspect of science and engineering, and are associated with a wide variety of physical, technological, environmental, and social phenomena, including aerospace, power, communications, and network systems, to name just a few. This...
by Fred Espen Benth, Jūratė Šaltytė Benth
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
Weather derivatives provide a tool for weather risk management, and the markets for these exotic financial products are gradually emerging in size and importance. This unique monograph presents a unified approach to the modeling and analysis of such weather derivatives, including financial contracts...
Mathematics in Nature
Modeling Patterns in the Natural World
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2011
From rainbows, river meanders, and shadows to spider webs, honeycombs, and the markings on animal coats, the visible world is full of patterns that can be described mathematically. Examining such readily observable phenomena, this book introduces readers to the beauty of nature as revealed by mathematics...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2010
Separated into seven categories for easy reference, the techniques within each chapter are applied to practice situations in a concise format for easy reference and use. The interventions illustrated include Storytelling, to enhance verbalizations in children; Expressive Art, to promote children's...
Evidence-Based CBT Supervision
Principles and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2017
New edition of a distinctive guide to clinical supervision, for all who work in the mental health field
Evidence-Based CBT Supervision offers an evidence-based perspective of particular interest to CBT supervisors working within mental health. It integrates the author’s extensive professional...
by Andrey V. Savchenko
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
A unified methodology for categorizing various complex objects is presented in this book. Through probability theory, novel asymptotically minimax criteria suitable for practical applications in imaging and data analysis are examined including the special cases such as the Jensen-Shannon divergence...