2012 Academic Press Inc.

Miller and Childers have focused on creating a clear presentation of foundational concepts with specific applications to signal processing and communications, clearly the two areas of most interest to students and instructors in this course. ...

2012 Academic Press Inc.

The second edition of "A Course in Real Analysis" provides a solid foundation of real analysis concepts and principles, presenting a broad range of topics in a clear and concise manner. The book is excellent ...

2012 Academic Press Inc.

The world contains an unimaginably vast amount of digital information which is getting ever vaster ever more rapidly. This makes it possible to do many things that previously could not be done: spot business trends, ...

2012 Academic Press Inc.

This revised book provides a thorough explanation of the foundation of robust methods, incorporating the latest updates on R and S-Plus, robust ANOVA (Analysis of Variance) and regression. It guides advanced students and other professionals ...

2011 Academic Press Inc.

The Second Edition of this best-selling book expands its advanced approach to financial risk models by covering market, credit, and integrated risk. With new data that cover the recent financial crisis, it combines Excel-based empirical ...

2011 Academic Press Inc.

This comprehensive examination of short selling, which is a bet on stocks declining in value, explores the ways that this strategy drives financial markets. Its focus on short selling by region, its consideration of the ...

2011 Academic Press Inc.

Two strengths distinguish this textbook from others. One is its presentation of subjects in the contexts where they occur. Students see different perspectives on subjects and learn how complex and dynamic the mergers and acquisitions ...

2011 Academic Press Inc.

Defining an organization by its growth strategy enables business leaders to make better decisions about the ways their companies compete. Anjan Thakor's four categories of growth, which he arranges into the Competing Values Framework, delivers ...

2011 Academic Press Inc.

This book describes computational finance tools. It covers fundamental numerical analysis and computational techniques, such as option pricing, and gives special attention to simulation and optimization. Many chapters are organized as case studies around portfolio ...

2011 Academic Press Inc.

Optimal control theory has numerous applications in both science and engineering. This book presents basic concepts and principles of mathematical programming in terms of set-valued analysis and develops a comprehensive optimality theory of problems described ...

2011 Academic Press Inc.

Networks, systems, and data join the financial markets into a single interrelated environment that processes millions of transactions in real time. This volume, the third of four, investigates the interconnected nature of financial markets by ...

2011 Academic Press Inc.

Essential Statistics, Regression, and Econometrics" provides students with a readable, deep understanding of the key statistical topics they need to understand in an econometrics course. It is innovative in its focus, including real data, pitfalls ...

2011 Academic Press Inc.

"Exploring Monte Carlo Methods" is a basic text that describes the numerical methods that have come to be known as 'Monte Carlo.' The book treats the subject generically through the first eight chapters and, thus, ...

2011 Academic Press Inc.

"Practical Business Statistics, Sixth Edition", is a conceptual, realistic, and matter-of-fact approach to managerial statistics that carefully maintains - but does not overemphasize - mathematical correctness. The book offers a deep understanding of how to ...

2011 Academic Press Inc.

How can private equity investors exploit investment opportunities in foreign markets? Peter Cornelius uses a proprietary database to investigate and describe private equity markets worldwide, revealing their levels of integration, their risks, and the ways ...

2011 Academic Press Inc.

"Data Mining: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques" offers a thorough grounding in machine learning concepts as well as practical advice on applying machine learning tools and techniques in real-world data mining situations. This highly ...

2011 Academic Press Inc.

Serving as the foundation for a one-semester course in stochastic processes for students familiar with elementary probability theory and calculus, "Introduction to Stochastic Modeling, Third Edition", bridges the gap between basic probability and an intermediate ...

2010 Academic Press Inc.

This volume is a true shelf reference, providing a thorough overview of the entire renewable energy sphere, while still functioning as a go-to information source for professionals and students when they need answers about a ...

2010 Academic Press Inc.

More efficient credit portfolio engineering can increase the decision-making power of bankers and boost the market value of their banks. By implementing robust risk management procedures, bankers can develop comprehensive views of obligors by integrating ...

2010 Academic Press Inc.

There is an explosion of interest in Bayesian statistics, primarily because recently created computational methods have finally made Bayesian analysis obtainable to a wide audience. "Doing Bayesian Data Analysis: A Tutorial Introduction with R and ...