This publication is designed to provide (Master’s and PhD) students with a concise introduction to research, especially, in organisations. The aim is to familiarise them with the knowledge they need to make well-reasoned methodological choices when preparing an (applied) approach and provide them with the tools they need to develop what is referred to in this book as a research design. Wh…
This book has not been written for fellow academic methodologists. It is mainly aimed at teachers and lecturers who want to pay attention to methodology in their courses. This may involve working on research assignments, explaining certain methodological aspects of specialised knowledge, as well as supervising Master’s and, sometimes, PhD projects. Above all, this book is aimed at students wh…
Econometrics by Example (EBE) is written primarily for undergraduate students in economics, accounting, finance, marketing, and related disciplines. It is also intended for students in MBA programs and for researchers in business, government, and re- search organizations. There are several excellent textbooks in econometrics, written from very elementary to very advanced levels. The writers of…
Econometrics by Example (EBE) is written primarily for undergraduate students in economics, accounting, finance, marketing, and related disciplines. It is also intended for students in MBA programs and for researchers in business, government, and re- search organizations. There are several excellent textbooks in econometrics, written from very elementary to very advanced levels. The writers of…
Statistics is concerned with the science of uncertainty and can help the scientist deal with these questions. Many classical methods (regression, hypothesis testing, parameter estimation, confidence intervals, etc.) of statistics developed over the last century are familiar to scientists and are widely used in many disciplines [Efron and Tibshirani, 1991]. Now, what do we mean by computational…
It’s day one on the job. You have programming chops, you’ve landed the job, you’re sitting at your workstation…now what? Before you, a new jungle awaits: • Programming at industry scale, with code bases measured in thousands (or hundreds of thousands) of lines of code. How do you get your bearings and start contributing quickly? • Navigating an organization containing programmers …
Modern software systems are increasingly required to be open and distributed. Such systems are open not in terms of network connections and interoperability support heterogeneous hardware and software platforms, but, above all, in terms of evolving and changing requirements.
We consider some classical games and show how they can arise in the context of the internet. We also introduce some of the basic solution concepts of game theory for studying such games, and some computational issues that arise for these concepts.
This book assumes you may have never programmed before. The book is also written for someone who may have never programmed before using object-oriented programming (OOP) languages. There are many Objective-C books out there, but all of these books assume you have programmed before and know OOP and computer logic. We wanted to write a book that takes readers from knowing little or nothing about …
Today, learning programming is about learning how to shape our world. Objective-C programmers are in a unique position to create applications that people all over the world can use in their daily lives. Objective-C is a delight to use. While other programming languages can feel clumsy at times, Objective-C will show you its power and reach with grace. Problems that seem intractable in other pro…
As the title indicates,this book is about the object-oriented (OO) thought process. Obviously,choosing the theme and title of the book are important decisions;however,these decisions were not all that simple.Numerous books deal with various levels of object orientation.Several popular books deal with topics including OO analysis,OO design,OO programming,design patterns,OO data (XML),the Unified…
OData (Open Data Protocol) is a web protocol for querying and updating data, which can be freely incorporated in various kind of data access applications. OData makes it quite simple and flexible to use by applying and building upon existing well-defined technologies such as HTTP, XML, AtomPub, and JSON. WCF Data Services (formerly known as ADO.NET Data Services) is a well-encapsulated componen…