Random Walks, Boundaries and Spectra

This book contains the joint proceedings of the workshop on Boundaries that took place in Graz, from June 29–July 3, and the Alp-Workshop that was held immediately afterwards in Sankt Kathrein am Offenegg, on the weekend July 4–5, 2009

Risk Analysis in Finance and Insurance

This book deals with the notion of “risk” and is devoted to analysis of risks in finance and insurance. We will study risks associated with financial and insurance contracts, by which we understand risks to be uncertainties that may result in financial loss and affect the ability to make payments associ- ated with the corresponding contracts. Our approach to this analysis is based on the …

Rigidity and Symmetry

The thematic program on Discrete Geometry and Applications took place at the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences in Toronto between July 1 and December 31, 2011. The papers included in this book are based on some research conducted during the semester and on some of the lectures there, in particular those related to the part of the program under the heading “Rigidity and Sy…

Reconnecting Marketing to Markets

Marketing is an activity and process in a market context. Thus most people will agree that marketing and markets are connected, both in theory and in practice. However, the title of this book, ‘Reconnecting Marketing to Markets’, suggests that not only has there been a disconnection in academic research sometime in the past but also that the editors and authors entertain ideas about a possi…

SECURITY OF MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS

Mobile communications offer wireless connectivity that enables mobility and com- puting in diverse communication environments. The large demands from social markets are driving the growing development of mobile communications more rapidly than ever before. Consequently, a large set of new advanced techniques has emerged, brought about by a larger bandwidth, more powerful processing capabil- ity…

psychology

This book has been \vritten as a companion to support you throughout your Psychology International AS and A Level course. The book is divided into two parts: one for the AS Level and one for the A Level 1he AS part \Viii guide you through all 20 Core Studies and the A level part \Viii guide you th rough the t\vO options you have chosen to study (fro1n the five available). 111ere are a range…

Statistical Physics

This book is essentially based on the lecture course on “Statistical Physics”, which was taught by the author at the physical faculty of the Ural State University in Ekater- inburg since 1992. This course was intended for all physics students, not especially for those specializing in theoretical physics. In this sense the material presented here contains the necessary minimum of knowledge o…

Revealing art

In the Tate Modern there is a version of Auguste Rodin’s The Kiss (1901–4) which can be seen on the cover of this book. A couple emerges from the block of marble in a rapturous embrace, the meeting of their lips deliberately concealed from the viewer. The woman leans into the embrace, turning and pulling the man down. Her leg presses over his thigh, gently prising his legs apart, whilst h…

Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems

In the context of decision-making in committees, equation (

Critical Theory and the Crisis of Contemporary Capitalism

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ELECTRIC CIRCUITS AND SIGNALS

This book is intended for one or two courses on basic electric circuits as well as the “Circuits and Signals” course, CE-CSG, described in the Body of Knowledge of the IEEE/ACM. It differs from other textbooks in its coverage, organization, and presentation, which strongly emphasize fundamentals and stresses creative problem solving. By emphasis on funda- mentals I mean: (1) being comprehen…

Managing TRUST in Cyberspace

Traditional security mechanisms restrict access to authorized users only, in order to protect resources from malicious users. However, in many con- texts, we must protect ourselves from those who offer resources, so that the problem is in fact reversed. This improper usage cannot be addressed by traditional security mechanisms, and the issues relate more to trustworthiness than security. Trus…

Ignorance,How It Drives Science.

This strikes me as a particularly apt description of how science proceeds on a day-to-day basis. It is certainly more accurate than the more common metaphor of scientists patiently piecing together a giant puzzle. With a puzzle you see the manufacturer has guaranteed there is a solution. I know that this view of the scientific process—feeling around in dark rooms, bumping into unidentifiable…

Foundations of Business 

How do you define success? For some, success is a high-paying job, promotions, and financial security. For others, success is finding a rewarding balance between work and personal time. Regardless of how you define success or what your personal goals are, we wrote this text with one purpose: To help you succeed not only in today’s competitive business world, but also in your personal life. A…

Integrated Business Model

Enterprises throughout the ages have always had to deal with processes of change. The invention of printing with movable type almost wholly superseded the medi- eval business model of—usually monastic—scriptoria in the space of just a few decades. Change, therefore, is not a modern phenomenon. Yet what is new is the number and growth of influencing factors that now determine business action…

Pioneers of Personality Science Autobiographical Perspectives

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Introduction to Computer Networks and Cybersecurity

It is difficult to overstate the importance of computer net- works and cybersecurity in today’s world. They have become such an integral part of our existence that only a moment’s reflection is required to delineate the many ways in which they impact essentially every aspect of our lives. For example, from a personal point of view one need only consider the impact that such things as wirele…

PERSONALITY PATHOLOGY Developmental Perspectives

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Computer Security Principles and Practice

The book is intended for both an academic and a professional audience. As a textbook, it is intended as a one- or two-semester undergraduate course for computer science, computer engineering, and electrical engineering majors. This edition is designed to support the rec- ommendations of the ACM/IEEE Computer Science Curricula 2013 (CS2013). The CS2013 curriculum recommendation includes, for the…

Person-Centered Recovery Planner for Adults With Serious Mental Illness

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Feature Selection for High-Dimensional Data

The topic of variable selection in high-dimensional spaces (often with hundreds or thousands of dimensions) has attracted considerable attention in data mining re- search in previous years, and it is common in many real problems. In a nutshell, feature selection is a process that chooses an optimal subset of features according to a certain criterion. The selection of the criterion must be done…

How the Stock Market Works

Making money demands effort, whether working for a salary or investing. You get nothing for nothing. Anyone who tells you the stock market is an absolute doddle, and money for old rope, is either a conman or a fool. And the proof of that became very clear with the stock market depressions starting in 2007. But doing a bit of work does not necessarily mean heavy mathematics and several hours eve…

Managing the Macroeconomy

Having originated in the advanced economies, the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2008–09 spread rapidly to the rest of the world. The impact on the emerging markets, especially those in Asia, though not as severe as that in the advanced countries, was still quite signifi- cant. India withstood the crisis initially but could not remain entirely unaffected for long (especially after the collap…

FUZZY LOGIC ALGORITHMS, TECHNIQUES AND IMPLEMENTATIONS

Algorithm is used to define the notion of decidability. It is a set of rules that precisely defines a sequence of operations. This is essential for computers to process information. Computer programs contain algorithms that detail specific instructions a computer should perform to carry out a specified task. The traditional computer program performs specific instructions sequentially, and use…

Modern Statistics

There are two general goals in this book. Assuming the reader has had no prior training in statistics, the first is to provide a graduate-level introduction to basic, routinely used statistical techniques relevant to the social and behavioral sciences. As can be seen from the Table of Contents, a wide range of topics is covered. Included is a nontechnical description of three major insights reg…

ON FREUD’S “CONSTRUCTIONS IN ANALYSIS”

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Blind Equalization and System Identification

Discrete-time signal processing has appeared to be one of the major momenta to the advances of science and engineering over the past several decades be- cause of the rapid progress of digital and mixed-signal integrated circuits in processing speed, functionality, and cost effectiveness. In many science and engineering applications, the signals of interest are distorted by an unknown physical s…

Computational Statistics Handbook with MATLAB

We wrote a second edition of this book for two reasons. First, the Statistics Toolbox for MATLAB® has been significantly expanded since the first edition, so the text needed to be updated to reflect these changes. Second, we wanted to incorporate some of the suggested improvements that were made by several of the reviewers of the first edition. In our view, one of the most important issues t…

Normalising the Balkans Geopolitics of Psychoanalysis and Psychiatry

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CYBER INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION

The Internet, as well as other telecommunication networks and information systems, have become an integrated part of our daily lives, and our dependency upon their underlying infrastructure is ever-increas- ing. Unfortunately, as our dependency has grown, so have hostile attacks on the cyber infrastructure by network predators. The lack of security as a core el- ement in the initial design of…