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  • Rational Decision and Causality

    by Ellery Eells ...
    Series series Cambridge Philosophy Classics
    First published in 1982, Ellery Eells' original work on rational decision making had extensive implications for probability theorists, economists, statisticians and psychologists concerned with decision making and the employment of Bayesian principles. His analysis of the philosophical and psychological significance of Bayesian decision theories, causal decision theories and Newcomb's paradox ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • The Place of Probability in Science

    In Honor of Ellery Eells (1953-2006)

    Edited by J.H. Fetzer, Ellery Eells ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    Science aims at the discovery of general principles of special kinds that are applicable for the explanation and prediction of the phenomena of the world in the form of theories and laws. When the phenomena themselves happen to be general, the principlesinvolved assume the form of theories; and when they are p- ticular, they assume the form of general laws. Theories themselves are sets of laws and ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

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    Modeling Aspects of Urban Life

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    What mathematical modeling uncovers about life in the cityX and the City, a book of diverse and accessible math-based topics, uses basic modeling to explore a wide range of entertaining questions about urban life. How do you estimate the number of dental or doctor's offices, gas stations, restaurants, or movie theaters in a city of a given size? How can mathematics be used to maximize traffic flow ... Read more

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  • Financial Enterprise Risk Management

    by Paul Sweeting ...
    Series series International Series on Actuarial Science
    Financial Enterprise Risk Management provides all the tools needed to build and maintain a comprehensive ERM framework. As well as outlining the construction of such frameworks, it discusses the internal and external contexts within which risk management must be carried out. It also covers a range of qualitative and quantitative techniques that can be used to identify, model and measure risks, and ... Read more

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  • General Equilibrium Theory

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    by Ross M. Starr ...
    General Equilibrium Theory: An Introduction presents the mathematical economic theory of price determination and resource allocation from elementary to advanced levels, suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students of economics. This Arrow–Debreu model (known for two of its most prominent founders, both Nobel Laureates) is the basis of modern price theory and of a wide range of ... Read more

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  • Optimization in Practice with MATLAB®

    For Engineering Students and Professionals

    by Achille Messac ...
    Optimization in Practice with MATLAB® provides a unique approach to optimization education. It is accessible to both junior and senior undergraduate and graduate students, as well as industry practitioners. It provides a strongly practical perspective that allows the student to be ready to use optimization in the workplace. It covers traditional materials, as well as important topics previously ... Read more

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  • The Half-Life of Facts

    Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date

    by Samuel Arbesman ...
    New insights from the science of scienceFacts change all the time. Smoking has gone from doctor recommended to deadly. We used to think the Earth was the center of the universe and that the brontosaurus was a real dinosaur. In short, what we know about the world is constantly changing.Samuel Arbesman shows us how knowledge in most fields evolves systematically and predictably, and how this ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Stochastic Processes, Finance And Control: A Festschrift In Honor Of Robert J Elliott

    by Samuel N Cohen, Dilip B Madan, Tak Kuen Siu, Hailiang Yang ...
    Series Book 1 - Advances In Statistics, Probability And Actuarial Science
    This book consists of a series of new, peer-reviewed papers in stochastic processes, analysis, filtering and control, with particular emphasis on mathematical finance, actuarial science and engineering. Paper contributors include colleagues, collaborators and former students of Robert Elliott, many of whom are world-leading experts and have made fundamental and significant contributions to these ... Read more

    $60.29 USD

  • Topics in Mathematical Analysis and Applications

    Edited by László Tóth, Themistocles M. Rassias ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This volume presents significant advances in a number of theories and problems of Mathematical Analysis and its applications in disciplines such as Analytic Inequalities, Operator Theory, Functional Analysis, Approximation Theory, Functional Equations, Differential Equations, Wavelets, Discrete Mathematics and Mechanics. The contributions focus on recent developments and are written by eminent ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Evolutionary Optimization and Game Strategies for Advanced Multi-Disciplinary Design

    Applications to Aeronautics and UAV Design

    by Dong Seop Chris Lee, Jacques Periaux, Felipe Gonzalez ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    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. These tools use the concept of multi-population, asynchronous parallelization and hierarchical ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Nature-Inspired Computing and Optimization

    Theory and Applications

    Edited by Xin-She Yang, Kazumi Nakamatsu, Srikanta Patnaik ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    The book provides readers with a snapshot of the state of the art in the field of nature-inspired computing and its application in optimization. The approach is mainly practice-oriented: each bio-inspired technique or algorithm is introduced together with one of its possible applications. Applications cover a wide range of real-world optimization problems: from feature selection and image ... Read more

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  • Empirical Inference

    Festschrift in Honor of Vladimir N. Vapnik

    Edited by Zhiyuan Luo, Vladimir Vovk, Bernhard Schölkopf ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    This book honours the outstanding contributions of Vladimir Vapnik, a rare example of a scientist for whom the following statements hold true simultaneously: his work led to the inception of a new field of research, the theory of statistical learning and empirical inference; he has lived to see the field blossom; and he is still as active as ever. He started analyzing learning algorithms in the ... Read more

    $49.99 USD