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  • Public Policy Analysis

    New Developments

    Edited by Wil A. H. Thissen, Warren E. Walker ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Traditional policy analysis approaches are characterized by a focus on system modeling and choosing among policy alternatives. While successful in many cases, this approach has been increasingly criticized for being technocratic and ignoring the behavioral and political dimensions of most policy processes. In recent decades, increased awareness of the multi-actor, multiple perspective, and poly ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Decision Making under Deep Uncertainty

    From Theory to Practice

    Edited by Vincent A. W. J. Marchau, Warren E. Walker, Pieter J. T. M. Bloemen, Steven W. Popper ...
    This open access book focuses on both the theory and practice associated with the tools and approaches for decisionmaking in the face of deep uncertainty. It explores approaches and tools supporting the design of strategic plans under deep uncertainty, and their testing in the real world, including barriers and enablers for their use in practice. The book broadens traditional approaches and tools ... Read more

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  • Social Physics

    How Social Networks Can Make Us Smarter

    by Alex Pentland ...
    From one of the world’s leading data scientists, a landmark tour of the new science of idea flow, offering revolutionary insights into the mysteries of collective intelligence and social influenceIf the Big Data revolution has a presiding genius, it is MIT’s Alex “Sandy” Pentland. Over years of groundbreaking experiments, he has distilled remarkable discoveries significant enough to become the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Privacy, Big Data, and the Public Good

    Frameworks for Engagement

    Edited by Julia Lane, Victoria Stodden, Stefan Bender, Helen Nissenbaum ...
    Massive amounts of data on human beings can now be analyzed. Pragmatic purposes abound, including selling goods and services, winning political campaigns, and identifying possible terrorists. Yet 'big data' can also be harnessed to serve the public good: scientists can use big data to do research that improves the lives of human beings, improves government services, and reduces taxpayer costs. In ... Read more

    $40.19 USD

  • Theory and Practice in Policy Analysis

    Including Applications in Science and Technology

    by M. Granger Morgan ...
    Many books instruct readers on how to use the tools of policy analysis. This book is different. Its primary focus is on helping readers to look critically at the strengths, limitations, and the underlying assumptions analysts make when they use standard tools or problem framings. Using examples, many of which involve issues in science and technology, the book exposes readers to some of the ... Read more

    $52.49 USD

  • Navigating Safety

    Necessary Compromises and Trade-Offs - Theory and Practice

    by René Amalberti ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Managing safety in a professional environment requires constant negotiation with other competitive dimensions of risk management (finances, market and political drivers, manpower and social crisis). This is obvious, although generally not said in safety manuals. The book provides a unique vision of how to best find these compromises, starting with lessons learnt from natural risk management by ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Handbook of Safety Principles

    Edited by Sven Ove Hansson, Jan-Erik Holmberg, Carl Rollenhagen, Niklas Möller ...
    Series Book 9 - Wiley Series in Operations Research and Management Science
    Presents recent breakthroughs in the theory, methods, and applications of safety and risk analysis for safety engineers, risk analysts, and policy makersSafety principles are paramount to addressing structured handling of safety concerns in all technological systems. This handbook captures and discusses the multitude of safety principles in a practical and applicable manner. It is organized by ... Read more

    $138.00 USD

  • Public Management

    Organizations, Governance, and Performance

    by Laurence J. O'Toole, Jr, Kenneth J. Meier ...
    How effective are public managers as they seek to influence how public organizations deliver policy results? How, and how much, is management related to the performance of public programs? What aspects of management can be distinguished? Can their separable contributions to performance be estimated? The fate of public policies in today's world lies in the hands of public organizations, which in ... Read more

    $52.49 USD

  • The Economics of Human Systems Integration

    Valuation of Investments in People�s Training and Education, Safety and Health, and Work Productivity

    by William B. Rouse ...
    Series Book 85 - Wiley Series in Systems Engineering and Management
    Fundamental Economic Principles, Methods, and Tools for Addressing Human Systems Integration Issues and TradeoffsHuman Systems Integration (HSI) is a new and fundamental integrating discipline designed to help move business and engineering cultures toward more human-centered systems. Integrating consideration of human abilities, limitations, and preferences into engineering systems yields ... Read more

    $122.00 USD

  • A Career in Statistics

    Beyond the Numbers

    by Gerald J. Hahn, Necip Doganaksoy ...
    A valuable guide to a successful career as a statisticianA Career in Statistics: Beyond the Numbers prepares readers for careers in statistics by emphasizing essential concepts and practices beyond the technical tools provided in standard courses and texts. This insider's guide from internationally recognized applied statisticians helps readers decide whether a career in statistics is right for ... Read more

    $70.00 USD

  • Transport Models in Urban Planning Practices

    Tensions and Opportunities in a Changing Planning Context

    Edited by Marco te Brömmelstroet, Luca Bertolini ...
    This book explores how transportation models can play a role in a changing transport planning and policy making context. Most models are rooted in decades of development work and are geared to offer value-free, academic and explicit knowledge to transport planning experts. However, planning practice has changed dramatically over the years, resulting in a less technical rational view on the use of ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • GIS and the Social Sciences

    Theory and Applications

    by Dimitris Ballas, Graham Clarke, Andy Newing, Rachel Franklin ...
    GIS and the Social Sciences offers a uniquely social science approach on the theory and application of GIS with a range of modern examples. It explores how human geography can engage with a variety of important policy issues through linking together GIS and spatial analysis, and demonstrates the importance of applied GIS and spatial analysis for solving real-world problems in both the public and ... Read more

    $82.99 USD