Research & information: general Books

I: concepts.- Overview of Mobile IP.- 1.1 Growth of Mobile Computing.- 1.2 Mobility Explained.- 1.3 Internet Routing.- 1.3.1 Routing Table.- 1.3.2 Routing Rules.- 1.3.3 Routing Table Maintenance.- 1.4 Naming and Addressing.- 1.5 Problems Due to Mobility...

1. Introduction. 2. Discrete-continuous systems with impulse control. 3. Optimal impulse control problem with restricted number of impulses. 4. Representation of generalized solutions via differential equations with measures. 5. Optimal control problems...

This book provides an up-to-date introduction to information theory. In addition to the classical topics discussed, it provides the first comprehensive treatment of the theory of I-Measure, network coding theory, Shannon and...

Metadecisions: Rehabilitating Epistemology constitutes an epistemological inquiry about the foundations of knowledge of a scientific discipline. This text warns contemporary scientific disciplines that neglecting...

Upcoming Numerical Linear Algebra Issues in Systems and Control Theory (P. Van Dooren). Sidestepping the Certainty Equivalence in 2DOF Adaptive Control Via the Multiple Implicit Identifiers (E. Mosca et al.). Complexity of Dynamic Models for...

The Business Scene. Enhanced Systems. Computer Options. The Workbench. Connectivity. Communications Services. The Path to Applications. Software. Laying the Groundwork. Planning and Producing the Infobase: Part 1. Planning and Producing the Infobase:...

List of Illustrations Preface Introduction About the Editors Notes on Contributors Dinner Speech: Asset Allocation in a General Equilibrium Framework; B.Litterman PART I: CENTRAL BANK RESERVES MANAGEMENT Global Reserves Management; K.Rybinski & U.Krynska...

The science behind and economic consequences of fear are explained by demonstrating how fear can drive markets to disastrous lows and how the financial industry profits most when fear and volatility are highest. The reader is offered recommendations that...

The "ORI Introduction to the Responsible Conduct of Research" draws together in a single, easy-to-read book the fundamentals of responsible research. Readers are guided through the complex world of regulations and best practices, from initial...

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The questions used in this book have been developed and continuously updated over 15 years. 'MCQs in Paediatrics' includes questions and detailed answers submitted by paediatricians in all specialties, and covers the widest range of clinical skills and...

Algebraic Cryptanalysis bridges the gap between a course in cryptography, and being able to read the cryptanalytic literature. This book is divided into three parts: Part One covers the process of turning a cipher into a system of equations; Part Two...

This book is for engineers and researchers working in the embedded hardware industry.  This book addresses the design aspects of cryptographic hardware and embedded software.  The authors provide tutorial-type...

John Mingers' new volume, Self-Producing Systems: Implications and Ap­ plications of Autopoiesis, is a much-needed reference on autopoiesis, a subject penetrating many disciplines today. I can genuinely say that I enjoyed...

The International Workshop on "The Use of Supercomputers in Theoretical Science" took place on January 24 and 25, 1991, at the University of Antwerp (UIA), Antwerpen, Belgium. It was the sixth in a series of workshops, the...

This book has a rather strange history. It began in Spring 1989, thirteen years after our Systems Science Department at SUNY -Binghamton was established, when I was asked by a group of students in our doctoral program to have a...

This volume is concerned with the theoretical description of patterns and instabilities and their relevance to physics, chemistry, and biology. More specifically, the theme of the work is the theory of nonlinear physical...

School improvement, like motherhood, has many advocates. Everyone is for it, without having to campaign actively on its behalf. And just as the 100% of people who have had mothers think they know how mothering could be done...

In Realizing the Distinctive University: Vision and Values, Strategy and Culture, Mark William Roche changes the terms of the debate about American higher education. A former dean of the College of Arts and Letters at the University of Notre Dame, Roche...

PART I: THE NATURE OF CATASTROPHE Taxonomy of Risk Catastrophes Financial Catastrophe PART II: THE RISK FRAMEWORK The Risk Management Process Models, Metrics and Limitations PART III: PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT Past Catastrophes Lessons Learned and...

Updated and revised, this second edition applies advanced financial analytics within a strategic framework that recognizes an environment where sustainable competitive advantage is a progressively more difficult task. Real options offer the link to value...

Nowadays in European, American and most westernized markets, financial institutions such as Credit Swiss, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, the Islamic Bank of Britain etc, are offering more products and services of Islamic finance. Moreover, a great number of...

The banking industry extensively lobbied against Basel III and governments have been keen to delay its full implementation. Chorafas' latest book takes a well-rounded approach on Basel III's strengths and weaknesses and explains how, without deep...

Introduction Project Planning Sample Selection Gathering and Preparing Data Understanding Relationships in Data Data Transformation (Pre-processing) Model Construction (Parameter Estimation) Validation, Model Performance and Cut-off Strategy Sample Bias...

Restructuring the balance sheets of Western governments, banks and households is an important issue in the recovery after the recent crisis. Chorafas' latest book focuses on sovereign debt, sovereign risk and the developing economic and financial...

List of Illustrations Preface Introduction About the Editors Notes on Contributors PART I: INTEREST RATE MODELLING AND FORECASTING Combining Canadian Interest Rate Forecasts; D.Bolder & Y.Romanyuk Updating the Yield Curve to Analysts' Views; L.Nogueira A...

Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction; O.Hieronymi From 'Global Finance' to the Crisis of Globalization; O.Hieronymi An Agenda for the Reform of the International Monetary System; O.Hieronymi The Global Financial Crisis, Central Banking...

Preface Introduction Products and Providers The History of Credit Ethics in Lending Legislation and Consumer Rights The Economics of Credit and its Marketing Credit Granting Decisions Credit Reference Agencies Credit Management Appendix A: The...

Introduction to Risk Management and Derivatives Introduction to Shipping Markets Statistical Tools for Risk Analysis and Modelling Freight Market Information Forward Freight Agreement Technical Analysis and Freight Trading Strategies Options on Freight...

Local school boards in the United States spend almost $600 billion of the public's money and employ millions of Americans. They have a prime role, along with the home, in shaping the future for the country's young. Yet the more than 14,000 boards of...

Introduction PART 1: RETAIL RISKS: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS Employee Theft Managing Employee Honesty Vendor Theft and Error Controlling Cargo Theft Shoplifting Point-of-Sale Risks Miscellaneous Risks PART 2: IDENTIFYING AND PRIORITiZING RISKS Security...

This book captures the state of the art research in the area of malicious code detection, prevention and mitigation. It contains cutting-edge behavior-based techniques to analyze and detect obfuscated malware. The book analyzes...

Present energy systems are undergoing a radical transformation, driven by the urgent need to address the climate change crisis.　 At the same time, we are witnessing the sharp growth of energy data and a revolution of advanced technologies.

The professional development of researchers is critical for the future development ofthe fields of pediatric and clinical child psychology. In order to conduct research in pediatric and clinical child psychology, researchers...

This book is a venture in the worlds of modeling and of metamodeling. At this point, I will not reveal to readers what constitutes metamodeling. Suf­ fice it to say that the pitfalls and shortcomings of modeling can be cured...

Contemporary Systems Thinking is a series of texts, each of which deals comparatively and/or critically with different aspects of holistic thinking at the frontiers of the discipline. Traditionally, writings by systems thinkers...

In 1979, I edited Volume 18 in this series: Solution Methods for Integral Equations: Theory and Applications. Since that time, there has been an explosive growth in all aspects of the numerical solution of integral equations...