This volume comprises selected papers presented at the 12th Winter School on Stochastic Processes and their Applications, which was held in Siegmundsburg, Germany, in March 2000.
Summarizing developments and techniques in the field, this reference covers sample surveys, nonparametric analysis, hypothesis testing, time series analysis, Bayesian inference, and distribution theory for applications in statistics, economics, medicine, biology, engineering, sociology, psychology, and information technology.
This book provides a comprehensive examination of the palm oil export market, including analysis of its current challenges and move towards sustainability.
Towards Economic Freedom (1937) presents the fundamentals of economics in their historical perspective, and reduces economic theory to its simplest terms.
Until now, few systematic studies of optimal statistical inference for stochastic processes had existed in the financial engineering literature, even though this idea is fundamental to the field.
Industrial Action (1976), written by an experienced active trade unionist, brings valuable real-world examples to an examination of the many facets of trade union organising.
While many financial engineering books are available, the statistical aspects behind the implementation of stochastic models used in the field are often overlooked or restricted to a few well-known cases.
Economic Theory for Environmentalists is a much-needed and heralded new book that examines the implications of neoclassical economic theory and how it relates to the environment and environmental activity.
Featuring contributions from leading international academics and practitioners, Credit Risk: Models, Derivatives, and Management illustrates how a risk management system can be implemented through an understanding of portfolio credit risks, a set of suitable models, and the derivation of reliable empirical results.
Saudi Arabia, the West and the Security of the Gulf (1986) considers the geopolitical environment of the Arab Gulf and the nature and threats to Western interests in the region.
This book seeks to explain and interpret the features and reality of the roleChina in global governance, through two parallel frameworks for discussion in light of the givens of China's situation on the political scene.
Despite the unobserved components model (UCM) having many advantages over more popular forecasting techniques based on regression analysis, exponential smoothing, and ARIMA, the UCM is not well known among practitioners outside the academic community.
Planning and Productivity in Sweden (1976) examines the success of Sweden's economy and working arrangements, detailing how a resource-poor nation came to achieve such high living standards.
The 2015 International Congress on Economics, Social Sciences and Information Management (ICESSIM 2015), held 28-29 March 2015 in Bali, Indonesia, aimed to provide a platform for the sharing of valuable knowledge and experience in the context of changing economics and social settings.
Since its first appearance in 1925, Elizabethan Life in Town and Country (1961) has securely established itself both for the general reader and the student as an accepted authority for the social history of the age.
As part of the Environmental and Ecological Modeling Handbooks series, the Handbook of Ecosystem Theories and Management provides a comprehensive overview of ecosystem theory and the tools - ecological engineering, ecological modeling, ecotoxicology and ecological economics -to manage these systems.
Taking into account the standards of the Basel Accord, Operational Risk Modelling and Management presents a simulation model for generating the loss distribution of operational risk.
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Medical tourism, a complex interplay of healthcare, economics, and culture, offers both opportunities and challenges for patients, providers, and nations alike.
Winner of the 2017 De Groot Prize awarded by the International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA)A relatively new area of research, adversarial risk analysis (ARA) informs decision making when there are intelligent opponents and uncertain outcomes.
More than just an investment dictionary, 101 Investment Tools for Buying Low and Selling High analyzes in a concise style various investment vanes-from stock indexes to measures of affordable housing to leading economic reports.
This book explores the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and sustainability in healthcare, focusing on how AI technologies are transforming medical practices while promoting environmentally responsible operations.