A readily understandable exploration of how figures are badly reported or deliberately misrepresented everywhere from political arguments and briefings to business presentations and shopping offers.
The year's finest writing on mathematics from around the worldThis annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world.
A compelling firsthand account of Keith Devlin's ten-year quest to tell Fibonacci's storyIn 2000, Keith Devlin set out to research the life and legacy of the medieval mathematician Leonardo of Pisa, popularly known as Fibonacci, whose book Liber abbaci has quite literally affected the lives of everyone alive today.
This book provides the first comprehensive treatment of Benford's law, the surprising logarithmic distribution of significant digits discovered in the late nineteenth century.
Teoría de colas y simulación brinda las herramientas, procedimientos y técnicas para resolver problemas empresariales que tengan que ver con la optimización en la gestión de producción de bienes y servicios, en los cuales se hace énfasis una explicación paso a paso de cada uno de los métodos y las aplicaciones en los diferentes campos de las empresas.
An Introduction to Optimization Accessible introductory textbook on optimization theory and methods, with an emphasis on engineering design, featuring MATLAB exercises and worked examples Fully updated to reflect modern developments in the field, the Fifth Edition of An Introduction to Optimization fills the need for an accessible, yet rigorous, introduction to optimization theory and methods, featuring innovative coverage and a straightforward approach.
When first published in 2005, Matrix Mathematics quickly became the essential reference book for users of matrices in all branches of engineering, science, and applied mathematics.
Like a hunter who sees 'a bit of blood' on the trail, that's how Princeton mathematician Peter Sarnak describes the feeling of chasing an idea that seems to have a chance of success.
Berto's highly readable and lucid guide introduces students and the interested reader to G del's celebrated Incompleteness Theorem, and discusses some of the most famous - and infamous - claims arising from G del's arguments.
Choosing and Using Statistics remains an invaluable guide for students using a computer package to analyse data from research projects and practical class work.
In Practical Financial Optimization: A Library of GAMS Models, the authors provide a diverse set of models for portfolio optimization, based on the General Algebraic Modelling System.
Berto's highly readable and lucid guide introduces students and the interested reader to G del's celebrated Incompleteness Theorem, and discusses some of the most famous - and infamous - claims arising from G del's arguments.
In Practical Financial Optimization: A Library of GAMS Models, the authors provide a diverse set of models for portfolio optimization, based on the General Algebraic Modelling System.
Open this book and you will Discover the origins of chaos theory Investigate complex systems Understand the causes of chaos Become aware of its everyday implications
The Calculus of Friendship is the story of an extraordinary connection between a teacher and a student, as chronicled through more than thirty years of letters between them.
