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Advances in Heavy Tailed Risk Modeling: A Handbook of Operational Risk
Author Pavel V. Shevchenko , Gareth W. Peters
A cutting-edge guide for the theories, applications, and statistical methodologies essential to heavy tailed risk modelingFocusing on the quantitative aspects of heavy tailed loss processes in operational risk and relevant insurance analytics, Advances in Heavy Tai....
Release Date 2015/05 -
Structural Integrity and Durability of Advanced Composites
Author Alma Hodzic , Constantinos Soutis , Peter Beaumont
Structural Integrity and Durability of Advanced Composites: Innovative Modelling Methods and Intelligent Design presents scientific and technological research from leading composite materials scientists and engineers that showcase the fundamental issues and practic....
Release Date 2015/05 -
Getting a Networking Job For Dummies
Author Bill Hughes , Peter H. Gregory
Everything you need to start your career in computer networkingLooking to land that computer networking position? Look no further! Getting a Networking Job For Dummies offers all the tools and step-by-step guidance you need to stand out from the crowd, get your foot....
Release Date 2015/04 -
Author Octavian Lascu , Erik Bakker , Hans-Peter Eckam , Parwez Hamid , Rakesh Krishnakumar
Digital business has been driving the transformation of underlying IT infrastructure to be more efficient, secure, adaptive, and integrated. Information Technology (IT) must be able to handle the explosive growth of mobile clients and employees. IT also must be able....
Release Date 2015/04 -
Author Peter Baines
Bring the heart of your company into the community with effective CSRDoing Good by Doing Good shows companies how to improve the bottom line by implementing an engaging, authentic, and business-enhancing program that helps staff and business thrive. International CS....
Release Date 2015/04 -
Sustaining an Analytics Advantage
Author Peter C. Bell
The use of analytics is increasingly commonplace in business - and as a result, it's hard to gain a lasting competitive advantage from analytics. Nonetheless, there are companies that have done just that over time. Show and hide more
Release Date 2015/04 -
Agile Foundations - Principles, practices and frameworks
Author Peter Measey
Agile practices transform the way organisations carry out business and respond to change. But to realise success, an agile mindset needs to be adopted throughout an organisation, not just within the IT team. This book is aimed at those working in an Agile environmen....
Release Date 2015/03 -
Author Peter Neuwirth
We weigh every significant decision based on how it will affect our future. But when it comes to figuring that out, we mostly make the process up as we go along. While financial professional Peter Neuwirth can't help you actually predict the future, he can offer a ....
Release Date 2015/03 -
Storm Applied: Strategies for real-time event processing
Author Sean T. Allen , Matthew Jankowski , and Peter Pathirana
SummaryStorm Applied is a practical guide to using Apache Storm for the real-world tasks associated with processing and analyzing real-time data streams. This immediately useful book starts by building a solid foundation of Storm essentials so that you learn how to ....
Release Date 2015/03 -
Peter Drucker's Five Most Important Questions
Author Joan Snyder Kuhl , Frances Hesselbein , Peter F. Drucker
Enduring Management Wisdom for Today's Leaders From Peter F. Drucker.Peter Drucker's Five Most Important Questions provides insightful guidance and stirring inspiration for today's leaders and entrepreneurs. By applying Drucker's leadership framework in the pre....
Release Date 2015/03 -
Social Security For Dummies, 2nd Edition
Author Jonathan Peterson
Praise for Social Security For Dummies:"Social Security for Dummies is a must read for people of any age who want a comfortable retirement. Jonathan Peterson does a great job of explaining this complicated system and helps you understand how to get the most from the....
Release Date 2015/03 -
Probabilities: The Little Numbers That Rule Our Lives, 2nd Edition
Author Peter Olofsson
Praise for the First Edition"If there is anything you want to know, or remind yourself, about probabilities, then look no further than this comprehensive, yet wittily written and enjoyable, compendium of how to apply probability calculations in real-world situations....
Release Date 2015/03 -
IBM z13 Technical Introduction
Author Octavian Lascu , Erik Bakker , Hans-Peter Eckam , Parwez Hamid , Rakesh Krishnakumar
This IBM® Redbooks® publication introduces the IBM z13™. IBM z13 delivers a data and transaction system reinvented as a system of insight for digital business. IBM z Systems™ leadership is extended with these features:Improved ability to meet service level agreement....
Release Date 2015/03 -
Producing and Directing the Short Film and Video, 5th Edition
Author David K. Irving , Peter Rea
Producing and Directing the Short Film and Video, Fifth Edition is the definitive book on the subject for the serious film student or beginning filmmaker. Its unique two-fold approach looks at filmmaking from the perspectives of both the producer and director, and c....
Release Date 2015/03 -
Feeding, Sharing, and Devouring
Author Peter Berger
Few thorough ethnographic studies on Central Indian tribal communities exist, and the elaborate discussion on the cultural meanings of Indian food systems ignores these societies altogether. Food epitomizes the social for the Gadaba of Odisha. Feeding, sharing, and....
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Fundamental Aspects of Operational Risk and Insurance Analytics: A Handbook of Operational Risk
Author Marcelo G. Cruz , Gareth W. Peters , Pavel V. Shevchenko
A one-stop guide for the theories, applications, and statistical methodologies essential to operational riskProviding a complete overview of operational risk modeling and relevant insurance analytics, Fundamental Aspects of Operational Risk and Insurance Analytics: ....
Release Date 2015/02 -
Author Peter Waher
Explore and learn about Internet of Things with the help of engaging and enlightening tutorials designed for Raspberry PiIn DetailThis book starts by exploring the popular HTTP, UPnP, CoAP, MQTT, and XMPP protocols. You will learn how protocols and patterns can put ....
Release Date 2015/01 -
Automated Data Collection with R: A Practical Guide to Web Scraping and Text Mining
Author Dominic Nyhuis , Peter Meissner , Christian Rubba , Simon Munzert
A hands on guide to web scraping and text mining for both beginners and experienced users of RIntroduces fundamental concepts of the main architecture of the web and databases and covers HTTP, HTML, XML, JSON, SQL.Provides basic techniques to query web documents and....
Release Date 2015/01 -
Author Peter Underwood , Christine Stilwell , Tom Kwanya
The emerging generation of research and academic library users expect the delivery of user-centered information services. ‘Apomediation’ refers to the supporting role librarians can give users by stepping in when users need help. Library 3.0 explores the ongoi....
Release Date 2014/12 -
Author Eelco Plugge , Peter Membrey , David Hows
Need a quick and easy to understand introduction to MongoDB and NoSQL databases? MongoDB Basics, from The Definitive Guide to MongoDB, 2E, shows you how a document-oriented database system differs from a relational database, and how to install and get started using ....
Release Date 2014/12 -
Introductory Statistics and Analytics: A Resampling Perspective
Author Peter C. Bruce
Concise, thoroughly class-tested primer that features basic statistical concepts in the concepts in the context of analytics, resampling, and the bootstrapA uniquely developed presentation of key statistical topics, Introductory Statistics and Analytics: A Resamplin....
Release Date 2014/12 -
Sharing Data and Models in Software Engineering
Author Fayola Peters , Leandro Minku , Burak Turhan , Ekrem Kocaguneli , Tim Menzies
Data Science for Software Engineering: Sharing Data and Models presents guidance and procedures for reusing data and models between projects to produce results that are useful and relevant. Starting with a background section of practical lessons and warnings for beg....
Release Date 2014/12 -
Author Brent Beer , Peter Bell
If you’re new to GitHub, this concise book shows you just what you need to get started and no more. It’s perfect for project and product managers, stakeholders, and other team members who want to collaborate on a development project—whether it’s to review and commen....
Release Date 2014/11 -
CPM Scheduling for Construction: Best Practices and Guidelines
Author Craig Relyea , Peter Oakander , Christopher Carson
The present edition, an SEI collaboration with the PMI Scheduling Community of Practice, provides readers with a reference guide that is like having an experienced scheduling professional at hand. The book itself is laid out in a way that follows the phases of bui....
Release Date 2014/10 -
Author Peter L. Berger
This book is the summation of many decades of work by Peter L. Berger, an internationally renowned sociologist of religion. Secularization theory—which saw modernity as leading to a decline of religion—has been empirically falsified. It should be replaced by a nuanc....
Release Date 2014/09 -
Author Peter Economy , Jeff Patton
User story mapping is a valuable tool for software development, once you understand why and how to use it. This insightful book examines how this often misunderstood technique can help your team stay focused on users and their needs without getting lost in the enthu....
Release Date 2014/09