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Author Sal Mangano
Mathematica Cookbook helps you master the application's core principles by walking you through real-world problems. Ideal for browsing, this book includes recipes for working with numerics, data structures, algebraic equations, calculus, and statistics. You'll als....
Release Date 2010/05 -
FileMaker Pro 11: The Missing Manual
Author Susan Prosser , Stuart Gripman
This hands-on, friendly guide shows you how to harness FileMaker's power to make your information work for you. With a few mouse clicks, the FileMaker Pro 11 database helps you create and print corporate reports, manage a mailing list, or run your entire business. ....
Release Date 2010/05 -
Author Alexander Laskin
This book will examine the profession of investor relations from the practical standpoint. The book will define what investor relations is, what investor relations professionals do, what skills and competencies are required to become a successful investor relations ....
Release Date 2010/05 -
Author Aaron Cure
Rapidly retrieve data from your database into .NET objects Incorporate robust, efficient data access into your .Net projects Gain database independence, not tied to any particular technologyAvoid spending countless hours developing data access layersEliminate writin....
Release Date 2010/05 -
Harmonic Trading, Volume One: Profiting from the Natural Order of the Financial Markets
Author Scott M. Carney
The Definitive Introduction to Harmonic Trading--By the Originator of This Approach, Scott Carney!“I have always found it fascinating that, in the field of securities analysis, so few important gains have been made in the body of knowledge since the 1920s and 1930s.....
Release Date 2010/04 -
Introduction to Stochastic Models
Author Gheorghe Oprisan , Nikolaos Limnios , Marius Iosifescu
This book provides a pedagogical examination of the way in which stochastic models are encountered in applied sciences and techniques such as physics, engineering, biology and genetics, economics and social sciences. It covers Markov and semi-Markov models, as well ....
Release Date 2010/04 -
Pro SQL Server 2008 Policy-Based Management
Author Colin Stasiuk , Jorge Segarra , Ken Simmons
Pro SQL Server 2008 Policy-Based Management is critical for database administrators seeking in-depth knowledge on administering servers using the new policy-based management features introduced in SQL Server 2008. This book will cover everything from a basic introdu....
Release Date 2010/04 -
Pentaho 3.2 Data Integration Beginner's Guide
Author María Carina Roldán
Explore, transform, validate, and integrate your data with easeGet started with Pentaho Data Integration from scratch.Enrich your data transformation operations by embedding Java and JavaScript code in PDI transformations.Create a simple but complete Datamart Projec....
Release Date 2010/04 -
High Availability MySQL Cookbook
Author Alex Davies
There’s more than one way to achieve high availability for MySQL and this Cookbook covers a range of techniques and tools in over 60 practical recipes. The only book of its kind, you’ll be learning the natural, engaging way.Analyze and learn different high availabil....
Release Date 2010/04 -
Data Protection Compliance in the UK, Second Edition
Author Jenna Clarke , Rosemary Jay
An essential introduction to data protection in the UKData Protection Compliance in the UK has been published to be an easy-read introduction for any employee required to support compliance with the DPA. This concise book covers: UK and EU data protection regulation....
Release Date 2010/04 -
Oracle Database 11g—Underground Advice for Database Administrators
Author April C. Sims
A real-world DBA survival guide for Oracle 11g database implementationsA comprehensive handbook aimed at reducing the day-to-day struggle of Oracle 11g Database newcomersReal-world reflections from an experienced DBA—what novice DBAs should really knowImplement Orac....
Release Date 2010/04 -
Implementing the IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller V5.1
Author Jon Tate , Werner Eggli , Angelo Bernasconi , Pall Beck
This IBM® Redbooks® publication is a detailed technical guide to the IBM System Storage™ SAN Volume Controller (SVC), a virtualization appliance solution that maps virtualized volumes that are visible to hosts and applications to physical volumes on storage devices.....
Release Date 2010/03 -
Author Antonios Chorianopoulos , Konstantinos K. Tsiptsis
This is an applied handbook for the application of data mining techniques in the CRM framework. It combines a technical and a business perspective to cover the needs of business users who are looking for a practical guide on data mining. It focuses on Customer Segm....
Release Date 2010/03 -
Markov Decision Processes in Artificial Intelligence
Author Olivier Buffet , Olivier Sigaud
Markov Decision Processes (MDPs) are a mathematical framework for modeling sequential decision problems under uncertainty as well as Reinforcement Learning problems. Written by experts in the field, this book provides a global view of current research using MDPs in ....
Release Date 2010/03 -
Author Paul D. Allison
Biomedical and social science researchers who want to analyze survival data with SAS will find just what they need with this easy-to-read and comprehensive guide. Teaches many aspects of data input and manipulation. Numerous examples of SAS code and output make this....
Release Date 2010/03 -
The Little SAS Book for Enterprise Guide 4.2
Author Susan J. Slaughter , Lora D. Delwiche
Helps you quickly become productive in the SAS Enterprise Guide point-and-click environment. A series of carefully designed tutorials help you master the basics of the tasks you'll want to do most frequently. This edition has been completely rewritten and updated w....
Release Date 2010/03 -
The Power of Appreciative Inquiry, 2nd Edition
Author Diana D. Whitney , Amanda Trosten-Bloom
The Power of Appreciative Inquiry describes the internationally embraced approach to organizational change that dramatically improves performance by engaging people to study, discuss, and build upon what's working – strengths – rather than trying to fix what'....
Release Date 2010/03 -
Author Udo Schwedt , Daniel Schneller
99 great recipes for mastering MySQL configuration and administrationSet up MySQL to perform administrative tasks such as efficiently managing data and database schema, improving the performance of MySQL servers, and managing user credentialsDeal with typical perfor....
Release Date 2010/03 -
Mind Chi: Re-wire Your Brain in 8 Minutes a Day -- Strategies for Success in Business and Life
Author Richard Israel , Vanda North
8 minutes a day is all it takes to open up a world of superior mental performance.Just as Tai Chi has been used for centuries to balance body and mind, Mind Chi will help you increase your mental energy and be more effective in everything you do. And all you need is....
Release Date 2010/03 -
Author Jon Queijo
Why are you alive right now? Chances are, you owe your life to one of the remarkable medical discoveries in this book. Maybe it was vaccines. Or antibiotics. Or X-rays. Revolutionary medical breakthroughs like these haven’t just changed the way we treat disease, the....
Release Date 2010/02 -
The Little Book of String Theory
Author Steven S. Gubser
The Little Book of String Theory offers a short, accessible, and entertaining introduction to one of the most talked-about areas of physics today. String theory has been called the "theory of everything." It seeks to describe all the fundamental forces of nature. It....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Analytics at Work: Smarter Decisions, Better Results
Author Robert Morison , Jeanne Harris , Thomas Davenport
Most companies have massive amounts of data at their disposal, yet fail to utilize it in any meaningful way. But a powerful new business tool - analytics - is enabling many firms to aggressively leverage their data in key business decisions and processes, with impre....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Practical Financial Optimization: A Library of GAMS Models
Author Soren S Nielson , Andrea Consiglio , Stavros Zenios
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. 'GAMS' consists of a language which allows a high-level, algebraic representatio....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Author Laurel Ruma , Daniel Lathrop
In a world where web services can make real-time data accessible to anyone, how can the government leverage this openness to improve its operations and increase citizen participation and awareness? Through a collection of essays and case studies, leading visionaries....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Dynamic Asset Allocation Modern Portfolio Theory Updated for the Smart Investor
Author James Picerno
Today's modern portfolio theory is not your father's MPT. It has undergone many changes in the past fifty years. Indeed, a new understanding of MPT has emerged, one that has a significant impact on managing asset allocation—especially in today's turbulent markets....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Common Statistical Methods for Clinical Research with SAS Examples, Third Edition, 3rd Edition
Author Jack Shostak , Glenn Walker
Glenn Walker and Jack Shostak's Common Statistical Methods for Clinical Research with SAS Examples, Third Edition, is a thoroughly updated edition of the popular introductory statistics book for clinical researchers. This new edition has been extensively updated to....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Author Warren Kuhfeld
The Graph Template Language (GTL) and the Statistical Graphics (SG) procedures are powerful new additions to SAS for creating high-quality statistical graphics. Warren F. Kuhfeld's Statistical Graphics in SAS: An Introduction to the Graph Template Language and the ....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Author Richard Anthony D'Aveni
Commoditization-a virulent form of hypercompetition-is destroying markets, disrupting industries, and shuttering long-successful firms. Conventional wisdom says the best way to combat commoditization is differentiation. But differentiation is difficult and expensive....
Release Date 2010/01 -
Expert SQL Server 2008 Development
Author Adam Machanic , Alastair Aitchison
Expert SQL Server 2008 Development is aimed at SQL Server developers ready to move beyond Books Online. Author and experienced developer Alastair Aitchison shows you how to think about SQL Server development as if it were any other type of development. You'll learn....
Release Date 2010/01