Daniel J : 712 books
by Daniel J. Codd
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
Think the world is bad today? Then take a true-crime trip back in time to 1600s England, where violence, robbery, and cold-blooded murder ran amuck.
These days, criminals and evildoers are stopped, caught, and punished every day. But how did people deal with crimes before the police, computer records,...
The Courage to Change
Personal Conversations about Alcoholism
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 1984
The classic New York Times bestseller: Real-life stories from prominent people talking about their experiences as alcoholics.
As an alcoholic himself, PBS host Dennis Wholey set out to collect the powerful stories of well-known people who have struggled with this disease. Included in this volume...
Finite Difference Methods in Financial Engineering
A Partial Differential Equation Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
The world of quantitative finance (QF) is one of the fastest growing areas of research and its practical applications to derivatives pricing problem. Since the discovery of the famous Black-Scholes equation in the 1970's we have seen a surge in the number of models for a wide range of products such...
Just a Job?
Communication, Ethics, and Professional Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2009
From cartoons to boardrooms comes the statement, "It's not personal. It's just business." Just a Job? Communication, Ethics, and Professional Life offers a provocative perspective on ethics at work. The book questions the notions that doing ethics at work has to be work, and that work is...
MediaWiki
Wikipedia and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2008
"A good book! It's a nice overview of wiki editing and administration, with pointers to handy extensions and further online documentation." -Brion Vibber, Chief Technical Officer, Wikimedia Foundation
"This book is filled with practical knowledge based on experience. It's not...
Motivation, Business and Sales Magic: the Secrets You Need to Succeed!
Don’T Open a Business Until You Read This!
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
Just one or two missing elements can make the difference between success and failure in a business. All too often, business owners and salespeople focus on the mechanics rather than psychology of business and sales. The purpose of this book is to rewire the thinking of anyone who wants to open a business...
Building the Intentional University
Minerva and the Future of Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
How to rebuild higher education from the ground up for the twenty-first century.
Higher education is in crisis. It is too expensive, ineffective, and impractical for many of the world's students. But how would you reinvent it for the twenty-first century—how would you build it from the ground...
by Daniel J. Henderson, Christopher F. Parmeter
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2015
The majority of empirical research in economics ignores the potential benefits of nonparametric methods, while the majority of advances in nonparametric theory ignore the problems faced in applied econometrics. This book helps bridge this gap between applied economists and theoretical nonparametric...
by Daniel J. Duffy, Andrea Germani
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2013
A practice-oriented guide to using C# to design and program pricing and trading models
In this step-by-step guide to software development for financial analysts, traders, developers and quants, the authors show both novice and experienced practitioners how to develop robust and accurate pricing...
by Brian Berenbach, Juergen Kazmeier, Arnold Rudorfer
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2009
Proven Software & Systems Requirements Engineering Techniques
"Requirements engineering is a discipline used primarily for large and complex applications. It is more formal than normal methods of gathering requirements, and this formality is needed for many large applications. The...
SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide
The Definitive Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Are you serious about network security? Then check out SSH, the Secure Shell, which provides key-based authentication and transparent encryption for your network connections. It's reliable, robust, and reasonably easy to use, and both free and commercial implementations are widely available for most...
Linux Pocket Guide
Essential Commands
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
If you use Linux in your day-to-day work, this popular pocket guide is the perfect on-the-job reference. The third edition features new commands for processing image files and audio files, running and killing programs, reading and modifying the system clipboard, and manipulating PDF files, as well...
Macintosh Terminal Pocket Guide
Take Command of Your Mac
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2012
Unlock the secrets of the Terminal and discover how this powerful tool solves problems the Finder can’t handle. With this handy guide, you’ll learn commands for a variety of tasks, such as killing programs that refuse to quit, renaming a large batch of files in seconds, or running jobs in the...
The Public Congress
Congressional Deliberation in a New Media Age
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Contemporary members of Congress routinely use the media to advance their professional goals. Today, virtually every aspect of their professional legislative life unfolds in front of cameras and microphones and, increasingly, online. The Public Congress explores how the media moved from being a peripheral...