Tam: 237 books

This book presents the methodology and applications of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in measuring productivity, efficiency and effectiveness in Financial Services firms such as banks, bank branches, stock markets, pension funds, mutual funds, insurance firms, credit unions, risk tolerance, and corporate...

This book offers a relatively self-contained presentation of the fundamental results in categorical data analysis, which plays a central role among the statistical techniques applied in the social, political and behavioral sciences, as well as in marketing and medical and biological research. The...

Matrix Inequalities and Their Extensions to Lie Groups gives a systematic and updated account of recent important extensions of classical matrix results, especially matrix inequalities, in the context of Lie groups. It is the first systematic work in the area and will appeal to linear algebraists and Lie group researchers.

"[...] This is a great book about how to find the value creating opportunities and how to utilize them. Reading it is a must for managers who understand that data became an extremely important source of competitive advantage in today's business." György Bőgel - CEU Business School (Hungary)...

This book systematically interprets and documents new, unifying principles and basic laws describing the most relevant aspects of hierarchy. To do so, it discusses recent experiments and models that are simple and realistic enough to reproduce the observations, and develops concepts for a better understanding...

Sustainability has become an increasingly vital topic of discussion in modern society. Various businesses and their professionals have begun adopting environmentally friendly practices and continue to search for new ways to incorporate sustainability into their protocol. Managerial Strategies and Green...

Reviews key developments in understanding crop physiology and genetic diversity and how they have informed advances in breeding new varieties Coverage of advances across the value chain for grain legume cultivation, from variety selection to post-harvest storage Discusses the latest trends in disease, insect pest and weed management

This book looks at how health systems in Europe reacted to pressure created by the financial and economic crisis of 2008.

Over the last few decades, there are increasing public awareness of adverse events involving engineering failures that not only led to monetary losses but also more importantly, human injuries and deaths. Whilst it is vital for an engineering professional or student to acquire the necessary technical...

A practical overview of CMOS circuit design, this book covers the technology, analysis, and design techniques of voltage reference circuits. The design requirements covered follow modern CMOS processes, with an emphasis on low power, low voltage, and low temperature coefficient voltage reference design....

Mindenki találkozott már olyan fickókkal, akiket a fizikai nehézségek vonzanak; akik akkor vannak elemükben és bontakoznak ki igazán, ha tevékenységüket az erő hatja át. Akkor boldogok ők, ha az általuk űzött dolog jól megy: „jól odateszik magukat”, és „nem ismernek tréfát”!...

Mindenki találkozott már olyan fickókkal, akiket a fizikai nehézségek vonzanak; akik akkor vannak elemükben és bontakoznak ki igazán, ha tevékenységüket az erő hatja át. Akkor boldogok ők, ha az általuk űzött dolog jól megy: „jól odateszik magukat”, és „nem ismernek tréfát”!...

It’s Christmas Eve, and newly minted superhero Matt AKA “Strong Man” is in the middle of taking down one of Central City’s most notorious criminals, the mesmerist and villain Dr. Destructo. It’s Matt’s first mission, and he’s working with his idol and secret crush, Jake X-Ray. He doesn’t...

*The thrilling stand-alone apocalyptic prequel to the award-winning Botanicaust series.* Scientists call it innovation. She calls the rape of the natural world.   Jaide does her part to live in harmony with nature. She recycles, doesn't eat meat, and only buys organic. She's teaching her daughter...