الصفحة 5
الصفحة 5
Introduction to Bayesian Statistics
This is the second and translated edition of the German book “Einf ̈uhrung in die Bayes-Statistik, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg New York, 2000”. It has been completely revised and numerous new developments are pointed out together with the relevant literature. The Chapter 5.2.4 is extended by the stochastic trace estimation for variance components. The new Chapter 5.2.6 presents the estimation of the regularization parameter of type Tykhonov regularization for inverse problems as the ratio of two variance components.The reconstruction and the smoothing of digital three-dimensional images is demonstrated in the new Chapter 5.3. The Chapter 6.2.1 on importance sampling for the Monte Carlo integration is rewritten to solve a more general integral. This chapter contains also the derivation of the SIR (sampling-importance-resampling) algorithm as an alternative to the rejection method for generating random samples. Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods are now frequently applied in Bayesian statistics.
Introduction pratique aux bases de données relationnelles = A practical introduction to relational databases
Cet ouvrage introduit le lecteur dans le domaine des bases de données relationnelles en présentant une vaste sélection de sujets portant sur la modélisation des données, les langages de base de données, l'architecture des systèmes et l'évolution post-relationnelle. - Notions fondamentales: le modèle relationnel, les composants d’un système de gestion de bases de données, l’organisation de la mise en œuvre d’une base de données, les tâches de gestion des données. - De l'analyse à la base de données : le modèle entité association, la généralisation et l’agrégation, les dépendances et les formes normales,les contraintes d’intégrité. - Aperçu des langages de requête et de manipulation des données: l’algèbre relationnelle, le calcul des prédicats, SQL, QUEL, QBE, le traitement des valeurs nulles, la protection des données. - Les composants de l'architecture d'un système de bases de données : la compilation, l’interprétation et l’optimisation des requêtes, l’environnement multiutilisateur, le concept de transaction et la sérialisation, les méthodes optimiste et pessimiste, les structures de stockage et les méthodes d’accès. L’intégration et la migration des bases de données: l’exploitation des bases de données hétérogènes, les bases de données sur le Web, les règles de conversion pour effectuer l’intégration et la migration, les variantes de migration des bases de données hétérogènes, la planification de l’intégration et de la migration.
International business
Provides thorough coverage, delving into fundamental concepts and theory; the cultural, political, and economic environment; international business strategies; and even functional management areas. More comprehensive than competing books, this new edition of International Business includes: New chapter on the digitalization of the global economy and its implications for firm strategy and organizations New examinations of the forces of de-globalization, implications of rising trade protectionism, challenges of geopolitical conflicts, and a friction framework for understanding the effects of cultural differences Enriched and expanded discussions about potential reconfigurations of global value chains following the Covid-19 pandemic, changing perspectives on the role of the government with renewed attention to industrial policy, shifts in regional integration with the emergence of such new trade blocks as CPTPP and RCEP, and fresh insights on factors influencing a country's balance of payments Strengthened, expanded global cases, examples, and "industry" and "country" mini-cases that give students practical insight into the ways companies actually behave within a competitive, global environment.
International aviation law for aerodrome planning
The objective of to provide ICAO, States, competent authorities and aerodrome operators with a comprehensive overview of legal challenges related to international aerodrome planning. Answers to derived legal questions as well as recommendations thereafter shall help to enhance regulatory systems and to establish a safer aerodrome environment worldwide. Compliant aerodrome planning has an immense impact on the safety of passengers, personnel, aircraft – and of course the airport.
Internal Diversity : Iranian Germans Between Local Boundaries and Transnational Capital
This book explores the interrelation between diversity in migrants’ internal relations and their experience of inequality in local and global contexts. Taking the case of Hamburg-based Iranians, it traces evaluation processes in ties between professionals – artists and entrepreneurs – since the 1930s, examining migrants’ potential to act upon hierarchical structures
Intercultural approaches to education : From theory to practice
This book provides an analysis of contemporary societies and schools shaped by cultural diversity, globalization and migration. This diversity is necessarily reflected in education systems and requires the promotion of intercultural approaches able to improve learning processes and the quality of education.
Intelligent Distributed Computing, Systems and Applications ; Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Intelligent Distributed Computing – IDC 2008, Catania, Italy, 2008
Addresses many topics related to intelligent and distributed computing, systems and applications, including: adaptivity and learning; agents and multi-agent systems; argumentation; auctions; case-based reasoning; collaborative systems; data structures; distributed algorithms; formal modeling and verification; genetic and immune algorithms; grid computing; information extraction, annotation and integration; network and security protocols; mobile and ubiquitous computing; ontologies and metadata; P2P computing; planning; recommender systems; rules; semantic Web; services and processes; trust and social computing; virtual organizations; wireless networks; XML technologies.
Intelligent connectivity : AI, IoT, and 5G
Explores the economics and technology of AI, IOT, and 5G integration. Delivers a comprehensive technological and economic analysis of intelligent connectivity and the integration of artificial intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), and 5G. It covers a broad range of topics, including Machine-to-Machine (M2M) architectures, edge computing, cybersecurity, privacy, risk management, IoT architectures, and more. Will also get access to: A thorough introduction to technology adoption and emerging trends in technology, including business trends and disruptive new applications / Comprehensive explorations of telecommunications transformation and intelligent connectivity, including learning algorithms, machine learning, and deep learning / Practical discussions of the Internet of Things, including its potential for disruption and future trends for technological development / In-depth examinations of 5G wireless technology, including discussions of the first five generations of wireless tech
Intelligent Computer Mathematics ; 9th International Conference, AISC 2008, 15th Symposium, Calculemus 2008, 7th International Conference, MKM 2008, Birmingham, UK, July 28 - August 1, 2008. Proceedings
This book constitutes the joint refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Symbolic Computation, AISC 2008, the 15th Symposium on the Integration of Symbolic Computation and Mechanized Reasoning, Calculemus 2008, and the 7th International Conference on Mathematical Knowledge Management, MKM 2008, held in Birmingham, UK, in July/August as CICM 2008, the Conferences on Intelligent Computer Mathematics.
Integration, Growth, and Cohesion in an Enlarged European Union
This book’s thirteen contributions bring together the results of recent research on determinants of regional specialization, growth, and convergence in the context of European integration. They offer fresh theoretical and empirical evidence on patterns of regional production structures, specialization, regional disparities, convergence and divergence processes, and evaluation of cohesion policies on both current and future European Union (EU) member states in the context of increased integration. These subjects are addressed in both individual and cross-country analysis using innovative methodologies. They examine structural changes and economic performance differentials across regions and countries in an enlarged EU as well as on evaluating existing policies aimed at reducing economic imbalances.
Integration Processes and Policies in Europe : Contexts, Levels and Actors
Experts on integration processes, integration policies, transnationalism, and the migration and development framework provide an academic assessment of the 2011 European Agenda for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals, which calls for integration policies in the EU to involve not only immigrants and their society of settlement, but also actors in their country of origin. Moreover, a heuristic model is developed for the non-normative, analytical study of integration processes and policies based on conceptual, demographic, and historical accounts.
Integration of Medical and Dental Care and Patient Data
This largely revised second edition comprehensively reviews the need and rationale for the integration of medical and dental patient data. The reader will find extensive guidance on issues involved with care and data integration, and how to achieve an integrated model of healthcare.
Integration of Insect-Resistant Genetically Modified Crops within IPM Programs
The goal of this book is to provide an overview on the role insect-resistant GM plants play in different crop systems worldwide. We hope that the book will contribute to a more rational debate about the role GM crops can play in IPM for food and fiber production.
Integration of Information for Environmental Security : Environmental Security - Information Security - Disaster Forecast and Prevention - Water Resources Management
Currently the necessary information exists in a multitude of forms and formats geographically and physically scattered over different countries, institutes and organisations, and are subject to widely different data policies and management schemes. Moreover, there is no complete and updated overview of the existing information, e.g. in the form of a metadata catalogue. As a result, integration of this information in case of emergencies has proven to be extremely difficult, if not impossible. Although in some cases, interesting and impressive "demonstrations" have been shown of the possibilities of the integration of information, for a number of reasons these have reached the "operational" stage.
Integration of Fuzzy Logic and Chaos Theory
Attempts to present some current research progress and results on the interplay of fuzzy logic and chaos theory. More specifically, this book includes a collection of some state-of-theart surveys, tutorials, and application examples written by some experts working in the interdisciplinary fields overlapping fuzzy logic and chaos theory.
Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization Problems ; Vol.3990 ; 3rd International Conference, CPAIOR 2006, Cork, Ireland, May 31 - June 2, 2006, Proceedings
Constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization Problems, CPAIOR 2006. The 20 revised full papers presented together with 3 invited talks address methodological and foundational issues from AI, OR, and algorithmics and present applications to the solution of combinatorial optimization problems in various fields via constraint programming.
Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization Problems ; Vol.3524 : 2nd International Conference, CPAIOR 2005, Prague, Czech Republic, May 31 -- June 1, 2005
Intended primarily as a forum to focus on the integration and hybridization of the approaches of constraint programming (CP), arti?cial intelligence (AI), and operations research (OR) technologies for solving large-scale and complex real-life optimization problems. Therefore, CPAIOR is never far from industrial applications. The high number of submissions received this year, almost 100 papers, in witness to the interest of the research community in this conference. From these submissions, we chose 26 to be published in full in the proceedings. This volume includes summaries of the invited talks of CPAIOR: one from industry, one from the embedded system research community, and one from the operations research community.
Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization Problems ; 5th International Conference, CPAIOR 2008 Paris, France, May 20-23, 2008 Proceedings
The 5th International Conference on Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization Problems (CPAIOR 2008) was held in Paris, France May 20–23, 2008. The purpose of this conference series is to bring together researchers in the felds of constraint programming, artifcial intelligence, and operations research to explore ways of solving large-scale, practical optimization problems through integration and hybridization of the felds’ diferent techniques. Through the years, this research community is discovering that the felds have much in c- mon, and there has been tremendous richness in the resulting cross-fertilization of felds.
Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization Problems ; 4th International Conference, CPAIOR 2007, Brussels, Belgium, May 23-26, 2007, Proceedings
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization Problems, CPAIOR 2007, held in Brussels, Belgium in May 2007.
Integration in Respiratory Control : From Genes to Systems
This volume comprises the proceedings of the 10th Oxford Conference held at Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada, in September, 2006. The volume will be of interest to clinicians working with patients with breathing disorders.
