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Pricing Interest-Rate Derivatives : A Fourier-Transform Based Approach
The main objective of this research work was to derive an efficient and accurate pricing tool for interest rate derivatives within a Fourier transform pricing approach, which is generally applicable to exponential-affine jump-diffusion models. … the book is very useful for the research workers also in field of the pricing interest rate derivatives. The book is concluded with an exhaustive bibliography on the topic.
PRICAI 2008 : Trends in Artificial Intelligence ; 10th Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Hanoi, Vietnam, December 15-19, 2008. Proceedings
Constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, PRICAI 2008, held in Hanoi, Vietnam, in December 2008.The 49 revised long papers, 33 revised regular papers, and 32 poster papers presented together with 1 keynote talk and 3 invited lectures were carefully reviewed and selected from 234 submissions. The papers address all current issues of modern AI research with topics such as AI foundations, knowledge representation, knowledge acquisition and ontologies, evolutionary computation, etc. as well as various exciting and innovative applications of AI to many different areas. Particular importance is attached to the areas of machine learning and data mining.
Preservation and restoration of tooth structure
Introduces minimally invasive dentistry as a model to control dental disease and then restore the mouth to optimal form, function, and aestheticsContains several student-friendly features, including a new layout, line drawings and clinical photographs to illustrate key conceptsCovers fundamental topics, including the evolutionary biology of the human oral environment; caries management and risk assessment; remineralization; principles of cavity design; lifestyle factors; choices between restorative materials and restoration management. Includes a companion website with self-assessment exercises for students and a downloadable image bank for instructors
Premiers pas en simulation = First steps in simulation
Why simulation techniques? Simulation methods, designed for use in statistics and operations research, have experienced and continue to develop rapidly due to the extraordinary evolution of computers. Applications are found in industry and in economics, or even social sciences, in particle physics, in astronomy and in many other fields. In many situations, whether in everyday life or in scientific research, the researcher is faced with problems which he seeks solutions on the basis of certain initial assumptions and constraints. To solve this type of problem, there exist analytical methods applicable to situations where the model makes it possible to treat the di? Erent variables by mathematically manageable equations, and numerical methods where the complexity of the model imposes a fragmentation of the problem, in particular by the identification of the various variables which come into play and the study of their interactions. This last approach is often accompanied by a large mass of calculations. Simulation techniques are numerical techniques: to simulate a phenomenon essentially means to carefully reconstruct its evolution.
Preferences and Similarities
The fields of similarity and preference are still broadening due to the exploration of new fields of application. This is caused by the strong impact of vagueness, imprecision, uncertainty and dominance on human and agent information, communication, planning, decision, action, and control as well as by the technical progress of the information technology itself. The topics treated in this book are of interest to computer scientists, statisticians, operations researchers, experts in AI, cognitive psychologists and economists.
Preferences and Procedures : European Union Legislative Decision-Making
Preferences and Procedures presents and tests game-theoretic models of European Union legislative decision-making. It is inspired by the idea of linking statistical testing strategies firmly to formal models of EU policymaking. After describing salient features of the EU legislative process and comparing different models of how the EU negotiates new legislative measures, the models' predictive power is evaluated. On a more general level, Preferences and Procedures answers questions regarding the empirically recognizable effects of institutional arrangements on joint bargaining outcomes.
Predatory Prokaryotes : Biology, Ecology and Evolution
This volume contains chapters on the diversity, ecology and phylogeny of predatory prokaryotes, introducing models of predator–prey interactions between microorganisms and presenting analyses of the impact of predation in microbial systems. Laboratory work with Bdellovibrio-and-like organisms (BALOs), the most studied predatory bacteria, is presented through accounts of the cultivation and the molecular techniques used for studying BALOs.
Precursor Chemistry of Advanced Materials : CVD, ALD and Nanoparticles
Material synthesis by the transformation of organometallic compounds (precursors) by vapor deposition techniques such as chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and atomic layer deposition (ALD) has been in the forefront of modern day research and development of new materials. There exists a need for new routes for designing and synthesizing new precursors as well as the application of established molecular precursors to derive tuneable materials for technological demands. With regard to the precursor chemistry, a most detailed understanding of the mechanistic complexity of materials formation from molecular precursors is very important for further development of new processes and advanced materials. To emphasize and stimulate research in these areas, this volume comprises a selection of case studies covering various key-aspects of the interplay of precursor chemistry with the process conditions of materials formation, particularly looking at the similarities and differences of CVD, ALD and nanoparticle synthesis, e.g. colloid chemistry, involving tailored molecular precursors.
Precision Landmark Location for Machine Vision and Photogrammetry : Finding and Achieving the Maximum Possible Accuracy
The applications of image-based measurement are many and various: image-guided surgery, mobile-robot navigation, component alignment, part inspection and photogrammetry, among others. In all these applications, landmarks are detected and located in images, and measurements made from those locations.Precision Landmark Location for Machine Vision and Photogrammetry addresses the ubiquitous problem of measurement error associated with determining the location of landmarks in images. With a detailed model of the image formation process and landmark location estimation.
Precision Electroweak Physics at Electron-Positron Colliders
This up-to-date volume reviews the recent contributions of electron-positron colliders to the precision test of the electroweak Standard Model. In particular, it contains a short summary of the measurements at the Z resonance and gives an overview of the electroweak processes above the Z.
Precision Assembly Technologies for Mini and Micro Products ; Proceedings of the IFIP TC5 WG5.5 Third International Precision Assembly Seminar (IPAS'2006), 19-21 February 2006, Bad Hofgastein, Austria
The scope of the series includes: foundations of computer science; software theory and practice; education; computer applications in technology; communication systems; systems modeling and optimization; information systems; computers and society; computer systems technology; security and protection in information processing systems; artificial intelligence; and human-computer interaction.
Prebiotic Chemistry : From Simple Amphiphiles to Protocell Models
Fve areas are covered in this special volume of Topics in Current Chemistry: The prebiotic chemistry of simple amphiphilic molecules and their selfassembly into compartmentalized structures, The prebiotic chemistry of nucleobases, nucleotides and oligonucleotides as essential elements of the hypothetical “RNA-world” and its relation to the proposed “pre-RNA-world(s), The prebiotic chemistry of amino acids and peptides; The possible prebiotic origin of homochirality; and , The possible formation of protocellular structures .
Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling VI ; 6th International Conference, PATAT 2006 Brno, Czech Republic, August 30-September 1, 2006 Revised Selected Papers
This volume contains a selection of the papers presented at the Sixth Int- national Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling (PATAT) which was organized in Brno, Czech Republic, from August 30 to September 1 of 2006. The PATAT conferences, which are held every 2 years, bring together - searchers and practitioners from across the broad spectrum of inter-disciplinary research activity in search methodologies for automated timetable generation.
Practical Software Factories in .NET
This book was written in order to demystify the software factories paradigm by guiding you through a practical case study, from the early conception phase of building a software factory to delivering a ready-made software product. The authors provide you with a hands-on example covering each of the four pillars of software factories: software product lines, architectural frameworks, model-driven development, and guidance in context. While the ideas behind software factories are platform independent, the Microsoft .NET platform, together with recent technologies such as DSL Tools and the Smart Client Baseline Architecture Toolkit, makes an ideal foundation. A study shows the different facets and caveats and demonstrates how each of these technologies becomes part of a comprehensive factory. Software factories are a top candidate for revolutionizing software development. This book will give you a great starting point to understanding the concepts behind it and ultimately applying this knowledge to your own software projects.
Practical PID Control
Practical PID Control covers important issues that arise when a PID controller is to be applied in practical cases. Its focus is on those functionalities that can provide significant improvements in performance in combination with a sound tuning of parameters.Practical PID Control is a helpful and instructive reference for researchers, graduate students and practitioners in process control.
Practical Methods in Cardiovascular Research
The emphasis of the book is placed firmly on practical aspects of cardiovascular research. Divided into three sections, the book presents techniques for in vivo, in vitro and molecular level experimentation techniques. Within each chapter, general aspects of cardiovascular research are well presented in addition to detailed descriptions of methods, protocols and practical examples. Written by leading scientists in their field, chapters cover classical methods such as the Langendorff heart or working heart models as well as numerous new techniques and methods. Readers will benefit from the troubleshooting guide in each chapter, and the extensive reference lists for advanced reading.
Practical Management of Thyroid Cancer : A Multidisciplinary Approach
Practical Management of Thyroid Cancer follows the American and European model of treating thyroid cancer according to the high standards recommended by the available guidelines. All rare and curable cancers including thyroid cancers with a good prognosis should be treated by a multidisciplinary team of experts following published guidelines. This essential volume is therefore directed not only to the management of thyroid cancer in developed countries but is also the model that will be highly attractive to the developing countries.
Practical Machine Learning for Streaming Data with Python : Design, Develop, and Validate Online Learning Models
A quick start guide for data scientists and machine learning engineers looking to implement machine learning models for streaming data with Python to generate real-time insights. You'll start with an introduction to streaming data, the various challenges associated with it, some of its real-world business applications, and various windowing techniques. You'll then examine incremental and online learning algorithms, and the concept of model evaluation with streaming data and get introduced to the Scikit-Multiflow framework in Python. This is followed by a review of the various change detection/concept drift detection algorithms and the implementation of various datasets using Scikit-Multiflow. Introduction to the various supervised and unsupervised algorithms for streaming data, and their implementation on various datasets using Python are also covered. You will: Understand machine learning with streaming data concepts / Review incremental and online learning / Develop models for detecting concept drift / Explore techniques for classification, regression, and ensemble learning in streaming data contexts / Apply best practices for debugging and validating machine learning models in streaming data context / Get introduced to other open-source frameworks for handling streaming data.
Practical JavaScript™, DOM Scripting, and Ajax Projects
The book starts with a quick recap of the fundamentals of modern JavaScript development before moving right along to the applications. For each application, you are taken through the planning, design, and implementation stages. Theres something for everyone herea utility library, a validation framework, a GUI widget framework, a dynamic event calendar application, a drag-and-drop shopping cart, and more!
Practical Hydroinformatics : Computational Intelligence and Technological Developments in Water Applications
Hydroinformatics is an emerging subject that is expected to gather speed, momentum and critical mass throughout the forthcoming decades of the 21st century. This book provides a broad account of numerous advances in that field - a rapidly developing discipline covering the application of information and communication technologies, modelling and computational intelligence in aquatic environments.
