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A Time Series Approach to Option Pricing: Models, Methods and Empirical Perfo…
The current world financial scene indicates at an intertwined and interdependent relationship between financial market activity and economic health. This book explains how the economic messages delivered by the dynamic evolution of financial asset returns are strongly related to option prices. The Black Scholes framework is introduced and by underlining its shortcomings, an alternative approach…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-662-45037-6
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- XVI, 188
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- 332 CHO t
A Systematic Review of Rural Development Research: Characteristics, Design Qu…
Rapid urbanisation, inequalities in income and service levels within and between communities, and population and economic decline are challenging the viability of rural communities worldwide. Achieving healthy and viable rural communities in the face of rapidly changing social, ecological and economic conditions is a declared global priority. As a result, governments all over the world, in both…
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- 978-3-319-17284-2
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- X, 63
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- SpringerBriefs in Public Health
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- 615 EVA s
A Solar Car Primer: A Guide to the Design and Construction of Solar-Powered R…
This exciting primer on Solar Racing literally starts from the ground up, describing how the interactions of a vehicle with its environment circumscribe its ultimate success, from aerodynamics to resistance and propulsion. By demonstrating how to mathematically model these underlying physical phenomena, the author helps solar racing competitors carefully select key characteristics of the vehicl…
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- 978-3-319-17494-5
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- XXV, 466
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- 620.1 THA s
Study Guide for Statistics for Business and Financial Economics
This Study Guide accompanies Statistics for Business and Financial Economics, 3rd Ed. (Springer, 2013), which is the most definitive Business Statistics book to use Finance, Economics, and Accounting data throughout the entire book. The Study Guide contains unique chapter reviews for each chapter in the textbook, formulas, examples and additional exercises to enhance topics and their applicatio…
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- 978-3-319-11997-7
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- XI, 361
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Studies with a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber
Michael Schenk evaluates new technologies and methods, such as cryogenic read-out electronics and a UV laser system, developed to optimise the performance of large liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPC). Amongst others, the author studies the uniformity of the electric field produced by a Greinacher high-voltage generator operating at cryogenic temperatures, measures the linear energy t…
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- 978-3-658-09430-0
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- XI, 152
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- BestMasters
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Introduction to Fluorescence Sensing
Fluorescence is the most popular technique in chemical and biological sensing and this book provides systematic knowledge of basic principles in the design of fluorescence sensing and imaging techniques together with critical analysis of recent developments. Its ultimate sensitivity, high temporal and spatial resolution and versatility enables high resolution imaging within living cells. It dev…
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- 978-3-319-20780-3
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Re-engineering the Uptake of ICT in Schools
This book reports on a novel and comprehensive approach to the uptake of ICT in Schools. It focuses on key questions, pedagogically sound ways of introducing ICT, new technical artifacts supporting the approach, the evaluation in a large-scale validator, and future work. While many innovations in Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) have emerged over the last two decades, the uptake of these inno…
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- 978-3-319-19366-3
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- 370
Studies on Experimental Toxicology and Pharmacology
This book focuses on data describing the roles of free radicals and related reactive species, and antioxidants, in the causes and treatments of diseases, examining both clinical and pre-clinical trials, as well as basic research. The book is divided into sub-sections with chapters on toxicological mechanisms, agents that produce toxicity, and special topics including areas such as antioxidant s…
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- 978-3-319-19096-9
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- XVI, 498
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- Oxidative Stress in Applied Basic Research and Clinical Practice
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Introduction to Cryptography: Principles and Applications
The first part of this book covers the key concepts of cryptography on an undergraduate level, from encryption and digital signatures to cryptographic protocols. Essential techniques are demonstrated in protocols for key exchange, user identification, electronic elections and digital cash. In the second part, more advanced topics are addressed, such as the bit security of one-way functions and …
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- 978-3-662-47974-2
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Introduction au traitement mathématique des images - méthodes déterministes
Ce cours est une introduction au traitement d'image mathématique déterministe. Les principales problématiques en traitement et analyse d’image y sont présentées: débruitage/filtrage/restauration, segmentation, rehaussement/défloutage, ainsi qu’un aperçu de quelques techniques d’acquisition. Les méthodes mathématiques utilisées ont essentiellement déterministes : transformation…
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- 978-3-662-46539-4
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