This open access book discusses the statistical modeling of insurance problems, a process which comprises data collection, data analysis and statistical model building to forecast insured events that may happen in the future. It presents the mathematical foundations behind these fundamental statistical concepts and how they can be applied in daily actuarial practice. Statistical modeling has…
This open access textbook leads the reader from basic concepts of chromatin structure and function and RNA mechanisms to the understanding of epigenetics, imprinting, regeneration and reprogramming. The textbook treats epigenetic phenomena in animals, as well as plants. Written by four internationally known experts and senior lecturers in this field, it provides a valuable tool for Master- and …
Despite China’s rise to the status of global power, many Chinese youths are anxious about their personal future, in large measure because the rapid changes have left them feeling adrift. This book, available in open access, provides a manifesto of intellectual activism that counsels China’s young people to think by themselves and for themselves. Consisting of three conversations between Xi…
Despite China’s rise to the status of global power, many Chinese youths are anxious about their personal future, in large measure because the rapid changes have left them feeling adrift. This book, available in open access, provides a manifesto of intellectual activism that counsels China’s young people to think by themselves and for themselves. Consisting of three conversations between Xi…
Sex in Cetaceans provides an up-to-date review of multi-faceted aspects related to mating and reproduction in toothed and baleen whales. This open access book begins with discussions of sexual selection and anatomical traits related to mating and diversity between the sexes. The functions of non-conceptive copulations are reviewed as are different research techniques applied to explore sex in c…
Tinjauan umum tentang berbagi keahlian, pendekatan terhadap manajemen pengetahuan yang menekankan komponen manusia dalam pekerjaan pengetahuan selain penyimpanan dan pengambilan informasi. Bidang manajemen pengetahuan berfokus pada bagaimana organisasi dapat menyimpan, mengelola, mengambil, dan memperluas kekayaan intelektual mereka secara paling efektif. Pandangan repositori manajemen pengetah…
Pemeriksaan multidisiplin tentang interaksi antara modal sosial-nilai yang diperoleh dari ikatan sosial-dan teknologi informasi. Konsep modal sosial, atau nilai yang dapat diperoleh dari ikatan sosial yang tercipta melalui niat baik, dukungan timbal balik, bahasa bersama, kepercayaan bersama, dan rasa kewajiban bersama, telah diterapkan pada sejumlah bidang, mulai dari sosiologi hingga manajeme…
Proyek pengembangan perangkat lunak yang gagal atau terbengkalai merugikan ekonomi AS sendiri miliaran dolar per tahun. Dalam Software Development Failures, Kweku Ewusi-Mensah menawarkan studi yang didasarkan pada pengalaman yang menunjukkan mengapa kegagalan ini terjadi dan bagaimana hal itu dapat dihindari. Studi kasus yang dianalisis meliputi program reservasi industri perjalanan Confirm yan…
Ke-16 makalah dalam prosiding ini telah dipilih dari kiriman ke Konferensi Internasional ke-10 tentang Teori Antrean dan Aplikasi Jaringan (QTNA2015) yang diselenggarakan pada tanggal 17-20 Agustus 2015 di Ha Noi dan Ha Long, Vietnam. Semua kontribusi membahas isu-isu teoritis dan praktis yang terkait dengan teori antrean dan aplikasinya dalam jaringan dan bidang terkait lainnya. Buku ini mempe…
Combinatorial structure and algorithms for deducing genetic recombination history, represented by ancestral recombination graphs and other networks, and their role in the emerging field of phylogenetic networks.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.