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Enhancing Future Skills and Entrepreneurship : 3rd Indo-German Conference on …
This open access book presents the proceedings of the 3rd Indo-German Conference on Sustainability in Engineering held at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India, on September 16–17, 2019. Intended to foster the synergies between research and education, the conference is one of the joint activities of the BITS Pilani and TU Braunschweig conducted under the auspices of Indo-Ge…
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- 978-3-030-44248-4
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- IX, 292
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- Sustainable Production, Life Cycle Engineering and Management (SPLCEM)
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Sustainable Manufacturing : Challenges, Solutions and Implementation Perspect…
This edited volume presents the research results of the Collaborative Research Center 1026 “Sustainable manufacturing - shaping global value creation”. The book aims at providing a reference guide of sustainable manufacturing for researchers, describing methodologies for development of sustainable manufacturing solutions. The volume is structured in four chapters covering the following topi…
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- 978-3-319-48514-0
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- XII, 283
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- Sustainable Production, Life Cycle Engineering and Management (SPLCEM)
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Alpine Industrial Landscapes : Towards a New Approach for Brownfield Redevelo…
This Open Access book presents a pioneering research on brownfield redevelopment in mountain regions, and specifically in the European Alps. The origins and causes, the actual conditions as well as the future challenges and potentials of mountain brownfields are investigated from an interdisciplinary yet landscape-centered perspective. Through the reasoned combination of research-by-design meth…
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- 978-3-658-37681-9
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- XXI, 405
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- RaumFragen: Stadt – Region – Landschaft (RFSRL)
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Innovations in Derivatives Markets : Fixed Income Modeling, Valuation Adjustm…
This book presents 20 peer-reviewed chapters on current aspects of derivatives markets and derivative pricing. The contributions, written by leading researchers in the field as well as experienced authors from the financial industry, present the state of the art in: • Modeling counterparty credit risk: credit valuation adjustment, debit valuation adjustment, funding valuation adjustment, a…
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- 978-3-319-33446-2
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- X, 449
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- Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics (PROMS, volume 165)
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Stochastics of Environmental and Financial Economics : Centre of Advanced Stu…
These Proceedings offer a selection of peer-reviewed research and survey papers by some of the foremost international researchers in the fields of finance, energy, stochastics and risk, who present their latest findings on topical problems. The papers cover the areas of stochastic modeling in energy and financial markets; risk management with environmental factors from a stochastic control pers…
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- 978-3-319-23425-0
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- VIII, 360
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- Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics (PROMS, volume 138)
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Innovations in Quantitative Risk Management : TU München, September 2013
Quantitative models are omnipresent –but often controversially discussed– in todays risk management practice. New regulations, innovative financial products, and advances in valuation techniques provide a continuous flow of challenging problems for financial engineers and risk managers alike. Designing a sound stochastic model requires finding a careful balance between parsimonious mode…
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- 978-3-319-09114-3
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- XI, 438
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- Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics (PROMS, volume 99)
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Recent Advances in Industrial and Applied Mathematics
This open access book contains review papers authored by thirteen plenary invited speakers to the 9th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (Valencia, July 15-19, 2019). Written by top-level scientists recognized worldwide, the scientific contributions cover a wide range of cutting-edge topics of industrial and applied mathematics: mathematical modeling, industrial and en…
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- 978-3-030-86236-7
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- XXXIX, 249
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- SEMA SIMAI Springer Series (SEMA SIMAI, volume 1)
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Water and Earthquakes
This open access book explores the interactions between water and earthquakes, including recent concerns about induced seismicity. It further highlights that a better understanding of the response of the water system to disturbances such as earthquakes is needed to safeguard water resources, to shield underground waste repositories, and to mitigate groundwater contamination. Although the effect…
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- 978-3-030-64308-9
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- XVI, 387
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- Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences (LNESS)
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Foltersituationen und Wissensflüsse : Soziologische Überlegungen zur Gewalt…
In diesem Open-Access-Buch geht Max Breger Fragen zu Folter aus Perspektive der interaktionistischen Soziologie nach. Folter ist eine extreme Form zwischenmenschlichen Handelns, die als Menschenrechtsverletzung zwar delegitimiert, aber übliche Praxis moderner Staaten ist. Dabei nutzen Folternde die vielfältigen leiblich-psychischen Verletzlichkeiten des Menschen, um als ‚feindlich‘ versta…
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- 978-3-658-45339-8
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- XVII, 326
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- Wissen, Kommunikation und Gesellschaft (WISSEN)
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Gemeinsam Musizieren : Zur Soziologie und Ethnographie der Streichensembles
Die Untersuchung baut auf Alfred Schütz‘ klassischem Aufsatz „Gemeinsam Musizieren“ auf und folgt der Frage, wie es Musiker:innen gelingt, mit Noten und Instrumenten gemeinsam zu musizieren und wie dies durch die Spielenden erlebt wird. Sie wird anhand von Streichensembles untersucht, die ohne Dirigierende musizieren. Durch die Integration von Videographie, fokussierter und lebensweltana…
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- 978-3-658-42162-5
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- XXVI, 517
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- Wissen, Kommunikation und Gesellschaft (WISSEN)
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