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The book draws on current research on model risk and parameter sensitivity of securitisation ratings. It provides practical ideas and tools that can facilitate a more informed usage of securitisation ratings. We show how global sensitivity analysis techniques can be used to better analyse and to enhance the understanding of the uncertainties inh...

Over the past three decades, the Internet's rapid growth has spurred the development of new applications in mobile computing, digital music, online video, gaming and social networks. These applications rely heavily upon various underlying network protocols and mechanisms to enable, maintain and enhance their Internet functionality The Effects o...

Chronicles the history of America's most successful drugstore chain from its origins as a family-run store in 1901 through its evolution into one of the world's largest food and drug retailers, discussing the quality management, merchandising, store design pricing guidelines, customer service, and other innovative practices that have fueled its ...

This book describes analytical models and estimation methods to enhance performance estimation of pipelined multiprocessor systems-on-chip (MPSoCs). A framework is introduced for both design-time and run-time optimizations. For design space exploration, several algorithms are presented to minimize the area footprint of a pipelined MPSoC under a ...

The Sound Studies Reader blends recent work that self-consciously describes itself as sound...

"Dead Letters to Nietzsche" examines how writing shapes subjectivity through the example of...

This textbook is appropriate for senior undergraduate and first year graduate students in mechanical and automotive engineering. The contents in this book are presented at a theoretical-practical level. It explains vehicle dynamics concepts in detail, concentrating on their practical use. Related theorems and formal proofs are provided, as are r...

First and foremost, Ransome and Misra have made an engaging book that will empower readers in...

Beginning Java with WebSphere provides a step-by-step guide for creating and installing both client- and server-based Java applications using Rapid Application Development v8, WebSphere Application Server 8.0, and Java. Since more and more Java applications are moving to the server and using HTML for the user interface, there is a minimal am...