Basic Methods of Linear Functional Analysis

This collection of papers delivered at the Fifth International Symposium in Economic Theory and Econometrics in 1988 is devoted to the estimation and testing of models that impose relatively weak restrictions on the stochastic behaviour of data. Particularly in highly non-linear models, empirical results are very sensitive to the choice of the parametric form of the distribution of the observable variables, and often nonparametric and semiparametric models are a preferable alternative. Methods and applications that do not require string parametric assumptions for their validity, that are based on kernels and on series expansions, and methods for independent and dependent observations are investigated and developed in these essays by renowned econometricians.

Presents applications as well as the basic theory of analytic functions of one or several complex variables. The first volume discusses applications and basic theory of conformal mapping and the solut

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The authors explain the ways in which uncertainty is an important factor in the problems of risk and policy analysis. This book outlines the source and nature of uncertainty, discusses techniques for obtaining and using expert judgment, and reviews a variety of simple and advanced methods for analyzing uncertainty.

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A field is a distribution in space of physical quantities of obvious significance, such as pressure, velocity, or electromagnetic influence. This 1977 book was written for any reader who would not be content with a purely mathematical approach to the handling of fields. In letting the mathematical concepts invent themselves out of the need to describe the physical world quantitatively, Professor Shercliff shows how the same mathematical ideas may be used in a wide range of apparently different contexts including electromagnetism, fluid dynamics, nuclear reactor criticality, plasma oscillations and rotational flow. Mathematical methods are explored only far enough to give the interested reader a glimpse of activities that lie beyond, yet the unifying approach to increasingly powerful, generalised ideas at a level not reached in many books on vector analysis at the time. Special features of the book are a wealth of examples of physical interest, and a thorough appendix.

This new edition of Digital Control and State Variable Methods presents control theory relevant to the analysis and design of computer-control systems. Meant for the undergraduate and post graduate co

An accessible and pedagogical introduction to photovoltaics, Harvesting Sunshine presents the solar cell as a multifaceted device that can be viewed as an electronic energy converter, an absorber and emitter of light, and a thermodynamic heat engine, while also outlining its links with the most ancient of solar energy converters: photosynthesis. Beginning with a simple introduction to photovoltaics, suitable as a stand-alone basic primer, the text goes on to explain the solar cell operation in more detail, outlining the electrical characteristics linked to the balance and reciprocity between electrical currents across a semiconductor junction. At a more fundamental level, the book then looks at the Shockley-Queisser limit and its physical foundations, underpinned by Kirchhoff's and Planck's radiation laws linked by photon recycling, moving the discussion into the realm of thermodynamics. A thermodynamic analysis of thermalization reveals an intimate link between the photovoltaic and th

Business Statistics: Communicating with Numbers takes a comprehensive and contemporary approach that aims to bridge the gap between how statistics is taught and applied in the business world. This title not only prepares students in basic statistics but also gets them excited about further exploration of data analytics. The authors emphasize communicating with numbers rather than number crunching, through relatable case studies with relevant statistical methods and takeaways. This title incorporates timely examples from various fields, reinforces core features from previous editions, uses Excel and R to analyze data and solve problems, and includes new improvements, such as a revised chapter on data visualization, an exclusive chapter on logistic regression, and digital enhancements such as a big data capstone project with algorithmic exercises that span across multiple chapters.

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Calculus: Applications in Constrained Optimization provides an accessible yet mathematically rigorous introduction to constrained optimization, designed for undergraduate students who have some experiences with multivariable calculus. Based on a successful course at National Taiwan University (NTU) ── Calculus 4: Applications in Economics and Management, this book connects foundational calculus with contemporary techniques of optimization used in economics, management, and data science.Classical tools such as Lagrange multipliers and second derivative tests are extended into a general framework that covers both equality and inequality constraints. Readers will also learn to identify degenerate cases and apply second-order conditions in multivariable settings. Key concepts from linear algebra are introduced and integrated throughout.Each chapter concludes with a carefully structured set of exercises:● Type (A) questions test basic understanding;● Type (B) questions reinforce key example

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Unlock the full potential of your qualitative research projects with this invaluable manual from world-renowned authority Johnny Saldaña. This essential guide delves into the latest advancements in coding, including the integration of AI tools like ChatGPT-4, empowering researchers to enhance their data analysis processes and outcomes. This clearly updated edition offers:· Comprehensive Coverage: Explore over 35 coding methods, complete with datasets, software screenshots, and multidisciplinary academic references.· Global Appeal: Designed for an international readership, with inclusive data and real-world examples. · Practical Guidance: Clear, academically grounded advice that bridges the gap between data generation and analysis, ensuring credibility and trustworthiness. · Modern Relevance: Facilitates both manual and online coding, with detailed insights into CAQDAS and digital data handling.Ideal for students, researchers, and professionals in education, the social sciences, and bey

This book aims to provide actual methods of calculation and standard details followed by professionals in industrial projects pertaining to Reinforced Cement Concrete (RCC) structures backed by practical design and standard details. It covers engineering properties of soil and types of tests, different types of concrete grades, standard notes and codes, workout examples of piles, foundations, and super structure elements. It provides all the standard construction details including reinforcement arrangement, generally used for RCC works in superstructure and foundations.Features: Provides strength design calculation for foundation and settlement analysis of the founding soil together. Discusses standard details of reinforced concrete joints and reinforcement placement. Describes suitable types of material and selection of structure according to nature founding soil and service life of the plant. Explores standard construction details. Includes solved problems, design and worked out exa

The textbook is divided into eight chapters.In the introduction,the basic concept of polymer,classification and nomenclature of polymer,reaction type of polymer,development history of polymer and application of polymer are introduced in brief.In the next six chapters,free radical polymerization,free radical copolymerization,ionic polymerization,step polymerization,ring-opening polymerization and chemical reactions of polymers are introduced in detail.The implementation methods of polymerization are introduced systematically in the last chapter.The new words and terminology are noted in Chinese in detail,and the large exercises are attached at the end of each chapter,which is helpful for the students who are new to polymer chemistry to study smoothly.This book is used as the textbook for colleges and universities.It is suitable for the major of Polymer Materials and Engineering,Material C

The intersection between law and economics is a dynamic field of research. Yet, European law has so far not been the subject of comprehensive, systematic economic analysis. Instead issues such as the European debt crisis, COVID-19 pandemic, and the climate emergency have largely escaped scholarly analysis through the nexus of EU law and economics.EU Law and Economics closes this gap, providing an overview of the application of economics to the institutional, procedural, and substantive aspects of European law. Drawing on various branches of the economic sciences - including rational choice and game theory, and institutional and behavioural economics - this book goes beyond conventional methods of EU legal scholarship to expand our understanding of EU law and its effects. This book devotes attention to EU Treaties and secondary law, as well as their adjudicative interpretation, while using economic theory to explain their core legal principles such as conferral, subsidiarity, and mutual

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This book demonstrates how to formulate the equations of mechanical systems. Providing methods of analysis of complex mechanical systems, the book has a clear focus on efficiency, equipping the reader with knowledge of algorithms that provide accurate results in reduced simulation time.The book uses Kane's method due to its efficiency, and the simple resulting equations it produces in comparison to other methods and extends it with algorithms such as order-nKane's method compensates for the errors of premature linearization, which are often inherent within vibrations modes found in a great deal of public domain softwareDescribing how to build mathematical models of multibody systems with elastic components, the book applies this to systems such as construction cranes, trailers, helicopters, spacecraft, tethered satellites, and underwater vehiclesIt also looks at topics such as vibration, rocket dynamics, simulation of beams, deflection, and matrix formulationFlexible Multibody Dynamics

In the third edition of Contemporary Hong Kong Government and Politics, Lam Wai-man, Percy Luen-tim Lui, Wilson Wong, and various contributors provide the latest analyses in many aspects of Hong Kong’s government and politics, such as political institutions, mediating institutions, and political actors. They also discuss specific policy areas such as political parties and elections, civil society, political identity and political culture, the mass media, and public opinions after the Umbrella Movement in 2014. The book also evaluates the latest developments in Hong Kong’s relationship with Mainland China and the international community. This new edition offers an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of the main continuities and changes in the above aspects since 2014. This volume will help its readers grasp a basic understanding of Hong Kong’s political developments in the last ten years.

In the third edition of Contemporary Hong Kong Government and Politics, Lam Wai-man, Percy Luen-tim Lui, Wilson Wong, and various contributors provide the latest analyses in many aspects of Hong Kong’s government and politics, such as political institutions, mediating institutions, and political actors. They also discuss specific policy areas such as political parties and elections, civil society, political identity and political culture, the mass media, and public opinions after the Umbrella Movement in 2014. The book also evaluates the latest developments in Hong Kong’s relationship with Mainland China and the international community. This new edition offers an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of the main continuities and changes in the above aspects since 2014. This volume will help its readers grasp a basic understanding of Hong Kong’s political developments in the last ten years.

Micro- and nanoplastics are the degradation products of large plastic compounds. These degraded polymers enter into the natural environment including air, water, and food, which leads to various significant threats to human health. The nature of these micro- and nanoplastics is persistent and consequently accumulates in the exposed person's body. Researchinto microplastics has shown that these particles accumulate in various human organs and impart detrimental effects on humans. To safeguard human health, analysis and remediation strategies are necessary. This book provides a comprehensive overview in 24 chapters on the source, distribution, life cycle assessment strategies, physico-chemical interactions, methods of analysis, toxicological investigation, and remediation strategies of micro- and nanoplastics.

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The goal of this Third Edition is the same as previous editions: to provide a good foundation - and a joyful experience! - for anyone who'd like to learn about nonlinear dynamics and chaos from an applied perspective.The presentation stresses analytical methods, concrete examples, and geometric intuition. The theory is developed systematically, starting with first-order differential equations and their bifurcations, followed by phase plane analysis, limit cycles and their bifurcations, and culminating with the Lorenz equations, chaos, iterated maps, period doubling, renormalization, fractals, strange attractors, and synchronization.The prerequisites are comfort with multivariable calculus and linear algebra, as well as a first course in physics.Changes to this edition include substantial exercises about conceptual models of climate change, an updated treatment of the SIR model of epidemics, and amendments (based on recent research) about the Selkov model of oscillatory glycolysis. Equa

Gain confidence and expertise with stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG) as a presurgical method for epilepsy with this helpful resource. Edited and written by leading experts in the field, Stereoelectroencephalography teaches the scientific and medical bases of SEEG through its essential disciplines (anatomy, biophysics, electrophysiology, and cognitive and behavioral neuroscience) and their interrelations. It fully covers the basic and clinical aspects of the pharmaco-resistant epilepsies investigated with SEEG and their surgical indications.Describes the evolution in time of the presurgical methods leading to the current practice of SEEG. Explains how to determine the anatomical basis of electrode implantation, its referential system, and how it prepares rational planning to tailored resection or ablation. Examines the nature of the SEEG signal, how the depth electrodes capture it, and how the dynamics of multiple cortical sites recording can be understood. Contains chapters on key to

The American presidency has long tested the capacity of the system of checks and balances to constrain executive power, especially in times of war. While scholars have examined presidents starting military conflicts without congressional authorization or infringing on civil liberties in the name of national security, Stuart Streichler focuses on the conduct of hostilities. Using the treatment of war-on-terror detainees under President George W. Bush as a case study, he integrates international humanitarian law into a constitutional analysis of the repercussions of presidential war powers for human rights around the world.Putting President Bush’s actions in a wider context, Presidential Accountability in Wartime begins with a historical survey of the laws of war, with particular emphasis on the 1949 Geneva Conventions and the Nuremberg Tribunal. Streichler then reconstructs the decision-making process that led to the president’s approval of interrogation methods that violated Geneva’s m

This textbook introduces readers to the fundamental notions of modern probability theory. The only prerequisite is a working knowledge in real analysis. Highlighting the connections between martingales and Markov chains on one hand, and Brownian motion and harmonic functions on the other, this book provides an introduction to the rich interplay between probability and other areas of analysis.Arranged into three parts, the book begins with a rigorous treatment of measure theory, with applications to probability in mind. The second part of the book focuses on the basic concepts of probability theory such as random variables, independence, conditional expectation, and the different types of convergence of random variables. In the third part, in which all chapters can be read independently, the reader will encounter three important classes of stochastic processes: discrete-time martingales, countable state-space Markov chains, and Brownian motion. Each chapter ends with a selection of illu

Migrate from pandas and scikit-Learn to PySpark to handle vast amounts of data and achieve faster data processing time. This book will show you how to make this transition by adapting your skills and leveraging the similarities in syntax, functionality, and interoperability between these tools. Distributed Machine Learning with PySpark offers a roadmap to data scientists considering transitioning from small data libraries (pandas/scikit-learn) to big data processing and machine learning with PySpark. You will learn to translate Python code from pandas/scikit-learn to PySpark to preprocess large volumes of data and build, train, test, and evaluate popular machine learning algorithms such as linear and logistic regression, decision trees, random forests, support vector machines, Na鴳e Bayes, and neural networks. After completing this book, you will understand the foundational concepts of data preparation and machine learning and will have the skills necessary to apply these methods using

拉邦動作分析 (Laban Movement Analysis, LMA) 是一個有系統的解析學理，用來歸類與分析人類的動作模式邏輯。經由瞭解動作分析理論，學習者不但能瞭解人的身體極限，也可以挑戰自己的動作潛能，懂得自己的身體，亦可經由對自我的清楚認知而能超越身心極限。在拉邦動作分析的學理中，學習者可經由肢體與空間、時間、勁力的關係，尋求出動作質地的各種可能性。更重要的是能瞭解人的一靜一動如何影響其自身的情感表達，並與他人溝通互動，更甚者，能協助處理人與人之間的微妙關係。 本教科書內容依循美國於紐約市的拉邦動作研究中 (Laban Institute of Movement Studies, LIMS)，用來訓練拉邦動作分析師 (Laban Movement Analyst, LMA) 之課程教學架構來書寫。本書共有六個章節，其中第一章是整體介紹拉邦動作分析的歷史根源，第六章則總結於多位受過訓練者的書寫範例。第二至第五章，則以教科書的方式，主要針對拉邦動作分析學理以及如何實際操作使用，給予說明以及實作訓練，從人類行為的身體 (Body)、描述動作質地的勁力 (Effort)、身體的動作塑型 (Shape)、環繞於人體的內、外空間和諧 (Space Harmony) 等四大分析面向進行對人類行為的理論探討。希冀藉由對動作質地進行的科學性剖析，瞭解人的身體極限以及人類動作的功能性 (Functional Movement)與表達性 (Expressive Movement)，進而能夠分析動作之意義、動機，以及其背後的情緒與心理狀態。

[內容簡介]拉邦動作分析 (Laban Movement Analysis, LMA) 是一個有系統的解析學理，用來歸類與分析人類的動作模式邏輯。經由瞭解動作分析理論，學習者不但能瞭解人的身體極限，也可以挑戰自己的動作潛能，懂得自己的身體，亦可經由對自我的清楚認知而能超越身心極限。在拉邦動作分析的學理中，學習者可經由肢體與空間、時間、勁力的關係，尋求出動作質地的各種可能性。更重要的是能瞭解人的一靜一動如何影響其自身的情感表達，並與他人溝通互動，更甚者，能協助處理人與人之間的微妙關係。 本教科書內容依循美國於紐約市的拉邦動作研究中 (Laban Institute of Movement Studies, LIMS)，用來訓練拉邦動作分析師 (Laban Movement Analyst, LMA) 之課程教學架構來書寫。本書共有六個章節，其中第一章是整體介紹拉邦動作分析的歷史根源，第六章則總結於多位受過訓練者的書寫範例。第二至第五章，則以教科書的方式，主要針對拉邦動作分析學理以及如何實際操作使用，給予說明以及實作訓練，從人類行為的身體 (Body)、描述動作質地的勁力 (Effort)、身體的動作塑型 (Shape)、環繞於人體的內、外空間和諧 (Space Harmony) 等四大分析面向進行對人類行為的理論探討。希冀藉由對動作質地進行的科學性剖析，瞭解人的身體極限以及人類動作的功能性 (Functional Movement)與表達性 (Expressive Movement)，進而能夠分析動作之意義、動機，以及其背後的情緒與心理狀態。[名家推薦]劉鳳學新古典舞團／唐樂舞創辦人、創團藝術總監財團法人新古典表演藝術基金會創辦人財團法人新古典表演藝術基金會紅樹林劇場創辦人國立臺灣師範大學體育與運動科學系榮譽教授拉邦舞譜、拉邦動作分析學理研究者歐建平中國藝術研究院舞蹈研究所名譽所長、博士生導師《中國大百科全書》第三版「舞蹈學科」主編牛津大學出版社《國際舞蹈百科全書》中國特約撰稿人國家社科基金藝術學重點專案「現當代舞蹈的傳播與跨文化研究」負責人中國文化部「優秀專家」、中國舞蹈家協會「突出貢獻舞蹈家」稱號獲得者