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Change Your Habits, Change Your Life is the follow-up to Tom Corley’s bestselling book "Rich Habits." Thanks to his extensive research of the habits of self-made millionaires, Corley has identified th
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Covering pattern classification methods, Combining Classifiers: Ideas and Methods focuses on the important and widely studied issue of how to combine several classifiers together in order to achieve i
The majority of change initiatives fail-and managers are often left to deal with the consequences. What would you do if: your staff turned sour on a new CEO's change plans; a new performance managemen
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guidance in all subject areas Editor:Tony Greenfield, Industrial Statistics Research Unit (ISRU), University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK Research Methods for Postgraduates brings together guidance for
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Packed with more than 200 colour illustrations, Visual Research explores a range of research methods that can be used by graphic designers and visual communicators in the development of clear and purp