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    • Handbook of Public Economics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 5
      • June 24, 2013
      • Alan J. Auerbach + 3 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      In the Handbook of Public Economics, vol. 5, top scholars provide context and order to new research about mechanisms that underlie both public finance theories and applications. These fundamental subjects follow the recent, steady movement away from rational decision-making and toward more personalized approaches to tax generation and expenditure, especially in terms of the use of psychological methods and financial incentives. Closely scrutinized subjects include new research in empirical (instead of theoretical) public finance, the methods for measuring taxes (both in revenue generation and expenditure), and the roles that taxes play in specific settings, such as emerging economies, urban settings, charitable giving, and among political entities (cities, counties, states, countries). Contributors look at both the "tax" and "expenditure" sides of public finance, emphasizing recent influences that psychology and philosophy have exerted in economics with articles on behavioral finance, charitable giving, and dynamic taxation. To a field enjoying rapid growth, their articles bring context and order, illuminating the mechanisms that underlie both public finance theories and applications.

    • Machine Learning: Theory and Applications

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 31
      • May 16, 2013
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • Paperback
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      Statistical learning and analysis techniques have become extremely important today, given the tremendous growth in the size of heterogeneous data collections and the ability to process it even from physically distant locations. Recent advances made in the field of machine learning provide a strong framework for robust learning from the diverse corpora and continue to impact a variety of research problems across multiple scientific disciplines. The aim of this handbook is to familiarize beginners as well as experts with some of the recent techniques in this field.The Handbook is divided in two sections: Theory and Applications, covering machine learning, data analytics, biometrics, document recognition and security.

    • Leptons and Quarks

      • 1st Edition
      • May 10, 2013
      • L.B. Okun
      • English
      • Paperback
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      This book comprises an introduction to the theory of the weak interaction of elementary particles.The author outlines the current situation in weak interaction theory and discusses the prospects for the coming decade. The reader is familiarized with simple theoretical techniques for the calculation of decay rates, interaction cross-sections and angular and spin correlations.

    • Handbook of Magnetic Materials

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 21
      • January 9, 2013
      • K.H.J. Buschow
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Over the last few decades magnetism has seen an enormous expansion into a variety of different areas of research, notably the magnetism of several classes of novel materials that share with truly ferromagnetic materials only the presence of magnetic moments. Volume 21 of the Handbook of Magnetic Materials, like the preceding volumes, has a dual purpose. With contributions from leading authorities in the field, it includes a variety of topics which are intended as self-contained introductions to a given area in the field of magnetism without requiring recourse to the published literature. It is also intended as a reference for scientists active in magnetism research, providing readers with novel trends and achievements in magnetism. Volume 21 comprises topical review articles covering Heusler compounds, quasicrystalline solids,bulk amorphous alloys and nanocrystalline soft-magnetic alloys. In each of these articles an extensive description is given in graphical as well as in tabular form, much emphasis being placed on the discussion of the experimental material within the framework of physics, chemistry and material science.

    • Handbook of the Economics of Finance SET:Volumes 2A & 2B

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 2A-2B
      • December 24, 2012
      • George M. Constantinides + 2 more
      • English
      • eBook
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      This two-volume set of 23 articles authoritatively describes recent scholarship in corporate finance and asset pricing. Volume 1 concentrates on corporate finance, encompassing topics such as financial innovation and securitization, dynamic security design, and family firms. Volume 2 focuses on asset pricing with articles on market liquidity, credit derivatives, and asset pricing theory, among others. Both volumes present scholarship about the 2008 financial crisis in contexts that highlight both continuity and divergence in research. For those who seek insightful perspectives and important details, they demonstrate how corporate finance studies have interpreted recent events and incorporated their lessons.

    • Handbook of the Economics of Finance

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 2A
      • December 19, 2012
      • George M. Constantinides + 2 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      In the 11 articles in this first of two parts, top scholars summarize and analyze recent scholarship in corporate finance. Covering subjects from corporate taxes to behavioral corporate finance and econometric issues, their articles reveal how specializations resonate with each other and indicate likely directions for future research. By including both established and emerging topics, Volume 2 will have the same long shelf life and high citations that characterize Volume 1 (2003).

    • Handbook of the Economics of Finance

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 2B
      • December 19, 2012
      • George M. Constantinides + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      The 12 articles in this second of two parts condense recent advances on investment vehicles, performance measurement and evaluation, and risk management into a coherent springboard for future research. Written by world leaders in asset pricing research, they present scholarship about the 2008 financial crisis in contexts that highlight both continuity and divergence in research. For those who seek authoritative perspectives and important details, this volume shows how the boundaries of asset pricing have expanded and at the same time have grown sharper and more inclusive.

    • Applied Graph Theory

      • 1st Edition
      • December 2, 2012
      • Wai-Kai Chen
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Applied Graph Theory provides an introduction to the fundamental concepts of graph theory and its applications. The five key topics that are covered in depth are: (i) foundations of electrical network theory; (ii) the directed-graph solutions of linear algebraic equations; (iii) topological analysis of linear systems; (iv) trees and their generation; and (v) the realization of directed graphs with prescribed degrees. Previously, these results have been found only in widely scattered and incomplete journal articles and institutional reports. This book attempts to present a unified and detailed account of these applications. A special feature of the book is that almost all the results are documented in relationship to the known literature, and all the references which have been cited in the text are listed in the bibliography. Thus, the book is especially suitable for those who wish to continue with the study of special topics and to apply graph theory to other fields.

    • Rapidly Quenched Metals

      • 1st Edition
      • December 2, 2012
      • S Steeb
      • English
      • eBook
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      Rapidly Quenched Metals, Volume I covers the proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Rapidly Quenched Metals, held in Wurzburg, Germany on September 3-7, 1984. The book focuses on amorphous and crystalline metals formed by rapid quenching from the melt. The selection first covers the scope and trends of developments in rapid solidification technology, rapid solidification, and undercooling of liquid metals by rapid quenching. Discussions focus on experimental method, powders, strip, particulate production, consolidation, and alloys and alloy systems. The text then examines the solidification of undercooled liquid alloys entrapped in solid; crystallization kinetics in undercooled droplets; and grain refinement in bulk undercooled alloys. The manuscript tackles the undercooling of niobium-germanium alloys in a 100 meter drop tube; influence of process parameters on the cooling rate of the meltspinning process; and the mechanism of ribbon formation in melt-spun copper and copper-zirconium. The formation and structure of thick sections of rapidly-solidified material by incremental deposition and production of ultrafine dispersions of rare earth oxides in Ti alloys using rapid solidification are also mentioned. The selection is a valuable reference for physicists, chemists, physical metallurgists, and engineers.

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