“…An easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide for getting to grips with the real-world application of machine learning algorithms Key Features Explore statistics and complex mathematics for data-intensive applications Discover new developments in EM algorithm, PCA, and bayesian regression Study patterns and make predictions across various datasets Book Description Machine learning has gained tremendous popularity for its powerful and fast predictions with large datasets. …”

“…This book provides a modern introduction to bootstrap methods for readers who do not have an extensive background in advanced mathematics. Emphasis throughout is…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Further Topics in Algebra -- 11.1 Sequences and Series -- 11.2 Arithmetic Sequences and Series -- 11.3 Geometric Sequences and Series -- Summary Exercises on Sequences and Series -- 11.4 The Binomial Theorem -- 11.5 Mathematical Induction -- Chapter 11 Quiz (Sections 11.1-11.5) -- 11.6 Basics of Counting Theory -- 11.7 Basics of Probability -- Test Prep -- Review Exercises -- Test -- Appendices -- Appendix A. …”

“…Helps shape the reader's understanding of optimal and robust cooperative control design techniques for multi-agent systems Presents new theoretical control challenges and investigates unresolved/open problems Explores future research trends in multi-agent systems Offers a certain amount of analytical mathematics, practical numerical procedures, and actual implementations of some proposed approaches…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…25.2 Active Magnetic Bearing -- 25.3 Closed Loop System of Amb -- 25.4 Power Amplifier -- 25.4.1 Full bridge switch mode power amplifier -- 25.5 Pulse With Modulation -- 25.6 Simulation Results -- 25.7 Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Chapter 26 ▪ Design and Analysis of High-Speed Phase Locked Loop in 180 nm Technology -- 26.1 Introduction -- 26.2 Mathematical Model for Pll -- 26.3 Transistor Level Implementation and Results -- 26.3.1 Phase Frequency Detector (PFD) -- 26.4 Charge Pump (Cp) -- 26.5 Loop Filter Design (Lf) -- 26.6 Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) -- 26.7 Divider (DIV)\ -- 26.8 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 27 ▪ Design of APOD-PWM Based Multi-level Inverter using Cuk DC-DC Converter with MPPT -- 27.1 Introduction -- 27.2 System Design and Analysis -- 27.2.1 Tracking of MPPT -- 27.2.2 DC-DC Circuit -- 27.2.3 Proposed Multi-Level Inverter -- 27.2.4 Proposed Pwm Technique -- 27.3 Simulation Result and Analysis -- 27.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 28 ▪ Battery Storage Technologies: A Review -- 28.1 Introduction -- 28.2 Methodology -- 28.2.1 Lead Acid Battery -- 28.3 Sodium Sulfur Battery -- 28.4 Nickel Cadmium Battery -- 28.5 Lithium-Ion Battery -- 28.6 Vanadium Redox Flow Battery -- 28.7 Zinc Bromide Battery -- 28.8 Polysulphide Bromine -- 28.9 Sodium-Nickel Chloride -- 28.10 Discussion -- 28.11 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 29 ▪ Experimental Investigation of Solar Energy-Assisted DC Refrigerator -- 29.1 Introduction -- 29.2 Design of Solar Photovoltaic Plant -- 29.3 Experimental Studies -- 29.4 Results and Discussion -- 29.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 30 ▪ Automatic Speed Control of a Three Phase Induction Motor by Variable Frequency Drive -- 30.1 Motivation -- 30.2 V/F Speed Control Method -- 30.3 Variable Frequency Drive…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 17.2 INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN AS AN INVESTMENT CRITERION -- 17.3 THE LIMITS OF THE INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN -- 17.4 SOME MORE FINANCIAL MATHEMATICS: INTEREST RATE AND YIELD TO MATURITY -- Part Two The risk of securities and the required rate of return -- 18 RISK AND RETURN -- 18.1 SOURCES OF RISK -- 18.2 RISK AND FLUCTUATION IN THE VALUE OF A SECURITY -- 18.3 TOOLS FOR MEASURING RETURN AND RISK -- 18.4 MARKET AND SPECIFIC RISK -- 18.5 THE BETA COEFFICIENT -- 18.6 PORTFOLIO RISK -- 18.7 CHOOSING AMONG SEVERAL RISKY ASSETS AND THE EFFICIENT FRONTIER -- 18.8 CHOOSING BETWEEN SEVERAL RISKY ASSETS AND A RISK-FREE ASSET: THE CAPITAL MARKET LINE -- 18.9 How PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT WORKS -- 19 THE REQUIRED RATE OF RETURN -- 19.1 RETURN REQUIRED BY INVESTORS: THE CAPM -- 19.2 PROPERTIES OF THE CAPM -- 19.3 LIMITS OF THE CAPM -- 19.4 MULTIFACTOR MODELS -- 19.5 FRACTALS AND OTHER LEADS -- 19.6 TERM STRUCTURE OF INTEREST RATES -- Part Three Financial securities -- 20 BONDS -- 20.1 BASIC CONCEPTS -- 20.2 THE YIELD TO MATURITY -- 20.3 FLOATING-RATE BONDS -- 20.4 SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE BONDS -- 20.5 THE VOLATILITY OF DEBT SECURITIES -- 20.6 DEFAULT RISK AND THE ROLE OF RATING -- 20.6 DEFAULT RISK AND THE ROLE OF RATING -- 21 OTHER DEBT PRODUCTS…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.4.3 Evaluation of the Global Uplink Transmission Rates 58 -- 3.4.4 Evaluation of the Global Power Consumption 59 -- 3.4.5 Evaluation of the Minimum Cost Problem 59 -- 3.5 Case Study 63 -- 3.6 Summary 65 -- 4 Reliable Energy-Efficient Uplink Transmission Power Control Scheme in NAN 67 -- 4.1 Background and RelatedWork 67 -- 4.1.1 Motivations and Background 67 -- 4.1.2 RelatedWork 69 -- 4.2 SystemModel 70 -- 4.3 Preliminaries 71 -- 4.3.1 Mathematical Formulation 72 -- 4.3.2 Energy Efficiency Utility Function 73 -- 4.4 Hierarchical Uplink Transmission Power Control Scheme 75 -- 4.4.1 DGD Level Game 76 -- 4.4.2 BGD Level Game 77 -- 4.5 Analysis of the Proposed Schemes 78 -- 4.5.1 Estimation of B and D 78 -- 4.5.2 Analysis of the Proposed Stackelberg Game 80 -- 4.5.3 Algorithms to Approach NE and SE 84 -- 4.6 Numerical Results 85 -- 4.6.1 Simulation Settings 85 -- 4.6.2 Estimate of D and B 86 -- 4.6.3 Data Rate Reliability Evaluation 87 -- 4.6.4 Evaluation of the Proposed Algorithms to Achieve NE and SE 88 -- 4.7 Summary 90 -- 5 Design and Analysis of a Wireless Monitoring Network for Transmission Lines in the Smart Grid 91 -- 5.1 Background and RelatedWork 91 -- 5.1.1 Background and Motivation 91 -- 5.1.2 RelatedWork 93 -- 5.2 Network Model 94 -- 5.3 Problem Formulation 96 -- 5.4 Proposed Power Allocation Schemes 99 -- 5.4.1 Minimizing Total Power Usage 100 -- 5.4.2 Maximizing Power Efficiency 101 -- 5.4.3 Uniform Delay 104 -- 5.4.4 Uniform Transmission Rate 104 -- 5.5 Distributed Power Allocation Schemes 105 -- 5.6 Numerical Results and A Case Study 107 -- 5.6.1 Simulation Settings 107 -- 5.6.2 Comparison of the Centralized Schemes 108 -- 5.6.3 Case Study 111 -- 5.7 Summary 113 -- 6 A Real-Time Information-Based Demand-Side Management System 115 -- 6.1 Background and RelatedWork 115 -- 6.1.1 Background 115 -- 6.1.2 RelatedWork 117 -- 6.2 System Model 118 -- 6.2.1 The Demand-Side Power Management System 118 -- 6.2.2 MathematicalModeling 120 -- 6.2.3 Energy Cost and Unit Price 122.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Assessing and Computing Risks -- 2.3 Layers of Transformation: A Historical Perspective on Digitalisation -- 2.3.1 Mathematical Models: Technologies of Computing -- 2.3.2 Datafication -- 2.3.3 Computational Risk Assessment: The Integrated Vision -- 2.4 Discussion -- References -- 3 Key Dimensions of Algorithmic Management, Machine Learning and Big Data in Differing Large Sociotechnical Systems, with Implications for Systemwide Safety Management -- 3.1 Roadmap and Introduction -- 3.2 Limitations of "Automation" as a Covering Concept -- 3.3 Developers' Perspective on a New Software Application -- 3.4 What's the Upshot for System Safety? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…7.5 Common terminology -- 7.6 Drawbacks of differential signaling -- 7.7 References -- 7.8 Problems -- Chapter 8: Mathematical Requirements of Physical Channels -- 8.1 Frequency domain effects in time domain simulations -- 8.2 Requirements for a physical Channel -- 8.3 References -- 8.4 Problems -- Chapter 9: Network Analysis for Digital Engineers -- 9.1 High frequency voltage and current waves -- 9.2 Network Theory -- 9.3 Properties of Physical S-parameters -- 9.4 References -- 9.5 Problems -- Chapter 10: Topics in High-Speed Channel Modeling -- 10.1 Creating a physical transmission line mode -- 10.2 Non-Ideal Return Paths -- 10.3 Vias -- 10.4 References -- 10.5 Problems -- Chapter 11: I/O Circuits and Models -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Push-Pull Transmitters -- 11.3 CMOS Receivers -- 11.4 ESD Protection Circuits -- 11.5 On-Chip Termination -- 11.6 Bergeron Diagrams -- 11.7 Open Drain Transmitters -- 11.8 Differential Current Mode Transmitters -- 11.9 Low Swing/Differential Receivers -- 11.10 IBIS Models -- 11.11 Summary -- 11.12 References -- 11.13 Problems -- Chapter 12: Equalization -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Continuous Time Linear Equalizers -- 12.3 Discrete Linear Equalizers -- 12.4 Decision Feedback Equalization -- 12.5 Summary -- 12.6 References -- 12.7 Problems -- Chapter 13: Modeling and Budgeting of Timing Jitter and Noise -- 13.1 The Eye Diagram -- 13.2 Bit Error Rate -- 13.3 Jitter Sources and Budgets -- 13.4 Noise Sources and Budgets -- 13.5 Peak Distortion Analysis Methods -- 13.6 Summary -- 13.7 References -- 13.8 Problems -- Chapter 14: System Analysis Using Response Surface Modeling -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Case Study: 10 Gb/s differential PCB interface -- 14.3 RSM Construction by Least Squares Fitting -- 14.4 Measures of Fit -- 14.5 Significance Testing -- 14.6 Confidence Intervals -- 14.7 Sensitivity Analysis and Design Optimization -- 14.8 Defect Rate Prediction Using Monte Carlo Simulation -- 14.9 Additional RSM Considerations -- 14.10 Summary…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Actuators 415 15.1 Mathematical Model 417 15.2 Fields of Application and Special Designs 419 5.3 Materials 426 15.4 Carbon Based Conductive Materials 447 15.5 Medical Applications 452 15.6 Optical Applications 454 15.7 Pumping Applications 456 16. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Abstract -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Glossary -- List of Symbols -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Purpose of the Work -- 1.2 Thesis Outline -- 1.3 Contributions -- 1.4 List of Publications -- 2 Theoretical Background -- 2.1 Biological Cells -- 2.1.1 The Eukaryotic Cell -- 2.1.2 Cellular Membrane -- 2.2 Electrical Properties of Biological Systems -- 2.3 Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy -- 2.3.1 Mathematical Concept of Impedance -- 2.3.2 Graphical Representation of Impedance Data -- 2.3.3 Electrical and Electrochemical Circuit Elements -- 2.3.4 Conditions for Valid EIS Data -- 3 Development of a Four Electrode Terminal Chamber System -- 3.1 Electrode Polarization in Low Frequencies -- 3.1.1 Interfacial Capacitance -- 3.1.2 Charge Transfer Resistance -- 3.1.3 Warburg Impedance for Diffusion Modelling -- 3.1.4 Solution Resistance -- 3.1.5 Equivalent Circuit of Electrode-Electrolyte Interface -- 3.2 Measurement Systems and Electrodes Setup -- 3.2.1 Two-Electrode Measurement System -- 3.2.2 Three-Terminal Measurement System -- 3.2.3 Four-Terminal Measurement System -- 3.3 Detailed ECM of the Experimental Setup -- 3.4 Designed System -- 3.5 Comparison 4T vs. 2T Measurements -- 3.6 Source of Artifacts in Low Frequency Impedance Experiments -- 4 Applying EIS to Cancer Cells Suspensions -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.1.1 Normal Cell Lines -- 4.1.2 Prostate Cancer Cell Lines -- 4.1.3 Leukemia Cell Lines -- 4.1.4 Colon Cancer Cell Lines -- 4.1.5 Breast Cancer Cell Lines -- 4.2 Experimental Procedure -- 4.3 Experimental Results -- 4.3.1 Impedance Magnitude and Phase Curves Using the 320 μL Chamber -- 4.3.2 Metastatic versus Non-Metastatic Cancers -- 4.3.3 Comparison of the Impedance Spectrum from Different Cell Lines -- 4.3.4 Cell Sizes -- 4.4 Suggestions for Future Experiments -- 4.4.1 Use a Temperature Controlled Box…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Satellite Communication Systems and Radar Sensors -- 10-1 Satellite Communication Systems -- 10-2 Satellite Transponders -- 10-3 Communication-Link Power Budget -- 10-4 Antenna Beams -- 10-5 Radar Sensors -- 10-6 Target Detection -- 10-7 Doppler Radar -- 10-8 Monopulse Radar -- Appendix A: Symbols, Quantities, and Units -- Appendix B: Material Constants of Some Common Materials -- Appendix C: Mathematical Formulas -- Appendix D: Fundamental Constants and Units -- Appendix E: Answers to Selected Problems -- Bibliography -- Index -- Tables for Reference…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…5.6 Third Normal Form -- 5.7 Boyce-Codd Normal Form -- 5.8 Multi-valued Dependency -- 5.9 Join Dependency -- 5.10 Lossless and Lossy Decompositions -- 5.11 Normalizing Tables -- 5.12 Examples -- Summary -- Chapter 6 Managing Data Using Structured Query Language (SQL) -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Data Definition Commands -- 6.3 Data Manipulation Commands -- 6.4 SELECT Statement and Its Clauses -- 6.5 Aggregate Functions -- 6.6 Date and Time Functions -- 6.7 String Functions -- 6.8 Conversion Functions -- 6.9 Mathematical Functions -- 6.10 Special Operators -- 6.11 Types of Constraints -- 6.12 Types of Join and Set Operators -- 6.13 Sub-query -- 6.14 Advances SQL Roll-up, Cube, Crosstab -- Summary -- Chapter 7 Introduction to PL/SQL -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Block of PL/SQL in Oracle -- 7.3 Cursors in Oracle -- 7.4 Procedures in Oracle -- 7.5 Functions in Oracle -- 7.6 Triggers in Oracle -- 7.7 Overview of Packages in Oracle -- Summary -- Chapter 8 Transaction Management in Database -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Definition of Transaction -- 8.3 Properties of Transaction -- 8.4 States of Transaction -- 8.5 Concurrency Control Using Locks -- 8.6 Deadlocks -- 8.7 Database Backup and Recovery -- 8.8 Security, Integrity and Authorization -- Summary -- Chapter 9 Centralized and Distributed Database Management System -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Types of Databases -- 9.3 Centralized Database Management System vs. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Architecture II: Structural Ambidexterity -- Critical Decision Point: Threat of Inertia -- Architecture III: Hybrid Forms of Ambidexterity -- Critical Decision Point: Threat of Disintegration -- Conclusion and Future Directions -- References -- Analogies and Analogical Reasoning in Invention -- Synonyms -- The Concepts ``Analogy ́ ́ and ``Invention ́ ́ -- Analogy -- Invention -- The Role of Analogy in Invention -- Invention in Engineering and Business Processes -- Invention in Science and Mathematics -- Invention in Art -- Implications for Theory and Practice -- Computer-Aided Innovation -- Computational Creativity -- Conclusions and Future Directions -- Cross-References -- References -- Analogy -- Angel Funding -- Angel Investors -- Synonyms -- Introduction -- Who are Angel Investors? …”

“…Some competence in mathematics is needed to the level of elementary linear algebra and calculus. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Ridge regression -- LASSO regression -- Data clustering -- The K-means algorithm -- K-means implementation with Spark ML -- Data dimensionality reduction -- Singular value decomposition -- Matrix theory and linear algebra overview -- The important properties of singular value decomposition -- SVD with Spark ML -- The principal component analysis method -- The PCA algorithm using SVD -- Implementing SVD with Spark ML -- Content-based recommendation systems -- Frequently asked questions -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Neural Network for Big Data -- Fundamentals of neural networks and artificial neural networks -- Perceptron and linear models -- Component notations of the neural network -- Mathematical representation of the simple perceptron model -- Activation functions -- Sigmoid function -- Tanh function -- ReLu -- Nonlinearities model -- Feed-forward neural networks -- Gradient descent and backpropagation -- Gradient descent pseudocode -- Backpropagation model -- Overfitting -- Recurrent neural networks -- The need for RNNs -- Structure of an RNN -- Training an RNN -- Frequently asked questions -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Deep Big Data Analytics -- Deep learning basics and the building blocks -- Gradient-based learning -- Backpropagation -- Non-linearities -- Dropout -- Building data preparation pipelines -- Practical approach to implementing neural net architectures -- Hyperparameter tuning -- Learning rate -- Number of training iterations -- Number of hidden units -- Number of epochs -- Experimenting with hyperparameters with Deeplearning4j -- Distributed computing -- Distributed deep learning -- DL4J and Spark -- API overview -- TensorFlow -- Keras -- Frequently asked questions -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Natural Language Processing -- Natural language processing basics -- Text preprocessing -- Removing stop words -- Stemming -- Porter stemming…”

“…"Hinging on basic principles, this banking handbook omits a lot of product detail and complex mathematics on the more technical aspects of finance and focuses on key issues in bank strategy, liquidity management, management reporting, the yield curve and asset liability management"--…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Commodity Option Pricing -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Web page for this book -- Notation -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Trade, Commerce and Commodities -- 1.2 Adapting to Commodities as an Asset Class -- 1.2.1 Classification of Commodities into Sub-categories -- 1.3 Challenges in Commodity Models -- 1.3.1 Futures -- 1.3.2 Correlation -- 1.3.3 Seasonality -- 1.3.4 American and Asian Features -- 2 Commodity Mathematics and Products -- 2.1 Spot, Forwards and Futures -- 2.1.1 Spot -- 2.1.2 Forwards -- 2.1.3 Futures -- 2.2 The Black-Scholes and Black-76 Models -- 2.2.1 The Black-Scholes Model -- 2.2.2 The Black-Scholes Model Without Convenience Yield -- 2.2.3 The Black-Scholes Model With Convenience Yield -- 2.2.4 The Black-76 Model -- 2.2.5 Risk-Neutral Valuation -- 2.2.6 Forwards -- 2.2.7 The Black-Scholes Term Structure Model -- 2.3 Forward and Futures Contracts -- 2.3.1 Forwards -- 2.3.2 Futures -- 2.3.3 Case Study -- 2.4 Commodity Swaps -- 2.5 European Options -- 2.5.1 European Options on Spot -- 2.5.2 European Options on Futures -- 2.5.3 Settlement Adjustments -- 2.6 American Options -- 2.6.1 Barone-Adesi and Whaley (1987) -- 2.6.2 Lattice Methods -- 2.7 Asian Options -- 2.7.1 Geometric Asian Options - Continuous Averaging -- 2.7.2 Arithmetic Asian Options - Continuous Averaging -- 2.7.3 Geometric Average Options - Discrete Fixings - Kemna and Vorst (1990) -- 2.7.4 Arithmetic Average Options - Discrete Fixings - Turnbull and Wakeman (1991) -- 2.8 Commodity Swaptions -- 2.9 Spread Options -- 2.9.1 Margrabe Exchange Options -- 2.9.2 The Kirk Approximation -- 2.9.3 Calendar Spread Options -- 2.9.4 Asian Spread Options -- 2.10 More Advanced Models -- 2.10.1 Mean Reverting Models -- 2.10.2 Multi-Factor Models -- 2.10.3 Convenience Yield Models -- 3 Precious Metals -- 3.1 Gold Forward and Gold Lease Rates…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Reliability and probability mathematics -- 1.5.1. Exponential distribution summary -- 1.5.2. …”