Tabla de Contenidos: “…Static field initialization orderNondeterminism of static constructor calls; Self-Referencing; this keyword; base keyword; Destructors and Finalizers; Nested Types; Interfaces; Defining an Interface; Implementing an Interface; Using an Interface; Extending an Interface; Explicit Interface Implementation; Reimplementing an Interface; Interface Conversions; Arrays; Multidimensional Arrays; Local and Field Array Declarations; Array Length and Rank; Bounds Checking; Array Conversions; Enums; Enum Operators; Enum Conversions; Delegates; Multicast Delegates…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Diversification and the Acquisition of Leading Industry Positions; Achieving a Number One or Two Ranking Is Not a Panacea; Diversification to Enter More Profitable Industries; Empirical Evidence on Diversification…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Criminal law: crimes and speech Difficulties for Brandenburg posed by news media; Other possible First Amendment protections; Conclusion; Notes; 3 World justice - the rule of law around the world; Legal implications of social media; The rule of law; Rankings of the rule of law by regions; Rule of Law Index and social media; Social media - chance or challenge?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Building Blocks and Reputation Tips; Extending the Grammar: Building Blocks; The Data: Claim Types; Qualitative claim types; Text comments; Media uploads; Quantitative claim types; Relevant external objects; Normalized value; Rank value; Scalar value; Processes: Computing Reputation…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Use Stars on Messages to Show Membership Contribution Levels; 6. Rank the Value of Members' Messages; 7. Remove the Fear Factor by Providing Examples of How to Participate; 8. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 7: Global Services Market: The West's Edge and China as Number Five China Joins the Ranks of Leading Services Exporters, but the United States Is Far Ahead; China's Trade Deficit; China Has a Structural Weakness in Services That Is Difficult to Overcome; The U.S. and EU Surpluses in the Services Trade with China Are Meager; The Right Time to Capture the Chinese Market; Note; Chapter 8: Is China a New Financial Superpower?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Let's Demystify Government Contracting; The Pros of Entering the Government Contracting Market; Market Size; Stability; Recession-Proof; Timely Payments; Competitive Edge in the Commercial Arena; Open to Entry; Not as Hostile as Other Sectors; Clear Trend: Less Corruption and Greater Transparency; The Cons of Joining the Ranks of Federal Contractors; There Is a Lot to Learn…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Understanding Apache Solr; Challenges in enterprise search; Understanding Apache Solr; Features of Apache Solr; Solr for end users; Powerful full text search; Search through rich information; Results ranking, pagination, and sorting; Facets for better browsing experience; Advanced search capabilities; Administration; Apache Solr architecture; Storage; Solr application; Integration; Client APIs and SolrJ client; Other interfaces; Practical use cases for Apache Solr…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Additional ResourcesLocal Colleges and Universities; Business Intelligence Companies; Other Places to Look for Market-Research Help; Foreign Trade; The Export Practitioner; Ease of Doing Business Rankings; The World Factbook; US and World Population Clock; World Bank Atlas Method; Euromonitor International; eAtlas of Global Development; International Trade Statistics Yearbook; Bureau of Economic Analysis; Binational Societies, Councils, and Trade Associations; Additional Instant Resources; Creating an Action Plan; Summary; Notes…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning -- Full Fine-Tuning Versus PEFT -- LoRA and QLoRA -- LoRA Fundamentals -- Rank -- Target Modules and Layers -- Applying LoRA -- Merging LoRA Adapter with Original Model -- Maintaining Separate LoRA Adapters -- Full-Fine Tuning Versus LoRA Performance -- QLoRA -- Prompt Tuning and Soft Prompts -- Summary -- Chapter 7. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…7.6 Secondary Sanctions and Their Compatibility with wto Law -- 8 Conclusion -- part 2 -- The International Enforcement of Human Rights and the Legality of Unilateral Human Rights Sanctions -- 3 The International Enforcement of Human Rights -- 1 Human Rights Treaties and Enforcement Mechanisms -- 1.1 The Core Human Rights Treaties: A Short Review -- 1.2 Reporting Obligation -- 1.3 Mechanisms of Interstate Complaints -- 1.4 Mechanisms for Individual Complaints -- 1.5 Inquiry Procedure -- 1.6 Dispute Settlement Provisions and the Role of the International Court of Justice -- 1.7 The Deficiencies of Treaty-Based Enforcement Mechanisms -- 2 Enforcement of Human Rights That Have Acquired a Special Status -- 2.1 Jus Cogens -- 2.2 Obligations Erga Omnes -- 3 The Role of the Human Rights Council in the International Protection of Human Rights -- 4 The Role of the UN Security Council in Responding to Atrocities -- 4.1 Humanitarian Intervention and Responsibility to Protect (R2P) -- 4.2 Collective Economic Sanctions -- 5 Conclusion -- 4 The Legality of Unilateral Economic Sanctions Imposed to Redress Human Rights Violations -- 1 Human Rights Sanctions and the Principle of Non-intervention -- 2 Economic Sanctions Targeting Human Rights Violations and the Draft Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts -- 3 Economic Sanctions Targeting Human Rights Violations and the Immunities of Heads of States and Other High-Ranking Government Officials -- 4 Economic Sanctions Imposed on Human Rights Grounds and wto Law -- 4.1 Justification under the Public Morals Exception -- 4.2 Justification under the National Security Exception -- 5 Conclusion -- part 3 -- The Contribution of the Doctrine of Common Concern of Humankind to the International Protection of Human Rights -- 5 The Doctrine of the Common Concern of Humankind and Its Contribution to Enhancing Human Rights Protection -- 1 The Evolution of the Doctrine of the Common Concern of Humankind -- 2 The Suggested Normative Implications of the Principle of the Common Concern of Humankind -- 2.1 Duty to Cooperate -- 2.2 Obligation to Do One’s Homework -- 2.3 Securing Compliance -- 3 The Introduction of the Doctrine of Common Concern of Humankind into International Human Rights Law -- 3.1 The Reasons behind States’ Abuses of Human Rights…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…8.3.1 Detection and scatterer parameter estimation of single scatterers at full resolution -- 8.3.2 Detection and scatterer parameter estimation for multiple scatterers at full resolution -- 8.3.3 Multilook detection of weak persistent scatterers -- 8.3.4 Extension to multi-dimensional imaging -- 8.4 TomoSAR applications to volume scattering scenarios -- 8.4.1 Single polarization multibaseline TomoSAR data model for vegetated areas -- 8.4.2 Multipolarization multibaseline TomoSAR data model for vegetated areas -- 8.4.3 Polarimetric unitary rank TomoSAR imaging -- 8.4.4 Polarimetric full rank TomoSAR imaging -- 8.4.5 Polarimetric backscattering separation -- A Appendices -- A.1 Fourier Transform and properties -- A.2 Baseband signal -- A.3 Factorization property -- A.4 Stationary phase approximation -- A.5 Eigenvalue invariance under the Hadamard multiplication by a phase only dyadic product -- A.6 Basic electromagnetic principles -- A.7 Elementary antennas -- A.8 Antenna array -- A.9 Generalized likelihood ratio test detection of persistent scatterers -- List of symbols -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Configuring the Surface Area of SQL ServerRemoving SQL Server; Summary; Chapter 5: Client Software Connectivity; Enabling Server Connectivity; SQL Server Native Client Features; Summary; Chapter 6: Using Management Studio; Organizing the Interface; Registered Servers; Object Explorer; Using the Query Editor; Using the Solution Explorer; Introducing the Templates; Summary; Part II: Manipulating Data with Select; Chapter 7: Understanding Basic Query Flow; Understanding Query Flow; From Clause Data Sources; Where Conditions; Ordering the Result Set; Select Distinct; Ranking; Summary…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…4.2.2.8 Decision Making -- 4.2.2.9 Consumer Nation Identity (CNI) -- 4.2.2.10 Quality of Service -- 4.3 Conclusion -- 4.4 Further Studies -- References -- Chapter 5 A Method for Ranking Fuzzy Numbers Based on Their Value, Ambiguity, Fuzziness, and Vagueness -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Preliminaries -- 5.2.1 Definitions and Concepts -- 5.3 The Designed Method -- 5.4 Validate the Reasonableness of the Suggested Ranking Algorithm -- 5.5 Comparative Analysis and Numerical Examples -- 5.6 Application -- 5.7 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6 Evacuation of Attributes to Translucent TNSET in Mathematics Using Rough Topology -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Basic Concepts of Rough Topology -- 6.2.1 Conditional Attribute -- 6.2.2 Decision Attribute -- 6.2.3 Rough Topology -- 6.2.4 Lower Approximation -- 6.2.5 Upper Approximation -- 6.2.6 Boundary Region -- 6.2.7 Basis -- 6.2.8 Information System -- 6.2.9 Core -- 6.3 Algorithm -- 6.4 Information System -- 6.5 Working Procedure -- 6.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7 Design of Type-2 Fuzzy Controller for Hybrid Multi-Area Power System -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Plant Model -- 7.3 Controller Design -- 7.3.1 Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) Controller -- 7.3.2 Fractional Order Proportional Integral Derivative (FOPID) Controller -- 7.3.3 Type-2-Fuzzy Logic -- 7.4 Levenberg-Marquardt Algorithm -- 7.5 Optimization of Controller Parameters Using CASO Algorithm -- 7.6 Result and Analysis -- 7.6.1 Without Disturbances -- 7.6.2 With Disturbances -- 7.7 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Chapter 8 Alzheimer's Detection and Classification Using Fine-Tuned Convolutional Neural Network -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Literature Review -- 8.3 Methodology -- 8.3.1 Dataset -- 8.3.2 Pre-Processing -- 8.4 Implementation and Results -- 8.5 Conclusion -- References…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Machine generated contents note: List of Contributors Preface Part One The Contributions of Intelligent Techniques in Multicriteria Decision Aiding 1 Computational Intelligence Techniques for Multicriteria Decision Aiding: An Overview 1.1 Introduction 1.2 The MCDA Paradigm 1.2.1 Modeling Process 1.2.2 Methodological Approaches 1.3 Computational Intelligence in MCDA 1.3.1 Statistical Learning and Data Mining 1.3.2 Fuzzy Modeling 1.3.3 Metaheuristics 1.4 Conclusions References 2 Intelligent Decision Support Systems 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Fundamentals of Human Decision Making 2.3 Decision Support System 2.4 Intelligent Decision Support Systems 2.4.1 Artificial Neural Networks for Intelligent Decision Support 2.4.2 Fuzzy Logic for Intelligent Decision Support 2.4.3 Expert Systems for Intelligent Decision Support 2.4.4 Evolutionary Computing for Intelligent Decision Support 2.4.5 Intelligent Agents for Intelligent Decision Support 2.5 Evaluating Intelligent Decision Support Systems 2.5.1 Determining Evaluation Criteria 2.5.2 Multi-Criteria Model for IDSS Assessment 2.6 Summary and Future Trends References Part Two Intelligent Technologies for Decision Support and Preference Modeling 3 Designing Distributed Multi-Criteria Decision Support Systems for Complex and Uncertain Situations 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Example Applications 3.3 Key Challenges 3.4 Making Trade-offs: Multi-criteria Decision Analysis 3.4.1 Multi-attribute Decision Support 3.4.2 Making Trade-offs Under Uncertainty 3.5 Exploring the Future: Scenario-based Reasoning 3.6 Making Robust Decisions: Combining MCDA and SBR 3.6.1 Decisions Under Uncertainty: The Concept of Robustness 3.6.2 Combining Scenarios and MCDA 3.6.3 Collecting, Sharing and Processing Information: A Distributed Approach 3.6.4 Keeping Track of Future Developments: Constructing Comparable Scenarios 3.6.5 Respecting Constraints and Requirements: Scenario Management 3.6.6 Assisting Evaluation: Assessing Large Numbers of Scenarios 3.7 Discussion 3.8 Conclusion References 4 Preference Representation with Ontologies 4.1 Introduction 4.1.1 Structure of the Chapter 4.2 Ontology-based Preference Models 4.3 Maintaining the User's Profile up to Date 4.4 Decision Making Methods Exploiting the Preference Information Stored in Ontologies 4.4.1 Recommendation Based on Aggregation 4.4.2 Recommendation Based on Similarities 4.4.3 Recommendation Based on Rules 4.5 Discussion and Open Questions References Part Three Decision Models 5 Neural Networks in Multicriteria Decision Support 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Basic Concepts of Neural Networks 5.2.1 Neural Networks for Intelligent Decision Support 5.3 Basics in Multicriteria Decision Aid 5.3.1 MCDM Problems 5.3.2 Solutions of MCDM Problems 5.4 Neural Networks and Multicriteria Decision Support 5.4.1 Review of Neural Network Applications to MCDM Problems 5.4.2 Discussion 5.5 Summary and Conclusions References 6 Rule-Based Approach to Multicriteria Ranking 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Problem Setting 6.3 Pairwise Comparison Table (PCT) 6.4 Rough Approximation of Outranking and Non-outranking Relations 6.5 Induction and Application of Decision Rules 6.6 Exploitation of Preference Graphs 6.7 Illustrative Example 6.8 Summary and Conclusions References 7 About the Application of Evidence Theory in MultiCriteria Decision Aid 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Evidence Theory: Some Concepts 7.2.1 Knowledge Model 7.2.2 Combination 7.2.3 Decision Making 7.3 New Concepts in Evidence Theory for MCDA 7.3.1 First Belief Dominance 7.3.2 RBBD Concept 7.4 Multicriteria Methods modeled by Evidence Theory 7.4.1 Evidential Reasoning Approach 7.4.2 DS/AHP 7.4.3 DISSET 7.4.4 A Choice Model Inspired by ELECTRE I 7.4.5 A Ranking Model Inspired by Xu et al.'…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 2.2.5 General Comments on Choice of Visualization -- 2.3 Measures of Variation -- 2.3.1 Covariance -- 2.3.2 Covariance Matrix -- 2.4 Correlation -- 2.4.1 Pearson's Correlation Coef cient -- 2.4.2 Spearman's Rank Correlation Coef cient -- 2.4.3 Which Measure of Correlation to Use? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Dos clases de criterios para evaluar las universidades -- 2. Los rankings más importantes sobre la excelencia universitaria -- 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “….); INTRODUCCIÓN; VENTAJAS COMPETITIVAS DE LAS CIUDADES; ESTRATEGIAS DE COMPETITIVIDAD Y COOPERACIÓN; RANKING DE CIUDADES: UNA APROXIMACIÓN; UNA PROPUESTA METODOLÓGICA PARA LA MEDICIÓN (...); EJERCICIO DE APLICACIÓN PARA UN CONJUNTO (...); HACIA LA CONSTRUCCIÓN DE MÉTODOS MIXTOS (...); ANEXO 1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…2 The Social Institutions and Gender Index 332.1 Introduction 33; 2.2 The OECD Gender, Institutions and Development (GID) Database 36; 2.3 Construction of the Subindices 37; 2.3.1 Measuring the Association Between Categorical Variables 38; 2.3.2 Aggregating Variables to Build a Subindex 39; 2.4 The Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) 41; 2.5 Results 44; 2.5.1 Country Rankings and Regional Patterns 44; 2.5.2 Simple Correlation with other Gender-related Indices 47; 2.5.3 Regression Analysis 48; 2.6 Conclusion 50; 3 Gender-Related Social Institutions and Development 53…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Preparing Your Playground; Summary; Chapter 2: A Primer in Basic SEO; Introduction to SEO; Search Engine Ranking Factors; Potential Search Engine Penalties; Resources and Tools; Summary; Chapter 3: Provocative SE-Friendly URLs; Why Do URLs Matter?…”