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Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 5.6.3 REST Basics -- 5.6.4 Applying REST to M2M -- 5.6.5 Additional Functionalities -- 5.7 ETSI TC M2M Resource-Based M2M Communication and Procedures -- 5.7.1 Introduction -- 5.7.2 Definitions Used in this Section -- 5.7.3 Resource Structure -- 5.7.4 Interface Procedures -- 5.8 Chapter Conclusion -- References -- 6 M2M Optimizations in Public Mobile Networks -- 6.1 Chapter Overview -- 6.2 M2M over a Telecommunications Network -- 6.2.1 Introduction -- 6.2.2 M2M Communication Scenarios -- 6.2.3 Mobile or Fixed Networks -- 6.2.4 Data Connections for M2M Applications -- 6.3 Network Optimizations for M2M -- 6.3.1 Introduction -- 6.3.2 3GPP Standardization of Network Improvements for Machine Type Communications -- 6.3.3 Cost Reduction -- 6.3.4 M2M Value-Added Services -- 6.3.5 Numbering, Identifiers, and Addressing -- 6.3.6 Triggering Optimizations -- 6.3.7 Overload and Congestion Control -- References -- 7 The Role of IP in M2M -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.1.1 IPv6 in Brief -- 7.1.2 Neighbor Discovery Protocol -- 7.2 IPv6 for M2M -- 7.3 6LoWPAN -- 7.3.1 Framework -- 7.3.2 Header Compression -- 7.3.3 Neighbor Discovery -- 7.4 Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL)…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Key pain points and bottlenecks -- The components of the fiscal close -- Governing the fiscal close process -- The transaction accumulation, reconciliation and sub-ledger close -- Introduction to the standards of internal control -- Roles and responsibilities during the fiscal close -- The general ledger and trial balance -- The common chart of accounts -- Cost centers -- The journal entry process -- Spreadsheet controls -- Checklists for the transaction accumulation and sob-ledger close -- Sample policies for the transaction accumulation, reconciliation and subledger close -- Process narratives for the transaction accumulation, reconciliation and sub-ledger close process -- Standards of internal control for the transaction, accumulation, reconciliation and sub-ledger close process -- Corporate close and consolidation -- The number of consolidation points -- The number of closing cycles -- Post-closing entries -- Communication and accountability -- Financial statement assertions -- Checklists for the corporate close and consolidation process -- Sample policies for the corporate close and consolidation process -- Process narratives for the corporate close and consolidation process -- Standards of internal control for the corporate close and consolidation process -- Analysis and reporting (the final mile) -- Internal reporting and external reporting -- Budgeting and forecasting -- Reduce fiscal close cycle times by moving your finance function to "dynamic" budgeting and planning -- Fixed assets and the capital budget -- The forecast process -- The fiscal close and strategic planning -- Analytics to detect financial statement fraud -- Checklists for the analysis and reporting process -- Sample policies for the analysis and reporting process -- Process narratives for the analysis and reporting process -- Standards of internal control for the analysis and reporting process -- The virtual close : myth or reality? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright and Credits -- Packt Upsell -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Time Series Modeling in the Financial Industry -- Time series illustration -- The importance of time series -- Forecasting across industries -- Characteristics of time series data -- Seasonality -- Trend -- Outliers and rare events -- Disruptions -- Challenges in data -- Influencer variables -- Definition changes -- Granularity required -- Legacy issues -- System differences -- Source constraints -- Vendor changes -- Archiving policy -- Good versus bad forecasts -- Use of time series in the financial industry -- Predicting stock prices and making portfolio decisions -- Adhering to Basel norms -- Demand planning -- Inflation forecasting -- Managing customer journeys and maintaining loyalty -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 2: Forecasting Stock Prices and Portfolio Decisions using Time Series -- Portfolio forecasting -- A portfolio demands decisions -- Forecasting process -- Visualization of time series data -- Business case study -- Data collection and transformation -- Model selection and fitting -- Part A - Fit statistics -- Part B - Diagnostic plots -- Part C - Residual plots -- Dealing with multicollinearity -- Role of autocorrelation -- Scoring based on PROC REG -- ARIMA -- Validation of models -- Model implementation -- Recap of key terms -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Credit Risk Management -- Risk types -- Basel norms -- Credit risk key metrics -- Exposure at default -- Probability of default -- Loss given default -- Expected loss -- Aspects of credit risk management -- Basel and regulatory authority guidelines -- Governance -- Validation -- Data -- PD model build -- Genmod procedure -- Proc logistic -- Proc Genmod probit -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Budget and Demand Forecasting -- The need for the Markov model…”

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