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Monte Carlo Simulation with Applications to Finance
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May 22, 2012
Author(s):
Hui Wang
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Developed from the author’s course on Monte Carlo simulation at Brown University, Monte Carlo Simulation with Applications to Finance provides a self-contained introduction to Monte Carlo methods in financial engineering. It is suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students taking a …
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Nanotechnology: Ethical and Social Implications
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May 17, 2012
Editor(s):
Ahmed S. Khan
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Advances in nanotechnology are transforming the ways of creating materials and products, leading society to the threshold of a second industrial revolution. However, future opportunities will depend significantly on how nanotechnology stakeholders deal with the short-term and long-term benefits, …
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Customer and Business Analytics: Applied Data Mining for Business Decision Making Using R
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May 07, 2012
Author(s):
Daniel S. Putler; Robert E. Krider
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Customer and Business Analytics: Applied Data Mining for Business Decision Making Using R explains and demonstrates, via the accompanying open-source software, how advanced analytical tools can address various business problems. It also gives insight into some of the challenges faced when deploying …
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Performance Evaluation of Industrial Systems: Discrete Event Simulation in Using Excel/VBA, Second Edition
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April 11, 2012
Author(s):
David Elizandro; Hamdy Taha
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Basic approaches to discrete simulation have been process simulation languages (e.g., GPSS) and event-scheduling type (e.g., SIMSCRIPT). The trade-offs are that event-scheduling languages offer more modeling flexibility and process-oriented languages are more intuitive to the user. With these …
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Superior Customer Value: Strategies for Winning and Retaining Customers, Third Edition
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February 24, 2012
Author(s):
Art Weinstein
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A customer-centric culture provides focus and direction for the organization, ensuring that exceptional value will be offered to customers — this, in turn, results in enhanced market performance. Unfortunately, caught up in the daily economic and competitive pressures of running complex and …
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An Introduction to Exotic Option Pricing
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February 03, 2012
Author(s):
Peter Buchen
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In an easy-to-understand, nontechnical yet mathematically elegant manner, An Introduction to Exotic Option Pricing shows how to price exotic options, including complex ones, without performing complicated integrations or formally solving partial differential equations (PDEs). The author …
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The Business of Criminal Justice: A Guide for Theory and Practice
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December 19, 2011
Author(s):
Daniel Adrian Doss; Chengqi Guo; Joo Young Lee
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Regardless of the type, size, or mission of a criminal justice or law enforcement organization, optimum decision making can be achieved by examining activities and functions from the perspective of traditional business administration. Using profit and nonprofit business models, The Business of …
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Project Management: Systems, Principles, and Applications
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December 12, 2011
Author(s):
Adedeji B. Badiru
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As organizations realize the benefits of PM, the need to develop effective management tools rises with the increasing complexity of new technologies and processes. Taking a systems approach to accomplishing goals and objectives, Project Management: Systems, Principles, and Applications covers …
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Option Valuation: A First Course in Financial Mathematics
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November 23, 2011
Author(s):
Hugo D. Junghenn
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Option Valuation: A First Course in Financial Mathematics provides a straightforward introduction to the mathematics and models used in the valuation of financial derivatives. It examines the principles of option pricing in detail via standard binomial and stochastic calculus models. Developing the …
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Value-Added Decision Making for Managers
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October 05, 2011
Author(s):
Kenneth Chelst; Yavuz Burak Canbolat
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Developed from the authors’ longstanding course on decision and risk analysis, Value-Added Decision Making for Managers explores the important interaction between decisions and management action and clarifies the barriers to rational decision making. The authors analyze strengths and weaknesses of …
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Transforming Health Care: Virginia Mason Medical Center's Pursuit of the Perfect Patient Experience

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Leading the Lean Healthcare Journey: Driving Culture Change to Increase Value

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