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Explains the theory behind Machine Learning and highlights how
Mathematics can be used in Artificial Intelligence Illustrates how
to improve existing algorithms by using advanced mathematics and
discusses how Machine Learning can support mathematical modeling
Captures how to simulate data by means of artificial neural
networks and offers cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence
technologies Emphasizes the classification of algorithms,
optimization methods, and statistical techniques Explores future
integration between Machine Learning and complex mathematical
techniques
Belonging to the realm of intelligent technologies, it is
increasingly accepted that artificial intelligence (AI) has evolved
from being merely a development standpoint in computer science.
Indeed, recent reports and academic publications show that we are
clearly on the path toward pervasive AI in both business and
society. Organizations must adopt AI to maintain a competitive
advantage and explore opportunities for unprecedented innovation.
This book focuses on understanding the wide range of opportunities
as well as the spectrum of challenges AI brings in different
business contexts and society at large. The book highlights novel
and high-quality research in data science and business analytics
and examines the current and future impact of AI in business and
society. The authors bridge the gap between business and technical
perspectives and demonstrate the potential (and actual) impact on
society. Embracing applied, qualitative, and quantitative research
as well as field experiments and data analysis, the book covers a
broad range of topics including but not limited to human-centered
AI, product and process innovation, corporate governance, AI and
ethics, organizational performance, and entrepreneurship. This
comprehensive book will be a valuable resource for researchers,
academics, and postgraduate students across AI, technology and
innovation management, and a wide range of business disciplines.
Battery Park City in Manhattan has been hailed as a triumph of
urban design, and is considered to be one of the success stories of
American urban redevelopment planning. The flood of praise for its
design, however, can obscure the many lessons from the long
struggle to develop the project. Nothing was built on the site for
more than a decade after the first master plan was approved, and
the redevelopment agency flirted with bankruptcy in 1979.
Taking a practice-oriented approach, the book examines the role of
planning and development agencies in implementing urban waterfront
redevelopment. It focuses upon the experience of the central actor
- the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) - and includes personal
interviews with executives of the BPCA, former New York mayors John
Lindsay and Ed Koch, key public officials, planners, and
developers. Describing the political, financial, planning, and
implementation issues faced by public agencies and private
developers from 1962 to 1993, it is both a case study and history
of one of the most ambitious examples of urban waterfront
redevelopment.
This fourteenth edition of Law Made Simple marks the fiftieth year
of the publication for one of the best-selling UK Law books. It is
the perfect introduction to the English Legal System, and combines
an overview of both the legislation and case law relating to all
the foundation subjects, including Contract, Torts, Land, Trusts,
Criminal, Public and EU. Fully updated, this book acts as a clear
and concise guide for students studying law at any level, and takes
into account developments across the curriculum. It is suitable for
students studying law at A-Level, or as an excellent background for
students thinking of embarking on the study of law or related
course at degree level.
The idea of modeling the behaviour of phenomena at multiple scales
has become a useful tool in both pure and applied mathematics.
Fractal-based techniques lie at the heart of this area, as fractals
are inherently multiscale objects; they very often describe
nonlinear phenomena better than traditional mathematical models. In
many cases they have been used for solving inverse problems arising
in models described by systems of differential equations and
dynamical systems. "Fractal-Based Methods in Analysis" draws
together, for the first time in book form, methods and results from
almost twenty years of research in this topic, including new
viewpoints and results in many of the chapters. For each topic the
theoretical framework is carefully explained using examples and
applications. The second chapter on basic iterated function systems
theory is designed to be used as the basis for a course and
includes many exercises. This chapter, along with the three
background appendices on topological and metric spaces, measure
theory, and basic results from set-valued analysis, make the book
suitable for self-study or as a source book for a graduate course.
The other chapters illustrate many extensions and applications of
fractal-based methods to different areas. This book is intended for
graduate students and researchers in applied mathematics,
engineering and social sciences. Herb Kunze is a professor of
mathematics at the University of Guelph in Ontario. Davide La Torre
is an associate professor of mathematics in the Department of
Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods of the University of
Milan. Franklin Mendivil is a professor of mathematics at Acadia
University in Nova Scotia. Edward Vrscay is a professor in the
department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Waterloo in
Ontario. The major focus of their research is on fractals and the
applications of fractals.
The idea of modeling the behaviour of phenomena at multiple
scales has become a useful tool in both pure and applied
mathematics. Fractal-based techniques lie at the heart of this
area, as fractals are inherently multiscale objects; they very
often describe nonlinear phenomena better than traditional
mathematical models. In many cases they have been used for solving
inverse problems arising in models described by systems of
differential equations and dynamical systems.
"Fractal-Based Methods in Analysis" draws together, for the
first time in book form, methods and results from almost twenty
years of research in this topic, including new viewpoints and
results in many of the chapters. For each topic the theoretical
framework is carefully explained using examples and
applications.
The second chapter on basic iterated function systems theory is
designed to be used as the basis for a course and includes many
exercises. This chapter, along with the three background appendices
on topological and metric spaces, measure theory, and basic results
from set-valued analysis, make the book suitable for self-study or
as a source book for a graduate course. The other chapters
illustrate many extensions and applications of fractal-based
methods to different areas. This book is intended for graduate
students and researchers in applied mathematics, engineering and
social sciences.
Herb Kunze is a professor of mathematics at the University of
Guelph in Ontario. Davide La Torre is an associate professor of
mathematics in the Department of Economics, Management and
Quantitative Methods of the University of Milan. Franklin Mendivil
is a professor of mathematics at Acadia University in Nova Scotia.
Edward Vrscay is a professor in the department of Applied
Mathematics at the University of Waterloo in Ontario. The major
focus of their research is on fractals and the applications of
fractals.
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This fourteenth edition of Law Made Simple marks the fiftieth year
of the publication for one of the best-selling UK Law books. It is
the perfect introduction to the English Legal System, and combines
an overview of both the legislation and case law relating to all
the foundation subjects, including Contract, Torts, Land, Trusts,
Criminal, Public and EU. Fully updated, this book acts as a clear
and concise guide for students studying law at any level, and takes
into account developments across the curriculum. It is suitable for
students studying law at A-Level, or as an excellent background for
students thinking of embarking on the study of law or related
course at degree level.
Turner Publishing proudly presents a fully-updated edition of The
Nonprofit Strategy Revolution FINALIST, Ben Franklin Awards,
Independent Book Publishers Association, Business Category The
world changes continuously and rapidly. It’s foolhardy to believe
that strategies should not do so as well. Nonprofit leaders already
know this, but traditional strategic planning has locked them into
a process that’s divorced from today’s reality. That’s why
plans sit on the shelf and why smart executives are always seeking
workarounds in between planning periods. The Nonprofit Strategy
Revolution offers a nimble and powerful alternative. In this
groundbreaking book, strategy expert David La Piana introduces
“Real-Time Strategic Planning,” a fluid, organic process that
engages staff and board in a program of systematic readiness and
continuous responsiveness. With it, your nonprofit will be able to
identify, understand, and act on challenges and opportunities as
they arise. At the heart of this practical book is the Real-Time
Strategic Planning Cycle. Based on four years of research and
testing with a variety of nonprofits, this proven process guides
you through the steps to sound strategy. You’ll find tools for
clarifying your competitive advantage; generating a strategy
screen—criteria for evaluating strategies to be able to respond
quickly; handling big questions; developing and testing strategies;
and implementing and adapting strategies. This useful guide also
includes exhibits and case examples showing how concepts play out
in real-life; a total of 27 tools—10 of which are essential for
forming strategies; Theory to Action sidebars telling you which
tool to use for a given task; and a link to downloadable content
with all the tools and interactive worksheets you’ll need, as
well as a Facilitator’s Guide to Real-Time Strategic Planning
that gives you everything you need: the day’s agenda,
instructions for preparing flip charts, prework to be done,
handouts, and worksheets. Use The Nonprofit Strategy Revolution and
get the clarity and direction you need for maximum mission success.
In the depths of the Depression, a man stopped along Highway 17
north of Edenton, North Carolina, and in the woods there found a
stone that seemed to be carved with Elizabethan english. The man
took the stone to scholars at Emory University, who were shocked to
find the inscription purported to solve one of the greatest
mysteries in American history: What happened to the Lost Colony of
Roanoke? Seeking more stones, the professors in Georgia offered a
reward for any others that might be found. Lo and behold, a
dirt-poor Georgian began finding them virtually everywhere. From
South Carolina to just outside Atlanta, Bill Eberhardt kept the
scholars of Brenau College provided with a steady supply of the
stones. They seemed to say that Elizabeth Dare, mother to Virginia
and wife of Ananias Dare, had escaped with a handful of her fellow
Roanoke colonists and made her way to live with friendly Indians in
the interior. The sensational part of the story the stones told was
that those Indians were located in what is now the state of Georgia
But were the stones real, or were they clever fakes? David La Vere
weaves the mesmerizing tale of the Dare Stones in with the equally
dramatic and mysterious tale of Raleigh's lost settlers on Roanoke,
to make a book that will have you completely absorbed.
Nonprofit mergers are on the rise. Executive directors and board
members are discovering the advantages: comprehensive service
delivery, better finances, more powerful fundraising, increased
market share. Bottom line, mergers make more mission possible. From
assessing reasons and readiness, to finding a partner, to
negotiating the best path, to budgeting and implementation, author
David La Piana guides you through the maze of options with a steady
hand. Based on experience with more than sixty mergers, this
handbook is the perfect starting point for any nonprofit exploring
a possible merger and a basic resource for all nonprofit managers.
You'll find: how to decide what kind of structure from
collaboration to merger meets your goals; how to know your own
motivation and keep your mission forefront; what kind of merger
best fits your goals, structure, and financial situation; how to
seek merger partners and objectively assess the pros and cons of
each; how to manage the boards essential role in merger
considerations; how to exercise due diligence and write the merger
agreement; how to deal with the rumor mill; what you can do
yourself, when to call in attorneys and consultants, and how to
select them; typical roadblocks and how to beat them; how to move
past old history and build new traditions as you integrate staff,
management, boards, systems, and corporate cultures; how to budget
for and raise funds to implement the merger; and much more Full
merger case studies, decision trees, twenty-two worksheets,
checklists, tips, milestones, an extensive resource section and
many samples including the minutes of a completed merger
negotiation give you concrete assistance with your own merger plans
and implementation. A special chapter written for nonprofit
organizational consultants explains their roles and
responsibilities in assisting clients interested in merger.
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