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Here is a concise introduction to a fascinating new field which draws on ideas from economics, mathematics and, most recently, psychology to better understand financial markets. The book includes recent results in behavioral finance that help to explain puzzles in traditional finance.

This text explains the basics of vehicle dynamics and offers the rules for building simulation models, thus enabling the reader to develop his own simulation model for vehicle dynamics and to apply commercial simulation programmes.

This book presents the hardware implementation of control algorithms represented by graph-schemes of algorithm. It includes new methods of logic synthesis and optimization for logic circuits of Mealy and Moore FSMs oriented on both ASIC and FPLD.

This book presents practical paradigms in insurance as well as numerous exercises with solutions. This second edition emphasizes the implementation of all covered techniques through the use of R, the de facto standard for statistical computation.

Having the high unemployment in Germany in mind, this book discusses how macroeconomic theory has evolved over the past forty years.

This book offers the basic grasp of general equilibrium theory that is a fundamental background for advanced work in virtually any sub-field of economics, and the thorough understanding of the methods of welfare economics, particularly in a general equilibrium context, that is indispensable for undertaking applied policy analysis.

Emerging markets have received a particular attention of academic researchers and practitioners since they decided to open their domestic capital markets to foreign participants about three decades ago.

This book is the first of a series covering the major topics that are taught in university courses in Theoretical Physics: Mechanics, Electrodynamics, Quantum Theory and Statistical Physics.

Intends to cover the interdisciplinary field of nanoscience beginning with the physical principles and extending to synthesis (chemistry), materials science, nanoelectronics, nanobiology, and nanomedicine. Thsi book is based on lecture courses given by the author at his university and other universities abroad.

The law plays a significant role in ensuring aviation security. This book addresses various threats to civil aviation. It evaluates security tools in use such as the Public Key Directory, Advance Passenger Information, Passenger Name Record and Machine Readable travel documents in the context of their legal and regulatory background.

This book covers electron transport in the materials and structures at the basis of micro- and nano-electronics. It offers step-by-step derivation of all calculations, from basic laws of classical and quantum physics to modern theoretical technique.

Many business managerial decisions are influenced by taxes. This text identifies and quantifies possible tax effects on investment strategies and financing policies of national and multinational companies. It includes case studies, exercises and tables.

This is the first book in the special field of masticatory robots for applications including foods texture analysis, dental training and speech therapy. It provides a thorough review of the human masticatory system and is a valuable reference for researchers.

concentrates on teaching techniques using as much theory as needed. application of the techniques to many problems of materials characterization.

This book guides readers through the various cervical structures in a series of practical chapters that depict the methods employed by surgeons operating in vivo. Includes illustrations of all surgical anatomy relevant to the treatment of oncologic patients.

This concise and user-friendly atlas, updated for this new edition, is a welcome resource for clinicians and resident physicians as well as pathologists, and reflects the recent advances in imaging that have facilitated much earlier diagnosis of neoplasms.

This book is written for students and practitioners who are looking for a single introductory Excel-based resource that covers three essential business and analytical skills: data analysis, business modeling, and simulation of complex problems.

In this three-volume book, the law of corporate finance is defined in a modern way and studied from the perspective of a non-financial firm. The third volume discusses a wide range of funding and exit transactions as well as the legal aspects of takeovers.

This second volume discusses how risk, agency, and information can be managed in all contracts. In addition, the second volume contains an introduction to the legal aspects of payment obligations and the management of various forms of counterparty risk.

This volume explores the changes in speculative trading in the United States to provide an understanding of the present economic crisis. Readers will find a unified mathematical theory of speculation and new chapters that discuss neoliberalism.

This book provides an introduction to general relativity based on the homogeneity and isotropy of the local universe. It aims to help the reader to understand the basics of cosmology and general relativity. All relevant experiments are explained and reported.

This up-to-date review examines key areas of animal behaviour, including communication, cognition, conflict, cooperation, sexual selection and behavioural variation. Various tests are covered, including recent empirical examples.

This account of sources of ionizing radiation and methods of radiation protection describes units of radiation protection, measurement techniques, biological effects, environmental radiation and many applications. Each chapter contains problems with solutions.

We live in a dynamic and inter-connected world, and this book is about how business leaders can harness uncertainty and make their teams and enterprises "super-flexible". Based on 25 years of field research, the focus is on actionable knowledge.

This comprehensive and yet approachable textbook emphasizes a few fundamental principles and extracts from them a wealth of information. This approach enables the authors to unify an enormous and diverse subject which might at first appear too disjointed.

This introduction to quantum chromodynamics presents the basic concepts and calculations in a clear and didactic style accessible to those new to the field. Readers will find useful methods for obtaining numerical results, including pure gauge theory and quenched spectroscopy.

Combining proven restructuring strategies with rigorous theoretical analysis, and explaining how to set and achieve asset, staffing, sales and profit goals, this is a practical approach to solving the problems of troubled and underperforming companies.

Dermatological Diseases of the Nose and Ears gives comprehensive information about the lesions of these regions. It contains high quality original clinical pictures, which make the diagnosis easier in this important aspect of clinical dermatological practice.

This extended and revised edition describes a compilation of spectroscopic fundamentals, methods and applications. New sections cover mesoscopic and nanoscopic solids, single electron spectroscopy and quantization in magnetic fields. Exercises and solutions illustrate key concepts in the text.

Based on the graduate course in Earthquake Hydrology at Berkeley University, this text introduces the basic materials, provides a comprehensive overview of the field to interested readers and beginning researchers, and acts as a convenient reference point.