Academic Press imprint: 6422 books
Supply Chain Design and Management
Strategic and Tactical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2002
Supply Chain Design and Management introduces the concept of a sharing mechanism that will ensure the sustainability of a supply chain by fair distribution of costs and benefits. This book provides a holistic view of the supply chain from product development, purchasing, manufacturing, distribution and...
Entrepreneurship in the Gulf Cooperation Council
Guidelines for Starting and Managing Businesses
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
Entrepreneurship in the Gulf Cooperation Council: Entrepreneurship in the Gulf Cooperation Council promotes a practical approach to starting businesses, and is useful not only for students, but also to anyone seeking practical insights on the essential aspects of entrepreneurship.
As a wide-ranging...
by Robert H. Riffenburgh
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2012
Statistics in Medicine, Third Edition makes medical statistics easy to understand by students, practicing physicians, and researchers. The book begins with databases from clinical medicine and uses such data to give multiple worked-out illustrations of every method. The text opens with how to plan...
Practical Biostatistics
A Friendly Step-by-Step Approach for Evidence-based Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
Evidence-based medicine aims to apply the best available evidence gained from the scientific method to medical decision making. It is a practice that uses statistical analysis of scientific methods and outcomes to drive further experimentation and diagnosis. The profusion of evidence-based medicine...
Biostatistics
A Guide to Design, Analysis and Discovery
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2006
Biostatistics, Second Edition, is a user-friendly guide on biostatistics, which focuses on the proper use and interpretation of statistical methods.
This textbook does not require extensive background in mathematics, making it user-friendly for all students in the public health sciences field....
by Gerard Caprio
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2012
Understanding twenty-first century global financial integration requires a two-part background. The Handbook of Key Global Financial Markets, Institutions, and Infrastructure begins its description of how we created a financially-intergrated world by first examining the history of financial...
The Nuts and Bolts of Proofs
An Introduction to Mathematical Proofs
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2005
The Nuts and Bolts of Proof instructs students on the basic logic of mathematical proofs, showing how and why proofs of mathematical statements work. It provides them with techniques they can use to gain an inside view of the subject, reach other results, remember results more easily, or rederive...
by Harry Kelejian, Gianfranco Piras
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
Spatial Econometrics provides a modern, powerful and flexible skillset to early career researchers interested in entering this rapidly expanding discipline. It articulates the principles and current practice of modern spatial econometrics and spatial statistics, combining rigorous depth of presentation...
by Pete Bettinger, Kevin Boston, Donald L. Grebner
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2010
This book provides a focused understanding of contemporary forest management issues through real life examples to engage students. The methodology for the development of quantitatively-derived forest management plans - from gathering information to the implementation of plans at the forest level - are...
by Oliver Linton
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2017
Probability, Statistics and Econometrics provides a concise, yet rigorous, treatment of the field that is suitable for graduate students studying econometrics, very advanced undergraduate students, and researchers seeking to extend their knowledge of the trinity of fields that use quantitative data...
Renewable Energy Systems
The Choice and Modeling of 100% Renewable Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2009
How can society quickly convert to renewable energy? Can worldwide energy needs ever be met through 100% renewable sources? The answers to these questions rest largely on the perception of choice in the energy arena. It is of pivotal importance that engineers, researchers and policymakers understand...
Transparency for Sustainability in the Food Chain
Challenges and Research Needs EFFoST Critical Reviews #2
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Transparency for Sustainability in the Food Chain lays out the key issues and challenges in food safety, food quality, chain integrity, the link with consumers, and the technological base of tracking and tracing systems. This succinct volume brings readers up to speed on the state of the art in these...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2009
The electric power sector is what keeps modern economies going, and historically, fossil fuels provided the bulk of the energy need to generate electricity, with coal a dominant player in many parts of the world. Now with growing concerns about global climate change, this historical dependence on...
Smart Grid
Integrating Renewable, Distributed and Efficient Energy
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2011
The creation of a flexible, efficient, digitized, dependable and resilient power grid may well be the best route to increasing energy efficiency & security, as well as boosting the potential of renewable & distributed power sources. This book covers smart grids from A-Z, providing a complete...