Learn IT - Books tags statistics

How to Lie with Maps

University of Chicago Press, 1991

Originally published to wide acclaim, this lively, cleverly illustrated essay on the use and abuse of maps teaches us how to evaluate maps critically and promotes a healthy skepticism about these easy-to-manipulate models of reality. Monmonier shows that, despite their immense value, maps lie. In fact, they must.

The second...

The Ultimate Guide To Choosing a Medical Specialty

McGraw-Hill, 2003

ATTENTION MEDICAL STUDENTS:

DON’T CHOOSE YOUR SPECIALTY WITHOUT READING THIS BOOK!

Finally! Someone who conquered the obstacle course himself writes the essential book to help you answer the most urgent question of your career — what specialty? Brian Freeman knows the...

Worldwide Wi-Fi: Technological Trends and Business Strategies

John Wiley & Sons, 2003

Your success guide to the next wireless revolution

The next watershed innovation in wireless technology is here: IEEE 802.11 wireless local area networks (LANs).

Recent studies from IDC indicate that the Wi-Fi wireless LAN market will likely account for ninety percent of projected LAN equipment revenues by...

Computer-Aided Econometrics (Statistics: a Series of Textbooks and Monogrphs)

CRC Press, 2003

Emphasizing the impact of computer software and computational technology on econometric theory and development, this reference presents advances in the application of computerized tools to econometric techniques and practices. The book focuses on current innovations in Monte Carlo simulation, computer-aided testing, and Bayesian methodology for...

Creative Environments: Issues of Creativity Support for the Knowledge Civilization Age (Studies in Computational Intelligence)

Springer, 2007

Creative Environments is a follow-up on the book Creative Space in the same series and by the same authors, serving this time as editors of a broader book on computational intelligence and knowledge engineering tools for supporting knowledge creation. This book contains four parts. The first part presents a further development of models of...

A First Course in Stochastic Models

John Wiley & Sons, 2003

The teaching of appliedprobability needs a fresh approach. The fieldof applied probability has changedprofound ly in the past twenty years andyet the textbooks in use today do not fully reflect the changes. The development of computational methods has greatly contributed to a better understanding of the theory. It is my conviction that theory is...

Intelligent Data Analysis

Springer, 2007

This monograph is a detailed introductory presentation of the key classes of intelligent data analysis methods. The ten coherently written chapters by leading experts provide complete coverage of the core issues.

The first half of the book is devoted to the discussion of classical statistical issues, ranging from the basic concepts of...

Introduction to Statistical Relational Learning (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning)

MIT Press, 2007

Handling inherent uncertainty and exploiting compositional structure are fundamental to understanding and designing large-scale systems. Statistical relational learning builds on ideas from probability theory and statistics to address uncertainty while incorporating tools from logic, databases, and programming languages to represent structure. In...

Creating Interactive Web Sites with PHP and Web Services

Sybex, 2003

Build Dynamic Websites with PHP and MySQL—and Extend Those Sites with Web Services

PHP and MySQL are great tools for building database-driven websites. There's nothing new about that. What is new is the environment in which your site operates—a world rich (and growing...

Probability, Statistical Optics and Data Testing (Springer Series in Information Sciences)

Springer, 1991

Scientists in optics are increasingly confronted with problems that are of a random nature and that require a working knowledge of probability and statistics for their solution. This textbook develops these subjects within the context of optics using a problem-solving approach. All methods are explicitly derived and can be traced back to three...

Chemical Analysis of Firearms, Ammunition, and Gunshot Residue

CRC Press, 2008

There are numerous detailed books on firearms available for enthusiasts, the vast majority of the books concentrating on the physical aspects of firearms. Very little has been published on the chemical aspects of firearms and ammunition and what has been published is sparse and fragmented in the literature. One of the reasons for this is that...

Biometric System and Data Analysis: Design, Evaluation, and Data Mining

Springer, 2008

Biometric systems are being used in more places and on a larger scale than ever before. As these systems mature, it is vital to ensure the practitioners responsible for development and deployment, have a strong understanding of the fundamentals of tuning biometric systems. The focus of biometric research over the past four decades has...

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