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UNINA9910453870003321 |
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Autore |
Lausen Marcia |
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Titolo |
Design for democracy [[electronic resource] ] : ballot and election design / / Marcia Lausen |
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2007 |
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1-281-96579-0 |
9786611965792 |
0-226-47063-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (189 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Ballot - United States |
Voting - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 181) and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- foreword -- preface -- introduction -- 1. ballot design -- 2. design + the voting experience -- 3. design + election administration -- 4. election design system -- photography credits -- bibliography |
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In November 2000, when the now-infamous ""butterfly ballot"" confused crucial Florida voters during a hotly contested presidential race, the importance of well-designed ballots to a functioning democracy caught the nation''s attention. Recognizing that our entire voting process-from registering to vote to following instructions at the polling place-can be almost as confusing as the Florida ballot, Design for Democracy builds on the lessons of 2000 by presenting innovative steps for redesigning elections in the service of citizens.Handsomely designed itself, this volume showcases adaptable |
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UNINA9910139597603321 |
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Autore |
Thulasidas Manoj |
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Principles of quantitative development / / Manoj Thulasidas |
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Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, 2010 |
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0-470-97152-5 |
1-119-20656-1 |
1-283-27364-0 |
9786613273642 |
0-470-66737-0 |
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[1st edition] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvi, 235 pages) : illustrations |
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Risk management |
Speculation |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Principles of Quantitative Development; Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Big Pictures; Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 What is a trading platform?; 1.1.1 Model archival; 1.1.2 Incremental deployability; 1.1.3 Live data feeds; 1.1.4 Trade persistence; 1.1.5 Regular processing; 1.2 Quants and quantitative developers; 1.3 Need for speed; 1.4 Implementation options; 1.4.1 Outsource to vendor; 1.4.2 Use vendor API; 1.4.3 Develop in-house; 1.4.4 Replace vended systems; 1.5 Current trends; 1.6 Technical and business aspects of platform design; 1.7 Importance of processes |
1.8 Objectives and organization Quiz; 2 Overview of Banking; 2.1 The offices; 2.2 Front office; 2.2.1 Economists; 2.2.2 Structurers; 2.2.3 Sales; 2.2.4 Trading desks; 2.2.5 Desk quants; 2.2.6 Platform or quantitative developers; 2.2.7 Desk risk management; 2.3 Middle office; 2.3.1 Product control; 2.3.2 Treasury control unit; 2.3.3 Market risk management; 2.3.4 Credit risk management; 2.3.5 Operational risk management; 2.3.6 Rates management; 2.3.7 Static data management; 2.3.8 Compliance and reporting; 2.3.9 Market risk management |
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analytics; 2.3.10 Asset and liability management |
2.4 Back office2.5 Supporting units; 2.6 Summary; Quiz; 3 Trade Life Cycle; 3.1 Pre-trade activities; 3.2 Inception; 3.3 Validation; 3.4 Regular processing; 3.5 Life-cycle events; 3.6 Termination and settlement; 3.7 Post-trade Activities; 3.8 Summary; Quiz; 4 Trade Perspectives; 4.1 Trade-centric view; 4.2 Model-centric view; 4.3 Product-centric view; 4.4 Asset-class view; 4.5 Queues and status flags; 4.6 Aggregate views; 4.7 Bottom-line view; 4.8 Other perspectives; 4.9 Summary; Quiz; 5 Programming Languages - Basics and Choices; 5.1 Language choice; 5.2 Basics of computing |
5.2.1 Development cycle5.2.2 Dependencies and Makefiles; 5.2.3 Lexical structure of a programming language; 5.3 Object-oriented languages; 5.3.1 Basics of object-oriented methodology; 5.3.2 Advantages and disadvantages of the object-oriented approach; 5.4 Functional programming; 5.5 Summary; Quiz; 6 Trading Platform Design; 6.1 General design considerations; 6.1.1 Maintainability and documentation; 6.1.2 Scalability and extensibility; 6.1.3 Security and access control; 6.2 Architecture components; 6.2.1 Trade representation; 6.2.2 Market representation; 6.2.3 Static data management |
6.2.4 Quant library6.2.5 Trade transformations and operations; 6.2.6 Settlement triggers or pathways; 6.2.7 Batch processing and grid computing; 6.2.8 Credit replication; 6.2.9 Security and audit model; 6.2.10 Documentation and support model; 6.3 Example architecture; 6.4 Advanced architecture; 6.5 Summary; Quiz; 7 Computing Patterns for Trading; 7.1 Fac ̧ade pattern; 7.2 Visitor pattern; 7.3 Singleton pattern; 7.4 Factory patterns; 7.5 Component object model; 7.6 Summary; Quiz; 8 Flexible Derivatives Pricing Tool; 8.1 Design scope; 8.2 Design goals and features; 8.2.1 Pricing tool features |
8.2.2 Data types support |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Principles of Quantitative Development is a practical guide to designing, building and deploying a trading platform. It is also a lucid and succinct exposé on the trade life cycle and the business groups involved in managing it, bringing together the big picture of how a trade flows through the systems, and the role of a quantitative professional in the organization. The book begins by looking at the need and demand for in-house trading platforms, addressing the current trends in the industry. |
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