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Record Nr.

UNINA9910140851003321

Autore

Gibbs Bruce. P. <1946->

Titolo

Advanced Kalman filtering, least-squares and modeling [[electronic resource] ] : a practical handbook / / Bruce P. Gibbs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley Pub., c2011

ISBN

1-283-02519-1

9786613025197

0-470-89004-5

0-470-89003-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (627 p.)

Disciplina

620.0042

620.0072/7

Soggetti

Kalman filtering

Least squares

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

ADVANCED KALMAN FILTERING, LEAST-SQUARES AND MODELING; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2: SYSTEM DYNAMICS AND MODELS; CHAPTER 3: MODELING EXAMPLES; CHAPTER 4: LINEAR LEAST - SQUARES ESTIMATION: FUNDAMENTALS; CHAPTER 5: LINEAR LEAST - SQUARES ESTIMATION: SOLUTION TECHNIQUES; CHAPTER 6: LEAST - SQUARES ESTIMATION: MODEL ERRORS AND MODEL ORDER; 6.1 ASSESSING THE VALIDITY OF THE SOLUTION; 6.2 SOLUTION ERROR ANALYSIS; 6.3 REGRESSION ANALYSIS FOR WEIGHTED LEAST SQUARES; 6.4 SUMMARY; CHAPTER 7: LEAST - SQUARES ESTIMATION: CONSTRAINTS, NONLINEAR MODELS, AND ROBUST TECHNIQUES

CHAPTER 8: KALMAN FILTERINGCHAPTER 9: FILTERING FOR NONLINEAR SYSTEMS, SMOOTHING, ERROR ANALYSIS/MODEL DESIGN, AND MEASUREMENT PREPROCESSING; CHAPTER 10: FACTORED (SQUARE - ROOT) FILTERING; CHAPTER 11: ADVANCED FILTERING TOPICS; CHAPTER 12: EMPIRICAL MODELING; APPENDIX A: SUMMARY OF VECTOR/MATRIX OPERATIONS; APPENDIX B: PROBABILITY AND RANDOM



VARIABLES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This book is intended primarily as a handbook for engineers who must design practical systems. Its primary goal is to discuss model development in sufficient detail so that the reader may design an estimator that meets all application requirements and is robust to modeling assumptions.  Since it is sometimes difficult to a priori determine the best model structure, use of exploratory data analysis to define model structure is discussed.  Methods for deciding on the "best" model are also presented.   A second goal is to present little known extensions of least squares estim

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781585703321

Titolo

The early childhood educator professional development grant [[electronic resource] ] : research and practice / / edited by John A. Sutterby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley [England], : Emerald Insight, 2011

ISBN

1-283-32009-6

9786613320094

0-85724-280-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Advances in early education and day care, , 0270-4021 ; ; v. 15

Altri autori (Persone)

SutterbyJohn A

Disciplina

372.21

Soggetti

Education - Elementary

Education - Professional Development

Schools

Teaching staff

Early childhood education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : early childhood educator professional development / John A. Sutterby -- Policy implication of research on early childhood educator professional development / Michael L. Kamil -- The dosage of professional development for early childhood professionals : how the



amount and density of professional development may influence its effectiveness / Sharon Landesman Ramey, Nancy A. Crowell, Craig T. Ramey, Cathy Grace, Nedaa Timraz, Louise E. Davis -- Readiness to change in communities, organizations, and individuals / Shira M. Peterson, Amy C. Baker -- Project REEL (Resources for Early Educator Learning) : the design and implementation of a state-wide professional development initiative for early childhood educators in diverse childcare settings / Sarah Jo Sandefur, Amye R. Warren, Anne Gamble -- Building professional development for urban public preschools : experiences and reflections / Joanne Roberts, Alice Frye, Mary Lu Love, Lisa Van Thiel -- Effects of quality improvement system on early childhood education practitioners / Jianping Shen, Xin Ma, Wendy Tackett, Xuejin (Kim) Lu, Karen Brandi, Jeff Goodman, Lance Till, Grace Watson -- Professional development : change we can believe in / Maria Magdalena Aguilar-Crandall, John A. Sutterby.

Sommario/riassunto

The 15th volume of Advances in Early Education and Day Care focuses on the implementation of professional development for early childhood educators, describing a number of models for improving early childhood care. These models differ by setting, urban, rural, public, private, center and home based child care. These programs also differ by implementation model. Mentoring, workshops, online information and college courses are examples of how professional development was implemented. The systematic assessment of both the providers and the children described in these chapters will be of assistance for future research designers who are conducting large scale data collection and analysis. These chapters should serve as a way for policy makers to become informed about how best to expend scarce resources in the implementation of professional development. Increasing our knowledge of effective practices in professional development is an important factor in improving the outcomes for future generations of children. The collection of these chapters in one volume should provide future developers of professional development with a road map for what works and what might not be as effective.