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UNINA9910784552503321 |
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Autore |
Blechman Barry M. |
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The politics of national security : Congress and U.S. defense policy / / Barry M. Blechman ; with the assistance W. Philip Ellis |
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New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1990 |
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©1990 |
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0-19-773386-7 |
9786610442584 |
1-4237-6481-1 |
0-19-536027-3 |
1-60129-896-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiii,249p.) |
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A Twentieth Century Fund Book |
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National security - United States |
United States Military policy |
United States Foreign relations 1981-1989 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Based on interviews with US Congress members and their staff, this study explains why Congress has taken an expanded role in the formulation of US national defence policies. The author describes how these changes came about and their consequences for American interests. |
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UNINA9910809869303321 |
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Autore |
Casey Maura |
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Titolo |
Social security : how can we afford it? / / Maura Casey |
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[Ashland, Oregon] : , : National Issues Forums Institute, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Edizione |
[Updated edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (16 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Social security - United States |
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Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Cover; About This Issue Guide; Introduction: Social Security: How Can We Afford It?; Unanticipated Retirees; Time to Deliberate; Option One: Shore Up and Reaffirm Social Security; Continue to Support the Generations to Come; Raise Income Caps, Raise Payroll Taxes; Time to Try a Lockbox; What We Could Do; Option Two: End Reliance on Social Security for Retirement; Unsustainable Growth; Required, Assisted Savings; What We Could Do; Option Three: Reinvent Retirement and Social Security; Working Longer; According to Need; Why Retire?; Elder Entrepreneurs, Lending Circles; What We Could Do |
Summary: Social Security: How Can We Afford It? |
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UNINA9910438037003321 |
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Autore |
Privault Nicolas |
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Titolo |
Understanding Markov Chains : Examples and Applications / / by Nicolas Privault |
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Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 |
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[1st ed. 2013.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (357 p.) |
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Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series, , 2197-4144 |
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Probabilities |
Statistics |
Probability Theory |
Statistical Theory and Methods |
Statistics in Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Introduction -- 1) Probability Background -- 2) Gambling Problems -- 3) Random Walks -- 4) Discrete-Time Markov Chains -- 5) First Step Analysis -- 6) Classication of States -- 7) Long-Run Behavior of Markov Chains -- 8) Branching Processes -- 9) Continuous-Time Markov Chains -- 10) Discrete-Time Martingales -- 11) Spatial Poisson Processes -- 12) Reliability Theory -- Some Useful Identities -- Solutions to the Exercises -- References -- Index. |
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This book provides an undergraduate introduction to discrete and continuous-time Markov chains and their applications. A large focus is placed on the first step analysis technique and its applications to average hitting times and ruin probabilities. Classical topics such as recurrence and transience, stationary and limiting distributions, as well as branching processes, are also covered. Two major examples (gambling processes and random walks) are treated in detail from the beginning, before the general theory itself is presented in the subsequent chapters. An introduction to discrete-time martingales and their relation to ruin probabilities and mean exit times is also provided, |
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and the book includes a chapter on spatial Poisson processes with some recent results on moment identities and deviation inequalities for Poisson stochastic integrals. The concepts presented are illustrated by examples and by 72 exercises and their complete solutions. |
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