1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910257419203321

Titolo

Non-Linearity and Breakdown in Soft Condensed Matter [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of a Workshop Held at Calcutta, India 1–9 December 1993 / / edited by Kamal K. Bardhan, Bikas K. Chakrabarti, Alex Hansen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1994

ISBN

3-540-49037-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 1994.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 340 p. 70 illus.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Physics, , 0075-8450 ; ; 437

Disciplina

620.1/123

Soggetti

Condensed matter

Geophysics

Physics

Mechanics

Mechanics, Applied

Condensed Matter Physics

Geophysics/Geodesy

Mathematical Methods in Physics

Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation

Classical Mechanics

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Decompaction, fluidisation and segregation in a 2D sandpile -- Granular flow: Some experimental results -- Density waves in granular flow -- Height fluctuations and pressure distribution in a model of random close packing of mono-size discs -- Statics and dynamics of sandpiles: Some phenomenological ideas -- Some physical properties of the Burridge-Knopoff model -- Jerky flow, stick-slip in geological materials and earthquake models -- Dynamics and structure of displacement fronts in two-dimensional porous media -- Heterogeneous porous media: Fronts and noise -- Pattern formation in particulate complex fluids: A guided tour -- Solvable models of



material breakdown -- Fracture and other breakdown phenomena in disordered solids -- Spring-network and finite-element models for elasticity and fracture -- Ginzburg-Landau form description for steps on creep curves -- Laboratory simulation of dielectric breakdown -- Fracture roughness and physical implications -- Rock fracturing by gas loading for well stimulation -- Physics of random nonlinear composites -- Scaling behavior of electric response in a non-linear composite -- Non-linear effects at the critical supercurrent in Josephson Junctions arrays -- Field-induced transport in random media -- Percolation and tunneling in the quantum hall effect.

Sommario/riassunto

There have been considerable advances in recent times in understanding many common material processes that are of practical importance, such as nonlinear response, fracture, breakdown, earthquakes, packing, and granular flow, that are of immense practical importance. This has been mainly due to new applications of statistical physics, including percolation theory, fractal concepts and self-organized criticality. This collection of articles brings together research in those closely allied fields. It deals with problems in material science involving random geometries and nonlinearity at a mesoscopic scale, where local disorder and nonlinearity influence the global behaviour of cracks, for example, and problems where randomness in time evolution is as crucial as the geometry itself.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910755079503321

Autore

Boffa Joseph

Titolo

AI Assisted Business Analytics : Techniques for Reshaping Competitiveness / / by Joseph Boffa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023

ISBN

3-031-40821-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (133 pages)

Disciplina

300.727

658.4012

Soggetti

Statistics

Stochastic models

Multivariate analysis

Statistics in Business, Management, Economics, Finance, Insurance

Stochastic Modelling in Statistics

Multivariate Analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Business Prosperity -- Analytics Case Studies -- Statistical Audit Design -- The Sales Tax Audit -- Forensic Accounting Using Benford Formula -- Financial Projections -- Planning Expenses and Investments -- Market Research.

Sommario/riassunto

The primary path to success, is to use software designed to sample and analyze cashflow and then link that analysis, with forecasting and market research. The case study will start with a small business income statement indicating a cashflow problem. The analysis that follows will be a comprehensive statistical approach of fiscal management. The case study will provide an overview of the total process of controlling and analyzing cashflow. Business prosperity depends on: 1- Staying in touch with cashflow by means of regular statistical audits 2- Transition to statistical methods for forecasting future cashflow 3- Link cashflow with customer perception and satisfaction The book is intended for courses with prerequisites that the student has a knowledge of accounting and is comfortable in using Excel. It uses professional Excel with its Analytics Toolkit. Complete knowledge of the Toolkit is not a



prerequisite since the book will adequately cover the relevant analytic tools. There is no need for separate statistical software such as SPSS or SAS. The book is intended for intermediate/advanced college level courses in business financial methods and control.