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UNINA9910257419203321 |
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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 |
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Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1994 |
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[1st ed. 1994.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (XI, 340 p. 70 illus.) |
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Collana |
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Lecture Notes in Physics, , 0075-8450 ; ; 437 |
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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 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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UNINA9910755079503321 |
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Autore |
Boffa Joseph |
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Titolo |
AI Assisted Business Analytics : Techniques for Reshaping Competitiveness / / by Joseph Boffa |
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Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
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[1st ed. 2023.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (133 pages) |
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Statistics |
Stochastic models |
Multivariate analysis |
Statistics in Business, Management, Economics, Finance, Insurance |
Stochastic Modelling in Statistics |
Multivariate Analysis |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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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. |
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