1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460283303321

Autore

Ward Suzanne M.

Titolo

Rightsizing the academic library collection / / Suzanne M. Ward

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, [Illinois] : , : ALA Editions, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-8389-1302-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Disciplina

025.2/18770973

Soggetti

Academic libraries - Collection development - United States

Collection management (Libraries) - United States

Discarding of books, periodicals, etc

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

Cover; Rightsizing the Academic Library Collection; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. Background; Chapter 2. Traditional Deselection Solutions ; Chapter 3. Rightsizing Solutions; Chapter 4. Project Management; Chapter 5. The Future of Physical Collections in Academic Libraries; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Ward identifies the challenges and proposes solutions to shaping physical collections for today's academic library.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783224403321

Autore

Kotz Samuel

Titolo

The stress-strength model and its generalizations [[electronic resource] ] : theory and applications / / Samuel Kotz, Yan Lumelskii, Marianna Pensky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; Hong Kong, : World Scientific, c2003

ISBN

1-281-87689-5

9786611876890

981-256-451-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LumelʹskiĭI͡An Petrovich

PenskyMarianna

Disciplina

620/.00452/0727

Soggetti

Reliability (Engineering) - Statistical methods

Estimation theory

Distribution (Probability theory)

Mathematical statistics

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 (p. 233-249) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Some Notations and Abbreviations; Contents; Chapter 1 The Stress-Strength Models. Mathematics, History, and Applications; Chapter 2 The Theory and Some Useful Approaches; Chapter 3 Parametric Point Estimation; Chapter 4 Parametric Statistical Inference; Chapter 5 Nonparametric Models; Chapter 6 Some Selected Special Cases; Chapter 7 Applications and Examples; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This important book presents developments in a remarkable field ofinquiry in statistical/probability theory   the stress-strengthmodel.Many papers in the field include the enigmatic ""words""P(XY)   or something similar   in thetitle.