1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784616403321

Autore

Neapolitan Richard E

Titolo

Probabilistic methods for financial and marketing informatics [[electronic resource] /] / Richard E. Neapolitan, Xia Jiang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Fransisco, CA, : Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, c2007

ISBN

1-281-31147-2

9786611311476

0-08-055567-5

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (427 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JiangXia

Disciplina

332.01/519542

Soggetti

Finance - Statistical methods

Bayesian statistical decision theory - Data processing

Marketing - Statistical methods

Information technology

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. 397-408) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Probabilistic Methods for Financial and Marketing Informatics; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; Part I: Bayesian Networks and Decision Analysis; Chapter 1. Probabilistic Informatics; 1.1 What Is Informatics?; 1.2 Probabilistic Informatics; 1.3 Outline of This Book; Chapter 2. Probability and Statistics; 2.1 Probability Basics; 2.2 Random Variables; 2.3 The Meaning of Probability; 2.4 Random Variables in Applications; 2.5 Statistical Concepts; Chapter 3. Bayesian Networks; 3.1 What Is a Bayesian Network?; 3.2 Properties of Bayesian Networks

3.3 Causal Networks as Bayesian Networks 3.4 Inference in Bayesian Networks; 3.5 How Do We Obtain the Probabilities?; 3.6 Entailed Conditional Independencies *; Chapter 4. Learning Bayesian Networks; 4.1 Parameter Learning; 4.2 Learning Structure (Model Selection); 4.3 Score-Based Structure Learning *; 4.4 Constraint-Based Structure Learning; 4.5 Causal Learning; 4.6 Software Packages for Learning; 4.7 Examples of Learning; Chapter 5. Decision Analysis Fundamentals; 5.1 Decision Trees; 5.2 Influence Diagrams; 5.3 Dynamic Networks *; Chapter 6. Further Techniques in Decision Analysis



6.1 Modeling Risk Preferences 6.2 Analyzing Risk Directly; 6.3 Dominance; 6.4 Sensitivity Analysis; 6.5 Value of Information; 6.6 Normative Decision Analysis; Part II: Financial Applications; Chapter 7. Investment Science; 7.1 Basics of Investment Science; 7.2 Advanced Topics in Investment Science*; 7.3 A Bayesian Network Portfolio Risk Analyzer *; Chapter 8. Modeling Real Options; 8.1 Solving Real Options Decision Problems; 8.2 Making a Plan; 8.3 Sensitivity Analysis; Chapter 9. Venture Capital Decision Making; 9.1 A Simple VC Decision Model; 9.2 A Detailed VC Decision Model

9.3 Modeling Real Decisions 9.A Appendix; Chapter 10. Bankruptcy Prediction; 10.1 A Bayesian Network for Predicting Bankruptcy; 10.2 Experiments; Part III: Marketing Applications; Chapter 11. Collaborative Filtering; 11.1 Memory-Based Methods; 11.2 Model-Based Methods; 11.3 Experiments; Chapter 12. Targeted Advertising; 12.1 Class Probability Trees; 12.2 Application to Targeted Advertising; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Bayesian Networks are a form of probabilistic graphical models and they are used for modeling knowledge in many application areas, from medicine to image processing. They are particularly useful for business applications, ans* Unique coverage of probabilistic reasoning topics applied to business problems, including marketing, banking, operations management, and finance. * Shares insights about when and why probabilistic methods can and cannot be used effectively; * Complete review of Bayesian networks and probabilistic methods for those IT professionals new to informati



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963960003321

Autore

Zorgati Ragnhild Johnsrud <1972->

Titolo

Pluralism in the Middle Ages : hybrid identities, conversion, and mixed marriages in medieval Iberia / / Ragnhild Johnsrud Zorgati

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2012

ISBN

9781136622106

1136622101

9781136622113

113662211X

9780203800478

0203800478

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Collana

Routledge research in medieval studies ; ; 2

Disciplina

261.20946/0902

Soggetti

Identification (Religion) - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500

Conversion - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500

Interfaith marriage - Spain - History - To 1500

Christianity and other religions - Spain

Islam - Relations

Judaism - Relations

Spain Religion

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

Front Cover; Pluralism in the Middle Ages; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Culture Contact in Medieval Iberia; 1. Conversion and Apostasy in Al-Andalus and Christian Spain; 2. Conversion, Childhood, and Gender; 3. Conversion and Concealment; 4. Mixed Marriages in Islamic and Christian Laws; 5. Concubines, Slaves, and Illicit Interfaith Relationships; 6. Reasons Explaining the Ban on Mixed Unions; Conclusion: Hybrid Identities; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The challenges of cultural and religious diversity that face European and American societies today are not a new phenomenon. People in the Middle Ages lived in pluralistic societies, and they found highly



interesting ways of dealing with religious and cultural diversity. While religious and political authorities commanded people to stick to their kind, some people explored the borderland between religious identities. In medieval Iberia, Christians and Muslims challenged the legal authorities' prohibitions against crossing religious and cultural boundaries when they engaged in mixed marriages b