Mathematical and statistical software Books
New Age International (UK) Ltd Matlab for Control System Engineers
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Imperial College Press Gmdh-methodology And Implementation In Matlab
Book SynopsisGroup method of data handling (GMDH) is a typical inductive modeling method built on the principles of self-organization. Since its introduction, inductive modelling has been developed to support complex systems in prediction, clusterization, system identification, as well as data mining and knowledge extraction technologies in social science, science, engineering, and medicine.This is the first book to explore GMDH using MATLAB (matrix laboratory) language. Readers will learn how to implement GMDH in MATLAB as a method of dealing with big data analytics. Error-free source codes in MATLAB have been included in supplementary material (accessible online) to assist users in their understanding in GMDH and to make it easy for users to further develop variations of GMDH algorithms.
£85.50
Packt Publishing Limited Introduction to R for Quantitative Finance
Book SynopsisThis book is a tutorial guide for new users that aims to help you understand the basics of and become accomplished with the use of R for quantitative finance. If you are looking to use R to solve problems in quantitative finance, then this book is for you. A basic knowledge of financial theory is assumed, but familiarity with R is not required. With a focus on using R to solve a wide range of issues, this book provides useful content for both the R beginner and more experience users.
£29.44
Alpha Science International Ltd Finite Element Analysis with ANSYS Workbench
Book SynopsisFinite Element Analysis with ANSYS Workbench is written for students who want to use ANSYS software while learning the finite element method. The book is also suitable for designers and engineers before using the software to analyze realistic problems. The books presents the finite element formulations for solving engineering problems in the fields of solid mechanics, heat transfer, thermal stress and fluid flows. For solid mechanics problems, the truss, beam, plane stress, plate, 3D solid elements are employed for structural, vibration, eigenvalues, buckling and failure analyses. For heat transfer problems, the steady-state and transient formulations for heat conduction, convection and radiation are presented and for fluid problems, both incompressible and compressible flows using fluent are analyzed. The book contains twelve chapters describing different analysis disciplines in engineering problems. In each chapter, the governing differential equations and the finite element method are presented. An academic examples used to demonstrate the ANSYS procedure for solving it in detail. An application example is also included at the end of each chapter to highlight the software capability for analyzing practical problems.Table of ContentsPreface / Introduction / Truss Analysis / Beam Analysis / Plane Stress Analysis / Plate Bending Analysis / Three-Dimensional Solid Analysis / Vibration Analysis / Failure Analysis / Heat Transfer Analysis / Thermal Stress Analysis / Incompressible Flow Analysis / Compressible Flow Analysis / Bibliography / Index.
£49.46
Packt Publishing Limited Learning R for Geospatial Analysis
Book SynopsisThis book is intended for anyone who wants to learn how to efficiently analyze geospatial data with R, including GIS analysts, researchers, educators, and students who work with spatial data and who are interested in expanding their capabilities through programming. The book assumes familiarity with the basic geographic information concepts (such as spatial coordinates), but no prior experience with R and/or programming is required. By focusing on R exclusively, you will not need to depend on any external software a working installation of R is all that is necessary to begin.
£37.99
Pelagic Publishing An Introduction to R: Data Analysis and Visualization
Book SynopsisThe modern world is awash with data. The R Project is a statistical environment and programming language that can help to make sense of it all. A huge open-source project, R has become enormously popular because of its power and flexibility. With R you can organise, analyse and visualise data. This clear and methodical book will help you learn how to use R from the ground up, giving you a start in the world of data science. Learning about data is important in many academic and business settings, and R offers a potent and adaptable programming toolbox. The book covers a range of topics, including: importing/exporting data, summarising data, visualising data, managing and manipulating data objects, data analysis (regression, ANOVA and association among others) and programming functions. Regardless of your background or specialty, you'll find this book the perfect primer on data analysis, data visualisation and data management, and a springboard for further exploration.Table of Contents1. A brief introduction to R 2. Basic math 3. Introduction to R objects 4. Making and importing data objects 5. Managing and exporting data objects 6. R object types and their properties 7. Working with data objects 8. Manipulating data objects 9. Summarizing data 10. Tabulation 11. Graphics: basic charts 12. Graphics: adding to plots 13. Graphics: advanced methods 14. Analyze data: statistical analyses 15. Programming tools Appendix Index
£71.25
Pelagic Publishing An Introduction to R: Data Analysis and
Book SynopsisThe modern world is awash with data. The R Project is a statistical environment and programming language that can help to make sense of it all. A huge open-source project, R has become enormously popular because of its power and flexibility. With R you can organise, analyse and visualise data. This clear and methodical book will help you learn how to use R from the ground up, giving you a start in the world of data science. Learning about data is important in many academic and business settings, and R offers a potent and adaptable programming toolbox. The book covers a range of topics, including: importing/exporting data, summarising data, visualising data, managing and manipulating data objects, data analysis (regression, ANOVA and association among others) and programming functions. Regardless of your background or specialty, you'll find this book the perfect primer on data analysis, data visualisation and data management, and a springboard for further exploration.Table of Contents1. A brief introduction to R 2. Basic math 3. Introduction to R objects 4. Making and importing data objects 5. Managing and exporting data objects 6. R object types and their properties 7. Working with data objects 8. Manipulating data objects 9. Summarizing data 10. Tabulation 11. Graphics: basic charts 12. Graphics: adding to plots 13. Graphics: advanced methods 14. Analyze data: statistical analyses 15. Programming tools Appendix Index
£35.00
ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc Structural Equation Modeling with lavaan
Book SynopsisThis book presents an introduction to structural equation modeling (SEM) and facilitates the access of students and researchers in various scientific fields to this powerful statistical tool. It offers a didactic initiation to SEM as well as to the open-source software, lavaan, and the rich and comprehensive technical features it offers. Structural Equation Modeling with lavaan thus helps the reader to gain autonomy in the use of SEM to test path models and dyadic models, perform confirmatory factor analyses and estimate more complex models such as general structural models with latent variables and latent growth models. SEM is approached both from the point of view of its process (i.e. the different stages of its use) and from the point of view of its product (i.e. the results it generates and their reading). Table of ContentsPreface ix Introduction xi Chapter 1 Structural Equation Modeling 1 1.1 Basic concepts 2 1.1.1 Covariance and bivariate correlation 2 1.1.2 Partial correlation 5 1.1.3 Linear regression analysis 7 1.1.4 Standard error of the estimate 10 1.1.5 Factor analysis 11 1.1.6 Data distribution normality 18 1.2 Basic principles of SEM 21 1.2.1 Estimation methods (estimators) 27 1.3 Model evaluation of the solution of the estimated model 36 1.3.1 Overall goodness-of-fit indices 36 1.3.2 Local fit indices (parameter estimates) 43 1.3.3 Modification indices 44 1.4 Confirmatory approach in SEM 45 1.5 Basic conventions of SEM 47 1.6 Place and status of variables in a hypothetical model 49 1.7 Conclusion 49 1.8 Further reading 50 Chapter 2 Structural Equation Modeling Software 53 2.1 R environment 54 2.1.1 Installing R software 55 2.1.2 R console 55 2.2 lavaan 58 2.2.1 Installing the lavaan package 58 2.2.2 Launching lavaan 58 2.3 Preparing and importing a dataset 60 2.3.1 Entry and import of raw data 60 2.3.2 What to do in the absence of raw data? 63 2.4 Major operators of lavaan syntax 65 2.5 Main steps in using lavaan 66 2.6 lavaan fitting functions 68 Chapter 3 Steps in Structural Equation Modeling 69 3.1 The theoretical model and its conceptual specification 70 3.2 Model parameters and model identification 71 3.3 Models with observed variables (path models) 73 3.3.1 Identification of a path model 74 3.3.2 Model specification using lavaan (step 2) 76 3.3.3 Direct and indirect effects 78 3.3.4 The statistical significance of indirect effects 80 3.3.5 Model estimation with lavaan (step 3) 81 3.3.6 Model evaluation (step 4) 82 3.3.7 Recursive and non-recursive models 83 3.3.8 Illustration of a path analysis model 85 3.4 Actor-partner interdependence model 90 3.4.1 Specifying and estimating an APIM with lavaan 92 3.4.2 Evaluation of the solution 93 3.4.3 Evaluating the APIM re-specified with equality constraints 94 3.5 Models with latent variables (measurement models and structural models) 95 3.5.1 The measurement model or Confirmatory Factor Analysis 97 3.6 Hybrid models 148 3.7 Measure with a single-item indicator 149 3.8 General structural model including single-item latent variables with a single indicator 151 3.9 Conclusion 152 3.10 Further reading 155 Chapter 4 Advanced Topics: Principles and Applications 157 4.1 Multigroup analysis 157 4.1.1 The steps of MG-CFA 162 4.1.2 Model solutions and model comparison tests 166 4.1.3 Total invariance versus partial invariance 171 4.1.4 Specification of a partial invariance in lavaan syntax 172 4.2 Latent trait-state models 172 4.2.1 The STARTS model 173 4.2.2 The Trait-State-Occasion Model 197 4.2.3 Concluding remarks 211 4.3 Latent growth models 213 4.3.1 General overview 213 4.3.2 Illustration of an univariate linear growth model 223 4.3.3 Illustration of an univariate non-linear (quadratic) latent growth model 228 4.3.4 Conditional latent growth model 232 4.3.5 Second-order latent growth model 240 4.4 Further reading 249 References 251 Index 269
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ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc Advances in Data Science: Symbolic, Complex, and
Book SynopsisData science unifies statistics, data analysis and machine learning to achieve a better understanding of the masses of data which are produced today, and to improve prediction. Special kinds of data (symbolic, network, complex, compositional) are increasingly frequent in data science. These data require specific methodologies, but there is a lack of reference work in this field. Advances in Data Science fills this gap. It presents a collection of up-to-date contributions by eminent scholars following two international workshops held in Beijing and Paris. The 10 chapters are organized into four parts: Symbolic Data, Complex Data, Network Data and Clustering. They include fundamental contributions, as well as applications to several domains, including business and the social sciences. Table of ContentsPreface xi Part 1. Symbolic Data 1 Chapter 1. Explanatory Tools for Machine Learning in the Symbolic Data Analysis Framework 3Edwin DIDAY 1.1. Introduction 4 1.2. Introduction to Symbolic Data Analysis 6 1.2.1. What are complex data? 6 1.2.2. What are “classes” and “class of complex data”? 7 1.2.3. Which kind of class variability? 7 1.2.4. What are “symbolic variables” and “symbolic data tables”? 7 1.2.5. Symbolic Data Analysis (SDA) 9 1.3. Symbolic data tables from Dynamic Clustering Method and EM 10 1.3.1. The “dynamical clustering method” (DCM) 10 1.3.2. Examples of DCM applications 10 1.3.3. Clustering methods by mixture decomposition 12 1.3.4. Symbolic data tables from clustering 13 1.3.5. A general way to compare results of clustering methods by the “explanatory power” of their associated symbolic data table 15 1.3.6. Quality criteria of classes and variables based on the cells of the symbolic data table containing intervals or inferred distributions 15 1.4. Criteria for ranking individuals, classes and their bar chart descriptive symbolic variables 16 1.4.1. A theoretical framework for SDA 16 1.4.2. Characterization of a category and a class by a measure of discordance 18 1.4.3. Link between a characterization by the criteria W and the standard Tf-Idf 19 1.4.4. Ranking the individuals, the symbolic variables and the classes of a bar chart symbolic data table 21 1.5. Two directions of research 23 1.5.1. Parametrization of concordance and discordance criteria 23 1.5.2. Improving the explanatory power of any machine learning tool by a filtering process 25 1.6. Conclusion 27 1.7. References 28 Chapter 2. Likelihood in the Symbolic Context 31Richard EMILION and Edwin DIDAY 2.1. Introduction 31 2.2. Probabilistic setting 32 2.2.1. Description variable and class variable 32 2.2.2. Conditional distributions 33 2.2.3. Symbolic variables 33 2.2.4. Examples 35 2.2.5. Probability measures on (ℂ, C), likelihood 37 2.3. Parametric models for p = 1 38 2.3.1. LDA model 38 2.3.2. BLS method 41 2.3.3. Interval-valued variables 42 2.3.4. Probability vectors and histogram-valued variables 42 2.4. Nonparametric estimation for p = 1 45 2.4.1. Multihistograms and multivariate polygons 45 2.4.2. Dirichlet kernel mixtures 45 2.4.3. Dirichlet Process Mixture (DPM) 45 2.5. Density models for p ≥ 2 46 2.6. Conclusion 46 2.7. References 47 Chapter 3. Dimension Reduction and Visualization of Symbolic Interval-Valued Data Using Sliced Inverse Regression 49Han-Ming WU, Chiun-How KAO and Chun-houh CHEN 3.1. Introduction 49 3.2. PCA for interval-valued data and the sliced inverse regression 51 3.2.1. PCA for interval-valued data 51 3.2.2. Classic SIR 52 3.3. SIR for interval-valued data 53 3.3.1. Quantification approaches 54 3.3.2. Distributional approaches 56 3.4. Projections and visualization in DR subspace 58 3.4.1. Linear combinations of intervals 58 3.4.2. The graphical representation of the projected intervals in the 2D DR subspace 59 3.5. Some computational issues 61 3.5.1. Standardization of interval-valued data 61 3.5.2. The slicing schemes for iSIR 62 3.5.3. The evaluation of DR components 62 3.6. Simulation studies 63 3.6.1. Scenario 1: aggregated data 63 3.6.2. Scenario 2: data based on interval arithmetic 63 3.6.3. Results 64 3.7. A real data example: face recognition data 65 3.8. Conclusion and discussion 73 3.9. References 74 Chapter 4. On the “Complexity” of Social Reality. Some Reflections About the Use of Symbolic Data Analysis in Social Sciences 79Frédéric LEBARON 4.1. Introduction 79 4.2. Social sciences facing “complexity” 80 4.2.1. The total social fact, a designation of “complexity” in social sciences 80 4.2.2. Two families of answers 80 4.2.3. The contemporary deepening of the two approaches, “reductionist” and “encompassing” 81 4.2.4. Issues of scale and heterogeneity 82 4.3. Symbolic data analysis in the social sciences: an example 83 4.3.1. Symbolic data analysis 83 4.3.2. An exploratory case study on European data 83 4.3.3. A sociological interpretation 94 4.4. Conclusion 95 4.5. References 96 Part 2. Complex Data 99 Chapter 5. A Spatial Dependence Measure and Prediction of Georeferenced Data Streams Summarized by Histograms 101Rosanna VERDE and Antonio BALZANELLA 5.1. Introduction 101 5.2. Processing setup 103 5.3. Main definitions 104 5.4. Online summarization of a data stream through CluStream for Histogram data 106 5.5. Spatial dependence monitoring: a variogram for histogram data 107 5.6. Ordinary kriging for histogram data 110 5.7. Experimental results on real data 112 5.8. Conclusion 116 5.9. References 116 Chapter 6. Incremental Calculation Framework for Complex Data 119Huiwen WANG, Yuan WEI and Siyang WANG 6.1. Introduction 119 6.2. Basic data 122 6.2.1. The basic data space 122 6.2.2. Sample covariance matrix 123 6.3. Incremental calculation of complex data 124 6.3.1. Transformation of complex data 124 6.3.2. Online decomposition of covariance matrix 125 6.3.3. Adopted algorithms 128 6.4. Simulation studies 131 6.4.1. Functional linear regression 131 6.4.2. Compositional PCA 133 6.5. Conclusion 135 6.6. Acknowledgment 135 6.7. References 135 Part 3. Network Data 139 Chapter 7. Recommender Systems and Attributed Networks 141Françoise FOGELMAN-SOULIÉ, Lanxiang MEI, Jianyu ZHANG, Yiming LI, Wen GE, Yinglan LI and Qiaofei YE 7.1. Introduction 141 7.2. Recommender systems 142 7.2.1. Data used 143 7.2.2. Model-based collaborative filtering 145 7.2.3. Neighborhood-based collaborative filtering 145 7.2.4. Hybrid models 148 7.3. Social networks 150 7.3.1. Non-independence 150 7.3.2. Definition of a social network 150 7.3.3. Properties of social networks 151 7.3.4. Bipartite networks 152 7.3.5. Multilayer networks 153 7.4. Using social networks for recommendation 154 7.4.1. Social filtering 154 7.4.2. Extension to use attributes 155 7.4.3. Remarks 156 7.5. Experiments 156 7.5.1. Performance evaluation 156 7.5.2. Datasets 157 7.5.3. Analysis of one-mode projected networks 158 7.5.4. Models evaluated 160 7.5.5. Results 160 7.6. Perspectives 163 7.7. References 163 Chapter 8. Attributed Networks Partitioning Based on Modularity Optimization 169David COMBE, Christine LARGERON, Baptiste JEUDY, Françoise FOGELMAN-SOULIÉ and Jing WANG 8.1. Introduction 169 8.2. Related work 171 8.3. Inertia based modularity 172 8.4. I-Louvain 174 8.5. Incremental computation of the modularity gain 176 8.6. Evaluation of I-Louvain method 179 8.6.1. Performance of I-Louvain on artificial datasets 179 8.6.2. Run-time of I-Louvain 180 8.7. Conclusion 181 8.8. References 182 Part 4. Clustering 187 Chapter 9. A Novel Clustering Method with Automatic Weighting of Tables and Variables 189Rodrigo C. DE ARAÚJO, Francisco DE ASSIS TENORIO DE CARVALHO and Yves LECHEVALLIER 9.1. Introduction 189 9.2. Related Work 190 9.3. Definitions, notations and objective 191 9.3.1. Choice of distances 192 9.3.2. Criterion W measures the homogeneity of the partition P on the set of tables 193 9.3.3. Optimization of the criterion W 195 9.4. Hard clustering with automated weighting of tables and variables 196 9.4.1. Clustering algorithms MND–W and MND–WT 196 9.5. Applications: UCI data sets 201 9.5.1. Application I: Iris plant 201 9.5.2. Application II: multi-features dataset 204 9.6. Conclusion 206 9.7. References 206 Chapter 10. Clustering and Generalized ANOVA for Symbolic Data Constructed from Open Data 209Simona KORENJAK-ČERNE, Nataša KEJAR and Vladimir BATAGELJ 10.1. Introduction 209 10.2. Data description based on discrete (membership) distributions 210 10.3. Clustering 212 10.3.1. TIMSS – study of teaching approaches 215 10.3.2. Clustering countries based on age–sex distributions of their populations 217 10.4. Generalized ANOVA 221 10.5. Conclusion 225 10.6. References 226 List of Authors 229 Index 233
£125.06
Independently Published Python Machine Learning: Machine Learning and
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£12.59
IGI Global Open Source Software for Statistical Analysis of
Book SynopsisWith the development of computing technologies in today's modernized world, software packages have become easily accessible. Open source software, specifically, is a popular method for solving certain issues in the field of computer science. One key challenge is analyzing big data due to the high amounts that organizations are processing. Researchers and professionals need research on the foundations of open source software programs and how they can successfully analyze statistical data.Open Source Software for Statistical Analysis of Big Data: Emerging Research and Opportunities provides emerging research exploring the theoretical and practical aspects of cost-free software possibilities for applications within data analysis and statistics with a specific focus on R and Python. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as cluster analysis, time series forecasting, and machine learning, this book is ideally designed for researchers, developers, practitioners, engineers, academicians, scholars, and students who want to more fully understand in a brief and concise format the realm and technologies of open source software for big data and how it has been used to solve large-scale research problems in a multitude of disciplines.
£186.00
IGI Global Open Source Software for Statistical Analysis of
Book SynopsisWith the development of computing technologies in today's modernized world, software packages have become easily accessible. Open source software, specifically, is a popular method for solving certain issues in the field of computer science. One key challenge is analyzing big data due to the high amounts that organizations are processing. Researchers and professionals need research on the foundations of open source software programs and how they can successfully analyze statistical data.Open Source Software for Statistical Analysis of Big Data: Emerging Research and Opportunities provides emerging research exploring the theoretical and practical aspects of cost-free software possibilities for applications within data analysis and statistics with a specific focus on R and Python. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as cluster analysis, time series forecasting, and machine learning, this book is ideally designed for researchers, developers, practitioners, engineers, academicians, scholars, and students who want to more fully understand in a brief and concise format the realm and technologies of open source software for big data and how it has been used to solve large-scale research problems in a multitude of disciplines.
£141.00
Packt Publishing Limited Practical Discrete Mathematics: Discover math
Book SynopsisA practical guide simplifying discrete math for curious minds and demonstrating its application in solving problems related to software development, computer algorithms, and data scienceKey Features Apply the math of countable objects to practical problems in computer science Explore modern Python libraries such as scikit-learn, NumPy, and SciPy for performing mathematics Learn complex statistical and mathematical concepts with the help of hands-on examples and expert guidance Book DescriptionDiscrete mathematics deals with studying countable, distinct elements, and its principles are widely used in building algorithms for computer science and data science. The knowledge of discrete math concepts will help you understand the algorithms, binary, and general mathematics that sit at the core of data-driven tasks. Practical Discrete Mathematics is a comprehensive introduction for those who are new to the mathematics of countable objects. This book will help you get up to speed with using discrete math principles to take your computer science skills to a more advanced level. As you learn the language of discrete mathematics, you'll also cover methods crucial to studying and describing computer science and machine learning objects and algorithms. The chapters that follow will guide you through how memory and CPUs work. In addition to this, you'll understand how to analyze data for useful patterns, before finally exploring how to apply math concepts in network routing, web searching, and data science. By the end of this book, you'll have a deeper understanding of discrete math and its applications in computer science, and be ready to work on real-world algorithm development and machine learning.What you will learn Understand the terminology and methods in discrete math and their usage in algorithms and data problems Use Boolean algebra in formal logic and elementary control structures Implement combinatorics to measure computational complexity and manage memory allocation Use random variables, calculate descriptive statistics, and find average-case computational complexity Solve graph problems involved in routing, pathfinding, and graph searches, such as depth-first search Perform ML tasks such as data visualization, regression, and dimensionality reduction Who this book is forThis book is for computer scientists looking to expand their knowledge of discrete math, the core topic of their field. University students looking to get hands-on with computer science, mathematics, statistics, engineering, or related disciplines will also find this book useful. Basic Python programming skills and knowledge of elementary real-number algebra are required to get started with this book.Table of ContentsTable of Contents Key Concepts, Notation, Set Theory, Relations, and Functions Formal Logic and Constructing Mathematical Proofs Computing with Base-n Numbers Combinatorics Using SciPy Elements of Discrete Probability Computational Algorithms in Linear Algebra Computational Requirements for Algorithms Storage and Feature Extraction of Graphs, Trees, and Networks Searching Data Structures and Finding Shortest Paths Regression Analysis with NumPy and Scikit-Learn Web Searches with PageRank Principal Component Analysis with Scikit-Learn
£46.54
Springer London Ltd MATLAB® for Engineers Explained
Book SynopsisBased on the new 'guided-tour' concept that eliminates the start-up transient encountered in learning new programming languages, this beginner's introduction to MATLAB teaches a sufficient subset of the functionality and gives the reader practical experience on how to find more information. Recent developments in MATLAB to advance programming are described using realistic examples in order to prepare students for larger programming projects. In addition, a large number of exercises, tips, and solutions mean that the course can be followed with or without a computer. The development of MATLAB programming and its use in engineering courses makes this a valuable self-study guide for both engineering students and practicing engineers.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews: "The book consists of three parts: an initiation in matlab, more advanced programming in matlab, and some elaborated applications. … The text gives a bottom-up learning-by-example approach. … Thus the reader is forced to sit at the computer and do experiments, which is in my opinion the best and fastest way to learn matlab. The excellent help tool of matlab should do the rest. … The command summaries in the appendices make it … a substitute for the matlab manuals." (Adhemar Bultheel, Bulletin of the Belgian Mathematical Society, Vol. 12 (1), 2005)Table of Contents1 Learning MATLAB.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Interactive computation and elementary functions.- 3 Manipulating matrices.- 4 Strings and workspace administration.- 5 Graphical illustrations.- 6 Matrix algebra and polynomials.- 7 Advanced graphics.- 8 MATLAB Scripts.- 9 MATLAB Functions.- 10 Functions of functions.- 2 Advanced Programming.- 11 Data Structures.- 11.1 Sparse Matrices.- 11.2 Multidimensional Arrays and Cell Arrays.- 11.3 Structs.- 12 Object Orientation.- 13 Graphical Object Orientation and User Interfaces.- 13.1 Graphical objects.- 13.2 Default settings.- 13.3 Graphical User Interface (GUI).- 13.4 Constructing a GUI using guide.- 14 Optimizing MATLAB Code.- 15 Calling C-routines from MATLAB.- 3 Applications of MATLAB.- 16 Calculus.- 17 Data interpolation.- 18 Linear Algebra.- 19 Optimization.- 20 Numerical Accuracy and Number Representation.- 21 Statistics.- 22 Control Theory and the LTI Object.- 23 Dynamical Simulation with SIMULlNK.- 24 Ordinary Differential Equations.- 25 Signal processing.- 26 Communication Systems.- 27 Documentation, presentation and animation.- A Answers to the exercises.- B Command reference.- C Summary of mathematical functions.- D Toolbox Summaries.- E Graphics summary.
£42.74
New Age International (UK) Ltd Analysis and Design of Control Systems Using
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£38.00
Simply Charly Simply Turing
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Statistics for Data Scientists: An Introduction
Book SynopsisThis book provides an undergraduate introduction to analysing data for data science, computer science, and quantitative social science students. It uniquely combines a hands-on approach to data analysis – supported by numerous real data examples and reusable [R] code – with a rigorous treatment of probability and statistical principles. Where contemporary undergraduate textbooks in probability theory or statistics often miss applications and an introductory treatment of modern methods (bootstrapping, Bayes, etc.), and where applied data analysis books often miss a rigorous theoretical treatment, this book provides an accessible but thorough introduction into data analysis, using statistical methods combining the two viewpoints. The book further focuses on methods for dealing with large data-sets and streaming-data and hence provides a single-course introduction of statistical methods for data science.Trade Review“Having taught data analytics at the introductory graduate level, I welcome the authors’ textbook as an essential resource for training well-grounded entry-level data scientists. … A data scientist shall provide competent data science professional services to a client. … Training in both the theory and practice of data analytics is a requirement for such competence. The authors’ textbook definitely provides a valuable resource for such training.” (Harry J. Foxwell, Computing Reviews, July 7, 2022)Table of Contents1 A First Look at Data.- 2 Sampling Plans and Estimates.- 3 Probability Theory.- 4 Random Variables and Distributions.- 5 Estimation.- 6 Multiple Random Variables.- 7 Making Decisions in Uncertainty.- 8 Bayesian Statistics.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Analyzing Qualitative Data with MAXQDA: Text,
Book SynopsisThis book presents strategies for analyzing qualitative and mixed methods data with MAXQDA software, and provides guidance on implementing a variety of research methods and approaches, e.g. grounded theory, discourse analysis and qualitative content analysis, using the software. In addition, it explains specific topics, such as transcription, building a coding frame, visualization, analysis of videos, concept maps, group comparisons and the creation of literature reviews. The book is intended for masters and PhD students as well as researchers and practitioners dealing with qualitative data in various disciplines, including the educational and social sciences, psychology, public health, business or economics.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Analyzing Qualitative Data with Software.- Getting to Know the Interface of MAXQDA.- Setting up a Project and Importing Data.- Transcribing Audio and Video Recordings.- Exploring the Data.- Coding Text and PDF Files.- Coding Video Data, Audio Data, and Images.- Building a Coding Frame.- Working with Coded Segments and Memos.- Adding Variables and Quantifying Codes.- Working with Paraphrases and Summaries, Creating Case Overviews.- Comparing Cases and Groups, Discovering Interrelations and Using Visualizations.- Analyzing Mixed Methods Data.- Working with Bibliographic Information and Creating Literature Reviews.- Analyzing Focus Group Data.- Analyzing (Online) Survey Data with Closed and Open-Ended Questions.- MAXMaps: Creating Infographics and Concept Maps.- Collaborating in Teams.- Analyzing Intercoder Agreement.- Documenting and Archiving the Research Process.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Applied Machine Learning
Book SynopsisMachine learning methods are now an important tool for scientists, researchers, engineers and students in a wide range of areas. This book is written for people who want to adopt and use the main tools of machine learning, but aren’t necessarily going to want to be machine learning researchers. Intended for students in final year undergraduate or first year graduate computer science programs in machine learning, this textbook is a machine learning toolkit. Applied Machine Learning covers many topics for people who want to use machine learning processes to get things done, with a strong emphasis on using existing tools and packages, rather than writing one’s own code.A companion to the author's Probability and Statistics for Computer Science, this book picks up where the earlier book left off (but also supplies a summary of probability that the reader can use).Emphasizing the usefulness of standard machinery from applied statistics, this textbook gives an overview of the major applied areas in learning, including coverage of:• classification using standard machinery (naive bayes; nearest neighbor; SVM)• clustering and vector quantization (largely as in PSCS)• PCA (largely as in PSCS)• variants of PCA (NIPALS; latent semantic analysis; canonical correlation analysis)• linear regression (largely as in PSCS)• generalized linear models including logistic regression• model selection with Lasso, elasticnet• robustness and m-estimators• Markov chains and HMM’s (largely as in PSCS)• EM in fairly gory detail; long experience teaching this suggests one detailed example is required, which students hate; but once they’ve been through that, the next one is easy• simple graphical models (in the variational inference section)• classification with neural networks, with a particular emphasis onimage classification• autoencoding with neural networks• structure learningTable of Contents1. Learning to Classify.- 2. SVM’s and Random Forests.- 3. A Little Learning Theory.- 4. High-dimensional Data.- 5. Principal Component Analysis.- 6. Low Rank Approximations.- 7. Canonical Correlation Analysis.- 8. Clustering.- 9. Clustering using Probability Models.- 10. Regression.- 11. Regression: Choosing and Managing Models.- 12. Boosting.- 13. Hidden Markov Models.- 14. Learning Sequence Models Discriminatively.- 15. Mean Field Inference.- 16. Simple Neural Networks.- 17. Simple Image Classifiers.- 18. Classifying Images and Detecting Objects.- 19. Small Codes for Big Signals.- Index.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Excel 2019 for Biological and Life Sciences
Book SynopsisNewly revised to specifically address Microsoft Excel 2019, this book is a step-by-step, exercise-driven guide for students and practitioners who need to master Excel to solve practical biological and life science problems. Excel is an effective learning tool for quantitative analyses in biological and life sciences courses. Its powerful computational ability and graphical functions make learning statistics much easier than in years past. Excel 2019 for Biological and Life Sciences Statistics capitalizes on these improvements by teaching students and professionals how to apply Excel 2019 to statistical techniques necessary in their courses and work.Each chapter explains statistical formulas and directs the reader to use Excel commands to solve specific, easy-to-understand biological and life science problems. Practice problems are provided at the end of each chapter with their solutions in an appendix. Separately, there is a full practice test (with answers in an appendix) that allows readers to test what they have learned. This new edition offers a wealth of new practice problems and solutions, as well as updated chapter content throughout.Table of ContentsPreface.- Acknowledgements.- 1 Sample Size, Mean, Standard Deviation, and Standard Error of the Mean.- 2 Random Number Generator.- 3 Confidence Interval About the Mean Using the TINV Function and Hypothesis .- 4 One-Group t-Test for the Mean.- 5 Two-Group t-Test of the Difference of the Means for Independent Groups.- 6 Correlation and Simple Linear Regression.- 7 Multiple Correlation and Multiple Regression.- 8 One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA).- Appendix A: Answers to End-of-Chapter Practice Problems.- Appendix B: Practice Test.- Appendix C: Answers to Practice Test.- Appendix D: Statistical Formulas.- Appendix E: t-table.- Index.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Statistical Analysis of Network Data with R
Book SynopsisThe new edition of this book provides an easily accessible introduction to the statistical analysis of network data using R. It has been fully revised and can be used as a stand-alone resource in which multiple R packages are used to illustrate how to conduct a wide range of network analyses, from basic manipulation and visualization, to summary and characterization, to modeling of network data. The central package is igraph, which provides extensive capabilities for studying network graphs in R. The new edition of this book includes an overhaul to recent changes in igraph. The material in this book is organized to flow from descriptive statistical methods to topics centered on modeling and inference with networks, with the latter separated into two sub-areas, corresponding first to the modeling and inference of networks themselves, and then, to processes on networks. The book begins by covering tools for the manipulation of network data. Next, it addresses visualization and characterization of networks. The book then examines mathematical and statistical network modeling. This is followed by a special case of network modeling wherein the network topology must be inferred. Network processes, both static and dynamic are addressed in the subsequent chapters. The book concludes by featuring chapters on network flows, dynamic networks, and networked experiments. Statistical Analysis of Network Data with R, 2nd Ed. has been written at a level aimed at graduate students and researchers in quantitative disciplines engaged in the statistical analysis of network data, although advanced undergraduates already comfortable with R should find the book fairly accessible as well.Table of Contents1 Introduction.- 2 Manipulating Network Data.- 3 Visualizing Network Data.- 4 Descriptive Analysis of Network Graph Characteristics.- 5 Mathematical Models for Network Graphs.- 6 Statistical Models for Network Graphs.- 7 Network Topology Inference.- 8 Modeling and Prediction for Processes on Network Graphs.- 9 Analysis of Network Flow Data.- 10 Networked Experiments.- 11 Dynamic Networks.- Index.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG An Introduction to Data Analysis in R: Hands-on Coding, Data Mining, Visualization and Statistics from Scratch
Book SynopsisThis textbook offers an easy-to-follow, practical guide to modern data analysis using the programming language R. The chapters cover topics such as the fundamentals of programming in R, data collection and preprocessing, including web scraping, data visualization, and statistical methods, including multivariate analysis, and feature exercises at the end of each section. The text requires only basic statistics skills, as it strikes a balance between statistical and mathematical understanding and implementation in R, with a special emphasis on reproducible examples and real-world applications. This textbook is primarily intended for undergraduate students of mathematics, statistics, physics, economics, finance and business who are pursuing a career in data analytics. It will be equally valuable for master students of data science and industry professionals who want to conduct data analyses.Trade Review“It was very interesting to go through the pages of this book. The authors should be commended for writing a thorough book about complex concepts of data analysis in R that could, however, be read easily. I warmly recommend this book to students of statistics but also to professionals who would like to acquire advanced analytical skills or improve their competencies in R, especially nowadays with R very popular amongst data analysts.” (Georgios Nikolopoulos, ISCB News, iscb.info, Issue 71, June, 2021)Table of ContentsPreface.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Introduction to R.- 3 Databases in R.- 4 Visualization.- 5 Data Analysis with R.- R Packages and Funtions.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Probability in Electrical Engineering and
Book SynopsisThis revised textbook motivates and illustrates the techniques of applied probability by applications in electrical engineering and computer science (EECS). The author presents information processing and communication systems that use algorithms based on probabilistic models and techniques, including web searches, digital links, speech recognition, GPS, route planning, recommendation systems, classification, and estimation. He then explains how these applications work and, along the way, provides the readers with the understanding of the key concepts and methods of applied probability. Python labs enable the readers to experiment and consolidate their understanding. The book includes homework, solutions, and Jupyter notebooks. This edition includes new topics such as Boosting, Multi-armed bandits, statistical tests, social networks, queuing networks, and neural networks. For ancillaries related to this book, including examples of Python demos and also Python labs used in Berkeley, please email Mary James at mary.james@springer.com. This is an open access book. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Page Rank - A.- Chapter 2. Page Rank - B.- Chapter 3. Multiplexing - A.- Chapter 4. Multiplexing - B.- Chapter 5. Networks - A.- Chapter 6. Networks - B.- Chapter 7. Digital Link - A.- Chapter 8. Digital Link - B.- Chapter 9. Tracking - A.- Chapter 10. Tracking - B.- Chapter 11. Speech Recognition - A.- Chapter 12. Speech Recognition - B.- Chapter 13. Route planning - A.- Chapter 14. Route Planning - B.- chapter 15. Perspective & Complements.- A. Elementary Probability.- B. Basic Probability.- . Index.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG A Beginner’s Guide to Statistics for Criminology
Book SynopsisThis book provides hands-on guidance for researchers and practitioners in criminal justice and criminology to perform statistical analyses and data visualization in the free and open-source software R. It offers a step-by-step guide for beginners to become familiar with the RStudio platform and tidyverse set of packages. This volume will help users master the fundamentals of the R programming language, providing tutorials in each chapter that lay out research questions and hypotheses centering around a real criminal justice dataset, such as data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, National Crime Victimization Survey, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, The Monitoring the Future Study, and The National Youth Survey. Users will also learn how to manipulate common sources of agency data, such as calls-for-service (CFS) data. The end of each chapter includes exercises that reinforce the R tutorial examples, designed to help master the software as well as to provide practice on statistical concepts, data analysis, and interpretation of results. The text can be used as a stand-alone guide to learning R or it can be used as a companion guide to an introductory statistics textbook, such as Basic Statistics in Criminal Justice (2020).Table of Contents1. Getting started.2. Managing your data.3. Data visualization.4. Spatiotemporal data visualization and basic crime analysis.5. Descriptive statistics: measures of central tendency.6. Descriptive statistics: measures of dispersion.7. Statistical inference in criminal justice research.8. Defining the observed significance level of a test.9. Hypothesis testing using the binomial distribution.10. Chi-square: a test commonly used for nominal-level measures.11. The normal distribution and its application to tests of statistical significance.12. Comparing means in two samples.13. Analysis of variance.14. Measures of association for nominal and ordinal variables.15. Measuring association for interval data.16. Introduction to regression analysis.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG A Beginner’s Guide to Statistics for Criminology
Book SynopsisThis book provides hands-on guidance for researchers and practitioners in criminal justice and criminology to perform statistical analyses and data visualization in the free and open-source software R. It offers a step-by-step guide for beginners to become familiar with the RStudio platform and tidyverse set of packages. This volume will help users master the fundamentals of the R programming language, providing tutorials in each chapter that lay out research questions and hypotheses centering around a real criminal justice dataset, such as data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, National Crime Victimization Survey, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, The Monitoring the Future Study, and The National Youth Survey. Users will also learn how to manipulate common sources of agency data, such as calls-for-service (CFS) data. The end of each chapter includes exercises that reinforce the R tutorial examples, designed to help master the software as well as to provide practice on statistical concepts, data analysis, and interpretation of results. The text can be used as a stand-alone guide to learning R or it can be used as a companion guide to an introductory statistics textbook, such as Basic Statistics in Criminal Justice (2020).Table of Contents1. Getting started.2. Managing your data.3. Data visualization.4. Spatiotemporal data visualization and basic crime analysis.5. Descriptive statistics: measures of central tendency.6. Descriptive statistics: measures of dispersion.7. Statistical inference in criminal justice research.8. Defining the observed significance level of a test.9. Hypothesis testing using the binomial distribution.10. Chi-square: a test commonly used for nominal-level measures.11. The normal distribution and its application to tests of statistical significance.12. Comparing means in two samples.13. Analysis of variance.14. Measures of association for nominal and ordinal variables.15. Measuring association for interval data.16. Introduction to regression analysis.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Excel 2019 for Marketing Statistics: A Guide to
Book SynopsisThis book shows the capabilities of Microsoft Excel in teaching marketing statistics effectively. It is a step-by-step, exercise-driven guide for students and practitioners who need to master Excel to solve practical marketing problems. If understanding statistics isn’t your strongest suit, you are not especially mathematically inclined, or if you are wary of computers, this is the right book for you.Excel, a widely available computer program for students and managers, is also an effective teaching and learning tool for quantitative analyses in marketing courses. Its powerful computational ability and graphical functions make learning statistics much easier than in years past. Excel 2019 for Marketing Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems capitalizes on these improvements by teaching students and managers how to apply Excel to statistical techniques necessary in their courses and work.In this new edition, each chapter explains statistical formulas and directs the reader to use Excel commands to solve specific, easy-to-understand marketing problems. Practice problems are provided at the end of each chapter with their solutions in an appendix. Separately, there is a full practice test (with answers in an appendix) that allows readers to test what they have learned.Table of ContentsPreface.- Acknowledgements.- 1 Sample Size, Mean, Standard Deviation, and Standard Error of the Mean.- 2 Random Number Generator.- 3 Confidence Interval About the Mean Using the TINV Function and Hypothesis Testing.- 4 One-Group t-Test for the Mean.- 5 Two-Group t-Test of the Difference of the Means for Independent Groups.- 6 Correlation and Simple Linear Regression.- 7 Multiple Correlation and Multiple Regression.- 8 One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA).- Appendix A: Answers to End-of-Chapter Practice Problems.- Appendix B: Practice Test.- Appendix C: Answers to Practice Test.- Appendix D: Statistical Formulas.- Appendix E: t-table.- Index.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG A Course on Small Area Estimation and Mixed
Book SynopsisThis advanced textbook explores small area estimation techniques, covers the underlying mathematical and statistical theory and offers hands-on support with their implementation. It presents the theory in a rigorous way and compares and contrasts various statistical methodologies, helping readers understand how to develop new methodologies for small area estimation. It also includes numerous sample applications of small area estimation techniques. The underlying R code is provided in the text and applied to four datasets that mimic data from labor markets and living conditions surveys, where the socioeconomic indicators include the small area estimation of total unemployment, unemployment rates, average annual household incomes and poverty indicators. Given its scope, the book will be useful for master and PhD students, and for official and other applied statisticians. Table of Contents1 Small Area Estimation.- 2 Design-based Direct Estimation.- 3 Design-based Indirect Estimation.- 4 Prediction Theory.- 5 Linear Models.- 6 Linear Mixed Models.- 7 Nested Error Regression Models.- 8 EBLUPs under Nested Error Regression Models.- 9 Mean Squared Error of EBLUPs.- 10 EBPs under Nested Error Regression Models.- 11 EBLUPs under Two-fold Nested Error Regression Models.- 12 EBPs under Two-fold Nested Error Regression Models.- 13 Random Regression Coefficient Models.- 14 EBPs under Unit-level Logit Mixed Models.- 15 EBPs under Unit-level Two-fold Logit Mixed Models.- 16 Fay-Herriot Models.- 17 Area-level Temporal Linear Mixed Models.- 18 Area-level Spatio-temporal Linear Mixed Models.- 19 Area-level Bivariate Linear Mixed Models.- 20 Area-level Poisson Mixed Models.- 21 Area-level Temporal Poisson Mixed Models.- A Some Useful Formulas.- Index.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Luminescence: Data Analysis and Modeling Using R
Book SynopsisThis book covers applications of R to the general discipline of radiation dosimetry and to the specific areas of luminescence dosimetry, luminescence dating, and radiation protection dosimetry. It features more than 90 detailed worked examples of R code fully integrated into the text, with extensive annotations. The book shows how researchers can use available R packages to analyze their experimental data, and how to extract the various parameters describing mathematically the luminescence signals. In each chapter, the theory behind the subject is summarized, and references are given from the literature, so that researchers can look up the details of the theory and the relevant experiments. Several chapters are dedicated to Monte Carlo methods, which are used to simulate the luminescence processes during the irradiation, heating, and optical stimulation of solids, for a wide variety of materials. This book will be useful to those who use the tools of luminescence dosimetry, including physicists, geologists, archaeologists, and for all researchers who use radiation in their research.Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Analysis and Modeling of TL Data.- 3. Analysis of Experimental OSL Data.- 4. Dose Response of Dosimetric Materials.- 5. Monte Carlo Simulations With Fixed Time Interval.- 6. Luminescence as a Stochastic Life-and-Death Process.- 7. Delocalized Transitions: The R Package RLumCarlo.- 8. Localized Transitions: The R Package RLumCarlo.- 9. Quantum Tunneling and Luminescence Models.- 10. Quantum Tunneling: The R Package RLumCarlo.- 11. Comprehensive Quartz Models Using Program KMS.- 12. Quartz Models Using the R-Package RLumModel.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Signed Distance Measure in Fuzzy Statistical
Book SynopsisThe main focus of this book is on presenting advances in fuzzy statistics, and on proposing a methodology for testing hypotheses in the fuzzy environment based on the estimation of fuzzy confidence intervals, a context in which not only the data but also the hypotheses are considered to be fuzzy. The proposed method for estimating these intervals is based on the likelihood method and employs the bootstrap technique. A new metric generalizing the signed distance measure is also developed. In turn, the book presents two conceptually diverse applications in which defended intervals play a role: one is a novel methodology for evaluating linguistic questionnaires developed at the global and individual levels; the other is an extension of the multi-ways analysis of variance to the space of fuzzy sets. To illustrate these approaches, the book presents several empirical and simulation-based studies with synthetic and real data sets. In closing, it presents a coherent R package called “FuzzySTs” which covers all the previously mentioned concepts with full documentation and selected use cases. Given its scope, the book will be of interest to all researchers whose work involves advanced fuzzy statistical methods.Table of Contents- 1. Introduction. - Part I Theoretical Part. - 2. Fundamental Concepts on Fuzzy Sets. - 3. Fuzzy Rule-Based Systems. - 4. Distances Between Fuzzy Sets. - 5. Fuzzy Random Variables and Fuzzy Distributions. - 6. Fuzzy Statistical Inference. - Conclusion Part I. - Part II Applications. - 7. Evaluation of Linguistic Questionnaire. - 8. Fuzzy Analysis of Variance. - Part III An R Package for Fuzzy Statistical Analysis: A DetailedDescription. - 9. FuzzySTs: Fuzzy Statistical Tools: A Detailed Description. - Conclusion.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Partial Least Squares Structural Equation
Book SynopsisPartial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) has become a standard approach for analyzing complex inter-relationships between observed and latent variables. Researchers appreciate the many advantages of PLS-SEM such as the possibility to estimate very complex models and the method’s flexibility in terms of data requirements and measurement specification. This practical open access guide provides a step-by-step treatment of the major choices in analyzing PLS path models using R, a free software environment for statistical computing, which runs on Windows, macOS, and UNIX computer platforms. Adopting the R software’s SEMinR package, which brings a friendly syntax to creating and estimating structural equation models, each chapter offers a concise overview of relevant topics and metrics, followed by an in-depth description of a case study. Simple instructions give readers the “how-tos” of using SEMinR to obtain solutions and document their results. Rules of thumb in every chapter provide guidance on best practices in the application and interpretation of PLS-SEM.Table of ContentsAn Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling.- Introduction to R and RStudio.- Introduction to SEMinR.- Evaluation of Reflective Measurement Models.- Evaluation of Formative Measurement Models.- Evaluation of the Structural Model.- Mediation Analysis.- Moderation Analysis.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG An Introduction to Bayesian Inference, Methods
Book SynopsisThese lecture notes provide a rapid, accessible introduction to Bayesian statistical methods. The course covers the fundamental philosophy and principles of Bayesian inference, including the reasoning behind the prior/likelihood model construction synonymous with Bayesian methods, through to advanced topics such as nonparametrics, Gaussian processes and latent factor models. These advanced modelling techniques can easily be applied using computer code samples written in Python and Stan which are integrated into the main text. Importantly, the reader will learn methods for assessing model fit, and to choose between rival modelling approaches. Table of ContentsUncertainty and Decisions.- Prior and Likelihood Representation.- Graphical Modeling.- Parametric Models.- Computational Inference.- Bayesian Software Packages.- Model choice.- Linear Models.- Nonparametric Models.- Nonparametric Regression.- Clustering and Latent Factor Models.- Conjugate Parametric Models.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG MATLAB and Simulink Crash Course for Engineers
Book SynopsisMATLAB and Simulink Crash Course for Engineers is a reader-friendly introductory guide to the features, functions, and applications of MATLAB and Simulink. The book provides readers with real-world examples, exercises, and applications, and offers highly illustrated, step-by-step demonstrations of techniques for the modelling and simulation of complex systems. MATLAB coverage includes vectors and matrices, programs and functions, complex numbers, visualization, solving equations, numerical methods, optimization problems, and graphical user interfaces. The Simulink coverage includes commonly used Simulink blocks, control system simulation, electrical circuit analysis, electric power systems, power electronics, and renewable energy technology. This powerful tutorial is a great resource for students, engineers, and other busy technical professionals who need to quickly acquire a solid understanding of MATLAB and Simulink.Table of ContentsIntroduction to MATLAB.- Vectors and Matrices.- Programs and Functions.- Complex Numbers.- Visualization.- Solving Equations.- Numerical Methods in MATLAB.- Electrical Circuit Analysis.- Control System and MATLAB.- Optimization Problem.- App Designer and Graphical User Interface in MATLAB.- Introduction to Simulink.- Control System in Simulink.- Commonly Used Simulink Blocks.- Electrical Circuit Analysis in Simulink.- Application of Simulink in Power Systems.- Application of Simulink in Power Electronics.- Application of Simulink in Renewable Energy Technology.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG An Introduction to Statistics with Python: With
Book SynopsisNow in its second edition, this textbook provides an introduction to Python and its use for statistical data analysis. It covers common statistical tests for continuous, discrete and categorical data, as well as linear regression analysis and topics from survival analysis and Bayesian statistics.For this new edition, the introductory chapters on Python, data input and visualization have been reworked and updated. The chapter on experimental design has been expanded, and programs for the determination of confidence intervals commonly used in quality control have been introduced. The book also features a new chapter on finding patterns in data, including time series. A new appendix describes useful programming tools, such as testing tools, code repositories, and GUIs.The provided working code for Python solutions, together with easy-to-follow examples, will reinforce the reader’s immediate understanding of the topic. Accompanying data sets and Python programs are also available online. With recent advances in the Python ecosystem, Python has become a popular language for scientific computing, offering a powerful environment for statistical data analysis.With examples drawn mainly from the life and medical sciences, this book is intended primarily for masters and PhD students. As it provides the required statistics background, the book can also be used by anyone who wants to perform a statistical data analysis. Table of ContentsI Python and Statistics.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Python.- 3 Data Input.- 4 Data Display.- II Distributions and Hypothesis Tests.- 5 Basic Statistical Concepts.- 6 Distributions of One Variable.- 7 Hypothesis Tests.- 8 Tests of Means of Numerical Data.- 9 Tests on Categorical Data.- 10 Analysis of Survival Times.- III Statistical Modelling.- 11 Finding Patterns in Signals.- 12 Linear Regression Models.- 13 Generalized Linear Models.- 14 Bayesian Statistics.- Appendices.- A Useful Programming Tools.- B Solutions.- C Equations for Confidence Intervals.- D Web Ressources.- Glossary.- Bibliography.- Index.
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Springer International Publishing AG Stationary Processes and Discrete Parameter
Book SynopsisThis textbook explores two distinct stochastic processes that evolve at random: weakly stationary processes and discrete parameter Markov processes. Building from simple examples, the authors focus on developing context and intuition before formalizing the theory of each topic. This inviting approach illuminates the key ideas and computations in the proofs, forming an ideal basis for further study.After recapping the essentials from Fourier analysis, the book begins with an introduction to the spectral representation of a stationary process. Topics in ergodic theory follow, including Birkhoff''s Ergodic Theorem and an introduction to dynamical systems. From here, the Markov property is assumed and the theory of discrete parameter Markov processes is explored on a general state space. Chapters cover a variety of topics, including birth-death chains, hitting probabilities and absorption, the representation of Markov processes as iterates of random maps, and large deviation theory for Markov processes. A chapter on geometric rates of convergence to equilibrium includes a splitting condition that captures the recurrence structure of certain iterated maps in a novel way. A selection of special topics concludes the book, including applications of large deviation theory, the FKG inequalities, coupling methods, and the Kalman filter.Featuring many short chapters and a modular design, this textbook offers an in-depth study of stationary and discrete-time Markov processes. Students and instructors alike will appreciate the accessible, example-driven approach and engaging exercises throughout. A single, graduate-level course in probability is assumed.
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Birkhauser Verlag AG Modern Statistics: A Computer-Based Approach with
Book SynopsisThis innovative textbook presents material for a course on modern statistics that incorporates Python as a pedagogical and practical resource. Drawing on many years of teaching and conducting research in various applied and industrial settings, the authors have carefully tailored the text to provide an ideal balance of theory and practical applications. Numerous examples and case studies are incorporated throughout, and comprehensive Python applications are illustrated in detail. A custom Python package is available for download, allowing students to reproduce these examples and explore others.The first chapters of the text focus on analyzing variability, probability models, and distribution functions. Next, the authors introduce statistical inference and bootstrapping, and variability in several dimensions and regression models. The text then goes on to cover sampling for estimation of finite population quantities and time series analysis and prediction, concluding with two chapters on modern data analytic methods. Each chapter includes exercises, data sets, and applications to supplement learning.Modern Statistics: A Computer-Based Approach with Python is intended for a one- or two-semester advanced undergraduate or graduate course. Because of the foundational nature of the text, it can be combined with any program requiring data analysis in its curriculum, such as courses on data science, industrial statistics, physical and social sciences, and engineering. Researchers, practitioners, and data scientists will also find it to be a useful resource with the numerous applications and case studies that are included. A second, closely related textbook is titled Industrial Statistics: A Computer-Based Approach with Python. It covers topics such as statistical process control, including multivariate methods, the design of experiments, including computer experiments and reliability methods, including Bayesian reliability. These texts can be used independently or for consecutive courses.The mistat Python package can be accessed at https://gedeck.github.io/mistat-code-solutions/ModernStatistics/"In this book on Modern Statistics, the last two chapters on modern analytic methods contain what is very popular at the moment, especially in Machine Learning, such as classifiers, clustering methods and text analytics. But I also appreciate the previous chapters since I believe that people using machine learning methods should be aware that they rely heavily on statistical ones. I very much appreciate the many worked out cases, based on the longstanding experience of the authors. They are very useful to better understand, and then apply, the methods presented in the book. The use of Python corresponds to the best programming experience nowadays. For all these reasons, I think the book has also a brilliant and impactful future and I commend the authors for that."Professor Fabrizio RuggeriResearch Director at the National Research Council, ItalyPresident of the International Society for Business and Industrial Statistics (ISBIS)Editor-in-Chief of Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry (ASMBI) Table of ContentsAnalyzing Variability: Descriptive Statistics.- Probability Models and Distribution Functions.- Statistical Inference and Bootstrapping.- Variability in Several Dimensions and Regression Models.- Sampling for Estimation of Finite Population Quantities.- Time Series Analysis and Prediction.- Modern analytic methods: Part I.- Modern analytic methods: Part II.- Introduction to Python.- List of Python packages.- Code Repository and Solution Manual.- Bibliography.- Index.
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Springer International Publishing AG Bayes Factors for Forensic Decision Analyses with
Book SynopsisBayes Factors for Forensic Decision Analyses with R provides a self-contained introduction to computational Bayesian statistics using R. With its primary focus on Bayes factors supported by data sets, this book features an operational perspective, practical relevance, and applicability—keeping theoretical and philosophical justifications limited. It offers a balanced approach to three naturally interrelated topics:Probabilistic Inference - Relies on the core concept of Bayesian inferential statistics, to help practicing forensic scientists in the logical and balanced evaluation of the weight of evidence.Decision Making - Features how Bayes factors are interpreted in practical applications to help address questions of decision analysis involving the use of forensic science in the law.Operational Relevance - Combines inference and decision, backed up with practical examples and complete sample code in R, including sensitivity analyses and discussion on how to interpret results in context.Over the past decades, probabilistic methods have established a firm position as a reference approach for the management of uncertainty in virtually all areas of science, including forensic science, with Bayes' theorem providing the fundamental logical tenet for assessing how new information—scientific evidence—ought to be weighed. Central to this approach is the Bayes factor, which clarifies the evidential meaning of new information, by providing a measure of the change in the odds in favor of a proposition of interest, when going from the prior to the posterior distribution. Bayes factors should guide the scientist's thinking about the value of scientific evidence and form the basis of logical and balanced reporting practices, thus representing essential foundations for rational decision making under uncertainty.This book would be relevant to students, practitioners, and applied statisticians interested in inference and decision analyses in the critical field of forensic science. It could be used to support practical courses on Bayesian statistics and decision theory at both undergraduate and graduate levels, and will be of equal interest to forensic scientists and practitioners of Bayesian statistics for driving their evaluations and the use of R for their purposes.This book is Open Access.Table of ContentsPart I - Introduction to the Bayes Factor (Likelihood Ratio)Presents the principal statistic discussed throughout this book: the Bayes factor, in the context of forensic science, more often known as the likelihood ratio. Subsections of this part: clarify the different roles (known as, respectively, the ‘investigative’ and ‘evaluative’ role) that forensic scientists may assume in their daily work articulate the reasons why forensic scientists should adhere to a Bayesian framework of inference in order to ensure coherence in their inferential and decision-making tasks formally describe what the Bayes factor is and how it relates to coherent decision analysis describe the advantages that Bayes factors offer in assessing, articulating and communicating the value of scientific evidence in general, and in legal proceedings in particular Part II - Bayes Factor for Investigative PurposesDeals with a peculiar task of the forensic scientist, known as the ‘investigative mode’ (i.e., one of the two main modes of functioning introduced in Part I). That is, in forensic settings, it may well be the case that a potential source (i.e., a suspect) is not available for comparative purposes, in particular in early stages of the legal process. Notwithstanding, data and measurements on recovered material (e.g., seized on a crime scene) can be used for an investigative purpose. In this mode of working, scientists can offer to investigative authorities (or, in a more general perspective, mandating parties) information to help discriminate between general propositions concerning, for instance, the characterizing features of the source that left the recovered material (e.g., gender, externally visible traits such as hair and eye color, handedness, etc.). At this stage in the process, the scientist tries to help answer questions such as ‘what happened?’ in the case under investigation, or ‘what can we infer about the offender?’. In this context, the Bayes factor can be used as a statistic to measure and help decide how to classify, for example, objects and substances on which measurements have been made. This use of the Bayes factor will be explained through practical examples involving topics such as handwriting characteristics, toner from printers in questioned document examination, drugs of abuse, toxicology, forensic anthropology and forensic DNA profiling (listing is not exhaustive and may evolve during the writing of the book). Both univariate and multivariate data will be considered, with or without replicates, and involving different statistical distributions (i.e. Binomial, Poisson, Normal, etc.). The examples refer to realistic forensic applications as they may be encountered in judicial contexts and the forensic practitioner’s own field of activity. Data will be selected from published literature or from the author’s own records. R sample code will be specified and explanations will be included on how to interpret results in context and convey their meaning appropriately.Part III - Bayes Factor for Evaluative PurposesFocuses on the scientist’s role in a more advanced stage of the legal process. That is, situations in which the evaluation of scientific findings will take into account a potential source of the recovered material (e.g., a suspect or an object/tool). This kind of reporting is typically required when scientists need to communicate their results for use at trial. It is of utmost importance at this juncture that scientists express the value of the observed data and findings under competing hypotheses, focusing on a potential (i.e., known) source versus an alternative source (e.g., propositions such as ‘the recovered item comes from the same source as the control material’, and ‘the recovered item is from a source that is different from that of the control material’). The Bayes factor is the central inferential concept for such expressions of weight of evidence. In this part of the book, too, examples will be chosen with the intention to reflect realistic scenarios as they may arise in current judicial practice. In particular, the outline will consider uni- and multi-variate data from scenarios related to microtraces (e.g., glass and paint fragments), handwriting and drugs of abuse. Besides computational R code, this chapter will also include (i) sensitivity analyses to provide readers with a means to further investigate the properties of the proposed evaluative procedures based on the Bayes factor, and (ii) decision theoretic extensions to outline how to interface expressions of weight of evidence with the broader perspective of coherent decision-making. Part IV - ConclusionSummarizes the key messages developed throughout this book, emphasizing (i) the contribution of an extended use of the Bayes factor in a normative decision framework, and (ii) the role of the Bayes factor as the relevant statistic for both investigative and evaluative tasks that characterize current forensic science.
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Springer International Publishing AG Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis:
Book SynopsisNow in its second edition, this introductory statistics textbook conveys the essential concepts and tools needed to develop and nurture statistical thinking. It presents descriptive, inductive and explorative statistical methods and guides the reader through the process of quantitative data analysis. This revised and extended edition features new chapters on logistic regression, simple random sampling, including bootstrapping, and causal inference.The text is primarily intended for undergraduate students in disciplines such as business administration, the social sciences, medicine, politics, and macroeconomics. It features a wealth of examples, exercises and solutions with computer code in the statistical programming language R, as well as supplementary material that will enable the reader to quickly adapt the methods to their own applications.Table of ContentsPart I Descriptive Statistics: Introduction and Framework.- Frequency Measures and Graphical Representation of Data.- Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion.- Association of Two Variables.- Part I Probability Calculus: Combinatorics.- Elements of Probability Theory.- Random Variables.- Probability Distributions.- Part III Inductive Statistics: Inference.- Hypothesis Testing.- Linear Regression.- Logistic Regression.- Part IV Additional Topics Simple Random Sampling and Bootstrapping.- Causality.- Part V Appendices: Introduction to R.- Solutions to Exercises.- Technical Appendix.- Visual Summaries.
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Springer International Publishing AG Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis: With Exercises, Solutions and Applications in R
Book SynopsisNow in its second edition, this introductory statistics textbook conveys the essential concepts and tools needed to develop and nurture statistical thinking. It presents descriptive, inductive and explorative statistical methods and guides the reader through the process of quantitative data analysis. This revised and extended edition features new chapters on logistic regression, simple random sampling, including bootstrapping, and causal inference.The text is primarily intended for undergraduate students in disciplines such as business administration, the social sciences, medicine, politics, and macroeconomics. It features a wealth of examples, exercises and solutions with computer code in the statistical programming language R, as well as supplementary material that will enable the reader to quickly adapt the methods to their own applications.Table of ContentsPart I Descriptive Statistics: Introduction and Framework.- Frequency Measures and Graphical Representation of Data.- Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion.- Association of Two Variables.- Part I Probability Calculus: Combinatorics.- Elements of Probability Theory.- Random Variables.- Probability Distributions.- Part III Inductive Statistics: Inference.- Hypothesis Testing.- Linear Regression.- Logistic Regression.- Part IV Additional Topics Simple Random Sampling and Bootstrapping.- Causality.- Part V Appendices: Introduction to R.- Solutions to Exercises.- Technical Appendix.- Visual Summaries.
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Springer International Publishing AG Models for Data Analysis: SIS 2018, Palermo,
Book SynopsisThe 49Th Scientific meeting of the Italian Statistical Society was held in June 2018 in Palermo, with more than 450 attendants. There were plenary sessions as well as specialized and solicited and contributed sessions.This volume collects a selection of twenty extended contributions covering a wide area of applied and theoretical issues, according to the modern trends in statistical sciences. Only to mention some topics, there are papers on modern textual analysis, sensorial analysis, social inequalities, themes on demography, modern modeling of functional data and high dimensional data, and many other topics.This volume is addressed to academics, PhD students, professionals and researchers in applied and theoretical statistical models for data analysis.Table of Contents1 Rossella Berni, Nedka Dechkova Nikiforova, Patrizia Pinelli, Consumers’ preferences for coffee consumption: a choice experiment integrated with tasting and chemical analyses.- 2 Michele Costa, Gender gap assessment and inequality decomposition.- 3 Antonella Plaia, Simona Buscemi, Mariangela Sciandra, Position weighted decision trees for ranking data.- 4 Alessio Serafini, Luca Scrucca, Marco Alfo', Paolo Giordani, Maria Brigida Ferraro, Fuzzy and model-based clustering methods: can we fruitfully compare them?.- 5 Luigi Augugliaro, Ernst Wit, Hassan Pazira, Javier González, Fentaw Abegaz, Angelo Mineo, Using Differential Geometry for Sparse High-Dimensional Risk Regression Models.- 6 Gennaro Punzo, Mariateresa Ciommi, Gaetano Musella, European Funds and regional convergence: From the European context to the Italian scenario.- 7 Maria GAbriella Campolo, Antonino Di Pino Incognito, Edoardo Otranto, Reducing Bias of a Matching Estimation of Treatment Effect in a Nonexperimental Evaluation Procedure.- 8 Giambattista Salinari, Gustavo De Santis, Trends and random walks in mortality series.- 9 Mariantonietta Ruggieri, Gianna Agrò, Erasmo Vassallo, A BoD Composite Indicator to measure the Italian “Sole 24 Ore” Quality of Life.- 10 Michelangelo Misuraca, Germana Scepi, Maria Spano, Network-based dimensionality reduction for textual datasets.- 11 Maria Iannario, Ioannis Ntzufras, Claudia Tarantola, Zero Inflated Bivariate Poisson Regression Models for a sport (in)activity data analysis.- 12 Amalia Vanacore, Maria Sole Pellegrino, An analysis of misclassification rates in rater agreement studies.- 13 Francesca Bitonti, Angelo Mazza, Massimo Mucciardi, Luigi Scrofani, Urban transformations and the spatial distribution of foreign immigrants in Messina.- 14 Silvia Bacci, Valeria Caviezel, Anna Maria Falzoni, Perceived benefits and individual characteristics of internationally mobile students: a discrete latent variable analysis.- 15 Laura Bocci, Isabella Mingo, Cultural Participation and social inequality in the digital age: a multilevel cross-national analysis in Europe.- 16 Richard Gerlach, Antonio Naimoli, Giuseppe Storti, Capturing measurement error bias in volatility forecasting by Realized GARCH models.- 17 Gianna Agrò, PCA on environmental vibration data for damage detection on civil engineering structure.- 18 Antonino Mario Oliveri, Gabriella Polizzi, Assessing the performance of the Italian translations of modified MEIM, EIS and FESM scales to measure ethnic identity: a case study.- 19 Federica Onori, Sara Viviani, Pierpaolo Brutti, Towards global monitoring: equating the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) and food insecurity scales in Latin America.- 20 Francesca Di Salvo, Renata Rotondi, Giovanni Lanzano, Functional linear models for the analysis of similarity of waveforms.
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Springer International Publishing AG Optimal Surface Fitting of Point Clouds Using
Book SynopsisThis open access book provides insights into the novel Locally Refined B-spline (LR B-spline) surface format, which is suited for representing terrain and seabed data in a compact way. It provides an alternative to the well know raster and triangulated surface representations. An LR B-spline surface has an overall smooth behavior and allows the modeling of local details with only a limited growth in data volume. In regions where many data points belong to the same smooth area, LR B-splines allow a very lean representation of the shape by locally adapting the resolution of the spline space to the size and local shape variations of the region. The iterative method can be modified to improve the accuracy in particular domains of a point cloud. The use of statistical information criterion can help determining the optimal threshold, the number of iterations to perform as well as some parameters of the underlying mathematical functions (degree of the splines, parameter representation). The resulting surfaces are well suited for analysis and computing secondary information such as contour curves and minimum and maximum points. Also deformation analysis are potential applications of fitting point clouds with LR B-splines.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Locally Refined Splines.- Adaptive surface Fitting with Local Refinement: LR B-spline Surfaces.- A Statistical Criterion to Judge the Goodness of Fit of LR B-splines Surface Approximation.- LR B-splines for Representation of Terrain and Seabed: Data Fusion, Outliers, and Voids.- LR B-spline Surfaces and Volumes for Deformation Analysis of Terrain Data.- Conclusion.
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Springer International Publishing AG MATLAB for Engineering and the Life Sciences
Book SynopsisThis book is a self-guided tour of MATLAB for engineers and life scientists. It introduces the most commonly used programming techniques through biologically inspired examples. Although the text is written for undergraduates, graduate students and academics, as well as those in industry, will find value in learning MATLAB. The book takes the emphasis off of learning syntax so that the reader can focus more on algorithmic thinking. Although it is not assumed that the reader has taken differential equations or a linear algebra class, there are short introductions to many of these concepts. Following a short history of computing, the MATLAB environment is introduced. Next, vectors and matrices are discussed, followed by matrix-vector operations. The core programming elements of MATLAB are introduced in three successive chapters on scripts, loops, and conditional logic. The last three chapters outline how to manage the input and output of data, create professional quality graphics and find and use MATLAB toolboxes. Throughout, biomedical and life science examples are used to illustrate MATLAB's capabilities.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- MATLAB Programming Environment.- Vectors.- Matrices.- MatrixVector Operations.- Scripts and Functions.- Loops.- Conditional Logic.- Data In/Data Out.- Graphics.- Toolboxes.
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Springer International Publishing AG The Fundamentals of People Analytics: With
Book SynopsisThis open access book prepares current and aspiring analytics professionals to effectively address this need by curating key concepts spanning the entire analytics lifecycle, along with step-by-step instructions for their applications to real-world problems, using ubiquitous and freely available open-source software. This book does not assume prior knowledge of statistics, how to query databases, or how to write performant code; early chapters include an introduction to R and SQL as well as an overview of statistical foundations.Human capital is an organization’s most important asset. Without the knowledge and skills of people, an organization can accomplish nothing. The acquisition, development, and retention of critical talent has become increasingly more complex and challenging, and organizations are making significant investments to gain a deeper, data-informed understanding of organizational phenomena impacting the bottom line. By the end of this book, readers will be able to: • Design and conduct empirical research • Query and wrangle data using SQL • Profile, clean, and analyze data using R • Apply appropriate statistical and ML models to a range of people analytics use cases • Package and present analyses to communicate impactful insights to stakeholdersTable of Contents1. Getting Started.- 2. Introduction to R.- 3. Introduction to SQL.- 4. Research Design.- 5. Measurement & Sampling.- 6. Data Preparation.- 7. Descriptive Statistics.- 8. Statistical Inference.- 9. Analysis of Differences.- 10. Linear Regression.- 11. Linear Model Extensions.- 12. Logistic Regression.- 13. Predictive Modeling.- 14. Unsupervised Learning.- 15. Data Visualization.- 16. Data Storytelling.
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Springer International Publishing AG The Fundamentals of People Analytics: With
Book SynopsisThis open access book prepares current and aspiring analytics professionals to effectively address this need by curating key concepts spanning the entire analytics lifecycle, along with step-by-step instructions for their applications to real-world problems, using ubiquitous and freely available open-source software. This book does not assume prior knowledge of statistics, how to query databases, or how to write performant code; early chapters include an introduction to R and SQL as well as an overview of statistical foundations.Human capital is an organization’s most important asset. Without the knowledge and skills of people, an organization can accomplish nothing. The acquisition, development, and retention of critical talent has become increasingly more complex and challenging, and organizations are making significant investments to gain a deeper, data-informed understanding of organizational phenomena impacting the bottom line. By the end of this book, readers will be able to: • Design and conduct empirical research • Query and wrangle data using SQL • Profile, clean, and analyze data using R • Apply appropriate statistical and ML models to a range of people analytics use cases • Package and present analyses to communicate impactful insights to stakeholdersTable of Contents1. Getting Started.- 2. Introduction to R.- 3. Introduction to SQL.- 4. Research Design.- 5. Measurement & Sampling.- 6. Data Preparation.- 7. Descriptive Statistics.- 8. Statistical Inference.- 9. Analysis of Differences.- 10. Linear Regression.- 11. Linear Model Extensions.- 12. Logistic Regression.- 13. Predictive Modeling.- 14. Unsupervised Learning.- 15. Data Visualization.- 16. Data Storytelling.
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Springer International Publishing AG Descriptive Statistics for Scientists and
Book SynopsisThis book introduces descriptive statistics and covers a broad range of topics of interest to students and researchers in various applied science disciplines. This includes measures of location, spread, skewness, and kurtosis; absolute and relative measures; and classification of spread, skewness, and kurtosis measures, L-moment based measures, van Zwet ordering of kurtosis, and multivariate kurtosis. Several novel topics are discussed including the recursive algorithm for sample variance; simplification of complicated summation expressions; updating formulas for sample geometric, harmonic and weighted means; divide-and-conquer algorithms for sample variance and covariance; L-skewness; spectral kurtosis, etc. A large number of exercises are included in each chapter that are drawn from various engineering fields along with examples that are illustrated using the R programming language. Basic concepts are introduced before moving on to computational aspects. Some applications in bioinformatics, finance, metallurgy, pharmacokinetics (PK), solid mechanics, and signal processing are briefly discussed. Every analyst who works with numeric data will find the discussion very illuminating and easy to follow.Table of ContentsDescriptive Statistics.- Measures of Location.- Measures of Spread.- Measures of Skewness and Kurtosis.
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Springer International Publishing AG Optimal Experimental Design: A Concise
Book SynopsisThis textbook provides a concise introduction to optimal experimental design and efficiently prepares the reader for research in the area. It presents the common concepts and techniques for linear and nonlinear models as well as Bayesian optimal designs. The last two chapters are devoted to particular themes of interest, including recent developments and hot topics in optimal experimental design, and real-world applications. Numerous examples and exercises are included, some of them with solutions or hints, as well as references to the existing software for computing designs. The book is primarily intended for graduate students and young researchers in statistics and applied mathematics who are new to the field of optimal experimental design. Given the applications and the way concepts and results are introduced, parts of the text will also appeal to engineers and other applied researchers.Table of ContentsPreface.- Motivating Introduction.- Linear Models.- Nonlinear Models.- Bayesian Optimal Designs.- Hot Topics.- Real Case Examples.- Appendices.- References.- Index.
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Springer International Publishing AG An Introduction to Statistical Learning: with
Book SynopsisAn Introduction to Statistical Learning provides an accessible overview of the field of statistical learning, an essential toolset for making sense of the vast and complex data sets that have emerged in fields ranging from biology to finance, marketing, and astrophysics in the past twenty years. This book presents some of the most important modeling and prediction techniques, along with relevant applications. Topics include linear regression, classification, resampling methods, shrinkage approaches, tree-based methods, support vector machines, clustering, deep learning, survival analysis, multiple testing, and more. Color graphics and real-world examples are used to illustrate the methods presented. This book is targeted at statisticians and non-statisticians alike, who wish to use cutting-edge statistical learning techniques to analyze their data. Four of the authors co-wrote An Introduction to Statistical Learning, With Applications in R (ISLR), which has become a mainstay of undergraduate and graduate classrooms worldwide, as well as an important reference book for data scientists. One of the keys to its success was that each chapter contains a tutorial on implementing the analyses and methods presented in the R scientific computing environment. However, in recent years Python has become a popular language for data science, and there has been increasing demand for a Python-based alternative to ISLR. Hence, this book (ISLP) covers the same materials as ISLR but with labs implemented in Python. These labs will be useful both for Python novices, as well as experienced users.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Statistical Learning.- Linear Regression.- Classification.- Resampling Methods.- Linear Model Selection and Regularization.- Moving Beyond Linearity.- Tree-Based Methods.- Support Vector Machines.- Deep Learning.- Survival Analysis and Censored data.- Unsupervised Learning.- Multiple Testing.- Index.
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Springer An Introduction to Statistical Learning: With
Book SynopsisIntroduction.- Statistical Learning.- Linear Regression.- Classification.- Resampling Methods.- Linear Model Selection and Regularization.- Moving Beyond Linearity.- Tree-Based Methods.- Support Vector Machines.- Deep Learning.- Survival Analysis and Censored data.- Unsupervised Learning.- Multiple Testing.- Index.
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Springer International Publishing AG Exploring University Mathematics with Python
Book SynopsisThis book provides a unique tour of university mathematics with the help of Python. Written in the spirit of mathematical exploration and investigation, the book enables students to utilise Python to enrich their understanding of mathematics through: Calculation: performing complex calculations and numerical simulations instantly Visualisation: demonstrating key theorems with graphs, interactive plots and animations Extension: using numerical findings as inspiration for making deeper, more general conjectures. This book is for all learners of mathematics, with the primary audience being mathematics undergraduates who are curious to see how Python can enhance their understanding of core university material. The topics chosen represent a mathematical overview of what students typically study in the first and second years at university, namely analysis, calculus, vector calculus and geometry, differential equations and dynamical systems, linear algebra, abstract algebra and number theory, probability and statistics. As such, it can also serve as a preview of university mathematics for high-school students. The prerequisites for reading the book are a familiarity with standard A-Level mathematics (or equivalent senior high-school curricula) and a willingness to learn programming. For mathematics lecturers and teachers, this book is a useful resource on how Python can be seamlessly incorporated into the mathematics syllabus, assuming only basic knowledge of programming.Table of Contents1 Analysis.- 2 Calculus.- 3 Vector Calculus and Geometry.- 4 Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems.- 5 Linear Algebra.- 6 Abstract Algebra and Number Theory.- 7 Probability.- 8 Statistics.- Appendix A: Python 101.
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