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Advanced Decision Making Methods Applied to Health Care (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science #173)
by Angela Testi Elena TanfaniThe most difficult part of making decisions in the health care field on all levels (national, regional, institutional, patient) is linked to the very complexity of the system itself, to the intrinsic uncertainty involved and its dynamic nature. This requires not only the ability to analyze and interpret a large amount of information but also arrange it so that it becomes a cognitive base for appropriate decision-making. Moreover, decisions in the health care field are subjected to many challenges and constraints: fast change and uncertain outcomes, aging population, increasing citizen expectations, equity considerations and limited resources. Operations research, statistical and economic-related quantitative methods supply these decisions making tools and methodology. The contributed book presents a collection of applications to concrete situations detailing the problem area, the methodology employed, the implementation and results. Each topic addressed in the book will be structured in such a way that an interdisciplinary and wide audience will be able to use the materials presented. As an example the book chapters will address health policies issues, planning health services, epidemiology and disease modelling, home-care modelling, logistics in health care, capacity planning, quality and appropriateness.
Advanced Design: Universal Principles for All Disciplines
by John ReisThis book is about design. Everybody does design, from artists to engineers, from interior designers to industrial designers. We design our days and we design our lives. This book presents the three universal activities that everyone uses, no matter who they are or what they do. These three activities are 1.) clarify an ambiguous project, 2.) generate ideas, and 3.) select one idea for implementation. This book also presents how the psychology of design impacts our effectiveness with each of these three activities, from creativity through decision making, intuition through analysis, and cognitive enhancement through design biases. Although the examples provided in this book primarily target the diverse disciplines of art (painting) and engineering, they can be easily understood and adapted by designers in any discipline.This book helps advanced design students and working professionals in any discipline to understand why and when the basic design principles they were taught work or do not work and, as a result, improve their design effectiveness.
Advanced Digital Auditing: Theory and Practice of Auditing Complex Information Systems and Technologies (Progress in IS)
by Egon Berghout Rob Fijneman Lennard Hendriks Mona De Boer Bert-Jan ButijnThis open access book discusses the most modern approach to auditing complex digital systems and technologies. It combines proven auditing approaches, advanced programming techniques and complex application areas, and covers the latest findings on theory and practice in this rapidly developing field. Especially for those who want to learn more about novel approaches to testing complex information systems and related technologies, such as blockchain and self-learning systems, the book will be a valuable resource. It is aimed at students and practitioners who are interested in contemporary technology and managerial implications.
Advanced Econometric Theory (Routledge Advanced Texts in Economics and Finance)
by John ChipmanWhen learning econometrics, what better way than to be taught by one of its masters. In this significant new volume, John Chipman, the eminence grise of econometrics, presents his classic lectures in econometric theory. Starting with the linear regression model, least squares, Gauss-Markov theory and the first principals of econometrics, this book guides the introductory student to an advanced stage of ability. The text covers multicollinearity and reduced-rank estimation, the treatment of linear restrictions and minimax estimation. Also included are chapters on the autocorrelation of residuals and simultaneous-equation estimation. By the end of the text, students will have a solid grounding in econometrics. Despite the frequent complexity of the subject matter, Chipman's clear explanations, concise prose and sharp analysis make this book stand out from others in the field. With mathematical rigor sharpened by a lifetime of econometric analysis, this significant volume is sure to become a seminal and indispensable text in this area.
Advanced Econometrics
by Takeshi AmemiyaAdvanced Econometrics is both a comprehensive text for graduate students and a reference work for econometricians. It will also be valuable to those doing statistical analysis in the other social sciences. Its main features are a thorough treatment of cross-section models, including qualitative response models, censored and truncated regression models, and Markov and duration models, as well as a rigorous presentation of large sample theory, classical least-squares and generalized least-squares theory, and nonlinear simultaneous equation models. <P><P> Although the treatment is mathematically rigorous, the author has employed the theorem-proof method with simple, intuitively accessible assumptions. This enables readers to understand the basic structure of each theorem and to generalize it for themselves depending on their needs and abilities. Many simple applications of theorems are given either in the form of examples in the text or as exercises at the end of each chapter in order to demonstrate their essential points.
Advanced Energy Saving and its Applications in Industry (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology)
by Atsushi Tsutsumi Akira Kishimoto Chihiro Fushimi Yasuki Kansha Kazuo MatsudaThe conventional approach for energy saving in a process system is to maximize heat recovery without changing any process conditions by using pinch technology. "Self-heat recuperation technology" was developed to achieve further energy saving in the process system by eliminating the necessity for any external heat input, such as firing or imported steam. Advanced Energy Saving and its Applications in Industry introduces the concept of self-heat recuperation and the application of such technology to a wide range of processes from heavy chemical complexes to other processes such as drying and gas separation processes, which require heating and cooling during operation. Conventional energy saving items in a utility system are applied and implemented based on a single site approach, however, when looking at heavy chemical complexes, it was apparent that the low-grade heat discharged as waste from a refinery could also be used in an adjacent petrochemical plant. There could therefore be a large energy saving potential by utilizing the surplus heat across the sites. Advanced Energy Saving and its Applications in Industry assesses conventional approaches to industrial energy saving and explains and outlines new methods to provide even greater energy saving potential. Advanced Energy Saving and its Applications in Industry provides a key resource and research tool for all those involved in developing the energy efficiency of industrial processes. Researchers, industry professionals and even students with an interest in green engineering will find the summaries of the conventional and suggested new methods useful when attempting to advance further development within this field.
Advanced Equity Derivatives: Volatility and Correlation (Wiley Finance)
by Sebastien BossuIn Advanced Equity Derivatives: Volatility and Correlation, Sébastien Bossu reviews and explains the advanced concepts used for pricing and hedging equity exotic derivatives. Designed for financial modelers, option traders and sophisticated investors, the content covers the most important theoretical and practical extensions of the Black-Scholes model. Each chapter includes numerous illustrations and a short selection of problems, covering key topics such as implied volatility surface models, pricing with implied distributions, local volatility models, volatility derivatives, correlation measures, correlation trading, local correlation models and stochastic correlation. The author has a dual professional and academic background, making Advanced Equity Derivatives: Volatility and Correlation the perfect reference for quantitative researchers and mathematically savvy finance professionals looking to acquire an in-depth understanding of equity exotic derivatives pricing and hedging.
Advanced Excel Reporting for Management Accountants
by Neale BlackwoodThe advanced tools accountants need to build automated, reliable, and scalable reports using ExcelLearn about the functions that work together to automate many of the processes involved in Management Reporting. See how to take advantage of the many new features of Excel 2007 and 2010. Find out how to build validation structures into your spreadsheet reports. Discover how to identify missing or new codes, either in the creation process or in the day-to-day running of the reports. Do it all with Advanced Excel Reporting for Management Accountants.Explore the structures that simplify the report creation process and make the reports more maintainableLearn techniques to "cleanse" data so that it is ready for use in Pivot Tables and formula-based reportsFind out the tips and tricks that can make the creation process quicker and easierDiscover all you need to know about Excel's summing functions and how versatile they can beWritten in a hands-on style that works towards the completion of two reporting case studies, Advanced Excel Reporting for Management Accountants explains and demonstrates techniques so that Management Accountants can learn how to automate many aspects of the reporting process.
Advanced Facilitation Strategies: Tools & Techniques to Master Difficult Situations
by Ingrid BensFrom Ingrid Bens, the author of the best-selling book Facilitating with Ease!, comes the next-step resource for project leaders, managers, community leaders, teachers, and other facilitators who want to hone their skills in order to deal with complex situations. Advanced Facilitation Strategies is a field guide that offers practical strategies and techniques for working with challenging everyday situations. These proven strategies and techniques are based on experience gleaned from hundreds of facilitated activities in organizations of all sizes and in all sectors. Both novice and seasoned facilitators who have had firsthand experience designing and leading meetings will benefit from this reality-based playbook. Advanced Facilitation Strategies is filled with the information facilitators need to Become better at diagnosing facilitation assignments and creating effective process designs Broaden their repertoire of tools to make impromptu design changes whenever they are needed Learn to be more resilient and confident when dealing with dysfunctional situations and difficult people.
Advanced Financial Accounting
by Theodore E. Christensen David M. Cottrell Cassy BuddThe Thirteenth Edition of Advanced Financial Accounting is an up-to-date, comprehensive, and highly illustrated presentation of the accounting and reporting principles and procedures used in a variety of business entities. Every day, the business press carries stories about merger and acquisition mania, the complexities of modern business entities, new organizational structures for conducting business, accounting scandals related to complex business transactions, the foreign activities of multinational firms, the operations of governmental and not-for-profit entities, and bankruptcies of major firms. Accountants must understand and know how to deal with the accounting and reporting ramifications of these issues.
Advanced Financial Risk Management
by Mark Mesler Donald R. Van Deventer Kenji ImaiPractical tools and advice for managing financial risk, updated for a post-crisis worldAdvanced Financial Risk Management bridges the gap between the idealized assumptions used for risk valuation and the realities that must be reflected in management actions. It explains, in detailed yet easy-to-understand terms, the analytics of these issues from A to Z, and lays out a comprehensive strategy for risk management measurement, objectives, and hedging techniques that apply to all types of institutions. Written by experienced risk managers, the book covers everything from the basics of present value, forward rates, and interest rate compounding to the wide variety of alternative term structure models.Revised and updated with lessons from the 2007-2010 financial crisis, Advanced Financial Risk Management outlines a framework for fully integrated risk management. Credit risk, market risk, asset and liability management, and performance measurement have historically been thought of as separate disciplines, but recent developments in financial theory and computer science now allow these views of risk to be analyzed on a more integrated basis. The book presents a performance measurement approach that goes far beyond traditional capital allocation techniques to measure risk-adjusted shareholder value creation, and supplements this strategic view of integrated risk with step-by-step tools and techniques for constructing a risk management system that achieves these objectives.Practical tools for managing risk in the financial worldUpdated to include the most recent events that have influenced risk managementTopics covered include the basics of present value, forward rates, and interest rate compounding; American vs. European fixed income options; default probability models; prepayment models; mortality models; and alternatives to the Vasicek model Comprehensive and in-depth, Advanced Financial Risk Management is an essential resource for anyone working in the financial field.
Advanced Fixed Point Theory for Economics
by Andrew McLennanThis book develops the central aspect of fixed point theory – the topological fixed point index – to maximal generality, emphasizing correspondences and other aspects of the theory that are of special interest to economics. Numerous topological consequences are presented, along with important implications for dynamical systems.The book assumes the reader has no mathematical knowledge beyond that which is familiar to all theoretical economists. In addition to making the material available to a broad audience, avoiding algebraic topology results in more geometric and intuitive proofs.Graduate students and researchers in economics, and related fields in mathematics and computer science, will benefit from this book, both as a useful reference and as a well-written rigorous exposition of foundational mathematics. Numerous problems sketch key results from a wide variety of topics in theoretical economics, making the book an outstanding text for advanced graduate courses in economics and related disciplines.
Advanced Google AdWords
by Brad GeddesMaster Google AdWords and get more out of your campaigns What's the secret to making every pay-per-click of your Google AdWords really pay? This must-have guide-written by a Google Advanced AdWords seminar instructor-shows you exactly how to apply advanced techniques and tactics for better results. Discover the best tools for keyword research, tips on crafting winning ad copy, advanced PPC optimization tricks, winning bidding strategies, and much more. If you manage AdWords PPC accounts, you won't want to miss this expert, detailed instruction. Covers the essential and advanced capabilities of Google AdWords Explores keyword research, PPC optimization strategies, the intricacies of Content Nation, how to interpret results and reports, and much more Provides busy marketers, consultants, PR professionals, Web developers, and others with an invaluable, step-by-step guide of advanced concepts Goes well beyond the basics and offers tips and tactics that you can immediately apply to your own campaigns Reinforces concepts through fascinating, real-world case studies Includes a $25 Google Adwords Gift Card for new customers If you've been seeking a practical, expert book on Google AdWords, one that goes well beyond the basics, Advanced Google AdWords is it!
Advanced Health Technology: Managing Risk While Tackling Barriers to Rapid Acceleration
by Sherri DouvilleEverything worth winning in life boils down to teamwork and leadership. In my positions as a businessman, athlete, community leader, and University trustee, there are tremendous parallels between all of these endeavors that mirror an extreme team sport such as medical technology. Understanding the game, defining the game, playing your position at your highest performance, and helping others play their best game. Advanced Health Technology represents an incredible opportunity to level up the game of healthcare and highlights the multiple disciplines – or positions to be mastered – while laying out winning plays to make that next level happen. Ronnie Lott, Managing Member, Lott Investments; Member, Pro Football Hall of Fame, and Trustee, Santa Clara University Healthcare stakeholders are paralyzed from making progress as risks explode in volume and complexity. This book will help readers understand how to manage and transcend risks to drive the quadruple aim of improved patient experiences, better patient and business outcomes, improved clinician experience, and lower healthcare costs, and also help readers learn from working successful examples across projects, programs, and careers to get ahead of these multidisciplinary healthcare risks.
Advanced Human Resource Management: Strategies, Theories and Concepts for HR Practice
by Sajia FerdousAdvanced Human Resource Management provides comprehensive, practical guidance on understanding and implementing key strategies across various HR functions. This essential textbook for postgraduate and final year undergraduate students of HRM covers an expansive discussion on contemporary contexts, theories and strategies for the various HR functions. From topics such as talent and performance management to managing diversity and maintaining sustainability, the book engages with how to apply different HR management approaches within organizations to achieve sustained competitive advantage.Features include:- Analysis of the impact of HR strategies at the micro-, meso- and macro-levels of the organization- Considerations of legal and policy implications of HR practices for ensuring compliance- Evaluation of the effectiveness of HRM strategies across different organizational settings, including large and small organizations as well as public and private sectors- Self-assessment quiz questions, relevant case law and real-world examples
Advanced ICD-10 for Physicians Including Worker’s Compensation and Personal Injury
by Eugene FukumotoICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD), a medical classification list by the World Health Organization. It contains codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury of diseases. The code set allows more than 14,000 different codes and permits the tracking of many new diagnoses. The U.S. has used ICD-10-CM (Clinical Modification) since October, 2015. This national variant of ICD-10 was provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the National Center for Health Statistics, and the use of ICD-10-CM codes are now mandated for all inpatient medical reporting requirements. This book is for physicians, practice managers and all others who need learn ICD-10. It’s designed for the clinician to learn how to put their diagnosis into a code and not rely on staff or computer software programs to decide it form them. ICD-10 is a complex system of coding and Medicare and third party insurers have been lenient giving providers a year to get used to the coding system. As a result, physicians and their staff have become very complacent regarding proper coding. However, Medicare and third party insurers will soon begin to deny claims which are not coded correctly, which in turn will cost physician groups time and money. This book focuses on Worker’s Compensation and Personal Injury, a very large segment of the healthcare industry and is a new area to ICD-10. The diagnosis coding for injuries is much different than for Medicare or group insurance and unless the physicians and their staff learn how to use it properly, they risk losing income for themselves and worse, they risk losing the case for the patient.
Advanced Information Systems Engineering Workshops: CAiSE 2018 International Workshops, Tallinn, Estonia, June 11-15, 2018, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #316)
by Raimundas Matulevičius Remco DijkmanThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of six international workshops held in Tallinn, Estonia, in conjunction with the 30th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2018, in June 2018. These workshops were: – The 5th Workshop on Advances in Services DEsign based on the Notion of Capability (ASDENCA) – The 1st Workshop on Business Data Analytics: Techniques and Applications (BDA) – The 1st Workshop on Blockchains for Inter-Organizational Collaboration (BIOC) – The 6thWorkshop on Cognitive Aspects of Information Systems Engineering (COGNISE) – The 2nd Workshop on Enterprise Modeling – The 1st Workshop on Flexible Advanced Information Systems (FAiSE) Two more workshops decided to produce their own, independent proceedings. The 22 full papers presented here were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 49 submissions.
Advanced Information Systems Engineering Workshops: CAiSE 2019 International Workshops, Rome, Italy, June 3-7, 2019, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #349)
by Janis Stirna Henderik A. ProperThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of three international workshops held in Rome, Italy, in June 2019, associated with the 31st International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2019. These workshops were: COGNISE, The 7th International Workshop on Cognitive Aspects of Information Systems EngineeringKET4DF, First International Workshop on Key Enabling Technologies for Digital FactoriesBIOC&FAISE, Joint Workshop on Blockchains for Inter-Organizational Collaboration and Felxible Advanced Information SystemsThe total of 19 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 39 submissions.
Advanced Information Systems Engineering Workshops: CAiSE 2020 International Workshops, Grenoble, France, June 8–12, 2020, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #382)
by Henderik A. Proper Sophie Dupuy-ChessaThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the international workshops associated with the 32nd International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2020, which was planned to take place in Grenoble, France, during June 8-12, 2020. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic the conference was held virtually. The workshops included in this book are: KET4DF, The Second International Workshop on Key Enabling Technologies for Digital Factories ISESL, The First International Workshop on Information Systems Engineering for Smarter Life The total of 8 full and 3 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 20 submissions. The book also contains one invited talk.
Advanced Information Systems Engineering Workshops: CAiSE 2021 International Workshops, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, June 28 – July 2, 2021, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #423)
by Stefanie Rinderle-Ma Artem PolyvyanyyThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the international workshops associated with the 33rd International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2021, which was held during June 28-July 2, 2021. The conference was planned to take place in Melbourne, Australia, but changed to an online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The workshops included in this volume are:· BC4IS: 1st International Workshop on Blockchain for Information Systems· EMoBI : 3rd International Workshop on Ethics and Morality in Business Informatics· KET4DF : 3rd International Workshop on Key Enabling Technology for Digital Factories· MOBA: 1st International Workshop on Model-driven Organizational and Business Agility· NeGIS: 2nd International Workshop on Next Generation Information SystemsThey focus on topics and trends ranging from blockchain technologies to digital factories, ethics, and business agility to the next generation of information systems.The 14 full papers and 1 short paper presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 33 submissions.
Advanced Information Systems Engineering Workshops: CAiSE 2022 International Workshops, Leuven, Belgium, June 6–10, 2022, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #451)
by Jennifer Horkoff Jelena Zdravkovic Estefania SerralThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the international workshops associated with the 34th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2022, which was held in Leuven, Belgium, during June 6-10, 2022.The workshops included in this volume are: · BC4IS: Second International Workshop on Blockchain for Information Systems· ISESL: Second International Workshop on Information Systems Engineering for Smarter Life· KET4DF: 4th International Workshop on Key Enabling Technology for Digital Factories They reflect a broad range of topics and trends ranging from blockchain technologies via digital factories, ethics, and ontologies, to the agile methods for business and information systems. The 11 full papers and 1 short paper presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 23 submissions.
Advanced Information Systems Engineering Workshops: CAiSE 2023 International Workshops, Zaragoza, Spain, June 12–16, 2023, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #482)
by Pnina Soffer Marcela RuizThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the international workshops associated with the 35th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2023, which was held in Zaragoza, Spain, during June 12-16, 2023.The workshops included in this volume are:· 1st International Workshop on Hybrid Artificial Intelligence and Enterprise Modelling for Intelligent Information Systems (HybridAIMS)· 1st Workshop on Knowledge Graphs for Semantics-Driven Systems Engineering (KG4SDSE)· Blockchain and Decentralized Governance Design for Information Systems (BC4IS and DGD) They reflect a broad range of topics and trends ranging from blockchain technologies via digital factories, ethics, and ontologies, to the agile methods for business and information systems. The theme of this year’s CAiSE was “Cyber-Human Systems”. The 10 full papers and 9 short paper presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 25 submissions.
Advanced Information Systems Engineering Workshops: CAiSE 2024 International Workshops, Limassol, Cyprus, June 3–7, 2024, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #521)
by Christos Kalloniatis Claudio Di Ciccio João Paulo A. AlmeidaThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the international workshops associated with the 36th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2024, which was held in Limassol, Cyprus, during June 2024. The total of 25 full and 5 short papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. They stem from the following workshops: – International Workshop on Blockchain for Information Systems (BC4IS24) and Blockchain for Trusted Data Sharing (B4TDS); – 2nd International Workshop on Hybrid Artificial Intelligence and Enterprise Modelling for Intelligent Information Systems (HybridAIMS); – 2nd International Workshop on Knowledge Graphs for Semantics-driven Systems Engineering (KG4SDSE); – 16th International Workshop on Enterprise & Organizational Modeling and Simulation (EOMAS); – International Workshop on Digital Transformation with Business Process Mining (DigPro).
Advanced Information Systems Engineering Workshops: CAiSE 2025 Workshops, Vienna, Austria, June 16–20, 2025, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #556)
by Jānis Grabis Yves WauteletThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the international workshops associated with the 37th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2025, which was held in Vienna, Austria, during June 16-20, 2025. The total of 24 full papers and 5 short papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 59 submissions. They stem from the following workshops: - 3rd Workshop on Knowledge Graphs for Semantics-driven Systems Engineering (KG4SDSE)- 3rd International Workshop on Hybrid Artificial Intelligence and Enterprise- Modelling for Intelligent Information Systems (HybridAIMS)- Joint Workshop on Blockchain for Information Systems Engineering (B4ISE) and Workshop on Information Systems and AI for Life Sciences (iSAILS)- 3rd Workshop on Modelling and Implementation of Digital Twins for Complex Systems (MIDas4CS)- Joint Process Mining with Unstructured Data workshop (PMUD) and International Workshop on Multimodal Process Mining (MMPM)- Joint Workshop on Large Language Models in Service-Oriented Architectures Design: Innovations and Applications (LLM-SOA) and Generation of Synthetic Datasets for Information Systems (GENSYN)- 1st Workshop on Compliance in the Era of Artificial Intelligence (CAI).
Advanced Information Systems Engineering: 29th International Conference, CAiSE 2017, Essen, Germany, June 12-16, 2017, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #10253)
by Klaus Pohl Eric DuboisThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of five international workshops held in Thessaloniki, Greece, in conjunction with the 26th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2014, in June 2014. The 24 full and eight short papers were carefully selected from 63 submissions. The five workshops were the First International Workshop on Advanced Probability and Statistics in Information Systems (APSIS), the First International Workshop on Advances in Services Design Based on the Notion of Capability, the Second International Workshop on Cognitive Aspects of Information Systems Engineering (COGNISE), the Third Workshop on New Generation Enterprise and Business Innovation Systems (NGEBIS), and the 4th International Workshop on Information Systems Security Engineering (WISSE).