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Graphs Theory and Applications: With Exercises and Problems

de Jean-Claude Fournier

This book provides a pedagogical and comprehensive introduction to graph theory and its applications. It contains all the standard basic material and develops significant topics and applications, such as: colorings...

Paradigms of Combinatorial Optimization: Problems and New Approaches

de Vangelis Th. Paschos

Combinatorial optimization is a multidisciplinary scientific area, lying in the interface of three major scientific domains: mathematics, theoretical computer science and management.

The three volumes of the...

A Modern Theory of Random Variation: With Applications in Stochastic Calculus, Financial Mathematics, and Feynman Integration

de Patrick Muldowney

A ground-breaking and practical treatment of probability and stochastic processes

A Modern Theory of Random Variation is a new and radical re-formulation of the mathematical underpinnings of subjects as diverse...

Improving Surveys with Paradata: Analytic Uses of Process Information

de Frauke Kreuter

Explore the practices and cutting-edge research on the new and exciting topic of paradata

Paradata are measurements related to the process of collecting survey data.

Improving Surveys with Paradata: Analytic Uses...

Solutions Manual to Accompany Introduction to Linear Regression Analysis

de Ann G. Ryan, Douglas C. Montgomery & Elizabeth A. Peck

Praise for the Fourth Edition

"As with previous editions, the authors have produced a leading textbook on regression."

—Journal of the American Statistical Association

A comprehensive and up-to-date introduction...

Statistics and Probability with Applications for Engineers and Scientists

de Bhisham C. Gupta & Irwin Guttman

Introducing the tools of statistics and probability from the ground up

An understanding of statistical tools is essential for engineers and scientists who often need to deal with data analysis over the course...

The Art of Data Analysis: How to Answer Almost Any Question Using Basic Statistics

de Kristin H. Jarman

A friendly and accessible approach to applying statistics in the real world

With an emphasis on critical thinking, The Art of Data Analysis: How to Answer Almost Any Question Using Basic Statistics presents fun...

Head First Algebra: A Learner's Guide to Algebra I

de Tracey Pilone & Dan Pilone

Having trouble understanding algebra? Do algebraic concepts, equations, and logic just make your head spin? We have great news: Head First Algebra is designed for you. Full of engaging stories and practical,...

Game Theory: An Introduction

de E. N. Barron

An exciting new edition of the popular introduction to game theory and its applications

The thoroughly expanded Second Edition presents a unique, hands-on approach to game theory. While most books on the subject...

Categorical Data Analysis

de Alan Agresti

Praise for the Second Edition

"A must-have book for anyone expecting to do research and/or applications in categorical data analysis."

—Statistics in Medicine

"It is a total delight reading this book."

—Pharmaceutical...

Applied Diffusion Processes from Engineering to Finance

de Jacques Janssen, Oronzio Manca & Raimondo Manca

The aim of this book is to promote interaction between Engineering, Finance and Insurance, as there are many models and solution methods in common for solving real-life problems in these three topics.

The authors...

Quick on the draw

de Alain Hertz

A theft and a hold-up, an impostor trying to collect an inheritance, the disappearance of a lab mouse worth several hundred thousand dollars, and a number of other cases : these are the investigations led by...

Mathematical Modeling with Multidisciplinary Applications

de Xin-She Yang

Features mathematical modeling techniques and real-world processes with applications in diverse fields

Mathematical Modeling with Multidisciplinary Applications details the interdisciplinary nature of mathematical...

Towing Icebergs, Falling Dominoes, and Other Adventures in Applied Mathematics (New in Paperback)

de Robert B. Banks

Although we seldom think of it, our lives are played out in a world of numbers. Such common activities as throwing baseballs, skipping rope, growing flowers, playing football, measuring savings accounts, and...

Degenerate Diffusion Operators Arising in Population Biology

de Charles L. Epstein & Rafe Mazzeo

This book provides the mathematical foundations for the analysis of a class of degenerate elliptic operators defined on manifolds with corners, which arise in a variety of applications such as population genetics,...

The Golden Ticket: P, NP, and the Search for the Impossible

de Lance Fortnow

The P-NP problem is the most important open problem in computer science, if not all of mathematics. The Golden Ticket provides a nontechnical introduction to P-NP, its rich history, and its algorithmic implications...

Math on Trial: How Numbers Get Used and Abused in the Courtroom

de Leila Schneps & Coralie Colmez

In the wrong hands, math can be deadly. Even the simplest numbers can become powerful forces when manipulated by journalists, politicians or other public figures, but in the case of the law your liberty—and...

Digital Dice: Computational Solutions to Practical Probability Problems (New in Paperback)

de Paul J. Nahin

Some probability problems are so difficult that they stump the smartest mathematicians. But even the hardest of these problems can often be solved with a computer and a Monte Carlo simulation, in which a random-number...

Mathematical Finance: Deterministic and Stochastic Models

de Jacques Janssen, Raimondo Manca & Ernesto Volpe

This book provides a detailed study of Financial Mathematics.  In addition to the extraordinary depth the book provides, it offers a study of the axiomatic approach that is ideally suited for analyzing financial...

Visions of Infinity: The Great Mathematical Problems

de Ian Stewart

It is one of the wonders of mathematics that, for every problem mathematicians solve, another awaits to perplex and galvanize them. Some of these problems are new, while others have puzzled and bewitched thinkers...