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Innovation for Systems Information and Decision: Third Innovation for Systems Information and Decision Meeting, INSID 2021, Virtual Event, December 1–3, 2021, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing #435)
by Adiel Teixeira de Almeida Danielle Costa MoraisThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Meeting on Innovation for Systems Information and Decision, INSID 2021, which was held during December 1-3, 2021. The conference was initially planned to take place in Recife, Brazil, but changed to a virtual meeting due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 9 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 76 submissions. They reflect methodological improvements and advances in multi-criteria decision-making/multi-criteria decision-aid (MCDM/MCDA) oriented toward real-world applications, which contribute to the understanding of relevant developments of current research on and future trends of innovation for systems information and decision.
Innovation of Businesses, and Digitalization during Covid-19 Pandemic: Proceedings of The International Conference on Business and Technology (ICBT 2021) (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #488)
by Allam Hamdan Bahaaeddin AlareeniThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Business and Technology (ICBT2021) organized by EuroMid Academy of Business & Technology (EMABT), held in Istanbul, between 06–07 November 2021. In response to the call for papers for ICBT2021, 485 papers were submitted for presentation and inclusion in the proceedings of the conference. After a careful blind refereeing process, 292 papers were selected for inclusion in the conference proceedings from forty countries. Each of these chapters was evaluated through an editorial board, and each chapter was passed through a double-blind peer-review process.The book highlights a range of topics in the fields of technology, entrepreneurship, business administration, accounting, and economics that can contribute to business development in countries, such as learning machines, artificial intelligence, big data, deep learning, game-based learning, management information system, accounting information system, knowledge management, entrepreneurship, and social enterprise, corporate social responsibility and sustainability, business policy and strategic management, international management and organizations, organizational behavior and HRM, operations management and logistics research, controversial issues in management and organizations, turnaround, corporate entrepreneurship, innovation, legal issues, business ethics, and firm gerial accounting and firm financial affairs, non-traditional research, and creative methodologies.These proceedings are reflecting quality research contributing theoretical and practical implications, for those who are wise to apply the technology within any business sector. It is our hope that the contribution of this book proceedings will be of the academic level which even decision-makers in the various economic and executive-level will get to appreciate.
Innovations and Social Media Analytics in a Digital Society
by Maria José Sousa and Célio Gonçalo MarquesRecent advances in digitization are transforming healthcare, education, tourism, information technology, and some other sectors. Social media analytics are tools that can be used to measure innovation and the relation of the companies with the citizens. This book comprises state-ofthe-art social media analytics, and advanced innovation policies in the digitization of society. The number of applications that can be used to create and analyze social media analytics generates large amounts of data called big data, including measures of the use of the technologies to develop or to use new services to improve the quality of life of the citizens. Digitization has applications in fields from remote monitoring to smart sensors and other devices. Integration generates data that need to be analyzed and visualized in an easy and clear way, that will be some of the proposals of the researchers present in this book. This volume offers valuable insights to researchers on how to design innovative digital analytics systems and how to improve information delivery remotely.
Innovations for Shape Analysis
by Alfred Bruckstein Michael Breuß Petros MaragosThe concept of 'shape' is at the heart of image processing and computer vision, yet researchers still have some way to go to replicate the human brain's ability to extrapolate meaning from the most basic of outlines. This volume reflects the advances of the last decade, which have also opened up tough new challenges in image processing. Today's applications require flexible models as well as efficient, mathematically justified algorithms that allow data processing within an acceptable timeframe. Examining important topics in continuous-scale and discrete modeling, as well as in modern algorithms, the book is the product of a key seminar focused on innovations in the field. It is a thorough introduction to the latest technology, especially given the tutorial style of a number of chapters. It also succeeds in identifying promising avenues for future research. The topics covered include mathematical morphology, skeletonization, statistical shape modeling, continuous-scale shape models such as partial differential equations and the theory of discrete shape descriptors. Some authors highlight new areas of enquiry such as partite skeletons, multi-component shapes, deformable shape models, and the use of distance fields. Combining the latest theoretical analysis with cutting-edge applications, this book will attract both academics and engineers.
Innovations in Data Analytics: Selected Papers of ICIDA 2022 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing #1442)
by Vincenzo Piuri Paramartha Dutta Abhishek Bhattacharya Soumi DuttaThis book features research papers presented at the 1st International Conference on Innovations in Data Analytics (ICIDA 2022), held at Eminent College of Management and Technology (ECMT), West Bengal, India, during November 29–30, 2022. The book presents original research work in the areas of computational intelligence, advance computing, network security and telecommunication, data science and data analytics, and pattern recognition. The book is beneficial for readers from both academia and industry.
Innovations in Data Analytics: Selected Papers of ICIDA 2023, Volume 1 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #972)
by Paramartha Dutta Abhishek Bhattacharya Soumi Dutta Debabrata SamantaThis book features research papers presented at the 2nd International Conference on Innovations in Data Analytics (ICIDA 2023), held at Eminent College of Management and Technology (ECMT), West Bengal, India during 29 – 30 November 2023. The book presents original research work in the areas of computational intelligence, advance computing, network security and telecommunication, data science and data analytics, and pattern recognition. The book is beneficial for readers from both academia and industry.
Innovations in Data Analytics: Selected Papers of ICIDA 2023, Volume 2 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #1005)
by Paramartha Dutta Abhishek Bhattacharya Soumi Dutta Debabrata SamantaThis book features research papers presented at the 2nd International Conference on Innovations in Data Analytics (ICIDA 2023), held at Eminent College of Management and Technology (ECMT), West Bengal, India during 29 – 30 November 2023. The book presents original research work in the areas of computational intelligence, advance computing, network security and telecommunication, data science and data analytics, and pattern recognition. The book is beneficial for readers from both academia and industry.
Innovations in Public Leadership Development (Transformational Trends In Governance And Democracy Ser.)
by Terry F. Buss Ricardo S. MorseThis is the best single-source guide to leadership development in the public sector. It offers a wealth of advice for teachers, students, trainers, human resource officers, and established leaders. The all-original chapters include discussions of leadership frameworks, competencies for public leaders for the "new governance," and strategies for senior leaders in government.The book's wide-ranging coverage includes in-depth discussions of specific approaches to learning methods such as action learning and social artistry, as well as presentations of leader development models such as transformational stewardship and global leadership. The contributors present experiences from real-world leadership development programs, and the book situates leader development within the current trends of networks, collaboration, and boundary-crossing work in the public sector.
Innovative Algorithms and Analysis
by Laurent Gosse Roberto NataliniThis volume gathers contributions reflecting topics presented during an INDAM workshop held in Rome in May 2016. The event brought together many prominent researchers in both Mathematical Analysis and Numerical Computing, the goal being to promote interdisciplinary collaborations. Accordingly, the following thematic areas were developed: 1. Lagrangian discretizations and wavefront tracking for synchronization models; 2. Astrophysics computations and post-Newtonian approximations; 3. Hyperbolic balance laws and corrugated isometric embeddings; 4. "Caseology" techniques for kinetic equations; 5. Tentative computations of compressible non-standard solutions; 6. Entropy dissipation, convergence rates and inverse design issues. Most of the articles are presented in a self-contained manner; some highlight new achievements, while others offer snapshots of the "state of the art" in certain fields. The book offers a unique resource, both for young researchers looking to quickly enter a given area of application, and for more experienced ones seeking comprehensive overviews and extensive bibliographic references.
Innovative Computing and Communications: Proceedings of ICICC 2024, Volume 1 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #1020)
by Aboul Ella Hassanien Sameer Anand Ajay Jaiswal Prabhat KumarThis book includes high-quality research papers presented at the Seventh International Conference on Innovative Computing and Communication (ICICC 2024), which is held at the Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi, India, on 16–17 February 2024. Introducing the innovative works of scientists, professors, research scholars, students, and industrial experts in the field of computing and communication, the book promotes the transformation of fundamental research into institutional and industrialized research and the conversion of applied exploration into real-time applications.
Innovative Computing and Communications: Proceedings of ICICC 2024, Volume 2 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #1021)
by Aboul Ella Hassanien Sameer Anand Ajay Jaiswal Prabhat KumarThis book includes high-quality research papers presented at the Seventh International Conference on Innovative Computing and Communication (ICICC 2024), which is held at the Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi, India, on 16–17 February 2024. Introducing the innovative works of scientists, professors, research scholars, students, and industrial experts in the field of computing and communication, the book promotes the transformation of fundamental research into institutional and industrialized research and the conversion of applied exploration into real-time applications.
Innovative Data Communication Technologies and Application: Proceedings of ICIDCA 2021 (Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies #96)
by Pavel Lafata Jennifer S. Raj Khaled KamelThis book presents the latest research in the fields of computational intelligence, ubiquitous computing models, communication intelligence, communication security, machine learning, informatics, mobile computing, cloud computing, and big data analytics. The best selected papers, presented at the International Conference on Innovative Data Communication Technologies and Application (ICIDCA 2021), are included in the book. The book focuses on the theory, design, analysis, implementation, and application of distributed systems and networks.
Innovative Decision-Making Techniques: A FOCCUSSED Approach (Synthesis Lectures on Operations Research and Applications)
by Terry Bresnick Omar PeriuThis book provides a blend of quantitative and qualitative approaches to decision making, while also bridging the gap between the theory of how to make good decisions versus how people actually make decisions. The authors present the tools and techniques of decision analysis to learn how to become a FOCCUSSED decision maker: Identify and properly Frame the decision or problem at handSpecify the goals, Objectives, and values that you are trying to achieveDevelop creative, meaningful Choices from among which you can chooseEvaluate the Consequences of selecting each alternative using your goals, objectives, and valuesThink about the key Uncertainties that could impact the decisionUnderstand the Swaps and trade-offs that you are willing to makeDevelop an approach for implementing your SolutionElicit the data you’ll need from a variety of sourcesand Disseminate and communicate your decisions to others. The authors define a decision as the choice among alternatives, based on how we value and trade-off their pros and cons, made in the face of uncertainty about what will actually happen. The decision-making process is presented as having three pillars to support the decision maker: Preferences–what we prefer, what meets our goals and objectives, and the recognition that preferences are personal to the one making the decision; Alternatives–the choices, options, or courses of action that we have, and over which we have some degree of control; and Information–what we know about the situation, what we don’t know, how we connect choices to outcomes, and how we deal with uncertainty. Key components of good decision-making include how to define your goals and objectives, how to incorporate uncertainties that we all face, and how to develop better alternatives, all of which are discussed. Sophisticated techniques are presented in a way that is accessible to the average decision maker. Probability theory is utilized to improve decisions, and uncertainties are captured in decision trees. Risk avoidance, risk transfer, and risk mitigation are also discussed. Readers will gain a clear understanding of how to articulate the goals and objectives that should be the focal point of any decision.
Innovative Designs and Analyses for Small Population Clinical Trials: Development Strategies and Operational Engagement for Pediatric and Rare Diseases (ICSA Book Series in Statistics)
by Jingjing Ye Lei NieThis book discusses a multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder collaborative approach to small population clinical trials. It provides and illustrates a systematic framework that depends upon a collaborative infrastructure between the patient community, patient advocacy groups, researchers and investigators, pharmaceutical companies, global regulatory agencies, and customers. The book also highlights the considerations of natural history and patient registry, diagnostic criteria determination, identification of clinically meaningful endpoints, and global regulatory guidance. The authors detail the nuances of clinical trial design as specific to small population disease, drawing from real examples.
Innovative Integrals and Their Applications II (STEAM-H: Science, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Mathematics & Health)
by Bourama Toni Anthony A. RuffaIn its second installment, Innovative Integrals and Their Applications II explores multidimensional integral identities, unveiling powerful techniques for attacking otherwise intractable integrals, thus demanding ingenuity and novel approaches. This volume focuses on novel approaches for evaluating definite integrals, with the aid of tools such as Mathematica as a means of obtaining useful results. Building upon the previous methodologies, this volume introduces additional concepts such as interchanging the order of integration, permutation symmetry, and the use of pairs of Laplace transforms and Fourier transforms, offering readers a comprehensive array of integral identities. The content further elucidates the techniques of permutation symmetry and extends the multivariate substitution approach to integrals with finite limits of integration. These insights culminate in a collection of integral identities involving gamma functions, incomplete beta functions, Bessel functions, polylogarithms, and the Meijer G-function. Additionally, readers will encounter applications of error functions, inverse error functions, hypergeometric functions, the Lambert W-function, elliptic integrals, Jacobi elliptic functions, and the Riemann zeta function, among many others, with a focus on their relevance in various scientific disciplines and cutting-edge technologies. Each chapter in this volume concludes with many interesting exercises for the reader to practice. A key tenet is that such approaches work best when applied to integrals having certain characteristics as a starting point. Most integrals, if used as a starting point, lead to no result at all, or lead to a known result. However, there is a special class of integrals (i.e., innovative integrals), which, if used as a starting point for such approaches, lead to new and useful results, and can also enable the reader to generate other new results that do not appear in the book. The intended readership includes science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) undergraduates and graduates, as well as STEM researchers and the community of engineers, scientists, and physicists; most of these potential readers have experienced the importance and/or the applications of integration from finding areas, volumes, lengths, and velocities to more advanced applications. The pedagogical approach of the exposition empowers students to comprehend and efficiently wield multidimensional integrals from their foundations, fostering a deeper understanding of advanced mathematical concepts.
Innovative Konzepte für die Grundschullehrerausbildung im Fach Mathematik (Konzepte und Studien zur Hochschuldidaktik und Lehrerbildung Mathematik)
by Rose Vogel Regina MöllerDer Band stellt innovative Konzepte in der Grundschullehrbildung aus den verschiedenen Bundesländern vor. Anlässe, Innovationen in der Grundschulausbildung vorzustellen und darüber Reflexionen anzuregen, gibt es viele: so zum Beispiel die strukturelle Vielfalt in der Grundschullehrerausbildung in den einzelnen Bundesländern, die unterschiedliche Gewichtung mathematischer und mathematikdidaktischer Kompetenzen im Kontext heterogener Ausbildungsbedingungen und differenzierte Konkretisierungen der Standards für die Lehrerbildung im Fach Mathematik. Im Fokus dieses Bandes stehen hochschuldidaktische Lehrkonzepte im Sinne von good “practice“. Im Einzelnen gilt es darzustellen, auszuloten und zu reflektieren zu welchen Auswirkungen die vorangegangenen Reformen der letzten zwanzig Jahre mit ihrer Neustrukturierung der Lehrerbildung samt gestufter Studienstruktur mit Bachelor- und Masterabschlüssen geführt haben. Neben landespezifischen Akzentsetzungen fokussieren sich diese Bemühungen auf eine stärkere Praxisorientierung während der Ausbildung, auf Intensivierung der Beziehungen zwischen den einzelnen Ausbildungsphasen, auf die besondere Bedeutung der sogenannten Berufseingangsphase und auf Maßnahmen zur Verbesserung der Lehrtätigkeit im Hinblick auf diagnostische und methodische Kompetenzen.
Innovative Learning Environments in STEM Higher Education: Opportunities, Challenges, and Looking Forward (SpringerBriefs in Statistics)
by Kurt Winkelmann Jungwoo RyooAs explored in this open access book, higher education in STEM fields is influenced by many factors, including education research, government and school policies, financial considerations, technology limitations, and acceptance of innovations by faculty and students. In 2018, Drs. Ryoo and Winkelmann explored the opportunities, challenges, and future research initiatives of innovative learning environments (ILEs) in higher education STEM disciplines in their pioneering project: eXploring the Future of Innovative Learning Environments (X-FILEs). Workshop participants evaluated four main ILE categories: personalized and adaptive learning, multimodal learning formats, cross/extended reality (XR), and artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). This open access book gathers the perspectives expressed during the X-FILEs workshop and its follow-up activities. It is designed to help inform education policy makers, researchers, developers, and practitioners about the adoption and implementation of ILEs in higher education.
Innovative Methods for Rare Disease Drug Development (Chapman & Hall/CRC Biostatistics Series)
by Shein-Chung ChowIn the United States, a rare disease is defined by the Orphan Drug Act as a disorder or condition that affects fewer than 200,000 persons. For the approval of "orphan" drug products for rare diseases, the traditional approach of power analysis for sample size calculation is not feasible because there are only limited number of subjects available for clinical trials. In this case, innovative approaches are needed for providing substantial evidence meeting the same standards for statistical assurance as drugs used to treat common conditions. Innovative Methods for Rare Disease Drug Development focuses on biostatistical applications in terms of design and analysis in pharmaceutical research and development from both regulatory and scientific (statistical) perspectives. Key Features: Reviews critical issues (e.g., endpoint/margin selection, sample size requirements, and complex innovative design). Provides better understanding of statistical concepts and methods which may be used in regulatory review and approval. Clarifies controversial statistical issues in regulatory review and approval accurately and reliably. Makes recommendations to evaluate rare diseases regulatory submissions. Proposes innovative study designs and statistical methods for rare diseases drug development, including n-of-1 trial design, adaptive trial design, and master protocols like platform trials. Provides insight regarding current regulatory guidance on rare diseases drug development like gene therapy.
Innovative SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting: A Guide to Creating Custom Integration and Automation
by Mark Ingram Michael A. Wellens Anand ‘Andy’ AthanurGet creative and optimize your SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting implementation with this guide, which examines a variety of integration and automation opportunities throughout the recruiting process outside of the standard integrations.Innovative SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting walks you through the end-to-end recruiting process and highlights opportunities to create interfaces and automation at each stage using a variety of methods and tools. After a brief overview of the market demands driving growth in this area and an introduction to OData, Anand Athanur, Mark Ingram and Michael A. Wellens detail each step in the recruiting process, starting with automating and integrating requisition creation using APIs and middleware. They then explore ways of enhancing candidate attraction and experience for the initial application process. After that, they jump into automation for overall candidate selection and processing, including automation using Robotic Process Automation, Integration center, the assessment integration framework, custom OData integrations, the background check integration framework, and Business Rules. Additionally, you’ll be shown onboarding optimization techniques using Intelligent Services, as well as hiring into third-party HRIS systems.After finishing this book, you will have a thorough understanding of how to utilize SAP SuccessFactors to recruit the right candidates for every position. What You Will LearnIntegrate and automate the requisition creation process in innovative ways outside of SAP documentationEnhance candidate attraction and experienceLeverage integration and automation opportunities within the application processing stageAutomate hiring into third-party HRIS systemsWho this Book ForCustomers, Consultants, and 3rd Party Vendors wishing to connect their solutions to SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting.
Innovative Statistics in Regulatory Science (Chapman & Hall/CRC Biostatistics Series)
by Shein-Chung ChowStatistical methods that are commonly used in the review and approval process of regulatory submissions are usually referred to as statistics in regulatory science or regulatory statistics. In a broader sense, statistics in regulatory science can be defined as valid statistics that are employed in the review and approval process of regulatory submissions of pharmaceutical products. In addition, statistics in regulatory science are involved with the development of regulatory policy, guidance, and regulatory critical clinical initiatives related research. This book is devoted to the discussion of statistics in regulatory science for pharmaceutical development. It covers practical issues that are commonly encountered in regulatory science of pharmaceutical research and development including topics related to research activities, review of regulatory submissions, recent critical clinical initiatives, and policy/guidance development in regulatory science. Devoted entirely to discussing statistics in regulatory science for pharmaceutical development. Reviews critical issues (e.g., endpoint/margin selection and complex innovative design such as adaptive trial design) in the pharmaceutical development and regulatory approval process. Clarifies controversial statistical issues (e.g., hypothesis testing versus confidence interval approach, missing data/estimands, multiplicity, and Bayesian design and approach) in review/approval of regulatory submissions. Proposes innovative thinking regarding study designs and statistical methods (e.g., n-of-1 trial design, adaptive trial design, and probability monitoring procedure for sample size) for rare disease drug development. Provides insight regarding current regulatory clinical initiatives (e.g., precision/personalized medicine, biomarker-driven target clinical trials, model informed drug development, big data analytics, and real world data/evidence). This book provides key statistical concepts, innovative designs, and analysis methods that are useful in regulatory science. Also included are some practical, challenging, and controversial issues that are commonly seen in the review and approval process of regulatory submissions. About the author Shein-Chung Chow, Ph.D. is currently a Professor at Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC. He was previously the Associate Director at the Office of Biostatistics, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Dr. Chow has also held various positions in the pharmaceutical industry such as Vice President at Millennium, Cambridge, MA, Executive Director at Covance, Princeton, NJ, and Director and Department Head at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Plainsboro, NJ. He was elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association and an elected member of the ISI (International Statistical Institute). Dr. Chow is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics and Biostatistics Book Series, Chapman and Hall/CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, New York. Dr. Chow is the author or co-author of over 300 methodology papers and 30 books.
Innovative Strategies, Statistical Solutions and Simulations for Modern Clinical Trials (Chapman & Hall/CRC Biostatistics Series)
by Mark Chang John Balser Jim Roach Robin BlissThe pharmaceutical industry's approach to drug discovery and development has rapidly transformed in the last decade from the more traditional Research and Development (R & D) approach to a more innovative approach in which strategies are employed to compress and optimize the clinical development plan and associated timelines. However, these strategies are generally being considered on an individual trial basis and not as part of a fully integrated overall development program. Such optimization at the trial level is somewhat near-sighted and does not ensure cost, time, or development efficiency of the overall program. This book seeks to address this imbalance by establishing a statistical framework for overall/global clinical development optimization and providing tactics and techniques to support such optimization, including clinical trial simulations. <li>Provides a statistical framework for achieve global optimization in each phase of the drug development process. <li>Describes specific techniques to support optimization including adaptive designs, precision medicine, survival-endpoints, dose finding and multiple testing. <li>Gives practical approaches to handling missing data in clinical trials using SAS. <li>Looks at key controversial issues from both a clinical and statistical perspective. <li>Presents a generous number of case studies from multiple therapeutic areas that help motivate and illustrate the statistical methods introduced in the book. <li>Puts great emphasis on software implementation of the statistical methods with multiple examples of software code (both SAS and R). <P><P>It is important for statisticians to possess a deep knowledge of the drug development process beyond statistical considerations. For these reasons, this book incorporates both statistical and "clinical/medical" perspectives.
Innovative Tableau: 100 More Tips, Tutorials, and Strategies
by Ryan SleeperLevel up with Tableau to build eye-catching, easy-to-interpret data visualizations. In this follow-up guide to Practical Tableau, author Ryan Sleeper takes you through a collection of unique tips and tutorials for using this popular software. Beginning to advanced Tableau users will learn how to go beyond Show Me to make better charts and learn dozens of tricks to improve both the author and user experience.Featuring many approaches he developed himself, Ryan shows you how to create charts that empower Tableau users to explore, understand, and derive value from their data. He also shares many of his favorite tricks that enabled him to become a Tableau Zen Master, Tableau Public Visualization of the Year author, and Tableau Global Iron Viz Champion.Learn what’s new in Tableau since Practical Tableau was releasedExamine unique new charts—timelines, custom gauges, and leapfrog charts—plus innovations to traditional charts such as highlight tables, scatter plots, and mapsGet tips that can help make a Tableau developer’s life easierUnderstand what developers can do to make users’ lives easier
Innovative Trend Methodologies in Science and Engineering
by Zekâi ŞenThis book covers all types of literature on existing trend analysis approaches, but more than 60% of the methodologies are developed here and some of them are reflected to scientific literature and others are also innovative versions, modifications or improvements. The suggested methodologies help to design, develop, manage and deliver scientific applications and training to meet the needs of interested staff in companies, industries and universities including students.Technical content and expertise are also provided from different theoretical and especially active roles in the design, development and delivery of science in particular and economics and business in general. It is also ensured that, wherever possible and technically appropriate, priority is given to the inclusion and integration of real life data, examples and processes within the book content.The time seems right, because available books just focus on special sectors (fashion, social, business). This book reviews all the available trend approaches in the present literature on rational and logical bases.
Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy And Its Consequences
by John Allen PaulosIn his now-classic book Innumeracy, John Allen Paulos answers questions such as: Why is following the stock market exactly like flipping a coin? How big is a trillion? How fast does human hair grow in mph? Can you calculate the chances that a party includes two people who have the same birthday? Paulos shows us that by arming yourself with some simple maths, you don't have to let numbers get the better of you.
Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences
by John Allen PaulosReaders of Innumeracy will be rewarded with scores of astonishing facts, a fistful of powerful ideas, and, most important, a clearer, more quantitative way of looking at their world.Why do even well-educated people understand so little about mathematics? And what are the costs of our innumeracy? John Allen Paulos, in his celebrated bestseller first published in 1988, argues that our inability to deal rationally with very large numbers and the probabilities associated with them results in misinformed governmental policies, confused personal decisions, and an increased susceptibility to pseudoscience of all kinds. Innumeracy lets us know what we're missing, and how we can do something about it.Sprinkling his discussion of numbers and probabilities with quirky stories and anecdotes, Paulos ranges freely over many aspects of modern life, from contested elections to sports stats, from stock scams and newspaper psychics to diet and medical claims, sex discrimination, insurance, lotteries, and drug testing.