An 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 to marketing to 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 appr...

The Eighth Edition of Kirk's Fire Investigation is included in required and supplemental fire investigation professional training and certification programs by the National Fire Academy, the International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI), and the National Association of Fire Investigators (NAFI). This text blends both academic information for the student and real-world applications for the practicing fire safety professional to become the best in their field. The leading Fire Investi...

Works in this volume recount the circumstances of Socrates' trial and execution in 399 BC. Euthyphro attempts to define holiness; Apology is Socrates' defense speech; in Crito he discusses justice and defends his refusal to be rescued from prison; Phaedo offers arguments for the immortality of the soul.

A History of Psychology places social, economic, and political forces of change alongside psychology’s internal theoretical and empirical arguments, illuminating how the external world has shaped psychology’s development, and, in turn, how the late twentieth century’s psychology has shaped society. Featuring extended treatment of important movements such as the Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution, the textbook approaches the material from an integrative rather than wholly linear...

This textbook is an introduction to probability theory with the right balance between mathematical precision, probabilistic intuition, and concrete applications. It is intended for students with a calculus background, as well as for independent learners and readers. The material is covered precisely, while avoiding excessive technical details.

The centerpiece of most adults' daily lives is the workplace, where all participants-as workers or managers-can benefit from thinking strategically about employee motivation, compensation, and selection. Personnel Economics uses simple but formal economic models to study what happens inside the workplace. Fueled by the latest findings from behavioral economic research, the text provides an intuitive introduction to the two workhorses of empirical research onpersonnel issues: designing experim...

This book describes the risk management methodology as a specific process, a theory, or a procedure for determining your assets, vulnerabilities, and threats and how security professionals can protect them. Risk Management for Security Professionals is a practical handbook for security managers who need to learn risk management skills. It goes beyond the physical security realm to encompass all risks to which a company may be exposed.

Risk Management as presented in this book has several goal...

Aansprakelijkheid van bestuurders en commissarissen vertrekt waar de handboeken ophouden en wil een bijdrage leveren aan het beantwoorden van vragen die door recente ontwikkelingen in de wetenschap en rechtspraktijk zijn ontstaan. De uitgave sluit dan ook aan bij de wetswijziging van 1 januari 2013, de recente jurisprudentie van de Hoge Raad en de nog op stapel staande aanpassingen van boek 2 BW. Aansprakelijkheid vanuit alle invalshoeken belicht De bijdragen zijn geselecteerd op hun toegevoe...

#Vertrouwen in het ondernemingsrecht en het financiële recht# is een van de drie boeken die prof. mr. S.C.J.J. Kortmann bij zijn afscheid als hoogleraar burgerlijk recht aan de Radboud Universiteit heeft ontvangen. De andere twee delen zijn: #Vertrouwen in het burgerlijke recht# (Serie Onderneming en Recht, deel 100) en #Trust and good faith across borders# (Series Law of Business and Finance, volume 15). De drie boeken tezamen vormen het Liber amicorum voor prof. mr. S.C.J.J. Kortmann. Aute...