Xavier: 931 books

Cuando abordamos el tema de la prevención de riesgos laborales no solemos entender que, una vez solucionados los problemas estrictamente materiales que originan el problema, el objetivo es modificar, consciente y voluntariamente, la conducta de las personas. Conducta que debe evitar las situaciones...

The key policy challenge for Turkey in the years ahead will be to enhance and consolidate the advances made since the nation’s 2000-01 economic crisis. Higher growth could reduce unemployment and raise living standards toward European Union levels. This paper reviews Turkey’s policy performance...

Combinatorial problems based on graph partitioning enable us to mathematically represent and model many practical applications. Mission planning and the routing problems occurring in logistics perfectly illustrate two such examples. Nevertheless, these problems are not based on the same partitioning...

This work presents a full generic approach to the detection and recognition of traffic signs. The approach is based on the latest computer vision methods for object detection, and on powerful methods for multiclass classification. The challenge was to robustly detect a set of different sign classes...

This book is devoted to Multiobjective Optimization Design (MOOD) procedures for controller tuning applications, by means of Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization (EMO). It presents developments in tools, procedures and guidelines to facilitate this process, covering the three fundamental steps...

Créées au début du siècle dernier pour informer les investisseurs sur la santé économique des entreprises de chemin de fer, les agences de notation financière défrayent la chronique.  Mises en cause en 2008 pour leurs notations des produits structurés responsables de la « crise des...

Les acquisitions d’actions propres sont des outils utiles afin de permettre aux sociétés de stabiliser leur cours de bourse, de procéder à des distributions à leurs actionnaires ou de se protéger contre une offre hostile. Le droit des sociétés prévoit à cet égard un régime strict et...

If you are a developer with a good command and knowledge of creating dashboards, but are not yet an advanced user of SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards, then this is the perfect book for you. Prerequisites include a good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel as well as knowledge of basic dashboard practices.

This book deals with the management and valuation of energy storage in electric power grids, highlighting the interest of storage systems in grid applications and developing management methodologies based on artificial intelligence tools. The authors highlight the importance of storing electrical...

Whether you are a business leader, internal business partner or external consultant, there are six key strategy missions that you will need to undertake as you deal with the  re-positioning and growth issues that all businesses face at one stage or another during their life-cycle: assessing...

This book compiles the contributions from various international experts on magnetized plasma physics, both in controlled fusion and in astrophysics, and on atmospheric science. Most recent results are presented along with new ideas. The various facets of rotation and momentum transport in complex...

My dad loved the outdoors and brought me up to appreciate nature and all that was there.  My dad always emphasized safety and so most of my life, I have been involved with learning about outdoor survival.  In addition to my dad’s wisdom and my own experience, I have read widely and learned so...

Cómo interpretar la información económica proporciona al lector los conocimientos instrumentales básicos que le permitirán comprender con mayor facilidad los conceptos relacionados con productos, mercados, así como el análisis y selección de inversiones.

Los profesionales del asesoramiento financiero deben tener conocimientos cada vez más completos sobre una lista de temas que no deja de crecer. Un buen asesoramiento debe preservar la riqueza del cliente y, al mismo tiempo, maximizarla con un nivel de riesgo asumible, pero para ello se precisan buenos...