Mathematics in economics. A perspective on necessity and sufficiency

The age of maturity in any science is ma rked by epistemological debates. This paper focuses on the controversy surrounding the use of math ematics in economics. The role of language, tools and appropriateness of methods is discussed within the borders set by empirical and rational approaches. An odyssey through schools of thought unveils creative oppositions, from naive neo-cla…

Introduction to Complex Numbers

This workbook is designed to be used in conjunction with the author’s free online video tutorials. Inside this workbook each chapter is divided into learning modules (subsections), each having its own dedicated video tutorial. View the online video via the hyperlink located at the top of the page of each learning module, with workbook and paper or tablet at the ready. Or click on the Introdu…

Improving Student Learning in Mathematics and Science: The Role of National S…

In Spring 1997, the National Education Goals Panel (NEGP) requested a report on standards-based reform from the Center for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education (the Center) of the National Research Council (NRC) and a report from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). The request stemmed from NEGP's belief that the organizations that developed the national standards …

Management mathematics

People in business, economics and the social sciences are increasingly aware of the need to be able to handle a range of mathematical tools. This course is designed to ll this need by extending the 100 courses in Mathematics and Statistics into several even more practical and powerful areas of mathematics. It is not just forecasting and index numbers that have uses. Such things as diferential …

Introduction to the Mathematics of Finance

The idea is to provide the necessary theory on a "need-to-know" basis. In this way, readers who choose not to cover the continuous pricing theory, for example, need not deal with matters related to continuous probability. The book is organized as follows. The first chapter is devoted to the elements of discrete probability. The discussion includes such topics as random variables, independe…

Realizing the Information Future: The Internet and Beyond

The Computer Science and Telecommunications Board convened a study committee for this project that chose to call itself NRENAISSANCE, reflecting the fundamental concern with the NREN program and the challenge of meeting research, education, and library community needs in a context marked by much broader information infrastructure concerns. Many of the authors of the 1988 CSTB report are among t…

into the Woods: Mortgage Credi t QInto the Woods: Mortgage Credit QualityI…

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Health Data in the Information Age: Use, Disclosure, and Privacy

From the very first meetings, in the early 1970s, of the newly constituted Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences, a major objective has been the engagement of the most important and difficult health and science policy issues from the public's or society's perspective. The Institute was created so that a broad-based and multidisciplinary membership could work across pro…

Don’t Look Now but the SEC is Coming and it’s Your Data that it Wants

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EMOTIONAL DISORDERS AND METACOGNITION

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Voice Communication Between Humans and Machines

Some great pundit once remarked, "Every time has its technology, and every technology has its time." Although this is a somewhat simplistic view of technology, it is indeed true that when one thinks of a time period (especially in modern times) one always associates with it the key technologies that "revolutionized" the way people lived then. For example, key technologies that "came of age" in …

Selection Criteria for Remote Support Tools

Remote support technology is one of the most popular service and support automation tools for high-tech companies, with a well understood and easily documented return on investment story.

Basic Mathematics for Economists

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DNA Technology in Forensic Science

In recent years, advances in the techniques for mapping and sequencing the human genome have contributed to progress in both basic biology and medicine. The applications of these techniques have not been restricted to biology and medicine, however, but have also entered forensic science. Today, methods developed in basic molecular biology laboratories can potentially be used in forensic science…

Smart Marketing: “Marketing Fundamentals During the Recovery”

Words like “economic downturn”, “recession” and “depression” have paralyzed businesses and consumers in fear for the past two years. The recovery process will be slow but many economists agree the mental “fear factor” is now in our rearview mirror

Polycom HD Video and Telepresence Solutions

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Economic Value Validation

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EMDR and Psychotherapy Integration

The first time I visited a Veterans Administration facility was after I had completed and published my first book Stress Disorders among Vietnam Vet- erans: Theory, Research, and Treatment (Figley 1978). The facility was a VA Medical Center in Indiana that specializes in mental health treatment. My guide at the facility explained that their role was more associated with “caring for t…

BPM & EA

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Planning for Business Resilience

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Care - Therapy for Children

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Unified Communications: Delivering New Operational Value

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A Tear is an Intellectual Thing: The Meanings of Emotion

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The Business Benefits of Software-as-a-Service: Making the Most of the On-Dem…

Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is a growing phenomenon in worldwide business today. From the original ideas of outsourcing the data center and having third parties manage the software (the ASP movement of the turn of the century) to true SaaS today, the tsunami of outsourced IT and new methods of accessing business software solutions has created a multi-billion dollar market.

Video Communications a Requirement? now more than ever.

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Why Software as a Service Makes Sense in a Slow Economy

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MANAGING TRANSACTION TAX AUDIT RISK

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