Advances In Quantitative Analysis Of Finance And Accounting

Advances In Quantitative Analysis Of Finance And Accounting
2008 | 272 pages | ISBN:981279168X | PDF | 6.5 Mb

The chapters in this volume cover a wide range of important topics, including corporate finance and debt management, earnings management, options and futures, equity market, and portfolio diversification.

Valves, Piping and Pipelines Handbook, Third Edition

Valves, Piping and Pipelines Handbook, Third Edition
2007 | 888 pages | ISBN: 185617252X | PDF | 35 Mb

Over recent years, a number of significant developments in the application of valves have taken place: the increasing use of actuator devices, the introduction of more valve designs capable of reliable operation in difficult fluid handling situations; low noise technology and most importantly, the increasing attention being paid to product safety and reliability.

Information Theory and Evolution

John Avery - Information Theory and Evolution
World Scientific Publishing Company | ISBN: 9812384006 | 2003 | PDF | 233 pages | 12.2 MB

An interdisciplinary discussion of the phenomenon of life, including its origin and evolution (and also human cultural evolution), against the background of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and information theory. Among the central themes is the seeming contradiction between the second law of thermodynamics and the high degree of order and complexity produced by living systems.