Markov Chain Monte Carlo in Practice (Interdisciplinary Statistics)Markov Chain Monte Carlo in Practice is a thorough, clear introduction to the methodology and applications of this simple idea with enormous potential. It shows the importance of MCMC in real applications, such as archaeology, astronomy, biostatistics, genetics, epidemiology, and image analysis, and provides an excellent base for MCMC to be applied to other fields as well. The examples range from the simplest application, Gibbs sampling, to more complex applications.
Single Point of Failure: The 10 Essential Laws of Supply Chain Risk Management
Over the past decade organizations have faced relentless customer demand for better value at less cost, individual customization, greater choice, faster delivery, higher quality, exceptional service, and more recently – increased environmental and social consciousness. The organization’s weapon of choice to address this increasing demand has been the supply chain. However, as the supply chain footprint changed so did the organization’s exposure to uncertainty.
The Stand: Expanded Edition: For the First Time Complete and Uncut
Added by: susan6th | Karma: 3133.44 | Fiction literature | 5 February 2010
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The Stand: Expanded Edition: For the First Time Complete and Uncut
This is the way the world ends: with a nanosecond of computer error in a Defense Department laboratory and a million casual contacts that form the links in a chain letter of death.
Provides an overview of new practices and systems in supply chain management, from logistics information systems architecture to supply chain integration.
Added by: deception | Karma: 319.19 | Fiction literature | 16 January 2010
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Jeffrey Archer - A Matter Of Honour
A disgraced British colonel bequeaths a mysterious letter to his only son. But the moment Adam Scott opens the yellowing envelope, he sets into motion a deadly chain of events that threatens to shake the very foundations of the free world.
