This book gives a mathematically oriented development of the theory of rare events underlying various applications. The second edition incorporates various new results on about 130 additional pages. Part II, added in the second edition, discusses recent developments in multivariate extreme value theory.

Laws Of Small Numbers: Extremes And Rare Events

Humor & Entertainment

FALK, MICHAEL

Hüsler, Jürg

Reiss, R.D.

Puzzles & Games

Birkhauser

The investment industry is changing dramatically, with industry observers commenting that a New Era is dawning. This book describes the changes that have taken place and puts them in a framework that lets the reader understand the past and prepare for the future. The book is written by investment people who have worked for asset management firms and consulted to them for nearly twenty years. The subtitle of the book—Radical Reform for the Investment Industry—speaks to the need for new thinking to solve today’s challenges. The authors invoke Einstein’s oft-quoted insight: “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking used when we created them.” The new thinking borrows from the world of psychology and social systems to explain the mindsets that created the current investment world and the mindsets that are evolving to create a new paradigm. A major premise of the book is that investment firms must return to their basic mission: serving their clients. And though many firms pay lip service to this goal, evidence in the book suggests otherwise. A major step forward for firms is to think more carefully about their purpose: Why do we exist? What is our value proposition to clients? What is the meaning of the work we do? In their consulting work, the authors find that firms are beginning to take these questions seriously. This step towards meaning is important because the Millennial generation, soon to dominate the work force, is acutely interested in it. The authors believe there are good answers to these questions about purpose but investment leaders have been slow to develop and articulate them. The book provides case studies of investment firms that are demonstrating new leadership with great success. These firms are characterized by skillful leadership, a strong sense of purpose, and highly cohesive cultures. They have moved away from a singular focus on shareholder profits to providing value for all the stakeholders: owners, employees, clients, and society. The book pulls no punches in critiquing the current state of the industry—very low trust with the general population—and suggesting radically different thinking for the future. And while the authors believe there is a valid role for active investing, they recognize that only a small percentage of elite firms can deliver on the goal of superior performance. Thus, most of the resources in the investment industry should be directed towards understanding and meeting client objectives. A major shift in mindsets is from a “competitive” industry to a “service” industry. Finding a balance between these two mindsets is a key skill required of future leaders. The elite firms are finding this balance and enjoying success as a result.

Money, Meaning, and Mindsets: Radical Reform for the Investment Industry

Business & Money

Ware, Jim

Robinson, Keith

Industries

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

This monograph compiles the contemporary knowledge about&nbsp;D-norms and provides an introductory tour through the essentials of multivariate extreme value theory. Following a clear introduction of&nbsp;D-norms, this book introduces links with the theory through multivariate generalized Pareto distributions and max stable distributions. Further views on&nbsp;D-norms from a functional analysis perspective and from stochastic geometry underline the aim of this book to reveal mathematical structures. This book is intended for mathematicians with a basic knowledge of analysis and probability theory, including Fubini's theorem.&nbsp;

Multivariate Extreme Value Theory and D-Norms (Springer Series in Operations Research and Financial Engineering)

Science & Math

Mathematics

Springer

This book offers a new critique of selfhood in Romantic literature. In the past, Romanticism has been seen as an individualistic movement, with writers believing in the 'centrality' of the self. Challenging this prevailing view of Romanticism and the modern self, this study unveils an alternative tradition of Romantic writing in which the self is fragile, degenerate, non-existent - or in a word, contingent. It combines philosophy, intellectual history, literary studies and digital humanities and takes a transnational approach both in its coverage of philosophical thought and literature, including case studies from England, Ireland, Scotland and colonial Australia, with examples from American and European works as well. The book also uses innovative digital techniques such as text analysis, sentiment mining and network analysis to enrich the exploration of text and context. It covers all major genres of Romantic writing: fiction (realist novels), poetry (the sonnet), non-fiction prose (biography) and drama (gothic tragedy). Providing a new framework for understanding the contingent self, this book is of interest to scholars and students of Romantic literature, philosophy of the self and digital humanities.

Romanticism and the Contingent Self: The Challenge of Representation (Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultures of Print)

Computers & Technology

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

The mathematical theory and applications of extremes and rare events have developed much since this book was first published in 1994. This third edition includes details of multivariate generalized Pareto distributions and their testing and estimation.

Laws of Small Numbers: Extremes and Rare Events

Reiss, Rolf-Dieter

In der Regel ist die Analyse realer Datensiitze mittels statistischer Methoden unter Zuhilfenahme eines in Industrie und Verwaltung weitverbreiteten Soft- warepaketes kein integraler Bestandteil eines Mathematikstudiums, gehort aber typischerweise zum spiiteren Berufsfeld. Das vorliegende Buch soll diese Lucke schlieBen helfen, indem es eine Ver- bindung zwischen der mathematischen Statistik und einer Auswahl von in der Praxis angewendeten statistischen Verfahren unter Einbeziehung des statisti- schen Softwarepaketes SAS (. s. tatistical Analysis £ystem) herstellt. Das Buch richtet sich daher an Studenten der Mathematik sowie an Studenten angewand- ter Disziplinen wie der Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Biometrie und Psychologie, zu deren Ausbildung Statistik-Veranstaltungen gehoren. Es wen- det sich aber auch an den Praktiker, der sich uber die Anwendung statistischer Verfahren hinaus fUr deren mathematische Hintergrunde interessiert. Zahlreiche Problemstellungen illustrieren die Anwendungsmoglichkeiten der vorgestellten statistischen Verfahren, wobei Losungen unter Verwendung von SAS angegeben sind. Die zugehorigen Programme sind explizit aufgefUhrt und erliiutert. Diese Programme sowie die verwendeten Datensiitze stehen unter der Internetadresse http: //statistik. mathematik. uni-wuerzburg. de/ falk/sasdiskette/ zum Download bereit. Zusiitzlich sind in einem Appendix die Grundlagen von SAS (Version 6. xx) zusammengestellt. Dazu werden keinerlei Vorkenntnisse vor- ausgesetzt, weder in SAS noch in einem speziellen Betriebssystem, so daB eine schnelle Einarbeitung in SAS gewiihrleistet ist. Das Buch ist konzipiert fUr eine zweisemestrige statistische Veranstaltung (Vorlesung, Seminar oder Praktikum), wobei die ersten vier Kapitel im erst en Semester behandelt werden konnen.

Angewandte Statistik: Eine Einführung mit Programmbeispielen in SAS (Statistik und ihre Anwendungen) (German Edition)

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

"Statistik in Theorie und Praxis" schlägt die Brücke statistischer Theorie und realen praktischen Anwendungen. Zum einen wird Wert auf eine saubere Herleitung der gängigen statistischen Verfahren gelegt. Zum anderen beinhaltet der zweite Themenschwerpunkt reale Anwendungen der Methoden in der Praxis. Darüber hinaus werden Projekte an der Schnittstelle zwischen Schul- und Hochschulunterricht vorgestellt. Als Software dient das kostenlose Programm R mit der zugehörigen grafischen Oberfläche R-Commander; die zahlreichen Programmbeispiele ermöglichen es, die vorgestellten Themen selbst nachzuvollziehen. Für die Lektüre werden lediglich elementare Stochastik-Kenntnisse vorausgesetzt.

Statistik in Theorie und Praxis: Mit Anwendungen in R (Mathematik für das Lehramt) (German Edition)

Fischer, Hans

Michel, René

Hain, Johannes

Marohn, Frank

Computer Science

Springer Spektrum

Since the publication of the first edition of this seminar book, the theory and applications of extremes and rare events have seen increasing interest. Laws of Small Numbers gives a mathematically oriented development of the theory of rare events underlying various applications. The new edition incorporates numerous new results on about 130 additional pages. Part II, added in the second edition, discusses recent developments in multivariate extreme value theory.

Birkhäuser Verlag

This book links up the theory of a selection of statistical procedures used in general practice with their application to real world data sets using the statistical software package SAS (Statistical Analysis System). These applications are intended to illustrate the theory and to provide, simultaneously, the ability to use the knowledge effectively and readily in execution.

Foundations of Statistical Analyses and Applications with SAS

Tewes, Bernward

Software

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