Subject(s): Finance -- Econometric models Summary: "This exciting volume presents cutting-edge developments in high frequency financial econometrics, spanning a diverse range of topics: stochastic modeling, statistical analysis of high-frequency data, models in econophysics, applications to the analysis of high-frequency data, systems and c

Subject(s): Concrete construction | Sustainable construction | Concrete -- Recycling Summary: "Packed with case studies highlighting construction companies that regularly recycle between 70% and 95% of concrete from their waste streams, this book presents practical, up-to-date information about concrete's history in the green building m

Subject(s): Information technology | Decision making Summary: "A proven decision management methodology for increased profits and lowered risksAutomating Decisions in Business Processes describes a simple but comprehensive methodology for decision management projects, which use business rules and predictive analytics to optimize and automat

Subject(s): Optical communications Summary: "Broadband optical access network is an ideal solution to alleviate the first/last mile bottleneck of current Internet infrastructures. Richly illustrated throughout to help clarify important topics, Broadband Optical Access Networks covers the architectures, protocols enabling technologies of bro

Subject(s): Geographic information systems | Geography -- Computer network resources | World Wide Web Summary: "A detailed look at the field of web-based GIS and mapping services and applications, this book reviews current progress and achievements, while looking forward to future developments. It address issues involved in constant updatin

Subject(s): Leadership | Social entrepreneurship Summary: "Socially Responsible Leadership is a supplementary (and core) text for undergraduate and graduate courses in leadership, servant leadership, social leadership, service learning, and Social Entrepreneurship (the latter primarily as a supplement to aid in self-discovery about one'

Subject(s): Social sciences -- Research | Social sciences -- Longitudinal studies | Longitudinal method | Aging -- Longitudinal studies -- Research | Health -- Longitudinal studies -- Research Summary: "This book provides accessible treatment to state-of-the-art approaches to analyzing longitudinal studies. Comprehensive coverage of the mos

Subject(s): Buildings -- Energy conservation | Insulating materials Review: "Almost half of the total energy produced in the developed world is inefficiently used to heat, cool, ventilate and control humidity in buildings, to meet the increasingly high thermal comfort levels demanded by occupants. The utilisation of advanced m̀aterials and

Subject(s): Islamic law -- History -- To 1500 Summary: "Ten years after his untimely death, Norman Calder is still considered a luminary in the field of Islamic law. At the time he was one among a handful of scholars from the West who were beginning to engage with the subject. In the intervening years, much has changed, and Islamic law is n

Subject(s): Technological innovations | Information technology -- Management Summary: "A big-picture look at how the latest trends in information management and technology are impacting business models and innovation worldwide. With all of the recent emphasis on "big data," analytics and visualization, and emerging technology archit