36865_02 12/5/2005 9:55:49 Page 51 CHAPTER 2 TE C H N O L O G Y IN F R A S T R UC TURE: THE IN T E R N E T AN D THE WO R L D W I D E WEB LEARNING OBJECTIVES In this chapter, you will learn about: ● The origin, growth, and current structure of the Internet ● How packet-switched networks are combined to form the Internet ● How Internet protocols and Internet addressing work ● The history and use of markup languages on the Web, including SGML, HTML, and XML
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concepts. This is not to imply one effort is more important than another. Also, the main focus of this paper will be on information systems for use at the farm level and to some lesser extent systems used to support researchers addressing farm level problems (e.g., simulation or optimization models, geographic information systems, etc.) and those used to support agribusiness firms that supply goods and services to agricultural producers and the supply chain beyond the production phase. Secondly, there
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It includes examples and case studies which finance students will recognise and relate to. This new edition builds on the successful data- and problem-driven approach of the first edition, giving students the skills to estimate and interpret models while developing an intuitive grasp of underlying theoretical concepts. Key features: ● Thoroughly revised and updated, including two new chapters on ● ● ● ● ● ● panel data and limited dependent variable models Problem-solving approach assumes
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INTEREST RATE RISK MANAGEMENT: DEVELOPMENTS IN INTEREST RATE TERM STRUCTURE MODELING FOR RISK MANAGEMENT AND VALUATION OF INTEREST-RATE-DEPENDENT CASH FLOWS Andrew Ang* and Michael Sherris† ABSTRACT This paper surveys the main concepts and techniques of recent developments in the modeling of the term structure of interest rates that are used in the risk management and valuation of interest-rate-dependent cash flows. These developments extend the concepts of immunization and matching to a stochastic
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includes examples and case studies which finance students will recognise and relate to. This new edition builds on the successful data- and problem-driven approach of the first edition, giving students the skills to estimate and interpret models while developing an intuitive grasp of underlying theoretical concepts. Key features: ● Thoroughly revised and updated, including two new chapters on ● ● ● ● ● ● panel data and limited dependent variable models Problem-solving approach assumes
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Introduction to Computing Introduction For couple of years, futurists and computer scientists have provided arguments that a collection of evolving technologies—miniature computers named "smart dust" or motes, wireless telecommunication, software agents that are intelligent, antennas, stretchy electronics, and micro-level power systems— embrace the potentiality to convert the work and daily life (Farias et al. 2012). Anyone who eagerly willing in the social impacts and insinuation of new technologies
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Fuzzy Control Kevin M. Passino Department of Electrical Engineering The Ohio State University Stephen Yurkovich Department of Electrical Engineering The Ohio State University An Imprint of Addison-Wesley Longman, Inc. Menlo Park, California • Reading, Massachusetts Don Mills, Ontaria • Sydney • Bonn • Harlow, England • Berkeley, California • Amsterdam • Mexico City ii Assistant Editor: Laura Cheu Editorial Assistant: Royden Tonomura Senior Production Editor: Teri Hyde Marketing
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to close this gap, to bring the issues of banks’ assets and liability management in Ethiopia squarely into focus for assisting better performance. Contents CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study 4 1.2 Statement of the Problem 5 1.3 Objectives and Hypothesis of the study 6 1.3.1 General Objective 6 1.3.2 Specific Objectives 6 1.3.3
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Company Profile Star Wire (India) Limited, one of the leading Mini Steel Plant is engaged in the manufacturing of Alloy Steels, Stainless Steel and Special Steels for diversified engineering application in shape of castings, forging and rolled products. Plant is fully equipped with modern equipment and testing facilities which have created confidence and ability for manufacturing various sophisticated grades of steel conforming to international and National standards. It has its own research
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A Guide to Modern Econometrics 2nd edition Marno Verbeek Erasmus University Rotterdam A Guide to Modern Econometrics A Guide to Modern Econometrics 2nd edition Marno Verbeek Erasmus University Rotterdam Copyright 2004 John Wiley & Sons Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 8SQ, England Telephone (+44) 1243 779777 Email (for orders and customer service enquiries): cs-books@wiley.co.uk Visit our Home Page on www.wileyeurope.com or www
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