Title: Computational Methods for Option Pricing (Frontiers in Applied Mathematics)

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Here is a book for anyone who would like to become better acquainted with the modern tools of numerical analysis for several significant computational problems arising in finance. The authors review some important aspects of finance modeling involving partial differential equations and focus on numerical algorithms for the fast and accurate pricing of financial derivatives and for the calibration of parameters. more…

Title: Dictionary of Accounting Terms (Barron’s Business Guides)

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The updated edition of this quick-reference short-entry dictionary defines more than 2,500 accounting, bookkeeping, and tax-related terms. General areas covered include financial accounting, managerial and cost accounting, auditing and financial statement analysis, and information technology (IT) terms. Also included are many terms from related business disciplines that the accountant must know, such as finance, personal finance, investments, Internet, economics, quantitative tools, and international business. more…

Title: Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms

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More than 5,000 terms related to stocks, bonds, mutual funds, banking, tax laws, and transactions in the various financial markets are presented alphabetically with descriptions. The new eighth edition has been updated to take account of new financial regulations and recent dramatic swings in equities, credit, and other financial resources. Readers will also find a list of financial abbreviations and acronyms, as well as illustrative diagrams and charts. Here?s a valuable short-entry dictionary for business students, as well as for office reference and the home bookshelves of private investors. more…

Title: Dictionary of Real Estate Terms (Barron’s Business Guides)

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The new edition of this best-selling dictionary has been updated to account for changes in the real estate market, including the recent subprime crisis and other financial issues. Approximately 3,000 clear, concise short-entry definitions of real estate terms cover appraisal, architectural styles, brokerage, construction, development, environmental finance, mortgage types, zoning, and much more. Definitions are supplemented with graphs, charts, more than 200 line illustrations, and a list of abbreviations and real estate acronyms. This handbook is a fast-reference guide for home buyers, sellers, real estate professionals, students, investors, and attorneys. Previous editions of this book have appeared on Business Week’s and other business-oriented best seller lists. more…

Title: Documentum 6.5 Content Management Foundations

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Learn the technical fundamentals of Documentum 6.5, develop insights with illustrated examples from a real-life business scenario, and ace the E20-120 exam

• Technical foundations of the Documentum platform
• Over 200 practice questions and three practice tests
• Up-to-date information on version 6.5 SP2 including presets, aspects, new Webtop interface, lightweight types, Composer, and DFS
• Over 200 illustrations and many more examples from a real-life business scenario more…

Title: Groovy for Domain-Specific Languages

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Extend and enhance your Java applications with Domain Specific Languages in Groovy

• Build your own Domain Specific Languages on top of Groovy
• Integrate your existing Java applications using Groovy-based Domain Specific Languages (DSLs)
• Develop a Groovy scripting interface to Twitter
• A step-by-step guide to building Groovy-based Domain Specific Languages that run seamlessly in the Java environment more…

Title: Introduction to Time Series Modeling (Chapman & Hall/CRC Monographs on Statistics & Applied Probability)

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In time series modeling, the behavior of a certain phenomenon is expressed in relation to the past values of itself and other covariates. Since many important phenomena in statistical analysis are actually time series and the identification of conditional distribution of the phenomenon is an essential part of the statistical modeling, it is very important and useful to learn fundamental methods of time series modeling. Illustrating how to build models for time series using basic methods, Introduction to Time Series Modeling covers numerous time series models and the various tools for handling them. more…