Modeling Survival Data: Extending the Cox Model (Statistics for Biology and Health) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Terry Therneau is a research statistician at the Mayo Clinic and Patricia Grambsch is a Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Minnesota. The Cox proportional hazards model has been one of the key methods for analyzing survival data with covariates for the last 25 years. Proportionality is a...

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Advanced Use Case Modeling: Software Systems (v. 1) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book has some powerful advice for those projects that use Use Cases to drive their analysis and design efforts. It lays out a good process to follow for developing the Use Cases so you don't jump right into the details without a plan. Much of the advice is good Software Engineering practices, but...

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Modeling Monetary Economies Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Economists have a responsiblity to communicate as simply as possible. Too often complex mathematics are an egotistic tool of the economist that merely frustrates the reader. Champ and Freeman's Modeling Monetary Economies is a wonderful volume that explains tough issues in monetary economics by building...

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Mathematics for Dynamic Modeling, Second Edition Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is not a new cover on an older book. Having enjoyed Beltrami's first book I was glad to see a second. The new continues the subject of modeling not math. Well written, the author's book ties the conceptual difficulites of the subjects with the necessary math to get the point accross and guide the...

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The Data Modeling Handbook : A Best-Practice Approach to Building Quality Data Models Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I have many books on data modeling but this one is probably the most understandable. The examples are well-formed and many diagrams are provided along with written explanations. They do an excellent job of going through 5th normal form and show how to resolve many different issues such as special cases...

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3D Automotive Modeling: An Insider's Guide to 3D Car Modeling and Design for Games and Film Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This delightful, detailed instruction booklet for 3D Automotive Modeling includes high quality color photos with the easy to follow step by step instructions. From the Chicago styled Hot Rod concept, vortex concept, modeling the Mobile Suit, etc. this is an excellent manual for helping break down the...

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Structural Equation Modeling With Lisrel, Prelis, and Simplis: Basic Concepts, Applications, and Programming (Multivariate Applications Series) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is a good starting point for someone desiring to learn SEM in Lisrel. Theoretical/statistical concepts have been explained in a simple manner and explanation of Lisrel is thorough. Useful as a course book. Not a good book if you already know SEM and are looking for in-depth understanding.Click...

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3-D Human Modeling and Animation, Third Edition Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I highly recommend this book because it is teaching me a lot about 3D modeling, texturing, lighting, and animation. The book has detailed step-by-step instructions for modeling human characters plus video tutorials that go along with it.The author is also a professor of 3D animation and it really shows....

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Modeling Dynamic Biological Systems Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is a concise, effective introduction to dynamic systems modelingand how it can be used to provide insight to biological problems. The useof dynamic modeling is demonstrated through example models, a new modeleach chapter. The authors walk the reader/student through each model andthen make suggestions...

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Google SketchUp Workshop: Modeling, Visualizing, and Illustrating Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Executive Summary: Have a project in mind, do the online SketchUp tutorials, then read thisbook's "Overview" section and whatever other sections catch your eye.First off, this book isn't an introduction to SketchUp. The online SketchUp tutorials handle that job. Instead, this book is more like a series...

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Data Modeling for the Business: A Handbook for Aligning the Business with IT using High-Level Data Models (Take It with You Guides) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Good handbook on Data Modeling High Level or Conceptual Data Model. The emphasis is on starting out with clear and concise High Level Data Models, which closely match the business requirements. Very useful book that not only gives you best practices but leaves you with a step-by-step methodology you...

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MODELING OF ASPHALT CONCRETE (McGraw-Hill Construction) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)It has arrived very fast as I bought it in USA and it was send to Brazil. Very reliable! I recomend!Click Here to see more reviews about: MODELING OF ASPHALT CONCRETE (McGraw-Hill Construction)An Expert Guide to Developing More-Durable and Cost-Effective Asphalt PavementsWritten by distinguished experts...

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Texturing and Modeling, Third Edition: A Procedural Approach (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is an update of a classic book on procedural texturing and modeling by the main founders of the field. The book presents lengthy discussions of classical procedural texturing using various noise functions of the sort originated by Ken Perlin (one of the authors). It discusses newer texturing techniques...

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Introduction to Computational Science: Modeling and Simulation for the Sciences Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is a great book for the college bound. Very interesting and easy to read.Click Here to see more reviews about: Introduction to Computational Science: Modeling and Simulation for the SciencesComputational science is a quickly emerging field at the intersection of the sciences, computer science, and...

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Excel Modeling and Estimation in Investments Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Craig W. Holden's "Excel Modeling in Investments" came as an excellent surprise to me when I received a faculty review copy from the publisher. I have long used Simon Benninga's competing text "Financial Modeling in Excel" to teach undergraduate and graduate financial modeling courses, however, I seriously...

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Designing Geodatabases: Case Studies in GIS Data Modeling Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book provides a good introduction of steps and principles in designing geodatabases and the importance of information products and identifying thematic layers. The book presents 7 complex models: streams and river networks, census units and boundaries, addresses and locations, parcels and cadastre,...

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Spreadsheet Modeling and Applications: Essentials of Practical Management Science (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Item was good came on time no delay And i highly recommend this sellerClick Here to see more reviews about: Spreadsheet Modeling and Applications: Essentials of Practical Management Science (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac)Chris Albright and Wayne Winston have brought their hallmark teach-by-example approach...

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