Authors:Thomas Schneeweis, Garry B. Crowder, Hossein Kazemi,
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: asset, world, wiley, multi, finance, risk, science, allocation, new, management
Number of Pages: 294
Published: 2010-03-08
List price: $80.00
ISBN-10: 047053740X
ISBN-13: 9780470537404

A feasible asset allocation framework for the post 2008 financial world Asset allocation has long been a cornerstone of prudent investment management; however, traditional allocation plans failed investors miserably in 2008. Asset allocation still remains an essential part of the investment arena, and through a new approach, you’ll discover how to make it work. In The New Science of Asset Allocation, authors Thomas Schneeweis, Garry Crowder, and Hossein Kazemi first explore the myths that plague this field then quickly move on to examine how the practice of asset allocation has f

Authors:Phillip Crowder, David A. Crowder,
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: bible, wiley, sites, web, creating
Number of Pages: 854
Published: 2008-06-30
List price: $39.99
ISBN-10: 0470223634
ISBN-13: 9780470223635

Updated for the most recent tools, techniques, and standards for creating cutting-edge Web sites for businesses or personal use, this book is one-stop shopping for HTML, JavaScript, CSS, tables, forms, Flash, and more Brand-new chapters cover Ajax, Adobe CS3 tools, RSS, and blogging tools Hands-on guidance and expert advice dive into such topics as creating and editing images and graphics, adding multimedia elements (e.g., Flash animations, audio, and video), creating stores for Yahoo! and Amazon.com, designing auction pages for eBay, and building blogs

Author: Richard Crowder
Publisher: Newnes
Keywords: applications, control, systems, electromechanical, drives, electric
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2006-02-16
List price: $43.95
ISBN-10: 0750667400
ISBN-13: 9780750667401

The focus of this book on the selection and application of electrical drives and control systems for electromechanical and mechatronics applications makes it uniquely useful for engineers in industry working with machines and drives. It also serves as a student text for courses on motors and drives, and engineering design courses, especially within mechanical engineering and mechatronics degree programs.The criteria for motor-drive selection are explained, and the main types of drives available to drive machine tools and robots introduced. The author also provides a review of control systems a

Author: David A. Crowder
Publisher: For Dummie
Keywords: dummies, computer, tech, site, web, building
Number of Pages: 408
Published: 2007-10-01
List price: $24.99
ISBN-10: 0470149280
ISBN-13: 9780470149287

If you’re just getting your feet wet in Web site construction, the first big hurdle is figuring out where to start. Building a Web Site for Dummies lightens things up with humor and makes the challenge of building a site far less daunting. This book doesn’t zoom you right into coding HTML, although it covers the markup language quite well. Instead, it offers a much higher-level look at site design by examining the general questions of navigation principles, affiliation possibilities, building communications with your users, and other wide-ranging topics. For this reason, the book c

Author: David A. Crowder
Publisher: For Dummie
Keywords: dummies, tech, computer, google, earth
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2007-02-27
List price: $24.99
ISBN-10: 0470095288
ISBN-13: 9780470095287

This interesting guide covers all aspects of Google Earth, the freely downloadable application from Google that allows users to view satellite images from all points of the globe Aimed at a diverse audience, including casual users who enjoy air shots of locales as well as geographers, real estate professionals, and GPS developers Includes valuable tips on various customizations that users can add, advice on setting up scavenger hunts, and guidance on using Google Earth to benefit a business Explains modifying general options, managing the layer and placemark systems, and tackling some of the

Author: J. Edward Crowder PhD
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Keywords: second, profit, fun, gambling, casino
Number of Pages: 244
Published: 2006-09-08
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1598005197
ISBN-13: 9781598005196

SURVIVE THE CASINO AND HAVE FUN!Casino gambling is the fastest growth industry in the U.S. As more and more states enact legalized gambling regulations in the pursuit of tax revenue, so there are more and more gamblers that are lured to casinos for entertainment and the chance to win big bucks. About 99 percent of gamblers lose money in the long run, unfortunately, and some become so addicted to gambling that they lose their homes, cars, friends and sometimes families. Dr. Crowder takes a look at the casino milieu, dangers and temptations lurking there, personality and emotional differences

Author: Martin J. Crowder
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
Keywords: risks, competing, classical
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2001-05-11
List price: $134.95
ISBN-10: 1584881755
ISBN-13: 9781584881759

If something can fail, it can often fail in one of several ways and sometimes in more than one way at a time. There is always some cause of failure, and almost always, more than one possible cause. In one sense, then, survival analysis is a lost cause. The methods of Competing Risks have often been neglected in the survival analysis literature. Written by a leading statistician, Classical Competing Risks thoroughly examines the probability framework and statistical analysis of data of Competing Risks. The author explores both the theory of the subject and the practicalities of fitting the mode