Author: Vinh Q. Tran
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: wiley, finance, performance, fund, hedge, evaluating
Number of Pages: 284
Published: 2006-02-03
List price: $70.00
ISBN-10: 0471681717
ISBN-13: 9780471681717

A comprehensive look at hedge fund performance issues In Evaluating Hedge Fund Performance, Dr. Vinh Tran gives readers the information they need to construct an efficient hedge fund portfolio based on their own level of knowledge. From evaluating hedge funds to picking the winners, Dr. Tran covers some of the most important issues related to this flexible investment vehicle. Evaluating Hedge Fund Performance takes the standard hedge fund book to a new level by detailing how to manage the risk of hedge funds and offering the best methods to evaluate and monitor hedge funds. With strategy base

Author: Vinh Q. Tran
Publisher: FT Press
Keywords: shrinking, economy, profitably, invest, upside, market
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2010-02-07
List price: $29.99
ISBN-10: 0137044860
ISBN-13: 9780137044863

The Market Crisis Has Just Begun… Protect Your Wealth Through the Longest, Deepest Down Market in History   “Vinh Tran’s deep knowledge of global economic events and his skill as a market participant shine through in Market Upside Down, wherein he illuminates the structural problems that exist in the U.S. economy and the ongoing risks these problems pose to investors. The book gives investors practical strategies for thriving in turbulent times and is important for anyone who wants to understand the new normal of the investing landscape.” –Tony Crescenzi, Strategist and Portfol

Author: Vinh Truong
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Keywords: vol, legion, new, war, vietnam
Number of Pages: 596
Published: 2010-03-22
List price: $28.19
ISBN-10: 1426926669
ISBN-13: 9781426926662

The author discusses the three Axioms in the dominant interpretation of the U.S.-Vietnam War that were established by the invisible permanent government right after the National Security Council meeting on September 21, 1960. They are: - There was never a legitimate non-communist government in Saigon (dissolution GVN) - The U.S. had no legitimate reason to be involved in Vietnamese affairs (Tonkin-Gulf-Incident) - The U.S. could not have won the war under any circumstances (U.S. troops

Authors:Barry Witcher, Vinh Sum Chau,
Publisher: CL Business Pre
Keywords: management, strategic
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2010-03-01
List price: $59.99
ISBN-10: 1844809935
ISBN-13: 9781844809936

Global examples, multiple perspectives and dynamic presentation make this important new textbook the complete introduction for modern strategy courses. Encouraging students to be conscious of the perspectives, context and complexity that produce ideas about strategy, the experienced author team situate learning within a diverse range of environments to reflect the globalized and turbulent nature of today’s business. Key Debates situated in every chapter provide a balanced introduction and highlight the subject’s vibrancy by asking the student to tackle vital strategic questions suc

Authors:Bui The Duy, Tuong Vinh Ho, Quang Thuy Ha,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: agents, multi, december, vietnam, lecture, artificial, intelligence, hanoi, notes, conference, systems, agent, pacific, rim, intelligent, international, prima
Number of Pages: 406
Published: 2008-12-12
List price: $89.95
ISBN-10: 3540896732
ISBN-13: 9783540896739

This book constitutes the proceedings of the the 11th Pacific Rim International Conference on Multi-Agents, PRIMA 2008, held in Hanoi, Vietnam, in December 2008. The 19 regular papers and 22 short papers presented together with 3 keynote speeches, were carefully reviewed and selected from 56 submissions. Many current subjects in multi-agent research and development are addressed, ranging from theoretical and methodological issues to various applications in different fields. There was a track on multi-issue negotiation and agents and HCI.

Authors:Margaret Lock, Vinh-Kim Nguyen,
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: biomedicine, anthropology
Number of Pages: 520
Published: 2010-05-04
List price: $54.95
ISBN-10: 1405110716
ISBN-13: 9781405110716

An Anthropology of Biomedicine is an exciting new introduction to biomedicine and its global implications. Focusing on the ways in which the application of biomedical technologies bring about radical changes to societies at large, cultural anthropologist Margaret Lock and her co-author physician and medical anthropologist Vinh-Kim Nguyen develop and integrate the thesis that the human body in health and illness is the elusive product of nature and culture that refuses to be pinned down. Introduces biomedicine from an anthropological perspective, exploring the entanglement of material bodies wi

Authors:Mao Lin Huang, Quang Vinh Nguyen, Kang Zhang,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: communication, information, visual
Number of Pages: 376
Published: 2009-11-05
List price: $179.00
ISBN-10: 1441903119
ISBN-13: 9781441903112

Visual Information Communication is based on the 2009 Visual Information Communications International conference being held in Sydney, Australia in September 2009. Topics covered include The Arts of Visual Layout, Presentation & Exploration, The Design of Visual Attributes, Symbols & Languages, Methods for Visual Analytics and Knowledge Discovery, Systems, Interfaces and Applications of Visualization, Methods for Multimedia Data Recognition & Processing. This cutting-edge book addresses the issues of knowledge discovery, end-user programming, modeling, rapid systems prototyping, e