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Boca Raton ; London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, 2014
Abstract: An essential reference for intermediate and advanced R programmers, the book presents useful tools and techniques for attacking many types of R programming problems, helping you avoid mistakes and dead ends. With more than ten years of experience programming in R, the author illustrates the elegance, beauty, and flexibility at the heart of R. Moreover, the book develops the necessary skills to produce quality code that can be used in a variety of circumstances.
[London ; Basingstoke] : M, 1978
London ; New York : Zed Books, 2008
Abstract: Increased life expectancy and lower fertility rates across the globe are having a huge impact on the structure of populations, offering both challenges and opportunities for the future. Can we provide enough pensions for old people to live comfortably? How can old people be empowered to play a more positive role in society? What will the role of grandparents be in the emerging new social structures? What are the implications for health services? How can the very old be cared for? Provi ...; [Read more...]
Altmetrics : a practical guide for librarians, researchers and academics
/ edited by Andy Tattersall
London : Facet, 2016
Abstract: This book gives an overview of altmetrics, its tools and how to implement them successfully to boost and measure research outputs. New methods of scholarly communication and dissemination of information are having a huge impact on how academics and researchers build profiles and share research. This groundbreaking and highly practical guide looks at the role that library and information professionals can play in facilitating these new ways of working and demonstrating impact and influe ...; [Read more...]
London ; New York : Chapman and Hall, 1984
London ; New York : Methuen, 1982
Cambridge, London : The MIT Press, 2020
Abstract: Our behavior is strongly influenced by factors that lie outside our conscious awareness, although we tend to underestimate the power of this “automatic” side of our behavior. As a result, governments make ineffective policies, businesses create bad products, and individuals make unrealistic plans. In contrast, the behavioral insights approach applies evidence about actual human behavior — rather than assumptions about it — to practical problems. This volume offers an accessible introdu ...; [Read more...]
Boston ; London : Nicholas Brealey, c2011
Abstract: From technology and globalization to the increaing power of customers, the forces that have created the seismic changes in business today also serve as the foundation stones for the next generation of learning organizations. This book shows how to follow the path forged by such world-class leaders as Nokia, Lcoa and Canadian Imperial Bank to adapt and survive broad-based change and scale the ladder of corporate learning. In the second edition of this title, Michael Marquardt brings up ...; [Read more...]
London : Collier-Macmillan, 1969