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Making sense of the future
Making Sense of the Future integrates the latest thinking in Future Studies with the author’s expertise in world history, economics, interdisciplinary studies, knowledge organization, and political activism. The book takes a systems approach that recognizes the complexity of our world. It begins by suggesting a set of goals for human societies and identifying innovative strategies for achievi…
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- 9781003186854
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- xiv + 193 p
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- 303.49 RIC m
A Contribution to the Empirics of Economic and Human Development
This book contributes to the empirical literature on economic and human development from five different perspectives: the first chapter provides a new statistical test for bimodality of densities with an application to income data. The second chapter analyzes the worlds cross-country distribution of income and challenges the so called Twin Peaks-claim. The third chapter focuses on the world inc…
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- 9783631753491
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- xvi, 155p; ill.
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- 338.9 VOL c
Advanced Statistical Modeling, Forecasting, and Fault Detection in Renewable …
Fault detection, control, and forecasting have a vital role in renewable energy systems (Photovoltaics (PV) and wind turbines (WTs)) to improve their productivity, ef?ciency, and safety, and to avoid expensive maintenance. For instance, the main crucial and challenging issue in solar and wind energy production is the volatility of intermittent power generation due mainly to weather conditions. …
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- 9781838805456
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- xiv, 197 p. : ill
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- 621.042011 ADV a
Criminal Futures : Predictive Policing and Everyday Police Work
This book explores how predictive policing transforms police work. Police departments around the world have started to use data-driven applications to produce crime forecasts and intervene into the future through targeted prevention measures. Based on three years of field research in Germany and Switzerland, this book provides a theoretically sophisticated and empirically detailed account of ho…
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- 9780429328732
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- x, 231 p.
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- 363.230285 CRI S
African cities and collaborative futures : urban platforms and metropolitan l…
African cities and collaborative futures: Urban platforms and metropolitan logistics brings together scholars from across the globe to discuss the nature of African cities – the interactions of residents with infrastructure, energy, housing, safety and sustainability, seen through local narratives and theories. This groundbreaking collection, drawing on a variety of fields and extensive first…
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- 9781526155351
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- xvi, 190 p. : ill
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- 307.76096 KEI a
The future of Africa : challenges and opportunities
This open access textbook offers a critical introduction to human and economic development prospects in Africa revolving around three questions: where is Africa today, what explains the current state, and, given historical trends and what we know about the world, where do we think the continent will be in 2040? And, a final question: what can we do to create a better tomorrow? It models ambitio…
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- 9783030465902
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- xvii, 421p. : ill.
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- 330.9600112 CIL f
The promise of prosperity : visions of the future in Timor-Leste
For the people of Timor-Leste, independence promised a fundamental transformation from foreign occupation to self-rule, from brutality to respect for basic rights, and from poverty to prosperity. In the eyes of the country’s political leaders, revenue from the country’s oil and gas reserves is the means by which that transformation could be effected. Over the past decade, they have formulat…
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- 9781760462536
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- xiii, 253p. : ill.
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- Pacific series
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- 959.87 THE t
Developments in demographic forecasting
This open access book presents new developments in the field of demographic forecasting, covering both mortality, fertility and migration. For each component emerging methods to forecast them are presented. Moreover, instruments for forecasting evaluation are provided. Bayesian models, nonparametric models, cohort approaches, elicitation of expert opinion, evaluation of probabilistic forecasts …
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- 9783030424725
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- viii, 258p. : ill.
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- 304.6 DEV d
Weather & climate services for the energy industry
This open access book showcases the burgeoning area of applied research at the intersection between weather and climate science and the energy industry. It illustrates how better communication between science and industry can help both sides. By opening a dialogue, scientists can understand the broader context for their work and the energy industry is able to keep track of and implement the lat…
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- 9783319684185
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- xxvii, 197p. : ill.
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- 333.7913 WEA w
Modelling our changing world
This open access book focuses on the concepts, tools and techniques needed to successfully model ever-changing time-series data. It emphasizes the need for general models to account for the complexities of the modern world and how these can be applied to a range of issues facing Earth, from modelling volcanic eruptions, carbon dioxide emissions and global temperatures, to modelling unemployment…
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- 9783030214326
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- xix, 128p. : ill.
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- 330.015195 CAS m
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