This survey of portfolio theory, from its modern origins through more sophisticated, “postmodern” incarnations, evaluates portfolio risk according to the first four moments of any statistical distribution: mean, variance, skewness, and excess kurtosis. In pursuit of financial models that more accurately describe abnormal markets and investor psychology, this book bifurcates beta on either side of mean returns. It then evaluates this traditional risk measure according to its relative volati...

This book introduces readers to the use of formic acid for efficient organic synthesis. It describes the N-methylation of aromatic and aliphatic amines with formic acid using a boron-based catalyst [B(C6F5)3] in combination with silanes and without the need for an expensive transition metal catalyst. It also shows that formic acid interacts with alkynes and allyl alcohols through a carbonylation process that generates carbon monoxide in situ from nickel and palladium catalysis, respectivel...

This monograph takes an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural approach to 20th and 21st -century Canadian Daoist poetry, fiction and criticism in comparative, innovative and engaging ways. Of particular interest are the authors’ refreshing insights into such holistic and topical issues as the globalization of concepts of the Dao, the Yin/Yang, the Heaven-Earth-Humanity triad, the Four Greats, Five Phases, Non-action and so on, as expressed in Canadian literature and criticism – which produc...

This book comprises the proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Chemical Science and Engineering. The contents of this volume focus on issues related to chemical engineering and sustainable development to minimize environmental pollution resource conservation and development of new energy sources. Some of the themes covered include catalysis and reaction engineering, functional material, nanotechnology and nanoscience, biomaterials and biotechnology, particle technology and mul...

This book offers a comprehensive treatise on the recent pursuits of Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) by casting the crucial features of interpretability and explainability in the original framework of Granular Computing. The innovative perspective established with the aid of information granules provides a high level of human centricity and transparency central to the development of AI constructs. The chapters reflect the breadth of the area and cove...

Dunhuang studies refer to a discipline focusing on Dunhuang Manuscripts, Dunhuang grotto art, the theory of Dunhuang studies, and Dunhuang history and geography. It is a broad subject of studying, excavating, sorting, and protecting the cultural relics and documents in the Dunhuang area of China.The General Theory of Dunhuang Studies explores the basic concept of Dunhuang studies. It presents a more comprehensive and systematic study of six aspects of Dunhuang, covering the backgro...

This book provides timely studies on multi-view facets of data analytics by covering recent trends in processing and reasoning about data originating from an array of local sources. A multi-view nature of data analytics is encountered when working with a variety of real-world scenarios including clustering, consensus building in decision processes, computer vision, knowledge representation, big data, data streaming, among others.The chapters demonstrate recent pursuits in the metho...

The 2016 2nd International Conference on Energy Equipment Science and Engineering (ICEESE 2016) was held on November 12-14, 2016 in Guangzhou, China. ICEESE 2016 brought together innovative academics and industrial experts in the field of energy equipment science and engineering to a common forum. The primary goal of the conference is to promote research and developmental activities in energy equipment science and engineering and another goal is to promote scientific information interchang...

This book is a compilation of high-quality scientific papers presented at International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Electronic Instruments and Information Systems (AIEIIS 2025). This book addresses the integration challenge: AI is rapidly evolving, but practical deployment requires seamless interaction with physical devices, embedded systems, and secure information infrastructures. This book emphasizes end to end solutions, showing how advanced algorithms can be embedded into re...

This book constitutes the conference proceedings of the Second International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Network Security, ICCINS 2025 held in Raipur, India, during April 2-4, 2025.The 30 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 205 submissions. They were categorized under the following topical sections: Machine Learning and Computational Intelligence; Intelligent Networking and Communication Systems; Cybersecurity, Privacy, and System Design.

This book comprehensively introduces innovative technologies for practical applications in apple production, which include, but not limited to autonomous thinning, Internet of Things, drones for pollination, disease detection and control, and growth stage detection. Conventional apple production is a labor-intensive industry, and many operations require labor, such as thinning, pollination, and harvest. Increasing labor cost and shrinking labor pool negatively affect the sustainability of ...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems, ICVS 2017, held in Shenzhen, China, in July 2017.The 61 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 92 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on visual control, visual navigation, visual inspection, image processing, human robot interaction, stereo system, image retrieval, visual detection, visual recognition, system design, and 3D vision...