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New Directions for Understanding Systemic Risk
A Report on a Conference Cosponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the National Academy of Sciences
Av Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences m. fl.
E-bok, 2007
407 kr
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The stability of the financial system and the potential for systemic events to alter its function have long been critical issues for central bankers and researchers. Recent events suggest that older models of systemic shocks might no longer capture all of the possible paths of such disturbances or …
Department of Homeland Security Bioterrorism Risk Assessment
A Call for Change
Av Committee on Methodological Improvements to the Department of Homeland Security's Biological Agent Risk Analysis, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications m. fl.
E-bok, 2008
513 kr
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The mission of Department of Homeland Security Bioterrorism Risk Assessment: A Call for Change, the book published in December 2008, is to independently and scientifically review the methodology that led to the 2006 Department of Homeland Security report, Bioterrorism Risk Assessment (BTRA) and …
Uncertainty Management in Remote Sensing of Climate Data
Summary of a Workshop
Av National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
508 kr
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Great advances have been made in our understanding of the climate system over the past few decades, and remotely sensed data have played a key role in supporting many of these advances. Improvements in satellites and in computational and data-handling techniques have yielded high quality, readily …
Uncertainty Management in Remote Sensing of Climate Data
Summary of a Workshop
Av Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Climate Research Committee m. fl.
E-bok, 2009
286 kr
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Great advances have been made in our understanding of the climate system over the past few decades, and remotely sensed data have played a key role in supporting many of these advances. Improvements in satellites and in computational and data-handling techniques have yielded high quality, readily …
Evaluation of NSF's Program of Grants for Vertical Integration of Research and Education in the Mathematical Sciences (VIGRE)
Av Committee to Evaluate the NSF's Vertically Integrated Grants for Research and Education (VIGRE) Program, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications m. fl.
E-bok, 2009
430 kr
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In 1998, the National Science Foundation (NSF) launched a program of Grants for Vertical Integration of Research and Education in the Mathematical Sciences (VIGRE). These grants were designed for institutions with PhD-granting departments in the mathematical sciences, for the purpose of developing …
Uncertainty Management in Remote Sensing of Climate Data
Summary of a Workshop
Av Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Climate Research Committee m. fl.
E-bok, 2009
416 kr
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Great advances have been made in our understanding of the climate system over the past few decades, and remotely sensed data have played a key role in supporting many of these advances. Improvements in satellites and in computational and data-handling techniques have yielded high quality, readily …
Evaluation of NSF's Program of Grants for Vertical Integration of Research and Education in the Mathematical Sciences (VIGRE)
Av Committee to Evaluate the NSF's Vertically Integrated Grants for Research and Education (VIGRE) Program, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications m. fl.
E-bok, 2009
588 kr
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In 1998, the National Science Foundation (NSF) launched a program of Grants for Vertical Integration of Research and Education in the Mathematical Sciences (VIGRE). These grants were designed for institutions with PhD-granting departments in the mathematical sciences, for the purpose of developing …
Technical Capabilities Necessary for Regulation of Systemic Financial Risk
Summary of a Workshop
Av Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences m. fl.
E-bok, 2010
195 kr
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The financial reform plans currently under discussion in the United States recognize the need for monitoring and regulating systemic risk in the financial sector. To inform those discussions, the National Research Council held a workshop on November 3, 2009, to identify the major technical …
Technical Capabilities Necessary for Regulation of Systemic Financial Risk
Summary of a Workshop
Av Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences m. fl.
E-bok, 2010
295 kr
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The financial reform plans currently under discussion in the United States recognize the need for monitoring and regulating systemic risk in the financial sector. To inform those discussions, the National Research Council held a workshop on November 3, 2009, to identify the major technical …
Transforming Combustion Research through Cyberinfrastructure
Av National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
325 kr
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Combustion has provided society with most of its energy needs for millenia, from igniting the fires of cave dwellers to propelling the rockets that traveled to the Moon. Even in the face of climate change and the increasing availability of alternative energy sources, fossil fuels will continue to …
Transforming Combustion Research through Cyberinfrastructure
Av Committee on Building Cyberinfrastructure for Combustion Research, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications m. fl.
E-bok, 2011
420 kr
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Combustion has provided society with most of its energy needs for millenia, from igniting the fires of cave dwellers to propelling the rockets that traveled to the Moon. Even in the face of climate change and the increasing availability of alternative energy sources, fossil fuels will continue to …
Mathematics and 21st Century Biology
Av Committee on Mathematical Sciences Research for DOE's Computational Biology, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications m. fl.
E-bok, 2005
676 kr
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The exponentially increasing amounts of biological data along with comparableadvances in computing power are making possible the construction of quantitative,predictive biological systems models. This development could revolutionize thosebiology-based fields of science. To assist this …
Making Sense of Complexity
Summary of the Workshop on Dynamical Modeling of Complex Biomedical Systems
Av George Casella, Rongling Wu m. fl.
E-bok, 2002
295 kr
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On April 26-28, 2001, the Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications (BMSA) and the Board on Life Sciences of the National Research Council cosponsored a workshop on the dynamical modeling of complex biomedical systems. The workshop''s goal was to identify some open research questions in …
Proceedings of a Workshop on Statistics on Networks (CD-ROM)
Av Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications m. fl.
E-bok, 2007
1694 kr
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A large number of biological, physical, and social systems contain complex networks. Knowledge about how these networks operate is critical for advancing a more general understanding of network behavior. To this end, each of these disciplines has created different kinds of statistical theory for …
New Directions for Understanding Systemic Risk
A Report on a Conference Cosponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the National Academy of Sciences
Av Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences m. fl.
E-bok, 2007
589 kr
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The stability of the financial system and the potential for systemic events to alter its function have long been critical issues for central bankers and researchers. Recent events suggest that older models of systemic shocks might no longer capture all of the possible paths of such disturbances or …
Basic Research in Information Science and Technology for Air Force Needs
Av Committee on Directions for the AFOSR Mathematics and Space Sciences Directorate Related to Information Science and Technology, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications m. fl.
E-bok, 2006
572 kr
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The U.S. Air Force is developing new force capabilities appropriate to an emerging array of threats. It is clear that advances in information science and technology (IS&T) are essential for most of these new capabilities. As a consequence, the Air Force is finding it necessary to refocus its IS&T …
Defense Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis
Meeting the Challenge
Av Committee on Modeling and Simulation for Defense Transformation, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications m. fl.
E-bok, 2006
502 kr
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Modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A) is a crucial tool for military affairs. MS&A is one of the announced pillars of a strategy for transforming the U.S. military. Yet changes in the enterprise of MS&A have not kept pace with the new demands arising from rapid changes in DOD processes and …
Everybody Counts
A Report to the Nation on the Future of Mathematics Education
Av Mathematical Sciences Education Board, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications m. fl.
E-bok, 1989
347 kr
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Mathematics is the key to opportunity. No longer only the language of science, mathematics is now essential to business, finance, health, and defense. Yet because of the lack of mathematical literacy, many students are not prepared for tomorrow''s jobs. Everybody Counts suggests solutions. Written …
Department of Homeland Security Bioterrorism Risk Assessment
A Call for Change
Av Committee on Methodological Improvements to the Department of Homeland Security's Biological Agent Risk Analysis, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications m. fl.
E-bok, 2008
762 kr
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The mission of Department of Homeland Security Bioterrorism Risk Assessment: A Call for Change, the book published in December 2008, is to independently and scientifically review the methodology that led to the 2006 Department of Homeland Security report, Bioterrorism Risk Assessment (BTRA) and …
Transforming Combustion Research through Cyberinfrastructure
Av Committee on Building Cyberinfrastructure for Combustion Research, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications m. fl.
E-bok, 2011
446 kr
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Combustion has provided society with most of its energy needs for millenia, from igniting the fires of cave dwellers to propelling the rockets that traveled to the Moon. Even in the face of climate change and the increasing availability of alternative energy sources, fossil fuels will continue to …
Fueling Innovation and Discovery
The Mathematical Sciences in the 21st Century
Av Committee on the Mathematical Sciences in 2025, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications m. fl.
E-bok, 2012
288 kr
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The mathematical sciences are part of everyday life. Modern communication, transportation, science, engineering, technology, medicine, manufacturing, security, and finance all depend on the mathematical sciences. Fueling Innovation and Discovery describes recent advances in the mathematical …
Assessing the Reliability of Complex Models
Mathematical and Statistical Foundations of Verification, Validation, and Uncertainty Quantification
Av and Uncertainty Quantification Committee on Mathematical Foundations of Verification, Validation, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications m. fl.
E-bok, 2012
576 kr
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Advances in computing hardware and algorithms have dramatically improved the ability to simulate complex processes computationally. Today''s simulation capabilities offer the prospect of addressing questions that in the past could be addressed only by resource-intensive experimentation, if at all. …
Aging and the Macroeconomy
Long-Term Implications of an Older Population
Av Committee on the Long-Run Macroeconomic Effects of the Aging U.S. Population, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications m. fl.
E-bok, 2012
714 kr
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The United States is in the midst of a major demographic shift. In the coming decades, people aged 65 and over will make up an increasingly large percentage of the population: The ratio of people aged 65+ to people aged 20-64 will rise by 80%. This shift is happening for two reasons: people are …
Mathematical Sciences in 2025
Av Committee on the Mathematical Sciences in 2025, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
676 kr
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The mathematical sciences are part of nearly all aspects of everyday life—the discipline has underpinned such beneficial modern capabilities as Internet search, medical imaging, computer animation, numerical weather predictions, and all types of digital communications. The Mathematical Sciences in …
Frontiers in Massive Data Analysis
Av Committee on the Analysis of Massive Data, Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
641 kr
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Data mining of massive data sets is transforming the way we think about crisis response, marketing, entertainment, cybersecurity and national intelligence. Collections of documents, images, videos, and networks are being thought of not merely as bit strings to be stored, indexed, and retrieved, but …
Developing a 21st Century Global Library for Mathematics Research
Av Committee on Planning a Global Library of the Mathematical Sciences, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications m. fl.
E-bok, 2014
606 kr
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Like most areas of scholarship, mathematics is a cumulative discipline: new research is reliant on well-organized and well-curated literature. Because of the precise definitions and structures within mathematics, today''s information technologies and machine learning tools provide an opportunity to …
Training Students to Extract Value from Big Data
Summary of a Workshop
Av National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
351 kr
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As the availability of high-throughput data-collection technologies, such as information-sensing mobile devices, remote sensing, internet log records, and wireless sensor networks has grown, science, engineering, and business have rapidly transitioned from striving to develop information from scant …
Training Students to Extract Value from Big Data
Summary of a Workshop
Av Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications m. fl.
E-bok, 2015
485 kr
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As the availability of high-throughput data-collection technologies, such as information-sensing mobile devices, remote sensing, internet log records, and wireless sensor networks has grown, science, engineering, and business have rapidly transitioned from striving to develop information from scant …
Robust Methods for the Analysis of Images and Videos for Fisheries Stock Assessment
Summary of a Workshop
Av Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications m. fl.
E-bok, 2015
641 kr
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The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is responsible for the stewardship of the nation''s living marine resources and their habitat. As part of this charge, NMFS conducts stock assessments of the abundance and composition of fish stocks in several bodies of water. At present, stock …
Growing Gap in Life Expectancy by Income
Implications for Federal Programs and Policy Responses
Av Committee on the Long-Run Macroeconomic Effects of the Aging U.S. Population--Phase II, Committee on Population m. fl.
E-bok, 2015
866 kr
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The U.S. population is aging. Social Security projections suggest that between 2013 and 2050, the population aged 65 and over will almost double, from 45 million to 86 million. One key driver of population aging is ongoing increases in life expectancy. Average U.S. life expectancy was 67 years for …