Häftad, Engelska, 2008
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15 produkter
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- E-bokEngelska, 2023
432 kr
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Forces shaping human history are complex, but the course of history is undeniably changed on many occasions by conscious acts. These may be premeditated or responsive, calmly calculated or performed under great pressure. They may also be successful or catastrophic, but how are historians to make such judgements and appeal to evidence in support of their conclusions? Further, and crucially, how exactly are we to distinguish probable unrealized alternatives from improbable ones? This book describes some of the modern statistical techniques that can begin to answer this question, as well as some of the difficulties in doing so. Using simple, well-quantified cases drawn from military history, we claim that statistics can now help us to navigate the near-truths, the envelope around the events with which any meaningful historical analysis must deal, and to quantify the basis of such analysis. Quantifying Counterfactual Military History is intended for a general audience who are interested in learning more about statistical methods both in military history and for wider applications.
Key Features:
This book demonstrates how modern statistical techniques can measure the impact of counterfactual decisions.
It examines the importance of counterfactual reasoning for both modern scholars and historical actors.
It combines historical narrative, mathematical precision and data to create a straightforward presentation of both factual and counterfactual military history.
It provides an original contribution to the debate over the validity and rigour of works of counterfactual history.
It is written in a manner accessible to readers who have no formal training in History or Statistics. - E-bokPDF, Engelska, 2023
432 kr
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Forces shaping human history are complex, but the course of history is undeniably changed on many occasions by conscious acts. These may be premeditated or responsive, calmly calculated or performed under great pressure. They may also be successful or catastrophic, but how are historians to make such judgements and appeal to evidence in support of their conclusions? Further, and crucially, how exactly are we to distinguish probable unrealized alternatives from improbable ones? This book describes some of the modern statistical techniques that can begin to answer this question, as well as some of the difficulties in doing so. Using simple, well-quantified cases drawn from military history, we claim that statistics can now help us to navigate the near-truths, the envelope around the events with which any meaningful historical analysis must deal, and to quantify the basis of such analysis. Quantifying Counterfactual Military History is intended for a general audience who are interested in learning more about statistical methods both in military history and for wider applications.
Key Features:
This book demonstrates how modern statistical techniques can measure the impact of counterfactual decisions.
It examines the importance of counterfactual reasoning for both modern scholars and historical actors.
It combines historical narrative, mathematical precision and data to create a straightforward presentation of both factual and counterfactual military history.
It provides an original contribution to the debate over the validity and rigour of works of counterfactual history.
It is written in a manner accessible to readers who have no formal training in History or Statistics. - E-bokEngelska, 2014
463 kr
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Tap the power of Big Data with Microsoft technologies
Big Data is here, and Microsoft''s new Big Data platform is a valuable tool to help your company get the very most out of it. This timely book shows you how to use HDInsight along with HortonWorks Data Platform for Windows to store, manage, analyze, and share Big Data throughout the enterprise. Focusing primarily on Microsoft and HortonWorks technologies but also covering open source tools, Microsoft Big Data Solutions explains best practices, covers on-premises and cloud-based solutions, and features valuable case studies.
Best of all, it helps you integrate these new solutions with technologies you already know, such as SQL Server and Hadoop.
Walks you through how to integrate Big Data solutions in your company using Microsoft''s HDInsight Server, HortonWorks Data Platform for Windows, and open source tools Explores both on-premises and cloud-based solutions Shows how to store, manage, analyze, and share Big Data through the enterprise Covers topics such as Microsoft''s approach to Big Data, installing and configuring HortonWorks Data Platform for Windows, integrating Big Data with SQL Server, visualizing data with Microsoft and HortonWorks BI tools, and more Helps you build and execute a Big Data plan Includes contributions from the Microsoft and HortonWorks Big Data product teamsIf you need a detailed roadmap for designing and implementing a fully deployed Big Data solution, you''ll want Microsoft Big Data Solutions.
- E-bokPDF, Engelska, 2014
463 kr
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Tap the power of Big Data with Microsoft technologies
Big Data is here, and Microsoft''s new Big Data platform is a valuable tool to help your company get the very most out of it. This timely book shows you how to use HDInsight along with HortonWorks Data Platform for Windows to store, manage, analyze, and share Big Data throughout the enterprise. Focusing primarily on Microsoft and HortonWorks technologies but also covering open source tools, Microsoft Big Data Solutions explains best practices, covers on-premises and cloud-based solutions, and features valuable case studies.
Best of all, it helps you integrate these new solutions with technologies you already know, such as SQL Server and Hadoop.
Walks you through how to integrate Big Data solutions in your company using Microsoft''s HDInsight Server, HortonWorks Data Platform for Windows, and open source tools Explores both on-premises and cloud-based solutions Shows how to store, manage, analyze, and share Big Data through the enterprise Covers topics such as Microsoft''s approach to Big Data, installing and configuring HortonWorks Data Platform for Windows, integrating Big Data with SQL Server, visualizing data with Microsoft and HortonWorks BI tools, and more Helps you build and execute a Big Data plan Includes contributions from the Microsoft and HortonWorks Big Data product teamsIf you need a detailed roadmap for designing and implementing a fully deployed Big Data solution, you''ll want Microsoft Big Data Solutions.
- E-bokEngelska, 2013
415 kr
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Discover how to maintain and update balanced scorecards and performance dashboards with SQL Server Reporting Services
Complementing the bestselling Balanced Scorecards and Operational Dashboards with Microsoft Excel (9780470386811), this indispensable book shows you how to create maintainable and dynamically updated scorecards and performance dashboards using Microsoft''s premier reporting tool for the enterprise: SQL Server Reporting Services. The book begins with coverage of performance management methods and metrics and then moves on to introduce you to techniques for developing and delivering both a dashboard and balanced scorecard using Reporting Services. The authors assume very limited knowledge of Reporting Services, allowing you to gradually progress through more advanced topics and solutions.
Shows you how to build a simple dashboard and balanced scorecard utilizing helpful examples Discusses formatting controls and labels, paging, and conditional formatting Introduces the skills necessary to make Reporting Services dashboards and scorecards interactive Covers the visual aspect of dashboards and scorecards and shows how to design and implement dashboards and scorecards in Reporting Services for mobile devices Explains how to apply the techniques covered earlier in the book for specific business applicationsThis book sets itself apart from other titles with its comprehensive and invaluable coverage of key strategies and techniques for effectively using SQL Reporting Services to create scorecards and dashboards.
- Häftad, Engelska, 2023
369 kr
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Forces shaping human history are complex, but the course of history is undeniably changed on many occasions by conscious acts. These may be premeditated or responsive, calmly calculated or performed under great pressure. They may also be successful or catastrophic, but how are historians to make such judgements and appeal to evidence in support of their conclusions? Further, and crucially, how exactly are we to distinguish probable unrealized alternatives from improbable ones? This book describes some of the modern statistical techniques that can begin to answer this question, as well as some of the difficulties in doing so. Using simple, well-quantified cases drawn from military history, we claim that statistics can now help us to navigate the near-truths, the envelope around the events with which any meaningful historical analysis must deal, and to quantify the basis of such analysis. Quantifying Counterfactual Military History is intended for a general audience who are interested in learning more about statistical methods both in military history and for wider applications.Key Features: This book demonstrates how modern statistical techniques can measure the impact of counterfactual decisions. It examines the importance of counterfactual reasoning for both modern scholars and historical actors. It combines historical narrative, mathematical precision and data to create a straightforward presentation of both factual and counterfactual military history. It provides an original contribution to the debate over the validity and rigour of works of counterfactual history. It is written in a manner accessible to readers who have no formal training in History or Statistics. - Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
904 kr
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Forces shaping human history are complex, but the course of history is undeniably changed on many occasions by conscious acts. These may be premeditated or responsive, calmly calculated or performed under great pressure. They may also be successful or catastrophic, but how are historians to make such judgements and appeal to evidence in support of their conclusions? Further, and crucially, how exactly are we to distinguish probable unrealized alternatives from improbable ones? This book describes some of the modern statistical techniques that can begin to answer this question, as well as some of the difficulties in doing so. Using simple, well-quantified cases drawn from military history, we claim that statistics can now help us to navigate the near-truths, the envelope around the events with which any meaningful historical analysis must deal, and to quantify the basis of such analysis. Quantifying Counterfactual Military History is intended for a general audience who are interested in learning more about statistical methods both in military history and for wider applications.Key Features: This book demonstrates how modern statistical techniques can measure the impact of counterfactual decisions. It examines the importance of counterfactual reasoning for both modern scholars and historical actors. It combines historical narrative, mathematical precision and data to create a straightforward presentation of both factual and counterfactual military history. It provides an original contribution to the debate over the validity and rigour of works of counterfactual history. It is written in a manner accessible to readers who have no formal training in History or Statistics. - LjudbokEngelska, 2017
294 kr
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Drive for Five presents the behind-the-scenes look at the legendary 2016 New England Patriots season from the rocky start to the Super Bowl finish by award-winning sportswriter Christopher Price.This program is read by the authorForeword by Patriots safety Devin McCourtyAfterword by Patriots wide receiver Matthew SlaterThere are certain moments that simply transcend sports. They become larger than life and bigger than anyone ever thought possible, leaping off the field, the court, or the diamond and into the annals of not only history, but the very fabric of the American milieu. We all just witnessed such a moment on February 5th, 2017, when the New England Patriots battled back from the largest deficit in Super Bowl history to once again become world champions and secure Tom Brady’s legacy as the greatest quarterback of all time. Amid a season of controversy, turmoil, and the most tumultuous political climate of our lifetime, the Patriots won. In spite of becoming entangled in the national spotlight on several occasions, the Patriots won. And in spite of being faced with any number of circumstances that would sink almost every other franchise in the NFL, the Patriots won.The season began with the fallout around Deflategate and losing their MVP-caliber quarterback for the first four games of the season, but honestly, the Deflategate saga was just a small part of it all.This is the story of how the Patriots rallied together as a team to surpass their obstacles on and off the football field and how that led to a remarkable run to the title – and the biggest comeback in Super Bowl history.Complete with player interviews, behind-the-scenes stories never told before, and content provided by Patriots players themselves, Drive for Five provides a unique level of insight and access to the story behind the legendary New England Patriots’ 2016 season.
- Inbunden, Engelska, 2022
420 kr
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The Hartford Whalers were a beloved hockey team from their founding in 1972 as the New England Whalers. Playing in the National Hockey League’s smallest market and arena after the World Hockey Association merger in 1979, they struggled in a division that included both the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens-but their fans were among the NHL’s most loyal. In 1995 new owners demanded a new arena and, when it fell through, moved the team to North Carolina, rebranding as the Hurricanes.Unlike fellow franchises that have folded or relocated with little fanfare, the Whalers’ fan base stayed with the team, which remains as popular as ever. Even though more than two decades have come and gone since Connecticut’s only professional sports team moved, nobody has forgotten the Whalers, their history, and their unique-and still highly profitable-logo. And while the NHL continues to thrive without them, their impact stretches far beyond the ice and into an entirely different cultural arena.Part sports history and part civic history, Bleeding Green shows vividly why the Whalers remain firmly embedded in the American milieu and have had a lasting impact on not only the NHL but the sports landscape as a whole. - Häftad, Engelska, 2025
302 kr
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The Hartford Whalers were a beloved hockey team from their founding in 1972 as the New England Whalers. Playing in the National Hockey League’s smallest market and arena after the World Hockey Association merger in 1979, they struggled in a division that included both the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens-but their fans were among the NHL’s most loyal. In 1995 new owners demanded a new arena and, when it fell through, moved the team to North Carolina, rebranding as the Hurricanes.Unlike fellow franchises that have folded or relocated with little fanfare, the Whalers’ fan base stayed with the team, which remains as popular as ever. Even though more than two decades have come and gone since Connecticut’s only professional sports team moved, nobody has forgotten the Whalers, their history, and their unique-and still highly profitable-logo. And while the NHL continues to thrive without them, their impact stretches far beyond the ice and into an entirely different cultural arena.Part sports history and part civic history, Bleeding Green shows vividly why the Whalers remain firmly embedded in the American milieu and have had a lasting impact on not only the NHL but the sports landscape as a whole. - E-bokEngelska, 2019
129 kr
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Become a football trivia expert with these tough questions!The Ultimate Football Trivia Book tests and expands your knowledge on the sport of football—covering players’ careers from Draft Day to the rookie season, the Pro Bowl, and beyond! In this collection of six hundred questions, seasoned football writer Chris Price tests your level of expertise on all things football. Some of the many questions that Price poses include:Who was the last player to collect an MVP and Super Bowl trophy in the same season? (Kurt Warner)Which rookie running back set the NFL record for most rushing yards in a season? (Eric Dickerson)Who is the only quarterback in the top 10 in career playoff passing yards NOT to win a Super Bowl? (Dan Marino)What 2010 Pro Bowl quarterback never started a game in college? (Matt Cassel)Football stars and coaches past and present are represented, from Johnny Unitas to Peyton Manning, Randy Moss to Tom Brady, Bart Starr to Aaron Rodgers, Bill Parcells to Bill Belichick and everyone in between.The Ultimate Football Trivia Book is the definitive test for knowledgeable football fans! - E-bokEngelska, 2024
129 kr
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Become an even bigger football trivia expert with these tough questions! Now with new and more difficult questions, The Great Football Trivia Challenge tests and expands your knowledge on the sport of football—covering players’ careers from Draft Day to the rookie season, the Pro Bowl, and beyond! In this collection of six hundred questions, seasoned football writer Chris Price tests your level of expertise on all things football. Some of the many questions that Price poses include: Who was the first Black head coach in the NFL? (Fritz Pollard) As of 2023, which NFL team has the most followers on Twitter/X? (New England Patriots) Jimmy Johnson's last game as a head coach of the Miami Dolphins was a 62-7 playoff loss to what team? (Jacksonville Jaguars) Who was the first woman to serve as an on-field official in a Super Bowl? (Sarah Thomas, Super Bowl LV) Who said "IF Jimmy Clausen is not a successful quarterback in the NFL, I'm done. That's it. I'm out." (Draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr., on ESPN in 2010) Football stars and coaches past and present are represented, from Joe Montana to Patrick Mahomes, Cris Carter to Justin Jefferson, Tony Gonzalez to George Kittle, Chuck Noll to Mike Tomlin and everyone in between. So make sure to test your skills and challenge your friends to see who knows the most knowledgeable football fan with The Great Football Trivia Challenge! - Häftad, Engelska, 2026
312 kr
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E-bokEngelska, 2026258 kr
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Your ultimate guide to football trivia!Do you know which running back led the league in rushing eight times? How about which players have the most sacks in a season? Or the quarterback that was sacked the most in NFL history? Whether you're a seasoned fan or just getting into the sport, The Gigantic Book of Football Trivia is your one-stop-shop to all the incredible and historical information in football history, going back more than a century!Compiled by football journalist and trivia guru Christopher Price, enjoy the most interesting, bizarre, and impossible-to-believe trivia that has ever been compiled in a single book. Included are such questions as: Who coined the term sack? (Deacon Jones, Hall of Fame defensive lineman)What quarterback set an NFL record by throwing pick sixes in four straight games? (Matt Schaub, in 2013) Who has the record for most receiving yards in a Super Bowl? (Jerry Rice, who had 215 receiving yards in Super Bowl XXIII)The 2005 NFL Draft saw a pair of Auburn running backs taken in the top five. Who were they? (Ronnie Brown, drafted second overall by the Dolphins; and Cadillac Williams, drafted fifth overall by the Buccaneers)And many more!The Gigantic Book of Football Trivia is your go-to book for learning random knowledge and stumping your friends and family. So sit back, relax, and enjoy all the funny and wacky information that this book has to offer!
