Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1 Financial Market -- Influence Networks in the Foreign Exchange Market -- Entropy and Transfer Entropy: The Dow Jones and the build up to the 1997 Asian Crisis -- Execution and Cancellation Lifetimes in Foreign Currency Market -- Signs of market orders and human dynamics -- Damped oscillatory behaviors in the ratios of stock market indices -- Exploring Market Making Strategy for High Frequency Trading: an Agent-based Approach -- Effect of Cancel Order on Simple Stochastic Order-Book Model -- Chapter 2 Robustness and Fragility -- Cascading failures in interdependent economic networks -- Do connections make systems robust?…”
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Table of Contents: “…Introduction to statistical machine learning -- The data -- Unsupervised learning -- Supervised learning -- Overview of semi-supervised learning -- Learning from both labeled and unlabeled data -- How is semi-supervised learning possible -- Inductive vs. transductive semi-supervised learning -- Caveats -- Self-training models -- Mixture models and EM -- Mixture models for supervised classification -- Mixture models for semi-supervised classification -- Optimization with the EM algorithm -- The assumptions of mixture models -- Other issues in generative models -- Cluster-then-label methods -- Co-training -- Two views of an instance -- Co-training -- The assumptions of co-training -- Multiview learning -- Graph-based semi-supervised learning -- Unlabeled data as stepping stones -- The graph -- Mincut -- Harmonic function -- Manifold regularization -- The assumption of graph-based methods -- Semi-supervised support vector machines -- Support vector machines -- Semi-supervised support vector machines -- Entropy regularization -- The assumption of S3VMS and entropy regularization -- Human semi-supervised learning -- From machine learning to cognitive science -- Study one: humans learn from unlabeled test data -- Study two: presence of human semi-supervised learning in a simple task -- Study three: absence of human semi-supervised learning in a complex task -- Discussions -- Theory and outlook -- A simple PAC bound for supervised learning -- A simple PAC bound for semi-supervised learning -- Future directions of semi-supervised learning -- Basic mathematical reference -- Semi-supervised learning software -- Symbols -- Biography.…”
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Table of Contents: “…Foreword xi Michel FEIDT -- Introduction xiii Michel FEIDT and Antonio VALERO-CAPILLA -- Chapter 1 From Equilibrium Thermodynamics to Irreversible Thermodynamics 1 Michel FEIDT -- 1.1 Recent emergence of thermodynamics: from heat to engines -- 1.1.1 Heat and temperature -- 1.1.2 Matter and chemical reactions -- 1.1.3 Mechanical energy -- 1.1.4 Heat-work equivalence -- 1.2 From engines to concepts (work by Carnot) -- 1.2.1 The steam engine and other engines -- 1.2.2 The Carnot cycle -- 1.2.3 Carnot efficiency -- 1.2.4 Engine power -- 1.3 From thermostatics to thermodynamics -- 1.3.1 The basics of thermodynamics -- 1.3.2 Thermodynamic transformation -- 1.3.3 Energy transfers and conversion -- 1.3.4 Generalization of cycle and efficiency concepts -- 1.4 Case study: the Carnot engine -- 1.4.1 Energy and entropy balances -- 1.4.2 Entropy production and energy efficiency -- 1.5 First conclusions and perspectives -- 1.6 References -- Chapter 2 Two-Heat-Source Thermodynamic Cycles: Representation as a Ternary Diagram 37 Julien RAMOUSSE -- 2.1 Introduction to two-heat-source systems -- 2.2 Definitions and convention -- 2.2.1 Work and heat -- 2.2.2 Sign convention -- 2.2.3 Heat source/sink -- 2.2.4 First-law balance -- 2.2.5 Second-law balance -- 2.3 Graphic representations -- state of the art -- 2.3.1 Q-T diagram -- 2.3.2 Borel and Favrat diagram -- 2.3.3 Raveau diagram -- 2.4 Ternary diagram -- 2.4.1 Ternary diagram representation -- 2.4.2 Interpretation using polar coordinates -- 2.5 Application examples -- 2.5.1 Endo-reversible (exo-irreversible) two-heat-source systems -- 2.5.2 Exo-reversible (endo-irreversible) two-heat-source systems -- 2.5.3 General case -- endo- and exo-irreversible systems -- 2.6 Conclusion and prospects -- 2.7 References -- Chapter 3 Thermodynamics with Finite Speed 79 Stoian PETRESCU and Monica COSTEA -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 First developments of TFS (1964-1974) -- 3.2.1 The origin of TFS -- 3.2.2 Fundamental concepts -- 3.2.3 The first law of thermodynamics for finite-speed processes in simple systems -- 3.2.4 First approach to Beau de Rochas and Otto's finite speed irreversible cycle -- 3.3 Developments of TFS during the period 1990-2007 -- 3.3.1 First law of thermodynamics for finite speed processes in complex closed systems -- 3.3.2 The direct method of TFS -- 3.4 Main achievements of TFS and the direct method -- 3.4.1 Modeling and optimization of the Stirling engine cycle -- 3.4.2 Optimization of the Carnot engine irreversible cycle -- 3.4.3 Effect of irreversibilities on the efficiency of the Beau de Rochas-Otto cycle at finite speed -- 3.4.4 Optimization of diesel cycle efficiency at finite speed -- 3.5 New developments and extension of TFS -- 3.6 International recognition of TFS and the direct method -- 3.7 Conclusion -- 3.8 References -- Chapter 4 Finite Physical Dimensions Thermodynamics 125 Michel FEIDT -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Carnot engine according to equilibrium thermodynamics -- 4.2.1 Equilibrium thermodynamics and heat losses -- 4.2.2 Exo-reversible Carnot engine (endo-irreversible) -- 4.2.3 Power of the exo-reversible Carnot engine -- 4.3 The Chambadal engine model (1957) -- 4.3.1 Optimization of the modified Chambadal engine without source-converter heat transfer coupling constraint -- 4.3.2 Optimization of the modified Chambadal engine, with the transfer entropy constraint -- 4.3.3 Section conclusion -- 4.4 The Curzon-Ahlborn model (1975) -- 4.4.1 Optimization of mechanical energy -- 4.4.2 Optimization of mechanical power -- 4.5 Finite speed thermodynamics -- 4.5.1 Introduction -- 4.5.2 Expression of the first law of thermodynamics for finite speed processes -- 4.5.3 Extension of the method -- 4.6 Finite physical dimensions optimal thermodynamics: case without coupling of sources and sinks with the converter -- 4.7 Finite physical dimensions optimal thermodynamics: case with source and sink coupling with the converter -- 4.7.1 Irreversible Carnot engine with finite source and sink -- 4.7.2 Irreversible Carnot engine with finite converter -- 4.8 Chapter conclusion -- 4.9 Appendix -- 4.10 References -- Chapter 5 Circular Thermoeconomics: A Waste Cost Accounting Theory 151 Antonio VALERO-CAPILLA and Čsar TORRES -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.1.1 Toward a general theory of process efficiency -- 5.1.2 Basic concepts -- 5.2 The exergy cost theory -- 5.2.1 The principle of non-equivalence of local irreversibilities -- 5.2.2 The cost formation process of waste -- 5.2.3 Waste flows cost allocation -- 5.2.4 Exergy cost computation -- 5.3 Structural theory of thermoeconomics -- 5.3.1 Marginal cost equations -- 5.3.2 Linear model of characteristic equations -- 5.4 Structural theory and exergy cost -- 5.4.1 The flow-process model -- 5.4.2 The characteristic equations of exergy cost theory -- 5.4.3 The fuel impact formula -- 5.4.4 Cost decomposition -- 5.4.5 Efficiency and recycling -- 5.5 Conclusion -- 5.5.1 The structural theory -- 5.5.2 Circular economy and industrial symbiosis -- 5.6 References -- Chapter 6 The Relative Free Energy Function: A New Approach to Thermoeconomic Diagnosis 215 Antonio VALERO-CAPILLA and Čsar TORRES -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Drawbacks of exergy -- 6.3 The relative free energy function -- 6.4 h-s deterioration(s) path(s) of an energy system -- 6.5 The Legendre transform of a deterioration path -- 6.6 Conclusion -- 6.7 Epilogue -- 6.8 References -- List of Authors -- Index.…”
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Table of Contents: “…Natural Time. Background-F -- 3. Entropy in Natural Time-E -- Part III Natural Time Applications -- 4. …”
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Table of Contents: “…Thermodynamics -- Fundamentals -- First Law and the Equation of State of Ideal Gases -- Real gases -- Heat as Random motion -- Transport processes: Diffusion and Heat Conduction -- The State Function entropy, S -- Converting Heat into Work. The Second Law -- Exercise -- Solutions to the Exercises.…”
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Table of Contents: “…Special providence and genetic mutation: a new defense of theistic evolution -- 7. Entropy and evil: The evil role of thermodynamics in the ambiguity of good and evil in nature -- 8. …”
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Table of Contents: “…Statistical Learning Process for the Reduction of Sample Collection Assuring a Desired Level of Confidence -- Sentiment Analysis on Google Play Store Data using Deep Learning -- Managing the Data Meaning in the Data Stream Processing: A Systematic Literature Mapping -- Tracking an Object using Traditional MS (Mean Shift) and CBWH MS (Mean Shift) Algorithm with Kalman Filter -- Transfer Learning and Domain Adaptation for Named Entity Recognition -- Knowledge Graph from Informal Text: Architecture, Components, Algorithms and Applications -- Neighborhood-based Collaborative Recommendations: An Introduction -- Classification of Arabic Texts Using Singular Value Decomposition and Fuzzy C-Means Algorithms -- Echo State Network Based Nonlinear Channel Equalization in Wireless Communication System -- Melody Extraction from Music: A Comprehensive Study -- Comparative Analysis of Combined Gas Turbine-Steam Turbine Power Cycle Performance by Using Entropy Generation and Statistical Methodology -- Data Mining -- A Tool for Handling Huge Voluminous Data -- Improved Training Pattern in Back Propagation Neural Networks Using Holt-Winters' Seasonal Method and Gradient Boosting Model -- Ensemble of Multi-headed Machine Learning Architectures for Time-series Forecasting of Healthcare Expenditures -- Applying Soft Computing Approaches To Investigate Software Fault Proneness in Agile Software Development Environment.…”
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Table of Contents: “…Media archaeology as laboratory for history writing and theory making / Wanda Strauven -- Doing experimental media archaeology: epistemological and methodological reflections on experiments with historical objects of media technologies / Andreas Fickers and Annie van den Oever -- The ghosts of media archaeology / Mark Goodall -- (game)(code): replaing program listings from 1980s British computer magazines / Alison Gazzard -- Cinema, motion, energy, and entropy / Thomas Elsaesser -- Collector, hoarder, media archaeologist: Walter Benjamin with Vivian Maier / Peter Buse -- Media archaeology and critical theory of tehnology / Ben Roberts -- The cube: a cinema archaeology / Angela Piccini -- Inventing pasts and futures: speculative design and media archaeology / Jussi Parikka.…”
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Table of Contents: “…The Conservation of Energy -- c. Entropy -- d. Energism and Dynamism -- III. Fundamental Concepts of the Libido Theory -- a. …”
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Table of Contents: “…Relationships between IR models -- 3.1 PRF: the probability of relevance framework -- 3.1.1 Estimation of term probabilities -- 3.2 P(d -- q): the probability that d implies q -- 3.3 The vector-space model (VSM) -- 3.3.1 VSM and probabilities -- 3.4 The generalised vector-space model (GVSM) -- 3.4.1 GVSM and probabilities -- 3.5 A general matrix framework -- 3.5.1 Term-document matrix -- 3.5.2 On the notation issue "term frequency" -- 3.5.3 Document-document matrix -- 3.5.4 Co-occurrence matrices -- 3.6 A parallel derivation of probabilistic retrieval models -- 3.7 The Poisson bridge: Pd(t/u) avgtf(t, u) [equals] PL(t/u) avgdl(u) -- 3.8 Query term probability assumptions -- 3.8.1 Query term mixture assumption -- 3.8.2 Query term burstiness assumption -- 3.8.3 Query term BIR assumption -- 3.9 TF-IDF -- 3.9.1 TF-IDF and BIR -- 3.9.2 TF-IDF and Poisson -- 3.9.3 TF-IDF and BM25 -- 3.9.4 TF-IDF and LM -- 3.9.5 TF-IDF and LM: side-by-side -- 3.9.6 TF-IDF and PIN's -- 3.9.7 TF-IDF and divergence -- 3.9.8 TF-IDF and DFR: risk times gain -- 3.9.9 TF-IDF and DFR: gaps between term occurrences -- 3.10 More relationships: BM25 and LM, LM and PIN's -- 3.11 Information theory -- 3.11.1 Entropy -- 3.11.2 Joint entropy -- 3.11.3 Conditional entropy -- 3.11.4 Mutual information (MI) -- 3.11.5 Cross entropy -- 3.11.6 KL-divergence -- 3.11.7 Query clarity: divergence(query collection) -- 3.11.8 LM = Clarity(query) -- Divergence(query doc) -- 3.11.9 TF-IDF = Clarity(doc) -- Divergence(doc query) -- 3.12 Summary.…”
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Table of Contents: “…Bug Priority Assessment in Cross Project context using Entropy based Measure -- Chapter 11. Internet of Things Security using Machine Learning -- Chapter 12. …”
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Table of Contents: “…Discrete Wavelet Analysis of Electrochemical Current Noise of a High-Alloy Cast Steel in Sulfuric Acid and Sodium Chloride SolutionMechanical, Thermal and Electrical Characteristics of Conventionally Cast and Cold-Rolled 5754-Sc-Zr Aluminium Alloy; Characterization of Cuprous Oxide Thin Films for Application in Solar Cells; Optimization of Holographic Labels for Security Applications; Microstructure and Texture Control in Cold Rolled High Strength Steels; Investigation of Interdiffusion in High Entropy Alloys: Application of the Random Alloy Model…”
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Table of Contents: “…Front Matter -- Measurement Systems and Parameters for CO 2 Photo/Electro-Conversion / Li Li, Zhenwei Zhao, Xinyi Wang, Zhicheng Zhang -- CO 2 Photo/Electro-Conversion Mechanism / Yalin Guo, Shenghong Zhong, Jianfeng Huang -- Cu -Based Metal Materials for Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction / Junjun Li, Yongxia Shi, Man Hou, Zhicheng Zhang -- Cu-Free Metal Materials for Electrocatalytic CO 2 Conversion / Zhiqi Huang, Qingfeng Hua -- Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials for CO 2 Photo/Electro-Conversion / Peilei He -- Metal-Organic Framework Materials for CO 2 Photo-/Electro-Conversion / Bingqing Yao, Xiaoya Cui, Zhicheng Zhang -- Covalent Organic Frameworks for CO 2 Photo/Electro-Conversion / Ting He -- Single/Dual-Atom Catalysts for CO 2 Photo/Electro-Conversion / Honghui Ou, Yao Wang -- Homogeneous Catalytic CO 2 Photo/Electro-Conversion / Zhenguo Guo, Houjuan Yang -- High-Entropy Alloys for CO 2 Photo/Electro-Conversion / Fengqi Wang, Pei Liu, Yuchen Qin -- Semiconductor Composite Materials for Photocatalytic CO 2 Reduction / Shengyao Wang, Bo Jiang -- Carbon-Based Materials for CO 2 Photo/Electro-Conversion / Qing Qin, Lei Dai -- Metal- CO 2 Batteries: Novel Routes for CO 2 Utilization / Xiangyu Zhang, Le Yu -- CO 2 Conversion into Long-Chain Compounds / Tingting Zheng, Chuan Xia -- Conclusions and Perspectives / Haiqing Wang -- Index…”
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Table of Contents: “…Someone shot my book -- The witch's house: a poetics -- By beauty and by fear: on narrative time -- Spirit ditties of no tone: on listening -- The poet scholar -- I believe that we will win -- Another note on violence -- In defense of my experiences, or, The body and the avant-garde -- No video: on Anne Carson -- Muse X: on Lyn Hejinian's Oxota: a short Russian novel -- Latin for female wanderer: on Lisa Robertson -- On saying no: Valentine and Dickinson break the glass -- Women and war, love, labor: the legacy of Lorine Niedecker -- Ralph Lemon, Fred Moten, and the unspeakable: an improvisatory line -- On property and monstrosity -- Interview with Rob McLennan for Touch the donkey supplement #7: "Seven questions for Julie Carr" (June 2014) -- Interview with Sofi Thanhauser for Entropy magazine, June 7, 2016.…”
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Table of Contents: “…Introduction: in which I set everything up, so it's probably best not to skip ahead -- Antimatter : in which we learn why there is something rather than nothing -- Entropy : in which we explore where time comes from or whether it just is -- The cosmological principle : in which we learn why it is dark at night -- Emmy Noether : in which we determine what symmetry really means -- Relativity : in which we fail to build an intergalactic ansible -- Gravity : in which we learn why black holes don't last forever -- Replacement : in which we consider the design specifications for a teleportation device -- Spin : in which we investigate why you aren't a sentient cloud of helium and what a spoonful of neutron star would do to you -- Higgs : in which we explore the origin of mass and why physics isn't stamp collecting -- Hidden symmetries : in which objects in the mirror are closer than they appear -- Appendix -- Roadside attraction 1. …”

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