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A fundamental issue in statistical analysis is testing the fit of a particular probability model to a set of observed data. Monte Carlo approximation to the null distribution of the test provides a convenient and powerful means of testing model fit. Nonparametric Monte Carlo Tests and Their Applications proposes a new Monte Carlo-based methodolo...

Can be used as a graduate text Contains many exercises Contains new results

Privacy preserving data mining implies the "mining" of knowledge from distributed data without violating the privacy of the individual/corporations involved in contributing the data. This volume provides a comprehensive overview of available approaches, techniques and open problems in privacy preserving data mining. Crystallizing much of the und...

THIS BOOK EXAMINES HOW THE STATE OF UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES CAN BE DETERMINED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF FORCE, DEFORMATION AND ENERGY. IT THEN ANALYZES MECHANIZED SHIELD METHODS, THE NEW AUSTRIAN TUNNELING METHOD (NATM) AND CONVENTIONAL METHODS FROM THIS NEW PERSPECTIVE. THE BOOK GATHERS A WEALTH OF CASES REFLECTING THE EXPERIENCES OF PRACTITIONERS ...