"For a few decades American prisons were the wonder of the world. [However] early hopes that a prison regime could be a powerful means of reforming most convicts have been abandoned, and prisons are seen even by some of those who think we need more of them as savage repositories, to be shunned or veiled rather than admired. This sad history is drawn with great insight and learning in [this] important new book about prisons and punishment in America by Michael Sherman and Gordon Hawkins. . . . The views of these professionals must be taken seriously."—Graham Hughes, New York Review of Books"This is a serious and enlightened and concerned attempt to fuse liberal and conservative attitudes and values to achieve a breakthrough in American penal policy."—Congressional Staff Journal

Imprisonment in America: Choosing the Future (Studies in Crime and Justice)

Politics & Social Sciences

Sherman, Michael

Hawkins, Gordon J.

Social Sciences

University of Chicago Press

In the spatial or spatio-temporal context, specifying the correct covariance function is fundamental to obtain efficient predictions, and to understand the underlying physical process of interest. This book focuses on covariance and variogram functions, their role in prediction, and appropriate choice of these functions in applications. Both recent and more established methods are illustrated to assess many common assumptions on these functions, such as, isotropy, separability, symmetry, and intrinsic correlation. 
After an extensive introduction to spatial methodology, the book details the effects of common covariance assumptions and addresses methods to assess the appropriateness of such assumptions for various data structures. Key features: <ul>
<li>An extensive introduction to spatial methodology including a survey of spatial covariance functions and their use in spatial prediction (kriging) is given.</li> <li>Explores methodology for assessing the appropriateness of assumptions on covariance functions in the spatial, spatio-temporal, multivariate spatial, and point pattern settings.</li> <li>Provides illustrations of all methods based on data and simulation experiments to demonstrate all methodology and guide to proper usage of all methods.</li> <li>Presents a brief survey of spatial and spatio-temporal models, highlighting the Gaussian case and the binary data setting, along with the different methodologies for estimation and model fitting for these two data structures.</li> <li>Discusses models that allow for anisotropic and nonseparable behaviour in covariance functions in the spatial, spatio-temporal and multivariate settings.</li> <li>Gives an introduction to point pattern models, including testing for randomness, and fitting regular and clustered point patterns. The importance and assessment of isotropy of point patterns is detailed.</li> </ul>
Statisticians, researchers, and data analysts working with spatial and space-time data will benefit from this book as well as will graduate students with a background in basic statistics following courses in engineering, quantitative ecology or atmospheric science.

Spatial Statistics and Spatio-Temporal Data: Covariance Functions and Directional Properties

Science & Math

Mathematics

wiley

This action-packed activity book lets you bring arcade gaming to any tabletop, anywhere. With Coin Blaster Arcade, every sharpshooter can flick coins through the only-from-Klutz Coin Blaster (a sturdy plastic chute) with speed and accuracy. A couple of practice flicks and you’ll be nailing the enclosed targets. But don’t stop with target practice. Our book is packed with 10 awesome table-top Blaster games including basketball, break the bank”, and boxing. It's a great way to test your Blaster mastery. Comes with: 46 page book, 2 coin blasters, 2 ramp stands

Coin Blasters: An Arcade Inside a Book

Children's Books

Phillips, Karen

Arts, Music & Photography

Klutz

Presents tables of the interest and payments for a variety of accelerated mortgage plans

Payment Tables for Accelerated Mortgage Plans

Business & Money

Contemporary Books

Presents tables for determining the payments for car loans for a variety of amounts and interest rates

Payment Tables for Auto Loans

Business, Finance, Loan, Credit book

Comprehensive Compound Interest Tables

Economics

Tables provide aid in calculating the total amount of interest to pay on a loan

A Buyer's Guide to Auto Loans: With Complete Payment Tables

Tables provide assistance in calculating the payments and interest on short-term, biweekly, growing equity, and augmented payment mortgages

How to Save Thousands of Dollars on Your Mortgage: A Complete Guide to Accelerated-Payment Plans

Real Estate

Comprehensive compound interest tables

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Books by Sherman, Michael

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Imprisonment in America: Choosing the Future (Studies in Crime and Justice)

Imprisonment in America: Choosing the Future (Studies in Crime and Justice)

Spatial Statistics and Spatio-Temporal Data: Covariance Functions and Directional Properties

Coin Blasters: An Arcade Inside a Book

Payment Tables for Accelerated Mortgage Plans

Payment Tables for Auto Loans

Comprehensive Compound Interest Tables

A Buyer's Guide to Auto Loans: With Complete Payment Tables

How to Save Thousands of Dollars on Your Mortgage: A Complete Guide to Accelerated-Payment Plans

Comprehensive compound interest tables