Project Scheduling is concerned with the allocation of scarce resources over time. The rich optimisation models with time windows that are treated in this book cover a multitude of practical decision problems arising in diverse application areas such as construction engineering or make-to-order...

The variety of new banking products, developed to accomodate the increased customer needs, provides a clear indication of the changes that the banking industry has undergone during the last two decades. Due to this there is a need of advanced quantitative analysis for risk management,...

On the Use of Credit Rating Migration Matrices -- Do Stock Market Anomalies Disappear? The Example of Small Size and Market-to-Book Premia at the London Stock Exchange -- Testing Independence: A New Approach -- Forecasting Exchange Rates Volatilities Using Artificial Neural Networks -- An...