"Climate change (CC) is currently an unquestionable phenomenon. If not stopped, it will be catastrophic for life on earth. Scientific evidence shows that human activities are the primary driver of CC tendencies since the industrial times. In this book, we present the relationship between...

"People pursue their own interests, whatever those interests might be. Some people have interests that are narrow and selfish, while others have interests that are broad and altruistic. The idea that people are self-interested underpins all of economic analysis and raises two fundamental...

"This book contains contributions by the best-known and consequential researchers who, over several decades, shaped the field of financial engineering. It presents a comprehensive and unique perspective on the historical development and the current state of derivatives research. The book covers...

"That mistakes are made is clear. What is meant by that is not. Measuring whatever might be meant and scientifically studying it is therefore even more challenging. These lectures introduce an interdisciplinary science of mistakes to cut the Gordian knot. The key building blocks are model...

Digital transformation is one of the most discussed topics today because of its impact on society and the economy. This book explores how digital transformation can be made sustainable and how sustainability strategies can be integrated into the different phases of digital transformation...

Affecting the Adoption of Financial Technology at Universities -- Affecting the Adoption of Financial Technology at Universities -- Factors to the Adoption of GSMTelephony in Rural Areas in West Africa -- Disruptive Fintech for Inclusive Finance in Africa: Role and Contribution of Mobile Money. .

Chapter 1: Optimization of an inventory model with demand dependent on selling price and stock, nonlinear holding cost along with trade credit policy -- Chapter 2: Software Defect Prediction Through a Hybrid Approach Comprising of a Statistical Tool and a Machine Learning Model -- Chapter 3:...

Fairness requirement in AI engineering – a review on current research and future directions -- An Operational Profile for Normative Multi-agent Systems -- Self-repair measurement in FPGA-based partial reconfigurable systems -- Gender equality in software engineering education – a study of...

This book presents recent advances in the theory and application of the Best-Worst Method (BWM). It includes selected papers from the Third International Workshop on Best-Worst Method (BWM2022), held in Delft, the Netherlands, from 9 to 10 June 2022. The book provides valuable insights on why...

"The most interesting issues in environmental and resource economics have an explicit temporal dimension, since variables of interest such as pollutants, greenhouse gases, biomass of biological resources, or the stocks of fossil fuels accumulate in the ambient environment or are depleted through...