Valuing American style derivatives by least squares methods by Cerrato, Mario

“…We find that the accuracy of these estimators is remarkable, even when more exotic financial derivatives are considered. Finally, we implement the Glasserman and Yu (2004b) methodology to price Asian Bermudan options and basket options.…”
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(Dis)information warfare: risks for businesses by Tredinnick, Luke

“…It first explores the nature of information warfare, before examining the threats to business posed by aggressive actions in the information domain. Finally it looks at the role of information professionals in assessing, understanding and managing risk.…”
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Knowledge by stipulation: the rectification of names by Shahab, Syed Alwi

“…The creation of knowledge starts with belief, and only when belief has been converted into a known- by direct experience and encounter, among other things-does it finally coalesce into knowledge. You have to walk through an experience, traverse it, survive it (in a manner of speaking) before you can finally own it. …”
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Islamic revivalism in Malaysia : an Islamic response to non-muslim concerns by Yousif, Ahmad

“…Secondly, it examines the concerns of non-Muslim minorities about this rising Islamic consciousness, including an Islamic response to such concerns. Finally, the extent to which the events of September 11th, 2001 have changed the dynamics between ethno-religious minorities and the government briefly be assessed.…”
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Non cooperative fuzzy games in normal form: a survey by Larbani, Moussa

“…We also present a new class of fuzzy games in normal form: the class of non-cooperative games involving fuzzy parameters. Finally, some potential directions of research are provided throughout the paper and in the conclusion…”
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Exploring the use of educational digital storytelling with multilingual and multicultural business students: implications for enhancing learners’ academic writing skills by Meletiadou, Eleni

“…The findings revealed that students improved their digital literacy regardless of their prior digital competence, enhanced their writing performance considerably through reflection on deep learning, and significantly increased their motivation. Finally, EDS strengthened students’ problem-solving and digital skills through experimentation.…”
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Achirality via graphs by Azram, Mohammad

“…It has been shown that the number of regions in a reduced alternating achiral knot is always even and the number of crossing is always two less than the number of regions. Finally, we establish necessary conditions for achirality. …”
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A structural equation modelling approach to investigating the impact of academic, ICT and management related factors on customer satisfaction in higher education by Jager, Johan W de, Jan, Muhammad Tahir

“…Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was used followed by Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), and finally Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). Management-related factors resulted with the strongest significant impact on customer satisfaction followed by academic factors.…”
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Maintaining student engagement in an online short course in Translation by Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Aitsiselmi, Farid

“…This is followed by an explanation of the need for the TI and its design, and finally the results are presented, together with conclusions and implications for further practice.…”
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Achirality via graphs by Azram, Mohammad

“…It has been shown that the numbers of regions in a reduced alternating achiral knot is always even and the number of crossing is always two less than the number of regions. Finally we were able to establish necessary conditions for achirality…”
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Structural changes of the Malaysian economy and its spatial incidence on regional economic growth by Mohit, Mohammad Abdul

“…The economy of Malaysia has undergone changes from its agricultural base to import-substitution during the 1960s and finally to export-orientation after 1968, associated with an influx of significant amount of direct foreign investment (DFI). …”
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The IIUM: towards a research-intensive university by Nordin, Mohamad Sahari, Syed Abdullah Idid, Syed Arabi

“…It chronicles key milestones that led to the evolution of the university's research activities and practices, and outlines the IIUM's areas of research focus, research trends and sources of research funding, with a particular emphasis on the experience of its Research Management Centre (RMC). Finally, the chapter presents several success stories along with prevailing issues and challenges confronting research and development at the IIUM.…”
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Perceptions on teleworking among potential employees in private organizations in Kuala Lumpur by Wan Mohd Rani, Wan Nurul Mardiah, Kadar Hamsa, Abdul Azeez

“…This paper is structured with three main sections, which cover status of teleworking in Malaysia, status of teleworking in other countries such as Japan, United States, United Kingdom and Singapore and finally the exploration of the study itself.…”
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Using media to enhance Arabic speaking skills among Malay learners by Che Haron, Sueraya, Sheikh Ahmad, Ismail, Mamat, Arifin, Ahmed Mohamed, Ismaiel Hassanein

“…It highlights the similarities and the differences in terms of the types of media used by both groups of speakers, the activities commonly performed while using the media and the frequency of using the media. Finally the paper suggests some strategies for teachers, schools and universities to use media as a means to develop Arabic speaking skills.…”
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Imaginal response: an adaptation of Jung's "active imagination" into a mode of responding to archetypal images in Shakespeare's Hamlet by Vaughan-Lee, Llewellyn Charles

“…The third chapter describes the methodology of the practical application of 'imaginal response', and the fourth chapter offers a collation and analysis of the 'results' of this 'application'. Finally, in the fifth chapter, these results are discussed and some conclusions offered.…”
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Material requirements planning system: a case study of stationery manufacturer by Cheam, Kai Wen, Mohd Nor, Norasmiha, Taib, Muhammad Aidil, Rahman, Muhammad Saiful Syazuwan, Kor, Wan Xuan, Azman, Ameera Ainur

“…Plan preparation and subsequent quality management follow the adaptation of the product design and development cycle finalization. Production planning and control is the methodology used to schedule every phase of a different project in a long cycle. …”
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Religious freedom, minorities and Islam: an inquiry into the Malaysian experience, 2nd. ed. by Yousif, Ahmed F

“…The degree to which Malaysia exemplifies the spirit of Islamic tolerance toward religious minority groups will also be appraised. Finally, the learned author examines the impact of the growing “Islamic revivalism” on the religious freedom of non-Muslim minorities in Malaysia. …”
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Advance video analysis system and its applications by Ali, Md. Hazrat, Shafie, Amir Akramin, Hafiz, Fadhlan, Mat Ali, Roslizar

“…Among the main features of this research some are, Event Id, Video Id, and Human Id which give detail information about the events, videos and other tracked objects. Finally, the software implementation of AVAS is applied to detect motion and then to trigger alarm for the security purposes. …”
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Arithmetic version of boolean algebra by Azram, Mohammad, Daoud, Jamal Ibrahim, Elfaki, Faiz Ahmed Mohamed

“…We present the comparison of some basic logical Boolean expressions and their arithmetic version through the truth tables. Finally, we establish the fundamental logical equivalent proposition via arithmetic versions.…”
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Arithmatic version of boolean algebra by Azram, Mohammad, Daoud, Jamal Ibrahim, Elfaki, Faiz Ahmed Mohamed

“…We will present the comparison of some basic logical Boolean expressions and their arithmetic version through the truth tables. Finally we will establish the fundamental logical equivalent propositions via arithmetic versions.…”
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