... p. 2) 4. “Managing the strategic network and controlling its operations” (FLA Grading Rubric, n.d., p. 2) These areas should help catapult your company to the status of a fortune 500 company. We would be known worldwide as one of the companies in America that has what it takes to not only compete in a global market, but be sustainable in a global market. “Fortune magazine takes into account the businesses' growth, as measured by stock earnings and investment returns, assets, revenue and profit when compiling the list.” (Tran, n.d., para. 3) Strategic Outsourcing If order to businesses to remain competitive, they must walk a fine line between costs and quality. Outsourcing plays an intricate part in this process. First off what is outsourcing? “Outsourcing has evolved beyond being viewed as a purely tactical exercise to reduce costs and increase operational efficiencies.” (Singhal, n.d., para. 1) SCF plans on utilizing strategic outsourcing to “adapt flexibly to business change, improve quality and productivity, respond quickly to competition, and penetrate new markets”. (Singhal, n.d., p. 1) This service can encompass anything from “Application Development and Maintenance (ADM) to business process outsourcing to setting up turnkey IT centers on a BOT model (Build-Operate-Transfer), to business re-engineering”. (Singhal, n.d., p. 1) Outsourcing can take...
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...organizations keeping up direct contact with substantial quantities of clients and developing number channel arranged applications make new information administration challenge. Organizations have understood the significance of implementing accomplishments of the objectives characterized by their business methods through BI ideas. It depicts the experiences on the part and necessity of constant BI by analyzing the business needs. BI has two essential various implications identified with the utilization of the term Intelligence. The important, less frequently is the human intelligence applied in business issues/activities. Business intelligence is a new field of the analysis of the application of human cognitive to the administration and choice in different business issues. The paper gives the idea of BI, types of BI, open source software, review on some popular open source tools of BI, and Benefits. Open Source Business Intelligence Tools Business intelligence is a technology driven procedure for analyzing information and displaying significant data to help corporate administrators, business chiefs and other clients to make more informed business decisions. The process of taking substantial measures of data, examining that data, displaying a high level set of reports that gather the essence of that data into the premise of business activities, and empowering administrations to settle on major day by day business choices. BI as way and system for enhancing business performance...
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...unnoticed until now is itself remarkable. We're so exquisitely privileged to be living in this time, to be born right on the precipice of the greatest paradigm shift in human history, the only thing that approaches the importance of that reality is finding like minds that realize the same, and being able to make some connection with them. If these books have influenced you the same way that they have us, we invite your contact at the email addresses listed below. Enjoy, Michael Beight, piman_314@yahoo.com Steven Reddell, cronyx@gmail.com Here are some new links that we’ve found interesting: KurzweilAI.net News articles, essays, and discussion on the latest topics in technology and accelerating intelligence. SingInst.org The Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence: think tank devoted to increasing Humanity’s odds of experiencing a safe, beneficial Singularity. Many interesting articles on such topics as Friendly AI, Existential Risks. A SingInst.org/Media Videos, audio, and PowerPoints from the Singularity Summits; and videos about SIAI’s purpose. blinkx.com/videos/kurzweil Videos on the internet in which the word “Kurzweil” is spoken. Great new resource! PRAISE FOR THE...
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...Submitted by BINYAMIN M In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of B-TECH DEGRE in COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING COCHIN UNIVERSIY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY KOCHI-682022 JULY 2010 Division of Computer Engineering School of Engineering Cochin University of Science & Technology Kochi-682022 _________________________________________________________ CERTIFICATE Certified that this is a bona fide record of the Seminar work entitled BLUE EYES TECHNOLOGY Done by BINYAMIN M of VII semester Computer Science & Engineering in the year 2010 in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Degree of Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science & Engineering of Cochin University of Science & Technology Dr. David Peter S Head of the Division REVATHY .R. Seminar Guide BLUE EYES TECHNOLOGY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I express my sincere thanks to Dr. David Peter (Head of the Department, Computer Science and Engineering), Mr. Sudeep P.Elayidom (Staff incharge) and my seminar guide Miss Revathy R. for their kind co-operation for presenting the seminar. I also extend my sincere thanks to all other members of the faculty of Computer Science and Engineering Department and my friends for their cooperation and encouragement. BINYAMIN M DIVISON OF COMPUTER ENGINEERING BLUE EYES TECHNOLOGY ABSTRACT Is it possible to create a computer, which can interact with us as we interact each other...
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...J. Jones Western Region $100,000 100 Units 35 Units 2. Management information systems: Def 1: Information system at the management level of an organization that serves the functions of planning, controlling, and decision making by providing routine summary and exception reports. Def 2: MIS provide information in the form of pre-specified reports and displays to support business decision making. Examples: sales analysis, production performance and cost trend reporting systems. Objectives: * Routine information for routine decisions * Operational efficiency * Use transaction data as main input * Databases integrate MIS in different functional areas. 3. Describe three levels of information in managerial level Management Support Systems provide information and support needed for effective decision making by managers Major categories are: i) Management Information System ii) Decision Support Systems iii) Executive Information System 4. What are the various trends in the evolution of the MIS concept? * MIS: Many companies are now using their computers to provide information for decision making; that is, they are using a management information...
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...ADAPTIVE RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (ARMS) FOR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION Mihaela Ulieru and Paul Worthington Emergent Information Systems Laboratory The University of Calgary Ulieru@ucalgary.ca http://www.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/Ulieru/ Abstract The purpose of this work is to develop an adaptive risk management framework capable to prevent, identify and respond in critical time to threats. Our focus is on protecting critical infrastructure (e.g. public utilities) which vitally depends on network and information security. As solution we propose a holonic Cybersecurity system that unfolds into an emergency response management infrastructure capable to react in due time to unknown and new kinds of attacks/threats. The system can adapt to its changing environment through its self-organizing capability. Mimicking the way immunity works in biological organisms the system can dynamically adapt to embrace new risk situations and can dynamically create and learn new risk models as it encounters new risk situations. Keywords. Risk management, holonic, self-organization, multi-agent systems. 1. Rationale During the emergency response to the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Centre, emergency response commanders on the scene were unable to communicate to ‘911’ Public Service Access Points (PSAP) that people should evacuate the building. As a result, PSAP operators complied with New York City’s standard operating procedure for hi-rise fires and advised...
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... |Theory |Sessional* | | |MCA-101 |Computer Fundamentals and Problem Solving Using C |3 Hours |80 |20 |100 | |MCA-102 |Computer Organisation |3 Hours |80 |20 |100 | |MCA-103 |Discrete Mathematical Structures |3 Hours |80 |20 |100 | |MCA-104 |Software Engineering |3 Hours |80 |20 |100 | |MCA-105 |Computer Oriented Numerical and Statistical Methods |3 Hours |80 |20 |100 | |MCA-106 |Software Laboratory - I |3 Hours | | |100 | | |C (Based on MCA-101) | | | | | |MCA-107 |Software Laboratory – II |3 Hours | | |100 | | |C (Based on MCA-105) | | | | | |MCA-108 |Seminar...
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...Decision Support Systems The material has been prepared by considering the prescribed textbook, internet and assignments given by the students (BBM 2011-2014 Batch). The material can be further improved by adding more insightful examples and explanation. The material may not be exhaustive and should be taken as a guide to help in better learning of the subject. ALL THE BEST Unit – I: 1. What is DSS? Explain the Characteristics, Benefits and Limitations of DSS. Definition: A decision support systems is a system under the control of one or more decision makers that assist in the activity of decision making by providing set of tools intended to impose structure to the decision making situation and improve the effectiveness of the decision outcome. Characteristics of DSS: * Employed in semistructured or unstructured decision contexts * Intended to support decision makers rather than replace them * Supports all phases of the decision-making process * Focuses on effectiveness of the process rather than efficiency * Is under control of the DSS user * Uses underlying data and models * Facilitates learning on the part of the decision maker * Is interactive and user-friendly * Is generally developed using an evolutionary, iterative process * Can support multiple independent or interdependent decisions * Supports individual, group or team-based decision-making Situation of Certainty Structured Unstructured Situation...
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...an enormous amount of data stored in databases and data warehouses, it is increasingly important to develop powerful tools for analysis of such data and mining interesting knowledge from it. Data mining is a process of inferring knowledge from such huge data. It is a modern and powerful tool, automatizing the process of discovering relationships and combinations in raw data and using the results in an automatic decision support. This project provides an overview of data mining, how government uses it quoting some practical examples. Data mining can help in extracting predictive information from large quantities of data. It uses mathematical and statistical calculations to uncover trends and correlations among the large quantities of data stored in a database. It is a blend of artificial intelligence technology, statistics, data warehousing, and machine learning. These patterns play a very important role in the decision making because they emphasize areas where business processes require improvement. Using the data mining solutions, organizations can increase their profitability, can detect fraud, or may enhance the risk management activities. The models discovered by using data mining solutions are helping organizations to make better decisions in a shorter amount of...
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...THE FUTURE OF EMPLOYMENT: HOW SUSCEPTIBLE ARE JOBS TO COMPUTERISATION?∗ Carl Benedikt Frey† and Michael A. Osborne‡ September 17, 2013 . Abstract We examine how susceptible jobs are to computerisation. To assess this, we begin by implementing a novel methodology to estimate the probability of computerisation for 702 detailed occupations, using a Gaussian process classifier. Based on these estimates, we examine expected impacts of future computerisation on US labour market outcomes, with the primary objective of analysing the number of jobs at risk and the relationship between an occupation’s probability of computerisation, wages and educational attainment. According to our estimates, about 47 percent of total US employment is at risk. We further provide evidence that wages and educational attainment exhibit a strong negative relationship with an occupation’s probability of computerisation. Keywords: Occupational Choice, Technological Change, Wage Inequality, Employment, Skill Demand JEL Classification: E24, J24, J31, J62, O33. We thank the Oxford University Engineering Sciences Department and the Oxford Martin Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology for hosting the “Machines and Employment” Workshop. We are indebted to Stuart Armstrong, Nick Bostrom, Eris Chinellato, Mark Cummins, Daniel Dewey, David Dorn, Alex Flint, Claudia Goldin, John Muellbauer, Vincent Mueller, Paul Newman, Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh, Anders Sandberg, Murray Shanahan, and Keith ...
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...The manager of a business must plan, organize, direct and control the activities of an organization so that the set objective is met. In order to perform these functions they need to be making decisions continuously. To make decisions managers need information to help them to make informed choices. Basically a computer is a device that has the ability to accept data, internally store and execute a program of instructions, perform mathematical, logical and manipulative operations on the data and internally store the data or the result from the earlier described processes and reports on the results. Data and Information Data is raw facts or unprocessed information, computers and manipulate data according to the instructions contained in the software to produce information. Activities that are captures into an information system are known as data. -Data that has been processed is available as information and must be used by someone -Information is created through a process of recording, capturing and processing data and activities, then communicating it to the users to increase their knowledge to enable them to make decision. -Processing data involves doing calculations on the activities and summarizing the activities, classifying the activities according to certain attributes, sorting the activities etc. Information is only useful if it has been communicated to a decision maker or user in a correct understandable format. It may be in a report format. The effectiveness of data to information...
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...ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS METHODOLOGICAL ADVANCES AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS Edited by Kenji Suzuki Artificial Neural Networks - Methodological Advances and Biomedical Applications Edited by Kenji Suzuki Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia Copyright © 2011 InTech All chapters are Open Access articles distributed under the Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike Attribution 3.0 license, which permits to copy, distribute, transmit, and adapt the work in any medium, so long as the original work is properly cited. After this work has been published by InTech, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication, referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published articles. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials, instructions, methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Ivana Lorkovic Technical Editor Teodora Smiljanic Cover Designer Martina Sirotic Image Copyright Bruce Rolff, 2010. Used under license from Shutterstock.com First published March, 2011 Printed in...
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...Signal Control based on Multi-agent Jian Zhang Ling Yan Yin Han Gao Song Xue-li Fang Traffic Engineering Research Institute Business School, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology Shanghai 200093, China E-mail:08zhangjian@gmail.com Abstract—On the basis of analyzing development actualities and trends of urban traffic control system, this paper applied the modeling idea and method of multi-agent, constructed an intersection agent, a section agent and a phase agent for isolated intersection control system based on multi-agent technology, studied their structure, function and each agent’s mission, and discussed the relationship among the three types of agent. By control simulating of three actual intersections, it is indicated that the control effect based on multi-agent is much better than the effect of fix-time. The results indicate that the multi-agent technology is an effective method to improve the effect of the current traffic control system, has research value and application value. Keywords-adaptive traffic signal control system; multi-agent; intersection agent; section agent; phase agent artificial intelligence technology, traffic signal control system is developing gradually in the direction of intelligent direction and integrated direction, the research on Intelligent Urban Traffic Control System based on the distribution-coordination has become a new trend[1,4]. Luckily, the agent technology[2,5,6,7] provides an ideal method to solute above problem. The...
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...Table of Contents Introduction 2 Assumptions 3 Data Availability 3 Overnight processing window 3 Business sponsor 4 Source system knowledge 4 Significance 5 Data warehouse 6 ETL: (Extract, Transform, Load) 6 Data Mining 6 Data Mining Techniques 7 Data Warehousing 8 Data Mining 8 Technology in Health Care 9 Diseases Analysis 9 Treatment strategies 9 Healthcare Resource Management 10 Customer Relationship Management 10 Recommended Solution 11 Corporate Solution 11 Technological Solution 11 Justification and Conclusion 12 References 14 Health Authority Data (Appendix A) 16 Data Warehousing Implementation (Appendix B) 19 Data Mining Implementation (Appendix B) 22 Technological Scenarios in Health Authorities (Appendix C) 26 Technology Tools 27 Data Management Technology Introduction The amount of information offered to us is literally astonishing, and the worthiness of data as an organizational asset is widely acknowledged. Nonetheless the failure to manage this enormous amount of data, and to swiftly acquire the information that is relevant to any particular question, as the volume of information rises, demonstrates to be a distraction and a liability, rather than an asset. This paradox energies the need for increasingly powerful and flexible data management systems. To achieve efficiency and a great level of productivity out of large and complex datasets, operators need have tools that streamline the tasks of managing...
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...Wearable Computers EEE 439 What is a Wearable Computer? As we continue to integrate computers into our everyday lives at an ever faster rate, the idea that a static desktop, or even a portable laptop can fulfill all of our computing needs is becoming increasingly more ridiculous. The integration of technology constantly creates situations in which we pause and think, “If only I had a computer,” The wearable computer does this. It goes where you go, it does what you do. Its there when you want to use it, unobtrusive when you don’t. So what is a wearable computer? Why don’t we just put our laptops on a sling? In 1998, Steve Mann gave a keynote address at the International Conference on Wearable Computing in which he explained the operational modes of wearable computers and six defining traits of a true wearable computer. According to Mr. Mann, the wearable computer creates three new modes of interaction between human and computer which have not existed before. These three new modes of operation are Constancy, Augmentation, and Mediation (Mann, 1998). Constancy means that the computer is always on and available for use by the user; traditional devices are turned off and closed when not in use. Augmentation is the idea that wearable computers will augment the user’s abilities instead of merely providing computing power on demand. Mann splits Mediation into two different areas; Solitude – the ability to cut oneself off from material, and Privacy – the ability to block or modify...
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