distributed technologies, such as multi-agent systems, the ontology issue has sometimes been considered secondary and related issues are underestimated. In this paper, we attempt to address the ontology issue in modern distributed services, and the various problems to be investigated, with special emphasis on eCommerce systems. Our paper illustrates how the semantic-web initiative integrates with ontology. It critically appraises existing solutions, and offers ideas for tackling major ontological
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Marketers: (1) Customer Relationship Building— companies can interact with customers to learn more about their needs and to build customer databases. (2) Reduce Costs & Increase Efficiency— avoid the expense of maintaining a physical store, costs of rent, insurance, and utilities. Digital catalogs cost less to produce than printing and mailing paper catalogs. (3) Greater Flexibility— unlike a paper catalog whose products and prices are fixed until the next printing, an online catalog can be adjusted daily
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I believed this was a good quote in writing this paper on my Field Experience Reflection observation #1. Here in order for educators to have an effective plan for his or her lesson, or unit of lessons, we must first determine what we want the students to achieve. For example, in history, we want them to understand situations in the past and achieve the standards that are given to us by the state. However for Math we need to look at how we will be able to determine if the student understood the
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your eyes on your own paper . . . . A202 Managerial Accounting Exam 2B (Chapters 6, 9, 7, 8 & 11) Spring 1. If a company has excess capacity, how might they mitigate it in the short run? A. Outsource a component they are currently manufacturing in house B. Increase the selling price of the product C. Accept a special order D. Discontinue price discounts E. Hire additional employees 2. Brite Lites makes floor lamps. The company has received a request to make a special production run of 50
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Investigation Special Agent, and Chief Financial Officer. First of all, online bill pay allows customers of companies such as Verizon to pay their bill with a credit or debit card without ever swiping their card. You may ask how this is even remotely related, but companies store the information you put in on the payment page in an electronic file for each customer and the technology used to pay the bill also records the payment on the company’s end. This cuts out a lot of the paper trail and allows
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NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES BANK SUPERVISION AND CORPORATE FINANCE Thorsten Beck Asli Demirgüç-Kunt Ross Levine Working Paper 9620 http://www.nber.org/papers/w9620 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 April 2003 This paper’s findings, interpretations, and conclusions are entirely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the World Bank, its Executive Directors, or the countries they represent. We thank J. Boyd,
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of criminal justice contains almost 18,000 state, local, and federal agencies. These agencies have over a million employees nationwide. The subject of this paper focuses on the various perspectives of policing within the state, local, and federal levels of organizations. The possible future changes in laws is addressed and identified in the paper. Finally, the impact these changes will cause in policing. These agencies have certain fragments that interfere with the development of centralized systems
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2 2. Papers 3 2.1 Selecting Paper 3 2.1.1 Shuan Paper 4 2.1.2 Mien Paper 4 2.1.3 Mao Bien Paper
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Elements of Religious Traditions paper Lesly Jeanpois UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX Elements of Religious Traditions paper In today’s world, there are many religions and, they all practice and worship in different ways. They all have certain beliefs, certain rituals and, traditions that they carry. This paper will explain how religious traditions describe and encourage the relationship with the divine; the relationship with the sacred time; the relationship with sacred space or the natural
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Admissions Procedures Requirements At MIT, a regular graduate student is one who is registered for a program of advanced study and research leading to a post-baccalaureate degree. A regular graduate student may concurrently hold an appointment as a research assistant, teaching assistant, or instructor. To be admitted as a regular graduate student, an applicant must have earned a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent from a college, university, or technical school of acceptable standing. Students
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