Classification 2.1.1 Definition Classification is also called Supervised Learning Supervision The t i i Th training d t ( b data (observations‚ measurements‚ etc) are used to ti t t ) dt Training data learn a classifier The training data are labeled data New data (unlabeled) are classified Using the training data Unlabeled data Age 29 Income 25K Classifier Age 27 35 65 Income 28K 36K 45K Class label Budget-Spenders Budget Spenders Big-Spenders Budget-Spenders Class label [Budget Spender] Numeric value
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Former US vice-president Al Gore has hit out at company bosses and fund managers for damaging the environment by focusing on short-term goals. Speaking at the National Association of Pensions Funds’ annual investment conference in Edinburgh‚ Gore warned that companies’ obsession with meeting short-term profit targets rather than taking a longer term view‚ was hampering work to combat climate change. Goals Goal-setting ideally involves establishing specific‚ measurable‚ attainable‚ realistic
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Accounting for Uncertainty in Discounted Cash Flow Valuation of Upstream Oil and Gas Investments∗ by William H. Knull‚ III‚ Scott T. Jones‚ Timothy J. Tyler & Richard D. Deutsch∗∗ Valuing future income streams from the production of oil and gas is a welldeveloped discipline within the industry and among sophisticated investors. Valuations drive companies’ investment decisions and market transactions every day. In the context of resolving disputes‚ especially international ones‚ arbitral tribunals
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Outsourcing in the Long and Short term Outsourcing is defined by Roberts as turning over to others the provision of goods and services that the firm formerly provided for itself (Roberts‚ 2007 p 191). Organizations seek to outsource for the purpose of cost reduction. This cost can been seen in terms of time‚ finances‚ products and service costs. (Tayaouva‚ 2012) Child explains that Outsourcing can offer a number of advantages in principal but in practice it can be seen to provide some disadvantages
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Carnival Cruise Lines: Long and Short Term Strategies Contents Contents 2 History of the Carnival Corp 3 Mission and Vision Statements 5 SWOT Analysis 6 Business Ethics for Carnival Cruise Lines 8 Social‚ Cultural‚ Demographic‚ and Environmental Forces 10 Social Forces 10 Cultural Forces 10 Demographic Forces 10 Environmental Forces 11 External Forces 11 Economic forces 11 Government‚ Legal‚ and Political Forces 13 Internal Operations Strengths and Weaknesses 16 Management
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Cash or Not? Whether or not cash should be eliminated is a big debate in our world today. Cash should not be eliminated to provide for safer control of your money. Without cash‚ plenty of problems appear like acts of crime‚ not having banking connections‚ and having your personal information on record. To start off with‚ criminals and hacking progress as technology does. In the Upfront magazine article called "The End of Cash"‚ the author says‚ "Security experts worry‚ for example‚ that hackers could
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The immediate and long term effect of abuse. M1 &D1 Why do we need to spot the signs? So we . . . • Help and protect the service users • Follow the correct legislations – Equality and Diversity Act‚ Human Rights Act and The Care Standards Act • Follow the Care Value Base • Follow professional bodies codes of practice • Follow codes of conduct‚ policies and procedures in a health and social care setting M1 • Assess the likely immediate effects of two different forms of abuse on the health and
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Strategy case study: Starbucks-sacrificing dividends for growth Starbucks has grown a lot since it’s opening in Seattle in 1985. It went from 17 stores‚ to over 15.000 stores all around the world in 2010. But they are changing their strategy‚ and purpose. They started closing down shops‚ and refocused on the Starbucks experience‚ which would increase customer’s willingness to pay and also increase profitability. They even payed their first dividend 2010. That ment a huge change of purpose. But
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Current ratios of Mattel. in 2010 and 2012 are both over 2.0‚ which is larger than the miscellaneous manufacturing company (1.64). This means in liquidity Mattel did better than average of manufacturing industry. 2.2 Quick Ratio |Year |Cash+Marketable Securities+Accounts Receivalbe/ Current Liabilities | |2010 |($1‚281‚123+$1‚146‚106)/$1‚350‚282=1.79
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Analyse the cash flow and highlight any problems that are evident such as a shortage of cash and any other cash flow problems his business might experience. (M1) In P3‚ a cash flow forecast for John Adams was created. A cash flow forecast is a simple statement showing opening balance‚ cash in‚ cash out and closing balance. Cash flow forecast are usually compiled on a month by month basis‚ for up to twelve months ahead. The exact contents of an individual firm’s cash flow forecast will depend on the
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