Expert Systems with Applications Expert Systems with Applications 32 (2007) 687–702 www.elsevier.com/locate/eswa Intelligent modeling of e-business maturity George Xirogiannis b a‚* ‚ Michael Glykas b a University of Piraeus‚ Department of Informatics‚ 80‚ Karaoli & Dimitriou St.‚ 185 34 Piraeus‚ Athens‚ Greece University of Aegean‚ Department of Financial and Management Engineering‚ 31‚ Fostini Street‚ 82 100 Chios‚ Greece Abstract E-business has a significant impact on managers and academics
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In the essays‚ The Intelligent Heart‚ Stripped for Parts‚ and Disappointment‚ the author’s write about and I detect a sense of detachment from the humanistic side of the world and feel that they are rather catapulted into modernity that seems to be the universal theme throughout all of the essays. In the stories‚ each essayist tells his or her story as it relates to a particular time that is one of personable learned from experiences they’ve had. For instance‚ in The Intelligent Heart‚ rehashes just
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Humans and animals share many characteristics‚ but are still categorized differently. Animals are looked more of being vicious‚ barbaric‚ uncivilized‚ and cruel. Animals do not have a higher conscience; they will do anything to survive in their habitat. Humans are looked at on a different level than animals‚ they are put on a higher level because humans have evolved to become civilized and have the ability to reason. Animals run on instinct and don’t have the ability to reason like humans‚ but when
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INTELLIGENT FIRE DETECTOR WITH AUTOMATIC WATER SPRINKLER SYSTEM TO AVOID FIRE ACCIDENTS AIM: The aim of this project is to continuously check the presence of fire in the industries. PURPOSE: Every system is automated in order to face new challenges in the present day situation. Automated systems have less manual operations‚ so that the flexibility‚ reliabilities are high and accurate. Hence every field prefers automated control systems. Especially in the field of electronics automated systems are
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the degree to which a job provides the worker with freedom in carrying it out Feedback is the degree to which the work provides the worker with performance information Figure 1. Key Components of the Job Characteristics Model. The five core job characteristics are: “skill variety” (i.e.‚ the perceived variety and complexity of skills and talents required to perform the job); “ task Identity” (i.e.‚ the extent the job is seen as involving a whole‚ identifiable task); “task significance”
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Watershed Characteristics 1. Drainage Area the drainage area and it is the most important watershed characteristic for hydrologic analysis. It reflects the volume of water that can be generated from a rainfall. Thus the drainage area is required as input to models ranging from simple linear prediction equations to complex computer models. Once the watershed has been delineated‚ its area can be determined‚ either by approximate map methods or by GIS. 2. Drainage Density The drainage density‚ D
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manufacturing category. For about 100 years‚ this county kept developing‚ and by the mid-1890s‚ we became the world’s industrial leader. This time was also when many diligent inventors started creating modern machines that we still use to this day. Such intelligent people include the Wright Brothers‚ Henry Ford‚ Alexander Graham Bell‚ and Thomas Edison. Improvements made in agriculture‚ textile‚ transportation and economic development were made possible simply because of the Industrial Revolution. Before the
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Relationship Characteristics Psy/220 July 5‚ 2013 Relationship Characteristics The relationship that I am going to reference is the one that I have with my mother. My mother was recently divorced and I am clueless what is wrong with her. My mother use to be the type of person that could do everything for herself‚ financially‚ documents etc. Now that she has a power of attorney she acts like she is completely helpless. My sister and I have tried helping her to the best of our ability to be
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Roaring Twenties to refer to the period of 1920s. This period did usher in the birth of a modernized national lifestyle; because Americans who were war-weary did come to value leisure and also convenience over self-denial and leisure. The main characteristics of this new national consumer-based society were; 1. Culture clashes People’s culture was clashed during this period where they had to adopt a new way of doing things. 2. Politics of fear During this period‚ there were immigrants from different
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CHARACTERISTICS OF SERVICES The services have unique characteristics which make them different from that of goods. The most common characteristics of services are: Intangibility. Inseparability. Perish ability. Variability Intangibility Services are activities performed by the provider‚ unlike physical products they cannot be seen‚ tasted‚ felt‚ heard or smelt before they are consumed. Since‚ services are not tangibles‚ they do not have features that appeal to the customer’s senses‚ their
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