existing competitors. In 2001 Porter considered these factors in light of the internet technologies. The influence of the internet has been profound especially in the hotel industry. According to Porter each factor has a different relevance or impact on different businesses so they are presented below in order of impact for hotels. Porter indicates that the great paradox of the internet is that the benefits it creates such as making information easily available‚ reducing purchasing hassles‚ and marketing
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One king‚ one faith was the model of western Europe where the religion of the ruler should also be the religion of the people under the ruler. In the case of the Holy Roman Empire‚ the religion “should” have been Catholic if following the one king‚ one faith model. The problem with the one king‚ one faith model was that the political leaders of the day were emphatic in expressing intolerance of the religious practices of others. A prime example is Charles V‚ the Holy Roman Emperor‚ who once referred
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Chapter Chapter 12 Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity (ARCH) and Generalized ARCH (GARCH) Models Section Section 12.1 Introduction ARCH and GARCH Models • ARCH and GARCH models are designed to model heteroscedasticity (unequal variance) of the error term with the use of timeseries data • Objective is to model and forecast volatility Example: Understand the risk of holding an asset; useful in financial situations • ARCH -- Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity
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http://www.elsevier.com/locate/permissionusematerial From Mohamed Wiem Mkaouer‚ Marouane Kessentini‚ Model Transformation Using Multiobjective Optimization. In Ali Hurson‚ Atif Memon‚ editors: Advances in Computers‚ Vol. 92‚ Burlington: Academic Press‚ 2014‚ pp. 161-202. ISBN: 978-012-420232-0 © Copyright 2014 Elsevier Inc. Academic Press Author’s personal copy CHAPTER FOUR Model Transformation Using Multiobjective Optimization Mohamed Wiem Mkaouer‚ Marouane Kessentini SBSE Laboratory‚ CIS
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Both Class Diagrams and Use Case Diagrams are used in the requirements determination of object oriented development. Object oriented development is an approach to system development that uses the object as the basic unit of systems analysis and design. Use case shows the relationships among actors and use cases within a system. Class diagrams are widely used to describe the types of objects in a system and their relationships The purpose of Use case diagram is that it shows the interaction
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the first order nonlinear ordinary differential equations using numerical method. To understand the 4th order Runge Kutta method and its applications. Problem statement Steel ball bearing radius 0.02m‚ ρ = dT 7800kg/m3 A T 4 Ta4 mC dt The radiation equation is The convection equation is Assumed T0= 1200K and Ambient temperature‚ Assumed that all heat transfer in radiation and convection only. Mathematical model Combining both convection and radiation equation to form
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2013 Week 4 Problems and Exercises Chapter 7 5) Consider the E-R diagram in Figure 7-20. Based on this E-R diagram‚ answer the following questions: a. How many EMPLOYEES can work on a project? There is no set limit of employees to work on one given project. b. What is the degree of the Used on relationship? There are 2 degrees for the Used on relationship. c. Do any associative entities appear in this diagram? If so‚ name them. Yes there is task which is an associative entity. d
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Interaction Diagram:- means a situation or occurrence in which two or more objects act upon one another to produce a new effect in an understandable format. Interaction is a part of dynamic behavior of the system represented in UML by two diagrams known as Sequence diagram and Collaboration diagram. Meaning of Collaboration Diagram:- also called a communication diagram or interaction diagram‚ is an illustration of the relationships and interaction between entities or objects in the Unified Modelling
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small mini store since they reside near Agusan del Sur National High school and it is a strategic location. The capital they used was from the debt or so called “arawan”. The wife had decided to loan her salary for the improvement of their house yet one-half of her salary (P4‚000) will be paid for her loan (P20‚000). It is a good decision however the income earned from their mini store is now the source for household expenses and other extraneous expenses. Their business runs so good but along the
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Rapid application development Republished from Developers.net Rapid Application Development (RAD) is a marketing buzzword that almost every software development tool uses‚ yet one that rarely applies. At a high level it is an Application Development technique that uses Prototypes‚ Iterative Customization‚ and CASE Tools. This article will focus on RAD: its history‚ advantages and disadvantages‚ appropriateness for various problems‚ core elements‚ process‚ and additionally will focus on CASE tools
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