Tabla de Contenidos: “…Keynote 1 -- A Software Modeling Odyssey: Designing Evolutionary Architecture-Centric Real-Time Systems and Product Lines -- Evaluating UML -- Uses and Abuses of the Stereotype Mechanism in UML 1.x and 2.0 -- An Experimental Investigation of UML Modeling Conventions -- Improving the Definition of UML -- MDA in Software Development -- Adopting Model Driven Software Development in Industry – A Case Study at Two Companies -- Use Case Driven Iterative Development: Hurdles and Solutions -- Model-Driven Development with SDL – Process, Tools, and Experiences -- Concrete Syntax -- Model-Driven Analysis and Synthesis of Concrete Syntax -- Correctly Defined Concrete Syntax for Visual Modeling Languages -- Applying UML to Interaction and Coordination -- Compositional MDA -- CUP 2.0: High-Level Modeling of Context-Sensitive Interactive Applications -- Aspects -- Domain Models Are NOT Aspect Free -- A Slice of MDE with AOP: Transforming High-Level Business Rules to Aspects -- Model Integration -- Package Merge in UML 2: Practice vs. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover; The Business of Streaming and Digital Media; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; About the authors; The current state of the streaming and digital media industry; What this book will give you; How this book is organized; Who should read this book; Hard facts and numbers; Support-we're here to help; Further reading; CHAPTER 1 Why Get into Streaming and Digital Media?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…9.4 Business format franchising9.5 Non-shop shopping; 9.6 Logistics; 9.7 The distribution process; 9.8 The systems approach to PDM; 9.9 Monitoring and control of PDM; 10 Product; 10.1 Defining the product; 10.2 Product classification: consumer goods; 10.3 Product classification: industrial good; 10.4 New product development; 10.5 The product life cycle; 10.6 The PLC as a management tool; 10.7 The product adoption process; 10.8 Product (and market )management; 10.9 Product line and product mix; 11 Marketing information systems; 11.1 Scope of the MkIS…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Desindustrialització o nou impuls a les activitats industrials? Josep Oliveras i Samitier -- 12. Els canvis en les estructures comercials en la societat dels consumidors / Carles Carreras i Lluís Frago -- 13. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; 1.2 Wanted: Data Miners; 1.3 The Need for Human Direction of Data Mining; 1.4 The Cross-Industry Standard Practice for Data Mining; 1.4.1 Crisp-DM: The Six Phases; 1.5 Fallacies of Data Mining; 1.6 What Tasks Can Data Mining Accomplish?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Mani Janakiram -- Chapter 1 The Dawn of Irrelevance -- At the Speed of Relevance -- The American AI Initiative Was Born -- Our Journey in This Book -- We Are Not Alone -- The Wolf in Panda's Skin -- The Emergence of Strategic Confusion -- AI Rises -- The Unexpected Emergence -- AI and the American Perception -- The American AI Disaster -- Building AI Nation in a Competitive World -- Join Us in the Journey -- References -- Chapter 2 The Painful Effects of Losing the AI Battle -- The New America: Fuck Christmas -- The Cognitive WMD -- War Unleashed on America -- The First Attack -- Battle II: Covid -- Rise of Domestic Tensions -- AI Industrialization -- Change in Demand Patterns -- Great-Power Competition: Hyped or Real or Who Cares? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…La nationalisation de la hispano-suiza, S.A. Blason de l'industrie mécanique espagnole / Jordi Nadal Oller -- Napoleón y el golpe de estado de 1814 en España / Emilio La Parra López -- Vers l'expression d'une opinion. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Basic Image Filtering Operations; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Noise Suppression by Gaussian Smoothing; 3.3 Median Filters; 3.4 Mode Filters; 3.5 Rank Order Filters; 3.6 Reducing Computational Load; 3.7 Sharp-Unsharp Masking; 3.8 Shifts Introduced by Median Filters; 3.9 Discrete Model of Median Shifts; 3.10 Shifts Introduced by Mode Filters; 3.11 Shifts Introduced by Mean and Gaussian Filters; 3.12 Shifts Introduced by Rank Order Filters; 3.13 The Role of Filters in Industrial Applications of Vision; 3.14 Color in Image Filtering; 3.15 Concluding Remarks…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Handling Inquiries -- Conducting the Initial Interview -- Mastering the Proposal Process -- Preparing Project Reports -- Making Presentations -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 11: Managing the Client-Performance Consultant Relationship -- Managing Your Client Relationships -- Managing Your Client and Getting Your Client to Manage You -- From Philosophy to Practicality -- Consulting Models -- How to Acquire and Maintain That Collaborative Relationship -- Some Final Thoughts on Client-Consultant Relationships -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 12: Evaluating Results -- Rationale for Evaluating Project Impact -- ROI-To Be or Not to Be -- The Highly Intangibles-What to Do -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 13: Hit or Myth: Facing the Facts -- The Amazing Power of Myth -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 14: Beyond Training Ain't Performance: Ongoing Growth and Development -- Building a Support System for Your Environment -- Facilitating and Inhibiting Factors in Moving from Training to Performance -- Form a Training Ain't Performance Study Group -- Plan Your Professional Development and Growth -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 15: External Support Systems -- Join a Local or Industry-Based Performance Improvement Association -- Join a National or International Performance Improvement Society -- Attend Workshops and Conference Events -- Get Certified…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Financial-Real Split Personalities; Chart 10 Never a Timer Be: 56 Years of Stocks and Interest Rates; Chart 11 Value Line Industrial Composite: All the Stats That Are Fit to Print; Chart 12 Wealth Indexes for Classes of Securities, and the Winner Is ...; Chart 13 Invest Overseas and Diversify?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- The Victorian Internet -- Hyperlinks in the 1950's -- ARPAnet -- Packet-switching -- The knowledge industry moves in (Dow Jones, Knowledge Index, et al) -- Corporate computing -- Modems and home computers -- Bulletin boards (BBSs) -- 'What do we do next?' …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…1.12 The Emergence of Service-Level Agreements1.13 The Service Provider Virtual Private Network; 1.14 Evolution of the Telecommunications Industry; 1.15 The Next-Generation Network Vision; 1.16 The Cisco Next-Generation Network Framework; 1.17 The Network Requirements; 1.18 The Path to the Next-Generation Network; 1.19 Upgrade the Existing ISP Network; 1.20 Upgrade the Existing Enterprise VPN Infrastructure; 1.21 A Completely New Core Network; 1.22 What's in This Book; 1.23 Summary; Chapter 2 Introduction to Cisco's Quality-of-Service Architecture for IP Networks…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; 1.4 State of the Venture Capital Market Pre- and Postfinancial Crisis; 1.4.1 The Effect of the Crisis on a Venture Capital Industry Already in Distress; 1.4.2 Crisis Leading to Opportunities?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Machine generated contents note: Foreword Preface Introduction Part I Discovering the Arab World Chapter 1 Drinking Red Bull in Dahiye The Arab market is vibrant and globally interconnected Arab consumers control more spending power than you think The shadow economy Shades of India and China Arab wealth beyond the crude oil Arab wealth beyond the abaya Household spending in the Arab World Consumer brands in both Israel and the Arab countries Chicken fights: Local competition in the Arab market The global emergence of Arab brands A worldwide hub: The Arab world is globally connected The Arab world is neither CNN's nor Al Jazeera's Chapter 2 The Diversity of the Arab World No harm in haram Not all the consumers in Arab countries are Arab The diversity of Arab consumers Segmenting the Arab consumer markets Embracing the diverse habits of Arab consumers The language differences The market dominance of Saudi Arabia and the GCC Think regional, act local Chapter 3 Islam Matters: How the Five Pillars of Islam impact consumers in the Arab World The difference between culture and religion Why shahada matters Why salah matters Why sawm matters Why zakat matters Why hajj and umrah matter Islam in the everyday Part II Tapping the well of Arab consumers Chapter 4 The shabab: tapping the Arab youth market The shabab demographic dividend The shabab crave the best brands, wherever they come from The shabab generation is molding the consumer market The shabab generation is changing the Arab workforce The shabab and education The shabab and marriage Chapter 5 Tapping the Arab Middle Class The rise of the middle class is changing the Arab consumer markets Identifying the Arab middle class Tapping into Arabia Two Tapping into Arab consumer power at all levels Urbanization, modern trade and Arabia Two Arabia Two and the balance between tradition and modernity Chapter 6 Tapping into the Arab women market Arab women have money to spend Educated women are reshaping the Arab market The Arab woman as a consumer Inside and outside: The dual identities of Arab women Tapping into the Arab beauty market The Arab woman as wife and mother The veil doesn't hide the Arab woman's mind Arab women as business leaders Arab women are reshaping the region on their own terms Chapter 7 Tapping into the Arab technology market The spread of Internet use opens up new paths to consumers The rise of social media Tapping into Arab e-commerce Using technology to recapture a Golden Age On the go: The market for mobile phones Building the high-tech industry in Jordan The technological Arab spring Chapter 8 Tapping into the Arab media and entertainment market Television advertising in the Arab world Arab cinema and film Dancing in the desert: Music in the Arab world Art in the Arab world Books and bookstores The birth of an Arab superhero Chapter 9 Tapping into the Arab diaspora Linking the diaspora to the Arab world Remittances constitute a critical piece of many Arab economies Tapping into the Arab diaspora The Arab diaspora has made a name for itself Tapping into opportunities around the world You can go home again The diaspora is bringing different worlds together Part III Conclusion Rebranding the Arab World Yalla Arabia! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover; Server Architectures Multiprocessors, Clusters, Parallel Systems, Web Servers, and Storage Solutions; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Objective of the Book; A Changing Industry Based on Changing Technology; Structure of the book; Origin of the Book; Server FAQs; Introduction; Transaction Processing and Decision Support; Web Servers; Selection Criteria; Endnotes; Part 1: Architectural Options and Technology Evolution; P.1 Systems Architecture Basics; P.2 Historical Notes about System Architecture; P.3 Endnotes; Chapter 1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Dopant analysis challenges in the silicon industry…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover; Real-Time UML Workshop for Embedded Systems; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; About the Author; Chapter 1 - Introduction to UML; 1.1 UML Basic Modeling Concepts; 1.2 Structural Elements and Diagrams; 1.3 Behavioral Elements and Diagrams; 1.4 Use Case and Requirements Models; Chapter 2 - The Harmony Process; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Harmony Development Process; 2.3 The Systems Engineering Harmony Workflows in Detail; 2.4 The Hand-off from Systems Engineering; 2.5 The Software Workflows in Detail; Chapter 3 - Meeting Industry Standards; 3.1 Overview…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; 1.5 Summary; 1.6 Further reading and research; 2 Aerospace materials: past, present and future; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Brief history of aerospace materials; 2.3 Materials for the global aerospace industry; 2.4 Future advances in aerospace materials; 2.5 Summary; 2.6 Further reading and research…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Authors; About the Reviewer; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1:Cisco UCS Physical Architecture and Installing UCS Hardware; Looking at the UCS equipment; Stateless computing; Rapid provisioning of servers; Simplified troubleshooting; Virtualization readiness; Choice of industry-standard form factors; Extended memory technology for increased density; Understanding the physical architecture of UCS; The Cisco UCS FIs; The Cisco UCS blade servers; The Cisco UCS rack-mount servers; Understanding FIs; The Cisco 6296UP FI…”