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This book presents new concepts as well as practical applications and experiences in the field of information technology for environmental engineering. The book has three main focus areas: firstly, it shows how information technologies can be employed to support natural resource management and conservation, environmental engineering, scientific simulation and integrated assessment studies. Secondly, it demonstrates the application of computing in the everyday practices of environmental engineers, natural scientists, economists and social scientists. And thirdly, it demonstrates how the complexity of natural phenomena can be approached using interdisciplinary methods, where computer science offers the infrastructure needed for environmental data collection and management, scientific simulations, decision support documentation and reporting. The book collects selected papers presented at the 7th International Symposium on Environmental Engineering, held in Port Elizabeth, South Africa in July 2015. It discusses recent success stories in eco-informatics, promising ideas and new challenges from the interdisciplinary viewpoints of computer scientists, environmental engineers, economists and social scientists, demonstrating new paradigms for problem-solving and decision-making.

Information systems. --- Environmental engineering --- Information technology --- Management information systems. --- Software engineering. --- Environmental management. --- Business Information Systems. --- Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems. --- Environmental Management. --- Business IT Infrastructure. --- Information Systems and Communication Service. --- Environmental Science and Engineering. --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Computer software engineering --- Engineering --- Computer-based information systems --- EIS (Information systems) --- Executive information systems --- MIS (Information systems) --- Sociotechnical systems --- Information resources management --- Communication systems --- Computers. --- Environmental sciences. --- Environmental science --- Science --- Automatic computers --- Automatic data processors --- Computer hardware --- Computing machines (Computers) --- Electronic brains --- Electronic calculating-machines --- Electronic computers --- Hardware, Computer --- Computer systems --- Cybernetics --- Machine theory --- Calculators --- Cyberspace

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This book constitutes a valuable manual for young and seasoned business researchers alike, and provides a comprehensive summary for the whole research journey. It is a must-read for all researchers who need to understand the basics of business research, from identifying research topics, to planning and organizing the research process, and selecting the most appropriate methodology for the topic at hand. This book also provides insights on how to avoid common pitfalls in business research and outlines the research skills needed to write a fine piece of research. In order to capture the innovative element of research, the book also highlights methods for thinking outside the box. It also stresses the importance of respecting ethics while conducting business research. Lastly, it presents important cases and provides hands-on training for preparing survey tools. Readers looking to master business research won’t want to miss out on this unique and insightful book.

Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- International relations. Foreign policy --- Developing countries: economic development problems --- Computer assisted instruction --- Audiovisual methods --- Teaching --- Firms and enterprises --- Programming --- Information systems --- MIS (management informatie systeem) --- bedrijfseconomie --- onderwijstechnologie --- non-profitsector --- onderwijs --- computerondersteund onderwijs --- opvoeding --- informatiesystemen --- globalisering --- informatica management --- onderwijsonderzoek

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This proceedings volume brings together the results of a corporate discussion on research, academic teaching and education in the field of business and economics in the context of globalization. The contributions examine leadership and sustainability, quality and governance and the internationalization of higher education. With a particular focus on business education and business schools, the book discusses the labor market and modernization as well as contemporary trends and challenges. By including both academic papers and contributions from industry, it forges research links between academia, business and industry.

Business. --- Management information systems. --- Globalization. --- Markets. --- International education. --- Comparative education. --- Educational technology. --- Business and Management. --- Emerging Markets/Globalization. --- International and Comparative Education. --- Educational Technology. --- Non-Profit Organizations and Public Enterprises. --- Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet). --- Business Information Systems. --- Trade --- Economics --- Management --- Commerce --- Industrial management --- Global cities --- Globalisation --- Internationalization --- International relations --- Anti-globalization movement --- Computer-based information systems --- EIS (Information systems) --- Executive information systems --- MIS (Information systems) --- Sociotechnical systems --- Information resources management --- Communication systems --- Education. --- Nonprofit organizations. --- Corporations, Nonprofit --- Non-profit organizations --- Non-profit sector --- Non-profits --- Nonprofit sector --- Nonprofits --- Not-for-profit organizations --- NPOs --- Organizations, Nonprofit --- Tax-exempt organizations --- Associations, institutions, etc. --- Children --- Education, Primitive --- Education of children --- Human resource development --- Instruction --- Pedagogy --- Schooling --- Students --- Youth --- Civilization --- Learning and scholarship --- Mental discipline --- Schools --- Teaching --- Training --- Education --- International education . --- Application software. --- Application computer programs --- Application computer software --- Applications software --- Apps (Computer software) --- Computer software --- Instructional technology --- Technology in education --- Technology --- Educational innovations --- Instructional systems --- Education, Comparative --- Global education --- Intellectual cooperation --- Internationalism --- Public markets --- Fairs --- Market towns --- Aids and devices --- History

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Business intelligence. --- Sustainable development. --- Sustainable Development Goals. --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Business espionage --- Competitive intelligence --- Corporate intelligence --- Economic espionage --- Espionage, Business --- Espionage, Economic --- Espionage, Industrial --- Industrial espionage --- Intelligence, Business --- Intelligence, Corporate --- Business ethics --- Competition, Unfair --- Industrial management --- Confidential business information --- Environmental aspects --- SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) --- Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável --- Millennium Development Goals --- United Nations.

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Intelligent Decision-Making Support Systems (i-DMSS) are specialized IT-based systems that support some or several phases of the individual, team, organizational or inter-organizational decision making process by deploying some or several intelligent mechanisms. This book pursues the following academic aims: (i) generate a compendium of quality theoretical and applied contributions in Intelligent Decision-Making Support Systems (i-DMSS) for engineering and management IT-based service systems (ITSS); (ii)  diffuse scarce knowledge about foundations, architectures and effective and efficient methods and strategies for successfully planning, designing, building, operating, and evaluating i-DMSS for ITSS, and (iii) create an awareness of, and a bridge between ITSS and i-DMSS academicians and practitioners in the current complex and dynamic engineering and management ITSS organizational. The book presents a collection of 11 chapters referring to relevant topics for both IT service systems and i-DMSS including: problems of selection of IT service providers, optimization of supply chain systems, IT governance decisions, clinical decision support, dynamic user-interface adaptation, re-engineering of processes, and generic decision problems. Advanced IT technologies used in some chapters are:  fuzzy multi-criteria mechanisms, semantic processing, data mining processing, and rough sets. Other chapters report traditional DSS mechanisms but used or suggested to be used in innovative mode for IT service engineering and management tasks.

Applied physical engineering --- Artificial intelligence. Robotics. Simulation. Graphics --- neuronale netwerken --- fuzzy logic --- cybernetica --- KI (kunstmatige intelligentie) --- ingenieurswetenschappen --- robots