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Evolutionary and Memetic Computing for Project Portfolio Selection and Scheduling
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 218

Evolutionary and Memetic Computing for Project Portfolio Selection and Scheduling

This book consists of eight chapters, authored by distinguished researchers and practitioners, that highlight the state of the art and recent trends in addressing the project portfolio selection and scheduling problem (PPSSP) across a variety of domains, particularly defense, social programs, supply chains, and finance. Many organizations face the challenge of selecting and scheduling a subset of available projects subject to various resource and operational constraints. In the simplest scenario, the primary objective for an organization is to maximize the value added through funding and implementing a portfolio of projects, subject to the available budget. However, there are other major dif...

Managing Information Technology in Small Business: Challenges and Solutions
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 373

Managing Information Technology in Small Business: Challenges and Solutions

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2001-07-01
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

In many countries, small businesses comprise over 95% of the proportion of private businesses and approximately half of the private workforce, with information technology being used in over 90% of these businesses. As a result, governments worldwide are placing increasing importance upon the success of small business enterpreneurs and are providing increased resources to support this emphasis. Managing Information Technology in Small Business: Challanges and Solutions presents research in areas such as IT performance, electronic commerce, Internet adoption, and IT planning methodologies and focuses on how these areas impact small businesses.

Managing the Human Side of Information Technology: Challenges and Solutions
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 363

Managing the Human Side of Information Technology: Challenges and Solutions

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2001-07-01
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

"This book addresses how to effectively manage the ways in which information technology impacts both human and organizational behavior"--Provided by publisher.

Supply Chain Risk and Disruption Management
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 253

Supply Chain Risk and Disruption Management

In this book, a risk management approach starts off by discussing important issues related to managing supply chain disruption risks from various perspectives during VUCA times. It explores the essence and principles relating to managing these risks and provides the framework and multi-goal model groups for managing such unknown-unknown risks and subsequent disruptions at a global scale. The book explores and presents the latest developments across different emerging topics in supply chain risk and disruption management. These include (i) an overview of supply chain risk, and disruption management tools, techniques, and approaches, (ii) a review on uncertainty modeling for decentralized supp...

Managing Business with Electronic Commerce: Issues and Trends
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 272

Managing Business with Electronic Commerce: Issues and Trends

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2001-07-01
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

This book addresses the importace of e-commerce from developing Web-based systems and pricing to payment systems and budgeting.

The Design and Management of Effective Distance Learning Programs
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 311

The Design and Management of Effective Distance Learning Programs

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2001-07-01
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

As computers, telecommunications technology and other electronic media have reduced the constraints imposed by geographic location, increasing numbers of organizations are using information technology to geographically disperse education. And as the number of distance learning programs continues to increase, a variety of challenges and issues must be faced. These issues include: costs incurred for remote space and equipment used, the loss of traditional evaluation methods, and the potential losses of academic integrity. The goal of this book is to increase the understanding of such major issues, challenges and solutions related to distance education and it is geared toward administrators and academicians trying to develop or improve distance education programs.

Designing Instruction for Technology-Enhanced Learning
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 286

Designing Instruction for Technology-Enhanced Learning

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2001-07-01
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

What is the connection between technology and learning? Do students really learn more in technology-enhanced environments? How does teaching change when technology is introduced? This book addresses the gap between technology skills and the application of those skills in teaching and learning. Authors will guide the reader from focusing on technology to focusing on the goals of using technology to facilitate the teaching and learning experience. Recommendations and practical advice on how to match teaching strategies with supporting media technology are also provided.

Computational Intelligence in Control
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 345

Computational Intelligence in Control

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2002-07-01
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

The problem of controlling uncertain dynamic systems, which are subject to external disturbances, uncertainty and sheer complexity is of considerable interest in computer science, operations research and business domains. Computational Intelligence in Control is a repository for the theory and applications of intelligent systems techniques.

Managing Web Usage in the Workplace: A Social, Ethical and Legal Perspective
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 390

Managing Web Usage in the Workplace: A Social, Ethical and Legal Perspective

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2001-07-01
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

The nature of the Internet is dramatically revolutionizing the manner in which organizations and individuals alike acquire and distribute information. Unfortunately the problem of Web abuse has developed in kind. This interesting new book includes chapters that embrace a wide array of Internet abuse issues such as, the impact of Web abuse on individuals, groups, organizations, and societies, and the problem of Web abuse within other cultures and countries. Geared toward business professionals, academicians and students from a variety of disciplines, Managing Web Usage in the Workplace: A Social, Ethical and Legal Perspective focuses on the phenomenon of Internet abuse and its consequences.

Database Integrity: Challenges and Solutions
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 351

Database Integrity: Challenges and Solutions

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2001-07-01
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

Geared toward designers and professionals interested in the conceptual aspects of integrity problems in different paradigms, Database Integrity: Challenges and Solutions successfully addresses these and a variety of other issues.