Learning has become a constant state of mind for most professionals in today’s organizations. However, to become a true learning enterprise, organizations cannot stop at instilling this yearning for knowledge into their collaborators. They must also capture and formalize the common know-how of the organization, as well as provide time and infrastructure to allow learning moments to happen. The aim of the Gaming Workgroup within IFIP 5.7 on Integrated Production Management Systems and the European Group of University Teachers for Industrial Management EHTB is to develop tools and formalisms to support experimental learning in these organizations. It has been proven that modelling the know-how, using visual environments such as multimedia and graphic simulations, is a first step. This in turn allows for the development of games, i.e. challenging settings that foster group interaction and problem solving. Games in Operations Management provides an excellent overview of the different game… More >>

Games in Operations Management

Compiles information on materials-handling equipment and techniques that have been implemented throughout the US and Europe. Summarizes the types of debris, material and contaminants found at Superfund and other hazardous waste sites and the equipment and general procedures used to perform site remediation, restoration and/or cleanup.Compiles information on materials-handling equipment and techniques that have been implemented throughout the US and Europe. Summarizes the types of debris, material and contaminants found at Superfund and other hazardous waste sites and the equipment and general procedures used to perform site remediation, restoration and/or cleanup…. More >>

Materials Handling Technologies Used at Hazardous Waste Sites: Materials-Handling Technologies Used at Hazardous

Gesture recognition is a topic in computer science and language technology with the goal of interpreting human gestures via mathematical algorithms. Gestures can originate from any bodily motion or state but commonly originate from the face or hand. Current focuses in the field include emotion recognition from the face and hand gesture recognition. Many approaches have been made using cameras and computer vision algorithms to interpret sign language. However, the identification and recognition of posture, gait, proxemics, and human behaviors is also the subject of gesture recognition techniques.

Gesture recognition can be seen as a way for computers to begin to understand human body language, thus building a richer bridge between machines and humans than primitive text user interfaces or even GUIs (graphical user interfaces), which still limit the majority of input to keyboard and mouse.

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Gesture Recognition: High-impact Emerging Technology – What You Need to Know: Definitions, Adoptions, Impact, Benefits, Maturity, Vendors

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The Role of the Press and Communication Technology in Democratization: The Nigerian Story

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Optical Remote Sensing: Science and Technology

This book presents the refereed proceedings of the 1998 Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies, Ada-Europe’98, held in Uppsala, Sweden, in June 1998.
The 23 revised full papers presented together with two invited contributions were carefully selected by the program committee. The papers address all current aspects of the Ada programming language; they are organized in sections on Ada 95 and Java, Ada 95 language and tools, distributed systems, real-time systems, case studies and experiments, software quality, software development, software architectures, and high integrity systems.This book presents the refereed proceedings of the 1998 Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies, Ada-Europe’98, held in Uppsala, Sweden, in June 1998.
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Reliable Software Technologies – Ada-Europe ‘98: 1998 Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies, Uppsala, Sweden, June 8-12, …

emerged. First, are historical technologists who advocate an organizational competitive advantage is simulated from past inventions and innovations. Second, are futuristic technologists who proffer that organizations should adapt to nonlinear and disruptive technology. Within this train of thought are technologists who posit using technological situational happenstances (known as TSH) for innovative technologies. TSH encompasses all nonlinear spheres of technology (Christensen, Verlinden, & Westerman, 2002; Hirooka, 2003). Nonlinear refers to the ability of leaders, real estate brokers and technologists to infuse innovative technology effectively to the point of disrupting the existing systems and triggering new changes. Therefore, TSH is an enabler or a conduit in facilitating and deploying informational materials vertically or horizontally within and outside organizations for competitive advantages. TSH also permeates leadership styles and hierarchies within organizations.
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Leadership, Real Estate and Disruptive Technology: Technological Situational Happenstances

Topical areas such as optoelectronics in LANs and WANs, cable TV systems, and the global fiber-optic highway make this book essential reading for anyone who needs to keep up with the technology of modern data communications.

*Covers selection and application of the key technologies
*A down-to-earth introduction to a cutting-edge technology
*Covers all the main engineering applications with a minimum of mathsTopical areas such as optoelectronics in LANs and WANs, cable TV systems, and the global fiber-optic highway make this book essential reading for anyone who needs to keep up with the technology of modern data communications.

*Covers selection and application of the key technologies
*A down-to-earth introduction to a cutting-edge technology
*Covers all the main engineering applications with a minimum of maths… More >>

Optoelectronics and Fiber Optic Technology

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second Asian Internet Engineering Conference, AINTEC 2006, held in Pathumthani, Thailand, in November 2006.
The 12 revised full papers presented together with 5 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 36 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on service architecture, multicast, performance in WLAN, routing, and multihoming in mobile networks.This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second Asian Internet Engineering Conference, AINTEC 2006, held in Pathumthani, Thailand, in November 2006.
The 12 revised full papers presented together with 5 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 36 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on service architecture, multicast, performance in WLAN, routing, and multihoming in mobile networks…. More >>

Technologies for Advanced Heterogeneous Networks II: Second Asian Internet Engineering Conference, AINTEC 2006, Pathumthani, Thailand, November 28-30, … Networks and Telecommunications)

Some policymakers have concluded that the energy challenges facing the United States are so critical that a concentrated investment in energy research and development (R&D) should be undertaken. The Manhattan project, which produced the atomic bomb, and the Apollo program, which landed American men on the moon, have been cited as examples of the success such R&D investments can yield. Investment in federal energy technology R&D programs of the 1970s, in response to two energy crises, have generally been viewed as less successful than the earlier two efforts. This report compares and contrasts the three initiatives.

In 2008 dollars, the cumulative cost of the Manhattan project over 5 fiscal years was approximately $22 billion; of the Apollo program over 14 fiscal years, approximately $98 billion; of post-oil shock energy R&D efforts over 35 fiscal years, $118 billion. A measure of the nation’s commitments to the programs is their relative shares of the federal outlays during th… More >>

The Manhattan Project, the Apollo Program, and Federal Energy Technology R&D Programs: A Comparative Analysis