This collection of science fiction writings by Jayant V. Narlikar offers readers a unique glimpse into the world-famous Indian astrophysicist’s vivid and highly imaginative concepts and stories. The fictional material comprises a witty short story ("The rare idol of Ganesha") that cleverly explores the possible consequences of a mirror-symmetric individual in the context of cricket test ma…
Christoph Schröder does one of the first attempts to analyze format transfers within the scope of different strategies, format elements, countries and success with focus on the fashion industry. Three distinct format transfer strategies are identified. The empirically observed design of format elements supports and extends the existing research. Fashion firms standardize their “Retail cultur…
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on the Integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Operations Research (OR) Techniques in Constraint Programming, CPAIOR 2015, held in Barcelona, Spain, in May 2015. The 29 papers presented together with 8 short papers in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 90 submissions. The purpose of the confere…
Including considerations of sustainability in universities’ activities has long since become mainstream. However, there is still much to be done with regard to the full integration of sustainability thinking into science and engineering curricula. Among the problems that hinder progress in this field, the lack of sound information on how to actually implement it is prominent. Created in order…
This book advances understandings about and practices for effectively integrating practice-based (e.g. workplace) experiences in higher education programs. This issue is becoming of increasing salient because higher education programs globally are increasingly focussing on preparing students for specific occupations. Such imperatives are reflected in the cooperative education movement in North …
Manajemen keamanan informasi adalah topik yang menantang, karena sulitnya memodelkan penyerang secara mendalam untuk seluruh sistem dan ancaman yang ditimbulkannya. Gagasan tentang standar keamanan dan skema sertifikasi masing-masing sangat bagus. Perusahaan dapat menggunakan proses analisis keamanan dalam standar dan membuat produk keamanan, mis., perangkat lunak yang aman atau proses untuk ke…
Dengan senang hati kami mempersembahkan prosiding Konferensi Iberia ke-7 tentang Pengenalan Pola dan Analisis Citra, IbPRIA 2015. Konferensi ini diadakan di Santiago de Compostela, Spanyol, mengikuti jejak pertemuan sukses sebelumnya di Andraxt (2003), Estoril (2005), Girona (2007), Pó Voa de Varzim (2009), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (2011), dan Madeira (2013). IbPRIA merupakan konferensi inte…
Selamat datang di Melaka, Malaysia, dan Simposium Paralel Kongres Dunia Teknologi Informasi dan Komunikasi Keempat 2014 (WICT 2014) selama 8-11 Desember 2014. Pada abad yang lalu, masyarakat kita telah mengalami beberapa periode perubahan dramatis, didorong oleh inovasi seperti sistem transportasi, telepon. Beberapa dekade terakhir telah mengalami teknologi yang berkembang begitu pesat, menguba…
This open access book explores how research and policymaking in the field of migrant integration have developed historically and how this interrelationship plays out in the strongly politicised climate of opinions on migration in Europe. It features interdisciplinary theoretical contributions as well as original empirical studies on research-policy dialogues at both the EU and country level. …
Sir Patrick Moore, dalam benak banyak orang, adalah astronom paling terkenal di abad kedua puluh. Hal ini terutama berlaku di Inggris Raya, di mana serial televisinya di BBC, The Sky at Night, wajib ditonton oleh para astronom amatir, dan bahkan banyak astronom profesional. Kecintaannya pada subjek dan kegembiraan yang dia promosikan sangat melegenda. Sayangnya, dia meninggal pada bulan Desembe…