As cyberattacks continue to grow in complexity and number, computational intelligence is helping under-resourced security analysts stay one step ahead of threats. Drawing on threat intelligence from millions of studies, blogs, and news articles, computational intelligence techniques such as machine learning and automatic natural language processing quickly provide the means to identify real threats and dramatically reduce response times. Computational Intelligence for Cybersecurity Management and Applications collects and reports on recent high-quality research addressing different cybersecurity challenges. It: Explore the newest developments in the use of computational intelligence and AI for cybersecurity applications; Provide several case studies related to computational intelligence techniques for cybersecurity in a wide range of applications (Smart Healthcare, Blockchain, Cyber-Physical System, etc.); Integrate theoretical and practical aspects of computational intelligence for cybersecurity so that any reader, from novice to expert, may understand the book's explanations of key topics. The book offers comprehensive coverage of the essential topics, including: Machine Learning and Deep Learning for cybersecurity Blockchain for cybersecurity and privacy Security engineering for Cyber-physical systems AI and Data Analytics techniques for cybersecurity in smart systems Trust in digital systems This book discusses the current state of the art and practical solutions for the following cybersecurity and privacy issues using artificial intelligence techniques and cutting-edge technology. Readers interested in learning more about computational intelligence techniques for cybersecurity applications and management will find this book invaluable. They will get insight into potential avenues for future study on these topics and be able to prioritize their efforts better.
Advancing blockchain is about increasing speed, safety, and availability for financial and banking users. ... As a result, a person or entity of the financial in- stitution may act as an intermediary between the bank and a customer at ...
Acclaimed and used in over 200 colleges and universities around the country, Total Quality Management: Text, Cases and Readings has been completely revised and expanded to meet the growing demands and awareness for quality products and services in the competing domestic and global marketplaces. Since the publication of the first and second editions of this book, interest in and acceptance of TQM has continued to accelerate around the world. This edition has been thoroughly revised, updated and expanded. Some of the changes are: A new chapter on the emerging Theory of Constraints Expanded treatment of Process Management Eleven new readings Ten new cases Chapter examples of TQM at 12 Baldrige winning organizations End of chapter recommendations for further reading Revised and updated textual material The Varifilm case is retained as a comprehensive study that illustrates good and not so good practices. Each chapter contains an exercise which provides the reader with an opportunity to apply TQM principles to the practices illustrated in each case. Based on sound principles, this practical book is an excellent text for organizational development programs aimed at practitioners responsible for developing and implementing TQM programs in their own service or manufacturing organizations.
Since the publication of the first and second editions of this book, interest in and acceptance of TQM has continued to accelerate around the world. This edition has been thoroughly revised, updated and expanded.
This compendium of four mini-projects carried out by a special task force of the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) addresses policy and management issues related to providing accessibility to handicapped students in higher education. Topics range from executive policy decisions on compliance with federal accessibility mandates to operational procedures for responding to specific accommodation requests. The compendium is comprised of four sections: Section 1 was developed from a series of site-visit interviews with senior-level decision makers, faculty, staff and handicapped students at six colleges and universities. It contains an overview of accessibility issues and problems that require attention, a discussion of how accessibility considerations can be incorporated into a planning and budgeting process, and a set of guidelines for assessing specific accommodation requests; Section 2 reviews 16 national data bases that describe the handicapped population in the United States and contains summary charts of the characteristics revealed. Section 3 describes the results of a survey that NACUBO mailed to a stratified sample of 944 of its member institutions concerning trends in accessibility expenditures and number and types of handicapped students served; and Section 4 lists adaptive education equipment by impairment (such as hearing or mobility) and then by function (such as writing or speaking). The document contains an index, equipment source list, and lists of information resources and services available to handicapped students. (GLR)
Department of Education, National Association of College and University Business Officers David W. Jacobson ... To coordinate with student service units and the physical plant department all accessibility initiatives originating in the ...
Simultaneously , in those areas where districts have grown large in size , the educational services units should be established on the basis of reasonably sized communities of interest . In those communities where the educational ...
required a management plan for each National Park Service unit established or enlarged by the act , within five years ... new National Park Service units ; authorized plans for federal information and education centers at Anchorage and ...
The Official Report with Recommendations of the Governor's Commission to Establish a Comprehensive Plan for School District Organization and Collaboration
... "This Commission was charged by the Governor with reviewing the way elementary and secondary education is organized in the Commonwealth."; "Key points of the charge to the Commission cite the needs to: a. Prepare and recommend a comprehensive plan for school district organization, collaboration, cooperation and state assistance. ... b. Review the present status of school district organization and delivery of educational services in the Commonwealth with particular attention to the authority of the Board of Education to achieve improvement in school district organization ... c. Assure that the process of developing the plan includes extensive participation of citizens from communities of all sizes and locations in the Commonwealth in such a manner as to present to them a variety of alternatives to achieve satisfactory and economical educational programs and to elicit from them their preferences and ideas for possible new approaches to school districting. d. Recommend the necessary processes and resources for assuring the implementation of the provisions of the plan ... e. Give careful consideration to ways and means of bringing urban and suburban children and youth together for common education experiences."; sections include: What is a School District? // The Present Organizational Dilemma of School Districts // School District Consolidation // The Structure, Enrollment and Finance of Public Elementary and Secondary Education // Measures of School District Inequality // Fiscal Crisis in Local School Districts // How Many School Districts are "Too Small?" // Urban and Metropolitan Organizations // Occupational Education // Proliferation of Inadequate Programs // Vocational Offerings, Alternatives and the Student (Limited Choices for Girls, Admission to Regional Vocational-Technical School) // Management Problems in Small School Districts // Citizen Involvement and the Management of School Districts // The Changing Department of Education // Other Reports Related to the Commission's Work // The Commission's
RECOMMENDATION # 5 : THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SUPPORTED BY THE GENERAL COURT AND THE GOVERNOR SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO INCLUDE AN EDUCATIONAL SERVICE UNIT ( ESU ) IN EACH REGIONAL CENTER OF THE ...
International IFIP TC 5, WG 5.7 Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS 2007), September 17-19, Linköping, Sweden
This book brings together some of the latest thinking by leading experts from around the world on integrating systems and strategies in production management and related issues that are relevant for making production into a competitive resource for the firm. This book is composed of five parts, each focused on a specific theme: Linking systems and strategies; Strategic operations management; IS/IT applications in the value chain; Modelling and simulation; Improving operations.
The high degree of customer contact and the intensity of front-line operations require first level service units close to ... and support as well as education and training provided from second level functions to the local service units.
In the troubled global economic environment, Islamic Banking is a dream of Muslims' faith that call for abolishing the assumed usury profits, e.g., banks interest rates, integrating small entrepreneurs into the official financing institutions and supporting national development. That requires an economic system that contains specific banking structure that cater for the mentioned targets. The so-called Islamic Banking in Sudan was introduced in the 1980's of the previous century. That banking system expanded with the Islamic National Salvation seizing of power in the country. However, its modus operandi seems similar to traditional banking in providing short term financing, less for national development projects, dubious poverty alleviation schemes and high rates of interests for financing customers. Most financing goes to big companies, importers and exporters and merchants. The case study is Omdurman National Bank which all the previously mentioned parameters typically applied for it operational mode. The study concludes that there were no visible differences between the banking rules carried out in both traditional and Islamic banks in Sudan. The financing modes are probably because of the country's instable economic performance and loose application of the Islamic finance. Moreover, it is probably of loose interpretations of the Islamic Sharia'a.
In the troubled global economic environment, Islamic Banking is a dream of Muslims' faith that call for abolishing the assumed usury profits, e.g., banks interest rates, integrating small entrepreneurs into the official financing ...
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This book is one of the many Islamic publications distributed by Ahlulbayt Organization throughout the world in different languages with the aim of conveying the message of Islam to the people of the world.
