Transportation Policy and Economic Regulation: Essays in Honor of Theodore Keeler addresses a number of today's important transportation policy issues, exploring a variety of transportation modes, and examining the policy implications of a number of alternatives. Theodore Keeler had a distinguished career in transportation economics, helping to shape regulatory policies concerning the transportation industries and assessing the appropriateness of various policies. A distinguishing feature of his work is that it always had policy implications. As a tribute to Theodore Keeler, this book examines transportation policy issues across a variety of transportation industries, including aviation, railroads, highways, motor carrier transport, automobiles, urban transit, and ocean shipping. The book evaluates the economic impact and effectiveness of various policies, employing empirical analyses and new estimation techniques, such as Bayesian analysis. The book is designed for transportation professionals and researchers, as well as transportation economics students, providing an in-depth analysis of some of today's important transportation policy issues. Policy changes established in the last 35-40 years have introduced profound changes in the business environment of the transportation industry. Past policy changes promoted the free market's role in setting prices and determining service availability. While 21st century policy has focused on a variety of other issues, such as safety, road and air congestion, productivity growth, labor relations and exhaust emission, many still promote the role of competition. In addition to examining various transportation policy issues in the U.S., the book explores some approaches to dealing with transportation issues in different parts of the world. Contemporary transportation policy debates have broadened from their initial focus of primarily examining the merits of reforming economic regulations at national levels, to now examining a variety of issues such as alternative methods of social regulation (such as safety regulation and emission controls), new approaches to changing economic regulations, the potential for reforming international regulations, and the appropriate role for government in transportation.

Handbook of Statistical Analysis and Data Mining Applications, Second Edition, is a comprehensive professional reference book that guides business analysts, scientists, engineers and researchers, both academic and industrial, through all stages of data analysis, model building and implementation. The handbook helps users discern technical and business problems, understand the strengths and weaknesses of modern data mining algorithms and employ the right statistical methods for practical application. This book is an ideal reference for users who want to address massive and complex datasets with novel statistical approaches and be able to objectively evaluate analyses and solutions. It has clear, intuitive explanations of the principles and tools for solving problems using modern analytic techniques and discusses their application to real problems in ways accessible and beneficial to practitioners across several areas-from science and engineering, to medicine, academia and commerce.

Learn RPA by building business solutions such as ERP and CRM automation, software robots, and intelligent process automation from scratch Key Features Use popular RPA tools Automation Anywhere A2019 and UiPath, for real-world task automation Build automation solutions for domains such as System Administration, Finance, HR, Supply Chain, and Customer Relations Extend your RPA capabilities by implementing Intelligent process automation with APIs and AI Book DescriptionRobotic Process automation helps businesses to automate monotonous tasks that can be performed by machines. This project-based guide will help you progress through easy to more advanced RPA projects. You'll learn the principles of RPA and how to architect solutions to meet the demands of business automation, along with exploring the most popular RPA tools - UiPath and Automation Anywhere. In the first part, you'll learn how to use UiPath by building a simple helpdesk ticket system. You'll then automate CRM systems by integrating Excel data with UiPath. After this, the book will guide you through building an AI-based social media moderator using Google Cloud Vision API. In the second part, you'll learn about Automation Anywhere's latest Cloud RPA platform (A2019) by creating projects such as an automated ERP administration system, an AI bot for order and invoice processing, and an automated emergency notification system for employees. Later, you'll get hands-on with advanced RPA tasks such as invoking APIs, before covering complex concepts such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning in automation to take your understanding of RPA to the next level. By the end of the book, you'll have a solid foundation in RPA with experience in building real-world projects. What you will learn Explore RPA principles, techniques, and tools using an example-driven approach Understand the basics of UiPath by building a helpdesk ticket generation system Automate read and write operations from Excel in a CRM system using UiPath Build an AI-based social media moderator platform using Google Cloud Vision API with UiPath Explore how to use Automation Anywhere by building a simple sales order processing system Build an automated employee emergency reporting system using Automation Anywhere Test your knowledge of building an automated workflow through fun exercises Who this book is forThis RPA book is for enterprise application developers, software developers, business analysts, or any professional who wants to implement RPA across various domains of the business. The book assumes some understanding of enterprise systems. Computer programming experience will also be beneficial.

Application Performance Management (APM) in the Digital Enterprise enables IT professionals to be more successful in managing their company's applications. It explores the fundamentals of application management, examines how the latest technological trends impact application management, and provides best practices for responding to these changes. The recent surge in the use of containers as a way to simplify management and deploy applications has created new challenges, and the convergence of containerization, cloud, mobile, virtualization, analytics, and automation is reshaping the requirements for application management. This book serves as a guide for understanding these dramatic changes and how they impact the management of applications, showing how to create a management strategy, define the underlying processes and standards, and how to select the appropriate tools to enable management processes.

Dieser Herausgeberband beleuchtet die Erfolgsfaktoren fur die Implementierung und den Betrieb von ESN. Der erste Teil des Bandes umfasst akademische Beitrage zur aktuellen Forschung und beinhaltet fundierte wissenschaftliche Konzepte fur den Einsatz von ESN. In den Beitragen des zweiten Teils stehen Konzepte aus der Praxis im Fokus, bevor im dritten Teil Anwendererfahrungen in Form von Fallstudien betrachtet werden. In der digitalen Transformation setzen Unternehmen verstarkt Social Software ein, um positive Wirkungseffekte in den Bereichen Mitarbeiterzufriedenheit, Wissenstransfer, Innovationsdynamik, Produktivitat oder Fuhrungsakzeptanz zu erzielen. Diese Enterprise Social Networks (ESN) verandern die interne Kommunikation und erlauben einen ungebremsten Informationsfluss und uberwinden organisationale Silos. Jedoch werden die in ESN gesetzten Erwartungen in der Praxis oft nicht erfullt. Geringe Nutzungsgrade, mangelnde Einbindung in Geschaftsprozesse und unklare Wirkungszusammenhange induzieren die Frage, ob sich eine Investition in ESN lohnt. Spitzenforschung, Thought Leader in der Unternehmenspraxis und fuhrende Experten beschreiben wesentliche Strategien, Konzepte und Impulse fur das Management der Enterprise Social Networks.

Computational Finance Using C and C#: Derivatives and Valuation, Second Edition provides derivatives pricing information for equity derivatives, interest rate derivatives, foreign exchange derivatives, and credit derivatives. By providing free access to code from a variety of computer languages, such as Visual Basic/Excel, C++, C, and C#, it gives readers stand-alone examples that they can explore before delving into creating their own applications. It is written for readers with backgrounds in basic calculus, linear algebra, and probability. Strong on mathematical theory, this second edition helps empower readers to solve their own problems. *Features new programming problems, examples, and exercises for each chapter. *Includes freely-accessible source code in languages such as C, C++, VBA, C#, and Excel.. *Includes a new chapter on the history of finance which also covers the 2008 credit crisis and the use of mortgage backed securities, CDSs and CDOs. *Emphasizes mathematical theory.

Building the Agile Enterprise with Capabilities, Collaborations and Values, Second Edition covers advances that make technology more powerful and pervasive while, at the same time, improving alignment of technology with business. Using numerous examples, illustrations, and case studies, Fred Cummins, an industry expert, author and former fellow with EDS and Hewlett Packard, updates his first edition incorporating the following industry developments: The ubiquitous use of the Internet along with intelligent, mobile devices, which have enabled everyone and everything to be connected anytime, anywhere The emergence of a "business architecture" discipline that has driven improvements in business design and transformation practices The development of CMMN (Case Management Model and Notation) that will provide automation to support the collaboration of knowledge workers and managers The development of VDML (Value Delivery Modeling Language) that supports modeling of business design from a management perspective The importance of "big data" management and analysis as a new source of insight into evolution of the business and the ecosystem How the architecture of the agile enterprise and business modeling change enterprise governance, management and innovation Building the Agile Enterprise with Capabilities, Collaborations and Values, Second Edition is a must have reference for business leaders, CTOs; business architects, information systems architects and business process modeling professionals who wish to close the gap between strategic planning and business operations as well as the gap between business and IT and enhance the creation and delivery of business value.

OCEB 2 Certification Guide, Second Edition has been updated to cover the new version 2 of the BPMN standard and delivers expert insight into BPM from one of the developers of the OCEB Fundamental exam, offering full coverage of the fundamental exam material for both the business and technical tracks to further certification. The first study guide prepares candidates to take-and pass-the OCEB Fundamental exam, explaining and building on basic concepts, focusing on key areas, and testing knowledge of all critical topics with sample questions and detailed answers. Suitable for practitioners, and those newer to the field, this book provides a solid grounding in business process management based on the authors' own extensive BPM consulting experiences.

The ability to preserve electronic evidence is critical to presenting a solid case for civil litigation, as well as in criminal and regulatory investigations. Preserving Electronic Evidence for Trial provides everyone connected with digital forensics investigation and litigation with a clear and practical hands-on guide to the best practices in preserving electronic evidence. Corporate management personnel (legal & IT) and outside counsel need reliable processes for the litigation hold - identifying, locating, and preserving electronic evidence. Preserving Electronic Evidence for Trial provides the road map, showing you how to organize the digital evidence team before the crisis, not in the middle of litigation. This practice handbook by an internationally known digital forensics expert and an experienced litigator focuses on what corporate and litigation counsel as well as IT managers and forensic consultants need to know to communicate effectively about electronic evidence. You will find tips on how all your team members can get up to speed on each other's areas of specialization before a crisis arises. The result is a plan to effectively identify and pre-train the critical electronic-evidence team members. You will be ready to lead the team to success when a triggering event indicates that litigation is likely, by knowing what to ask in coordinating effectively with litigation counsel and forensic consultants throughout the litigation progress. Your team can also be ready for action in various business strategies, such as merger evaluation and non-litigation conflict resolution.

Applied Computing in Medicine and Health is a comprehensive presentation of on-going investigations into current applied computing challenges and advances, with a focus on a particular class of applications, primarily artificial intelligence methods and techniques in medicine and health. Applied computing is the use of practical computer science knowledge to enable use of the latest technology and techniques in a variety of different fields ranging from business to scientific research. One of the most important and relevant areas in applied computing is the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in health and medicine. Artificial intelligence in health and medicine (AIHM) is assuming the challenge of creating and distributing tools that can support medical doctors and specialists in new endeavors. The material included covers a wide variety of interdisciplinary perspectives concerning the theory and practice of applied computing in medicine, human biology, and health care. Particular attention is given to AI-based clinical decision-making, medical knowledge engineering, knowledge-based systems in medical education and research, intelligent medical information systems, intelligent databases, intelligent devices and instruments, medical AI tools, reasoning and metareasoning in medicine, and methodological, philosophical, ethical, and intelligent medical data analysis.

Learn from Pro SharePoint Migration on how to migrate your existing farm - infrastructure, upgrade approaches, code, branding, and impact of new features of SharePoint 2010 - in a strategic way that results in smooth transition. Noted author Sahil Malik, with Srini Sistla, work together to provide detailed strategies and tools to assess, plan and execute a SharePoint 2010 migration that is efficient and cost-effective--and that doesn't use expensive third-party software. The clean slate approach embraced by this book, coupled with flexible tools designed by Microsoft and the author, will provide you with the statistics, charts, and diagrams necessary to perform a meaningful assessment of your current SharePoint 2007 environment. You'll then be able to plan the lowest-cost, least-hassle way to migrate your current environment, and its applications and data, to SharePoint 2010, and how to map your existing use of SharePoint 2007 to the new features and enhancements in SharePoint 2010. Pro SharePoint Migration will help you: * Gain a better understanding of high level comparison and changes you need to learn between the two versions * To migrate or not?Learn about new functionality that might replace your existing custom built code or non-code based solutions.* Build a strong toolset to create, update, administer, and migrate 90% of the most commonly used SharePoint objects * Grasp the intricacies of the SharePoint 2010 application programming interface (API) * Become a better SharePoint 2010 administrator in your newly-migrated environment What you'll learn * A high level comparison of MOSS 2007 and SharePoint 2010, asking what's new * Available supported and unsupported upgrade choices * Migration strategies to minimize disruption * Strategies for migrating old settings to new * Changes to security model, lists, libraries, and more * Visual changes, the impact on branding, and how to address overall branding artifacts * Statistics, monitoring and usage analysis of existing and new farms * Learn about ribbon changes and customizations * A discussion of being a savvy business user developer, using SharePoint designer 2010 and InfoPath 2010 * Overview of new changes and enhancements to enterprise content management features * Changes to SharePoint APIs Who this book is for Pro SharePoint Migration is for intermediate to advanced SharePoint administrators, and developers who are interested in migrating from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010 without third-party software.

How can you make your bookkeeping workflow smoother and faster? Simple. With this Missing Manual, you're in control: you get step-by-step instructions on how and when to use specific features, along with basic accounting advice to guide you through the learning process. Each page provides insightful tips and tricks to help you become more efficient with QuickBooks 2015. The important stuff you need to know: Get started. Quickly set up your accounts, customers, jobs, and invoice items. Follow the money. Track everything from billable time and expenses to income and profit. Spend less time on bookkeeping. Use QuickBooks to create and reuse bills, invoices, sales receipts, and timesheets. Keep your company financially fit. Examine budgets and actual spending, income, inventory, assets, and liabilities. Find key info fast. Rely on QuickBooks' Search and Find features, as well as the Vendor, Customer, Inventory, and Employee Centers.

Being able to fit design into the Agile software development processes is an important skill in today s market. There are many ways for a UX team to succeed (and fail) at being Agile. This book provides you with the tools you need to determine what Agile UX means for you. It includes practical examples and case studies, as well as real-life factors to consider while navigating the Agile UX waters. You ll learn about what contributes to your team s success, and which factors to consider when determining the best path for getting there. After reading this book, you ll have the knowledge to improve your software and product development with Agile processes quickly and easily.

Includes hands on, real-world examples to illustrate the successes and common pitfalls of Agile UX
Introduces practical techniques that can be used on your next project
Details how to incorporate user experience design into your company's agile software/product process"

SugarCRM is an innovative customer relationship management software solution that enhances your company's marketing effectiveness, drives sales performance, improves customer satisfaction, and provides executive insight into business performance. "SugarCRM For Dummies" will show you to take advantage of this free, open source CRM application to boost your sales and please your customers.

This guide helps you choose the flavor of Sugar you need, acquire and deploy it, set up accounts and contacts, and organize your day. You'll first learn how to install SugarCRM, customize user preferences, create databases, and import contacts from other software. Next, you'll discover how to extend SugarCRM's capabilities to meet needs unique to your business. You'll also find out how to: Schedule appointments, link them to records and notes, and organize your sales opportunitiesBuild campaigns, track their success, and grow your contact list with Web-to-lead formsManage customer issues and forums to exterminate software bugsSend e-newsletters and automate customer e-mail communication with templatesTake advantage of a complete recipe book for SugarCRM administratorsImprove sales performance with SugarCRMProvide great service to your customersDevelop searchable libraries and FAQsCreate and share documents

"SugarCRM For Dummies" will get you quickly up to speed on this customer relationship management software so you can enhance your business.

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This book is targeted at expert administrators or professionals who are new to Salesforce and want to learn the various features supported by the platform in a short space of time. The book can also be used by professionals preparing for Developer and Administrator certification exams from Salesforce.

Enter the fast-paced world of SAP HANA 2.0 with this introductory guide. Begin with an exploration of the technological backbone of SAP HANA as a database and platform. Then, step into key SAP HANA user roles and discover core capabilities for administration, application development, advanced analytics, security, data integration, and more. No matter how SAP HANA 2.0 fits into your business, this book is your starting point. In this book, you'll learn about: a. Technology Discover what makes an in-memory database platform. Learn about SAP HANA's journey from version 1.0 to 2.0, take a tour of your technology options, and walk through deployment scenarios and implementation requirements. b. Tools Unpack your SAP HANA toolkit. See essential tools in action, from SAP HANA cockpit and SAP HANA studio, to the SAP HANA Predictive Analytics Library and SAP HANA smart data integration. c. Key Roles Understand how to use SAP HANA as a developer, administrator, data scientist, data center architect, and more. Explore key tasks like backend programming with SQLScript, security setup with roles and authorizations, data integration with the SAP HANA Data Management Suite, and more.

COBIT(R)5 (Control Objectives for Information and related Technology) is the latest release of the popular framework for the governance of enterprise IT. It links controls, technical issues and business risks, enabling managers to manage the risks associated with business goals. Written for IT service managers, consultants and other practitioners in IT governance, risk and compliance, this practical book discusses all the key concepts of COBIT(R)5, and explains how to direct the governance of enterprise IT (GEIT) using the COBIT(R)5 framework. The book also covers the main frameworks and standards supporting GEIT, discusses the ideas of enterprise and governance, and shows the path from corporate governance to the governance of enterprise IT. Drawing on more than 30 years of experience in the IT sector, the author explains crucial concepts, including: the key elements of COBIT(R)5, the 5 principles, 7 enablers and the goals cascade the structure of the 37 COBIT(R)5 processes the implementation of GEIT using COBIT(R)5 and an implementation lifecycle the COBIT(R)5 Process Assessment Model (PAM) - the approach to process assessment of COBIT(R)5 processes based on International Standard ISO/IEC 15504. For those studying for the COBIT(R)5 qualifications, Governance of Enterprise IT based on COBIT(R)5 covers all the material needed for the COBIT(R)5 Foundation course, making it invaluable to anyone planning to take the exam. Read this book and get to grips with COBIT(R)5 today.