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Multicriterion Decision in Management

Principles and Practice

By: Jean-Charles Pomerol,Sergio Barba-Romero

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Multicriterion Decision in Management

Principles and Practice

By: Jean-Charles Pomerol,Sergio Barba-Romero

Multicriterion Decision in Management: Principles and Practice is the first multicriterion analysis book devoted exclusively to discrete multicriterion decision making. Typically, multicriterion analysis is used in two distinct frameworks: Firstly, there is multiple criteria linear programming, which is an extension of the results of linear programming and its associated algorithms. Secondly, there is discrete multicriterion decision making, which is concerned with choices among a finite number of possible alternatives such as projects, investments, decisions, etc. This is the focus of this book. The book concentrates on the basic principles in the domain of discrete multicriterion analysis, and examines each of these principles in terms of their properties and their implications. In multicriterion decision analysis, any optimum in the strict sense of the term does not exist. Rather, multicriterion decision making utilizes tools, methods, and thinking to examine several solutions, each having their advantages and disadvantages, depending on one's point of view. Actually, various methods exist for reaching a good choice in a multicriterion setting and even a complete ranking of the alternatives. The book describes and compares these methods, so-called `aggregation methods', with their advantages and their shortcomings. Clearly, organizations are becoming more complex, and it is becoming harder and harder to disregard complexity of points of view, motivations, and objectives. The day of the single objective (profit, social environment, etc. ) is over and the wishes of all those involved in all their diversity must be taken into account. To do this, a basic knowledge of multicriterion decision analysis is necessary. The objective of this book is to supply that knowledge and enable it to be applied. The book is intended for use by practitioners (managers, consultants), researchers, and students in engineering and business.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461544599

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9781461544593

If Anything Ever Goes Wrong at the Zoo

By: Mary Jean Hendrick

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If Anything Ever Goes Wrong at the Zoo

By: Mary Jean Hendrick

After a young girl tells the zookeepers to send the animals to her house should anything go wrong at the zoo, a series of zoo emergencies results in some unusual houseguests for the girl and her family.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0152010092

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Time-constrained Memory

A Reader-based Approach To Text Comprehension

By: Jean-Pierre Corriveau

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Time-constrained Memory

A Reader-based Approach To Text Comprehension

By: Jean-Pierre Corriveau

This book tries to answer the question posed by Minsky at the beginning of The Society of Mind: "to explain the mind, we have to show how minds are built from mindless stuff, from parts that are much smaller and simpler than anything we'd considered smart." The author believes that cognition should not be rooted in innate rules and primitives, but rather grounded in human memory. More specifically, he suggests viewing linguistic comprehension as a time-constrained process -- a race for building an interpretation in short term memory. After reviewing existing psychological and computational approaches to text understanding and concluding that they generally rely on self-validating primitives, the author abandons this objectivist and normative approach to meaning and develops a set of requirements for a grounded cognitive architecture. He then goes on to explain how this architecture must avoid all epistemological commitments, be tractable both with respect to space and time, and, most importantly, account for the diachronic and non-deterministic nature of comprehension. In other words, a text may or may not lead to an interpretation for a specific reader, and may be associated with several interpretations over time by one reader. Throughout the remainder of the book, the author demonstrates that rules for all major facets of comprehension -- syntax, reference resolution, quantification, lexical and structural disambiguation, inference and subject matter -- can be expressed in terms of the simple mechanistic computing elements of a massively parallel network modeling memory. These elements, called knowledge units, work in a limited amount of time and have the ability not only to recognize but also to build the structures that make up an interpretation. Designed as a main text for graduate courses, this volume is essential to the fields of cognitive science, artificial intelligence, memory modeling, text understanding, computational linguistics and natural language understanding. Other areas of application are schema-matching, hermeneutics, local connectionism, and text linguistics. With its extensive bibliography, the book is also valuable as supplemental reading for introductory undergraduate courses in cognitive science and computational linguistics.

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389

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Psychology Press

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1317780108

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9781317780106

Josephine Baker

The Hungry Heart

By: Jean-Claude Baker,Chris Chase

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Josephine Baker

The Hungry Heart

By: Jean-Claude Baker,Chris Chase

Based on twenty years of research and thousands of interviews, this authoritative biography of performer Josephine Baker (1906-1975) provides a candid look at her tempestuous life. Born into poverty in St. Louis, the uninhibited chorus girl became the sensation of Europe and the last century's first black sex symbol. A heroine of the French Resistance in World War II, she entranced figures as diverse as de Gaulle, Tito, Castro, Princess Grace, two popes, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Yet Josephine was also, as one critic put it, "a monster who made Joan Crawford look like the Virgin Mary." Jean-Claude Baker's book also reveals her outbursts that resulted in lasting feuds, her imperious treatment of family and entourage members, and her ambivalent attitudes concerning her ethnic background. Reconciling Josephine's many personas—Jazz-age icon, national hero of France, proponent of Civil Rights, mother of children from across the globe—Josephine: The Hungry Heart gives readers the inside story on a star unlike any other before or since.

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Cooper Square Press

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1461661099

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Generation Me - Revised and Updated

Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled--and More Miserable Than Ever Before

By: Jean M. Twenge

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Generation Me - Revised and Updated

Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled--and More Miserable Than Ever Before

By: Jean M. Twenge

Born in the 1980s and 1990s, Millennials are reshaping schools, colleges, and businesses all over the country. They are tolerant, confident, open-minded, aand ambitious, but also disengaged, narcissistic, distrustful and anxious. And these children of the Baby Boomers are now feeling the effects of the changing job market -- even as they are affect change the world over."--Back cover.

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Simon and Schuster

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1476755566

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Parish Registers of Anne Arundel Co., MD 16th and 17th Century

By: Diana Jean Muir

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Parish Registers of Anne Arundel Co., MD 16th and 17th Century

By: Diana Jean Muir

The parish registers of St. James Parish on Herring Creek in Anne Arundel, MD - established 1692 - have long been out-of-print. Because of this, the author has transcribed the parish records books of the St. James Parish, along with those in Christ Church, West River, and Cliffs. All are in Anne Arundel County, MD and include dates back to the middle 1600's through the 1700s. There are two (2) sections to this book. The first is an index of all the individuals, birth, marriage and death dates along WITH their spouse's name. At the center of the book is the index for Part 1. Part 2 gives basically the same information but includes the place of birth, marriage and death, WITHOUT the names of their spouses. The index at the end of the book is for Part 2. To place these names into family groups, please see ancestry.com for the family file called Anne-Arundel. Front cover photo: St. James Parish today Rear cover photo: St. James cemetery which abutts the parish church.

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Lulu.com

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0359108849

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9780359108848

Understanding Human Information Behavior

When, How, and Why People Interact with Information

By: Beth St. Jean,Ursula Gorham,Elizabeth Bonsignore

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Understanding Human Information Behavior

When, How, and Why People Interact with Information

By: Beth St. Jean,Ursula Gorham,Elizabeth Bonsignore

This introductory textbook aims to provide undergraduate students in information science and related disciplines with an applied grounding in information behavior. The book’s primary focus is to provide explicit links between information behavior and the careers that students will pursue within the information professions. With a deeper understanding of information behavior, students will be better equipped to address the many types of barriers that frequently prevent people from effectively and efficiently accessing, understanding, managing, and/or using the information they need in the “real world.” The first six chapters of the book provide students with the fundamental building blocks of information behavior, introduce them to important related concepts, and provide a deep dive into information literacy, digital literacy, the digital divide and digital inclusion. Chapters 7 through 12 introduce students to the scholarly communication system, providing guidance on how to find, read, and critically evaluate information behavior studies. Also explored in these chapters are the various methods used to investigate and understand people’s information behaviors. Topics covered include research design, research methods, research ethics, user needs assessment, and human-computer interaction and associated design methods. This part of the book also covers some of the major information behavior models and theories that have been developed to describe, predict, and/or explain people’s information behaviors. In chapters 13 through 16, the authors provide an in-depth look into their own information behavior research areas, including consumer health information behavior and health justice; youth information behavior; legal information behavior and access to justice; and information behavior in libraries. In the final chapter, students are first introduced to a wide range of careers within the information professions and then taken along on a deep dive into 10 specific jobs, with a special focus on the thread of information behavior that pervades the roles and responsibilities commonly associated with these positions. Each chapter begins with one or more scenarios illustrating concepts covered in the chapter and ends with discussion questions.

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329

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538119145

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9781538119143

The Brauer–Grothendieck Group

By: Jean-Louis Colliot-Thélène,Alexei N. Skorobogatov

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The Brauer–Grothendieck Group

By: Jean-Louis Colliot-Thélène,Alexei N. Skorobogatov

This monograph provides a systematic treatment of the Brauer group of schemes, from the foundational work of Grothendieck to recent applications in arithmetic and algebraic geometry. The importance of the cohomological Brauer group for applications to Diophantine equations and algebraic geometry was discovered soon after this group was introduced by Grothendieck. The Brauer–Manin obstruction plays a crucial role in the study of rational points on varieties over global fields. The birational invariance of the Brauer group was recently used in a novel way to establish the irrationality of many new classes of algebraic varieties. The book covers the vast theory underpinning these and other applications. Intended as an introduction to cohomological methods in algebraic geometry, most of the book is accessible to readers with a knowledge of algebra, algebraic geometry and algebraic number theory at graduate level. Much of the more advanced material is not readily available in book form elsewhere; notably, de Jong’s proof of Gabber’s theorem, the specialisation method and applications of the Brauer group to rationality questions, an in-depth study of the Brauer–Manin obstruction, and proof of the finiteness theorem for the Brauer group of abelian varieties and K3 surfaces over finitely generated fields. The book surveys recent work but also gives detailed proofs of basic theorems, maintaining a balance between general theory and concrete examples. Over half a century after Grothendieck's foundational seminars on the topic, The Brauer–Grothendieck Group is a treatise that fills a longstanding gap in the literature, providing researchers, including research students, with a valuable reference on a central object of algebraic and arithmetic geometry.

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Springer Nature

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3030742482

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9783030742485

Term Paper Resource Guide to Medieval History

By: Jean Shepherd Hamm

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Term Paper Resource Guide to Medieval History

By: Jean Shepherd Hamm

Help students get the most out of studying medieval history with this comprehensive and practical research guide to topics and resources. Term Paper Resource Guide to Medieval History brings key historic events and individuals alive to enrich and stimulate students in challenging and enjoyable ways. Students from high school to college will be able to get a jump start on assignments with the hundreds of term paper projects and research information offered here. The book transforms and elevates the research experience and will prove an invaluable resource for motivating and educating students. Each event entry begins with a brief summary to pique interest and then offers original and thought-provoking term paper ideas in both standard and alternative formats that often incorporate the latest in electronic media, such as the iPod and iMovie. The best primary and secondary sources for further research are annotated, followed by vetted, stable website suggestions and multimedia resources, usually films, for further viewing and listening.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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9798216154440

Parkview

A St. Louis Urban Oasis 1905-2005

By: Mary Henderson Gass,Jean Fahey Eberle,Judith Phelps Little

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Parkview

A St. Louis Urban Oasis 1905-2005

By: Mary Henderson Gass,Jean Fahey Eberle,Judith Phelps Little

Beautiful new editor of Urban Oasis, first published in 1979. The book has been entirely redone in order to expand upon and continue the story of the social and architectural history of Parkview, Julius Pitzman's last and largest neighborhood in St. Louis. New maps, text, historic photos and directory have been added. Book is hardcover with color dust jacket.

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236

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Virginia Publishing

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1891442406

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9781891442407

Linear and Integer Programming vs Linear Integration and Counting

A Duality Viewpoint

By: Jean-Bernard Lasserre

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Linear and Integer Programming vs Linear Integration and Counting

A Duality Viewpoint

By: Jean-Bernard Lasserre

This book analyzes and compares four closely related problems, namely linear programming, integer programming, linear integration, and linear summation (or counting). The book provides some new insights on duality concepts for integer programs.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387094148

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9780387094144

Lasers in Polymer Science and Technology

By: Jan F. Rabek,Jean-Pierre Fouassier

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Lasers in Polymer Science and Technology

By: Jan F. Rabek,Jean-Pierre Fouassier

The purpose of this 4-volume set is to examine some of the applications of lasers in polymer science and technology. Now available for the first time, up-to-date information on this fascinating subject is compiled and presented in compact form. This set focuses on current research and developments in the application of lasers in polymer and biopolymer chemistry. It includes experimental and theoretical details, apparatus, techniques, and applications. This set is a useful source for researchers, students, polymer chemists, and physicists involved in this astonishing field of high technology.

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CRC Press

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0849348463

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9780849348464

The Forbidden Gospels and Epistles, Complete

By: Jean Elizabeth, Poet Laureate Ward

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The Forbidden Gospels and Epistles, Complete

By: Jean Elizabeth, Poet Laureate Ward

This book, first presented by Archbishop Wake, now by Jean Elizabeth Ward, of Starward Studio, 2008 presents-THE FORBIDDEN BOOKS, etc. . . . "After the writings contained in the New Testament were selected from the numerous Gospels and Epistles then in existence, what became of the Books that were rejected by the compilers?" This book although still incomplete presents HALF THE TESTAMENT, instead of the PERFECT ONE. In the conclusion, the reader is implored to examine for themselves, and observe the testimony of Archbishop Wake and other learned divines and historians appended thereto; Etc. . . .

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Lulu.com

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1435732111

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9781435732117

Letters on the Elements of Botany

By: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Letters on the Elements of Botany

By: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

A 1785 translation and continuation of Rousseau's work on botany, in a series of letters 'addressed to a lady'.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108076726

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Multicriterion Decision in Management

Multicriterion Decision in Management

If Anything Ever Goes Wrong at the Zoo

If Anything Ever Goes Wrong at the Zoo

Time-constrained Memory

Time-constrained Memory

Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker

Generation Me - Revised and Updated

Generation Me - Revised and Updated

Parish Registers of Anne Arundel Co., MD 16th and 17th Century

Parish Registers of Anne Arundel Co., MD 16th and 17th Century

Understanding Human Information Behavior

Understanding Human Information Behavior

The Brauer–Grothendieck Group

The Brauer–Grothendieck Group

Term Paper Resource Guide to Medieval History

Term Paper Resource Guide to Medieval History

Parkview

Parkview

Linear and Integer Programming vs Linear Integration and Counting

Linear and Integer Programming vs Linear Integration and Counting

Lasers in Polymer Science and Technology

Lasers in Polymer Science and Technology

The Forbidden Gospels and Epistles, Complete

The Forbidden Gospels and Epistles, Complete

Letters on the Elements of Botany

Letters on the Elements of Botany

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