Database and Expert Systems Applications

Database and Expert Systems Applications
Author: Kim V. Andersen
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 974
Release: 2005-08-11
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3540285660

DEXA 2005, the 16th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications, was held at the Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark, from August 22 to 26, 2005. The success of the DEXA series has partly been due to the way in which it has kept abreast of recent developments by spawning specialized workshops and conferences each with its own proceedings. In 2005 the DEXA programme was co-located with the 7th International Conference on Data Warehousing and Knowledge Discovery [DaWaK 2005], the 6th International Conference on Electronic Commerce and Web Technologies [EC-Web 2005], the 4th International Conference on Electronic Government [EGOV 2005], the 2nd International Conference on Trust, Privacy, and Security in Digital Business [TrustBus 2005], the 2nd International Conference on Industrial Applications of Holonic and Multi-agent Systems [HoloMAS 2005], as well as 19 specialized workshops. These proceedings are the result of a considerable amount of hard work. Beginning with the preparation of submitted papers, the papers went through the reviewing process. This process was supported by online discussion between the reviewers to determine the final conference program. The authors of accepted papers revised their manuscripts to produce this fine collection. DEXA 2005 received 390 submissions, and from those the Program Committee selected the 92 papers in these proceedings. This year the reviewing process generated more than 1000 referee reports. The hard work of the authors, the referees and the Program Committee is gratefully acknowledged.

Tourism Marketing and Management Handbook

Tourism Marketing and Management Handbook
Author: Stephen F. Witt
Publisher:
Total Pages: 648
Release: 1994
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This handbook provides a detailed guide to marketing and management in tourism in the 1990s. This second edition features 100 contributions from international authorities on the subject; new chapters reflecting the issues of increasing importance in tourism; greater emphasis on management and internationally applicable topics; and major revisions of all existing chapters. The contents have been reorganized by subject area for convenience. Designed to provide a user-friendly reference, the topics covered include cost-benefit analysis, hotel marketing, international tourism trends, financial analysis and planning, quality management and pricing and promotional strategy. This edition shows the application of marketing and mangement techniques within the tourism industry, and is appropriate for use in tourism businesses of any size.

Intelligent Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Intelligent Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Author: Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 2390
Release: 2018-06-04
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1522556443

Ongoing advancements in modern technology have led to significant developments in intelligent systems. With the numerous applications available, it becomes imperative to conduct research and make further progress in this field. Intelligent Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications contains a compendium of the latest academic material on the latest breakthroughs and recent progress in intelligent systems. Including innovative studies on information retrieval, artificial intelligence, and software engineering, this multi-volume book is an ideal source for researchers, professionals, academics, upper-level students, and practitioners interested in emerging perspectives in the field of intelligent systems.

Expert Systems in Finance

Expert Systems in Finance
Author: Noura Metawa
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2019-05-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0429656866

Throughout the industry, financial institutions seek to eliminate cumbersome authentication methods, such as PINs, passwords, and security questions, as these antiquated tactics prove increasingly weak. Thus, many organizations now aim to implement emerging technologies in an effort to validate identities with greater certainty. The near instantaneous nature of online banking, purchases, transactions, and payments puts tremendous pressure on banks to secure their operations and procedures. In order to reduce the risk of human error in financial domains, expert systems are seen to offer a great advantage in big data environments. Besides their efficiency in quantitative analysis such as profitability, banking management, and strategic financial planning, expert systems have successfully treated qualitative issues including financial analysis, investment advisories, and knowledge-based decision support systems. Due to the increase in financial applications’ size, complexity, and number of components, it is no longer practical to anticipate and model all possible interactions and data processing in these applications using the traditional data processing model. The emergence of new research areas is clear evidence of the rise of new demands and requirements of modern real-life applications to be more intelligent. This book provides an exhaustive review of the roles of expert systems within the financial sector, with particular reference to big data environments. In addition, it offers a collection of high-quality research that addresses broad challenges in both theoretical and application aspects of intelligent and expert systems in finance. The book serves to aid the continued efforts of the application of intelligent systems that respond to the problem of big data processing in a smart banking and financial environment.

Geography and Tourism Marketing

Geography and Tourism Marketing
Author: Kaye Sung Chon
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2013-07-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136377328

Tourism is an extremely challenging business. Some strategies work phenomenally well sometimes and fail at others. You may be aware of the increased fragmentation of the consumer market and of the important role geography plays in tourist response but have difficulty finding a pattern to this without doing a lot of research. Geography and Tourism Marketing will provide you with diverse studies through which you will gain a better understanding of what excites and entices all types of consumers along with new strategies in your field to keep you up-to-date in the unpredictable business of tourism. Geography and Tourism Marketing is a compilation of greatly varied and valuable case studies and articles. In it you’ll explore thought-provoking topics such as these: the World Wide Web as one of the most significant technological developments in travel and tourism marketing the advantages of understanding the impact that a tourist’s country of origin has on small island destinations pinpointing problems in a specific business venture so you can avoid similar mistakes providing interactive maps to potential consumers through Geographic Information Systems determining the effectiveness of brochures reformulating and promoting a consistent image of a destination in order to better serve consumers the fast-growing market of nature travelers and how they can be targeted more effectively In this book, you will get current information on the link between geography and tourism marketing, which is an important aspect in conquering market segmentation and improving tourism marketing approaches. You will see the necessity of acknowledging this connection and be prepared to respond to it when you read Geography and Tourism Marketing.

Advances In Doctoral Research In Management

Advances In Doctoral Research In Management
Author: Graeme Hutcheson
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2006-07-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9814481777

Within the academic realm, doctoral research plays a vital role in the advancement of knowledge. In areas ranging from strategy and international business to marketing, finance and operations management, the contributions in this volume represent the very best in doctoral research in the field of management worldwide.This first book in the Advances in Doctoral Research in Management series includes both doctoral research papers and a section on doctoral research notes consisting of shorter versions of extended monographs. There is also a section on research methodology papers that builds awareness and provides applications of new methodological concepts, techniques and tools.

Strategic Perspectives in Destination Marketing

Strategic Perspectives in Destination Marketing
Author: Camilleri, Mark Anthony
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 429
Release: 2018-08-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1522558365

The marketing of a destination necessitates effective strategic planning, decision making and organization. Notwithstanding, the destination managers should possess relevant knowledge and understanding on traditional and contemporary marketing channels to better engage with prospective visitors. Strategic Perspectives in Destination Marketing is a collection of innovative research on the methods and applications of branding in the tourism, travel, and hospitality industry sectors. This book provides students and practitioners with a good understanding of the tourism marketing environment, destination branding, pricing of tourism products, tourism distribution channels, e-tourism, as well as on sustainable and responsible tourism practices, among other topics. It explores the socio-economic, environmental, and technological impacts of tourism through various regional-focused empirical studies and contemporary discussions. This book is ideally designed for managers, travel agents, tourism professionals, executives, marketing agencies, academicians, researchers, and graduate-level students seeking current research on the applications of branding strategies in the tourism sector.

Tourism, Travel, and Hospitality in a Smart and Sustainable World

Tourism, Travel, and Hospitality in a Smart and Sustainable World
Author: Vicky Katsoni
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 746
Release: 2023-05-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3031268296

This book features the second volume of the proceedings of the 9th International Conference of the International Association of Cultural and Digital Tourism (IACuDiT). Held at the Syros Island in Greece in September 2022, the conference's lead theme was ‘Tourism, Travel, and Hospitality in a Smart and Sustainable World’. With a full appreciation of the contributions made by numerous writers toward the progress in tourism research, this book presents a critical academic discourse on sustainable practices in a smart tourism context, stimulating future debates and advancing knowledge and understanding in this critical area of knowledge. It also puts emphasis on the knowledge economy and smart destinations notion. It enacts new modes of tourism management and development and presents chapters on emerging technologies, such as location-based services, Internet of Things, smart cities, mobile services, gamification, digital collections and the virtual visitor, social media, social networking, and augmented reality