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Taylor & Francis Understanding Complexity in Organizations Behavioral Systems
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Taylor & Francis Topology Of 2X2 Games Routledge Advances in Game Theory
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Taylor & Francis Ltd A History of Entrepreneurship
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Taylor & Francis Applied Statistics for Economists
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Taylor & Francis A History of Personnel Administration 18901910 Routledge Library Editions Human Resource Management
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Taylor & Francis A History of Personnel Administration 18901910
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Industrial Poverty Yesterday Sweden Today Europe Tomorrow America
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Taylor & Francis The SixHour Day and Other Industrial Questions Routledge Library Editions Human Resource Management
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Taylor & Francis Managerial Cultures
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Problem Solving for Results
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Taylor & Francis Estimating Risk
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Taylor & Francis Business Wargaming
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Green Outcomes in the Real World Global Forces Local Circumstances and Sustainable Solutions
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Taylor & Francis assessingbusinessexcellence
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Taylor & Francis The New Realities
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Taylor & Francis The Ecological Vision Reflections on the American Condition
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Taylor & Francis Airline Operations Control
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Taylor & Francis Airline Operations Control Managing Aviation Operations
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Taylor & Francis Operating Under HighRisk Conditions in Temporary Organizations
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Taylor & Francis Agile Project Management and Complexity
Book SynopsisThis research monograph presents an inter-disciplinary study of the impact, and current status, of applications of complexity-related concepts in the early stages of development of Agile Project Management (APM). The results serve as an introduction for exploring more profound relations between complexity-related ideas and APM in the future.The increasing complexity of software projects and their environment in the 1990s constituted the main determinants of the development of the family of methodological frameworks called Agile Project Management. Development of APM has been shaped by a broadly defined area of research called complexity science or complexity theory based on complex adaptive systems (CAS) and on their characteristics: Complexity, chaos, the edge of chaos, emerging properties, non-linearity, self-organization, etc. In the 21st century, due to the expansion of Agile beyond software development, the challenges deriving from the complexity of projects and the enviTable of Contents1 Conceptual framework1.1 Assumptions of the study 1.2 Complexity and management, project management, and Agile Project Management1.3 Terminology1.4 Agile and project management: Method, practice, methodology, or approach1.5 Agile Project Management: Origins and status quo. Beginnings of the Agile approach in software development2 Theoretical background and methods of research2.1 Complexity-related models, analogies, and metaphors in Agile Project Management2.2 Methods and sources 3 Typology of interpretations of complexity-related concepts in Agile Project Management3.1 Complex and complicated: Introductory interpretations3.2 Assumptions of typology3.3 Agile Project Management and intuitive interpretations of complexity3.4 Cybernetics, General System Theory, and sociocybernetics3.5 System dynamics, systems analysis, and system engineering3.6 Soft systems methodology, critical systems thinking, and System of Systems Methodologies4 Agile project management and complexity science4.1 What is complexity science?4.2 Chaos theory4.3 Synergetics of Hermann Haken4.4 The concepts of Ralph Stacey and the Cynefin Framework by Dave Snowden5 Project management and indigenous complexity-related concepts5.1 Wicked problems5.2 Synergetics of R. Buckminster Fuller5.3 Hierarchies, holons, and fractals in project management5.4 Complexity of social systems: The concepts of Niklas Luhmann6 Scrum and complexity-related ideas6.1 Introduction6.2 Scrum and complexity6.3 Scrum, adaptation, emergence, self-organization7 Adaptive Software Development and complexity-related ideas7.1 The origins of ASD and complexity: Sources of inspiration7.2 ASD and complex adaptive systems: The economic environment of projects and environmental turbulence8 Complexity in the Agile Manifesto and in the Declaration of Interdependence8.1 Complexity and Agile in modern project management: A conceptual framework
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Research Methods for Operations and Supply Chain
Book SynopsisResearch Methods for Operations and Supply Chain Management, third edition, is a toolkit of research approaches primarily for advanced students and beginner researchers, but also a reference book for any researcher in operations and supply chain management (OSCM).Many students begin their careers in research limited by the one or few approaches taken by their department. The concise, accessible overviews found here equip them with an understanding of a variety of methods and how to use them, enabling students to tailor their research project to their own strengths and goals. The more seasoned researcher will find comprehensive descriptions and analyses on a wide variety of research approaches.This updated and enhanced edition responds to the latest developments in OSCM, including the growing prominence of services and production of intangible products, the complete supply chain, and the increasing use of secondary data and of mixed approaches. Alternative reseTable of Contents1. Introduction to the book Christer Karlsson2. Research in operations and supply chain management Christer Karlsson3. The research process Pär Åhlström4. SurveysCipriano Forza and Enrico Sandrin5. Case researchChris Voss, Mark Johnson, and Jan Godsell6. Longitudinal field studiesPär Åhlström and Christer Karlsson7. Action researchPaul Coughlan and David Coghlan8. Clinical management research – Interventionist and collaborative approachesChrister Karlsson9. Model-based research J. Will M. Bertrand, Jan C. Fransoo, and Maximiliano Udenio
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Smart Business and Digital Transformation
Book SynopsisBeginning in the mid-2010s, the Fourth Industrial Revolution has seen remarkable changes in information technology that have blurred the boundaries between the physical, digital and biological worlds. Industry 4.0 has enabled so-called smart factories in which computer systems equipped with machine learning algorithms can learn and control robotics with minimal need for human input. While smart technology has enabled many manufacturing businesses to increase efficiency and cut costs, many others are still struggling with implementing it.This book aims to help students, practitioners and industry leaders to become change agents and take their first steps on the path of transformation. Smart Business and Digital Transformation addresses the challenge of becoming smart from three different perspectives: smart factory, smart industry and smart environment. Covering technologies including the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud, artificial intelligence (AI), mobility, 5GTable of ContentsForeword Introduction Part I Smart factory 1 Definitions and principles of Industry 4.0 2 The concept of continuous and smart improvement 3 The layers of I4.0 systems 4 Connectivity and data sharing with stakeholders inside and outside the organisation 5 Data mining, analysis and evaluation 6 Lean 4.0 7 Artificial/enhanced intelligence 8 AI’s impact on the labour market Part II Smart business transformation 9 The business model of I4.0 10 Marketing planning in a smart industrial environment 11 Smart supply chain 12 Fintech and smart banking Part III Smart environments 13 Smart cities 14 Construction 4.0 15 Smart agriculture 16 Society 5.0
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Market and Technical Knowledge Integration in RD
Book SynopsisMarket and Technical Knowledge Integration in R&D Intensive Companies explores the integration of market and technical knowledge within R&D intensive companies. Starting with industry classifications and a discussion on the significance of R&D activities, the book looks at the role of these companies in today's economy, as well as knowledge definitions and typologies. It focuses on such measures of effectiveness as innovativeness and business performance and discusses organisational innovativeness and business performance metrics.The crux of the book's theoretical premise is the importance of integrating market and technical knowledge within organisations. Drawing from the resource-based view and the knowledge-based view of organisations, this premise stresses the need for knowledge integration. After an analysis of the literature on R&D, the book presents qualitative evidence from interviews of R&D professionals who elucidate knowledge integration
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Choosing to Change
Book SynopsisIt is commonly quoted that the majority of change initiatives fail and equally common is the reasoning that failure is due to a lack of adequate planning and robust processes to deliver change to the organisation.However, organisations cannot change it is only the people in the organisation, and those connected with it, that can change the way they work, think and behave. Choosing to Change takes an alternative view of the change process, applying thinking from the studies of complexity to explore how change in organisations is driven by individual choice. How the totality of our individual experiences and our aspirations for the future shapes our thinking both consciously and unconsciously, setting out an approach that brings change by choice rather than process. It is an exploration of how choice is the basis of all successful change programmes and how that affects the theory of change management. Through the reflections of those who have experienced chTable of ContentsTable of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: Experiencing Change: The Depot Manager’s storyChapter 2: The Managed Approach to Change: the management view of the change processChapter 3: A Complexity View of Change: an alternative approachChapter 4: Facilitating Change: a story of change leadershipChapter 5: Choosing to change in the face of the unknownChapter 6: Storytelling: the power and influence of narrative learningChapter 7: Putting choice at the centre of change management: easing the path to change
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Decision Sourcing
Book SynopsisWe are living in the post-information age, the era of so-called ''Big Data''. It is a practical possibility for corporations to report, chart and analyse every action, transaction and click that happens inside and outside their business. In Decision Sourcing Roberts and Pakkiri examine what this means to organisational decision making. They explode the myth that good decisions need only be informed ones through an examination into how business really make choices. They lay bare the poverty of decision making processes in today's corporate world and offer fresh and fascinating insight into how social tools are providing new sources of information, how they are challenging hierarchy and how they are providing opportunities for growth and agility through aligned and inclusive decision making. This book is for those organisations that want to get beyond the corporate Facebook account and are ready for the next bold step. It is for those businesses that want to engage their workforce and Trade Review’The ideas in Decision Sourcing quickly changed how I think about decision making in the twenty-first century. Much of social business can seem technological, mystical or over-hyped: but decisions are real and continuous - they are the heartbeat of our organisations. By re-examining how decisions are made in a networked world, Dale and Rooven share important answers about how to be successful in this new landscape.’ Will McInnes, Managing Director, NixonMcInnes and author of Culture Shock ’We routinely make decisions every day. How we inform them and how we handle them seems to be cut and dried. However, Roberts and Pakkiri challenge the traditional thinking. This book examines the sources of decisions in a fresh way. They show how businesses can utilise social channels to make decisions and arrive at outcomes that might not otherwise have suggested themselves. The results are often surprising and sometimes amazing. This isn't just about business decisions, it is about all those decisions we make in life. I would not miss this book if I were you. So make your last old school decision. Buy this book. Right now. Easy decision.’ Paul Greenberg, author and CRM at the Speed of Light ’Reading this book has been a delight both because of the content and the style of writing ... Overall this is a book I would strongly recommend to managers with the responsibility for making sure that intranet, collaboration, socialmedia and digital workplace platforms deliver value to the organisation.’ Martin White, Intranet Focus ’My clients and my workshop participants over the last few years will be very aware of my focus on identifying tasks and decisions that have to be made in designing intranets and implementing search...However I often feel that I am treading a lonely path in this approach, so was delighted to read a superb new book from Gower Publishing entitled Decision Sourcing - Decision making for the agile social enterprise.’ www.cmswire.com ’DeciTable of ContentsChapter 1 Decisions; Chapter 2 BYO; Chapter 3 Transaction to Interaction; Chapter 4 The Changing Nature of Data; Chapter 5 Social Analytics; Chapter 6 Networked Decision Making; Chapter 7 Informed Decisions; Chapter 8 Decisions as Interactions; Chapter 9 Social Listening; Chapter 10 Engaged Decisions; Chapter 11 Decision Sourced; Chapter 101 Afterword;
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Cambridge University Press Applied Optimization
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Cambridge University Press Management Research Methods
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Cambridge University Press Operational Research Approaches
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Cambridge University Press Structured Dependence between Stochastic
Book SynopsisThe relatively young theory of structured dependence between stochastic processes has many real-life applications in areas including finance, insurance, seismology, neuroscience, and genetics. With this monograph, the first to be devoted to the modeling of structured dependence between random processes, the authors not only meet the demand for a solid theoretical account but also develop a stochastic processes counterpart of the classical copula theory that exists for finite-dimensional random variables. Presenting both the technical aspects and the applications of the theory, this is a valuable reference for researchers and practitioners in the field, as well as for graduate students in pure and applied mathematics programs. Numerous theoretical examples are included, alongside examples of both current and potential applications, aimed at helping those who need to model structured dependence between dynamic random phenomena.Trade Review'This is a timely book on an important topic, and it is well written.' John Masson Noble, MathSciNet'The authors follow good traditions, starting with exact definitions, commenting on essential properties, asking appropriate questions, formulating theorems, lemmas or propositions and giving explicit conditions under which complete proofs are provided for the statements.' Jordan M. Stoyanov, zbMATHTable of Contents1. Introduction; Part I. Consistencies: 2. Strong Markov consistency of multivariate Markov families and processes; 3. Consistency of finite multivariate Markov chains; 4. Consistency of finite multivariate conditional Markov chains; 5. Consistency of multivariate special semimartingales; Part II. Structures: 6. Strong Markov family structures; 7. Markov chain structures; 8. Conditional Markov chain structures; 9. Special semimartingale structures Part III. Further Developments: 10. Archimedean survival processes, Markov consistency, ASP structures; 11. Generalized multivariate Hawkes processes; Part IV. Applications of Stochastic Structures: 12. Applications of stochastic structures; Appendix A. Stochastic analysis: selected concepts and results used in this book; Appendix B. Markov processes and Markov families; Appendix C. Finite Markov chains: auxiliary technical framework; Appendix D. Crash course on conditional Markov chains and on doubly stochastic Markov chains; Appendix E. Evolution systems and semigroups of linear operators; Appendix F. Martingale problem: some new results needed in this book; Appendix G. Function spaces and pseudo-differential operators; References; Notation index; Subject index.
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McGraw-Hill Companies Loose Leaf for Business Research Methods
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Berrett-Koehler Useful Research: Advancing Theory and Practice
Book SynopsisUseful Research is designed to discuss the legitimacy and importance of conducting useful research to benefit both theory and practice in the field of organizational and management research. It examines how useful research can be achieved and it argues that in order to keep organizational research relevant to theory and practice, the approach must deviate from the orthodoxy of positivistic research approaches. The contributing authors were selected for their demonstrated ability to conduct useful research, and they bring their unique professional experience to their chapters by describing the choices they make and the tactics they employ. The core message of this book is that in order to conduct research that is useful, researchers must learn from practice and intentionally position their work so that it finds a pathway to practice. While each chapter can stand alone, the book is crafted to provide multiple complementary perspectives on the topic of useful research. It does an outstanding job of describing what it takes to bridge the gap between theory and practice. It goes beyond advocacy, theoretical debate, and restatements of the problem to focus on the types of research methods that produce useful research. Topics include crafting research programs to yield useful knowledge, academic careers that yield useful knowledge, pathways to practice, institutional agents such as MBA programs and journals.
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Holy Macro! Books Financial Statements in Power BI: Bring All 3
Book SynopsisJust like a shovel, this book is genuinely ground-breaking. It hits you over the head with the proverbial gardening tool, implementing the way forward for financial modelling. Many working in banking and finance create their financial models in Excel and then import them into Power BI for graphical interpretation and further analysis. Not on our watch. We’re going to jettison the universal spreadsheet and build the entire model in Power BI.We can’t stress how far off the range we’re taking the horses. If you are reading this, you are a true pioneer. Some have managed to build the odd financial statement in Power BI, but all three? This is where you can gain a major advantage in the workplace. If you build the calculations for financial statements in Power BI, you can produce statements by product, by customer, by geography... Get the picture? The limitation will be restricted to the granularity of the underlying data and your imagination.This book unearths some of the tricks, measures, logic and tools needed to build the model (there is no need to bury your mistakes). We just can’t promise you a rose garden...With the usual jokes in spades, it’s just a shame we couldn’t get Doug (get it?) to assist.
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ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc Operational Research and Networks
Book SynopsisThis book presents the principal concepts of operations research (OR), the tools for the planning support and the management of various types of networks. The term "network" is meant to include physical networks, for instance road and rail networks, as well as logical networks that are used in the planning of complex projects. In this case, the vertices of the network correspond to activities and the connections describe temporal relations.Table of ContentsIntroduction ix Gerd FINKE Chapter 1. Linear Programming 1 Gerd FINKE and Nadia BRAUNER 1.1. Fundamental concepts 1 1.2. Software 9 1.3. Indivisible units 14 1.4. Modeling with integer variables 22 1.5. Conclusion 27 1.6. Bibliography 28 Chapter 2. Graphs and Networks 29 Wojciech BIENIA 2.1. The concept of a graph 29 2.2. Sub-structures and exploration 31 2.3. Edge-and vertex-connectivity 34 2.4. Directed graphs 36 2.5. Valued graphs and networks 37 2.5.1. The shortest spanning tree problem in a connected graph 37 2.5.2. The shortest path 41 2.6. Assignment and coloring 46 2.6.1. Matchings 46 2.6.2. Vertex colorings 48 2.7. Flow in networks 53 2.8. Conclusion 68 2.9. Bibliography 68 Chapter 3. Classical Combinatorial Problems and Solution Techniques 71 Clarisse DHAENENS, Marie-Laure ESPINOUSE and Bernard PENZ 3.1. Introduction 71 3.2. Classical optimization problems 72 3.2.1. Introduction 72 3.2.2. Combinatorial optimization problems in graph theory 72 3.2.3. Assignment Problems 73 3.2.4. Transportation problems 74 3.2.5. Location problems 75 3.2.6. Scheduling problems 76 3.3. Complexity 77 3.4. Solution of hard problems 80 3.4.1. Introduction 80 3.4.2. Relaxations 81 3.4.3. Heuristic methods of construction 81 3.4.4. Improvement methods 83 3.4.5. Exact methods 90 3.5. Conclusion 101 3.6. Bibliography 102 Chapter 4. Project Scheduling 105 Lionel DUPONT 4.1. Presentation 105 4.1.1. Conducting a project 105 4.1.2. Definitions 106 4.1.3. Scheduling methods 108 4.2. Scheduling and graphs without cycles 108 4.3. Fundamental problem 113 4.3.1. Calculation of the earliest dates 113 4.3.2. Calculation of the latest dates 114 4.3.3. Margins 116 4.4. Visualizations 117 4.4.1. Representation on the graph PERT/CPM 117 4.4.2. Gantt chart 118 4.5. Probabilistic PERT 119 4.5.1. Analytic solution 120 4.5.2. Solution by simulation 122 4.6. Sequencing with disjunctive constraints 123 4.7. Sequencing with cumultative constraints: serial methods 126 4.8. Time-cost trade-off problem 131 4.9. Conclusion 135 4.10. Bibliography 135 Chapter 5. Operations Management in Transportation Networks 137 Jacques DESROSIERS 5.1. Introduction 137 5.1.1. A bit of history 137 5.1.2. University–industry: a winning partnership 138 5.2. Fundamental notions 139 5.2.1. A common structure 139 5.2.2. The shortest path problem with time windows 140 5.2.3. Some mathematics 141 5.2.4. A generic algorithm 142 5.3. A mechanism of decomposition 145 5.3.1. Local restrictions and global constraints 145 5.3.2. The column generation method 148 5.3.3. Solutions satisfying the integrality constraints 150 5.4. Diversity of the local restrictions 151 5.4.1. A few words on the extension functions 151 5.4.2. Modeling examples 154 5.5. Applications in large transportation networks 156 5.5.1. Urban transportation 156 5.5.2. Air transportation 157 5.5.3. Rail transportation 158 5.6. What does the future look like? 159 5.7. Bibliography 160 Chapter 6. Pickup and Delivery Problems with Services on Nodes or Arcs of a Network 165 Alain HERTZ and Michel MITTAZ 6.1. Introduction 165 6.2. Node routing problems 166 6.2.1. The traveling salesman problem 166 6.2.2. Vehicle tours with capacity constraints 170 6.3. Arc routing problems 174 6.3.1. The Chinese postman problem 174 6.3.2. The rural postman problem 177 6.3.3. Arc routing problems with capacity constraints 183 6.4. Conclusion 185 6.5. Bibliography 186 Chapter 7. Telecommunication Networks 189 Alexandre CAMINADA, Jin-Kao HAO, Jean-Luc LUTTON and Vincent MARTIN 7.1. Introduction 189 7.2. Optimal synthesis of backbone networks 190 7.3. Topology and dimensioning of the nominal network 193 7.3.1. Descent algorithm 194 7.3.2. Simulated annealing 197 7.4. Dimensioning of spare capacities 200 7.4.1. Non-simultaneous multiflow model and linear programming 200 7.4.2. Solution of non-simultaneous multiflows by decomposition 203 7.4.3. Extension of the decomposition model for modular capacities 206 7.5. Conception of cellular networks 208 7.6. Antenna positioning and configuration 210 7.6.1. Multicriteria model 212 7.6.2. A heuristic for positioning antennas 215 7.7. Frequency assignment 220 7.7.1. Modeling by set T-coloring 223 7.7.2. Solution by evolutionary algorithms 224 7.8. Conclusion 228 7.9. Bibliography 229 Chapter 8. Mission Planning for Observation Satellites 235 Virginie GABREL, Cécile MURAT and Vangelis PASCHOS 8.1. Introduction 235 8.2. Description of the problem of planning satellite shots 237 8.2.1. Context: image acquisitions – constraints of the satellite used 237 8.2.2. Problems studied 239 8.3. Models and formulations of induced combinatorial problems 241 8.4. Algorithms for MS and MSO 246 8.4.1. Solving MS 246 8.4.2. Solving MSO in the discrete case 251 8.4.3. Solving MSO in the continuous case 251 8.5. Experiments and numerical results 257 8.5.1. Performances of approximate algorithms proposed to solve MS 257 8.5.2. Performances of approximate algorithms proposed to solve MSO 259 8.6. Conclusion 261 8.7. Bibliography 261 List of Authors 263 Index 265
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ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc Sequential Decision-Making Problems:
Book SynopsisNumerous formalisms have been designed to model and solve decision-making problems. Some formalisms, such as constraint networks, can express "simple" decision problems, while others take into account uncertainties (probabilities, possibilities...), unfeasible decisions, and utilities (additive or not). In the first part of this book, we introduce a generic algebraic framework that encompasses and unifies a large number of such formalisms. This formalism, called the Plausibility–Feasibility–Utility (PFU) framework, is based on algebraic structures, graphical models, and sequences of quantifications. This work on knowledge representation is completed by a work on algorithms for answering queries formulated in the PFU framework. The algorithms defined are based on variable elimination or tree search, and work on a new generic architecture for local computations called multi-operator cluster DAGs.
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