{"title":"Library, archive \u0026 information management","description":"Books on the subject of Library, archive \u0026amp; information management","products":[{"product_id":"data-governance-how-to-design-deploy-and-sustain-an-effective-data-governance-program-paperback-9780128158319","title":"Data Governance; How to Design, Deploy, and Sustain an Effective Data Governance Program (Paperback) 9780128158319","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eData Governance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHow to Design, Deploy, and Sustain an Effective Data Governance Program\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresents a complete overview of the data governance lifecycle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Ladley (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780128158319, Elsevier Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 8 November 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e350 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 19 x 2.3 cm, 0.66 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"John Ladley’s latest book is the second edition of his Data Governance book, first published in 2012. If you know the first edition of this book, you’ll certainly appreciate this updated second edition. Reading this book will provide you with a comprehensive overview of why data governance is needed, how to design, initiate, and execute a data governance program, and how to keep the program sustainable.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere is a ton of new content in this second edition, including new case studies, updated industry details, and updated coverage of the available data governance tools that can help.The book will be useful to you whether you are a novice or a seasoned professional. At the heart of this book is the framework that Ladley communicates that you can follow to build and maintain successful data governance at your organization. In combination with the use cases that he walks through in the book, you have a powerful guide for launching your data governance program. Useful for both small and large organizations, be sure to pick up a copy of this book if you are charged with any aspect of data management and data governance within your shop.\" \u003cb\u003e--Data and Technology Today\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eManaging data continues to grow as a necessity for modern organizations. There are seemingly infinite opportunities for organic growth, reduction of costs, and creation of new products and services. It has become apparent that none of these opportunities can happen smoothly without data governance. The cost of exponential data growth and privacy \/ security concerns are becoming burdensome. Organizations will encounter unexpected consequences in new sources of risk. The solution to these challenges is also data governance; ensuring balance between risk and opportunity. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eData Governance, Second Edition,\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis for any executive, manager or data professional who needs to understand or implement a data governance program. It is required to ensure consistent, accurate and reliable data across their organization. This book offers an overview of why data governance is needed, how to design, initiate, and execute a program and how to keep the program sustainable. This valuable resource provides comprehensive guidance to beginning professionals, managers or analysts looking to improve their processes, and advanced students in Data Management and related courses. 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What sets this book apart from others in the field is the business impact-driven approach to assessing and improving data quality, and the specific steps and techniques it provides every step of the way.\" \u003cb\u003e--Mehmet Orun, Senior Manager \/ Principal Architect, Data Services CoE, Fortune 250 Company\u003c\/b\u003e\"Comprehensive\" is the first word I would use to describe this book. It addresses so many nuances of every aspect of data quality assessment and improvement—-things that would go unmentioned by more superficial treatments. Bravo!\" \u003cb\u003e--Michael Scofield, Manager, Data Asset Development, ESRI, Inc.\u003c\/b\u003e\"This book is a \"must-own\" for business and technical data quality managers and practitioners. Danette clearly demonstrates where her process will add value to quality projects that stand-alone or as the backbone of a successful data integration effort.\" \u003cb\u003e--Robert S. 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This book provides a structured, easy-to-understand, and easy-to-govern methodology that you can apply to the degree that is appropriate for you.\" \u003cb\u003e--Gwen Thomas, President, The Data Governance Institute\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eExecuting Data Quality Projects: Ten Steps to Quality Data and Trusted Information (TM) \u003c\/i\u003epresents a systematic, proven approach to improving and creating data and information quality within the enterprise.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eRecent studies show that data quality problems are costing businesses billions of dollars each year, with poor data linked to waste and inefficiency, damaged credibility among customers and suppliers, and an organizational inability to make sound decisions.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis book describes a Ten Step approach that combines a conceptual framework for understanding information quality with the tools, techniques, and instructions for improving and creating information quality. 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Corporate data is increasingly important as companies continue to find new ways to use it. Likewise, improving the accuracy of data in information systems is fast becoming a major goal as companies realize how much it affects their bottom line. Data profiling is a new technology that supports and enhances the accuracy of databases throughout major IT shops. Jack Olson explains data profiling and shows how it fits into the larger picture of data quality.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface. Acknowledgements. Forward. Part 1:  Understanding Data Accuracy: The Data Quality Problem. Definition of Accurate Data. Sources of Inaccurate Data. Part 2: Implementing a Data Quality Assurance Program: Data Quality Assurance. Data Quality Issues Management. The Business Case for Accurate Data. Part 3:  Data Profiling Technology: Data Profiling Overview. Column Property Analysis. Structure Analysis. Single Data Rule Analysis. Complex Object Data Rule Analysis. Value Rule Analysis. Summary. Appendixes : Example of Column Properties, Data Structure, Data Rules and Value Rules. Content of Data Profiling Repository. Bibliography. 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It gives an in-depth presentation of both the theoretical and practical aspects of the field, and is the first to present our new understanding of multi-level (object model) transaction processing. It's likely to become the standard reference in our field for many years to come.\"—\u003cb\u003eJim Gray, Microsoft\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTransactional Information Systems\u003c\/i\u003e is the long-awaited, comprehensive work from leading scientists in the transaction processing field. Weikum and Vossen begin with a broad look at the role of transactional technology in today's economic and scientific endeavors, then delve into critical issues faced by all practitioners, presenting today's most effective techniques for controlling concurrent access by multiple clients, recovering from system failures, and coordinating distributed transactions.The authors emphasize formal models that are easily applied across fields, that promise to remain valid as current technologies evolve, and that lend themselves to generalization and extension in the development of new classes of network-centric, functionally rich applications. This book's purpose and achievement is the presentation of the foundations of transactional systems as well as the practical aspects of the field what will help you meet today's challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePART ONE - BACKGROUND AND MOTIVATIONChapter 1 What Is It All About?Chapter 2 Computational ModelsPART TWO - CONCURRENCY CONTROLChapter 3 Concurrency Control: Notions of Correctness for the Page ModelChapter 4 Concurrency Control AlgorithmsChapter 5 Multiversion Concurrency ControlChapter 6 Concurrency Control on Objects: Notions of CorrectnessChapter 7 Concurrency Control Algorithms on ObjectsChapter 8 Concurrency Control on Relational DatabasesChapter 9 Concurrency Control on Search StructuresChapter 10 Implementation and Pragmatic IssuesPART THREE - RECOVERYChapter 11 Transaction Recovery Chapter 12 Crash Recovery: Notion of CorrectnessChapter 13 Page Model Crash Recovery AlgorithmsChapter 14 Object Model Crash RecoveryChapter 15 Special Issues of RecoveryChapter 16 Media RecoveryChapter 17 Application RecoveryPART FOUR - COORDINATION OF DISTRIBUTED TRANSACTIONSChapter 18 Distributed Concurrency ControlChapter 19 Distributed Transaction RecoveryPART FIVE - APPLICATIONS AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVESChapter 20 What Is Next?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Database programming [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Database programming\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Database%20programming%20%5BUMT%5D%22\"\u003eUMT\u003c\/a\u003e], Library, archive \u0026amp; information management [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Library, archive \u0026amp; information management\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Library,%20archive%20\u0026amp;%20information%20management%20%5BGLC%5D%22\"\u003eGLC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Morgan Kaufmann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46648520212760,"sku":"9781558605084","price":89.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781558605084.jpg?v=1696713797"},{"product_id":"spatial-databases-with-application-to-gis-hardback-9781558605886","title":"Spatial Databases; With Application to GIS (Hardback) 9781558605886","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSpatial Databases\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWith Application to GIS\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePhilippe Rigaux (Author), Michel Scholl (Author), Agnès Voisard (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781558605886, Elsevier Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 May 2001\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e440 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 18.6 x 2.8 cm, 1.04 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Spatial Databases covers all of the major themes of the field -- representation, query languages, computational geometry, spatial indexing -- using geographic information systems as the principal application domain and motivation. 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Well done!\" \u003cb\u003e--Professor Dennis Shasha, New York University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpatial Databases\u003c\/i\u003e is the first unified, in-depth treatment of special techniques for dealing with spatial data, particularly in the field of geographic information systems (GIS). This book surveys various techniques, such as spatial data models, algorithms, and indexing methods, developed to address specific features of spatial data that are not adequately handled by mainstream DBMS technology. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book also reviews commercial solutions to geographic data handling: ArcInfo, ArcView, and Smallworld GISs; and two extensions to the relational model, PostgreSQL and Oracle Spatial.  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Record keeping activities are often concentrated on small groups of records, and staff charged with managing them may have limited experience in the field.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecords Management for Museums and Galleries offers a comprehensive overview of records management work within the heritage sector and draws on over a decade of experience in applying fundamental principles and practices to the specific circumstances of museums. It introduces readers to the institutional culture, functions, and records common to museums, and examines the legislative and regulatory environments affecting record-keeping practices. The book is comprised of eight chapters, including: a history of records keeping in the UK museum and gallery sector; the basics of records management; making a business case for records management; requirements of legislation for records management; how to conduct a records survey; strategy and action planning; how to develop a file plan, retention schedule and records management programme; and a guide to useful additional resources.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of figures\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcronyms\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the authors\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: The history of record keeping in the UK museum and gallery sector\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbstract:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecord keeping in museums: roles\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecord keeping in museums: record types\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Records management basics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbstract:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is a record?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is records management?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ‘difference’ between archives and records management\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBasic records management concepts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Making a business case for records management\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbstract:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompile a business case\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe importance of communication\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Legislation and records management requirements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbstract:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublic Records Acts 1958 and 1967\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLocal government legislation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eData Protection Act 1998\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFreedom of Information Act 2000\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironmental Information Regulations 2004\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther relevant legislation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: The records survey\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbstract\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy conduct a survey?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePre-survey: the importance of planning\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe survey: issues and tips\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePost-survey: analyse, summarise and report\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Strategy and action planning\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbstract:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy to plan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to plan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to make the plan into a strategy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlanning for required resources\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Developing a file plan, retention schedule and records management programme\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbstract:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe file plan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe records retention schedule\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImplementing a records management programme\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA final word\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Resources\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUK legislation and regulations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpoliation and repatriation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProfessional bodies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscussion lists\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUseful guidance and training\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStandards\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendices: policies, forms and checklists\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 1: Risk assessment template and scoring framework\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 2: Business case example\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 3: Sample data protection survey form\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 4: Museum record series commonly containing personal data\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 5: Sample data protection policies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 6: Sample data protection statements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 7: Data subject access request form\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 8: Sample records management policy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 9: Museum record series commonly containing environmental information\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 10: Records survey questionnaire forms\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 11: Supplies checklist template\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 12: Sample records transfer instruction and forms for staff\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Library, archive \u0026amp; 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I enjoyed the book and highly recommend it as a textbook for web data mining classes at graduate or senior undergraduate levels. Chakrabarti has a rich vocabulary and is a gifted writer. I bet he will write new, good books in the future, and he should. I look forward to them.\" \u003cb\u003e--Fazli Can - Miami University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMining the Web: Discovering Knowledge from Hypertext Data is the first book devoted entirely to techniques for producing knowledge from the vast body of unstructured Web data. Building on an initial survey of infrastructural issues—including Web crawling and indexing—Chakrabarti examines low-level machine learning techniques as they relate specifically to the challenges of Web mining. He then devotes the final part of the book to applications that unite infrastructure and analysis to bring machine learning to bear on systematically acquired and stored data. Here the focus is on results: the strengths and weaknesses of these applications, along with their potential as foundations for further progress. From Chakrabarti's work—painstaking, critical, and forward-looking—readers will gain the theoretical and practical understanding they need to contribute to the Web mining effort.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface. Introduction. I Infrastructure: Crawling the Web. Web search. II Learning: Similarity and clustering. Supervised learning for text. Semi-supervised learning. III Applications: Social network analysis. Resource discovery. The future of Web mining.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Expert systems \/ knowledge-based systems [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Expert systems \/ knowledge-based systems\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Expert%20systems%20\/%20knowledge-based%20systems%20%5BUYQE%5D%22\"\u003eUYQE\u003c\/a\u003e], Artificial intelligence [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Artificial intelligence\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Artificial%20intelligence%20%5BUYQ%5D%22\"\u003eUYQ\u003c\/a\u003e], Databases \u0026amp; the Web [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Databases \u0026amp; the Web\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Databases%20\u0026amp;%20the%20Web%20%5BUNN%5D%22\"\u003eUNN\u003c\/a\u003e], Internet: general works [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Internet: general works\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Internet:%20general%20works%20%20%5BUBW%5D%22\"\u003eUBW\u003c\/a\u003e], Library, archive \u0026amp; information management [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Library, archive \u0026amp; information management\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Library,%20archive%20\u0026amp;%20information%20management%20%5BGLC%5D%22\"\u003eGLC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Morgan Kaufmann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46648657707288,"sku":"9781558607545","price":55.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781558607545_5c93e632-4cec-4db8-b78d-8df4348966d9.jpg?v=1696713806"},{"product_id":"building-the-agile-enterprise-with-soa-bpm-and-mbm-paperback-9780123744456","title":"Building the Agile Enterprise; With SOA, BPM and MBM (Paperback \/ softback) 9780123744456","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBuilding the Agile Enterprise\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWith SOA, BPM and MBM\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLearn how to design an enterprise architecture that leverages SOA, BPM, business rules, enterprise information management, business models, and governance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFred A. Cummins (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780123744456, Elsevier Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 31 October 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages, Illustrated\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 19 x 2.2 cm, 0.69 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Building the Agile Enterprise not only covers many corner stones of enterprise agility, it delivers an integrated view of how agility is enabled by policies and a business awareness supported by technology architecture\/design patterns. Fred Cummins has hit the mark by aggregating the many tributaries of agility instead of picking one pattern and\/or technology. This is a sophisticated and integrated atlas that is a challenge for IT professionals to implement, but a must for flourishing organizations.\" \u003cb\u003e--Jim Sinur, Vice President, Gartner\u003c\/b\u003e\"Never before has technology been so close to the business. In fact, technology is becoming more and more embedded in the business. This means that change has to go hand in hand on both at the business and the technology side, — or that technology has to at least support the high demands of business change. In particular, enterprise agility is a major requirement for those organizations that want to succeed in this new world dominated by rapid change. Business are increasingly asked to change and to react quickly to changes in market conditions — look at what’s happening currently in the car manufacturing space with the increases in petrol prices or in the financial community with the sub-prime crises as just two examples. This book provides a marvelous, clear, and comprehensive road map of how key technologies such as service-oriented architecture, business process management, and model-based management are instrumental and key in realizing a truly agile enterprise. It explains why and how a structured and strategic approach to SOA, along with the adoption of other available paradigms and technologies, can enable future enterprise agility. As Fred suggests, this is a must-read for CIOs, enterprise architects, and IT management in general that is embracing transformation and innovation programs; I would go further and say that some key chapters will make great reading for CxOs outside IT and in the driving seat of the enterprise.\" \u003cb\u003e--Diego Lo Giudice, Principal, Forrester Research\u003c\/b\u003e\"The author, Mr. Cummins, has already made a tremendous contribution to the discipline of Enterprise Business Management through his leadership in the development of business modeling standards as a co-chair of the Object Management Group's Business Modeling and Integration Domain Task Force. This book breathes life into those standards, with simple and clear explanations of how to apply these and other information technology standards in what is described as the Agile Enterprise, incorporating and expounding upon the most important trends in the advancement of information technology, such as Service Oriented Architecture and Business Process Management, culminating in a what he defines and explains as the discipline of Model Based Management. The authors level of experience is obvious from the generous use of industry examples and analogies. A must read for business leaders that need to demystify these technologies and standards, and other agents of enterprise transformation and adaptation!\" \u003cb\u003e--George Thomas, Enterprise Chief Architect, US General Services Administration (GSA)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the last ten years IT has brought fundamental changes to the way the world works. Not only has it increased the speed of operations and communications, but it has also undermined basic assumptions of traditional business models and increased the number of variables. Today, the survival of major corporations is challenged by a world-wide marketplace, international operations, outsourcing, global communities, a changing workforce, security threats, business continuity, web visibility, and customer expectations. Enterprises must constantly adapt or they will be unable to compete.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFred Cummins, an EDS Fellow, presents IT as a key enabler of the agile enterprise. He demonstrates how the convergence of key technologies—including SOA, BPM and emerging enterprise and data models—can be harnessed to transform the enterprise. Cummins mines his 25 years experience to provide IT leaders, as well as enterprise architects and management consultants, with the critical information, skills, and insights they need to partner with management and redesign the enterprise for continuous change. No other book puts IT at the center of this transformation, nor integrates these technologies for this purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eContentsIntroduction1. The Agile EnterpriseCommon business challengesThe modern ecosystemA new way of thinkingAgility enablersSOA Maturity ModelCSFs on the journey to agility2. Service Oriented ArchitectureBusiness servicesSOA infrastructureDefining servicesEnterprise transformationSOA Challenges3. Business Processes in a SOAProcess conceptsProcess modelingOperating modes\tProcesses in SOAChoreography4. Business RulesTypes of RulesImplications of SOARules management5. Enterprise Information ManagementAgile enterprise requirementsLogical data modelData exchangeBusiness intelligence servicesMaster data managementKnowledge management6. SOA SecurityWhat makes SOA different?Encryption and signaturesIdentification and authenticationAuthorizationRole-based access control (RBAC)XACML PoliciesAccess control administrationFederation of trust domainsAccountability and non-repudiationMonitoring, logging, alerts and auditsVulnerability scanning and intrusion detection7. The SOA Organization StructureHow is SOA different?Service unit typesHierarchy design factorsOrganization specificationsOrganizational transformation8. Event Driven AgilityEvent resolution business frameworkOrigins of eventsIdentification of events of interestSources of Event noticesEvent notification infrastructureEvent resolution processes9. GovernanceBenefitsSOA Governance FrameworkStrategic PlanningEnterprise intelligence\tBusiness ArchitectureAudit and Risk AssessmentEnterprise TransformationStandards and technologyInformation Technology servicesFinance \u0026amp; Accounting servicesPurchasing servicesHuman resource management servicesProduct Value Chains10. 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You need to get over it, sit down and read what Tom and Randy are telling you in this book.\" \u003cb\u003e--Joe Celko, Independent Consultant \u0026amp; Columnist for Intelligent Enterprise, USA\u003c\/b\u003e\"The authors present an original and comprehensive conceptual approach called Asserted Versioning, which includes support for bi-temporality and is a significant advance in the theory and practice of managing time-varying data.\" --\u003cb\u003eRichard Snodgrass, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Arizona\u003c\/b\u003e\"Information technology consultants Johnston and Weis explain how to integrate time into a business data system, so that the past, present, and projected future of things can be accessed easily and quickly. Tables that show time are versioned tables, and they show how using them lowers the cost and increases the value of temporal data, data that shows change through time. 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Part 1 traces the history of temporal data management and presents a taxonomy of bi-temporal data management methods. Part 2 provides an introduction to Asserted Versioning, covering the origins of Asserted Versioning; core concepts of Asserted Versioning; the schema common to all asserted version tables, as well as the various diagrams and notations used in the rest of the book; and how the basic scenario works when the target of that activity is an asserted version table. Part 3 deals with designing, maintaining, and querying asserted version databases. It discusses the design of Asserted Versioning databases; temporal transactions; deferred assertions and other pipeline datasets; Allen relationships; and optimizing Asserted Versioning databases. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1. An Introduction to Temporal Data ManagementChapter 1. 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Good data mining practice for business intelligence (the art of turning raw software into meaningful information) is demonstrated by the many new techniques and developments in the conversion of fresh scientific discovery into widely accessible software solutions. This book has been written as an introduction to the main issues associated with the basics of machine learning and the algorithms used in data mining.Suitable for advanced undergraduates and their tutors at postgraduate level in a wide area of computer science and technology topics as well as researchers looking to adapt various algorithms for particular data mining tasks. A valuable addition to the libraries and bookshelves of the many companies who are using the principles of data mining (or KDD) to effectively deliver solid business and industry solutions.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eForeword\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePreface  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 1: Introduction  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e1.1 THE NAME OF THE GAME\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e1.2 OVERVIEW OF MACHINE LEARNING METHODS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e1.3 HISTORY OF MACHINE LEARNING\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e1.4 SOME EARLY SUCCESSES\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e1.5 APPLICATIONS OF MACHINE LEARNING\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e1.6 DATA MINING TOOLS AND STANDARDS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e1.7 SUMMARY AND FURTHER READING\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 2: Learning and Intelligence  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e2.1 WHAT IS LEARNING\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e2.2 NATURAL LEARNING\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e2.3 LEARNING, INTELLIGENCE, CONSCIOUSNESS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e2.4 WHY MACHINE LEARNING\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e2.5 SUMMARY AND FURTHER READING\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 3: Machine Learning Basics  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e3.1 BASIC PRINCIPLES\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e3.2 MEASURES FOR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e3.3 ESTIMATING PERFORMANCE\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e3.4 *COMPARING PERFORMANCE OF MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e3.5 COMBINING SEVERAL MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e3.6 SUMMARY AND FURTHER READING\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 4: Knowledge Representation  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e4.1 PROPOSITIONAL CALCULUS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e4.2 *FIRST ORDER PREDICATE CALCULUS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e4.3 DISCRIMINANT AND REGRESSION FUNCTIONS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e4.4 PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e4.5 SUMMARY AND FURTHER READING\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 5: Learning as Search  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e5.1 EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e5.2 BOUNDED EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH (BRANCH AND BOUND)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e5.3 BEST-FIRST SEARCH\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e5.4 GREEDY SEARCH\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e5.5 BEAM SEARCH\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e5.6 LOCAL OPTIMIZATION\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e5.7 GRADIENT SEARCH\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e5.8 SIMULATED ANNEALING\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e5.9 GENETIC ALGORITHMS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e5.10 SUMMARY AND FURTHER READING\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 6: Measures for Evaluating the Quality of Attributes  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e6.1 MEASURES FOR CLASSIFICATION AND RELATIONAL PROBLEMS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e6.2 MEASURES FOR REGRESSION\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e6.3 **FORMAL DERIVATIONS AND PROOFS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e6.4 SUMMARY AND FURTHER READING\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 7: Data Preprocessing  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e7.1 REPRESENTATION OF COMPLEX STRUCTURES\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e7.2 DISCRETIZATION OF CONTINUOUS ATTRIBUTES\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e7.3 ATTRIBUTE BINARIZATION\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e7.4 TRANSFORMING DISCRETE ATTRIBUTES INTO CONTINUOUS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e7.5 DEALING WITH MISSING VALUES\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e7.6 VISUALIZATION\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e7.7 DIMENSIONALITY REDUCTION\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e7.8 **FORMAL DERIVATIONS AND PROOFS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e7.9 SUMMARY AND FURTHER READING\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 8: *Constructive Induction  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e8.1 DEPENDENCE OF ATTRIBUTES\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e8.2 CONSTRUCTIVE INDUCTION WITH PRE-DEFINED OPERATORS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e8.3 CONSTRUCTIVE INDUCTION WITHOUT PRE-DEFINED OPERATORS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e8.4 SUMMARY AND FURTHER READING\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 9: Symbolic Learning  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e9.1 LEARNING OF DECISION TREES\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e9.2 LEARNING OF DECISION RULES\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e9.3 LEARNING OF ASSOCIATION RULES\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e9.4 LEARNING OF REGRESSION TREES\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e9.5 *INDUCTIVE LOGIC PROGRAMMING\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e9.6 NAIVE AND SEMI-NAIVE BAYESIAN CLASSIFIER\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e9.7 BAYESIAN BELIEF NETWORKS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e9.8 SUMMARY AND FURTHER READING\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 10: Statistical Learning  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e10.1 NEAREST NEIGHBORS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e10.2 DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e10.3 LINEAR REGRESSION\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e10.4 LOGISTIC REGRESSION\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e10.5 *SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e10.6 SUMMARY AND FURTHER READING\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 11: Artificial Neural Networks  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e11.1 INTRODUCTION\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e11.2 TYPES OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e11.3 *HOPFIELD’S NEURAL NETWORK\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e11.4 *BAYESIAN NEURAL NETWORK\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e11.5 PERCEPTRON\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e11.6 RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e11.7 **FORMAL DERIVATIONS AND PROOFS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e11.8 SUMMARY AND FURTHER READING\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 12: Cluster Analysis  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e12.1 INTRODUCTION\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e12.2 MEASURES OF DISSIMILARITY\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e12.3 HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e12.4 PARTITIONAL CLUSTERING\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e12.5 MODEL-BASED CLUSTERING\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e12.6 OTHER CLUSTERING METHODS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e12.7 SUMMARY AND FURTHER READING\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 13: **Learning Theory  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e13.1 COMPUTABILITY THEORY AND RECURSIVE FUNCTIONS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e13.2 FORMAL LEARNING THEORY\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e13.3 PROPERTIES OF LEARNING FUNCTIONS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e13.4 PROPERTIES OF INPUT DATA\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e13.5 CONVERGENCE CRITERIA\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e13.6 IMPLICATIONS FOR MACHINE LEARNING\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e13.7 SUMMARY AND FURTHER READING\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 14: **Computational Learning Theory  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e14.1 INTRODUCTION\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e14.2 GENERAL FRAMEWORK FOR CONCEPT LEARNING\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e14.3 PAC LEARNING MODEL\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e14.4 VAPNIK-CHERVONENKIS DIMENSION\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e14.5 LEARNING IN THE PRESENCE OF NOISE\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e14.6 EXACT AND MISTAKE BOUNDED LEARNING MODELS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e14.7 INHERENT UNPREDICTABILITY AND PAC-REDUCTIONS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e14.8 WEAK AND STRONG LEARNING\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e14.9 SUMMARY AND FURTHER READING\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAppendix A: *Definitions of some lesser known terms  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA.1 COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY CLASSES\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA.2 ASYMPTOTIC NOTATION\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA.3 SOME BOUNDS FOR PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA.4 COVARIANCE MATRIX\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReferences\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Machine learning [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Machine learning\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Machine%20learning%20%5BUYQM%5D%22\"\u003eUYQM\u003c\/a\u003e], Databases [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Databases\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Databases%20%5BUN%5D%22\"\u003eUN\u003c\/a\u003e], Library, archive \u0026amp; information management [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Library, archive \u0026amp; information management\" 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Following an introduction from the author, this book will focus on six key communication skills: be brief, be clear, be receptive, be strategic, be credible and be persuasive. Honing these skills will enable readers to more effectively obtain support for strategic programs, communicate more effectively with senior management, IT personnel and staff, and master key forms of business communication including written, verbal and formal presentations. The final chapter will highlight one of the most practical applications of applying the skills for records and information managers: the business case. Based on real events, the business cases spotlighted involve executives who persuaded organizations to adopt new programs. These case histories bring to life many of the six keys to effective communication.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Be brief: how brief?2. Be clear: is my proposal full of jargon?3. 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