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Optimally Irrational

  • 1st Edition
  • January 1, 2029
  • Lionel Page
  • English
Optimally Irrational: The Good Reasons We Behave the Way We Do provides economists, social scientists and researchers in behavioral economics with a clear view of the frontier of research in economics and other behavioral sciences, including how the different biases unveiled by behavioral economics make sense when we try to optimize problems. The book evaluates the role of bias in human economic behavior, considers the human decision-making processes as the product of natural selection, and explores why we behave the way we do.

Effective Physical Security

  • 6th Edition
  • January 1, 2029
  • Lawrence J. Fennelly + 1 more
  • English
Effective Physical Security, Sixth Edition, offers a comprehensive overview of the field and the profession, as well as latest developments and standards, edited and written by recognized, trusted experts. Organized in a logical, accessible order, the text provides the reader with best practice information on traditional and developing topics, whether that reader is a student learning about the field for the first time, or a seasoned professional looking for the most up-to-date information. The Sixth Edition contains important coverage of environmental design (or CPTED), security surveys, locks, lighting, and CCTV, the latest ISO standards for risk assessment and risk management, physical security planning, network systems infrastructure, and environmental design. Updates to this edition include coverage and training points for what Protection Officers need to know about Physical Security devices, drones, and robots.

Big and Open Data for High-quality Transit Access

  • 1st Edition
  • January 1, 2029
  • Jiangping Zhou
  • English
Big and Open Data for High-quality Transit Access: Design, Features, and Performance of Multi-modal Transit Catchment Areas revisits the concept of "transit area" and the existing, normative, and future practice of transit area planning against the backdrop of increasing availability and usage of big and open data. Using empirical data and case studies, the book illustrates how transit area can be epitomized and defined in two dimensions: feature (form) and performance (function) and how big and open data and its combination with data from traditional sources can be used to characterize and quantify the two dimensions and to unravel their complex relationships.This book synthesizes the state-of-the-art in how big and open data has been exploited to facilitate transit-area planning and proposes a normative framework for transit-area planning. In this framework, big and open data, alone and in combination with data from traditional sources, can play a role that data from traditional sources alone cannot. The author takes a mixed-method approach to present and convey the contents to the reader. Survey data collected by the author are used to show what kind of big and open data has been and should be used in the current/future transit-area planning practices.

Creating a Competitive Intelligence Capability

  • 1st Edition
  • January 1, 2029
  • Deonie Botha
  • English
This book examines establishing a Competitive Intelligence (CI) capability within organisations. Many CI practitioners are confronted with the reality of having to make the transition from the ‘what’ to the 'how' and need guidelines on establishing a CI capability. Creating a Competitive Intelligence Capability provides CI practitioners and students at all levels with an overview of the challenges in terms of establishing a CI capability as well as the best practices in terms of addressing CI challenges within an organisational context.

The Ecology of Academic Journals

  • 1st Edition
  • January 1, 2029
  • Bozena Mierzejewska
  • English
The fate of academic journals is highly contested. Pessimistic pundits predict their imminent demise while others envisage a new era of participatory knowledge creation and web only publications, with yet others advocating increased involvement of scholars and libraries in developing a "fair" system of scholarly publishing. The book is written against the backdrop of the complete transformation of scholarly communication. It considers the multifaceted nature of academic journals in a systematic investigation of the journal's eco-system - a metaphor indicating the importance of relationships between all involved stakeholders, their environments and their functioning as a unit.The eco-system of academic journals consists of four contexts: the value chain, the invisible college, the market and the organisation of academia. These contexts also represent various environments - economic, social, and organisational. Central argument claims that all inhabitants of the eco-system are scrambling to adapt to new conditions of changing environment. The aim of this book is to provide the reader with a model for analysing the situation of individual journals in their respective niche markets as well as assisting in continuous observation and adaptation to the changing environment.

Knowledge Audits and Knowledge Mapping

  • 1st Edition
  • January 1, 2029
  • Patrick Lambe
  • English
The knowledge audit is one of the most frequently used foundational activities in knowledge management today. It creates an inventory of key knowledge assets, which, when represented using knowledge maps, is a powerful aid to identifying knowledge gaps, knowledge risks, and knowledge sharing opportunities. Knowledge Audits and Knowledge Mapping lays out for the first time in a clear and practical manner the different forms and purposes of knowledge audits and explains how different kinds of knowledge maps can support their exploitation. This book supports the development of a knowledge management strategy, creates momentum for change, and helps instill a culture of knowledge asset stewardship at every operational level.

Discoverability in the Academic Library

  • 1st Edition
  • January 1, 2029
  • Matt Borg
  • English
Implementing web scale discovery systems such as Summon, EBSCO EDS and Primo Discovery require huge shifts in the way we operate as information professionals. <I>Discoverability in the Academic Library</I> examines cultural changes associated with discoverability, how web scale discovery impacts information literacy teaching and how we can design systems to elicit delight and joy for our users. The first chapter introduces library systems, with the following section going on to explore and detail the cultural challenges of web scale discovery. Remaining chapters explore online information resources and library website design, before the final chapter offers a conclusion and thoughts on the future for libraries and web scale discovery.