1. Introduction. Lloyd Strickland, Julia Weckend -- Section 1: Science. 2. Philosophy and science in Leibniz. Maria Rosa Antognazza -- 3. Between learned science and technical knowledge: Leibniz, Leeuwenhoek and the school for microscopists. Alessandro Becchi -- 4. Leibniz, organic matter and...

Real problems are formulated into tractable mathematical models, which allow for an analysis of various approaches.Attention is focused on solutions.Provides a unified treatment of the models discussed , presents a critique of the existing results, and points out potential research directions.

Introduces the basic terms and fundamentals of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), and helps in starting a PLM development project. This book gives ideas and examples how PLM can be utilized in various industries. It also offers an insight into how PLM can assist in creating business...

PLM — Prozesse, Konzepte, Lösungen -- PLM im Wandel der Zeit -- PLM im Überblick -- Bausteine und Prozesse im PLM -- PLM und die Kerngeschäftsprozesse des Unternehmens -- Unterstützende PLM-Prozesse / Querschnittsprozesse -- IT-Bausteine einer prozessorientierten PLM-Lösung -- Methoden...

Einführung -- Betriebliche Funktionen und Prozesse -- Daten -- Kommunikation, Information und Wissen -- Die Inhalte betrieblicher Daten -- Die Struktur betrieblicher Daten -- Anwendungssysteme -- Datenverantwortung und Organisation -- Die absehbare Zukunft: Grundideen von XML.

Foreword by Prof. John L. Hennessy (Stanford University, California, USA) and Prof. David A. Patterson (University of California at Berkeley, USA). - Preface . - Introduction. - PART I - An Infl ection Point for Enterprise Applications . - 1 Desirability, Feasibility, Viability - The Impact of...

Recent achievements in hardware and software development, such as multi-core CPUs and DRAM capacities of multiple terabytes per server, enabled the introduction of a revolutionary technology: in-memory data management. This technology supports the flexible and extremely fast analysis of massive...

Introduction -- The Future of Enterprise Computing: New Requirements for Enterprise Computing -- Enterprise Application Characteristics -- Changes in Hardware -- A Blueprint of SanssouciDB -- Foundations of Database Storage Techniques: Dictionary Encoding -- Compression -- Data Layout in Main...

1 Dawn of Corporate Governance: Japan must change -- 2 Cash Valuation Assessment of Japanese Corporations: When 100 yen is Valued at 50 yen -- 3 Abenomics Requires Enhancement of Corporate Value via ROE -- 4 Equity Spread and Value Creation -- 5 Value Creative Investment Criteria -- 6 Optimal...