Il ruolo dei canali virtuali nella distribuzione dei servizi finanziari rappresenta uno degli aspetti pi rilevanti nella ristrutturazione della rete distributiva bancaria e finanziaria tradizionale. La banca virtuale modifica i processi e le modalita' di produzione mediante la tecnologia,...

L'Economia del Benessere, che deve la sua denominazione all'opera omonima di Arthur C. Pigou del 1920, si costituisce come discorso scientifico sulla base della filosofia etica utilitaristica basata sulla valutazione della bonta' di un'azione in termini di bilancio tra sensazioni di piacere e di...

The creation of new programming languages, capable of fully deploying the new technological innovations and operating environments, requires more and more accurate and affordable analysis. In this study, a technique for the generation of formal models for the specification of the semantics of...

The traditional NPV (Net Present Value) method doesn't value opportunely the e-commerce investment projects which are characte\-rized by initial limited cash flows and a high uncertainty. The real options theory instead individuates the strategical opportunities as basic part of the project...

The need to store data and information permanently, for their reuse in later stages, is a very relevant problem in the modern world and now affects a large number of people and economic agents. The storage and subsequent use of data can indeed be a valuable source for decision making or to...

Because the CPU is a very expensive resource in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), it is very important to consider the overhead introduced in a routing protocol. Many theories have been hypothesized with the aim of minimizing it. But how much is the energy consumption from a network node’s...

Le possibili applicazioni della modellizzazione e simulazione nel campo della Bioinforma- tica sono molto ampie. Le applicazioni spaziano dalla comprensione dei percorsi metabolici di base all'esplorazione della variabilita genetica. I biologi molecolari necessitano di robusti strumenti di...

In the last 20 years, the concept of ‘Sustainable Development’ (SD) has become very popular and wide spread in the world. In particular, the environmental dimension of SD asks for new ways to accomplish enhanced quality of life with reduced environmental impact. As a consequence, innovations...

The photovoltaic (PV) industry in Italy has already crossed the threshold of 1 GW of installed capacity. Currently there are approximately 70,000 certified facilities in operation for a power generation of 1,300 GWh/year. With these figures, Italy has become the second country in Europe for PV...