Business intelligence is a concept that arose twenty years ago from decision support, which were designed for directors, managers and their supporting analysts. Since then, organizations have come to realize that decision-makers at all levels in all parts of the organization need access to...

As software applications become more and more complicated, it is essential to capture the requirements, model the system design in different phases, and communicate frequently among end users, business analysts and developers. Relational database management systems (RDBMS) are the dominant...

Romania's participation in the implementation of EU regional policy means, first opportunity to benefit from a system of values that can be found between economic efficiency, environmental protection, ensuring minimum standards of existence, the definition of a "European lifestyle, urban values,...

The advent of information and communication technology (ICT) provides opportunities for employees with offices in geographically dispersed locations to communicate, share and collaborate on projects to achieve common business goals. This paper describes the experiences of two Romanian telecom...

Many organizations are in front of most competitive economic environments, where, in order to survive, they must reduce costs all the time and adopt the most intelligent business strategies. In most decision making activities the manager has to decide which variant is the most advantageous,...

In computational semiotics the problem is to emulate a semiosis cycle within a digital computer. This needs the construction of intelligent systems, able to perform intelligent behavior, such as sensorial perception, world modeling, value judgement and behavior generation. These intelligent...