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Money is funny, or why finance is too complex for physics
Casti J. Complexity 8(2): 14-18, 2002. Type: Article
As hard as it may be to believe, efforts to model behavior of human processes, like the stock market, have been going on for many years, even predating the computer era. Using a hypothetical discussion between fictional experts whose n...
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Nov 14 2003 |
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Net worth: shaping markets when customers make the rules
John I., Singer M., Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA, 1999. 313 pp. Type: Book (9780875848891)
The authors see a bright future for a new type of businessentity--a trusted repository of information--which they callan “infomediary.” Such an entity would gather broad anddetailed profiles of con...
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Jun 1 1999 |
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The practical guide to business process reengineering using IDEF0
Feldmann C., Dorset House Publ. Co., Inc., New York, NY, 1998. Type: Book (9780932633378)
Daniel McCracken, a past president of the ACM, once described how he learned to flowchart. A fellow student told him the secret: “First you write the program, and then you do the flowchart.” A psychological study wi...
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Jan 1 1999 |
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Enterprise-wide software solutions
Lozinsky S., Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd., Essex, UK, 1998. Type: Book (9780201309713)
An integrated applications and data environment across the enterprise is the vision of many a CIO (or CEO). How wonderful it is to enter data once and have it immediately available everywhere. Consistent rules, appearance, documentatio...
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Aug 1 1998 |
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The Internet marketing plan
Bayne K., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY, 1997. Type: Book (9780471172956)
The very first sentence of the author’s introduction captures the mood driving the need for this book: “A feeding frenzy has surrounded marketing on the Internet.” From all the buzz, one might think market...
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Jun 1 1998 |
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Software Rx
Wilson R., Prentice-Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1997. Type: Book (9780134726632)
I hope the author will forgive me for revealing the real “Secret Rx” for software in today’s world: “Provide just enough quality so that purchasers, influenced by features, glitz, and price, keep...
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Sep 1 1997 |
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Realizing the object-oriented lifecycle
Baudoin C., Hollowell G., Prentice-Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1996. Type: Book (9780131244542)
Adopting the object-oriented paradigm is commonly viewed as the best possible improvement for software development. While only time will tell for sure, perhaps the days of laboriously developing and redeveloping unique modules and stru...
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Apr 1 1997 |
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PowerBuilder
Bambara J., Allen P., McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, NY, 1995. Type: Book (9780070054134)
There is a myth that application development has become so easy that anyone can do it rapidly using high-power, easy-to-learn, and easy-to-use tools. In fact, complex application development is still time consuming and costly and requi...
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Dec 1 1996 |
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Micro Focus Workbench and Toolset developer’s guide
Lamb R., McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, NY, 1995. Type: Book (9780070361225)
Lamb has produced yet another in-depth survey and detailed tutorial about tools for developing and testing COBOL applications for IBM mainframe environments using high-end PC workstations. COBOL has ancient roots, is still with us, and...
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Jan 1 1996 |
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The practice of business process reengineering
Albers M., Agarwal R., Tanniru M. Reinventing IS (, Alexandria, VA, Mar 24-26, 1994) 961994. Type: Proceedings
It is common knowledge that the business systems of information systems organizations are often far inferior to the systems these organizations develop for clients. The occasional intention to be a model of best practice usually succum...
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Sep 1 1995 |
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