Decision Making Using AI in Energy and Sustainability

Decision Making Using AI in Energy and Sustainability

Artificial intelligence (AI) has a huge impact on science and technology, including energy, where access to resources has been a source of geopolitical conflicts. AI can predict the demand and supply of renewable energy, optimize efficiency in energy systems, and improve the management of natural energy resources, among other things. This book explores the use of AI tools for improving the management of energy systems and providing sustainability with smart cities, smart facilities, smart buildings, smart transportation, and smart houses. Featuring research from International Federation for Information Processing's (IFIP) “AI in Energy and Sustainability” working group, this book provides new models and algorithms for AI applications in energy and sustainability fields.  Any short-term, mid-term and long-term forecasting, optimization models, trend foresights and prescriptions based on scenarios are studied in the energy world and the smart systems for sustainability. The contents of this book are valuable for energy researchers, academics, scholars, practitioners and policy makers.

Digital Etiquette For Dummies

Digital Etiquette For Dummies

Mind your online P's and Q's with this expert digital manners guide Conducting yourself online can be challenging. It sometimes seems like the web and social media is tailor-made to cause upset and anger. But, with the right guide, anyone can learn how to be a beacon of civility and politeness online. In Digital Etiquette For Dummies, a team of online communication experts share their combined insights into improving your presence on social media, writing emails that exude positivity and clarity, behaving correctly in virtual meetings, and much more. You'll become a paragon of politeness as you learn to apply the timeless rules of etiquette to the unique environment of the web, social media, email, Zoom, and smartphones. In this book, you'll also: Learn near-universal etiquette rules for email, social media, cellphones, and more Discover ways to make sure that your polite attitude isn't being lost in the text-only context of a business email Avoid common social media pitfalls and digital faux pas that can trip up even the most careful communicators A great handbook for anyone who uses digital communication in business or in their personal life (so, pretty much everyone), Digital Etiquette For Dummies also belongs on the reading lists of those trying to improve their online interactions on social media.

Grundsätze der Volkswirtschaftslehre

Grundsätze der Volkswirtschaftslehre

Der 1840 geborene Österreicher Carl Menger beschäftigt sich in seinem hier vorliegenden Werk 'Grundsätze der Nationalökonomie' mit Wert- und Preistheorie. Im Unterschied zur derzeit vorherrschenden Arbeitswertlehre, nach der sich die Preise von Gütern durch die Arbeit bestimmen, die für ihre Produktion investiert wird, spielt bei Menger die subjektive Einschätzung die entscheidende Rolle. Mit der Feststellung, dass der Wert eines Gutes mit steigender Menge abnimmt, ist Menger mit seinem 1871 erschienenen Werk einer der Pioniere der Grenznutzentheorie.

Foundations of Economics

Foundations of Economics

Foundations of Economics breathes life into the discipline by linking key economic concepts with wider debates and issues. By bringing to light delightful mind-teasers, philosophical questions and intriguing politics in mainstream economics, it promises to enliven an otherwise dry course whilst inspiring students to do well.The book covers all the main economic concepts and addresses in detail three main areas:* consumption and choice* production and markets* government and the State.Each is discussed in terms of what the conventional textbook says, how these ideas developed in historical and philosophical terms and whether or not they make sense. Assumptions about economics as a discipline are challenged, and several pertinent students' anxieties ('Should I be studying economics?') are discussed.

È l’economia che cambia il mondo

È l’economia che cambia il mondo

Com’è nato il denaro? Da quando il lavoro è una merce? Che ruolo ha avuto il debito nelle società di mercato? In una lettera appassionata alla figlia adolescente, il ministro delle Finanze del governo Tsipras ripercorre le tappe fondanti della storia dell’umanità alla ricerca delle origini della disuguaglianza, attraversando i grandi temi dell’economia “per consentire al lettore di vedere la crisi con occhi diversi e di capire le vere ragioni per cui i governi si rifiutano caparbiamente di prendere le decisioni che porterebbero alla liberazione delle nostre società, in Europa, in Grecia e in tutto il mondo”. Economista radicale e militante anti-austerity, Yanis Varoufakis si rivela anche uno straordinario narratore, capace di raccontare l’economia come un’epopea in cui i contadini senza terra e gli eroi dell’Iliade, gli operai inglesi e Oscar Wilde lottano fianco a fianco per un’idea di società alternativa a quella imposta dal capitale. “È incredibile la facilità con cui tendiamo a considerare ‘logica’, ‘naturale’ e ‘giusta’ la distribuzione della ricchezza che abbiamo sotto gli occhi, specialmente se ci favorisce. Quando ti sembra di propendere per questo tipo di pensieri, ricorda: tutti i bambini nascono nudi, ma per alcuni è già stata pronunciata la condanna alla fame, allo sfruttamento e alla miseria. Non cedere mai alla tentazione di accettare una spiegazione logica per le disuguaglianze che finora, da ragazza che sei, hai ritenuto inaccettabili.”

Mala sangre

Mala sangre

En 2014 Elizabeth Holmes era considerada como la mujer Steve Jobs: una brillante alumna que abandonó Stanford, cuyo mágica nueva empresa prometía revolucionar la industria médica con una máquina que haría las pruebas de sangre significativamente más rápidas y fáciles.Respaldados por inversionistas importantes, Theranos vendió acciones en una ronda de recaudación que valoró a la compañía en más de 9.000 millones.Solo había un problema: la tecnología no funcionaba.Durante años, Holmes había engañado a inversionistas, funcionarios de la FDA y a sus empleados. Cuando John Carreyrou destapó escándalo en 2015 en el Wall Street Journal fueron amenazados con demandas. En 2017 el valor de la compañía era cero y Holmes se enfrentaba a una acción legal potencial del gobierno e inversionistas.

Good Guys and Bad Guys

Good Guys and Bad Guys

The greatest columns and profiles by the bestselling coauthor of All the Devils Are Here. What's it like to be a top tobacco executive when your kid asks you about smoking? How did a young liberal arts major become the hottest tech-stock analyst of the '90s, and why did he self-destruct? How did one family's dysfunction change the media landscape?Some people think business journalism is all about balance sheets, income statements, and earnings per share. But if you want to answer the really interesting questions-about heroes and hucksters, visionaries and madmen, and other larger-than-life characters-you need a reporter like Joe Nocera.For more than twenty-five years Nocera has shed new light on the giants of the business world-Warren Buffett, T. Boone Pickens, Bob Nardelli-as well as on the less famous but equally fascinating. He builds stories around their motivations, personalities, and deepest characters. And instead of just pigeonholing them as good guys or bad guys, he explores the gray areas in between.

Storyteller di successo

Storyteller di successo

Anche i migliori progetti e le idee più brillanti non hanno futuro se non vengono comunicati in maniera corretta. Che si tratti di una conferenza, di un meeting aziendale o di una riunione con i colleghi, catturare e mantenere l’attenzione degli ascoltatori, guidare una conversazione nella direzione desiderata, ottenere credibilità agli occhi del pubblico e spingerlo all’azione è ciò che conta. In questa guida pratica e completa Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic, autrice best seller e speaker di livello internazionale, insegna a raccontare un contenuto in modo efficace e persuasivo, svelando i segreti per realizzare presentazioni vincenti capaci di raggiungere l'obiettivo. La base da cui partire è sempre la conoscenza profonda dell'audience e la messa a fuoco del messaggio. Si passa poi alla preparazione delle slide, per trasformare le idee in concetti chiari e convincenti. Si arriva infine a illustrare le migliori strategie per comunicare con sicurezza ed efficacia. Un libro indispensabile per chi vuole imparare a condividere informazioni, coinvolgere e ispirare gli ascoltatori, diventando uno storyteller di successo.

Sales and Service Digital Transformation

Sales and Service Digital Transformation

This book provides a systematic and comprehensive introduction to CRM3.0 in the digital era, which includes innovation in sales and service theoretical systems, in digital tools and products, in value evaluation systems, and in support systems, combined with cases of enterprises. It elaborates on sales in the digital era from different perspectives such as theoretical systems, business models, value output, and digital tools, as well as how to serve digital innovation and transformation.This book involves lots of charts, combined with cases of industry innovation and transformation of typical enterprises, to provide reference and inspiration for managers and practitioners in business especially who are in demand of digital transformation for enterprises, as well as the readers in business schools.

Building Cloud Software Products

Building Cloud Software Products

Cloud-native approaches have become essential in IT and OT product development. Cloud-native is more than using the newest cutting-edge services from hyperscalers. Building cloud products benefits from a holistic approach beyond focusing on an isolated cloud paradigm. This book addresses the different aspects of designing, building, and running cloud software products and services from a holistic perspective. It investigates how to empower cloud product and service teams to consider the relevant aspects for long-term success. It provides an overview of selected technologies and practical adoptions and explores various requirements to maintain economic and environmental sustainability. It examines the challenges faced by product management teams of cloud providers, independent software vendors (ISVs), and system integrators (SIs) and offers potential solutions. The chapters also showcase internal success stories and case studies of various companies during the lifecycle of a cloud product.Offering a combination of advanced research from academia and practical industry lessons learned, this book empowers cloud product and service teams to consider and adopt various ideas, concepts, and methods to provide successful, high-quality cloud products and services.

Place Your

Place Your "Bet" on Internet Gaming

Casino gaming companies such as MGM Mirage, Harrah's and Park Place Entertainment, in addition to their traditional land-based casino properties, must consider the potential impact of Internet gambling on their existing operations. It appears that several Internet gaming companies have been quite successful and that the global market potential could be significant. Each of the United States gaming companies has taken very conservative approaches to Internet gaming in an effort to maintain their long-standing relationships with their respective state gaming authority. However, non-traditional casino companies have developed off-shore Internet gaming operations to circumvent traditional land-based gaming regulations. Going forward, traditional gaming companies will need to consider the possible legalization of Internet gaming on a large scale and how they would respond.

Reinvention

Reinvention

If you knew you couldn’t fail, what is the greatest thing you would dare to dream? Is the job you now have the one you’ve always wanted? As personal success expert Brian Tracy can attest, it’s not until you deal with the dissatisfactions of the present that you can move onward and upward to create the wonderful future that is possible for you.This transformative book reveals how everyone can remake themselves and put an end to the chronic stress, unhappiness, and dissatisfaction in career and life.In Reinvention, Tracy helps readers reach this ultimate goal through a series of interactive exercises that show them how to:take control of their careers;turn unexpected shakeups and turbulence into positive occasions for growth;dramatically improve their earning ability;develop the self-confidence to take the kind of risks that lead to rapid advancement;decide on and get the job they really want;set clear goals for their lives;write resumes that get results;determine their own salary range; and more.We live in a time of rapid change but also of unprecedented opportunity. Reinvention supplies readers with a proven system to turn their greatest dreams into reality.

Big Bang Being

Big Bang Being

When asked for the definition of mental health and fulfilment, Sigmund Freud had two words: lieben und arbeiten, love and work. In this book we will find how 16 business leaders brought together their compassion, their caring for others and the world, with their work.True, only on rare occasions are we able to meet the person behind initiatives that made a positive impact on the world, even less have an in-depth view into their feelings, concerns, hesitations, doubts and most intimate thoughts. What is seen publicly is the initiative, the impact on the bottom line and the community, or sometimes on the environment. Yet it is their _personal_ stories that can be most inspirational, since they draw our attention to the fact that amazing achievements start in simple ways, with just the thinking of one individual. And when we find out that the "exemplary individuals" have many very "human" aspects that we identify with and find in ourselves, it brings us closer; and, particularly, it may even trigger in us the question: If she could do it... I wonder what could _I_ do?The interviews, however, were only the beginning of the journey. The lessons of the interviews made it possible to identify how we can all develop a sustainability mindset: in other words, the thinking and the being that can take us from breakdown to breakthrough on this planet. Each one of us can play a part in leading the change; in fact, we are already playing a part – we are just not necessarily aware if that is the part we would like to play, or aware that we choose the change we are contributing to unfold.Part I presents the 16 leaders, including a summary of their story and their initiatives. Part II goes a little deeper, as you will find two dimensions that were not obvious but which underlie the way these business leaders championed the initiatives: the Thinking and the Being. Part III explores why sustainability change is so slow, and addresses the "elephant in the room": the values and beliefs that anchor our Western Weltanschauung, or worldview. Part IV addresses the alternatives that we have to convert the unsustainable values into opportunities that will permit humanity to thrive and to break through the obstructions that prevent us from stasis. Finally, Part V takes us beyond the tipping point, and presents us with an opportunity to evolve as humans developing a new way of thinking and being on this planet. This transformation is so radical and significant, that the author calls it the Big Bang Being.

Debito

Debito

David Graeber, l’antropologo alle origini del movimento di Seattle e del movimento Occupy (suo lo slogan «Siamo il 99%»), rivoluziona la teoria sociale ed economica in un libro destinato a rimanere nel tempo.In uno stile colloquiale e diretto, attraverso l’indagine storica, antropologica, filosofica, teologica, Graeber ribalta la versione tradizionale sulle origini dei mercati. Mostra come l’istituzione del debito sia anteriore alla moneta e come da sempre sia oggetto di aspri conflitti sociali: in Mesopotamia i sovrani dovevano periodicamente rimediare con giubilei alla riduzione in schiavitù per debiti di ampie fasce della popolazione, pena la deflagrazione di tutta la società. Da allora, la nozione di debito si è estesa alla religione come cifra delle relazioni morali («rimetti a noi i nostri debiti») e domina i rapporti umani, definendo libertà e asservimento.Mercati e moneta non sorgono automaticamente dal baratto, come sostengono gli economisti fin dai tempi di Adam Smith, ma vengono creati dagli stati, che tassano i sudditi per finanziare le guerre e pagare i soldati. In quest’ottica, il conio della moneta si diffonde per imporre la sovranità dello stato e assicurare il pagamento uniforme dei tributi. L’economia commerciale, basata sulla calcolabilità impersonale, eclissa così le economie umane, basate sulla reciprocità personale. Gli ultimi 5000 anni di storia hanno visto l’alternarsi di fasi di moneta aurea e moneta creditizia, fino al definitivo abbandono dell’oro come base del sistema monetario internazionale nel 1971.Graeber guarda agli sviluppi di Europa, Medio Oriente, India e Cina, e individua tre grandi cicli nella lunga storia del debito. L’Età assiale (dall’800 a.C. al 600 d.C.), in cui si impone il potere di conio degli imperi e le grandi religioni fanno la loro comparsa. Il Medioevo, dove l’economia viene demonizzata, in Europa come in Cina. L’età degli imperi capitalisti, delle grandi conquiste e del ritorno allo schiavismo, che vede il mondo inondato d’oro e d’argento.Graeber esplora infine la crisi attuale, nata dall’abuso di creazione di strumenti finanziari ilSaggiatore da parte delle grandi banche deregolamentate, e sostiene la superiorità morale di cittadini e stati indebitati rispetto a creditori corrotti e senza scrupoli che vogliono ridurre libertà e democrazia alla misura dello spread sui titoli pubblici.

Build Rapid Expertise

Build Rapid Expertise

A deconstruction of the elements of expertise, and practical step-by-step methods to reach it ASAP.Expertise - we all want it, and traditionally it would take years of intense study and practice. But just because it’s always been that way doesn’t mean you have to follow that path. It’s time to use all the resources at your disposal and learn a new approach.Learn a plethora of scientifically-validated methods.BUILD RAPID EXPERTISE has a simple goal. Let’s help you get from Point A to Point B, where Point B is an extremely high level of expertise in your desired area or topic. You’ll learn how to learn effectively, and what steps you must take to gain a respectable and enviable knowledge base. Understand what the industry leaders know, and how to make sense of completely foreign topics.Think outside the box and strategically accelerate your expertise.Peter Hollins has studied psychology and peak human performance for over a dozen years and is a bestselling author. He has worked with a multitude of individuals to unlock their potential and path towards success. His writing draws on his academic, coaching, and research experience.Make learning easier, more efficient, and more organized.•Learning myths, the biology of learning of expertise, and the most important mindsets for expertise.•Information: how to collect it, filter it, organize it, understand it, and master it.•Easy tactics to exponentially improve your memory.•Multiple models and paths to expertise, including using exemplars and finding knowledge gaps.•What language acquisition and learning an instrument can teach us about expertise.1% world-class expertise opens the door to the life you want.Expertise is always the goal, whether in the office or in our personal lives. They can mean very different things in each context, but the end result is greater happiness and fulfillment. All you need is a clearer and deeper understanding of what expertise really is, and how you can attain it. Begin the journey to the best phase of your life with this book.

Économie de l'enlisement : Intérêt, change, emploi, dans les années 90

Économie de l'enlisement : Intérêt, change, emploi, dans les années 90

La décennie 90 s’est ouverte, en France, sur un changement brutal des comportements. Aux « années de strass », ont succédé les « années de cendres », caractérisées par un recul du désir d’entreprendre et une course à la sécurité financière. Les structures patrimoniales sont brutalement apparues inadéquates aux acteurs du secteur privé : trop d’actifs réels faiblement productifs, trop d’un endettement coûteux, un matelas d’épargne à épaissir. D’où des tendances à la baisse du prix de ces actifs réels, au sous-investissement, à l’appréciation du change, à l’élargissement du solde extérieur, à l’érosion des marges bénéficiaires, à la contraction de la production et des effectifs employés. Cette crise conjoncturelle, d’une durée exceptionnelle, est venue aggraver le chômage endémique qui sévit depuis vingt-cinq ans. L’enlisement désigne précisément une situation dans laquelle l’action publique ne parvient pas à extraire l’économie des sables mouvants où elle s’enfonce. Ce livre a pour ambition de démonter les mécanismes qui sont à l’origine de cette contre-performance et de délimiter le cercle des réalités dans lequel devront s’inscrire les politiques efficaces de l’avenir…

The Idea Factory

The Idea Factory

The definitive history of America’s greatest incubator of innovation and the birthplace of some of the 20th century’s most influential technologies“Filled with colorful characters and inspiring lessons . . . The Idea Factory explores one of the most critical issues of our time: What causes innovation?” —Walter Isaacson, The New York Times Book Review“Compelling . . . Gertner's book offers fascinating evidence for those seeking to understand how a society should best invest its research resources.” —The Wall Street JournalFrom its beginnings in the 1920s until its demise in the 1980s, Bell Labs-officially, the research and development wing of AT&T-was the biggest, and arguably the best, laboratory for new ideas in the world. From the transistor to the laser, from digital communications to cellular telephony, it's hard to find an aspect of modern life that hasn't been touched by Bell Labs. In The Idea Factory, Jon Gertner traces the origins of some of the twentieth century's most important inventions and delivers a riveting and heretofore untold chapter of American history. At its heart this is a story about the life and work of a small group of brilliant and eccentric men-Mervin Kelly, Bill Shockley, Claude Shannon, John Pierce, and Bill Baker-who spent their careers at Bell Labs. Today, when the drive to invent has become a mantra, Bell Labs offers us a way to enrich our understanding of the challenges and solutions to technological innovation. Here, after all, was where the foundational ideas on the management of innovation were born.

Social Foundations of Markets, Money and Credit

Social Foundations of Markets, Money and Credit

Where does the power of money come from? Why is trust so important in financial operations? How does the swapping of gifts differ from the exchange of commodities? Where does self-interest stop and communal solidarity start in capitalist economies?These issues and many more are discussed in a rigorous, yet readable, manner in Social Foundations of

Behavioral Economics

Behavioral Economics

Learn about Behavioral Economics with iMinds insightful knowledge series. According to most economics textbooks, human beings are super-rational creatures who know what is in their own best interests and always act accordingly. When making a decision to buy something, the rational consumer will evaluate all the possible alternatives before making a purchase, having already conducted research on the state of the market. They would not buy something on the spur of the moment, or on the recommendation of a friend.  Nor would a rational consumer be unduly influenced by advertising or a brand name in making purchasing decisions. This explanation of human behavior is known as the rational agent model.  Sound realistic? iMinds brings targeted knowledge to your iPad with short information segments  to whet your mental appetite and broaden your mind.

Entropy Economics

Entropy Economics

Economists dream of equilibrium. It’s time to wake up. In mainstream economics, markets are ideal if competition is perfect. When supply balances demand, economic maturity is orderly and disturbed only by shocks. These ideas are rooted in doctrines going back thousands of years, yet, as James K. Galbraith and Jing Chen show, they contradict the foundations of our scientific understanding of the physical and biological worlds. Entropy Economics discards the conventions of equilibrium and presents a new basis for thinking about economic issues, one rooted in life processes—an unequal world of unceasing change in which boundaries, plans, and regulations are essential. Galbraith and Chen’s theory of value is based on scarcity, and it accounts for the power of monopoly. Their theory of production covers increasing and decreasing returns, uncertainty, fixed investments over time, and the impact of rising resource costs. Together, their models illuminate key problems such as trade, finance, energy, climate, conflict, and demography. Entropy Economics is a thrilling framework for understanding the world as it is and will be keenly relevant to the economic challenges of a world threatened with disorder.