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Academic libraries and campus computing costs

Pastine, Maureen - In: The Bottom Line 9 (1996) 3, pp. 20-32

Suggests that many universities and their libraries are not prepared to meet the expanding costs for computing and … academic computing and equipping the campus for improved electronic communications and networking within and outside the campus …. This “re‐engineering” process included development of the mission and principles of computing, compiled with the help of …

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Metaplanning in FMS scheduling

Lee, Anita; Hung Cheng, Chun - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 16 (1996) 6, pp. 12-24

Presents an object‐oriented system for scheduling in a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) with the purpose of demonstrating how the control aspects of such a system can be enhanced by using metalevel planning. Represents the objects and metaknowledge of the system using an object‐oriented...

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Evaluation of Ashtekar variables using stensor

Daftardar-Gejji, Varsha - In: Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM) 42 (1996) 4, pp. 731-738

Algebric computing (AC) has been used successfully in General Relativity (GR). In this paper the applications of AC to …

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Organizational learning and online consumer information services

Young, Murray A.; Sauer, Paul L. - In: Journal of Consumer Marketing 13 (1996) 5, pp. 35-46

Points out that more and more businesses are creating home pages, electronic catalog sheets, and Web sites that allow organizations and households to learn about the firm’s goods and services. Derives how these activities are precipitating a new wave of organizational learning from the...

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'What Are They Doing? Dilemmas in Analyzing Bibliographic Searching: Cultural and Technical Networks in Academic Life'

David, Matthew; Zeitlyn, David - In: Sociological Research Online 1 (1996) 4, pp. 2-2

This paper presents provisional results from research into the uses and usefulness of electronic bibliographic databases in academic contexts. The research has been carried out as part of a British Library funded research project using ethnographic, focus group and conversation analytic...

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