Regarding the set of all feature attributes in a given database as the universal set, this monograph discusses various nonadditive set functions that describe the interaction among the contributions from feature attributes towards a considered target attribute. Then, the relevant nonlinear integrals are investigated. These integrals can be...

Business intelligence is a broad category of applications andtechnologies for gathering, providing access to, and analyzing datafor the purpose of helping enterprise users make better businessdecisions. The term implies having a comprehensive knowledge of allfactors that affect a business, such as customers, competitors,business partners,...

Student engagement with digital learning resources and online social networking are strong forces in education today. How can these resources best be utilized by educators and course designers in higher education? This book aims to provide the reader with enough background information to appreciate the value of social networking, especially...

Combinatorial Methods with Computer Applications provides in-depth coverage of recurrences, generating functions, partitions, and permutations, along with some of the most interesting graph and network topics, design constructions, and finite geometries. Requiring only a foundation in discrete mathematics, it can serve as the...

The book comprises a selection of twenty two...