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UNINA9910780664903321 |
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McCreery Christopher |
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The order of Canada : its origins, history, and development / / Christopher McCreery |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2005 |
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1-4426-5888-6 |
1-4426-2796-4 |
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[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (441 p.) |
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Decorations of honor - Canada - History |
History |
Electronic books. |
Canada |
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Livello bibliografico |
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"Desiderantes meliorem patriam". |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover -- Contents -- Message from the Queen -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- CHAPTER ONE: False Starts and Honours in Canada, 1867-1917: The Creation of a Canadian Policy -- CHAPTER TWO: Controversy and Discontent, 1917-1935: The Decline and Brief Revival of British Honours in Canada -- CHAPTER THREE: The Honours Quagmire, 1935-1948: The Ubiquitous Canada Medal -- CHAPTER FOUR: More False Starts: Massey Presses Forward -- CHAPTER FIVE: First Successful Steps: Founding the Order of Canada -- CHAPTER SIX: Selection and Reaction: The First Honours List -- CHAPTER SEVEN: Transition to a Complete Honours System -- CHAPTER EIGHT: Enlargement and Acceptance -- CHAPTER NINE: The Logistics of a National Order -- CHAPTER TEN: Unity and Diversity: The Composition of the Order of Canada -- CHAPTER ELEVEN: Honorary Membership: The Extended Project -- CHAPTER TWELVE: Centrepiece of a Modern Honours System: Recognition from Sea to Sea -- Appendix 1: Members of the Interdepartmental Committee and Awards Co-ordination Committee, 1942 -- Appendix 2: Royal Warrant Creating the Canada |
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Medal, 1943 -- Appendix 3: Proposed Royal Warrant Creating the Canadian Award of Honour and Canadian Decoration of Honour, 1943 -- Appendix 4: Letters Patent Founding the Order of Canada, 1967 -- Appendix 5: Constitution of the Order of Canada, 1967 -- Appendix 6: Nomination Form from Vincent Massey -- Appendix 7: Distribution of First Awards of the Order of Canada, July 1967 -- Appendix 8: Recipients of the Order of Canada, July 1967 -- Appendix 9: Constitution of the Order of Canada, 1972 -- Appendix 10: Order of Canada Insignia Manufacture, 1967-2004 -- Appendix 11: Chancellors of the Order of Canada -- Appendix 12: Officials of the Order of Canada -- Appendix 13: Members of the Advisory Council of the Order of Canada. |
Appendix 14: Honorary Recipients of the Order of Canada -- Appendix 15: Constitution of the Order of Canada, 2001 -- Appendix 16: Amendments to the Constitution of the Order of Canada -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Illustrations. |
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Extensively illustrated with never-before-published photographs, The Order of Canada: Its Origins, History, and Developments pays tribute to the individuals who felt the need for a system of recognition for Canadians. Electronic Format Disclaimer: Images removed at the request of the rights holder. |
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UNINA9910627276703321 |
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17th International Conference on Soft Computing Models in Industrial and Environmental Applications (SOCO 2022) : Salamanca, Spain, September 5–7, 2022, Proceedings / / edited by Pablo García Bringas, Hilde Pérez García, Francisco Javier Martinez-de-Pison, José Ramón Villar Flecha, Alicia Troncoso Lora, Enrique A. de la Cal, Álvaro Herrero, Francisco Martínez Álvarez, Giuseppe Psaila, Héctor Quintián, Emilio S. Corchado Rodriguez |
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Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
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[1st ed. 2023.] |
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1 online resource (676 pages) |
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Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, , 2367-3389 ; ; 531 |
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Computational intelligence |
Industrial engineering |
Production engineering |
Computational Intelligence |
Industrial and Production Engineering |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Intro -- Preface -- Organization -- General Chair -- International Advisory Committee -- Program Committee Chairs -- Program Committee -- Special Sessions -- Machine Learning and Computer Vision in Industry 4.0 -- Program Committee -- Time Series Forecasting in Industrial and Environmental Applications -- Program Committee -- Optimization, Modeling, and Control by Soft Computing Techniques -- Program Committee -- Soft Computing Applied to Renewable Energy Systems -- Program Committee -- Preprocessing Big Data in Machine Learning -- Program Committee -- Tackling Real-World Problems with Artificial Intelligence -- Program Committee -- SOCO 2022 Organizing Committee Chairs -- SOCO 2022 Organizing Committee -- Contents -- Decision Support and Deep Learning -- Anomaly Detection of Security Threats to Cyber-Physical Systems: A Study -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Statistical Analysis -- 3 Literature |
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Analysis -- 3.1 CPS Security Design -- 3.2 Anomaly Detection/Threat Detection in CPS -- 4 Outstanding Challenges -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Predictive Maintenance for Maintenance-Effective Manufacturing Using Machine Learning Approaches -- 1 Introduction -- 2 State-of-the-Art -- 3 Training/Testing Dataset -- 4 Proposed Methodology -- 4.1 Gradient Boosting Training -- 4.2 Support Vector Machine Training -- 5 Results and Discussion -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Estimation of Lamb Weight Using Transfer Learning and Regression -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Image Acquisition and Data Preparation -- 3 Proposed Architecture -- 4 Experimental Results -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- UAV Simulation for Object Detection and 3D Reconstruction Fusing 2D LiDAR and Camera -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Works -- 3 Simulation Framework -- 4 Proposed Process -- 5 Demonstration and Evaluation -- 6 Conclusions and Perspectives -- References. |
A SO2 Pollution Concentrations Prediction Approach Using Autoencoders -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Database -- 3 Methodology -- 4 Results -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- CPU Computation Influence on Energy Consumption Forecasting Activities of a Building -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Case Study and Results -- 3.1 Case Study -- 3.2 Results -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Python-Based Ecosystem for Agent Communities Simulation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Works -- 3 Proposed Solution -- 3.1 PEAK Multi-agent System Platform -- 3.2 Management -- 4 Case Study -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Deep Learning Approach for the Prediction of the Concentration of Chlorophyll ɑ in Seawater. A Case Study in El Mar Menor (Spain) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Area Description and Datasets -- 3 Methods -- 3.1 Artificial Neural Networks -- 3.2 Bayesian Regularized Neural Networks -- 3.3 Long Short-Term Memory Neural Networks -- 3.4 Mutual Information -- 3.5 Minimum-Redundancy-Maximum-Relevance (mRMR) -- 4 Experimental Procedure -- 4.1 Creation of the Lagged Datasets -- 4.2 Forecasting Models -- 5 Results and Discussion -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Evolutionary Computing -- A Hybrid Discrete Symbiotic Organisms Search Algorithm and List-Based Simulated Annealing Algorithm for Traveling Salesman Problem -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Discrete Symbiotic Organisms Search Algorithm for TSP -- 2.1 Mutualism Phase -- 2.2 Commensalism Phase -- 2.3 Parasitism Phase -- 3 A List-Based Simulated Annealing Algorithm for TSP -- 4 A Hybrid DSOS-LBSA Algorithm for TSP -- 5 Computational Results and Discussion -- 5.1 Parameter Settings -- 5.2 Computational Results and Analysis -- 6 Conclusion and Future Work -- References -- Estimation of Distribution Algorithms Applied to the Next Release Problem -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Next Release Problem -- 2.1 Related Work. |
2.2 Multi-objective Next Release Problem -- 3 Proposal: Univariate EDAs for the MONRP -- 3.1 MONRP-UMDA -- 3.2 MONRP-PBIL -- 4 Experimental Evaluation -- 4.1 Algorithms -- 4.2 Datasets -- 4.3 Methodology -- 5 Results and Analysis -- 5.1 Best Configurations -- 5.2 Pareto Front Results -- 5.3 Metrics Results -- 6 Conclusions and Future Works -- References -- An Extremal Optimization Approach to the Pairwise Connectivity Critical Node Detection Problem -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work and Problem Formulation -- 3 Extremal Optimization -- 4 Numerical Experiments -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Neural Networks and Data Mining -- Dimensional Reduction Applied to an Intelligent Model for Boost Converter Switching Operation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Case Study -- 3 Model Approach -- 3.1 Dataset -- 3.2 Methods -- 3.3 Classification Model -- 3.4 Experiments Description -- 4 Results -- 5 Conclusions and Future |
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Works -- References -- Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets in J-CO-QL+? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- 2.1 Classical Fuzzy Sets -- 2.2 Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets and Relations -- 2.3 Example: Representing Medical Knowledge -- 3 Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets and J-CO-QL+ -- 3.1 J-CO-QL+ Data Model and Execution Model -- 3.2 J-CO-QL+ Script -- 4 Learned Lessons and Conclusions -- References -- Assessing the Efficient Market Hypothesis for Cryptocurrencies with High-Frequency Data Using Time Series Classification -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 3 Methods -- 4 Experiments and Results -- 4.1 Datasets Used -- 4.2 Experimental Settings and Performance Measures -- 4.3 Results -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Blockchain for Supply Chain Traceability with Data Validation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Blockchain-Based GSC Traceability -- 4 Smart Contract for GSC Traceability -- 5 Smart Contract Implementation and Performance Evaluation. |
6 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- Compression of Clustered Ship Trajectories for Context Learning and Anomaly Detection -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background Information -- 2.1 Data Pre-processing and Data Imbalance -- 2.2 Trajectory Clustering -- 2.3 Trajectory Compression -- 3 Proposed Architecture -- 3.1 Data Preparation and Cluster Generation -- 3.2 Compression of Trajectories -- 3.3 Representative Points Extraction -- 4 Results Analysis -- 5 Conclusions and Perspectives -- References -- DR Participants' Actual Response Prediction Using Artificial Neural Networks -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Proposed Methodology -- 3 Case Study -- 4 Results and Discussion -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Non-linear Neural Models to Predict HRC Steel Price in Spain -- 1 Introduction and Previous Work -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 2.1 Dataset -- 2.2 Non-lineal Neural Models -- 3 Experiments and Results -- 4 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- Soft Computing Applications -- First Steps Predicting Execution of Civil Works from Georeferenced Infrastructure Data -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 State of the Art -- 1.2 Research Proposal -- 2 Methodology -- 2.1 Preprocess -- 2.2 Data Analysis -- 2.3 Dataset Generation -- 2.4 Supervised Classification -- 2.5 Evaluation -- 2.6 Results -- 3 Conclusion -- References -- Virtual Sensor to Estimate Air Pollution Heavy Metals Using Bioindicators -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Database -- 3 Methodology -- 4 Results -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Regression Techniques to Predict the Growth of Potato Tubers -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Previous Work -- 3 Regression Techniques -- 3.1 Multiple Linear Regression -- 3.2 Multilayer Perceptron -- 3.3 Radial-Basis Function Network -- 3.4 Support Vector Machine -- 4 Materials and Methods -- 5 Results and Discussion -- 6 Conclusions and Future Work -- References. |
Reliability-Sensitive Optimization for Provision of Ancillary Services by Tempo-Spatial Correlated Distributed Energy Resources -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Multivariate Correlation Modeling -- 2.1 Pair-Copula Construction -- 2.2 D-Vine Copula Structure -- 3 Reliability-Sensitive Optimization -- 3.1 Multivariate Correlation Modeling -- 3.2 Joint Reliability Evaluation Methodology -- 4 Simulation Study -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Special Session on Machine Learning and Computer Vision in Industry 4.0 -- Predictive Maintenance of ATM Machines by Modelling Remaining Useful Life with Machine Learning Techniques -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials -- 3 Methods -- 3.1 Task Definition -- 3.2 Feature Extraction and Selection -- 3.3 Pre-processing -- 3.4 Machine Learning Model -- 3.5 Experimental Procedure -- 4 Results -- 5 PdM Decision Support System for SIMPLE Project -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- The Impact of Content Deletion on Tabular Data Similarity Using Contextual Word Embeddings |
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-- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Research Method -- 4 Experiments -- 4.1 Models -- 4.2 Datasets -- 4.3 Results -- 5 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- Deep Learning-Based Dementia Prediction Using Multimodal Data -- 1 Introduction -- 2 DementiaBank Dataset -- 3 Approach -- 3.1 Audio -- 3.2 Text -- 3.3 Multimodal -- 3.4 Other Approaches -- 4 Evaluation -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Lightweight Models in Face Attribute Recognition: Performance Under Oclussions -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Description of the System -- 3.1 Models -- 3.2 Datasets -- 4 Experimental Setup -- 4.1 Training -- 4.2 Evaluation -- 5 Evaluation with Masked Faces -- 6 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- Small Vessel Detection in Changing Seaborne Environments Using Anchor-Free Detectors on Aerial Images -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 2.1 Vessel Detection. |
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This book contains accepted papers presented at SOCO 2022 conference held in the beautiful and historic city of Salamanca (Spain), in September 2022. Soft computing represents a collection or set of computational techniques in machine learning, computer science, and some engineering disciplines, which investigate, simulate, and analyze very complex issues and phenomena. After a thorough peer-review process, the 17th SOCO 2022 International Program Committee selected 64 papers which are published in these conference proceedings and represent an acceptance rate of 60%. In this relevant edition, a particular emphasis was put on the organization of special sessions. Seven special sessions were organized related to relevant topics such as machine learning and computer vision in Industry 4.0; time series forecasting in industrial and environmental applications; optimization, modeling, and control by soft computing techniques; soft computing applied to renewable energy systems; preprocessing big data in machine learning; tackling real-world problems with artificial intelligence. The selection of papers was extremely rigorous to maintain the high quality of the conference. We want to thank the members of the program committees for their hard work during the reviewing process. This is a crucial process for creating a high-standard conference; the SOCO conference would not exist without their help. |
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UNINA9910811012703321 |
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Autore |
Opelt Andreas <1978-> |
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Agile contracts : creating and managing successful projects with Scrum / / Andreas Opelt ... [et al.] |
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Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2013 |
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9781118640067 |
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9781118640128 |
1118640128 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (302 p.) |
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Wiley series in systems engineering and management |
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Agile software development |
Scrum (Computer software development) |
Computer contracts |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Praise for Agile Contracts; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1: Agility: What Is That?; 1.1 The Agile Manifesto of 2001; 1.2 Agile Development Based on Scrum; 1.2.1 The Principles of Organization; 1.2.2 The Process Model; 1.2.3 Estimation in Scrum; 1.3 Agility from the Perspective of Procurement; 1.4 Agility from the Perspective of the Software Provider; 1.5 The 12 Principles of Agile Software Development; 1.6 Summary; 2: The Missing Piece of the Puzzle; 2.1 The Problems with Traditional Fixed-Price Contracts |
2.2 The Problems with Time and Materials Contracts2.3 Something New: The Agile Fixed-Price Contract; 2.4 Summary; 3: What Is an Agile Fixed-Price Contract?; 3.1 Existing Approaches; 3.2 The Agile Fixed-Price Contract; 3.2.1 How Is an Agile Fixed-Price Contract Set Up?; 3.3 Summary; 4: Sample of an Agile Fixed-Price Contract; Preamble; 1 Definitions and Clarifications of Terms; 2 Contract Scope and Hierarchy of Documents; 3 Usage Rights; 4 Transparency and "Open Books"; 5 Acceptance; 6 Obligation of Both Parties to Co-Operate; 7 Client's Obligations |
8 Escalation to the Steering Board and the Independent Experts9 Project |
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Period; 10 Warranty, Compensation, and Indemnification; 11 Limitation of Liability; 12 Contractor's Compensation; 13 Force Majeure; 14 Secrecy; 15 Severability Clause; 16 Place of Performance, Jurisdiction, and Applicable Law; Appendix A: Commercial Agreements; Prices; Commercial Approach to the Project; Payment Milestones; Appendix B: Technical Scope and Process; Requirements: Backlog and Vision; Process for Development and Approval; Changes to the Contract (Exchange for Free); Deliverables and Services |
Mechanism to Calculate Costs of Future User StoriesAppendix C: 12 Principles of Cooperation; Appendix D: Quality Standards-Definition of Done; 5: Tendering Based on an Agile Fixed-Price Contract; 5.1 Appropriate Tender Content for an Agile Fixed-Price Contract; 5.2 Requirements for Tendering and Selection; 5.2.1 Competition; 5.2.2 Comparability and Transparency; 5.3 Tendering Steps with a Focus on Agile Fixed Price; 5.3.1 Internal Goal Setting and Coordination; 5.3.2 Preparation for the Invitation to Tender; 5.3.3 Tender; 5.3.4 Awarding of the Tender; 5.3.5 Price Optimization Options |
5.3.6 Project and Contract Management5.3.7 Effort Inherent in the Tendering Process; 5.4 Summary; 6: Special Requirements for the Legal Framework of an Agile Fixed-Price Contract; 6.1 Adaptable system for scope; 6.2 Warranty and Damages; 6.3 Schedule and Milestones; 6.4 Path of Escalation; 6.5 Obligations; 6.6 Summary; 7: Guideline for the Negotiation of an Agile Fixed-Price Contract; 7.1 Objectives of the Client; 7.2 Objectives of the Contractor; 7.3 Objectives and Bonus Payouts of the People Involved; 7.4 Strategy for the Project and the Negotiation; 7.5 Tactics for the Negotiation |
7.6 Price Determination |
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A methodologically sophisticated, comprehensive approach to applying the Agile fixed-price contract to IT projects while maximizing customer and supplier relationships ""Interesting and necessary for IT managers and IT lawyers.""-Walter J. Jaburek, Dipl.-Ing., Dr. iur., Dr. techn. Approximately 50 percent of software developers use Scrum, an iterative and incremental development method for managing software projects and product or application development, in their work. The benefit of Scrum and other Agile methods is that they can address shifts in a large project |
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