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This book offers a comprehensive introduction to relational (SQL) and non-relational (NoSQL) databases. The authors thoroughly review the current state of database tools and techniques, and examine coming innovations.The book opens with a broad look at data management, including an overview of information systems and databases, and an explanation of contemporary database types:SQL and NoSQL databases, and their respective management systemsThe n...

This textbook offers a comprehensive introduction to relational (SQL) and non-relational (NoSQL) databases. The authors thoroughly review the current state of database tools and techniques and examine upcoming innovations.In the first five chapters, the authors analyze in detail the management, modeling, languages, security, and architecture of relational databases, graph databases, and document databases. Moreover, an overview of other SQL- and NoSQL-based database approaches is p...

Information overload has made it increasingly difficult to analyze large amounts of data and generate appropriate management decisions. Furthermore, data is often imprecise and will include both quantitative and qualitative elements. For these reasons, it is important to extend traditional decision making processes by adding intuitive reasoning, human subjectivity, and imprecision. Fuzzy Methods for Customer Relationship Management and Marketing: Applications and Classifications explores t...

Corruption is one of the main obstacles to sustainable development and has a significant negative impact on a country's productivity. In this book, which reproduces the transcribed presentations and lively discussions at the 2019 Annual Conference of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA), four panels including internationally known arbitration practitioners, criminal lawyers and accountants exchange views on the causes, costs, and impacts of corruption not only on society but also on the...

This edited book presents the state-of-the-art of applying fuzzy logic to managerial decision-making processes in areas such as fuzzy-based portfolio management, recommender systems, performance assessment and risk analysis, among others. Presenting the latest research, with a strong focus on applications and case studies, it is a valuable resource for researchers, practitioners, project leaders and managers wanting to apply or improve their fuzzy-based skills.

This book addresses the latest research and applications of fuzzy management methods for business decisions. It showcases a broad set of applications and discusses topics such as measures for the quality of analytics outcomes in big data environments; how fuzzy management methods support the inclusion of human thinking and human behavior in decision making processes; how to generate better results with fuzzy management methods in cases of imprecise information; new personalization concepts...

Harlequin® Romance brings you a collection of four new titles, available now! Experience the rush of falling in love! This Harlequin® Romance box set includes:MOTHER OF THE BRIDE’S SECOND CHANCEThe Bridal PartyBy Susan MeierTraveling to Tuscany for her daughter’s wedding, mother of the bride Juliette is caught off guard by father of the groom, Lorenzo. The Italian billionaire is certainly charming—and their chemistry i...

Red hot passion is just the cherry on top! Contains 18 titles!Taste of your lipsMocha Pleasures by Pamela YayeBest Friend Bride by Kat CantrellCappuccino Kisses by Yahrah St. JohnThings are heating up…The Single Dad's Family Recipe by Rachael JohnsHer Las Vegas Wedding by Andrea BolterA Bride for the Italian Boss by Susan Meier

The perfect recipeTake one single dad working night and day to open his hot new restaurant. Mix in his irresistible new employee – a woman with a secret, looking for a fresh start. Simmer until a kiss leads to a clandestine affair that plunges Lachlan McKinnel and Eliza Coleman from the frying pan and right into the fire!•When hotel heiress Audrey Girard’s safe, convenient wedding to a business partner is called off, she’s left to contend with her ex-...

From the author of Ms. Demeanor—one of the most beloved comedic writers of our time—comes a charming, laugh-out-loud tale of love and criminality, a pitch-perfect romantic comedy.“Over the course of more than thirty years and at least fifteen books, Elinor Lipman has been creating a singularly delightful and instantly recognizable literary universe. Lipmanland is a world adjacent to our own except the people there are more charming, the conversatio...

Join bestselling author Sheila Roberts in the town of Icicle Falls, where life’s full of surprises, and happiness is just around the corner!Together for the first time in one box set, books 4-6 in her popular Life in Icicle Falls series:The Cottage on Juniper RidgeMuriel Sterling’s guide to plain living, Simplicity, inspires Jen Heath has left her stressful, overcommitted life and moved to Icicle Falls, where she rents a lovely little cotta...

Harlequin® Special Edition brings you three new titles for one great price, available now! These are heartwarming, romantic stories about life, love and family. This Special Edition box set includes:HER WYOMING VALENTINE WISH (A Return to the Double C novel)by New York Times bestselling author Allison LeighWhen Delia Templeton is tapped to run her wealthy grandmother’s new charitable foundation, she finds herself dea...