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Cyber Threats and the U S Economy: The Internet has proven to be an engine that is driving a revolution in the way individuals and organizations conduct business. Internet-based electronic commerce is growing rapidly and promises economic growth that would be difficult using any other means. Capitalizing on e-commerce opportunities, however, brings a new set of risks-risks...; Tags: SECURITY, Carnegie-Mellon University, network attack, cybersecurity, R&D, Internet, monitoring, training, e-business, network; Case studies
Cyber Security - Growing Risk From Growing Vulnerability: Interconnections across and among cyber and physical systems are increasing. Our dependence on these interconnected systems is also rapidly increasing, and even short-term disruptions can have major consequences. Reported attacks against Internet systems are almost doubling each year and attack technology will evolve to support attacks that are even more...; Tags: NETWORKING, Carnegie-Mellon University, cybersecurity, network security, security, Internet, knowledge, network, computer, software; Case studies
Cyber Security: The Internet has proven to be an engine that is driving a revolution in the way the US government conducts its business. Because of the tremendous interconnectedness and interdependence among computer systems on the Internet, the security of each system on the Internet depends on the security of all other...; Tags: Carnegie-Mellon University, cybersecurity, Internet, R&D, monitoring, training, security, computer, network; Case studies
Security of the Internet: The Internet is not a single network, but a worldwide collection of loosely connected networks that are accessible by individual computer hosts in a variety of ways, including gateways, routers, dial-up connections, and Internet service providers. Concepts relating to the people who use that information are authentication, authorization, and non...; Tags: Carnegie-Mellon University, security, Internet, authentication, Internet service, router, network, environment, computer; White papers
Case Study - Landfill Power Generation: The warming effect has many side effects, such as the melting of polar ice caps, changes in weather patterns, and increases in sea levels. However, burning fossil fuels is not the only way in which greenhouse gases end up in the atmosphere. As stated above, burning fossil fuels is not...; Tags: Carnegie-Mellon University, landfill, fossil fuel, power generation, greenhouse gas; Case studies

Image Coding With Active Appearance Models: This white paper deals with considering image coding using Active Appearance Models (AAMs). AAMs are a class of generative non-linear models (although linear in both shape and appearance) which have received a great deal of recent attention in the computer vision literature. The paper also describes what it means to...; Tags: Carnegie-Mellon University, vision, computer; White papers
Analysis Of IC Manufacturing Process Deformations: An Automated Approach Using SRAM Bit Fail Maps: SRAM Bit Fail Maps (BFM) are routinely collected during earlier phases of yield ramping, providing a rich source of information for IC failure and deformation learning. In this paper, we present an automated approach to analyzing BFM data efficiently. We also demonstrate the usability of our analysis framework using real...; Tags: Memory, Carnegie-Mellon University, SRAM, integrated circuit, analysis; White papers
Options Pricing Of Dynamic Strategies: Managers responsible for capital investment decision making need valuation models that can navigate both corporate finance and competitive strategy to generate well-grounded prices. Real options provide the firm with flexibility to adapt to changes in its environment. The dynamic nature of real options in the new economy makes them more...; Tags: Stock options, Investment, Financial accounting, Benefits, Carnegie-Mellon University, stock option, competitive strategy, valuation, stock, finance, asset, strategy, environment, security; White papers 2006-03-01
How Electronic Commerce Will Affect State And Local Government: This presentation explains how electronic commerce will affect state and local government.; Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Carnegie-Mellon University; Presentations 2007-09-16
Sales And Property Taxes At The Millennium: This presentation explains sales and property taxes at the millennium.; Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Carnegie-Mellon University, millennium, sales, tax; Presentations 2007-09-16
Learning In Dynamic Decision Making: Information Utilization And Future Planning: It has been proposed that decision makers often misperceive the feedback provided by dynamically complex environments, and some have questioned whether people are capable of learning effective decision-making in such environments. Indeed, some researchers believe that humans simply do not possess the "Cognitive machinery" that allow them to deal with...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, Supply chain management (SCM), Carnegie-Mellon University, decision-making, SCM, environment, supply chain, technique; White papers 2007-07-03
Balancing Risk And Efficiency At A Major Commercial Bank: Check-processing institutions are being forced to downsize their workforce to cut cost and improve the efficiency of their operations as a result of continued growth of electronic payments due to the increasing popularity of debit/credit cards and use of online banking. However, with reduction in headcount, the chances of delayed...; Tags: Carnegie-Mellon University, electronic payment, online banking, workforce, team; White papers 2007-04-01
Revenue Management For Products With Unknown Quality And Observable Price And Sales History: This paper studies pricing strategies of a monopolist when customers are strategic and infer the product quality from historical sales and price paths. This behavior may be expected when selling a new, innovative product whose quality is unknown and customers have some, but, imperfect information about the product quality. The...; Tags: Carnegie-Mellon University, Product Quality, Pricing Strategy, Revenue Management, Pricing, Marketing Research, Sales Strategy, Operational Accounting, Marketing, Sales, Finance; White papers 2007-03-01
Competing With Free: The Impact Of Movie Broadcasts On DVD Sales And Internet Piracy: This presentation explains the impact of movie broadcasts on DVD sales and internet piracy.; Tags: Sales strategy, Consumer electronics, Sales force management, Carnegie-Mellon University, movie, DVD, sales, Internet; Presentations 2007-01-19
Impact-Sensitive Framework For Dynamic Change-Management: This paper presents a distributed change management framework that enables the assessment and minimization of service-delivery disruptions. The framework handles both external change requests, like software upgrades, and changes to mitigate internal events, such as faults. Objective-specific modules assess the impact of change operations on service delivery through their impact...; Tags: Carnegie-Mellon University, change request, change management, software upgrade, performance, software; White papers 2006-11-09
Organizational Change That Produces Results: The Linkage Approach: This paper provides a tool for creating change that produces observable results in complex organizations. Linkage analysis helps managers map, evaluate, and overcome barriers that underlie the organizational improvement paradox. In this paradox, organizational changes are expected to lead to performance benefits for a unit as well as for the...; Tags: Carnegie-Mellon University, paradox, barrier, agent, analysis, benefit, performance, tool; White papers 2006-08-03
A Flexible Approach To Estimating Production Functions: When Output Prices Are Unobserved: There exists significant price dispersion in many industries. As a consequence the value of output is not necessarily a good measure of the quantity of output. Estimation of production functions for these types of goods is thus challenging since quantities and prices of output are typically not separately observed by...; Tags: Carnegie-Mellon University, technique, industry; White papers 2006-07-12
Sustaining Operational Resiliency: A Process Improvement Approach To Security Management: Organizations face an ever-changing risk environment. The risk that emanates from the day-to-day activities of the organization, operational risk, is the subject of increasing attention, particularly in the banking and finance industry, because of the potential to significantly disrupt an organization's pursuit of its mission. Security, business continuity, and IT...; Tags: Strategy, Carnegie-Mellon University, process improvement, security management, risk, risk management, environment, banking, security, finance, benefit, information technology; White papers 2006-04-01
Pricing and Market Concentration in Oligopoly Markets: This paper studies relationship between prices and market concentration in the Auto Rental Industry. An original database has been developed that includes the number of auto rental operating firms at every commercial airport in the country. The data is particularly interesting as a large variation has been observed in market...; Tags: Carnegie-Mellon University, pricing strategy, database, industry; White papers 2006-03-08
An Efficient Trajectory Method For Probabilistic Inventory-Production-Distribution Problems: We consider a supply chain operating in an uncertain environment: the customers' demand is characterized by a discrete probability distribution. A probabilistic programming approach is adopted for constructing an inventory-production-distribution plan over a multi-period planning horizon. The plan does not allow the backlogging of the unsatisfied demand, and minimizes the...; Tags: Supply chain management (SCM), Carnegie-Mellon University, supply chain, programming, environment; White papers 2006-03-01