Pragmatics Exercises (Source: Fromkin & Rodman’s 1998 edition of An Introduction to Language (6th ed.)) Task I: The following sentences make certain presuppositions. What are they? (The first one has been done for you!) 1. The police ordered the minors to stop drinking. Presupposition: The minors were drinking. 2. Please take me out to the ball game again. Presupposition: 3. Valerie regretted not receiving a new T-bird for Labor Day. Presupposition: 4. That her pet turtle ran away made Emily very
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Antonio Burkes Philosophy 1 June 4‚ 2001 Comparison of Plato and Aristotle’s Philosophies Plato and Aristotle are both great philosophers in their own regard. Both agree that the world has a purpose‚ and that it’s not just an accident. Both also hate materialists since in their (materialists’) interpretation of the world‚ value‚ choice‚ and freedom are not plausible outcomes‚ and so morality and rationality do not make sense. And both ask the same question‚ what does it take to be a good
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Case Study > Data Warehousing Continental Airlines I. Executive Summary Table of Contents I II III IV V Executive Summary The Decision to Invest Implementation New Business Strategies ROI 2 4 6 9 19 20 Technical Appendix A Continental’s comeback from “Worst to First” is an airline industry legend. Now the company is engaged in a new initiative to move from “First to Favorite.” To support this ambitious initiative‚ Continental tapped into its Enterprise Data Warehouse and expanded it
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IBM Software Business Analytics Predictive Analytics Predictive inventory management: Keeping your supply chain in balance 2 Predictive inventory management: Keeping your supply chain in balance Contents 2 Introduction 2 Keeping shelves full‚ but not too full – Cost containment – Risk is everybody’s business – You can’t sell what you don’t have 4 How predictive analytics aid inventory management 5 Inventory and demand forecasting – Assortment planning and market basket analysis 9
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T DWI BEST PRACTICES REPORT PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS Extending the Value of Your Data Warehousing Investment By Wayne W. Eckerson Sponsored by FIRST QUARTER 2007 TDWI BEST PRACTICES REPORT PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS Extending the Value of Your Data Warehousing Investment By Wayne W. Eckerson Table of Contents Research Methodology and Demographics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 What Is Predictive Analytics? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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University of the Philippines Los Baños College Laguna AY 2013-2014 MGT 201 Case Analysis # 2: HOTEL CONTINENTAL Submitted by: Submitted to: Group 6 Edra‚ Mark Raymond V. Prof. Jimmy Williams Malabanan‚ John Benvers A. Sayseng‚ Kristel H. HOTEL CONTINENTAL I. Point of View: Based on the case‚ the point of view to be considered is that of Mr. Oscar Mendoza‚ owner of Triumph Tours‚ because he has the full knowledge of the problem‚ and the capacity to implement the decision.
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3rd Generation BI approach - to enhance business operation and Marketing Efforts Summary: A secondary research paper on Predictive analytics; which is a mix of tools and techniques that support organizations to identify probability in data that can be used find out the future outcomes. The scope this study is to identify the potential of predictive analytics to leverage advertising‚ marketing campaign and business development initiatives thereby understanding the customer behavior‚ customer preferences
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business partner‚ but a separate part of an organizational. Not having a seat at the table when it came to business activities. One reason why more organizations do not implement HR analytics is that this is a resource not yet used by many organizations. A lot of organizations are not aware of the advantage of HR analytic. If human resources are going to have an important impact in staying on top of competition in the marketplace then a different type of thanking must be applied. Another reason is that
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MCM 723 Metrics and Analytics December 2‚ 2012 Think 4 A. Describe cost-based pricing and value-based pricing‚ noting the differences in approach and results. Give examples of products or services priced each way‚ and justify your reasoning. How could cost-based pricing lead to a price lower than customers would have paid and how does this impact the profit of a business? The Cost- based pricing concept is regulating the cost of production or fulfillment as the basis for pricing goods and
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Assignment Eastern and Western Philosophers Comparison Paper Philosophy has divided into two separate categories‚ the Eastern philosophy‚ and Western Philosophy. The Eastern philosophies are mainly consists of the Asian philosophies such as: the Hinduism and Buddhism in India (McGraw & Hill‚ 2008). Taoism‚ Confucianism‚ and Ch’an Buddhism in China‚ and Zen Buddhism and Samurai tradition in Japan (McGraw & Hill 2008). The Eastern philosopher‚ I believed that Mohandas K. Gandhi‚ Mohandas
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