Operational Research in the Era of Digital Transformation and Business Analytics

Operational Research in the Era of Digital Transformation and Business Analytics
Author: Nikolaos F. Matsatsinis
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2023-04-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3031242947

This proceedings volume presents new methods and applications in Operational Research and Management Science with a special focus on Business Analytics. Featuring selected contributions from the XIV Balkan Conference on Operational Research held in Thessaloniki, Greece in 2020 (BALCOR 2020), it addresses applications and methodological tools or techniques in various areas of Operational Research, such as agent-based modelling, big data and business analytics, data envelopment analysis, data mining, decision support systems, fuzzy systems, game theory, heuristics, metaheuristics and nature inspired optimization algorithms, linear and nonlinear programming, machine learning, multiple criteria decision analysis, network design and optimization, queuing theory, simulation and statistics.

National Geographic Traveler Greece

National Geographic Traveler Greece
Author: Mike Gerrard
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2009
Genre: Greece
ISBN: 1426203969

These information-packed guides offer savvy advice and the in-depth information that sophisticated travelers demand. Each guide features: Detailed background and site descriptions; mapped walking and driving tours; full-service sidebars with fascinating vignettes on history, culture, and contemporary life; a 60-page directory of visitor information, including notable hotels and restaurants, entertainment, and shopping; and foldout end flaps, printed with maps and quick reference information, that serve as handy bookmarks.

Tearmoon Empire: Volume 3

Tearmoon Empire: Volume 3
Author: Nozomu Mochitsuki
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2020-12-12
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1718371527

Half a year has passed since the Remno revolution ended. Spring has rolled around again, bringing with it what Mia considers to be one of the most important occasions of the year — spring break. Freed from the duties of school and station, she’s ready to seize the day! By which she means, of course, do absolutely nothing productive and lounge around in bed all day. Her indolent plans are cut short, however, when her own granddaughter, Bel, is whisked backwards through time and deposited in front of her. Just when she thought she was finally done with worrying about the guillotine, she learns of the grisly future awaiting her, in which a war of succession rends the empire in two. Mia herself has been killed by poison, and Bel narrowly avoided execution by leaping through time. As if that wasn’t enough, she discovers that this terrible chain of events can be traced back to Rafina’s tragic transformation into a dictator. Altering the course of history will, of all things, require her to defeat Rafina in the upcoming election for student council president! Underprepared, polling abysmally, and trailed by a granddaughter who inherited all her, erm, Mia-est bits, she once again finds herself at a historical turning point... without the faintest clue of what she's supposed to do!

Tearmoon Empire: Volume 13

Tearmoon Empire: Volume 13
Author: Nozomu Mochitsuki
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2024-08-29
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1718371721

Two months after the introduction of the SEEC program at Saint-Noel Academy, it’s finally summer break. And Mia isn’t returning to the Tearmoon Empire alone! She’s got Patty with her, plus Bel, Yanna, Kiryl, and of course...her personal bodyguard, Abel! But even summer break is not time off for Mia. Except it’s not the quickly approaching famine taking up her time, but Ruby’s impending engagement to Hildebrandt, Mia’s horse-loving cousin! Since Ruby’s heart belongs to Vanos and Mia a sucker for high-stakes romance, Mia contrives to break off this engagement and match Ruby with her true love. How does she plan to do this? With a horsemanship tournament!... Wait, a what now?

Tearmoon Empire: Volume 11

Tearmoon Empire: Volume 11
Author: Nozomu Mochitsuki
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2024-01-05
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1718371683

The fate of the Fire Clan resting on her shoulders, Mia heads off on the Matching of Steeds—a two-day race that will push her horsemanship skills to their limits. Her plan? To lose, of course! There’s no way she could best an Equestri in a horse race. That would be absurd. Except...the absolute faith of her comrades throws a wrench in that plan. While they all expect her to win, Mia’s faith in herself pales in comparison to theirs. She thus spends the race scheming to create the most favorable defeat! But will her splash-fights, horse-shaped bread, and friendly attitude be enough to win over her opponent?

Tearmoon Empire: Volume 7

Tearmoon Empire: Volume 7
Author: Nozomu Mochitsuki
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2022-03-28
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1718371608

Just as Mia’s getting ready to take it easy for a while, her old friend the great famine comes knocking again, this time in the form of a complete collapse of Forkroad & Co.’s business. Without their logistics, Mia’s famine prevention plan is now critically hobbled. You’d think surviving an assassination attempt would entitle her to some rest and recreation—so much for taking it easy! As she investigates the source of all this, an old name from her past life resurfaces, along with a host of bitter memories associated with it—Shalloak Cornrogue, the Merchant King. Remembering the indignity she once suffered at his hands, a wolfish smile creeps across her face. No one picks a fight with Mia Luna Tearmoon and gets away with it. Not indefinitely, at least. Time for some payback. Unbeknownst to her, said payback will take Mia all the way to Perujin, dragging in a multitude of people and culminating in a showdown that will change the fate of the entire country forever...

Tearmoon Empire: Volume 12

Tearmoon Empire: Volume 12
Author: Nozomu Mochitsuki
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2024-04-26
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1718371705

After saving the King of Sunkland, reuniting the thirteen clans of the Equestrian Kingdom, and defeating the High Priestess of the Chaos Serpents, Mia has finally returned to Saint-Noel for some much-needed respite...until that’s interrupted by two girls magically appearing before her. If Bel wasn’t enough, Mia must now also care for the mysterious Patricia. Just where did she come from? Bel doesn’t seem to know, and the only clue they have is her last name: Clausius. As Mia tries to dig into the girl’s past, she discovers a terrifying truth. Patricia’s education has been raising her into a Chaos Serpent! To keep this under wraps, Mia resolves to tell her a minor fib—she isn’t Princess Mia Luna Tearmoon, but a teacher sent by the Serpents. Mia uses this pretense to raise the girl right, and somehow, it works! But as smiles begin to return to Patricia’s lips, the case of a stolen sacramental item throws her morals into question...

Tearmoon Empire: Volume 5

Tearmoon Empire: Volume 5
Author: Nozomu Mochitsuki
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2021-07-19
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 171837156X

Mia’s summer cruise has turned into a full-blown adventure! Stranded on a deserted island sans boat and supplies, she and her friends need to figure out how to survive. Well, she and most of her friends, because Esmeralda has gone missing! The group decides to split up to look for her, and Mia gets paired up with Abel. Hey, maybe being stuck on an island isn’t so bad! Especially if it means she gets to be alone with her sweetheart. Little does she know, deep within the island lies a dark secret lost to time. In unearthing it she will learn the hidden truth of the Tearmoon Empire... and how it’s inextricably linked to her own morbid fate. Can Mia break free of the bonds of history and avert her ever-impending doom? Maybe, but not before she gets in some quality flirting time! After all, Mia’s primary concern is and always will be herself, and the only bond she’s interested in right now is the one with Abel. Too bad the island isn’t about to let her have her way...

Occupation Child

Occupation Child
Author: T. Styppas
Publisher: Petra Books
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2018-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1927032725

Told through the eyes of an observant and resilient boy, the book begins with the German seizure of Athens in 1941. Grim events of war, displacement, and exile never extinguish the curiosity – even the joys – of his childhood. Compelling writing mixes reality and fantasy to concoct a memorable tribute to the human spirit, from Asia Minor to Greece to Canada. — Douglas Babington, the Bivouac Prayers. “The ugliest phases of the Civil War were just beginning. It would pit household against household, village against village, and sometimes, brother against brother. The blood-letting would go on and on. The adults seemed to sense that all of this was going to happen and they only spoke in muted tones.” — Tasouli With curiosity and humor Tasouli tells us about his life, including stories about his cat the Resistance hero, the intricate relationships between a young Jewish physician, German offi cers, and Greek partisan communists and their British captives. A strange character appears in his dreams, sometimes supportive, sometimes terrifying, and they develop a strong bond. Occupation Child is ultimately about how a child views hunger, language, politics and love.