This work proposes a knowledge-based approach for multimedia adaptation using Semantic Web Services technology as a tool for declaratively describing the semantics of adaptation services and constructing multi-step adaptation sequences in an open and extensible multimedia adaptation framework. It shows how the semantics of adaptation operations can be captured, how the problem of finding adequate adaptation sequences can be viewed as an Artificial Intelligence planning problem, how the existing MPEG standards are technically integrated into the service descriptions and how they serve as the...
This work proposes a knowledge-based approach for multimedia adaptation using Semantic Web Services technology as a tool for declaratively describing ...
Explains how and why Kanban offers a new approach to change in 21st Century businesses
This book provides an understanding of what is necessary to properly understand change management with Kanban as well as how to apply it optimally in the workplace. The book emphasizes critical aspects, several traps which users repeatedly fall into, and presents some practical guidelines for Kanban change management to help avoid these traps. The authors have organized the book into three sections. The first section focuses on the foundations of Kanban, establishing the...
Explains how and why Kanban offers a new approach to change in 21st Century businesses