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An Interactive System for Association Rule Discovery for Life Assurance
(2004)This paper uses prior domain knowledge to guide the mining of association rules in life assurance business environment. This approach is used in order to overcome the drawbacks of data mining using rule induction such as ... -
An expert system for the best weight distribution on ferryboats
(2004)There are some problems that need expertise in order to get a satisfactory solution. Ferryboat carries goods, fresh water, diesel oil, luggage and storing rooms up to its permissible draft in order to maintain safety ... -
Machine Translation of English Noun Phrases into Arabic
(2004)The present work reports our attempt in automating the translation of English noun phrase (NP) into Arabic. Translating NP is a very important task toward sentence translation since NPs form the majority of textual content ... -
A Framework for Information Extraction, Storage and Retrieval
(2004)This paper presents a set of tools that were developed in order to facilitate and speed up the process of building information extraction and retrieval systems for documents that exhibit a set of predefined characteristics. ... -
Towards Resolving Ambiguity in Understanding Arabic Sentence
(2004)Ambiguity is a major reason why computers do not yet understand natural language. We have made great deal strides towards developing tools for morphological and syntactic analyzers for Arabic in recent years. The absence ... -
A Multiagent Approach for Diagnostic Expert Systems via the Internet
(Elsevier, 2004)In recent years there has been considerable interest in the possibility of building complex problem solving systems as groups of co-operating experts. This has led us to develop a multiagent expert systems capable to run ... -
Country of origin and country of service delivery effects in transnational higher education: a comparison of international branch campuses from developed and developing nations
(Taylor and FrancisTaylor and Francis, 2016)Over the last decade, international branch campuses have been established by universities from developing countries as well as developed countries. Little research has been conducted into students’ perceptions of branch ... -
Establishing international branch campuses: a framework for assessing opportunities and risks
(Taylor and FrancisTaylor and Francis, 2016)At the start of 2016, there were 230 international branch campuses operating worldwide, but of the campuses that were established since the mid-1990s, around 10 per cent have failed. The purpose of this article is to propose ... -
Issues and challenges for small countries in attracting and hosting international students: the case of Lithuania
(Taylor and Francis, 2016)At the start of 2016, there were 230 international branch campuses operating worldwide, but of the campuses that were established since the mid-1990s, around 10 per cent have failed. The purpose of this article is to propose ... -
Consumers’ behavioural intentions after experiencing deception or cognitive dissonance caused by deceptive packaging or slack filling
(EmeraldEmerald, 2016)Purpose The purpose of this study is to discover the extent to which consumers are aware of air filling in food packaging, the extent to which deceptive packaging and slack filling – which often result from package ... -
The use of MOOCs in transnational higher education for accreditation of prior learning, programme delivery, and professional development
(Emerald, 2016)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how, and the extent to which, massive open online courses (MOOCs) might be used in the accreditation of students’ prior learning, in programme delivery at international ... -
The effects of social identification and organizational identification on student commitment
(Taylor and Francis, 2016)The purpose of this research is to investigate the effects of social and organizational identifications on student commitment, achievement and satisfaction in higher education. The sample comprised 437 students enrolled ... -
The effects of employee commitment in transnational higher education: the case of international branch campuses
(SAGE, 2017)Higher education is a labor intensive activity and strong organizational performance depends upon employee commitment. This study analyses antecedents and consequences of employee commitment in universities that are involved ... -
MNCs and religious influences in global markets: drivers of consumer-based halal brand equity
(Emerald, 2017)Purpose Multinational corporations (MNCs) that want to compete in markets worldwide should not underestimate the influences of religion on consumer demand. Almost one quarter of the world’s population is Muslim so it is ... -
Ethical issues in transnational higher education: the case of international branch campuses
(Taylor and Francis, 2017)The establishment of an international branch campus can impact upon a diverse range of stakeholders in both home and host countries. Many of the arguments against international branch campuses are based on ethical issues, ... -
The resilience of the MBA in emerging economies: student motivations for wanting an MBA in China and the United Arab Emirates
(Taylor and Francis, 2018)In recent years, domestic demand for MBAs has fallen in most major Western markets but has increased or remained stable in emerging economies such as China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which are the two countries ... -
The benefits and drawbacks of transnational higher education: myths and realities
(2018)The purpose of this article is to analyse some of the key ongoing debates in transnational higher education (TNHE). First, we discuss a selection of the claimed benefits and drawbacks of TNHE for home and host country ... -
Transnational higher education: the importance of institutional reputation, trust and student-university identification in international partnerships
(Emerald, 2018)This research assesses the extent to which the critical relational variables of university reputation, student trust, and student-university identification influence student behaviour towards transnational education ... -
Achieving legitimacy in cross-border higher education: institutional influences on Chinese international branch campuses in South East Asia
(SAGE, 2018)All universities must achieve legitimacy, as this is essential to attract students, staff and resources, including funding. In order to achieve legitimacy in transnational higher education, universities must conform to the ... -
The influence of organisational identification on employee attitudes and behaviours in multinational higher education institutions
(Taylor and Francis, 2018)In order to operate effectively and efficiently, most higher education institutions depend on employees performing extra-role behaviours and being committed to staying with the organisation. This study assesses the extent ...