A Multi-level Hierarchical Approach for Configuring Business Processes

2014 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Mateusz Baran ◽  
Krzysztof Kluza ◽  
Grzegorz J. Nalepa ◽  
Antoni Ligęza
Keyword(s):  
Business Processes ◽  
Hierarchical Approach ◽  
Multi Level

scholarly journals Contextualized Filtering for Shared Cyber Threat Information

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (14) ◽  
pp. 4890
Author(s):  
Athanasios Dimitriadis ◽  
Christos Prassas ◽  
Jose Luis Flores ◽  
Boonserm Kulvatunyou ◽  
Nenad Ivezic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Sharing ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Contextual Information ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Business Information ◽  
Cyber Threat ◽  
Domain Expertise ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Filtering Approach

Cyber threat information sharing is an imperative process towards achieving collaborative security, but it poses several challenges. One crucial challenge is the plethora of shared threat information. Therefore, there is a need to advance filtering of such information. While the state-of-the-art in filtering relies primarily on keyword- and domain-based searching, these approaches require sizable human involvement and rarely available domain expertise. Recent research revealed the need for harvesting of business information to fill the gap in filtering, albeit it resulted in providing coarse-grained filtering based on the utilization of such information. This paper presents a novel contextualized filtering approach that exploits standardized and multi-level contextual information of business processes. The contextual information describes the conditions under which a given threat information is actionable from an organization perspective. Therefore, it can automate filtering by measuring the equivalence between the context of the shared threat information and the context of the consuming organization. The paper directly contributes to filtering challenge and indirectly to automated customized threat information sharing. Moreover, the paper proposes the architecture of a cyber threat information sharing ecosystem that operates according to the proposed filtering approach and defines the characteristics that are advantageous to filtering approaches. Implementation of the proposed approach can support compliance with the Special Publication 800-150 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

scholarly journals Multi-Level Evolution for Robotic Design

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelvin Chand ◽  
David Howard
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Design Problem ◽  
Geometric Design ◽  
Hierarchical Approach ◽  
Control Policies ◽  
Conventional Design ◽  
Design Paradigm ◽  
Multi Level

Multi-level evolution (MLE) is a novel robotic design paradigm which decomposes the design problem into layered sub-tasks that involve concurrent search for appropriate materials, component geometry and overall morphology. This has a number of advantages, mainly in terms of quality and scalability. In this paper, we present a hierarchical approach to robotic design based on the MLE architecture. The design problem involves finding a robotic design which can be used to perform a specific locomotion task. At the materials layer, we put together a simple collection of materials which are represented by combinations of mechanical properties such as friction and restitution. At the components layer we combine these materials with geometric design to form robot limbs. Finally, at the robot layer we introduce these evolved limbs into robotic body-plans and learn control policies to form complete robots. Quality-diversity algorithms at each level allow for the discovery of a wide variety of reusable elements. The results strongly support the initial claims for the benefits of MLE, allowing for the discovery of designs that would otherwise be difficult to achieve with conventional design paradigms.

Multi-level privacy analysis of business processes: the Pleak toolset

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marlon Dumas ◽  
Luciano García-Bañuelos ◽  
Joosep Jääger ◽  
Peeter Laud ◽  
Raimundas Matulevičius ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Business Processes ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Privacy Analysis

scholarly journals OBJECTS OF INTERNAL CONTROL IN SHIPPING COMPANIES

2020 ◽  
pp. 100-104
Author(s):  
Vera V. Krainova
Keyword(s):  
Control Systems ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Management System ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Important Task ◽  
Management Process ◽  
Shipping Company ◽  
Management Function ◽  
Multi Level

Effective internal control is essential for successful operations and management of shipping companies. For its implementation, the most important task is to determine the objects of internal control, that is, the scope of its application. Internal control, as a management function, is aimed at solving management problems, therefore, in the author's opinion, objects of management and objects of internal control are identical. Based on the analysis of the approaches of various authors to the choice of management objects, the author's approach has been developed, taking into account the interaction of all elements of the management system, the multidimensional and multi-level nature of management process, and branch features of shipping business. A classification of objects of internal control in shipping companies has been developed with the allocation of such objects as resources, business processes, results of functioning, management decisions. The disclosure of the content of these objects shows that internal control covers all levels of the shipping company, including both the managed and the control systems.

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