Wissenschaftliche Literatur E-Learning

Helmut Wasserbacher

Causal Inference and Causal Machine Learning for Data-Driven Management

Applications in Corporate Finance and Marketing

Schriftenreihe innovative betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis

The availability of large amounts of data, coupled with artificial intelligence and machine learning as suitable techniques to exploit them, has led to increasing interest in data-driven management. Data are turned into insights, and insights into management decisions.

In the midst of this passion for artificial intelligence, practitioners must remain aware that most machine learning methods maximize predictive performance. This is not the same as identifying…

Isabella Eigner

Predictive Analytics of Readmission Risk in Hospitals for an Intelligent Decision Support System

Studien zur Wirtschaftsinformatik

Der zunehmende Druck auf die Dienstleister im Gesundheitswesen, eine qualitativ hochwertige Patientenversorgung mit beschränkten Zeit- und Personalressourcen zu leisten, zwingt Krankenhäuser dazu, effizientere Wege zur Erbringung von Gesundheitsdienstleistungen zu finden. Dabei wird der Einsatz datenbasierter Services immer wichtiger, um Behandlungsprozesse zu verbessern, den Informationsaustausch zu erhöhen und menschliche Fehler zu reduzieren. Der Einsatz von…

Robert Celec (Ed.)

Integrating Health, Technology and Sustainability

Contemporary Strategies and Assessments

EUB. Erziehung – Unterricht – Bildung

This monograph offers an insightful exploration of the integration of health, technology and sustainability.

One focus of the monograph is sustainable tourism in the wake of the pandemic. It examines the role that ecotourism can play in promoting environmental health and sustainable infrastructures. The analysis also extends to rural entrepreneurship, particularly in the dairy industry, where it assesses the economic viability and environmental sustainability…

Daniela Mast

Understanding and Predicting Demand Through Visual Characteristics and Neural Networks

Electronic Commerce, Marketing & Finance

Every season, online fashion retailers are confronted with the questions, which products to order and in what quantity. These questions are particularly important, because replenishment is difficult due to the short selling season and fashion products are perishable. Therefore, knowledge about typical product sales patterns and precise predictions can prevent costly over- or understocking for retailers.

From a theoretical perspective, fashion products are…

Jonas Meister

Causal Analysis on Observational Data for Discount Campaigns in E-Commerce

Forschungsergebnisse zur Informatik

Causal thinking is an inherent human behavior crucial for understanding relationships in diverse situations. Despite its significance, machine learning algorithms often struggle to identify causality, relying instead on historical patterns. This limitation hampers their ability to adapt to new scenarios, like the cold start problem.

Understanding causality holds particular importance in domains relying heavily on human behavior analysis, such as E-commerce,…

Melanie Schaller

Vergleichende Untersuchung von Reifegradmodellen der Industrie 4.0 und deren Übertragbarkeit auf das Smart Health Fallbeispiel der nicht-invasiven Messung des intrakraniellen Drucks (ICP)

Studien zur Wirtschaftsinformatik

Erstmalig werden in dieser Studie Ansätze und Vorgehensmodelle der Industrie 4.0 auf ein neurologisches Fallbeispiel übertragen. Durch die multidisziplinäre Betrachtung der Industrie 4.0 Reifegrad-Modelle aus Sicht der Wirtschaftsinformatik und Informatik sowie des Smart Health Fallbeispiels aus Sicht der Wirtschaftsinformatik, Informatik und der Medizin entsteht der Innovationsgehalt dieser Arbeit.

Der integrierte Ansatz der Industrie 4.0 Modelle ist deswegen…

Denise Steinacher

Die Bedeutung von sozial-emotionalem Lernen für die Entwicklung von Schlüsselkompetenzen auf der Sekundarstufe 1

Schriften zur pädagogischen Psychologie

Am Ende der obligatorischen Schulzeit müssten die Jugendlichen bereit sein für den Einstieg in die Berufswelt. Der wachsenden Diskrepanz zwischen den Anforderungen der Schule und denen der heutigen Berufswelt soll mit sozial-emotionalem Lernen begegnet werden. Mit Konzepten wie dem der Schlüsselkompetenzen, des sozial-emotionalem Lernens, SEE-Learning, der «Neuen Autorität» und der Schule als lernende Organisation wird versucht, aufzuzeigen, wie im Rahmen der…

Marek Krawiec / Dahui Dong / Jeffrey Trambley / Pin-Shan Hsiung (eds.)

Various Facets of Foreign Language Education

LINGUA – Fremdsprachenunterricht in Forschung und Praxis

The volume Various Facets of Foreign Language Education is a collection of articles written by academics and practitioners interested in foreign language learning and teaching. It presents and discusses various concepts in FL education and provides new evidence, solutions and implications with regard to modern learners and teachers. Considering the different interests of the contributors to this volume, several facets of FL education can be distinguished here, such…

Robert Celec (Ed.)

Sustainability as a Way of Life – From Education to Economy

EUB. Erziehung – Unterricht – Bildung

The scientific monograph embraces the results of various research areas that have a common ground in the study of sustainable development through aspects of fairly complex environmental issues. At the beginning, we get an insight into the results of research that explores the importance of carrying out physical or sports activities of future kinesiologists directly in the natural environment. In the following, we encounter interesting research findings that talk about the…

Robert Celec (Ed.)

Challenges of Modern Society from Different Perspectives – New Issues

EUB. Erziehung – Unterricht – Bildung

The monograph is interdisciplinary. It includes chapters from psychology, pedagogy, didactics, special didactics, health sciences and economics. The contents are placed in the context of health, work organization, education and development of children developing normatively or having special needs.

The authors highlight current topics; some are also related to the challenges and problems that arised during an epidemic of a new coronavirus (e.g., distance…