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Industrial engineers many times encounter people who do not understand or are unfamiliar with the term industrial engineer. Indeed, probably the most commonly asked question of an industrial engineer in the workplace or outside may be, “What do industrial engineers really do?” IIE defines industrial engineering as being “concerned with the design, improvement, and installation of integrated systems of people, materials, information, equipment, and energy. It draws upon specialized knowledge and skill in the mathematical, physical, and social sciences, together with the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design to specify, predict, and evaluate the results to be obtained from such systems.” This definition certainly does not succinctly describe what industrial engineers do.
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1. Qualitative research relies on deduction. It reaches conclusion by reasoning or inferring from general principles to particulars. Quantitative research relies on induction, arriving at generalizations by collecting, examining, and analyzing specific instances.
2. Qualitative research requires the investigator to engage with the persons, events and ambience studied as an integral part of the study process. Most often, quantitative research calls for the investigator to remain detached.
3. Qualitative research offers particular value in the process of generating new concepts or theories. Quantitative research focuses more on the testing of existing theories of generalizations.
4. Qualitative research seeks to provide full and accurate descriptions of phenomena in all their complexity. The aim of quantitative research is to reveal or establish cause-and-effect relationships in or among experiences or occurrences.
5. Qualitative research attempts to discover and show the assumptions that underlie events or actions. Quantitative research focuses more on testing the operation of assumptions.
6. Qualitative research uses natural settings as primary data. Qualitative studies deal mainly with statements and questions couched in words and with detailed descriptions of settings and events. Quantitative research constructs or controls settings and deals chiefly with amounts and numbers as primary data.
7. Qualitative research begins with broad questions or problems and attempts to narrow them. Quantitative research starts with narrow or specific phenomena and attempts to relate them to others as building blocks to illuminate larger matters.
8. Qualitative research tends to deal with small samples and uniqueness. Quantitative research encourages studying large samples and prizes representativeness.
9. Qualitative research considers the context of words and events an integral part of the primary data. Quantitative research tends to delete context or tightly control it to minimize the influence of affective nuances.
10. Qualitative research depends on thoroughness and depth of reporting to demonstrate significance. Quantitative research utilizes statistical analyses, particularly employing probabilities, to demonstrate significance.

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A data flow diagram is a logical model of the flow of data through a system that shows how the system’s boundaries, processe and data entities are logically related.

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An expert system (or knowledge-based system) is a computer program that emulates the thought process of a human expert. This chapter defines several key terms and examines the process of creating an expert system.

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The objective of the object-oriented approach to software development is to support creating software that is easier to change, debug, and maintain than is traditional software. Today, object-oriented principles are also applied to system development.

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“Structured Analysis and Design” is divided into two components: structured analysis as defined by DeMarco² and structured design as defined by Yourdon and Constantine⁴. Structured analysis is a front-end methodology that allows users and/or systems analysts to convert a real-world problem into a pictorial diagram or other logical representation that can subsequently be used by the systems developers and/or programmers to design an information system. Structured design is concerned with physical design based on the results of structured analysis. More generally, structured analysis transforms the abstract problem into a feasible logical design, while structured design concentrates on converting the logical design into a physical information system.

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The purpose of a methodology is to specify a set of well-defined steps or phases, coupled with a set of clear, measurable exit criteria, for solving a complex problem (such as developing an information system). The system development life cycle (SDLC) is a set of steps that serves as the basis for most systems analysis and design methodologies.

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Selamat Hari Raya Idul Fitri 1429 H, mohon maaf lahir dan batin. Semoga amal ibadah kita diterima dan diberkahi Allah SWT.

The MikroTik HotSpot Gateway enables providing of public network access for clients using wireless or wired network connections.

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Before you open a business, you must select the legal structure that will best suit your needs and those of your particular business. There are three principal types of business structure:

• the proprietorship
• the partnership
• the corporation.

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