Principles Of Business Information Systems 3rd Edition Ralph M. Stair, Thomas Chesney, George Reynolds - Solutions

What else could technology such as Kirobo be used for?
Thinking about any reaction made by Kirobo– how would designers know what the ‘right’response is? Is there even a right response? Is there a wrong response?
Is your answer to Question1 dependent on the context of use – does it matter if a user is in a car, on a date or just about to go into an interview?
Let’s say Kirobo detects that its user is angry.How should it respond? Should it attempt to soothe and calm them, or stoke the anger with a ‘best to get it all out’ attitude?
What current applications can you find for virtual pets?
Search for a blogging website and randomly select five blogs. Compare and contrast each – who is the author(s) and what are they writing about? What do you think their goal is in writing the blog? Create a short presentation on your findings.
What applications can you think of for a smart pair of swimming trunks?
Can you think of any useful applications for phicons? (Note that so far, no one else seems to have!)
What are some of the problems when running a video conference?
What is a phicon?
What are some of the advantages of e-commerce?
What is an electronic exchange?
What is a blog?
List three mobile devices that can access wi-fi.
Why would a business offer free wi-fi?
What applications exist for wearable technology?
Explain two examples of e-money.
Explain three examples of CSCW technologies.
Advertising to particular market segments is known as ___________.
‘On the move retail’ is sometimes called ___________.
An online diary is often called a ___________.
A device that allows notes on a whiteboard to be saved is an ___________.
CSCW stands for ___________.
A ___________ attempts to get a user to feel emotionally attached with it and so continue to interact with it.
M-Pesa is attempting to replace a bank account with a ___________.
Paying without cash is often labelled ___________.
‘Smart shoes’ would be an example of ___________.
What is a hotspot?
What applications for the blockchain in a large organization can you think of?
Could we (humanity) make better use of the wasted calculations?
Is becoming a bitcoin miner a sensible career?Explain your answer.
Would bitcoin be a sensible financial investment? Explain your answer.
Outline a policy you could use in an organization to minimize the threat of ransomware.
Why can the police do nothing to help?
If your computer was infected, would you pay up?
If a firm was infected with ransomware, what would your advice be?
What other applications can you think of for Watson?
Why is Watson suitable for diagnosing rare diseases?
What fears might people have about Watson and are any of them justified in your opinion?
Why would IBM bother to try to win a TV gameshow?
Why does Google allow employees to spend time on personal projects?
What applications can you think of for 360ºvideo?
Could Google Cardboard help bring VR to the general public?
What do you think is holding back full VR?
What applications can you think of for Octobot?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of microfluidic logic?
Why do you think the team used 3D printing technology?
Octobot is at least partly inspired by octopi.What other aspects of nature could inspire robot design and what would each of your ideas bring to robotics?
Search for an expert system online and interact with it several times. Create a short presentation which explains your experience.
Search for information about Lego Mindstorms.Write a short report detailing some of the more serious applications that have been developed.
What are some of the ways you could ‘extract’knowledge from a human, to be programmed into an expert system or other AI?
What might be some areas where computer intelligence would be expected to outperform human intelligence?
What does an expert system interface look like?
What could an organization do with virtual reality?
What is a CKO?
Explain the term ‘natural language processing’.
List some applications for robots.
What is augmented reality?
What is the difference between a domain expert and a knowledge engineer?
Give a definition of intelligent behaviour.
Explain the main elements of an expert system.
Compare and contrast human and machine intelligence.
A system that attempts to approximate the way a person feels is ________?
A program that attempts to simulate a human brain is a _________.
A program that solves a problem by evolving new solutions repeatedly is a __________.
HMD stands for ____________.
An application for an expert system is ____________.
The component of an expert system that stores relevant data and rules is the _________.
Systems like a Google search on a smartphone that allow users to give voice input are examples of _____________________.
Research into robots that are the size of a grain of rice is called _________.
Two branches of AI are ______ and ________.
AI systems demonstrate characteristics of __________.
This app involves getting out and about around the world. What data could users pick up along the way that might help with traffic planning or nature conservation?
What other applications can you think of for augmented reality?
Is this game popular because it involves going outside, or is it just because it’s Pokémon?What else might explain its success?
Could the app developers have been more socially responsible about sending users out into the real world?
If quantum computers are going to be as powerful as scientists predict, should governments intervene now to control their development?
Are there any business problems that could be gamified? To start the ideas off, could routing passengers through an airport be a possibility?
What are the benefits of ScienceAtHome for the research team?
What do you think would motivate someone to play a ScienceAtHome game?
What characteristics should serious games have to be of most use?
Other than training, what else could serious games be used for?
Are there any disadvantages?
What are the advantages of using serious games for training?
How could this software ‘reduce the error rate’?Does this seem like a legitimate claim?
Why is it important to Avia that the software can import designs?
What are the advantages of 3D designs?
What is the problem with 2D designs?
What are some of the privacy concerns with smart meters?
How will smart meters make electricity production more efficient?
Why was testing so important for Yeda̹?
Should citizens have a choice in whether a smart meter is installed in their homes?
Which is better from a DSS – text or graphics output?
List and explain some functionality you could add to a DSS to create a GSS.
What is an ESS?
What is a GIS?
Explain what-if analysis and how you could implement it using a spreadsheet.
What is a GSS?
List some of the characteristics of a decision support system.
What is CAD?

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