Informal settlement as a global urban phenomenon encounters different social, physical and economic shortcomings. These fabrics especially in cities of the global south experience an escalating gap with developed urban areas. In this regard, faltering economy plays a major contribution in continuity of poverty and exclusion. In Iran, Empowerment plan could not lead to favorable and stable resul...

We introduce current home Internet of Things (IoT) technology and present research on its various forms and applications in real life. In addition, we describe IoT marketing strategies as well as specific modeling techniques for improving air quality, a key home IoT service. To this end, we summarize the latest research on sensor-based home IoT, studies on indoor air quality, and technical stud...

a r t i c l e i n f o There are serious concerns about the theory–practice gap in the research on business marketing. One of the key aspects is the relevance and implementability of the results. The overarching objective of this special issue of " From Strategy Frameworks to Value-in-use: Implementing Strategies and Theories of B2B Marketing and Sales Management " is to enhance understanding of...

Several models of parallel disks are found in the literature. These models have been proposed to alleviate the I/O bottleneck arising in handling voluminous data. These models have the general theme of assuming multiple disks. For instance the Parallel Disk Systems (PDS) model assumes D disks and a single computer. It is also assumed that a block of data from each of the D disks can be fetched ...

Characterizing and understanding behavior and interests of social media members is crucial for enhancing several practical applications in this environment, such as target marketing or recommendation. Aiming to characterize and exploit such behavior and interests, this work proposes Someato, a novel online analytics tool. Besides a characterization methodology, Someato comprises a search and a ...