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Veri cation of liveness is also easy and is performed in linear time with respect to the size of the net with the help of the Tarjan algorithm [AHO 74]. PROPOSITION 3.22 (Liveness of a state machine). If R is a state machine then: R, m0 is live iff R is strongly connected and m0 = 0 . Proof. Assume the net is live, so some transition is initially rable, hence m0 = 0 . Furthermore, since the net is bounded, applying proposition 3.19, we deduce that the net is strongly connected. Assume that the net is initially marked and strongly connected; since the net is conservative, every marking m has at least one token in place p. Let t be any transition; a path exists from p to t (strong connectivity). The transitions of this path are red successively, ending with t. 3.5.3. Event graph An event graph [COM 71] is a net when transitions never con ict, since a place is the input (and output) of a single transition. In other words, there are no real choices in these nets, but rather different schedulings. When one precondition of a transition ring is ful lled, it remains ful lled until its ring (see Figure 3.9).

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Mobile terminals will play an important role in future computing environments. As the surrounding environment becomes digitally augmented, users need mechanisms to interact with it. Terminals become portals (Banavar et al. 2000) to the digital environment, bridging the gap between the physical and the digital world. The terminal software platform is a key component to enable XG terminals as advanced digital portals or advanced digital assistants.

If you re convinced by the argument in the previous sections and have decided that porting your software to a mobile device platform is an excellent plan then the next question I need to answer is: Why the Symbian platform Again, there are several answers: market share open source and royalty-free maturity range of hardware cross-platform APIs. We look at each of these factors in the following sub-sections but rst, Table 1.1 gives a comparison of the Symbian platform with some of its major competitors at the time of writing.24

National Preferences French and Dutch consumers prefer to shop online, but pay by check. Swiss consumers can choose to receive an invoice by mail so that they can pay by check, money order, or credit card. Germans like to have the option of paying upon delivery or with a bank debit. Chinese online buyers also prefer COD, but also pay cash at a post of ce or use a debit card. Swedes are most comfortable paying online with debit cards, while Australians prefer credit cards. Japanese consumers prefer to order online, but pay cash at konbini, local convenience stores such as 7-Eleven, where they pick up their purchases. Business users prefer to stick to their tried and true means of payment, although employees use credit cards for smaller purchases.

Make sure that all computers have the Windows XP operating system installed. Sometimes donated computers are wiped clean and arrive with no operating system. This means that you will have to install a new one. Donated copies of Windows XP are available to nonprofit organizations, and as long as the donated PC is not more than two years old, you should encounter no difficulties installing it.

When you look into CEO suites these days, you find many veterans of finance or operations but very few with a background in marketing, sales, or human relations. Corporate leaders are experts in efficiency and number crunching but are not well versed in human aspects. After several decades of experience, such executives tend to view the world through the lens that makes them most comfortable, the same perspective that got them to the top job. Like most people, they simply stay in their comfort zone. Customer strategies require leadership that sees the business from the customer s view, not through a spreadsheet. Such strategies require leaders with people skills and a sincere appreciation of human assets. The odds are against finance or operations specialists, trained for years in the art of number crunching, as they try to rise to the challenge. They are not to be blamed, because years of habit cannot be erased but it does not change the fact that true leaders who get it are missing in the ranks of upper management.

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