Most magnetic read head data sheets do not fully specify the frequency-dependent components and are often vague when specifying other key parameters. In some cases, the specifications of two very similar heads from two different manufacturers might be quite different in terms of parameters specified and omitted. The limitations in the data sheets make designing an optimum card reading system un...

Cuckoo is a popular card game, which originated in France during the 15th century and then spread throughout Europe, where it currently well-known under distinct names with different variants. Cuckoo an imperfect information game-of-chance, makes research regarding its optimal strategies determ...

Every year billions of Euros are lost worldwide due to credit card fraud. Thus, forcing financial institutions to continuously improve their fraud detection systems. In recent years, several studies have proposed the use of machine learning and data mining techniques to address this problem. However, most studies used some sort of misclassification measure to evaluate the different solutions, a...

Employing a dynamic system approach, this chapter investigates the use of one particular metaphor—the ‘cancer card’—on an online forum dedicated to cancer. Far from being a common Card Game metaphor with a stable source-target mapping, the metaphor is collaboratively developed (i.e. used, re-used, adapted) to express the idea that patients can use their illness to their advantage in a variety o...

We consider the following problem. A deck of 2n cards labeled consecutively from 1 on top to 2n on bottom is face down on the table. The deck is given k dovetail shuues and placed back on the table, face down. A guesser tries to guess at the cards one at a time, starting from top. The identity of the card guessed at is not revealed, nor is the guesser told whether a particular guess was correct...

Capital One has exploited an innovative approach to targeted marketing, based on customer profitability analysis, to achieve impressive performance as a leading credit card issuer. It is sustaining its advantage through investment in infrastructure and personnel, and through constantly improving its expertise through a practice known as test-and-learn. Moreover, it is attempting to generalize t...