Simplified Data Analytics for the Accurate Evaluation of a New Venture’s Market Potential

This article examines the creation of an accurate market projection designed with easy-to-use, cost-effective data analytic techniques. Many of the techniques explored are derived from the subdisciplines of decision support and data warehousing found in the information technology arena. Two significant contributions are presented: a simple mathematical technique that eliminates the need for heuristics, and the simplification of the process to the point where no computer or sophisticated statistical analysis is needed

The Arbitrary Coherence Effect and Decision Making

In Behavioral Economics, “arbitrary coherence” is when an arbitrary, randomly chosen number, influences the amount purchasers are willing to pay for a product. Arbitrary coherence is similar to anchoring which marketers sometimes use to help set optimal prices. This paper examines how the arbitrary coherence effect influences individual decision making

Sintered CdTe nanocrystal films for optoelectronic applications and the sublimation of CdSe nanorods

Advances in colloidal nanocrystal chemistries have enabled more complex fabrication of nanostructured materials. Colloidal nanocrystals can be easily deposited from solution and used in a variety of optoelectronic applications such as photodetectors and photovoltaics. Colloidal nanocrystals deposited as films act as the light absorbing layer. These films can be used as-is or be sintered into polycrystalline films. Introducing dopant species as a surface species on semiconducting nanocrystals allows controlled doping profiles in sintered films where the dopant preferentially segregates at the grain boundaries. Chloride in CdTe films is one well-known example of this phenomena. The focus of this work is designing chloride-capped CdTe nanocrystal building blocks and sintering these into polycrystalline films with controlled grain structure and therefore doping profiles. Applications investigated for these films are solar cells and photodetectors

Sintered CdTe nanocrystal films for optoelectronic applications and the sublimation of CdSe nanorods

Advances in colloidal nanocrystal chemistries have enabled more complex fabrication of nanostructured materials. Colloidal nanocrystals can be easily deposited from solution and used in a variety of optoelectronic applications such as photodetectors and photovoltaics. Colloidal nanocrystals deposited as films act as the light absorbing layer. These films can be used as-is or be sintered into polycrystalline films. Introducing dopant species as a surface species on semiconducting nanocrystals allows controlled doping profiles in sintered films where the dopant preferentially segregates at the grain boundaries. Chloride in CdTe films is one well-known example of this phenomena. The focus of this work is designing chloride-capped CdTe nanocrystal building blocks and sintering these into polycrystalline films with controlled grain structure and therefore doping profiles. Applications investigated for these films are solar cells and photodetectors

Part of the Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations Commons, and the Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods Commons

T his article examines the creation of an accuratemarket projection designed with easy-to-use, cost-effective data analytic techniques. Many of the tech-niques explored are derived from the subdisciplines of deci-sion support and data warehousing found in the informa-tion technology arena. Two significant contributions are presented: a simple mathematical technique that elimi-nates the need for heuristics, and the simplification of the process to the point where no computer or sophisticated statistical analysis is needed. One question that continues to challenge entrepreneurs is how to determine the market potential for a new product or service, especially a product or service that is unique in the marketplace. Many view the process as putting some num-bers on a sheet of paper and calling it a sales forecast. Investors, bankers, venture capitalists, even “family, friends and fools,”often view such projections more as wishful think

Improving the Accessibility of Telemetry for a Solar-Powered Vehicle

Data collected from a solar-powered vehicle is monitored in real-time using a graphical user interface, which allows for a better understanding of the vehicle's status. This paper discusses improvements to the accessibility of the solar-powered vehicle's telemetry system. Internal vehicle systems collect data, which is transmitted over an IEEE 802.11N 5GHz network to an external system on a chip (SoC). The SoC runs custom telemetry software and hosts a web page that displays received data. Devices connected to the same network have the ability to view the telemetry data via WebSocket API on the web page. This allows for different devices to access the telemetry data without the need for specific software to be installed.International Foundation for TelemeteringProceedings from the International Telemetering Conference are made available by the International Foundation for Telemetering and the University of Arizona Libraries. Visit https://telemetry.org/contact-us/ if you have questions about items in this collection