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What is Profiling

Chapter 335
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
The recording and analysis of a person's psychological and behavioral characteristics, so as to assess or predict their capabilities in a certain sphere or to assist in identifying a particular subgroup of people.
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A Framework for Profiling Prospective Students in Higher Education
Santhosh Kumar Lakkaraju (Dakota State University, USA), Deb Tech (Dakota State University, USA), and Shuyuan Deng (Dakota State University, USA)
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 9
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch335
Abstract
Internet became a primary source of valuable information for everyone over a decade. Before purchasing a higher education program, prospects invest a significant amount of time researching about a different program. This chapter intends to provide a conceptual framework to profile prospective students by giving an overview of higher education marketing literature and extract a theoretical model analyze different prospect decision-making factors. These decision-making factors are further categorized into prospect profiles based on their contextual relevance.
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Chapter 6
Analysis of Success of Mobilization to Terror using Tools of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
The recording and analysis of a person’s psychological and behavioral characteristics, so as to assess or predict their capabilities in a certain sphere or to assist in identifying a particular subgroup of people.
Published in Chapter: Analysis of Success of Mobilization to Terror using Tools of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP); From: Handbook of Research on Civil Society and National Security in the Era of Cyber Warfare
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Chapter 8
Privacy and the Identity Gap in Socio-Technical Systems
This relates to the recording and classification of behaviors. This occurs through aggregating information. This often collating information often derived from a number of resources to build profiles on individuals in order to sell products and to sell model and predict behavior. These profiles may be used by marketers for target advertising. Companies may link profiles to individual’s identities.
Published in Chapter: Privacy and the Identity Gap in Socio-Technical Systems; From: Handbook of Research on Socio-Technical Design and Social Networking Systems
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Chapter 7
Crime Profiling System
Techniques to formulate to build a knowledge about a suspect. The outcome of which is a profile containing evidences, analyses, and argumentation.
Published in Chapter: Crime Profiling System; From: Handbook of Research on Threat Detection and Countermeasures in Network Security
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Chapter 16
Indirect Attribution in Cyberspace
Obtaining intelligence about an actor or attack.
Published in Chapter: Indirect Attribution in Cyberspace; From: Handbook of Research on Digital Crime, Cyberspace Security, and Information Assurance
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Chapter 3
Understanding Convolutional Neural Network With TensorFlow: CNN
The objective of profiling a software program is to learn more about its behavior. By comprehending a program's behavior, engineers may carry out modifications that result in enhanced performance. Moreover, the programmer can identify the program's limitations by profiling a system.
Published in Chapter: Understanding Convolutional Neural Network With TensorFlow: CNN; From: Machine Learning Algorithms Using Scikit and TensorFlow Environments
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Chapter 5
Effective Open-Source Performance Analysis Tools
Extracting the critical performance characteristics of an application when it is executed on a computer system
Published in Chapter: Effective Open-Source Performance Analysis Tools; From: Handbook of Research on Computational Science and Engineering: Theory and Practice
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Chapter 2
Characterization of Online Learners or Students in Namibia
The process of studying and knowing the digital needs of learners or students by placing them in different categories so that remedial actions can be taken to remedy the situation.
Published in Chapter: Characterization of Online Learners or Students in Namibia; From: Ensuring Adult and Non-Traditional Learners’ Success With Technology, Design, and Structure
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Chapter 6
Risk Assessment of Mass Shootings
This technique focuses on identifying the likelihood of someone being a perpetrator of a criminal act by comparing them against a list of characteristics.
Published in Chapter: Risk Assessment of Mass Shootings; From: Examining Gun Regulations, Warning Behaviors, and Policies to Prevent Mass Shootings
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Chapter 4
How to Implement the Supply Chain Digital Segmentation Strategy Successfully
The process of learning information about behavior patterns, business characteristics, trends, requirements, relationships, and structures.
Published in Chapter: How to Implement the Supply Chain Digital Segmentation Strategy Successfully; From: Digital Supply Chain, Disruptive Environments, and the Impact on Retailers
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Chapter 4
Transformation Framework for Supply Chain Segmentation in Digital Business
The process of learning information about behavior patterns, business characteristics, trends, requirements, relationships, and structures.
Published in Chapter: Transformation Framework for Supply Chain Segmentation in Digital Business; From: Technology Optimization and Change Management for Successful Digital Supply Chains
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Chapter 2
Revisiting the Basics of EU Data Protection Law: On the Material and Territorial Scope of the GDPR
Any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements (GDPR, Art. 4(4)).
Published in Chapter: Revisiting the Basics of EU Data Protection Law: On the Material and Territorial Scope of the GDPR; From: Personal Data Protection and Legal Developments in the European Union
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