3GPP

Third Generation Partnership Project

ABM

agent-based modelling

ADM

add drop multiplexer

ADSL

asymmetric digital subscriber loop

AIS

artificial immune system

ANIP

access network improvement programme

AS

autonomous system

ASDH

access synchronous digital hierarchy

ATM

asynchronous transfer mode

BCM

business continuity management

BN

Bayesian network

BS

base-station

CAPM

capital asset pricing model

CB

competent body

CC

command and control

CDF

cumulative distribution function

CENELEC

Comit Europ en de Normalisation lectrotechnique

(European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation)

CFA

confirmatory factor analysis

CISPR

International Special Committee on Radio Interference

CLJ

commitment and loyalty to job

COTS

commercial off the shelf

CRM

customer relationship management

DAG

directed acyclic graph

DP

distribution point

DWDM

dense wavelength division multiplexing

EC

European Commission

EGT

evolutionary game theory

EMC

European electromagnetic compatibility

EMCAS

electricity market complex adaptive system

EMU

European monetary union

EN

Euro Norme

EPoP

European point of presence

EV

enterprise venturing

FDDI

fibre distributed data interface

FDTD

finite difference time domain

FRU

field replaceable unit

FSM

finite state model

GUI

graphical user interface

HCM

human centred management

HMM

hidden Markov models

ICRM

intelligent customer relationship management

ICT

information and communication technology

IEC

International Electrotechnical Commission

IP

intellectual property/Internet protocol

IRR

internal rate of return

ISP

Internet service provider

ITE

information technology equipment

Know SF sd

knowledge scale factor standard deviation

Know SF

knowledge scale factor

Know th sd

knowledge threshold standard deviation

Know th

knowledge threshold

LAN

local area network

LRD

long-range dependent

MoM

method of moments

NE

network element

NMS

network management system

NPV

net...