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Using Ontologies for the Design of Data Warehouses
Obtaining an implementation of a data warehouse is a complex task that forces
designers to acquire wide knowledge of the domain, thus requiring a high level
of expertise and becoming it a prone-to-fail task. Based on our experience, we
have detected a set of situations we have faced up with in real-world projects
in which we believe that the use of ontologies will improve several aspects of
the design of data warehouses. The aim of this article is to describe several
shortcomings of current data warehouse design approaches and discuss the
benefit of using ontologies to overcome them. This work is a starting point for
discussing the convenience of using ontologies in data warehouse design.Comment: 15 pages, 2 figure
Geometric aspects of nonholonomic field theories
A geometric model for nonholonomic Lagrangian field theory is studied. The
multisymplectic approach to such a theory as well as the corresponding Cauchy
formalism are discussed. It is shown that in both formulations, the relevant
equations for the constrained system can be recovered by a suitable projection
of the equations for the underlying free (i.e. unconstrained) Lagrangian
system.Comment: 29 pages; typos remove
Attention and automation: New perspectives on mental underload and performance
There is considerable evidence in the ergonomics literature that automation can significantly reduce operator mental workload. Furthermore, reducing mental workload is not necessarily a good thing, particularly in cases where the level is already manageable. This raises the issue of mental underload, which can be at least as detrimental to performance as overload. However, although it is widely recognized that mental underload is detrimental to performance, there are very few attempts to explain why this may be the case. It is argued in this paper that, until the need for a human operator is completely eliminated, automation has psychological implications relevant in both theoretical and applied domains. The present paper reviews theories of attention, as well as the literature on mental workload and automation, to synthesize a new explanation for the effects of mental underload on performance. Malleable attentional resources theory proposes that attentional capacity shrinks to accommodate reductions in mental workload, and that this shrinkage is responsible for the underload effect. The theory is discussed with respect to the applied implications for ergonomics research
Nonbanks in the Payments System: Vertical Integration Issues
We discuss and evaluate the incentives for vertical expansion and
vertical mergers in the payments systems industry paying particular
attention to the implications of the existence of network effects in
this industry. We assess the incentives of large merchants to extend
vertically into payments systems, noting that this incentive is
maximized when there is significant market power in payments systems and
merchants are not sufficiently compensated for the business they bring
to the network
Nonbanks in the Payments System: Vertical Integration Issues
We discuss and evaluate the incentives for vertical expansion and vertical mergers in the payments systems industry paying particular attention to the implications of the existence of network effects in this industry. We assess the incentives of large merchants to extend vertically into payments systems, noting that this incentive is maximized when there is significant market power in payments systems and merchants are not sufficiently compensated for the business they bring to the network
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