Simple identification tools in FishBase

Simple identification tools for fish species were included in the FishBase information system from its inception. Early tools made use of the relational model and characters like fin ray meristics. Soon pictures and drawings were added as a further help, similar to a field guide. Later came the computerization of existing dichotomous keys, again in combination with pictures and other information, and the ability to restrict possible species by country, area, or taxonomic group. Today, www.FishBase.org offers four different ways to identify species. This paper describes these tools with their advantages and disadvantages, and suggests various options for further development. It explores the possibility of a holistic and integrated computeraided strategy

Analysis of Fire Safety Applications in Morocco

This report is a documentation of our teams process in analyzing the fire safety systems present in the aviation, commercial, and industrial environments in Morocco. Our project also includes a comparison of Moroccan and international fire codes (mainly United States National Fire Protection Association codes) as well as a testimony to the current social problems in Morocco regarding the transition from Moroccan to international fire codes. We presented the results of our analysis as recommendations both to FirePRO Engineering as well as to future project teams looking to improve the non-fire safety application side of fire safety development in Morocco

Production of semi-real time media-GIS contents of natural disasters using MODIS satellite data

In the event of a natural disaster, the information provided to the public can play an important role in its mitigation and management. Use of media-GIS content has been shown to provide information that is visual and accessible to the public. This report focuses on the information provided to the public through the media and develops rigorous production methods and quality practices to encourage increased strategic use of media-GIS content. The report utilizes three natural disaster case studies to evaluate the production method and presents recommendations and conclusions based on the information these provide. Previous studies identified five aspects that are important to media-GIS contents. These are accuracy, high aesthetic quality, speed, low cost and reusability. A review of MODIS imagery has shown it to sufficiently satisfy all five aspects. The report identifies an ideal source of MODIS data and a production method based on the information available to be obtained. By applying this methodology to the three case studies, it was found that the process could be more streamlined than previously identified methods. Further observations identified both positive and negative aspects of the method allowing improvements to be made were possible. Whilst limitations of MODIS were identified, the properties of MODIS data make it evident that it is the most effective source of satellite data for the production of media-GIS content where time and cost need to be minimised. Completion of the case studies led to the production of a guidebook, presented in Appendix F, which is intended to be issued to media outlets as an instruction manual for producing media-GIS contents. It is hoped that this will encourage an increase in the use of GIS within the media industry and provide thorough production method and quality practices information

International Summerschool Computer Science 2014: Proceedings of Summerschool 7.7. - 13.7.2014

Proceedings of International Summerschool Computer Science 201

Evaluation of Stimulus tool in Nokia context

Abstract. The purpose of this thesis was to evaluate Stimulus requirements evaluation tool. This evaluation was done at Nokia to see if the tool is suitable for Nokia’s use cases. The thesis used design science research as research method. As the research artifact requirements set was used. This requirement set was then demonstrated using Stimulus tool. The data was collected from workshops held between team from Dassault and team from Nokia. The participants in these workshops were software engineers and requirements engineers. The result of the study was that Stimulus had a good number of useful features but also issues were found. Further evaluation of the tool is needed to determine whether all the issues can be fixed to make the tool suitable for Nokia

An overview of decision table literature 1982-1995.

This report gives an overview of the literature on decision tables over the past 15 years. As much as possible, for each reference, an author supplied abstract, a number of keywords and a classification are provided. In some cases own comments are added. The purpose of these comments is to show where, how and why decision tables are used. The literature is classified according to application area, theoretical versus practical character, year of publication, country or origin (not necessarily country of publication) and the language of the document. After a description of the scope of the interview, classification results and the classification by topic are presented. The main body of the paper is the ordered list of publications with abstract, classification and comments.