Mobile phone and e-government in Turkey: practices and technological choices at the cross-road

Enhanced data services through mobile phones are expected to be soon fully transactional and embedded within future mobile consumption practices. While private services will surely continue to take the lead, others such as government and NGOs will become more prominent m-players. It is not yet sure which form of technological standards will take the lead including enhance SMS based operations or Internet based specifically developed mobile phone applications. With the introduction of interactive transactions via mobile phones, currently untapped segment of the populations (without computers) have the potential to be accessed. Our research, as a reflection of the current market situation in an emerging country context, in the case of mobile phones analyzes the current needs or emergence of dependencies regarding the use of m/e-government services from the perspective of municipality officers. We contend that more research is needed to understand current preparatory bottlenecks and front loading activities to be able to encourage future intention to use e-government services through mobile phone technologies. This study highlights and interprets the current emerging practices and praxis for consuming m-government services within government

An actor-network theory (ANT) approach to Turkish e-government gateway initiative

There are various models proposed in the literature to analyze trajectories of e-Government projects in terms of success and failure. Yet, only the Actor-Network Theory (ANT) perspective (Heeks and Stanforth, 2007) considers the interaction factors among network actors and actants. This paper proposes the ANT for approaching to the Turkish e-Government Gateway initiative as a case study. In doing so, it provides valuable insight in terms of both local and global actor-networks which surround the initiative

M-devlet kullanıcı kabul potansiyeli: kümeleme analizi ve karar ağacı yaklaşımı

M-devlet, e-devletin ardından henüz gelişim safhasındadır. E-devlet hizmetlerinden faydalanmak için vatandaşların bilgisayara ve İnternet erişimine sahip olmaları gerekmektedir. Vatandaşların bilgisayar okur-yazarlık seviyelerinin henüz istenen seviyelere gelmemiş olması e-devlet kullanımının yaygınlaşmasını sınırlamaktadır. Öte yandan, ülkemizdeki cep telefonu cihaz parkına ve kapsama alanlarına bakıldığında, cihaz parkının yeni nesil telefonlardan oluştuğu, erişkin nüfusun önemli kısmının en az bir cep telefonu sahibi olduğu, ülkemizin hızlı ve uygun ücretli 3G Internet hizmetleri ile kapsandığı görülmektedir. Tüm bu bilgiler ışığında, m-devlet yaklaşımının Türkiye için benimsenmesinin önemli avantajları beraberinde getirebileceği düşünülebilir. Bu çalışma, m-devletin Türkiye'de geliştirilmesine yönelik kullanıcı kabulünü inceleyerek, ulusal yazına m-devlet çalışmaları alanında katkı yapmayı amaçlamaktadır

Service innovation: using augmented reality in the IKEA place app

IKEA, a worldwide known “Assemble & Install-It-Yourself” furniture company with Swedish origin, launched an augmented reality app, namely, IKEA Place, that aimed to solve practical problems surrounding furniture shopping in September 2017. The IKEA Place, which used augmented reality to allow its users to visualize how furniture will look in their own home, is examined in this article. Discussion is centered around how the app allowed IKEA to create a service-centered value as it signaled that it understood the hurdles involved in the furniture shopping process for investing to extend technology-based support to its customers

Bankalar caddesi

Taha Toros Arşivi, Dosya No: 39-Galataİstanbul Kalkınma Ajansı (TR10/14/YEN/0033) İstanbul Development Agency (TR10/14/YEN/0033

Zekeriyaköy Çarşısı'nda iktidar kadınların

Taha Toros Arşivi, Dosya No: 92- Zekeriyaköyİstanbul Kalkınma Ajansı (TR10/14/YEN/0033) İstanbul Development Agency (TR10/14/YEN/0033

A prediction model for daylighting illuminance for office buildings

Thesis (Master)--İzmir Institute of Technology, Architecture, İzmir, 2008Includes bibliographical references (leaves: 94-100)Text in English; Abstract: Turkish and Englishxii, 130 leavesDaylight is a primary light source for the office buildings where a comfortable and an efficient working environment should be provided mostly during day time. Evidence that daylight is desirable can be found in research as well as in observations of human behavior and the arrangement of office space. A prediction model was then developed to determine daylight illuminance for the office buildings by using Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs). A field study was performed to collect illuminance data for four months in the subject building of the Faculty of Architecture in .zmir Institute of technology. The study then involved the weather data obtained from the local Weather Station and building parameters from the architectural drawings. A three-layer ANNs model of feed-forward type was constructed by utilizing these parameters. Input variables were date, hour, outdoor temperature, solar radiation, humidity, UV Index, UV dose, distance to windows, number of windows, orientation of rooms, floor identification, room dimensions and point identification. Illuminance was used as the output variable. The first 80 of the data sets were used for training and the remaining 20 for testing the model. Microsoft Excel Solver used simplex optimization method for the optimal weights. Results showed that the prediction power of the model was almost 97.8%. Thus the model was successful within the sample measurements. NeuroSolutions Software performed the sensitivity analysis of the model. On the top of daylight consideration, this model can supply beneficial inputs in designing stage and in daylighting performance assessment of buildings by making predictions and comparisons. Investigation about this subject can be able to support the office buildings. having intended daylighting comfort conditions